Can't install 11.1 - fs supposedly faulty

[Nichiren]

I've currently installed Windows 7 RC x64 on one of my four partitions and wanted to install openSuse 11.1 x64 alongside it.
So I downloaded the install dvd, burned it and booted off it. It runs well, until it comes to "Disk".

There, it claimed that all four of my partitions supposedly have an "inconsistent file system"
One I might have understood, but all four?
It therefore wanted to format all four of them
I exited and went back to Windows, where I ran chkdsk on all four partitions, using "Automatically fix filesystem errors". Not surprisingly, it didn't find anything.

I've then re-run the installer, but it still insisted that the fs of all four partitions are inconsistent
So I have then re-run chkdsk again for all four partitions (still nothing), run the verification for the installer (which didn't come up with any errors), and I've also run the memory test, two full passes - which didn't find any errors either (yet wasted almost two full hours).

Still, the installer insists on its lunacy with the "inconsistent fs"
What can I do to bring some sense into its head?

Besides that, why doesn't the installer support 1920x1200 - or any widescreen resolutions at all, at that?
The best I can do is 1600x1200, but that results in anything being stretched like chewing gum, looking ugly.

[caf4926]

If you had a live cd of openSUSE you could boot that and open a su terminal and do:

fdisk -l

Post result.
It will tell us far more than windows ever can.

[Nichiren]

Originally Posted by caf4926

If you had a live cd of openSUSE you could boot that and open a su terminal and do:

fdisk -l

Post result.
It will tell us far more than windows ever can.

Ok, I'll try that and post the result here.

[Nichiren]

I just had a Fedora 11 Live handy and used that.
This is the result, although I doubt it's of any use, as fdisk didn't want to output anything

[liveuser@localhost ~]$ fdisk -l
[liveuser@localhost ~]$ fdisk

Usage: fdisk [-l] [-b SSZ] [-u] device
E.g.: fdisk /dev/hda  (for the first IDE disk)
  or: fdisk /dev/sdc  (for the third SCSI disk)
  or: fdisk /dev/eda  (for the first PS/2 ESDI drive)
  or: fdisk /dev/rd/c0d0
  or: fdisk /dev/ida/c0d0  (for RAID devices)
  ...
[liveuser@localhost ~]$

I've then launched the file manager (Dolphin), and it showed all four partitions just fine, including their contents, with no problems whatsoever.
I could also write to them (the above Konsole log was written to one of them).

I've then taken a look at the man pages and tried out cfdisk, but it didn't want to display anything either.
Any other ideas?

[mortenb123]

Was the disk bootblock and partitionheaders written by Win7?
Maybe the disk format is not recognized by linux.?

If you boot a live disk, is it possible to get access to the other partitions?

[FizzyFanta]

Maybe its related to the hidden partition created by windows 7.

How to Avoid 200MB Hidden System Partition From Been Created During Windows 7 Installation » My Digital Life

[caf4926]

You have to be su in the terminal
Not sure how Fedora does that with Live CD's

su -
maybe
check over at fedora

[Nichiren]

Originally Posted by mortenb123

Was the disk bootblock and partitionheaders written by Win7?
Maybe the disk format is not recognized by linux.?

If you boot a live disk, is it possible to get access to the other partitions?

As I wrote above already, I can access *all* partitions just fine in Dolphin.

Originally Posted by FizzyFanta

Maybe its related to the hidden partition created by windows 7.

How to Avoid 200MB Hidden System Partition From Been Created During Windows 7 Installation » My Digital Life

I already avoided that "hidden partition" nonsense.

Originally Posted by caf4926

You have to be su in the terminal
Not sure how Fedora does that with Live CD's

su -
maybe
check over at fedora

Why didn't you say in the first place that you have to be su?

[Nichiren]

Ok, I did it as su now, here's the result:

[liveuser@localhost ~]$ su         
[root@localhost liveuser]# fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 320.0 GB, 320071851520 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xe44c4fa0

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *           1        9791    78646176    7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2            9792       19582    78646207+   7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3           19583       29373    78646207+   7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda4           29374       38913    76630050    7  HPFS/NTFS

[root@localhost liveuser]#

[caf4926]

Firstly, I did initially say a su terminal in post #2. You just missed it!

Really we could do with knowing what is on ALL the partitions and which one/s you wanted to use for openSUSE.