Installing OpenSUSE - Cannot format partitions
I'll make this fast. OpenSUSE is throwing up a whole bunch of errors when I try to install it. I am 90% sure that the partitions I set up are correct, but the installer doesn't seem impressed by my efforts. The error messages I got can be found here:
The Before and After labels indicate the partition setup that I ATTEMPTED to create:
The phrase "unrecognised disk label" keeps coming up. Did I skip a step? I thought that labels were optional?
Oddly, Gparted does not seem to agree with SUSE on the disk's contents. This concerns me.
Additional info:
user@debian~$ sudo parted /dev/sdb unit s print
Error: /dev/sdb: unrecognised disk label
Model: ATA KINGSTON SV300S3 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdb: 234441648s
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Disk Flags:
Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
partition system-installation opensuse
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I'll make this fast. OpenSUSE is throwing up a whole bunch of errors when I try to install it. I am 90% sure that the partitions I set up are correct, but the installer doesn't seem impressed by my efforts. The error messages I got can be found here:
The Before and After labels indicate the partition setup that I ATTEMPTED to create:
The phrase "unrecognised disk label" keeps coming up. Did I skip a step? I thought that labels were optional?
Oddly, Gparted does not seem to agree with SUSE on the disk's contents. This concerns me.
Additional info:
user@debian~$ sudo parted /dev/sdb unit s print
Error: /dev/sdb: unrecognised disk label
Model: ATA KINGSTON SV300S3 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdb: 234441648s
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Disk Flags:
Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
partition system-installation opensuse
asked Apr 22 '15 at 6:41
anthonyanthony
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bumped to the homepage by Community♦ 2 hours ago
This question has answers that may be good or bad; the system has marked it active so that they can be reviewed.
so you have to disks sda and sdb but sdb is the one with troubles?... Did you check if the drive is ok... ¿badblocks?
– maniat1k
Apr 23 '15 at 1:15
Yes, sda is a 2TB HDD and sdb is a 120GB SDD. Both drives worked just fine last week. The SSD is less than a year old, so I can't imagine it going bad already.
– anthony
Apr 23 '15 at 2:11
They both seem to be acting oddly though. sda seems to sprout a set of Linux partitions while sdb is left with nothing. Could the installer be trying to write the OS onto sda even though the partitions were set up on sdb?
– anthony
Apr 23 '15 at 2:12
No. That's not it. Removing the HDD didn't change the result at all. So now I have an SSD that refuses to be formatted.
– anthony
Apr 23 '15 at 3:28
Tried the same thing with Debian. Got similar results. "The ext4 file system partition creation in partition #2 of SCSI1 (0, 1, 0) (sda) failed"
– anthony
Apr 23 '15 at 5:02
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I'll make this fast. OpenSUSE is throwing up a whole bunch of errors when I try to install it. I am 90% sure that the partitions I set up are correct, but the installer doesn't seem impressed by my efforts. The error messages I got can be found here:
The Before and After labels indicate the partition setup that I ATTEMPTED to create:
The phrase "unrecognised disk label" keeps coming up. Did I skip a step? I thought that labels were optional?
Oddly, Gparted does not seem to agree with SUSE on the disk's contents. This concerns me.
Additional info:
user@debian~$ sudo parted /dev/sdb unit s print
Error: /dev/sdb: unrecognised disk label
Model: ATA KINGSTON SV300S3 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdb: 234441648s
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Disk Flags:
Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
partition system-installation opensuse
asked Apr 22 '15 at 6:41
anthonyanthony
6619
I'll make this fast. OpenSUSE is throwing up a whole bunch of errors when I try to install it. I am 90% sure that the partitions I set up are correct, but the installer doesn't seem impressed by my efforts. The error messages I got can be found here:
The Before and After labels indicate the partition setup that I ATTEMPTED to create:
The phrase "unrecognised disk label" keeps coming up. Did I skip a step? I thought that labels were optional?
Oddly, Gparted does not seem to agree with SUSE on the disk's contents. This concerns me.
