https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=645196 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=645196#c0 Summary: partitioning problems Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 11.3 Version: Final Platform: i586 OS/Version: openSUSE 11.3 Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: Installation AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: nothereforever@hotmail.com QAContact: jsrain@novell.com Found By: --- Blocker: --- i chose to create my own arangement as the installer saw my hard disks as a RAID array (2x drives double the space) instead of the way it was made and this might effect my other bugs i have reported. i specified which partitions to erase and let it create its own arrangement for Home Root and Swap. after installing i found it didnt make Root a primary partition and couldnt boot it! it had it right before with my first install. the difference between now and then is that then i told setup to make a fat32 partition at the end. now there is a NTFS i want to keep at the end of the drive. about that fat 32 partition: i had told the setup to make a fat32 partition at the end of the drive but afterward i tried to access it and it was too big. so i tried the LVM arrangement. it made a /boot partition which should be good, and it made a 20 gig root and a 25 gig home and a 2gig swap but it left the rest of the LVM BLANK!! normally it fills the rest of the space with HOME. so i made an extra one in the LVM for usr and it is 34.9GIG problems A:setup sees my two drive arrangement as a space doubling raid. and dont see my partitions in my drives. this prevents setup mounting the drives as /windows/CDEF volumes. later in the installed operating system i have /media/label(s) for each one but they are inaccessible. i have posted a bug for that too but hadnt provided these setup details only the post install stuff: (https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=640380) B:setup can make fat32 partitions too big C:no primary partition for root D:LVM not filled. -- 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.