Hi, Steve I fixed the problem. The disk had Windows 2000 installed. When I installed Fedora Core 4, I never powered off the system. After I powered the system off, it worked fine although I chose "wipe out all partitions on the system" option. Thanks. Ryan -----Original Message----- From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Steve Phillips Sent: Monday, October 17, 2005 2:57 PM To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list Subject: Re: Partition boot disk when installing Fedora Core 4 Ruiyuan Jiang wrote: > Hi, all > > I am quite new to Redhat world. I recently downloaded Fedora Core 4 > and tried to install it on a Compaq PC. I wiped out the Windows that > installed on the PC so Fedora Core 4 is the only OS for the system. In > the installation process, I chose either "automatic or manual > partition disk with disk druid". I tried to create /var, /usr, /opt, > /tmp, /home on their own partitions instead of a big "root" partition > on a single disk. The practice is typical or standard on HP-UX or > Solaris. The installation went on without warning or problem. After > the installation is done, the box got rebooted. The box stopped > booting and it complained about /var, /usr, /opt, /home when it read > /etc/fstab file in the How did it complain ? (hint - error messages go a long way toward explaining things if you decide to post them) > booting process. As I stated above, I tried to install Fedora Core 4 > with both automatic or manual partition disk but they both failed to > boot. My co-worker installed Redhat before and he could partition the > disk but he can't explain why we can't partition disk on Fedora Core 4. > So my question is if Fedora Core 4 supports disk partition instead of > a big "root" partition on a single disk? Thanks in advance. The answer to your question is: Yes. -- Steve. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
