Build issues FC4 on Dell GX280

[Steven Joerger]

I get this same error message on 2 different systems. First system is
a Dell Optiplex GX400 with regular ATA drive. Second system is a
generic white box (Tyan mb with dual P3 800's) using a scsi hard
drive.

I get this error whether I manually set the partition layout or if I
let it get auto-created.

Steve

On 6/14/05, Neil Marjoram <n.marjoram at adastral.ucl.ac.uk> wrote:
> I have been trying to load FC4 on my fleet of Dell GX280 small form
> factors. The systems are brand new, 2.8 Ghz, 512MB, 40 GB SATA drives.
> 
> Anaconda loads up, and I can get all the way until the installer starts
> to format the disks. The system then complains about not being able to
> tell the kernel about the changes to the partitions (all of them one
> after another) and then crashes with the error :
> 
> Error: Error informing the kernel about modifications to partition
> /dev/sdaX - Device or Resource busy. This means that linux won't know
> about any changes you made to /dev/sdaX until you reboot - so you
> shouldn't mount it or use it in any way before rebooting.
> 
> I have created my own partiton table manually using ext3 filesystems,