Description of problem: When installing Fedora Core 3, I am unable to perform any actions with the installer, the installer just keep prompting: Assertion (heads > 0) at disk_dos.c:485 in function probe_partition_for_geom() failed. Assertion (sectors <= 63) at disk_dos.c:490 in function probe_partition_for_geom() failed. install exited abnormally. After going pass the language selection screen. The system has 2 IDE harddisks and they have the following partition information: Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 20023 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 * 257 260 32130 83 Linux /dev/hda2 1 256 2056288+ 82 Linux swap /dev/hda3 261 7272 56323890 83 Linux /dev/hda4 7273 20023 102422407+ 83 Linux Partition table entries are not in disk order Disk /dev/hdb: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 30401 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hdb1 1 1274 10233373+ 83 Linux /dev/hdb2 1275 1339 522112+ 82 Linux swap /dev/hdb3 1340 5036 29696152+ 83 Linux /dev/hdb4 5037 30401 203744362+ 83 Linux How reproducible: Always. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Put in the Fedora Core 3 CD-ROM in the CD-ROM drive 2. Reboot the system. 3. Select the language and then click Next Actual results: Assertion, install exited abnormally. Expected results: Perform installation/upgrade.
I have the same error when doing fresh installation. When I click on "Ignore" the installation exited. When I click on "Cancel" the installation continues but exited later after selecting packages. On the same hdd, I can install without any problem FC1, FC2, Slackware 10.0 and SuSE 9.1. Any solutions ?
The system motherboard is Asus P4P800 Deluxe, hard disks are Hitachi IDE 250GB(HDS722516VLAT80) and IDE 160GB(HDS722516VLAT80), using onboard IDE controller: ICH5: IDE controller at PCI slot 00:1f.1 PCI: Enabling device 00:1f.1 (0005 -> 0007) ICH5: chipset revision 2 ICH5: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later ide0: BM-DMA at 0xfc00-0xfc07, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:DMA ide1: BM-DMA at 0xfc08-0xfc0f, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:DMA hda: HDS722516VLAT80, ATA DISK drive hdb: HDS722525VLAT80, ATA DISK drive
Can you try the update image at http://people.redhat.com/~katzj/fc3-part-upd.img and see if that helps? (Instructions for using an update disk are available at http://rhlinux.redhat.com/anaconda/updatedisks.html) *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 138419 ***
(In reply to comment #0) Description of problem: When installing Fedora Core 3, I am unable to perform any actions with the installer, the installer just keep prompting: 1) Assertion (heads > 0) at disk_dos.c:485 in function probe_partition_for_geom() failed. 2) Assertion (sectors <= 63) at disk_dos.c:490 in function probe_partition_for_geom() failed. install exited abnormally. After going pass the language selection screen. The system has 1 IDE harddisk and have 5 dos partitions On my Harddisk (samsung make 40GB) following information is printed: LBA 78-242-976 Now which figure represents cylinder, head and sector, and how can i resolve this problem, please someone tell me. (My email id "simrat.khokhar") Actual results: Assertion, install exited abnormally. Expected results: Perform installation/upgrade.
Changed to 'CLOSED' state since 'RESOLVED' has been deprecated.