hi

I'm attempting a SLES10 autoyast installation on a disk with pre-configured partitions and getting the following error:

Error while configuring partitions. Try again! in the preparing system for Automated installation screen.

I came across this thread [http://lists.opensuse.org/archive/opensuse-autoinstall/2005-12/msg00040.html] , but the workarounds suggested (usepart config:type "integer", etc) in it did not work. I am using SLES10 while the other mail thread mentioned SuSE10.

Was it a bug in SLES10 that got fixed later - say SLES10.1? Please let me know, I can provide more details if required. Thanks.

Here's the partitions list (fdisk -l): Disk /dev/sdb: 79.9 GB, 79930851328 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9717 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 1 841 6755301 83 Linux /dev/sdb2 842 1589 6008310 83 Linux /dev/sdb3 1590 1714 1004062+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sdb4 1715 9717 64284097+ 5 Extended /dev/sdb5 1715 1865 1212876 83 Linux /dev/sdb6 1866 2540 5421906 83 Linux /dev/sdb7 2541 2592 417658+ 83 Linux /dev/sdb8 2593 3122 4257193+ 83 Linux /dev/sdb9 3123 3128 48163+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sdb10 3129 3157 232911 82 Linux swap / Solaris

And here's the partition portion from the autoyast.xml (It is actually /tmp/autoinst/modified.xml -> The one modified through a pre-script to change to correct device - /dev/sdb for example).

<partitioning config:type="list"> <drive> <device>/dev/sdb</device> <initialize config:type="boolean">false</initialize> <partitions config:type="list"> <partition> <create config:type="boolean">false</create> <filesystem config:type="symbol">ext3</filesystem> <format config:type="boolean">false</format> <mount>/boot</mount> <partition_nr config:type="integer">1</partition_nr> </partition> <partition> <create config:type="boolean">false</create> <filesystem config:type="symbol">ext3</filesystem> <format config:type="boolean">false</format> <mount>/</mount> <partition_nr config:type="integer">2</partition_nr> </partition> <partition> <create config:type="boolean">false</create> <filesystem config:type="symbol">swap</filesystem> <format config:type="boolean">true</format> <mount>swap</mount> <partition_nr config:type="integer">3</partition_nr> </partition> <partition> <create config:type="boolean">false</create> <filesystem config:type="symbol">ext3</filesystem> <format config:type="boolean">false</format> <mount>/tmp</mount> <partition_nr config:type="integer">5</partition_nr> </partition> <partition> <create config:type="boolean">false</create> <filesystem config:type="symbol">ext3</filesystem> <format config:type="boolean">false</format> <mount>/usr</mount> <partition_nr config:type="integer">6</partition_nr> </partition> <partition> <create config:type="boolean">false</create> <filesystem config:type="symbol">ext3</filesystem> <format config:type="boolean">false</format> <mount>/var</mount> <partition_nr config:type="integer">7</partition_nr> </partition> <partition> <create config:type="boolean">false</create> <filesystem config:type="symbol">ext3</filesystem> <format config:type="boolean">false</format> <mount>/usr/local</mount> <partition_nr config:type="integer">8</partition_nr> </partition> <partition> <create config:type="boolean">false</create> <filesystem config:type="symbol">swap</filesystem> <format config:type="boolean">true</format> <mount>swap</mount> <partition_nr config:type="integer">9</partition_nr> </partition> <partition> <create config:type="boolean">false</create> <filesystem config:type="symbol">swap</filesystem> <format config:type="boolean">true</format> <mount>swap</mount> <partition_nr config:type="integer">10</partition_nr> </partition> </partitions> </drive> </partitioning>