FC3 Install Fails:"function probe_partition_for_geom() failed"

[Wong Kwok-hon]

On Sun, 21 Nov 2004 21:56:01 -0800, David Liguori <liguorid at albany.edu> wrote:
> I'm trying to install FC3 from a DVD burned from the DVD ISO.  The check
> sum and media tested OK.  Early in the install I get a box that says
> "Ascertation (heads > 0 ) at disk_dos.c:485 in function
> probe_partition_for_geom() failed", with choices "ignore" and "cancel".
>   If I chose "ignore" the installation aborts immediately.  Chosing
> "cancel" repeatedly apparently allows it to continue, but soon I get the
> same thing again, and eventually, it quits.
> 
> I'm using an Adaptec 29160N SCSI card, a Quantum 36 GB drive on SCSI ID
> 0 and a 36 GB Maxtor drive on SCSI ID 1, upon which I'm trying to
> install FC3.  I've tried the no probe and text options and manually
> selecting the Adaptec driver, with essentially the same result.  I've
> successfully installed FC1 and FC2 on this same hardware, without this
> problem.
> 
> Has anyone seen this, and is there a work-around?
> 
> David Liguori

I saw this and I sucessfullly installed the FC. I click "Cancel"  when
I see this message...