OpenSuse 10.3 Installation Help

steve_ervin21 · 10-09-2007, 07:01 PM

Ok I have downloaded the kde one. I went to install it and it kept saying it can't find the cd. I used this site to fix that. http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:CD_not_found_problem now after the boot during the install it keeps saying:
trying manual resume from /dev/hda1
resume device /dev/hda1 not foudn (ignoring)
waiting for device /dev/disk/by-id/ata-Hitachi_HTS541680J9AT00_SB0244SGKJE75E-part2 to apear
.could not find /dev/disk/by-id/ata-Hitachi_HTS541680J9AT00_SB0244SGKJE75E-part2
want me to fall back to /dev/disk/by-id/ata-Hitachi_HTS541680J9AT00_SB0244SGKJE75E-part2 (y/n)

both yes and no do not work.. i have tried booting wiht the boot options insmod=ide-generic

please help me!
thanks

slackass · 10-09-2007, 09:18 PM

Well....I had similar problems with the kde cd. I messed around with it most of the night and couldn't make it work. And... from what I've herd, a lot of other people haven't been able to make it work either. I've got the dvd downloading now.

steve_ervin21 · 10-10-2007, 12:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by slackass

Well....I had similar problems with the kde cd. I messed around with it most of the night and couldn't make it work. And... from what I've herd, a lot of other people haven't been able to make it work either. I've got the dvd downloading now.

did the dvd work?

steve_ervin21 · 10-10-2007, 06:39 PM

Ok.. i finally finished the installation... but I had to boot from the cd as if I was installing it again and then use the yast installation to boot the system. I have to do that every time to get into suse. I have tried to reinstall yast but no luck... please help me if you know anything!

thanks

steve_ervin21 · 10-11-2007, 01:19 PM

does anyone have any ideas on how I can sort this out?

SilentSam · 10-11-2007, 01:56 PM

Maybe using the boot kernel flags noapic nolapic will work

manto235 · 10-14-2007, 03:27 AM

Hello, I have exactly the same problem with my new installation of Opensuse 10.3.
I had to add "insmod=ide_generic" to install and now, my computer can't boot without the DVD.
=> Could not find /dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST340810A_5FB3Q681-part6.

I tried to add "noapic nolapic" in GRUB, but that doesn't work.
Screenshot

I posted a thread in a french forum : http://www.alionet.org/index.php?showtopic=17711

Has anybody an idea?
Thanks

steve_ervin21 · 10-14-2007, 12:36 PM

I'm still working on a solution... if you find one please post it here!

SilentSam · 10-14-2007, 04:03 PM

Strange... could you post your /boot/grub/menu.lst after booting from the CD/DVD?

Also, in the fist post, the resume device is listed as /dev/hda1, but from my experience resume should point to the swap space.In this regard I think posting both /boot/grub/menu.lst and /etc/fstab might be in order to spot any inconsistencies.

manto235 · 10-15-2007, 10:04 AM

Hello, this is my /boot/grub/menu.lst :

# Modified by YaST2. Last modification on dim oct 14 12:56:35 CEST 2007
default 1
timeout 8
gfxmenu (hd0,5)/boot/message

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux###
title openSUSE 10.3
root (hd0,5)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22.5-31-default root=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST340810A_5FB3Q681-part6 vga=0x317 insmod=ide_generic resume=/dev/hda5 splash=silent showopts
initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.22.5-31-default

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: windows###
title Windows
rootnoverify (hd0,5)
chainloader (hd0,0)+1

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: floppy###
title Disquette
rootnoverify (hd0,5)
chainloader (fd0)+1

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: failsafe###
title Failsafe -- openSUSE 10.3
root (hd0,5)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22.5-31-default root=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST340810A_5FB3Q681-part6 vga=normal showopts ide=nodma apm=off acpi=off noresume nosmp noapic maxcpus=0 edd=off 3
initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.22.5-31-default

Quote:

Also, in the fist post, the resume device is listed as /dev/hda1, but from my experience resume should point to the swap space.In this regard I think posting both /boot/grub/menu.lst and /etc/fstab might be in order to spot any inconsistencies.

In my menu.lst, my resume device si good (hda5 is swap and hd6 is /).

I'll check during the next reboot without the DVD to see if I have the same error.

