Problem when trying to install from FC3-ISO's

[Alberto Cardinalli Junior]

Hi all.
I found a solution for my problem. The problem was that the bootstrap
partition was in the end of the HD. I cheated and created ext3 and
swap first, and then bootstrap. So, bootstrap was still hda5 but was
phisically between swap and HFS+ partition.

Thanks for your help,

--
Alberto


On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 19:56:37 -0200, Alberto Cardinalli Junior
<cardinallijr at gmail.com> wrote:
> Well, i did my first attempt and as i said before, i got error
> formating. So i rebooted and tried another option, such as automatic
> partition, and it returns the error "Attempt to read sectors 16-18
> outside of partition on /dev/hda". I ignore this and try to proceed.
> Every attempt to change partition(creation, delete) returns this
> error. I keep ignoring this ... I select the software to install, etc
> ... But when anaconda asks about the 4 CD's and i agree to continue,
> it shows that error message 2 times, and another saying. "An error
> occurred trying to format hda5. This problem is serious, and the
> install cannot continue." And then give me only an option to reboot.
> hda5 is apple bootstrap when i tried to partition it manually. I
> created a 1 mb bootstrap, 640mb swap and the rest is an ext3 partition
> /. If i try to do the automatic one, the same error occurs ...
> 
> parted /dev/hda
> 
> Disk geometry for dev/hda: 0.000-19077.187 megabytes
> Disk label type: mac
> Minor    Start           End          Filesystem         Name
>                 Flags
> 1           0.000            0.031                              Apple
> 2           0.031     10374.218                             untitled
> 3    10374.219     11013.218  linux-swap            swap
>               swap
> 4    11013.219     19077.179                             Apple_HFS_Untitled_3
> 5    19077.180     19077.187                             untitled
>                      boot
> 
> Thanks for your attention,
> 
> --
> Alberto
> 
> 
> On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 02:03:06 +0800, Colin Charles <byte at aeon.com.my> wrote:
> > On Thu, 2004-12-16 at 03:02 -0200, Alberto Cardinalli Junior wrote:
> > > I've tried to follow your guide to install fedora ppc but when I try
> > > to partitionate the disk, i can't put Apple Bootstrap like first
> > > partition. My HFS+(OSX) partition is in hda4. When I create apple
> > > bootstrap, it's created as hda2, but when i put other partitions(swap
> > > + ext3) it jumps to hda5. I followed with the instalation but had an
> > > error formating hda5 ... Any hint ?
> >
> > What kind of error?
> >
> > Its okay that the bootstrap isn't the first (unless you have a zapped
> > prom, iirc), so paste error info here
> >
> > And parted info too
> > (parted /dev/hda then print)
> > --
> > Colin Charles, byte at aeon.com.my
> > http://www.bytebot.net/
> > "First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you,
> > then you win." -- Mohandas Gandhi
> >
> >
>