FC3 Install Fails:"function probe_partition_for_geom() failed"

[Robert L Cochran]

Perhaps a driver for the Adaptec card isn't loading. You can check the 
output of 'lsmod' to see if your driver is there.

Bob

David Liguori 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
>