[NTLUG:Discuss] Fedora Core3 Install problem

[Jay Urish]

You did yourself a major disservice buying a system or board from Frys

You have been 'Fried"

More than likely, the mobo has issues...


Terry Henderson wrote:

> Problems encountered installing Fedora Core3 on Fry's-special Athlon
> XP 1800+ (1.5GHz) ($179).  The PC contains ECS 741GX-M MB, (333FSB),
> Western Digital 40g HD (WD400BB), 128M DDR ram.
> Description of problem:
> During early stages of install, I encountered 2ea consecutive errors,
> windows titled "Bug". In choosing to ignore each time I was able to
> continue to next step. Errors occurred in subsequent steps after
> choosing keyboard. Errors occurred when asked what type of install,
> which drives to partition, manual or auto partitioning.  I chose to
> click ignore [twice] each time for each error window, after clicking
> [Ignore] twice on each error enables one to continue.   Error messages
> contained in "Bug" windows follows:
> 
> "Bug"  
> "Assertion (heads < 256) at disk_dos.c:486 in function
> probe_partition_for_geom() failed.                       		           
>     	    [Ignore]  [Cancel]
> 
> "Bug" 
> "Assertion ((C * heads + H) * sectors + S == A) at disk_dos.c:495 in
> function probe_partition_for_geom() failed.
>             [Ignore]   [Cancel]
> 
> Before actually formatting the drive, it crashed.
> 
> Have crash dump file: anacdump.txt
> and have sent above bug report plus crash dump file to bugzilla.
> I was able to do Fedora Core2 install on the above PC with no
> problems, and it seems to be running fine, (no hardware issues as
> yet).
> 
> Question(s):  Would FC3 be any better than an updated FC2 system?
> Should I just consider the project done and over with after completing
> updates on this new FC2 install? Or should I try and resolve these
> issues or pursue some sort of workaround and install FC3?
> 
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Jay Urish	Systems Engineer
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