OpenSuse 12.1 nstallation process was stopped deadly

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#1

Hi,
I installed OpenSuse 12.1 (with English as installation language, KDE and without Home as separate partition)
and during installation process was stopped deadly with mesage like

“30%, left 2.272 ГБ, 717 packeges”
.

having disk:

# fdisk -l 
   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *          63      530144      265041   83  Linux
/dev/sda2          530208    50347709    24908751    7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3        50347710   976768064   463210177+   f  W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda5        50347773    54540674     2096451   82  Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda6        54540738    96389999    20924631   83  Linux
/dev/sda7        96390063   921472334   412541136    7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda8       921472398   976768064    27647833+  83  Linux

I installed “/” and loader to “/dev/sda8” partition

I looks like DVD image is ok, control sum is ok
I installed it under VMWare successfully.

I loaded iso file from here software.opensuse.org: Download openSUSE 12.1

In var/log/log/YaST2/mkinitrd.log I see:
2011-11-10 16:29:53 --------------------------------------------------------------------------
2011-11-10 16:29:53 mkinitrd called with arguments 
2012-05-09 21:46:00 --------------------------------------------------------------------------
2012-05-09 21:46:00 mkinitrd called with arguments -k /boot/vmlinuz-3.1.0-1.2-desktop -i /boot/initrd-3.1.0-1.2-desktop
2012-05-09 21:46:00 [BLOCK] /dev/sdb -> sata_nv  
2012-05-09 21:46:00 [MODULES]	01-acpi.sh: thermal processor fan    
2012-05-09 21:46:00 [MODULES]	02-start.sh: 
2012-05-09 21:46:00 [MODULES]	02-start.sh:   
2012-05-09 21:46:00 [MODULES]	03-rtc.sh: rtc_cmos  
2012-05-09 21:46:00 [MODULES]	03-storage.sh:       
2012-05-09 21:46:00 [MODULES]	05-kms.sh: nouveau    
2012-05-09 21:46:00 [MODULES]	11-block.sh: sata_nv pata_cs5536 pata_ns87415 acard-ahci pata_pdc2027x pata_hpt366 pata_atp867x pata_sc1200 pdc_adma ahci_platform sata_sis pata_rz1000 pata_cs5535 sata_promise pata_ali pata_radisys pata_acpi pata_piccolo pata_ninja32 pata_mpiix sata_sil24 pata_pcmcia pata_netcell sata_uli pata_marvell pata_sch pata_atiixp pata_oldpiix pata_hpt3x2n sata_vsc pata_rdc pata_amd ata_generic sata_via pata_sil680 pata_optidma pata_ns87410 pata_sl82c105 pata_artop sata_svw pata_triflex pata_cs5530 pata_arasan_cf pata_pdc202xx_old sata_qstor pata_efar pata_serverworks pata_sis pata_it821x pata_it8213 pata_cs5520 pata_jmicron sata_mv sata_inic162x pata_opti pata_via pata_cmd64x sata_sil pata_cmd640 pata_hpt37x sata_sx4 pata_cypress pata_hpt3x3 sd_mod  
2012-05-09 21:46:00 [MODULES]	11-usb.sh: usbcore
2012-05-09 21:46:00 [MODULES]	11-usb.sh: ohci_hcd
2012-05-09 21:46:00 [MODULES]	11-usb.sh: uhci-hcd
2012-05-09 21:46:00 [MODULES]	11-usb.sh: ehci_hcd
2012-05-09 21:46:00 [MODULES]	11-usb.sh: usbhid                    
2012-05-09 21:46:00 [MODULES]	'modinfo -k "3.1.0-1.2-desktop" -F supported'  returned with an error.

In /var/log/alternatives.log I see:

2011-11-10 16:25:34 update-alternatives: run with --install /usr/share/wallpapers/openSUSE-default.xml openSUSE-default.xml /usr/share/wallpapers/openSUSE-default-static.xml 5
2011-11-10 16:25:34 update-alternatives: link group openSUSE-default.xml updated to point to /usr/share/wallpapers/openSUSE-default-static.xml
2011-11-10 16:25:34 update-alternatives: run with --install /bin/vim vim /usr/share/vim/current/tools/missing-vim-client 0
2011-11-10 16:25:34 update-alternatives: link group vim updated to point to /usr/share/vim/current/tools/missing-vim-client
2011-11-10 16:25:39 update-alternatives: run with --install /sbin/mount.ntfs mount.ntfs /sbin/mount.ntfs-3g 10 --slave /usr/share/man/man8/mount.ntfs.8.gz mount.ntfs.8.gz /usr/share/man/man8/mount.ntfs-3g.8.gz
2011-11-10 16:25:39 update-alternatives: link group mount.ntfs updated to point to /sbin/mount.ntfs-3g
2011-11-10 16:25:57 update-alternatives: run with --install /usr/bin/netcat netcat /usr/bin/nc 10 --slave /usr/share/man/man1/netcat.1.gz netcat.1.gz /usr/share/man/man1/nc.1.gz
2011-11-10 16:25:57 update-alternatives: link group netcat updated to point to /usr/bin/nc
2011-11-10 16:26:23 update-alternatives: run with --install /bin/awk awk /bin/gawk 20 --slave /usr/bin/awk usr-bin-awk /bin/gawk --slave /usr/share/man/man1/awk.1.gz awk.1.gz /usr/share/man/man1/gawk.1.gz
2011-11-10 16:26:23 update-alternatives: link group awk updated to point to /bin/gawk
2011-11-10 16:26:48 update-alternatives: run with --install /bin/vim vim /bin/vim-normal 15
2011-11-10 16:26:48 update-alternatives: link group vim updated to point to /bin/vim-normal
2011-11-10 16:26:59 update-alternatives: run with --install /usr/bin/ftp ftp /usr/bin/pftp 10 --slave /usr/share/man/man1/ftp.1.gz ftp.1 /usr/share/man/man1/pftp.1.gz
2011-11-10 16:26:59 update-alternatives: link group ftp updated to point to /usr/bin/pftp
2011-11-10 16:26:59 update-alternatives: run with --auto ftp

