2007/9/9, Carlos E. R. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > > The Friday 2007-08-24 at 14:41 +0200, Andreas Jaeger wrote (in [EMAIL > PROTECTED]): > > > "Carlos E. R." <> writes: > > > >> The Thursday 2007-08-23 at 22:34 +0200, Marcus Meissner wrote: > >> > >>> We now use libata for IDE drives which is a SCSI based library. > >> > >> Is there any hope of increasing the 16 partition limit some time in the > >> future? > > > > No - but we added a workaround for this. If you have more than 16 > > partitions, just give it a try! > > > >> Alternatively, will the ata support remain for ever, with maintenance? > > > > I guess for 10.4, we will remove it. > > > >> I have disks with 20 partitions. I suspect I'm not the only one using more > >> than 16 partitions. > > > > So, please test whether it our workaround makes you happy ;-) > > > So, I tried Beta 3. > > I downloaded the dvd, which took two whole days. I boot the dvd. It asks > for my language (US), but not for the keyboard (ES), which is a nuisance. > It searches the partitions, sees there are disks with more than 16 > partitions, and pops a large warning, recommending to reboot the install > with kernel option "hwprobe=-modules.pata". >
Do'nt be misery, buy a new hard disk! > When I reach the point of installation (when it tries the network in order > to add online repos), it pops a window requesting "insert opensuse 10.3 > CD1", "continue/cancel". > > I'm using DVD! Why does it ask for the CD1? > > Anyway, continue doesn't work (it asks again for CD1), and cancel aborts > the install. What now? > > You tryied to load in the command line from the first install screen with "insmod=ide-generic"? What chipset has Your mobo? --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
