"M9." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Andreas Jaeger schreef:
>> "Günther J. Niederwimmer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> 
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I can't install Alpha 4 on a System with a small (500MB) DOS Partition 
>>> on /dev/sda1 ? The new installer like to resize the Partition. When I go to 
>>> manual  partitioning I have only EVMS Drives, after reformat the DOS 
>>> partition to a swap Partition I can install Alpha 4 and I found all my 
>>> partition in YaST2 Partitioning ?
>>>
>>> Is this a known Problem ?  
>> 
>> No need for a bugreport: There are quite some problems with EVMS - and
>> we're removing it for Alpha5 again, it causes more trouble during
>> development than it benefits the few openSUSE users that want it,
>> 
>> Andreas
>
> Does this mean: sda, becomes hda again? ( i found it strange that my ide
> disks became scsi-sata devices...)

No, I meant the text "I have only EVMS Drives"

> (if so i am glad, because there is also no backwards compatability
> towards the old system.
>
> It is not able to mount the partitions (with 10.3 repair) to the system
> in 10.2.
> as it is not from 10.2 > 10.3 (not able to mount an existing ext2
> partition))
> Trying to rewrite menu list did not succeed.
> Screwing happened after installing 10.2, where there was allready 10.3 A4.
> Even the installer from 10.3, is not able to start-up the installed
> 10.3, recognises the fs, but does not recognise the bootimages somehow...
> Also RPM database maintaining, or rebuilding is not compatible..

Please report those as different issues,

Andreas
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