From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040113 Description of problem: I am trying to install Fedora Core2 Test1 on my Dell Inspiron 5150 Notebook. The disk was partitioned some time ago using Partition Magic. I then kept the XP Pro installation were it was on the resized partition and successfully installed Mandrake Linux 9.2. I am now trying to replace that mandrake installation with Fedora. However, after the installer tests the CD's successfully, it fails to recognize the partition table and hence will not start disk druid and the installation exits. Also, the install did not probe for a suitable monitor (laptop display) and I had to do the install using "text". But, that is another bug and I will enter it as well. Thanks for all your hard work. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.Boot from CD 2.Test CD's 3.Select Disk Druid so that I can use my existing partitions. Actual Results: It fails and exits Install. The exact error is that it cannot recognize my partition table. Expected Results: I should be able to select my existing linux partitions, re-format them and install. Additional info:
Can you switch to tty2 and get the output of fdisk -l and parted on your drive?
fdisk -l output: Disk /dev/hdc : 60 GB 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 7296 cylinders units = cyliders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 Device Start End ID System /dev/hdc1 1 4 de Dell Utility /dev/hdc2 5 2179 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/hdc3 2180 7296 f W95 Ext'd LBA /dev/hdc4 6515 7263 83 Linux /dev/hdc5 2180 2443 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/hdc6 2444 2571 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/hdc7 2572 6514 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/hdc8 7264 7296 82 Linux Swap parted output: Floating point exception
Ugh, okay can you attach the partition table here. dd if=/dev/hdc of=somefile bs=512 count=1
Created attachment 97803 [details] Partition Table from dd Partition table from "dd if=/dev/hdc of=parttable bs=512 count=1"
Is this happier with FC3 test 2?
I am sad to say that I have changed jobs and no longer have access to the machine that I was having this problem with. So, I have no way of verifying either way if FC3 test 2 fixes it or not.