Re: [suse-sparc] Suse 7.3 on SunSparc 20

From: Nick Thompson (nthompso_at_cae.wisc.edu)
Date: Thu Jul 04 2002 - 16:49:01 CEST

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    From: "Nick Thompson" <nthompso@cae.wisc.edu>
    Date: Thu, 4 Jul 2002 10:49:01 -0400
    Subject: Re: [suse-sparc] Suse 7.3 on SunSparc 20
    

    I had similar problem on my sparc 20. Had to remove all partitions except
    the "whole disk" partition. Commit that configuration. Exit setup and
    reboot, then boot setup again and repartition how you would like it.

    You don't want to remove the "whole disk" partition because I believe it
    contains the SUN disk label (?). If you do that, you have to use fdisk
    manually to create a new one (ctrl-alt-F2 or F3 to another console during
    setup and type fdisk /dev/sda or fdisk /dev/sdb)

    ----- Original Message -----
    From: <Lazzar@gmx.ch>
    To: <suse-sparc@suse.com>
    Sent: Thursday, July 04, 2002 7:04 AM
    Subject: [suse-sparc] Suse 7.3 on SunSparc 20

    > hi there,
    > i downloaded the 5 Cd's from the Suse server, and i can start the boot
    disk
    > ok.
    >
    > but i have problems with partitioning.....
    >
    > There seems to be a Solaris Partition on both 1GB Harddisks, which i
    cannot
    > remove with Suse 7.3 installer. Suse will abort with an error message like
    > "can't create partition" or something like that.
    >
    > anyone else had similar problems with suse on a sparc 20 which had a
    solaris
    > OS on it?
    >
    > Lazzar
    >
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