Description of Problem: Basically I'm setting up my computer to dual boot win98 SE and redhat 7.2 on a 40 gig drive. I've used the 98 SE version of fdisk, from the cd, to make 1 primary DOS partition of 15 gig + 1 logical DOS drive of 15 gig. Both have been formatted to FAT32, and there is currently around 8gig of untouched, free space left on the HD. Running through the redhat installer, it tells me the partition tables are inconsistent and gives me the option to "ignore" and go on, or "cancel" and initialize the disk. Ignoring it, I tell it to use the free space to create a linux partition, but it can't. It does recognise there's about 8 gig of free space there, but it won't add a linux partition or let me create my own. I have tried this twice already, having used the "cancel" option to initialize the disk and then using linux fdisk option "o" to create a new, empty dos partition table, and then using 98 fdisk to start all over. I've used ranish partition manager to make sure there's nothing but free space on the disk, then tried again, but redhat always comes up with the same error about the partition table being inconsistent. It also says my disk is set to some 4865 cylinders, which it points out is greater than 1024, and may cause problems. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How Reproducible: Whenever I start all over from scratch, the same thing occurs. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Use 98SE fdisk to remove all current dos partitions 2. re-create 1 primary partition + 1 extended partition -> logical drive 3. install win98SE and format both partitions to fat32 4. boot from redhat 7.2 cd and run through setup, where error occurs Actual Results: Redhat won't let me assign a linux partition Expected Results: Redhat should use the free space on the end of the disk to install it's root + swap partition, there's an easy 8 gig left there. Additional Information: Anaconda error log attached, as per it's recommendation.
Created attachment 76744 [details] anaconda dump subsequent to the partition error
If you choose to manually partition, do you see the free space at the end of the drive? The traceback has been fixed in I think the update disk available on ftp://updates.redhat.com and definitely in Red Hat Linux 7.3
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