https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=214682 Summary: Error preparing your hard disk Product: openSUSE 10.2 Version: Alpha 5 plus Platform: Other OS/Version: Other Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: Installation AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: stbinner@suse.de QAContact: jsrain@novell.com Trying to install an early Beta 1 test build within VMware (while another test installation the same setup worked before) fails when preparing the hard disk with: Failure occured during following action: Formatting partition /dev/sda2 (2.5GB) with ext3 System error code was: -3008 /sbin/mke2fs -O dir_index -j -v /dev/sda2: mke2fs 1.39 (29-May-2006) /dev/sda2 is apparently in use by the system; will not make a filesystem here! -- 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, or are watching someone who is.