Have been running 11.1 on a generic notebook (eRacks) just fine until a few days ago when CUPS couldn’t be reached. Rather than futz more with 11.1, I decided to install 11.2 (which has been on my desktop). Using the same CD, which continues to check ok, the install has failed many times at about the same point: 87% through “copying root filesystem” in yast2.
Specs: Intel P4 2.4 GHz, 1.5 GB RAM, ATI radeon PV250Lf
The HD was partitioned into /, swap, /home, and an extended partition of /opt, /var, /usr. Only / was ext4 and the rest were ext3. Tried various options:
- no apic
- no acpi
- “noapic acpi=off” entered manually
- Vesa instead of 1024x768
Each time had to edit partition table to mount the extended partitions. Always formatted /. At first didn’t format the extended patitions, later formated all but /home.
Then set yast2 to format / as ext3, to match the other partitions. In the sysinfo page the / partition is now shown as /mnt containing 723.6 MB out of 7 GB, still formatted as ext4. On rescan by yast2 partition manager, / shows as ext3.
The install halts every time with an error while “copying root filesystem.” Tried booting from the CD direct to install and to the Live OS followed by install–same result.
So, hours later, went back to 11.1–which installed in minutes.
Hints and allegations welcomed.