Re: new suse 8.1 axp partitioning problem

On Sat, 17 May 2003, Cyrill Grueter wrote:

> Hi all
> I try to install this new version on an alpha station 400 (srm).
> First problem:
> The system boot from the cd and ask me about my preferred language. I press
> enter and then comes a window with the following message:
> "Image konnte nicht gefunden werden! ÜberprÃŒfen Sie die Angabe des
> Verzeichnisses."
> Which Image?
well, hope you selected german, otherwise I'd be surprized about the
german error message.
yes, there is no "root" image on the cd, you'll have to specify the
installation source (ftp,ftp.suse.com or your favourite mirror)
manually in linucrc
>
> Second problem:
> The patitioning tool doesn't work. I made the partition table with a
> <psst>debian cd</psst>.
yes, I already heard that one from another tester. yast keeps trying to
create dos-style partition tables, once there is a bsd-disklabes on the
drive it will create correct partitions however. I never ran into this
since all machines (with SRM) I installed on already had bsd-labels on
their disks.

Thanks for the report anyway, we'll try to have a look as time permits,
as I read you already helped yourself ;)
Changing to another console to create the disklabel on the harddrive
using fdisk should be sufficient however...

-- 
with kind regards (mit freundlichem Grinsen),
      Ruediger Oertel ([email protected],[email protected])
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