https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=456674 Ricardo Cruz changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |rpmcruz@alunos.dcc.fc.up.pt Summary|GNOME LiveCD YaST2 Partitioner Failure w/HD |YaST2 Partitioner Failure w/HD Corruption (GNOME |Corruption |LiveCD) -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=456674 User jimomura@pathcom.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=456674#c3 Jim Omura changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |NEW Info Provider|jimomura@pathcom.com | --- Comment #3 from Jim Omura 2008-12-05 15:31:59 MST --- I think we already have the next best thing: Back on Nov. 29 when I loaded RC1 onto the Acer Aspire One I used a similar partition layout to what I tried on the HP-2133. It was only a bit simpler. I had a similar set of warnings that time, but the installation completed, and we had other concerns at the time so I did not mention it. On Nov. 30, I uploaded a set of YaST2 logs to Bug #450176. I just downloaded that set of logs and looked it over. There is a log file for that installation. As I say, it is not identical to the one in this case, but I know that I recognized some of the warnings that came up. Is this much enough? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=456674 Andreas Jaeger changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com |yast2-maintainers@suse.de Severity|Major |Critical -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=456674 User jimomura@pathcom.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=456674#c6 --- Comment #6 from Jim Omura 2008-12-07 19:23:53 MST --- Well, the Aspire One logs show that "a" problem exists because I got the warnings, even if it did not crash and trash the hard drive, so could you not look into it on that basis? As far as "re-creating" the situation. I am reluctant to risk the HP-2133, because that Vista installation is an actual "work" computer for me. On the other hand, I do not know what would happen if I tried it on the Aspire One. I expect that the same result should occur, but because it is not exactly the same, it might not have the same effect. Either way, it takes me a lot of time to go through re-installations, but at least with the Aspire One, if it gets trashed badly, I can put it in a corner and ignore it for a month or two and it will not affect me much. Regarding a possible RC2: You guys should mention to whomever is in charge that it would be a really good idea to have an RC2. There were other issues regarding installing and we need to know if they have really been resolved, so I have a good reason to re-install on the Aspire One again. That would be a reasonable use of time, even if it does get trashed the first time. I really disagree with jumping from RC1 to GM to Final for this version. . . . Anyway, if you feel you have to close this as INVALID for now, at the very latest, when "Final" is out, I will do a re-install onto the Aspire One at that time, and I will try to remember to change the partitions to this set and see if it crashes -- and hopefully remember to upload the logs too. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=456674 User jimomura@pathcom.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=456674#c10 --- Comment #10 from Jim Omura 2008-12-08 13:17:13 MST --- I am downloading RC2 right now. It takes about 3 hrs. 10 min. I will try a fresh installation on both computers, and so we should see the crash and this time, the log files. Expect them within the next 8 hours -- unless it has been fixed already. . . . -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=456674 User jimomura@pathcom.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=456674#c12 --- Comment #12 from Jim Omura 2008-12-08 19:27:00 MST --- I am in the process of re-loading 11.0 I have found that the "/dev/sda5" partition had been allocated. At this point there was no way to tell if it had been formatted, but I doubt it. The Vista partitions are "there". I have not verified them yet. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=456674 User jimomura@pathcom.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=456674#c14 --- Comment #14 from Jim Omura 2008-12-08 20:52:50 MST --- I do not know if this is related or not, but "grub" failed to install properly. The following was the first error message: "Finishing Basic Installation "Error occurred while installing GRUB. GNU GRUB version 0.97 (640K lower/ 3072K upper memory) [Minimum BASH-like line editing is supported. For the first word, TAB lists possible command completions. Anywhere else TAB lists the possible completions of a device/filename.] grub> setup --stage2=/boot/grub/stage2 --force-lba(hd0,2)(ht0,4) Checking if "/boot/grub/stage1" exists... yes Checking if "/boot/grub/stage2" exists... yes Checking if "/boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5" exists... yes Running "embed /boot/grub/32fs_stage1_5 (hd0,2)"... failed (this is not fatal) Running "embed /boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5 (hd0,4)"... failed (this is not fatal) Running "install --force-lba --stage2=/boot/grub/stage1 (hd0,2) /boot/grub/stage2 p /boot/grub/menu.lst"...failed Error 22:No such partition grub> quit" I tried to repeat the installation of "grub" and it apparently did what I instructed, which was probably wrong. As such when I re-booted the HD I got: "Error No Operating System" I am going to try and re-install RC1 (and hopefully get Vista back as well, yet again). -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=456674 User aschnell@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=456674#c16 Arvin Schnell changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |aschnell@novell.com AssignedTo|aschnell@novell.com |puzel@novell.com --- Comment #16 from Arvin Schnell 2008-12-09 03:38:54 MST --- Parted reports and error: /usr/sbin/parted -s '/dev/sda' unit cyl mkpart logical ext2 9095 9104 Error: Error informing the kernel about modifications to partition /dev/sda5 -- Device or resource busy. This means Linux won't know about any changes you made to /dev/sda5 until you reboot -- so you shouldn't mount it or use it in any way before rebooting. Warning: The kernel was unable to re-read the partition table on /dev/sda (Device or resource busy). This means Linux won't know anything about the modifications you made until you reboot. You should reboot your computer before doing anything with /dev/sda. YaST then waits for /dev/sda5 to appear but it doesn't. Petr, we have seen this error before. What's the status? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=456674 User jimomura@pathcom.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=456674#c18 --- Comment #18 from Jim Omura 2008-12-10 22:13:57 MST --- Some further info: I checked the HD to be sure that there is no known problem. It is: Seagate Technology Momentus® 7200.2 Hard Drive ST9160823AS ATA Device I checked Seagate's website and there is no indication of a firmware update in their downloads, so I am presuming the drive is good. The BIOS is: 68VGU Ver. F.05 20/08/2008 This is also the latest BIOS. There is a BIOS option for the hard drive for "Native" or "Compatibility" modes. I do not know what these are. They might have to do with "cylinder/head/side" addressing emulation. Mine is set to "Native" mode. That is all I thought might have an affect. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=456674 User jimomura@pathcom.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=456674#c20 --- Comment #20 from Jim Omura 2008-12-11 14:18:19 MST --- Created an attachment (id=259527) --> (https://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=259527) HP-2133, 11.1 GMC, simpler partition layout w/warnings This installation surprised me. I kept the layout much simpler this time: sda5 "swap" 2 GB sda6 "/" 12 GB sda7 "/usr" 12 GB sda8 "/home" 12 GB (sda1 "/Windows/C" 52.4 GB NTFS -- existing Vista partition to be mounted) I got a lot of warnings. The ones I read had to do with the Vista partition not mounting: "Unable to mount 52.4 GB Media DBus error ord.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken" - the above came up at least 2 times. "Cannot mount volume ntfs: Failed /dev/sda1" I think that came up twice. It did in fact mount, both as a regular drive and also as a removeable drive with an eject function. The installation does appear to have completed. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=456674 User jimomura@pathcom.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=456674#c22 --- Comment #22 from Jim Omura 2008-12-28 14:41:12 MST --- I have been reading some postings in the forums and according to "swerdna" even the partition problems may have been "fixable" if I knew enough about the bootloader situation. All I can say is that I hope he is right, but I have my doubts about it. In any case of a true crash (which is happening here), there is no such thing as predictability -- only probability and hindsight. We are about 10 day after availability now, and it is clear that there are problems with more computers than just the HP2133. The good side is that the problems mainly seem to be regarding the GNOME LiveCD ISO. I think it would be a good idea stopping downloads of this file until a fix is found for either this bug or the Grub bug (or preferably both). An updated ISO could be release later. I say this in part because, if you think about it, the LiveCD's are particularly popular with beginners. I approach a LiveCD thinking that if I can run it Live, then the installer can be trusted, and I expect most beginners feel that way. In this case it seems to be the opposite. It is not a good way to "make new friends." -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=456674 User puzel@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=456674#c24 --- Comment #24 from Petr Uzel 2009-01-08 07:53:27 MST --- I've finally managed to reproduce this issue (partially). See bug #464453. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.