Additional info:
user@debian~$ sudo parted /dev/sdb unit s print
Error: /dev/sdb: unrecognised disk label
Model: ATA KINGSTON SV300S3 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdb: 234441648s
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Disk Flags:
Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
partition system-installation opensuse
partition system-installation opensuse
asked Apr 22 '15 at 6:41
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asked Apr 22 '15 at 6:41
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edited Apr 25 '15 at 4:11
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asked Apr 22 '15 at 6:41
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so you have to disks sda and sdb but sdb is the one with troubles?... Did you check if the drive is ok... ¿badblocks?
– maniat1k
Apr 23 '15 at 1:15
Yes, sda is a 2TB HDD and sdb is a 120GB SDD. Both drives worked just fine last week. The SSD is less than a year old, so I can't imagine it going bad already.
– anthony
Apr 23 '15 at 2:11
They both seem to be acting oddly though. sda seems to sprout a set of Linux partitions while sdb is left with nothing. Could the installer be trying to write the OS onto sda even though the partitions were set up on sdb?
– anthony
Apr 23 '15 at 2:12
No. That's not it. Removing the HDD didn't change the result at all. So now I have an SSD that refuses to be formatted.
– anthony
Apr 23 '15 at 3:28
Tried the same thing with Debian. Got similar results. "The ext4 file system partition creation in partition #2 of SCSI1 (0, 1, 0) (sda) failed"
– anthony
Apr 23 '15 at 5:02
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so you have to disks sda and sdb but sdb is the one with troubles?... Did you check if the drive is ok... ¿badblocks?
– maniat1k
Apr 23 '15 at 1:15
Yes, sda is a 2TB HDD and sdb is a 120GB SDD. Both drives worked just fine last week. The SSD is less than a year old, so I can't imagine it going bad already.
– anthony
Apr 23 '15 at 2:11
They both seem to be acting oddly though. sda seems to sprout a set of Linux partitions while sdb is left with nothing. Could the installer be trying to write the OS onto sda even though the partitions were set up on sdb?
– anthony
Apr 23 '15 at 2:12
No. That's not it. Removing the HDD didn't change the result at all. So now I have an SSD that refuses to be formatted.
– anthony
Apr 23 '15 at 3:28
Tried the same thing with Debian. Got similar results. "The ext4 file system partition creation in partition #2 of SCSI1 (0, 1, 0) (sda) failed"
– anthony
Apr 23 '15 at 5:02
so you have to disks sda and sdb but sdb is the one with troubles?... Did you check if the drive is ok... ¿badblocks?
– maniat1k
Apr 23 '15 at 1:15
so you have to disks sda and sdb but sdb is the one with troubles?... Did you check if the drive is ok... ¿badblocks?
– maniat1k
Apr 23 '15 at 1:15
Yes, sda is a 2TB HDD and sdb is a 120GB SDD. Both drives worked just fine last week. The SSD is less than a year old, so I can't imagine it going bad already.
– anthony
Apr 23 '15 at 2:11
Yes, sda is a 2TB HDD and sdb is a 120GB SDD. Both drives worked just fine last week. The SSD is less than a year old, so I can't imagine it going bad already.
– anthony
Apr 23 '15 at 2:11
They both seem to be acting oddly though. sda seems to sprout a set of Linux partitions while sdb is left with nothing. Could the installer be trying to write the OS onto sda even though the partitions were set up on sdb?
– anthony
Apr 23 '15 at 2:12
They both seem to be acting oddly though. sda seems to sprout a set of Linux partitions while sdb is left with nothing. Could the installer be trying to write the OS onto sda even though the partitions were set up on sdb?
– anthony
Apr 23 '15 at 2:12
No. That's not it. Removing the HDD didn't change the result at all. So now I have an SSD that refuses to be formatted.
– anthony
Apr 23 '15 at 3:28
No. That's not it. Removing the HDD didn't change the result at all. So now I have an SSD that refuses to be formatted.
