Hi, I'm completely new to this - I got what looks to be the same error attempting to install SUSE 10.2 on a Thinkpad 600E. It has a single new 60GB drive with XP newly installed on a 40GB partition. I'm installing from the iso CD images.
SUSE install offered me the following partition automatically, which I accepted:
. Create swap partion /dev/hda5 (807.9 MB)
. Create root partition /dev/hda6 (6.6 GB) with ext3
. Creat partition /dev/hda7 (9.4 GB) for /home with ext3
. Set mount point of /dev/hda1 to /windows/C
When I accepted this I quickly got the following error then the install aborts:
failure occurred during following action:
Creating partition /dev/hda5
System error code was: -1008
I tried this a couple of times with the same results.
I was curious about the references hda5, hda6, hda7, no mention of hda2, hda3, hda4. I read in other threads that primary partions we numbered 1 through 4, that one of these could be an extended partitions and that other partitions would be installed on the extended partition. I probably haven't understood this properly, but looked to find a way of changing the references. I selected to change the partitioning, then specifically directed SUSE to use only the 16.8 GB unused space. SUSE then proposed the following:
. Delete partition /dev/hda2 (16.8 GB)
. Creat extended partition /dev/hda2 (16.8 GB)
. Create swap partion /dev/hda5 (807.9 MB)
. Create root partition /dev/hda6 (6.6 GB) with ext3
. Creat partition /dev/hda7 (9.4 GB) for /home with ext3
. Set mount point of /dev/hda1 to /windows/C
The first line was red, which made me slightly nervous, however I accepted this and the installation proceeded without this error. The installation is proceeding as I write this, so I will not claim victory yet...
When I first installed XP I did create two partitions, although I only formatted the 40GB partition. I subsequently deleted the second partition in XP.
I wonder if this is a bug with the install?
nelly
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