About to install 11.2 M6 to test but have questions

[suse_tpx60s]

I’ve decided to install 11.2M6 for a little play and to test and hopefully contribute by reporting any bugs I come across.

My system is currently configured to dual boot XP and 11.1. Grub is configured to boot from the /boot partition as I require the MBR to remain in tact for my recovery partition to work correctly.

I have made 15GB free space on my HDD. Is this enough for 11.2M6? When it comes to installing 11.2M6 can I reuse any of the existing non data partitions like /swap? I don’t want to mess up my 11.1 installation.

[malcolmlewis]

@suse tpx60s

I’ve decided to install 11.2M6 for a little play and to test and
hopefully contribute by reporting any bugs I come across.

My system is currently configured to dual boot XP and 11.1. Grub is
configured to boot from the /boot partition as I require the MBR to
remain in tact for my recovery partition to work correctly.

I have made 15GB free space on my HDD. Is this enough for 11.2M6? When
it comes to installing 11.2M6 can I reuse any of the existing non data
partitions like /swap? I don’t want to mess up my 11.1 installation.

Hi
Quite possible it will mess up your current installations, it’s beta
software.

It’s meant to be installed on a test machine or virtual machine (vbox,
vmware) not a machine your not prepared to lose data.

If you value your data or installations, don’t install it

Did I mention that it’s beta software and can break all sorts of
things, recovery partitions, grub other installations etc…

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Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 (x86_64) Kernel 2.6.27.29-0.1-default
up 4 days 9:07, 2 users, load average: 0.00, 0.02, 0.00
GPU GeForce 8600 GTS Silent - Driver Version: 190.18

[suse_tpx60s]

OK thanks. I really wanted to test it on my laptop as that is what I’ll install it on when it becomes GA. For now I’ll put it into VMware then but I really wanted to be able to test the core system functionality, e.g. hibernation, docking / undocking, the video performance, Fn keys, etc which will not really be possible as a virtual machine.

Does the same apply to running the Live CD? Can that cause corruption?

I guess I could install it onto another HDD and swap the HDD but that’s not really convenient.

I would just like to contribute to the debugging before it goes GA so hopefully when it is released most of the things will work out of the box.

[malcolmlewis]

@suse tpx60s

OK thanks. I really wanted to test it on my laptop as that is what I’ll
install it on when it becomes GA. For now I’ll put it into VMware then
but I really wanted to be able to test the core system functionality,
e.g. hibernation, docking / undocking, the video performance, Fn keys,
etc which will not really be possible as a virtual machine.

Does the same apply to running the Live CD? Can that cause corruption?

I guess I could install it onto another HDD and swap the HDD but that’s
not really convenient.

I would just like to contribute to the debugging before it goes GA so
hopefully when it is released most of the things will work out of the
box.

Hi
Try the live option then, else put in another drive

–
Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 (x86_64) Kernel 2.6.27.29-0.1-default
up 4 days 10:23, 2 users, load average: 0.00, 0.03, 0.00
GPU GeForce 8600 GTS Silent - Driver Version: 190.18