FC10 Preview , Partitioning problems

[Mani A]

On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 2:10 AM, Jim <mickeyboa at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> Installing FC 10 Preview on a Dell Inspiron 8600, replacing FC8.
> Doing a fresh install, making partitions with install disk.
> Here is partitions table  on a  80gig hard drive.
>
> /dev/sda1  Dell utilities /dev/sda2    ntfs     Win Xp 15000
> /dev/sda3    /boot   ext3   305mb
> /dev/sda4    Extended      60981mb
> /dev/sda5    /home   ext3   39903mb
> /dev/sda6    /            ext3   20002mb
> /dev/sda7    swap               1074mb
>
> When I goto write to disk, I get error messages; "Don't try to mount
>  /dev/sda5 an /dev/sda6 until computer is rebooted"
>
> Then another error message for Swap:  "A error occurred trying to initialize
> SWAP on /dev/sda7,  This problem is serious and install cannot continue ,
> Exit Installer"
>
> And back to live Cd.
>
> This install Cd passes test, and I have installed another  Laptop with it,
> but I never made a  /boot partition on
> the other Laptop.
>

Do all partitioning tasks with say parted magic or some other live CD,
try to install and see if it happens again.

It may be related to the ntfs drive too.

As you are using a live cd

Post relevant portions of dmesg, mount ..


Best

A. Mani



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