On Sunday 13 April 2008 01:28:05 pm Michael Kirchner wrote:
Hi,
rvJJax wrote:
i think /dev/sda6 is NTFS.
try to move the iso images to another partition that not NTFS one, and reinstall it again.
Yes, that seems to have been the reason. There is some small doubt as I did not install from iso but from the unpacked iso. Since I tried that before on ntfs with the same error message, I guess installing from iso would also work.
PS Can someone of you change the webpage accordingly? Or should I do that myself? Do I have the rights?
I would like to check this again. First, if you had files in second windows partition that would be /dev/sda5 if it was in basic windows partition (with windows directory) it would be /dev/sda1 . The /dev/sda6 should be the new one, created in 4 GB empty space. In Linux /dev/sda1-4 are primary partitions. First logical partition is /dev/sda5, even if logical partition is created as second ie. /dev/sda2. That means that you can use /dev/sda3 and /dev/sda4 for another 2 primary partitions, and Linux has no problem that partitions are out of order. See my partition table: ---------------------------------------------------------------- # fdisk -l <snip> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 1 3135 25173855 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/sda2 6672 19457 102703514 f W95 Ext'd (LBA) /dev/sda3 * 3135 6672 28410952 83 Linux /dev/sda5 6672 6933 2104483+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sda6 6934 9366 19543041 83 Linux /dev/sda7 9367 13014 29302528+ 83 Linux /dev/sda8 13015 18237 41945715 83 Linux /dev/sda9 18237 19457 9807619+ 83 Linux Partition table entries are not in disk order ---------------------------------------------------------------- The 'fdisk' noted that partitions are not in disk order and that is all. You can see that: - /dev/sda2 is extended, - /dev/sda3 comes before /dev/sda2 on disk, - /dev/sda4 is missing and system works fine. Maybe you should post your partition table using fdisk on some live CD. The openSUSE has one. Knoppix is another one. Otherwise: Reading the error again: "Failed to mount /dev/sda6 on /mnt/var/temp/ap0x00001 Mounting media failed (mount: /dev/sda6 already mounted or /mnt/var/temp/ap0x0001 busy)" You should verify which was the case: /dev/sda6 was mounted or /mnt/var/temp/ap0x0001 was busy I guess first one was culprit as /dev/sda6 (4 GB) was probably in installation proposal to be included in the system, and it was mounted. To check, you can press Ctrl-Alt-F2 to get to the command prompt. To return to graphic installation you can press Alt-F7. On command prompt you can use command 'mount' : # mount it will list what is mounted. You can check before you confirm installation, and after you get error. Don't dismiss error before you check what is mounted in that moment. I'm running installation in virtual machine right now and when it is finished I'll make few checks. I don't think that is anything special with NTFS partition that will prevent installation. If installation program is using old read-only driver, it should be fine, as iso is mounted read only anyway. -- Regards, Rajko http://en.opensuse.org/Portal needs helpful hands. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org