M. Fioretti <mfioretti <at> nexaima.net> writes: > ... > Also, what do you mean by "erase the disk completely"? SHould I run dd > or something from the live CD? > ... When you start fresh with a new system/component like a hard disk, it is proper to firstly format it *entirely* - right at the very beginning from live-cd (forget about your previous installation), with live-cd tools (cfdisk, gparted, etc). You may discover some facts about the disk, partition table(s), disk's health, effective size (after formatting) vice nominal size, any bad sectors present (original, by manufacturer) and their possible remapping to other/healthy sectors, etc. After formatting, reboot (due to MBR setup), and view the hard disk again as posted before (dmesg, cfdisk, fdisk -l), also from live-cd. You may post the output here ('fdisk -l' in particular). If all looks good (see above) you can perform your installation once again with custom layout. JB -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org