error message

[Rick Stevens]

wang wrote:
> When I install Red Hat 9.0,
> I got an error message as following.

First, please post in plain ASCII.  Turn off any fancy fonts you may
have.

Second, there is no such thing as Red Hat 9.0, just Red Hat 9.

> ============error message from Red Hat===============
> The partition table on /dev/sda is inconsistent. There are
> many reasons why this might be the case. Often, the reason
> is that linux detected the BIOS geometry incorrectly. However,
> this does not appear to be the case here. It is safe to ignore
> but ignoring may cause(fixable) problems with some boot loaders,
> and may cause problems with FAT file systems. Using LBA is
> recommended.
> ==================================================
>  
> Does sombody know how to fix it?
>  
> I use Intel S875WP1-E motherboard with newest version of BIOS
> and newest version of Serial ATA driver.
> I have 300GB x 4 Hard Drives, and use Raid 10 to configure them.

If the RAID 10 (RAID is in all capitals as it's an acronym) is done in
BIOS or hardware, make sure you set up the BIOS to use LBA mode.  I
wouldn't worry about this message--especially if some form of Windows
is already installed.  Windows will do odd things to the partition
tables on occasion.  Linux handles it OK.
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