Fedora dual boot installation problems

[Robert C Paulsen Jr]

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