Hi, I got a problem when trying to install from a standard FC4_64 DVD: I have a machine which has 16 existing partitions on hda (3 primary, rest of them in a big extended part., misc Distros, among them: FC2, FC3, FC4_x86) It uses grub for multibooting these various distros. After upgrading my mainboard to an Athlon64, i want to install FC4_64 on /dev/hda15. The partitioning looks ok when viewed from e.g. FC4_x86. In anaconda, i select manual partitioning, set the mount point to /, disable bootloader (because i manage that manually from within another Distro), continue to select packages and when it comes to actual install phase, anaconda mysteriously tries to notify the kernel of a change on hda5 which fails with /dev/hda5 being busy. Obviously, anaconda thinks it has changed hda5 which in fact isn't the case. This never happened before (i.e. i installed FC4_x86 in the same manner on another partition without problems). So my question is: Is there any option to completely skip partitioning during install-time and only specify the (pre-existing) root partition? FYI: This is the first installation attempt after the mainboard upgrade so i assume that this might be triggered by a difference in how the new IDE controller reports disk geometry (and anaconda silently wants to "fix" it). Is there a runtime option to override geometry-info on commandline during install? (as an alternative to skiping partitioning) Thanks -Fritz -- Fritz Elfert <fritz.elfert@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Millenux GmbH Lilienthalstr. 2 Phone: +49 711 88770 300 70825 Stuttgart FAX: +49 711 88770 349 --------------------------------------------------------------------------
Attachment:
pgpixgw1N3H8y.pgp
Description: PGP signature
