On 3/17/2012 11:09 PM, Pete Travis wrote:
On Mar 18, 2012 12:04 AM, "Paul Allen Newell" <pnewell@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
>
> On 3/17/2012 10:50 PM, Pete Travis wrote:
>>
>>
>> On Mar 17, 2012 11:37 PM, "T.C. Hollingsworth" <tchollingsworth@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
>> >
>> > On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 10:03 PM, Paul Allen
Newell <pnewell@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
>> > > On 3/17/2012 9:52 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
>> > >> On 03/18/2012 12:49 PM, Paul Allen Newell
wrote:
>> > >>>
>> > >>> Though I appreciate the suggestion, I
can't get any further progress once
>> > >>> I do the
>> > >>> install to hard drive option ... its
does the same "No usable disks"
>> > >>> message (and
>> > >>> therefore no option to try anything).
>> > >>
>> > >> I don't think I ever suggested doing an
install to hard drive....
>> > >>
>> > >> I was suggesting you check out the disk
partitions using something like
>> > >> parted to see
>> > >> how things are set up. Did you do that?
>> > >>
>> > >
>> > > Ed:
>> > >
>> > > Oh, I did misread you and I apologize. Since
I had never used a Live CD, I
>> > > jumped to the faulty conclusion that its
install to hard disk was different
>> > > than the installation DVD.
>> > >
>> > > PartedMagic was the one option I asked about
in my original email and it
>> > > looks like that or the other two suggestions
of sysresccd.org
or fdisc will
>> > > keep me busy tomorrow. I don't see parted
when I did a which so I figured it
>> > > was PartedMagic. I just tried as root on my
working system and see it (saved
>> > > myself an email about how I have to be root
see it). As the memtest86 is
>> > > going to go for a long time, I was under the
impression that the LiveCD user
>> > > doesn't have "root" access to munge with the
hard drives et al ... am I
>> > > mistaken?
>> >
>> > Odd, `parted` has been included on every Fedora
LiveCD I've ever used.
>> >
>> > To get root on a LiveCD just open a terminal and
run `su -`, no
>> > password required.
>> >
>> > > One good thing is I finally have a Live CD
image that works. Every other
>> > > time I've tried to create one it has been a
horrible failure.
>> > >
>> > > Paul
>> >
>> > -T.C.
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>> Hey Paul,
>>
>> I've had anaconda fail to recognize drives due to
leftover fake raid metadata, among other things. Try using dd to
zero out the first few megs of the drive, assuming you don't
need the existing partition table, and see if it helps.
>>
>> `dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdx bs=512 count=512`
>
>
> Pete:
>
> Thanks for reply. Tried your suggestion and no change to
the message. I did confirm that the window says "Examining
Devices" to clarify an earlier question that was asked.
>
> Am in process of downloading and creating CD of
systemrescuecd ... but I won't try it until tomorrow as I am
getting tired and know I will probably screw things up even
worse if I get "too adventuresome in something I am not familiar
with"
>
> Paul
>
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Worth a try...
Any extra USB storage to remove?
Not certain what you mean ...
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