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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I was hoping that I would just be able to install
after the last time you guys tried to help but I'm witnessing things that I've
never seen before and I quite frankly don't even know how to research to find
the answer because I don't understand what is going on......</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have tried to install Core 4 five times now
and frankly, I'm getting nowhere....The first time was completely my fault
because I found out that the second disk I had burned was bad.....so there are
four installs where the results were parallel....</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>After the bad installation, I proceeded to download
and make a new disk to replace the second which was bad. After doing so, I
started setup again and I assigned the drives to automatically partition like
this:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Samsung 40 (Left alone) hda (IDE)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>IDE CDROM</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Maxtor 160 gig (Left alone) hdc (RAID)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Maxtor 60 gig (Set for new partition) hdd
(RAID)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Well, the first time I tried to load I set the
language, network and then the partition and the screen after where you review
all of the partitions (because I wasn't using Disk Druid) there was an anaconda
error. The first time I didn't do anything about it and told it to ignore
and it rebooted the system......The second time I tried to install, it went
through all 5 disks with no problem........But when I tried to boot........NO
GRUB, it just went straight through to windows.....</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Well, I gave it a night because it had been a long
day and I tackled it in the morning.......So the first thing that I did was
popped a windows 98 disk in and cleaned the partitions off the designated Linux
drives to get a fresh install......then before I rebooted I wiped the MBR encase
there was anything weird going on there.......then I started setup
again........</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Well, this time, it was more of the same........I
loaded it the first time and after the review of the drives after the Linux
drive was designated, anaconda gave an error again........this time, I saved it
(all 18 pages of it)......then the system rebooted and I tried to install
again........and once again it took the installation and then I rebooted and the
same thing happened.....it went straight to windows.....</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Well, out of a little frustration, and a little
desperation I went to the bios......once there I moved the Linux drive to the
first drive to be loaded......Once I powered down and tried to boot from the
drive I got an "Error Loading Operating System"....</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I would have attached the anaconda error but most
mail servers reject that......I can send it if anyone would like, but right now
I'm not sure what to do......can anyone give me a
direction?</FONT></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>