December 2009 - openSUSE AMD64 - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse-amd64] Wrong Languages on openSuSE's Support Site!
by Constantine 'Gus' Fantanas 07 Dec '09

07 Dec '09

This is not strictly a 32-versus-64-bit issue, but I have to post it somewhere on some SuSE support list. I am trying to do an online upgrade to 11.2 from 11.1, as I explained in my previous email. I used google to search the openSuSE support site, but pages which are supposed to be in English come up in anything other than English! For example, < http://en.opensuse.org/Upgrade/11.2#Implementation > comes up in Spanish, and < http://en.opensuse.org/Upgrade > comes up in German. When I select "English" from the drop-down box named "Andere Sprachen" (Other Languages), nothing happens. This is very-very frustrating. Isn't the "en" in the beginning of the URL supposed to reference pages in English? I am not trying to insinuate that speaking a language other than English is wrong,I am only trying to say that support should be neatly categorized depending on language. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-amd64+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-amd64+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-amd64] Ext4 and >16TB - how?
by Martin Jungowski 05 Dec '09

05 Dec '09

We're trying to create a 27TB partition on openSUSE 11.2 x86_64 and seem to be running into issues with e2fsprogs. Here's what happens: > root/bebd1$ mkfs.ext4 -v /dev/sdd1 > mke2fs 1.41.9 (22-Aug-2009) > mkfs.ext4: Size of device /dev/sdd1 too big to be expressed in 32 bits > using a blocksize of 4096. > root/bebd1$ uname -a > Linux bebd1 2.6.31.5-0.1-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT 2009-10-26 15:49:03 > +0100 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux All hitherto posts related to this problem seem to indicate that the underlying tools, such as mkfs itself, are still 32-bit even on a 64-bit system and that fixing this is top priority. That was as of April 2009 - is it possible that this issue has not been resolved yet? Or, to be more specific: what do I need to do in order to create a 27TB ext4 filesystem? Thanks, Martin -- Rieke Computersysteme GmbH Hellerholz 5 D-82061 Neuried Email: martin(a)rhm.de -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-amd64+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-amd64+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-amd64] Upgrading from 11.1 with encrypted partitions to 11.2
by Constantine 'Gus' Fantanas 05 Dec '09

05 Dec '09

I guess this is not strictly a 64-bit question, but I have been posting on this board since 2004. I am on openSuSE 11.1, 64-bits, and I want to upgrade to 11.2. My problem is that I have four partitions, /boot, /swap, /, and /home, of which the last three are encrypted. If I remember correctly, here is how I ended up with the current configuration: Initially, I had normal ext3 partitions, but I was running out of hard disk space. I got a bigger drive, which I connected to my computer (a laptop) via USB2.0, which I fdisked to four partitions, of which I encrypted the last three using luksFormat, created loopback devices with 'cyptsetup luksOpen', mounted them, created ext3 filesystems, and then copied the data from the original (unecrypted) partitions. In GRUB, I also issued kernel directives so, the kernel can at least find a root file system. (Somehow, I cannot get the crypttab straight, the kernel ignores it,and prompts me for the password for all three encrypted partitions, and then I get a message that the encrypted partitions are already assigned, but that's another story.) the system works reasonably well. When I tried to upgrade via an openSuSE 11.2 DVD, naturally, the DVD's kernel could see the partitions, but displayed them as "unknown." How can I get out of it? I am too hesitant to upgrade via 'zypper dup'. Thank you in advance for your time. CF -- Running 64-bit Linux on AMD64 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-amd64+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-amd64+help(a)opensuse.org

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