On Wed, 2004-06-16 at 07:54, Dr J Austin wrote: > Hi KAS and list, > Having got FC2 installed on sda1/2/3, I have been very reluctant > to destroy it again!!!! > Indeed I have installed Vmware 4.5.2 and tested > previously generated redhat 9.0 and windows 2000 SP3 virtual machines > They work on a 64bit host - well so far !!!! > > Back to the plot > I have previously upgraded the BIOS to see if I could get USB booting > working - no luck there. > I have just checked there is no later BIOS available. > > With a working FC2-64 I can destroy FCT3-64 > So now I have installed FC2-64 including > everything onto hda3 using hda2 as swap > (FC2-32 is still on hda1 and working fine) > > It went on cleanly with no corruption of /dev !!!!!!!! > I did not change any BIOS settings!!!! > > I am at a loss as to what is happening. > I have previously tried to install FC2-64 onto hda1 and it failed. > Can it be something to do with the disk layouts? > Perhaps I just rejoice and use the machine for something useful > > But I now have a working FC2-64 on hda3 > Have I the will power to install it again on sda???????? > > Regards > John A > > John, Sounds like you have made some real progress. My only other thought is to see if there is any correlation between installation success and system temps...with a small form factor system, watching temps may be fairly critical. In particular, if you added a hard drive to the stock configuration, I would be sure it wasn't adding excessive heat to the total. I have a newer 2/3 height Maxtor 40 gb drive that runs hotter than a firecracker...but admittedly I worry excessively about temps as it is often a sultry 80F here in the office...Florida in the summertime. KAS
