Re: Partitioning hard drive for 9.2 install

joev@pipeline.com adjusted his/her tin foil beanie and asbestos
underwear to write:

> I have a 3.0 ghz processor with 1 gb ram and two 250 gb hard drives.

>
> I selected the KDE package then added MYSQL, apache, perl and
> netatalk. I made a partition for root, swap, boot, opt, usr, home,
> var, myth_buffer and data on hda. hdb has a LVM partition.
>
> The installation took almost three days. The kde.tv and a PAM module

> failed. Then an inst_root error occurred. I chose quit at this
point.
> The system tried to boot but obviously asked for a user/password
which
> was not setup.
>
> According to the documentation the install should only take 15-30
> minutes.
>
> Can anyone point me to a howto for installing on partitions other
than
> the SuSE default setup?
>
> Thanks
> Joe

I don`t think it is your partitioning that is causing the problem, try

just doing the default with no extras and then after the system is upadd what else you need.

Also, is this from a genuine CD/DVD, burned copy of the iso or the ftp

version?

Bad media can cause problems if vital packages are messed up and abort

the install in which case the whole lot is b0rken, if you do have thedisks though you could try installing again but after choosing the
language and key layout you will then be offered the chance to boot
installed OS or repair, try the repair and let it run through it might

be able to fix it but I somehow don`t think so.

HTH
--
Mark
Novell Support Forums SysOp
Twixt hill and high water
N. Wales, UK.

That was the road I was going to head down next.

The install is from a genuine DVD.

Thanks
Joe

> I don`t think it is your partitioning that is causing the problem,
try
> just doing the default with no extras and then after the system is
up
> add what else you need.
>
> Also, is this from a genuine CD/DVD, burned copy of the iso or the
ftp
> version?
>
> Bad media can cause problems if vital packages are messed up and
abort
> the install in which case the whole lot is b0rken, if you do have
the
> disks though you could try installing again but after choosing the
> language and key layout you will then be offered the chance to boot> installed OS or repair, try the repair and let it run through it
might
> be able to fix it but I somehow don`t think so.
>
> HTH
> --
> Mark
> Novell Support Forums SysOp
> Twixt hill and high water
> N. Wales, UK.
>