This is what I get during a normal boot :

Code:

...
Trying manual resume from /dev/hda5
resume device /dev/hda5 not found (ignoring)
Trying manual resume from /dev/hda5
resume device /dev/hda5 not found (ignoring)
Waiting for device /dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST340810A_5FB3Q681-part6 to appear : .usb 3-1 : new low speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
...(some text)...
...............Could not find /dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST340810A_5FB3Q681-part6.
Want me to fall back to /dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST340810A_5FB3Q681-part6 ? (Y/n)
y
Waiting for device /dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST340810A_5FB3Q681-part6 to appear : ............ not found -- exiting to /bin/sh
sh : no job control in this shell
$

SilentSam · 10-15-2007, 11:57 AM

Try in your menu.lst to change root=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST340810A_5FB3Q681-part6 to root=/dev/hda6. This should work.

Edit: in menu.lst, insmod=ide_generic should read insmod=ide-generic, no?

steve.ervin21 · 10-15-2007, 08:39 PM

Here is my menu.lst file

# Modified by YaST2. Last modification on Mon Oct 15 20:24:48 EDT 2007
default 0
timeout 8
##YaST - generic_mbr
gfxmenu (hd0,1)/boot/message
##YaST - activate

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux###
title openSUSE 10.3 - 2.6.22.9-0.4
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22.9-0.4-default root=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-Hitachi_HTS541680J9AT00_SB0244SGKJE75E-part2 vga=0x317 insmod=ide-generic resume=/dev/hda1 splash=silent showopts
initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.22.9-0.4-default

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: failsafe###
title Failsafe -- openSUSE 10.3 - 2.6.22.9-0.4
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22.9-0.4-default root=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-Hitachi_HTS541680J9AT00_SB0244SGKJE75E-part2 vga=normal showopts ide=nodma apm=off acpi=off noresume nosmp noapic maxcpus=0 edd=off 3
initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.22.9-0.4-default

my swap partition is /dev/hda1 and my root partition is /dev/hda2
do you think it will work if I change "root=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-Hitachi_HTS541680J9AT00_SB0244SGKJE75E-part2 " to root=/dev/hda2?
I'm going to try that now

.... i'll keep ya posted.. and if it that is not the problem any suggestions?

steve_ervin21 · 10-15-2007, 08:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by steve.ervin21

Here is my menu.lst file

# Modified by YaST2. Last modification on Mon Oct 15 20:24:48 EDT 2007
default 0
timeout 8
##YaST - generic_mbr
gfxmenu (hd0,1)/boot/message
##YaST - activate

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux###
title openSUSE 10.3 - 2.6.22.9-0.4
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22.9-0.4-default root=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-Hitachi_HTS541680J9AT00_SB0244SGKJE75E-part2 vga=0x317 insmod=ide-generic resume=/dev/hda1 splash=silent showopts
initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.22.9-0.4-default

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: failsafe###
title Failsafe -- openSUSE 10.3 - 2.6.22.9-0.4
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22.9-0.4-default root=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-Hitachi_HTS541680J9AT00_SB0244SGKJE75E-part2 vga=normal showopts ide=nodma apm=off acpi=off noresume nosmp noapic maxcpus=0 edd=off 3
initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.22.9-0.4-default

my swap partition is /dev/hda1 and my root partition is /dev/hda2
do you think it will work if I change "root=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-Hitachi_HTS541680J9AT00_SB0244SGKJE75E-part2 " to root=/dev/hda2?
I'm going to try that now

.... i'll keep ya posted.. and if it that is not the problem any suggestions?

nope same thing

except it reads waiting for /dev/hda2 instead of /dev/disk/by-id/ata-Hitachi_HTS541680J9AT00_SB0244SGKJE75E-part2

steve_ervin21 · 10-16-2007, 07:38 PM

still looking for a fix

nilix · 10-31-2007, 02:11 PM

Hi steve_ervin21

openSuSE 10.3 now uses libata also for IDE-harddisks which treats all drives like SCSI devices. Therefore libata can't handle harddrives with more than 15 partitions. For some reason some PCs with IDE drives and only a few partitions fail to boot with libata.

Use this boot parameter when you install openSuSE 10.3 to disable libata:
hwprobe=-modules.pata

This parameter lets openSuSE treat your HDD the old way.
I experienced the same problem like you. After using the said parameter the installation worked fine.