Sabayon - failed install entirely plus LVM

[FatRakoon]

I have used Sabayon for a while... Since v3.5 to be exact.

From v14 I have had issues installing.

At v13 installs fine, but then after some updates, it fails, because of those updates.

On a fresh install, it also fails, but now I cannot seem to installed withotu it wanting me to use LVM

The thing is, that my Linux Laptop has a 128GB SSD for root and a 1TB Hybrid Drive for \home and the swap is an 8GB on the SSD.

This is how I have done it for a while now.

But I cannot get it to do anythign but LVM

I hve tried simply removing the HD, installing to the single SSD and then changing the fstab to point to the HD for home, but I have not even been able to install it at all.

I have asked on the sabayon forums but had zero replies.

Anyone care to offer me any help?

Im currently using mint and sure its nice and in fact I do like it a lot, but I want Sabayon.

Thanks.

 

[FatRakoon]

You dont understand... I DONT WANT TO USE IT - ITS FORCING ME TO!

Again, I have 2 HDs

HD0 = 128GB SSD for /
HD1 = 1TB for /home

But trying to install Sabayon, it forces me to use LVM and so I tried to install it on just the SSD and then I can add the 1TB back in and edit the fstab file to make the 1TB into /home

 

[FatRakoon]

The option is greyed out. I too have seen the pictures, but in Sabayon 14 and above the option is greyed out and its greyed out on all the systems that I try it on, even when I try it on VMWARE FFS!

When I say it wont work, thatst he first issue I get.

Even when I accept that, it still fails somewhere down the line and I cannot get it to install at all?

Why avoid LVM?

Because, as I keeop saying... I want to use the SSD for root and the HDD for /Home - Its much faster than LVM, plus I already have all my data on /home on the 1TB HD so I dont need to reformat it.

 

[FatRakoon]

Really strange, I don't understand why it'd fail so consistently for you yet nobody else has the same issues (especially with VMware). It's not a distro that I know anything about unfortunately, but really the best course of action would be to determine which updates are causing the problems in 13 then adjust accordingly.

Actually, there are tons that have the same issues and its been getting worse andworse for a fair number of us... I gave up on the Sabayon forums and so decided to give you lot a shot.

Agreed on within a VM, but then it just hangs and never gets even to the desktop in the Live option.

I had thought of bad ISOs but again, they passed the MD5 sums and also reloading made no difference, but again, why is it that v13 is ok, but once it starts to update into v14 it messes up! - its as if my PCs have no intention of using v14 for some reason?

MUST I use it? No, but its a shame that I have been using it since v3.5 and its been so reliable and done everything I have needed it to do, that I have never had to dig into it at all, and now, all of a sudden, its being a bugger to me.

No, I am also enjoying Debian based distros and Im having a mental arguement right now over ubuntu or MiNT and Mate or KDE... Im just being me...An idiot at the best of times.

LVM etc

I may have a proper look, its purely because its a new idea to me and I am not entirely happy about changing to yet another filesystem / format when I am not at all sure the who what when where how and why of it. no other reason.

you mention a hybrid disk and I dont have one but I assume that it appears as a separate physical disk.

No, it just looks like a normal HD.. In fact they claim its as fast as an SSD - Its not! - nowhere near! Waste of bloody money to be honest.

If you are still seeing issues and really want to go down the partitioning route then post back and let me know i'll happily download a copy and see if i can reproduce on a VM.

By all means have a go! - Im using VMWare 10 however as I said, I have the same issues on my Lappies too and they are mixed AMD and ATI with Intel and ATI GFX, so ... ?