On 2011/07/06 11:54 (GMT+0100) Oliver Kullmann composed:
On Wed, Jul 06, 2011 at 11:44:31AM +0100, Dave Howorth wrote:
Oliver Kullmann wrote:
the Suse installation process can't repartition anything (so it says).
Eh? You can repartition when you install opensuse. Where do you think it says it can't?
At point (translated from German) "system check" in the installation process a box shows up with
"The partitioning on /dev/sda can not be performed by parted. You can take over the partitions. You can format them and mount them. However, with this tool you can not add partitions, edit them, remove them, or change their size."
Sounds like what you bought was an EFI boot laptop, and parted outside of YaST2 cannot deal with it. http://lmgtfy.com/?q=windows+efi+boot Since it is new, I'd take it to the store and suggest to it that you will return it if it doesn't supply restore media, which at this point (due to EFI/GPT) you may be in need of if you want Win7 to work again. -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org