Bug 133225
| Summary: | parted throws assertion of heads < 256 during fc3test2 install | ||
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| Product: | [Fedora] Fedora | Reporter: | Tom Wood <woodt> |
| Component: | parted | Assignee: | Chris Lumens <clumens> |
| Status: | CLOSED DUPLICATE | QA Contact: | |
| Severity: | medium | Docs Contact: | |
| Priority: | medium | ||
| Version: | 3 | CC: | bvhengel, clausen, mein, romildo |
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| Target Release: | --- | ||
| Hardware: | i386 | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
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| Fixed In Version: | Doc Type: | Bug Fix | |
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| Last Closed: | 2005-01-21 18:22:56 UTC | Type: | --- |
| Regression: | --- | Mount Type: | --- |
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| oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |
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This should be fixed in rawhide with the newer version of parted present there. I have basically the same White Box Pent' 133 (showing kids how one can use a PC found in the garbage) 2 x 2GB drives, one was FC2 the other some DOS/Win95 disk My error is sector count <= 63 At least my box does not lock up :) -pete I also have this same bug, but now with fedora core 3 TEST 3. So it is there yet and should be resolved before final release. The HD I am using has a FAT32 partition used by Windows 98. During installation of FC3-test-i386-DVD : many times : "Assertion (heads > 0) at disk_dos.c 482 in function probe_partition_for_geom() failed". and "Assertion (sectors <= 63) at disk_dos.c 487 in function probe_partition_for_geom() failed". PC is running Fedora 2 only. hda is WDC WD 600AB-22BVA0 (Geom 116301/16/63 hdb is Maxtor 4D040H2 (Geom 79408/16/63 The same fault as all of the above, no need repeating it all. fedora core 3 current release 1/1/2005. Same problem: Assertion (heads < 256) at disk_dos.c:486 in function probe_partition_for_geom() failed But I make it just pass the partion, when it's about to start install it gives me another error, then the install cancels out. I can't find the cause. I'm trying to install to a Western Digital Caviar SE 250GB hard drive. My computer's a P3 733MHz, and I'm trying to dual-boot with Windows XP Pro. This is my first time actually trying to install Linux, and I've made Fedora my choice of distro. So I really hope to get it working. According to the history, this seems to be a releatively old bug, dating back to Fedora Core 2? I'm trying to install Core 3 Final. |
From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040803 Firefox/0.9.3 Description of problem: During install of fc3test2 on a Compaq Deskpro EN (Celeron 850), parted throws this message: Assertion (heads < 256) at disk_dos.c:472 in function probe_partition_for_geom() failed. This occurs several times, eventually hanging the machine. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Boot fc3test2 CD. 2. Attempt to partition disk, either automagically or manually. 3. Watch this assertion thrown several times. 4. Watch the box lock up after a few of these. Actual Results: Install locks up. Expected Results: Install should have proceeded normally. Additional info: There are several different CHS translations available in this BIOS, including "Off", "Bit Shift", "LBA assisted", and "Manual". None of the above work.