Re: RedHat 7.1 refusing to cleanly install

[Wolfgang Pfeiffer <pfeifferw tesionmail de>]

Kyle Hargraves wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 31 May 2001, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote:
> 
> > >         Ensure that the bios and RH agree on the size and type of (IDE)
> >
> > Hi,
> >  ... how do I find out, what the BIOS and RH think that the
> > disk characteristics on my IDE Disk (Samsung .. 6,402 MB) are ..
> 
>         you should see what is reported in the bios - general
>         characteristics or some such heading
> 
>         You should be able to auto-detect the disk or enter the
>         relevant disk parameters
> 
> > until it crashed about 3 weeks ago , didn't ... and after these
> > broken 7.1 installs I installed RH *6.2* with no problems into
> > the same disk partitions where I installed 7.1 before ...
> 
>         try the above and then attempt a 6.2 install.  If that
>         works ok then attempt a 7.1 install.  If 7.1 fails
>         to install then I would suspect corruption of the
>         cd image and obtan a fresh 7.1 cd from an alternative
>         source.

On the machine where I want to install 7.1 this is my 
                  Standard CMOS Setup
			(Award ...)

HARDDISKS      TYPE  SIZE  CYLS  HEAD  PRECOMP  LANDZ  SECTOR  MODE
Prim. Master : Auto    0    0     0       0       0      0      LBA
Prim. Slave  : None    0    0     0       0       0      0      ---
Secnd. Master: None    0    0     0       0       0      0      ---
Secnd. Slave : None    0    0     0       0       0      0      ---


there's another screen in my BIOS, where the BIOS can detect
what's on the machine: obviously I have several options to 
choose: 2 or 1 or 3. This screen for the Primary master, where
my Hard Drive is, looks like that:
		 
		CMOS SETUP UTILITY
   Select Primary Master Option (N = Skip)    : N

OPTION   SIZE    CYLS   HEAD  PRECOMP  LANDZ  SECTOR  MODE
  2 (Y)  6399     778   255      0     13231    63    LBA
  1      6402   13232    15    65535   13231    63    Normal
  3      6402     827   240    65535   13231    63    Large
                                                                      

So as you can see from Standard CMOS Setup screen, at the
moment Prim. Master is set to 'Auto' and 'LBA', and what is 
a bit confusing for me is the fact that although the LBA setting
at CMOS SETUP UTILITY is talking of a Size of 6399 (the disk has
6402 MB) for the LBA-setting, the correct size *and* LBA is
detected in the boot sequence of the machine (*without*
having chosen a CMOS SETUP UTILITY option), when it says:

[ ... ]

Pri. Master Disk : LBA, UDMA 2, 6402MB
Pri. Slave  Disk : None
Sec. Master Disk : CDROM,UDMA 2
Sec. Slave  Disk : None

[ ... ]


The manual for the Hard Drive says:

MODEL     Cylinders  Heads  Sectors   CAPACITY     CAPACITY   
                                            20             6
                                     (1MB =2  )   (1MB = 10 )  
SV0644A    13232       15      63       6105MB       6402MB


So according to the Hard Drive Manual (if I understand it)
I can (should ?) set the CMOS SETUP UTILITY to these values:
OPTION   SIZE    CYLS   HEAD  PRECOMP  LANDZ  SECTOR  MODE
 1       6402   13232    15    65535   13231    63    Normal

What would you do: let the BIOS Settings be what they are at the
moment (because the boot process obviously detects the drive) or
change them with the help of the CMOS SETUP UTILITY screen to

OPTION   SIZE    CYLS   HEADS  PRECOMP   LANDZ  SECTOR  MODE
 1       6402   13232    15     65535    13231    63    Normal

(Danger ???)

Regards, and thanks for your help.
Wolfgang



 

> 
> Trond Eivind Glomsrø wrote
> 
> > I would highly recommend asking questions about (and discussing) Red
> > Hat Linux 7.1 on the seawolf-list instead of here.

Trond, thanks for your advice: next time I have problems with 7.1 I'll
go to the seawolf-list: I simply didn't know or remember this list
is existing ... I hope you don't mind when I go on with the thread
as it's already started.

Thanks for your understanding ...

Regards.
Wolfgang

> 
>         ...mmmm I'm not convinced its a 7.1 issue per se
> 
> cheers,
> 
> Kyle Hargraves

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