Re: HD installation problems...

["Brad" <newbie capstone net au>]

Hi Stephen.

Thanks for your reply. I have tried fdisk too but the same error occurs.
This is a burnt CD but has installed OK on a few other boxes. I have run out
of ideas... :-(

Regards,
Brad



----- Original Message -----
From: "Stephen Torri" <s torri lancaster ac uk>
To: "Brad" <newbie capstone net au>
Sent: Friday, September 01, 2000 6:49 AM
Subject: Re: HD installation problems...


> Try using fdisk to partition the drive. I had a problem with 17GB Seagate
> drives using disk druid. After we wiped the MBR clean I was able to get
> the partitions to work using fdisk.
>
> Also did you try to burn your own CD? I had difficulty using a CD burned
> under Linux (more likely my drive is the issue).
>
> Stephen
>
> On Fri, 1 Sep 2000, Brad wrote:
>
> > I still haven't resolved my HD installation problems after 4 days of
trying
> > to get it going so I'll re-post the original message in the hope that
> > someone else has overcome this.
> >
> > I have a 20Gb IDE Seagate HD that I am having a lot of trouble
installing
> > RedHat 6.2 on. It is an ATA-66 HD but I am only using it in UDMA33 mode
with
> > a 40 wire cable. The drive's native configuration is  39693 tracks x 16
> > heads x 63 sectors and I have invoked LBA mode in the BIOS so it is now
2490
> > cylinders x 255 heads x 63 sectors  I have formatted it with Win95 with
one
> > large partition and there are no bad sectors.
> >
> > When I start the RedHat installation and get to Disk Druid I set:
> >
> > /    1004Mb
> > /usr    18324Mb
> > /swp    203Mb
> >
> > I then start the installation and when it goes to format hda6 (/usr) it
> > comes up with an error:
> >
> > Error mounting hda6: Invalid argument
> >
> > Exception error
> > Traceback (innermost last)
> > File "/usr/bin/anaconda" , line 342 in ?
> > initf.run (todo, test = test)
> > File "/usr/bin/anaconda/text.py" ,
> > line 1165, in run
> > rc=apply (setp[1] (), step [2])
> > File "/usr/bin/anaconda/text.py" ,
> > line 782, in _call_
> > if todo.doInstall ():
> > File "/usr/bin/anaconda/text.py" ,
> > line 1114, in doInstall
> > self.fstab.savePartitions
> > File "/usr/bin/anaconda/text.py" ,
> > line 149 in savePartitions
> > self ddruid.save ()
> > SystemError: Error partitioning drive
> > /tmp/hda: Invalid argument
> >
> >
> > It seems to be having some difficulty accessing the drive and I am
guessing
> > that the drive geometry may be unsuitable for Linux.  I am aware of the
1024
> > cylinder maximum for '/' and I would have thought that as '/' is only a
> > small number it would be well within the 1024 cylinder limitation. I
have
> > created 2 x 8Gb and 1 x 2.3Gb partitions instead of the one large one
and it
> > appears to work OK. I have also installed the HD into a different PC
with
> > different motherboard etc and it is still the same.
> >
> > Does anyone have any ideas?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Brad
> >
> >
> >
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