– anthony
Apr 23 '15 at 3:28
Tried the same thing with Debian. Got similar results. "The ext4 file system partition creation in partition #2 of SCSI1 (0, 1, 0) (sda) failed"
– anthony
Apr 23 '15 at 5:02
Tried the same thing with Debian. Got similar results. "The ext4 file system partition creation in partition #2 of SCSI1 (0, 1, 0) (sda) failed"
– anthony
Apr 23 '15 at 5:02
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Is the partition unallocated? Because from the picture in the beginning,
where it says "Setting disk label of /dev/sdb to GPT" I think it's trying to give the hard disk an partition-table "GPT".
I'll suggest that try allocating the partition.
You could try the solution found from this link: OpenSuse Support
- Boot and run opensuse live.
- Open up the Terminal.
- Gain ROOT privileges.
- List the disks with the "fdisk -l" command.
- Then use cfdisk(8) and delete the space you want use for
installation.
answered May 1 '15 at 14:12
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Is the partition unallocated? Because from the picture in the beginning,
where it says "Setting disk label of /dev/sdb to GPT" I think it's trying to give the hard disk an partition-table "GPT".
I'll suggest that try allocating the partition.
You could try the solution found from this link: OpenSuse Support
- Boot and run opensuse live.
- Open up the Terminal.
- Gain ROOT privileges.
- List the disks with the "fdisk -l" command.
- Then use cfdisk(8) and delete the space you want use for
installation.
answered May 1 '15 at 14:12
Arne JensenArne Jensen
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Is the partition unallocated? Because from the picture in the beginning,
where it says "Setting disk label of /dev/sdb to GPT" I think it's trying to give the hard disk an partition-table "GPT".
I'll suggest that try allocating the partition.
You could try the solution found from this link: OpenSuse Support
- Boot and run opensuse live.
- Open up the Terminal.
- Gain ROOT privileges.
- List the disks with the "fdisk -l" command.
- Then use cfdisk(8) and delete the space you want use for
installation.
answered May 1 '15 at 14:12
Arne JensenArne Jensen
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Is the partition unallocated? Because from the picture in the beginning,
where it says "Setting disk label of /dev/sdb to GPT" I think it's trying to give the hard disk an partition-table "GPT".
I'll suggest that try allocating the partition.
You could try the solution found from this link: OpenSuse Support
- Boot and run opensuse live.
- Open up the Terminal.
- Gain ROOT privileges.
- List the disks with the "fdisk -l" command.
- Then use cfdisk(8) and delete the space you want use for
installation.
answered May 1 '15 at 14:12
Arne JensenArne Jensen
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Is the partition unallocated? Because from the picture in the beginning,
where it says "Setting disk label of /dev/sdb to GPT" I think it's trying to give the hard disk an partition-table "GPT".
I'll suggest that try allocating the partition.
You could try the solution found from this link: OpenSuse Support
- Boot and run opensuse live.
- Open up the Terminal.
- Gain ROOT privileges.
- List the disks with the "fdisk -l" command.
- Then use cfdisk(8) and delete the space you want use for
installation.
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so you have to disks sda and sdb but sdb is the one with troubles?... Did you check if the drive is ok... ¿badblocks?
– maniat1k
Apr 23 '15 at 1:15
Yes, sda is a 2TB HDD and sdb is a 120GB SDD. Both drives worked just fine last week. The SSD is less than a year old, so I can't imagine it going bad already.
– anthony
Apr 23 '15 at 2:11
They both seem to be acting oddly though. sda seems to sprout a set of Linux partitions while sdb is left with nothing. Could the installer be trying to write the OS onto sda even though the partitions were set up on sdb?
– anthony
Apr 23 '15 at 2:12
No. That's not it. Removing the HDD didn't change the result at all. So now I have an SSD that refuses to be formatted.
– anthony
Apr 23 '15 at 3:28
Tried the same thing with Debian. Got similar results. "The ext4 file system partition creation in partition #2 of SCSI1 (0, 1, 0) (sda) failed"
– anthony
Apr 23 '15 at 5:02