Problems with partitioning in RH9
Féliciano Matias
feliciano.matias at free.fr
Tue Aug 5 09:00:51 UTC 2003
Le mar 05/08/2003 à 09:42, mafelix at apropo.ro a écrit :
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to install RH9 from CD on a 40 Gig HD in a brand new system. Choose automatic
> partitioning with Disk Druid on hda, get the three recommended partitions:
>
> dev/hda1 /boot ext3 102 MB 1 13
> dev/hda2 / ext3 38492 MB 14 4933
> dev/hda3 swap 510 MB 4934 4998
>
>
>
> and when trying to install the packages I get a window saying "Formatting /
> filesystem" and the system freezes right there! After 1-2 minutes another warning "An error occured
> trying to format hda2. This problem is serious and the install cannot continue. Please to reboot your
> system". Choosing manual partitioning with Disk Druid produces the same output. I also tried to install
> Red Hat 8 and Mandrake 9.0 /9.1 and the same result: installation stops at partitioning!
>
> Several times the install process produced a bug report regarding anaconda and asked me
> to save it on a diskette but the install terminated with a crash and I could not save the info!
>
> A crash or a reboot follows and I have no clue what is the problem! Maybe my BIOS has a
> problem with
> the disk geometry! Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks!
>
Try to do the formating manually with in the rescue mode (CD1 : "linux
rescue").
Check the partitions with fdisk "fdisk -l /dev/hda"
To format /dev/hda1 with a ext3 filesystem, use "mke2fs -j /dev/hda1".
Hope this help.
I file a bug for phoebe but i don't reply (no enough time, sorry) :
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=80494
I see the same problem with severn.
fdisk -l /dev/hda (output from RH9).
Disk /dev/hda: 20.5 GB, 20520493056 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 2494 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 1 6 40792+ 83 Linux
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary. <========
/dev/hda2 * 6 135 1038744 c Win95 FAT32 (LBA)
Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary. <========
/dev/hda3 135 2446 18566856 83 Linux
/dev/hda4 2446 2479 265104 82 Linux swap
Everything was clean before the installation of severn on /dev/md0
(raid0, /dev/hde2, /dev/hdg2).
Currently, i can't re-run fdisk on my /dev/hda disk (not enough backup
capability :-)).
> Felix
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