FC4 - Cannot Install Fedora

[Kam Leo]

On 2/3/06, Hoffmann <oasf2004 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> Amazingly, now I am getting a 'stupid' error during
> the installation of Fedora 4. When I try to install
> in, I get:
>
> "An error has occurred -  no valid device were found
> on which to creat new file systems. Please check your
> hardware for the cause of this problem".
>
> This is the most 'stupid' message I ever read. I just
> installed a new HD, and Windows is working just fine,
> etc.
>
> I have a Windows partition = 60 GB, and about 180 GB
> of free space! What am I missing now?
>
> Hoffmann
>

You can blame that on inadequate testing. The installer wants to use
Logical Volume Management. However, the code chokes when a disk that
has an installed OS or two is encountered. Select manual partitioning,
create your partitions, and you should be all set.