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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am trying to install FC2 on a Dell Dimension
8300, with a Seagate Model ST3120026AS SATA 120Gb hard drive.
The controller is an Intel 82801ED Ultra ATA Storage Controller. I
have repartioned the drive with Partition Magic and formatted the last 20Gb as
ext2. There are no errors on either partition and the machine boots into
XP normally. Upon starting the installation with the known
geometry,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>boot: linux hda=14589,255,63</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I get the following error message:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>hda: IRQ probe failed</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>hda: no response</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>hda:non-IDE drive, CHS=14589,255,63</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>hda Invalid Geometry: 255 Physical
heads?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>ide-default: hda: Failed to register the driver
with ide.c</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Kernel panic: ide: default attach
failed.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The machine is of course locked up.
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Help appreciated.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>