Fedora Core 1 installation problems

[X11]

Basically it wants me to "reinitialize" my hard disk, as if it cant detect any partions, however when I boot in rescue mode fdisk can see my disk fine, create partions, etc.

Why is this? And how do I fix it?

[Linux Frank]

Do you have the exact error message?

Have you done a physical check on your machine, make sure you have no loose cables? Does this happen consistently or intermittently. Have you tried any of the later test releases, and gotten the same problem.

Check Bugzilla at redhat (http://bugzilla.redhat.com). They seem to have a report on this bug, but I am having trouble getting onto the database (or whatever it is).

[Void Main]

What is the partition type on the partitions? What file system do they contain? Can you do an "fdisk -l" and paste in the output? If you are currently running reiserfs, xfs, etc, then I think you are out of luck without some heavy installation modification. I think the stock Fedora installer only supports ext2/ext3 for the file system types but I could be wrong about that (I only use ext3 personally). Also, you can flip over to your other virtual consoles to possibly see more detailed error messages (CTL+ALT+F1/F2/F3/F4/etc).

[X11]

I currently just have freespace in which I want to install linux too.

[Linux Frank]

Is it an ATA drive?

[X11]

Yea, its an 80gb ATA drive, do I have to pass options at boot or somthing.

It says "its an invalid type loop for the partition table, or some crap"

[Void Main]

I just stuck a new 120GB drive in one of my machines and it had no trouble with it. Where did you see that message, on one of the virtual consoles? It might also be helpful to know the *exact* message (for google purposes). :) Also knowing the exact model of drive would be cool.

[X11]

It pops up on the graphical installer on a little dialouge at the partitioning part. Nonetheless when I boot the CD in rescue mode I can create partitions with fdisk and mount them, etc.

If there is some way I can boot in rescue, do the partitioning, mount it all and then launch the installer without it doing any partitioning then I should be okay.

I might try again tonight and copy the exact messege.

[Void Main]

If you create the partitions in rescue mode, do those partitions not show up in the partition utility (disk druid)? Or does it error before even getting that far?

[X11]

The error is just before Disk Druid fires up, it asks me to Initalize the disk, wiping all data. If I click No Disk Druid comes up, but with nothing there in the way of partitions.

[Void Main]

It sounds to me like you selected an "automatic" installation. If this is the case it will want to wipe the disk. I always do a "custom" installation. Do you remember which installation method you tried?

[X11]

I tried custom.

[X11]

Im gonna do some googleing, I might try to put it on a SCSI disk, since I have a couple, except there to small and one is broken, but I might just go buy one.

[X11]

Nonetheless, if I get my new linux partitions mounted in rescue mode, then is there a way I can launch the installation process skipping the partiting part?