Sujoy wrote: What is your suggestion regarding choosing the distro at this point? >
FC4 it is..... You have a pretty good "Net connection" Why don't you download FC4 once again :-) On 01/03/06, Sujoy Kumar Chowdhury <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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 > > > > > > > -- 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 <*> 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/
