Why FC1 ?
Why not FC4?
Moreover the FC5 is on the horizon!
Well, it's your song....yell it......
what's the interface of your HDD? is it SATA or IDE?
what was your previous Linux Distro?
AFAIK, FC1 had that "drive geometry" bug.... (mmm....or was it with FC2 ?)
On 28/02/06, Sujoy Kumar Chowdhury <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> Dear All,
>
> While trying to install Fedora Core 1, I am prompted that there is an
> input/output error in my /dev/hda. Then it says that there might be some
> problem with my disk geometry. It asks if I would opt for initializing the
>
> disk(losing all data). It also suggested that I should prefer LBA mode or
> something like that.
>
> Now, this particular disc is a 120GB one, has several partitions, detected
> fine in WINXP, had previous linux installations.
>
> The last time it troubled me was when one fine morning I found my Windows
> drive corrupted (resulting in failing to boot). Then I had to format the
> Windows drive and the Linux installation to make it work.
>
> Do you have any idea how the 'Disk Geometry' of my disk can be made OK to
> the Fedora Core installer?
> I cannot find any problem in Windows or using Partition Magic 8.0 .
> Definitely, I cannot afford to format the full disk because I would lose
> huge data.
>
> I am searching, but can you give me any idea I should try to be able to
> install Linux safely again?
>
> -Sujoy Kumar Chowdhury
> PS: Anything to do with setting the CHS/LBA parameters while installing?
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