Re: FC3 Install Problem

From: Edward Dekkers (edward_at_tripled.iinet.net.au)
Date: 08/15/05

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    Mike McCarty wrote:
    > Celeron 2.1 GHz with two Western Digital 80GB drives.
    >
    > This machine has been running Win NT 4.0 Service Pack 6
    > for a couple of years with no problems. Recently,
    > the first disc was wiped and reformatted as 40GB FAT32
    > and the rest unallocated. Windows 98 was installed in
    > the first (and only) partition.
    >
    > I booted Kanotix (Knoppix variant) and
    >
    > # fdisk -l
    >
    > Disk /dev/hda: 80GB, 80026361856 byte
    > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9727 cylinders
    > Units = cylinders of 16065*512 = 8225280 bytes
    >
    > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
    > /dev/hda1 * 1 4865 39078181 c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
    >
    > Disk /dev/hda: 80GB, 80026361856 byte
    > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9727 cylinders
    > Units = cylinders of 16065*512 = 8225280 bytes
    >
    > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
    > /dev/hda1 * 1 9729 78148161 7 HPFS/NTFS
    >
    > I reboot, using the FC3 install disc 1, and test all media.
    > All complete test, and pass.
    > Select English Language, Selece U.S. English keyboard
    >
    > A message box pops up with a blue bar in the top with
    > the word "Bug" in it. In the bottom part is the text:
    >
    > Assertion (heads < 256) at disk_dos.c:486 in function
    > probe_partition_for_geom() failed.
    >
    > There are two clickable buttons, one saying "Ignore" and the
    > other "Fail" (I think, I'm sure about the "Ignore").
    >
    > I click "Ignore" and another comes up. So I click "Ignore"
    > a total of four (4) times, and am asked whether I wish
    > to auto parition or manual. I select manual, so Anaconda
    > will show me what it thinks the disc setup is, and I get then
    > have to "Ignore" the same message six (6) more times.
    >
    > Then I get a description of the disc from Disk Druid's
    > point of view.
    >
    >
    > Drive /dev/hda (76317 MB) (Model: WDC800BB-00DAA3)
    >
    > Free
    > 76316 MB
    >
    > Drive /dev/hdb (76317 MB) (Model: WDC8007B-00CRA10
    >
    > hdb1
    > 76316 MB
    >
    >
    > Device type size start end
    > /dev/hda
    > /dev/hda vfat 38162 1 4865
    > Free Free space 76319 1 9730
    >
    > /dev/hdb
    > dev/hdb1 ntfs 76317 1 9729
    >
    >
    > So, it appears that Disc Druid thinks that the
    > unallocated and the allocated space overlap. It
    > also seems to think that the unallocated space
    > is larger than the whole drive.
    >
    > As a note, before I started all this, I ripped the MBR
    > from the first disc and stored it in a file on a floppy,
    > using
    >
    > # dd bs=512 count=1 if=/dev/hda of=/mnt/floppy/mbr.bin
    >
    > I then transferred the floppy to a handy Windows machine,
    > and used debug to look at it. It had the 0x55 0xAA boot
    > signature on it, and a cursory look at the disassembly
    > looked like startup code, and the strings present in it
    > looked like reasonable error messages from an MBR
    > about invalid partition tables, etc.
    >
    > I don't have that floppy here, but I can get it, and
    > give a hex dump of it for perusal of the PT if it
    > is deemed necessary.
    >
    > My questions:
    >
    > Is this really a defect in Anaconda/Disk Druid?
    > If so, where/how should I report it?
    > If not (or even if so) what should I do to finish
    > the install? So far, I just backed out, and verified
    > that Win98 still boots with no problem, and shut down.
    >
    > Mike

    Type that error in to google. This is a problem I've had on two occasions.

    There's a recursive partitioning command I can't remember I think based
    on sfdisk that re-sets the partition geometry.

    I haven't kept it, but each time the search on google pulled up the
    right advice.

    On each occasion it's fixed the problem for me.

    Regards,
    Ed. 

    



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