In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Keith Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> ['device hda3 does not appear to contain a RedHat installation tree']
> > The frustration is slowly mounting but the enthusiasm is not yet gone.
> > Is there any other possible cause for the inability to get
> > past step 57????
>
> I'm at a loss... almost!
>
> I've had one more thought: Maybe you've somehow messed up the various
> Linux partitions on your hard disc, making them overlap and/or go off
> the end of the disc.
>
> I believe the RedHat installer looks at the first few bytes of every RPM
> file it sees. It will probably fail with this 'no installation tree'
> message if you've accidentally overwritten some RPM file data while,
> say, initialising your swap partition.
>
> As it happens, I've got a 3GB drive which, like yours, is split into 2GB
> ADFS and 1GB Linux. !PartMan displays the following:
>
> Disk size: 3078, 6253 Cylinders, 16 Heads,
> 63 Sectors, Sector size: 512 bytes
>
> 1 0 4082399 1993 MB Filecore
> 2 4082400 4082401 1 KB Linux Table
> 3 4082402 6236898 1052 MB Linux Native
> 4 6236899 6303023 32 MB Linux Swap
>
> If the partitions are OK, I can't think of anything else which might
> cause the problem - sorry.
OK...here is the info displayed by !PartMan.
Disk size: 3078
cylinders: 6296
heads: 16
sector size: 512
sectors: 63
1. 0 4031999 1969MB Filecore
2. 4032000 4032001 1kb Linux table
3. 4032002 6243842 1080MB Linux native
4. 6243843 6346367 50MB Linux swap
They are a little different to your figures.
Does this mean I need to reformat?
Or just redo the linux partitions?
Or are they just fine and I have the mother of all installations?
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Cheers!
Keith Wright
aka Kriten_
Denmark
Western Australia
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