I try to install 13.2 on a SSD.
The SSD has one swap partition and 3 ext4 partitions.
During the installation procedure I tried to change the partitioning of the SSD.
But I got the message that parted can not deal with the partition table. I would have to deal with the partitions as they are or erase the SSD completely.
But when trying to use the whole SSD I again receive the message that parted can not deal with the partition table…
(Formatting an existing partition is possible.)
What’s going wrong?
Is there a way to change the partitioning of the SSD?
Is there an operating system inside of those existing partitions?
You can download the opensuse 13.2 rescue (live) cd it has the xfce DE.
You can use hdparm to erase the SSD completely and create a new partitions
with gdisk using the rescue cd.
I suggest that you run the “fixparts” utility on that disk. It can fix broken partition tables.
I’m not sure of the best way of doing this.
One option would be to use the opensuse 13.2 live rescue CD. Unfortunately, “fixparts” is not there. You have to first use Yast to install it from the repos. I think the package name is “gptfdisk-fixparts”, but a search for “fixparts” in Yast should do the trick.
If you use a CD, then installing it will install to RAM, so it won’t be there on next boot. If you “burn” this iso to a USB, then the installed “fixparts” should be retained for future boots.
