installing fedora core 4

hi
    i already have windows 2000...i tried to install fedora core 4...but 
an error message came like this...
    "The partition table on device hda was unreadable.To create new 
partition it must be reinitialized"
     i have many mp3  songs and imp data in the hard disk...i dont wnat to 
lose any data...and also i dont want to repartition...is there any other 
way to overcome this error....please help me ...


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[Erik P. Olsen]

On Thu, 2005-09-15 at 00:34 +0530, $@R@\/@N@N wrote:
>  hi
>      i already have windows 2000...i tried to install fedora core 4...but 
>  an error message came like this...
>      "The partition table on device hda was unreadable.To create new 
>  partition it must be reinitialized"
>       i have many mp3  songs and imp data in the hard disk...i dont wnat to 
>  lose any data...and also i dont want to repartition...is there any other 
>  way to overcome this error....please help me ... 
Get help from Jan van Wijk on http://www.dfsee.com

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[Carroll Grigsby]

$@R@\/@N@N wrote:
>  hi
>      i already have windows 2000...i tried to install fedora core 4...but 
>  an error message came like this...
>      "The partition table on device hda was unreadable.To create new 
>  partition it must be reinitialized"
>       i have many mp3  songs and imp data in the hard disk...i dont wnat to 
>  lose any data...and also i dont want to repartition...is there any other 
>  way to overcome this error....please help me ... 

Sara:
You _will_ have to do some repartitioning unless you have some 
unformatted space on your hard drive.

Have you read the Fedora installation guide?
http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/fedora-install-guide-en/

Or the release notes?
http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/release-notes/fc4/errata/

You _will_ have to do some repartitioning unless you have some 
unformatted space on your hard drive.

-- cmg

[Timothy Murphy]

Carroll Grigsby wrote:

> >     i already have windows 2000...i tried to install fedora core
> 4...but
> > an error message came like this...
> >     "The partition table on device hda was unreadable.To create new
> > partition it must be reinitialized"
> >      i have many mp3  songs and imp data in the hard disk...i dont wnat
> >      to
> > lose any data...and also i dont want to repartition...is there any other
> > way to overcome this error....please help me ... 
>  You _will_ have to do some repartitioning unless you have some
>  unformatted space on your hard drive. 
I agree with your advice -
but the error message, if it was anything like that reported,
was seriously misleading.

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