Fedora dual boot installation problems
Robert C Paulsen Jr
robert at paulsenonline.net
Sat May 1 09:36:41 UTC 2004
On Sat, 2004-05-01 at 02:28, Edwin Humphries wrote:
> I'm installing fedora on a windows XP computer: it has a 40Gb
> partition: 13Gb NTFS windows system partition, 102 boot Linux
> partition, 11.9 Gb Linux root partition, 957 Mb Linux swap partition,
> and 2 Fat32 shared data partitions.
>
> I've been consistently getting 2 errors:
>
> 1. when partitioning, I get a "boot partition /boot may not meet
> booting constraints of your system for you architecture".
Should not be a problem. It means that the partition containing the
/boot directory is beyond cylinder 1023. In the past this was likely to
prevent the kernel from being reachable by the boot process. Should be
OK nowadays (but I don't know if dual boot with XP makes a difference).
In any case it will not prevent a successful install.
>
> 2. when installing packages (at random stages): "There was an error
> installing [package]. This can indicate media failure, lack of disk
> space, and/or hardware problems. This is a fatal error and your
> install will be aborted. Please verify your media and try your
> install again. Press the OK button to reboot your system." The media
> has checked out fine.
Sounds like hardware/media problems. Does it always occur with the same
CD? Try to get a replacement CD.
--
Bob
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