Problems with 8.0 clean installation using existing partitions
I am attempting to do a clean instal of Suse 8.0 over an existing 7.3. I got as far as 'Installation Settings' and a few subsequent attempts to get Yast to use the partitions already present on the disk before I simply quit. The problem is that Yast (Preparing Hard Disk -- Step 2) requires that in choosing where on the hard disk to instal that I "must start the selection with the highest-numbered partition." Naturally, the present / partition (5.0 Mb) is /dev/sda1; /home is /dev/sda2 (10.0 Mb) and /dev/sda3 is a 2.0 Mb swap partition. It will not allow me to choose /dev/sda1. I want to instal there however. Any suggestions? I don't want to - nor should I be forced to - lose anything on my /home partition. Cheers, -- Len Blanks
* Len Blanks <ltb@haruspex.net> writes in suse-linux-e@suse.com:
I am attempting to do a clean instal of Suse 8.0 over an existing 7.3. I got as far as 'Installation Settings' and a few subsequent attempts to get Yast to use the partitions already present on the disk before I simply quit. The problem is that Yast (Preparing Hard Disk -- Step 2) requires that in choosing where on the hard disk to instal that I "must start the selection with the highest-numbered partition."
Naturally, the present / partition (5.0 Mb) is /dev/sda1; /home is /dev/sda2 (10.0 Mb) and /dev/sda3 is a 2.0 Mb swap partition.
These should each read 'Gb' not 'Mb' of course. It is an 18Gb drive and the suggested partitioning scheme provided by Yast was Delete Partition /dev/sda3 2.0 GB (Linux swap) Create Extended Partition 2.0 GB (/dev/sda3) Create Boot Partition 16.0 MB (/dev/sda5 with ext2) Create Swap Partition 1.0 GB on /dev/sda6 Create Root Partition 1.0 GB (/dev/sda7 with reiser)
It will not allow me to choose /dev/sda1. I want to instal there however. Any suggestions? I don't want to - nor should I be forced to - lose anything on my /home partition. --
Len Blanks
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