On Sat, 13 Feb 2016 23:01:29 +1100 Andrew Greig via luv-main <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi All, > > I believed the stuff on the OpenSUSE website, so I decided to run the > Tumbleweed upgrade of my OpenSuse 13.1 distro. Followed the > recommendations that it be fully updated prior to the upgrade, and > then started. The process was incredibly long, but eventually I was > presented with a highly coloured KDE screen. After I loaded the > panel with necessary apps I tried to do some work, but something was > wrong. Dolphin was a dog (or a hog) Create New>Folder took 45 seconds > to present the dialogue box. Trying to close an app would take the > same amount of time. I had read a good review of an RPMbased distro > called ROSA, so I created a USB image to install it. The > installation crashed at the "load software " stage with an error > message quoting an rsync failure. My dreams of a fast KDE desktop > evaporated. More work needed, so I dropped the OpenSUSE 13.2 DVD in > the slot - where things were going well until the partitioning stage, > where, because a GPT partition table had been built by the > Russians(ROSA) I could\d do nothing with it. Dirty shut down, and > then select the Rescue section of the install disk, and using parted > I was able to remove the partitions by number. Parted picked up the > problem with the GPT setup. I obviously answered the question > correctly because on the next boot up with the Install disk > everything was clean. 13.2 is installing now, so far so good. > (Interval of 30 minutes) I now have a functioning system again. > > Maybe I will wait a little while before attempting Rosa again. > Qusestion: Why would Rosa create a partition of One Kilobyte? > > Andrew Greig > _______________________________________________ > luv-main mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.luv.asn.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/luv-main I have not tried ROSA for a while. At the time I thought it would become interesting. Maybe I should leave it 6 months... re the partition. I have been noticing that a number of linux distros, on setup, want a partition for the boot loader. My guess is that it could be that. I normally use the "expert" partitioning option in the setups to control '/' and '/home'. Frequently I get messages telling me I have forgotten to provide a boot partition. This is just my observations, I know nothing of the mechanics of this and would be interested to know. H _______________________________________________ luv-main mailing list [email protected] https://lists.luv.asn.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/luv-main
