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Hi, I'm very new to
anything computer related that differs from downloading MP3's. I start a
university course next week and am required to have loaded Redhat 7.3.
My limited knowledge has left me more than a little stumped and I'm hoping, with
your help, I can impress my uni piers with a fully loaded system - Come on share
the joy and help me get that distinction. I know you want to! O.k. here's the problem - I've been attempting to
set up a dual boot system with Windows XP (already installed on my machine). By
following the installation guide I created a 8 gig partition using the FIPS
programme. I have then tried to install RH 7.3 by booting from CD ROM. This
works until partitioning during installation.
During installation I choose a custom
class and also disk druid. I immediately get a message saying that
"The partition table on /tmp/hda is inconsistent" and that, "it does not
appear that linux has detected the BIOS geometery incorrectly". I subsequently
ignore this message and carry on with trying to set up root, boot and swap
partitions. Firstly, I delete the partition made with FIPS to create free space
and then set up two partitions with their corresponding mount points. I get to
the third and get a message, "Partitioning failed. Could not allocate partitions
as primary partitions".
I can progress to the next screen, but this is
without assigning a boot partition.
Furthermore, the partition I have made with
FIPS isn't anywhere near cyclinder 1024. Is this causing the
problem?
Hope this makes sense and hope you can make my
academic career.
J the Blagger
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