Hello, Thank you for your reply.
Why not FC4? >I downloaded FC4 previously, but some stupid worm deleted all my files before I burnt the iso into a CD. FC1 was my previous Linux distro. My HDD interface is IDE. And yes, the "drive geometry" bug was in FC2. What is your suggestion regarding choosing the distro at this point? As I have already told you, FC1 was my previous installation, and something must have been garbled in between. -Sujoy Kumar Chowdhury PS: Thee was also an "Invalid signature"error in the sequence of error messages. Next time I would try to quote it precisely. On 2/28/06, mak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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: > > > > 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? > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > To unsubscribe send a blank mail to: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > ভাল থাকেন > mak > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > SourceCode - Print it out > and hang it on your wall > or eat it for lunch. > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > To unsubscribe send a blank mail to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ------------------------------ > YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS > > > - Visit your group "bdlug <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bdlug>" on > the web. > > - To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > - Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of > Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/>. > > > ------------------------------ > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To unsubscribe send a blank mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bdlug/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
