Re: [tlug] Can't install RH 8 to Seagate Barracuda

["David Bernat" <dbernat@example.com>]

"Jean-Christian Imbeault" <jc@example.com> wrote:

>I'm having trouble installing RH8. The installer is having problems with
>the hard disk. The HD is a Seagate Barracuda ATA IV ST340016A. Initially
>it was having problems reading the partition table but I got passed that
>by formatting the HD using DOS's fdisk.
>
>However the installer won't start installing. It first complains that:
>
>"The partition table on /dev/hda is inconsistent. [...]Often the reason
>is that Linux detected the BIOS geometry incorrectly. However this does
>not appear to be the case here. It is safe to ignore [...] Using LBA is
>recommended."

Did fdisk put an 8 MB partition on the disk?

David Bernaty
dbernat@example.com