Install Fails w/Non-Partitioned Disk

["Dan O'Reilly" <dano process com>]

I've discovered after much trial and error, that a Redhat (5.2 or 6.0)
install fails if I attempt to install it on a system that has at least
one disk in it that doesn't have a PC-style partition table on it.

Specifically, I have an AS200/233 and a Multia.  Both have at least one
disk that has VMS on it, and hence, those disks don't contain a PC-style
partition table.  When the RH installation process sees this, it goes
apes**t, then aborts with a "signal 11 trapped".  If I pull these disks
out so that they can't be seen, the installation goes just fine.  I 
suspect that the install process is seeing "garbage" from the sector
that's supposed to contain a valid MBR, and it goes up in smoke trying to
act as if it's valid.

Obviously, this is a problem.  I've noticed also that once Linux is 
installed, it doesn't matter if the other disks are there or not.  It
simply reports a bad magic for them (as you would expect).

Anybody have a solution for this?  It's a genuine pain in the neck, 
especially since for my AS200 system, I have to open it up and remove
the SCSI cable to the VMS drive to install Linux.

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