/dev/sda1 apparently is in use

[Net Llama!]

On Tue, 29 May 2007, Vu Pham wrote:
> When installing Suse 10.2 onto a new system, after creating the
> partitions, the installation comes to the step to format the partitions,
> I get the error that /dev/sda1 is apparently in use and the installation
> stops.
>
> Moving another drive already installed Suse 10.2 to this system, it
> boots just fine.
>
> Moving the first drive to another system, the installation goes without
> any error.
>
> The motherboard of the new system is Intel Desktop D765XBX2; its BIOS
> was flashed to the latest one 05/23/07.

Are you able to delete all partitions off of /dev/sda ?  Are you sure that 
/dev/sda is your harddisk and not hte CDROM drive?


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