On 01/12/2019 02:11 PM, Felix Miata wrote:
Marc Chamberlin composed on 2019-01-12 13:46 (UTC-0800): ... Output from parted -l should explain to us what the installation partitioner is seeing.
Thanks Felix for responding, Ok I can do this! ;-) parted -l Model: ATA WDC WD5001AALS-0 (scsi) Disk /dev/sda: 500GB Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B Partition Table: msdos Disk Flags: Number Start End Size Type File system Flags 1 1049kB 53.7GB 53.7GB primary linux-swap(v1) type=82 3 53.7GB 107GB 53.7GB primary ext4 type=83 2 107GB 500GB 393GB primary ext4 type=83 Model: ATA WDC WD5000AAKS-0 (scsi) Disk /dev/sdb: 500GB Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B Partition Table: msdos Disk Flags: Number Start End Size Type File system Flags 1 1049kB 53.7GB 53.7GB primary xfs type=83 2 53.7GB 107GB 53.7GB primary xfs type=83 3 107GB 215GB 107GB primary xfs type=83 4 215GB 500GB 285GB extended lba, type=0f 5 215GB 392GB 177GB logical xfs type=83 6 392GB 446GB 53.7GB logical xfs type=83 7 446GB 500GB 54.5GB logical xfs type=83 Model: ATA WDC WD10EZEX-22M (scsi) Disk /dev/sdc: 1000GB Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B Partition Table: gpt Disk Flags: pmbr_boot Number Start End Size File system Name Flags 1 53.9GB 54.1GB 207MB ext4 primary msftdata 2 54.1GB 161GB 107GB ext4 primary legacy_boot, msftdata 3 161GB 183GB 21.5GB ext4 primary msftdata 4 183GB 237GB 53.7GB ext4 primary msftdata 5 237GB 344GB 107GB ext4 primary msftdata 6 344GB 398GB 53.7GB ext4 primary msftdata 7 398GB 612GB 215GB ext4 primary msftdata
UEFI vs MBR process is a function of how the DVD is booted. You can't make a choice once booted to it. It must be booted in the desired mode. You'll probably have to use your BIOS boot menu to override its predilection to use UEFI mode. When it's in UEFI mode, the function key menu options are missing from its menu.
Good to know how UEFI vs MBR is chosen, but I don't understand why UEFI is being chosen. It wasn't, AFAIK when I installed the previous versions of OpenSuSE but I am not going to be adamant about that, too many computers in my past to keep track of em all... Anywise I think I had disabled UEFI mode in the BIOS, although I am not sure what you are referring to when you say function key menu options.... The BIOS is wrapped in some fancy schmancy Gigabyte GUI that is all pizzazed up to look pretty and sexy for gamers. Any setting I found that mentions UEFI I turned off but it is not a simple setting in one location. I am given the choice between "No not launch", UEFI, and Legacy for "Storage Boot Option Control" and "Other PCI devices" both of which are set to Legacy. The Gigabyte logo splash screen, shown right after power up, shows only briefly and does show a couple of function key menu options and it also tells the user to use the Del key to access the BIOS settings. Then the OpenSuSE GRUB menu opens up and just shows the two versions of OpenSuSE operating systems (plus two variants with advanced options) to choose from. Also a couple of other things like an Edit option to make changes to the Grub configuration. But no function key menu options are shown in the Grub menu. Marc... -- Linux Counter -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org