Re: [opensuse] Upgrade doesn't recognize filesystem

On Wed, 28 Nov 2007, wrote:-

<snip>

*mount point : /boot
device : /dev/hda4
file system (empty for autodetection)
*
if I leave the file system box empty it returns to the prior box that
states the partition could not be mounted, etc.
The various spelling; i.e. EXT3, ext3, etc. are examples of what I
tried in the file sytem box in the Mount Options box.

Hope this clarifies what I said previously

My guess is that you have separate partitions, and /var is on one of
those partitions. If so, you've probably fallen foul of bug #330705, to
which a workaround is available here:

<URL:http://en.opensuse.org/How_To_Upgrade_System_with_Separate_/var_Partition>


Regards,
David Bolt

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