On Tue, 2011-11-01 at 22:57 -0700, Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R wrote: > Using files rsync'd from > mirrors.kernel.org::fedora/development/16/x86_64/os > I installed the latest Verne via pxeboot. > > Even after specifying a BIOS BOOT partition, the installer will not let > me to the > next step, complaining that a first level boot area is not available. > > The last 3TB drives I got were just $118 each. > At that price many will appear most everywhere. can you please post the output of parted -p on the drive? if it has 4k/4k sectors, we expect it not to boot, but no fedora has yet supported 4k/4k sectors. 512b/4k sectors ought to work, though, and this is by a long way more common than 4k/4k. we'll likely aim to support 4k/4k sector disks in f17. -- Adam Williamson Fedora QA Community Monkey IRC: adamw | Twitter: AdamW_Fedora | identi.ca: adamwfedora http://www.happyassassin.net -- test mailing list test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test
