Hi Uwe, It was a cut'n'paste problem..... However, I had a blinding inspiration....... I was playing with some rules a while ago, and I had two files still in the rules directory. The install appears to pick these files up (not sure which one, had one called cciss_36.xml and one called rules.xml). Moved them out, tried again and it worked! These rules were there from testing with SuSE 9.2 (which never did show this particular problem). Thanks for taking the time to look at this. Colin. -----Original Message----- From: Uwe Gansert [mailto:ug@suse.de] Sent: 26 January 2006 15:48 To: suse-autoinstall@suse.com Subject: Re: [suse-autoinstall] SPAM: Partioning problems, SLES9 RC5..... On Thursday 26 January 2006 16:39, Colin Topliss wrote:

The partition part is as follows:

<partitioning config:type="list"> <drive> <device>/dev/cciss/c0d0</device> <partitions config:type="list"> <partition> <filesystem config:type="symbol">reiser</filesystem> <format config:type="boolean">true</format> <mount>/boot</mount> <partition_id config:type="integer">131</partition_id> <partition_nr config:type="integer">1</partition_nr> <size>300mb</size> </partition> <partition> <filesystem config:type="symbol">swap</filesystem> <format config:type="boolean">true</format> <mount>swap</mount> <partition_id config:type="integer">130</partition_id> <partition_nr config:type="integer">2</partition_nr> <size>4gb</size> </partition> <partition> <partition_id config:type="integer">15</partition_id> <partition_nr config:type="integer">3</partition_nr> <size>max</size> </partition>

drop the partition above from the profile. Don't configure the extended partition.

<partition> <filesystem config:type="symbol">reiser</filesystem> <format config:type="boolean">true</format> <mount>/</mount> <partition_id config:type="integer">131</partition_id> <partition_nr config:type="integer">5</partition_nr> <size>1gb</size> </partition> <partition> <filesystem config:type="symbol">reiser</filesystem> <format config:type="boolean">true</format> <mount>/home</mount> <partition_id config:type="integer">131</partition_id> <partition_nr config:type="integer">6</partition_nr> <size>300mb</size> </partition> <partition> <partition>

why two times "partiton"? copy and paste bug?

Can anyone see anything obvious I'm missing?

that's all I saw by quickly browsing your data. Fix that and if that does not help, post your complete profile. -- ciao, Uwe Gansert Uwe Gansert, Server Technologies Team SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstrasse 5, D-90409 Nuernberg, Germany e-mail: uwe.gansert@suse.de, Tel: +49-(0)911-74053-0, Fax: +49-(0)911-74053-476, Web: http://www.suse.de -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: suse-autoinstall-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands, e-mail: suse-autoinstall-help@suse.com ________________________________________________________________________ This e-mail message (including any attachment) is intended only for the personal use of the recipient(s) named above. This message is confidential and may be legally privileged. If you are not an intended recipient, you may not review, copy or distribute this message. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and delete the original message. Any views or opinions expressed in this message are those of the author only. Furthermore, this message (including any attachment) does not create any legally binding rights or obligations whatsoever, which may only be created by the exchange of hard copy documents signed by a duly authorised representative of Hutchison 3G UK Limited.. ________________________________________________________________________