Install fail on writing partition table - SL 5.3 [Solved]

[Fitzcarraldo]

Reemz, just so you know how it works, below I created two files, file1.txt and file2.txt. I used the diff command to create a file patch.txt which documented the difference between the two files. This file is the patch file that can be applied to file1.txt to change it into file2.txt, as shown below:

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$ cat file1.txt
This is the file I am going to use in a test to see how to apply a patch.
$ cat file2.txt
This is the file that I want to end up with after I have applied a patch to file1.txt.
Let's hope it works.
$ diff -uN file1.txt file2.txt > patch.txt
$ cat patch.txt
--- file1.txt   2010-06-11 21:24:09.459681427 +0100
+++ file2.txt   2010-06-11 21:23:28.298308933 +0100
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-This is the file I am going to use in a test to see how to apply a patch.
+This is the file that I want to end up with after I have applied a patch to file1.txt.
+Let's hope it works.
$ patch file1.txt < patch.txt
patching file file1.txt
$ cat file1.txt
This is the file that I want to end up with after I have applied a patch to file1.txt.
Let's hope it works.
$

[ReemZ]

Fitz, you fscking rule!
Joost haha thanks for the tip mate, think I'm gonna go with 'patch' instead of manual edit then, but this does get me interested in learning Python

And...

# lxnay: catch commit errors here and cross fingers

Hahahahaha nice to know 'the boss' trusts in himself

[joost]

You can update the current installer by running this as root:
# liveinst-update-quick

http://bugs.sabayon.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1515

[ReemZ]

Shit, beat me to it

I take it that replaces the "click on the Update Installer button" action hmm?

Rebooting into SL 5.3 Live now, I'll keep you posted!

[ReemZ]

Tried 'liveinst-update-quick', no joy: now it doesn't see any of my disks, see snapshot.
(Don't wanna touch /dev/sdb, where I've got my old, and working, SL4 install, or /dev/sdc, my external, but I wóuld like to see /dev/sda...)

Tried the patch (after reboot of course) and now it sees my disks again, let's see what happens...

[ReemZ]

Seems to be creating filesystems!
*crosses fingers hoping nothing else will fail now*
w00t! Asks me where to install the bootloader!

OK, seems like 'liveinst-update-quick' doesn't work, but the patch does
Stay tuned...

[ReemZ]

OK, installed, rebooted, looking at a nice grub> prompt now, probably because I had grub install to /dev/sda1 (changed it from MBR to boot sector as I've done up to SL5.1) so gonna try the install-with-patch one more time, this time leaving it to installing grub on /dev/sda.
Not a fscking clue as to why that should make a difference, google didn't really help me get anywhere and as the Sabayon Forum Search simply ignores 75% of the keywords, I have no idea where to look for answers.
(Glad I never touched sdb, can still boot into SL4 by changing disk order in BIOS, and yes, I know, I could create an entry in grub on sdb for SL5.3 but right now I don't even cáre to find out how. Besides, the install itself is a lot faster than learning grub and tbh I'm a little tired (of learning, but also just tired) right now.)

If it works, I'll mark this as solved.
If it doesn't, I'm gonna bin this dvd and try re-installing 5.1...

[ReemZ]

OK, guess the MBR vs boot sector thing was it, I haz grub nao!
And it shows me both SL5.3 (/dev/sda) and SL4.0 (/dev/sdb), both with recovery modes as well.
Booted into SL4 to check, works!
Gonna reboot into SL5.3 now...fingers crossed...

[ReemZ]

IT BOOTS! AND I CAN LOGIN!

Marking this as solved!