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Title: YaST: Error during the automatic partitioning procedure

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YaST: Error during the automatic partitioning procedure

Applies to

SuSE Linux: Version 5.3
YaST: Version 0.97, 0.97.1

Symptom:

It is not possible to use those parts of a harddrive for Linux automatically, that are not yet partitioned, if the harddrive contains no valid partition table. After the partitioning procedure a red window appears which contains a text like:

        Installation was not completed succesfully
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Cause:

The new version 2.6 of Fdisk doesn't return the number of cylinders of a harddrive anymore, if the drive doesn't contain a valid partition table.

Solution:

Once the error happened, it is necessary to reboot the machine, since otherwise an overflow of the ramdisk might occur. When being asked by YaST, whether all of the free space of the drive should be used, answer with "No". In the following mask you can either partition the drive interactively or you can use the complete drive for Linux.

The error is fixed in version 0.97.2 of YaST.

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Keywords: YAST, PARTITIONING

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Categories: Administration

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