Bug 152192 - Assertion (heads > 0) at disk_dos.c:485 in function probe_partition_for_geom() failed.
Summary: Assertion (heads > 0) at disk_dos.c:485 in function probe_partition_for_geom(...
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Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 138419
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: anaconda
Version: 3
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Anaconda Maintenance Team
QA Contact: Mike McLean
URL: installer fails to detect hard disc h...
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Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2005-03-25 21:39 UTC by Martyn Heatley
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:11 UTC (History)
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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2005-03-28 15:46:06 UTC
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self generated bug report (731.69 KB, text/plain)
2005-03-26 20:31 UTC, Martyn Heatley
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Description Martyn Heatley 2005-03-25 21:39:37 UTC
From Bugzilla Helper:
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows 98) Opera 7.50  [en]

Description of problem:
Anaconda and text mode both fail to detect the hitachi (HDS722516VLAT80) hard 
disc correctly. Using Asus A7V333 with Via KT333 chipset and AMD processor. 
Already installed Windows 98SE for dual boot without difficulty.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.run anaconda
2.after keyboard selection first bug reported
3.pressing ignore or cancel cause program to progress to automatic partitioning 
but fails here and reboots the system
4.attempts at manual partitioning reproduces the fault
  

Additional info:

Assertion (heads > 0) at disk_dos.c:485 in function probe_partition_for_geom() 
failed.(48 occurences)
<4>vesafb: probe of vesafb0 failed with error -6
<7>Probing IDE interface ide2...
<7>ide2: Wait for ready failed before probe !
<7>Probing IDE interface ide3...
<7>ide3: Wait for ready failed before probe !
<7>Probing IDE interface ide4...
<7>ide4: Wait for ready failed before probe !
<7>Probing IDE interface ide5...
<7>ide5: Wait for ready failed before probe !

Comment 1 Martyn Heatley 2005-03-26 20:31:32 UTC
Created attachment 112362 [details]
self generated bug report

Comment 2 Chris Lumens 2005-03-28 15:46:06 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 138419 ***


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