Another stellar release from the Fedora project

[Jim Cornette]

Jim Cornette wrote:
> David Timms wrote:
>> Jim Cornette wrote:
>>> Roo wrote:
>>>> Working FC6 installation... I use upgrade DVD
>>>>
>> ...
>>>>
>>>
>>> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=242189
>>>
>> Does this sound like : ?
>> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Bugs/F7Common#head-65f561a07fdf2889f310f3aac0ab0f984faf3e9c 
>>
>>
>> DaveT.
>>
> 
> Thanks David for pointing out the source of the problem. I added
> options libata ignore_hpa=1
> to my /etc/modprobe.conf file since I started the yum localupgrade 
> route. I will probably also need to add the line to my rawhide 
> installation though it does not depend upon the disk that is giving errors.
> 
> I will probably try out the
> boot: linux libata.ignore_hpa=1
> using the DVD to attempt installation after the update finishes via yum.
> 
> I saw the comment you added to bugzilla before sifting through the 500+ 
> emails from the list.
> 
> Thanks,
> Jim
> 

That disk geometry error problem was too bad for me to bother pursuing 
saving that installation. I just removed the later partitions while 
booted into development using fdisk. I made an extended and two 
partitions within the extended partition for swap and /. The new system 
is a mess but all of /home is still intact. There is just now so many 
programs that need to be reinstalled.

The updated system panicked on reboot and the Rescue mode panicked also.

I don't know if the addition to modprobe or the installer option work or 
not.

Jim