Description of problem: When running installer, assertion failure: "Assertion (heads<256) at disk_dos.c:472 in function probe_partition_for_geom() failed" This happens after selecting keyboard layout. After that /dev/hda partitioning fails(?) and installer shuts down. Red Hat 9, in the same situation, reports in plaintext that partition table is incoherent, possibly resulting from misdetection of CHS of disk; safe to ignore but may cause boot loader problems. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual results: Expected results: Additional info: Disk: ST38420A 3.05, 8 gigabytes at motherboard primary ide master. Motherboard: msi k7tpro2 ver 1 Processor: AMD duron 750 mhz Only disk in this IDE. Secondary IDE is connected to CDROM.
This will be fixed with the newer parted in test3.
Hit this on a dual-boot install. Partition table to follow.
Error messages generated by parted are: Assertion (heads <256) at disk_dos.c:486 in function probe_partition_for_geom() failed. Assertion ((C * heads + H) * sectors + S ==A) at disk_dos.c: 495 in function probe_partition_for_geom() failed. fdisk reads the partition table just fine.
Alex -- dual boot install of _what_?
Windows XP Home
Sorry, this is installing FC3 final onto a system that already has WinXP installed. Alex should be providing the 'fdisk -l' output shortly.
Disk /dev/hda: 60.0GB, 60011642880 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 7296 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks ID System /dev/hda1 * 1 2550 20482843 7 HPFS/NTFS
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 138419 ***