In “/dev/sda8” partition I see in /var/log/ 2 none empty files faillog (2,5 Kib) and lastlog(29,9 Kib) - but trying to view them I see that they are filled with “00” symbols.
What is the problem?

If during installation there is some additive logging regim?

#2

The fdisk command also gives the hard disk size and you seemed to cut that out of your message. Not sure what other Linux versions you have running, but the output of a terminal “df” command might be helpful to see partition size and space used/free. To load openSUSE from Logical Partition 8, you would either need to load the grub legacy boot loader into the MBR or you use the chainload command from another Linux version on the same disk. openSUSE 12.1 uses Grub Legacy while other versions might be using Grub 2. What did you do with the grub installation part for openSUSE 12.1 by chance?

Thank You,

#3

Did you run the media check to be sure that the burn worked right? Did you burn to quality R/O media at the slowest speed?

#4

I run checking Media menu Item, and it hung forever, without any error messages or DVD indicator blinking.
But As I wrote above I installed the system under VMWare successfully.
I think the speed was the highest for my DVD Writer, could it be reason of error?

#5

During installation I select as root for OpenSuse “/dev/sda8” - 26 gb
In process of installation there is a choice to set “Home” as separate partition- I set this option off
I have now working Fedora 14(in “/dev/sda6”) and its loader in “/dev/sda1”.
When I installed Fedora or Mandriva with existing linux and its loader(just like now with Fedora in “/dev/sda6” and it loader in “/dev/sda1” ), I chose option to install loader in the same partition
as “/” of this linux. It worked fine - I have old loader in which I have to add several rows for loading of new system.
I try to make the same way with OpenSuse - is it possible that installation hung as root and loader are the same ?
During installation OpenSuse propose by default to install loader in “/dev/sda”. It seems to me rather risky, not to break my wworking partitions…
Will I have problems with setting loader into “/dev/sda” ?

df - shows only mouned partitions:

# df -HT
Filesystem    Type     Size   Used  Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda6     ext4      22G   9.2G    11G  46% /
tmpfs        tmpfs     2.2G   2.2M   2.2G   1% /dev/shm
/dev/sda2  fuseblk      26G    23G   2.6G  91% /mnt/diskC_XP
/dev/sda7  fuseblk     423G   353G    70G  84% /mnt/diskD_Work
/dev/sdb3  fuseblk      51G   9.5G    42G  19% /mnt/diskE_Music
#6

First, the df command did not show me sda8, perhaps because it is not mounted. You have to decide who will control your primary boot process. openSUSE 12.1 using grub legacy while Fedora uses Grub 2 as I recall. So, if I wanted to use Fedora as my boot master, you would need to force openSUSE to install grub and everything into /dev/sda8, a configuration that would not boot on its own. If you allow it to be placed into /dev/sda1 2 or 3 or into the MBR, you are saying that openSUSE will be the master, but then openSUSE needs to be loaded into one of the four root partitions, which can’t be done. Still don’t really know why openSUSE would abort during its install unless it can’t handle the configuration you are forcing it into. openSUSE handles single and dual booting with Windows just fine but anything else requires you understand how boot managers work and how to integrate several distro’s together.

Thank You,

#7

On 2012-05-13 14:46, mstdmstd wrote:

> I run checking Media menu Item, and it hung forever, without any error
> messages or DVD indicator blinking.
> But As I wrote above I installed the system under VMWare successfully.
> I think the speed was the highest for my DVD Writer, could it be reason
> of error?

No, I don’t think so. You can run the media check also inside vmware, it
would be equally valid.

You may have some hardware incompatibility.

–
Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 11.4 x86_64 “Celadon” at Telcontar)

#8

OpenSuse 12.1 didnot installed on any partition…
But OpenSuse 12.2 ( openSUSE-DVD-Build0317-i586.iso ) I installed successfully…
Who tried it, how is it - that is not release?

#9

On 2012-05-18 08:36, mstdmstd wrote:
>
> OpenSuse 12.1 didnot installed on any partition…
> But OpenSuse 12.2 ( openSUSE-DVD-Build0317-i586.iso ) I installed
> successfully…
> Who tried it, how is it - that is not release?

12.2 is in beta state.

–
Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 11.4 x86_64 “Celadon” at Telcontar)