В Sat, 07 Dec 2013 13:50:26 +0200 ellanios82 пишет:

Hello List

i note that on my system, yast's bootloader takes a very long time "Reading Partitions".

Shot in the dark - try disabling floppy controller in BIOS.

Then, after closing yast, if one tries again to adjust bootloader a second time, then "Reading Partitions" gets to 30% and then sticks at 30%.

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Installing from DVD _________________

my experience when installing oS 13.1 from DVD was that 'searching for linux partitions' took a long time : about 45 minutes

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regards

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Le 07/12/2013 12:50, ellanios82 a écrit :

Hello List

i note that on my system, yast's bootloader takes a very long time "Reading Partitions".

never seen this (more than 10 installs last week, one in ten minutes all included) jdd -- http://www.dodin.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

Le 07/12/2013 14:16, Damian Ivanov a écrit :

It's a known bug. For me it took 30mins.... disabling floppy in BIOS fixes it.

ok floppies become rare nowadays :-( jdd -- http://www.dodin.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

Le 07/12/2013 15:52, Carlos E. R. a écrit :

On 2013-12-07 15:41, jdd wrote:

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Le 07/12/2013 14:16, Damian Ivanov a écrit :

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It's a known bug. For me it took 30mins.... disabling floppy in BIOS fixes it.

ok

floppies become rare nowadays :-(

That's not the problem. It is the bios having a floppy drive configured, even if there is none. Linux probes it... and fails, taking a long time about it.

never seen a floppy configured when there is none (and when there where nver one) I beg nobody tested this before release :-) jdd -- http://www.dodin.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

On 2013-12-07 18:31, Felix Miata wrote:

On 2013-12-07 16:35 (GMT+0100) jdd composed:

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That's not the problem. It is the bios having a floppy drive configured, even if there is none. Linux probes it... and fails, taking a long time about it.

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never seen a floppy configured when there is none (and when there where nver one)

Lots of inept motherboard BIOS exist that on reset (e.g. battery gone dead) enable floppy regardless whether one is present.

The vmplayer "firmware" has this problem. When you create a virtual machine, you get a floppy. You remove it from the list of hardware devices, but if you enter the bios setup, there is the floppy defined. It is usually on the first page.

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I beg nobody tested this before release :-)

If you meant "bet", you lose. 17 month old bug with 6 dupes: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=773058

Ha! -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 12.3 x86_64 "Dartmouth" at Telcontar)

On 12/07/2013 02:05 PM, Andrey Borzenkov wrote:

В Sat, 07 Dec 2013 13:50:26 +0200 ellanios82 пишет:

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Hello List

i note that on my system, yast's bootloader takes a very long time "Reading Partitions".

Shot in the dark - try disabling floppy controller in BIOS.

_________________ - Yes : that was it ! Thank you regards -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

jdd wrote:

Le 07/12/2013 15:52, Carlos E. R. a écrit :

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On 2013-12-07 15:41, jdd wrote:

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Le 07/12/2013 14:16, Damian Ivanov a écrit :

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It's a known bug. For me it took 30mins.... disabling floppy in BIOS fixes it.

ok

floppies become rare nowadays :-(

That's not the problem. It is the bios having a floppy drive configured, even if there is none. Linux probes it... and fails, taking a long time about it.

never seen a floppy configured when there is none (and when there where nver one)

It's a pretty common default setting in a new BIOS, so if you upgrade the BIOS, you'll end up with a floppy drive configured, regardless of whether one is present or not. -- Per Jessen, Zürich (0.8°C) http://www.hostsuisse.com/ - dedicated server rental in Switzerland. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org