On Mon, 01 Nov 2004 07:18:02 -0500, Wayne Steenburg <w.steenburg@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sun, 2004-10-31 at 23:45, Daniel Goldin wrote: > > > > Get this message on installation: > > > > "Unable to align partition properly. This probably means that another > > partition tool generated an incorrect partition table, because it > > doesn't have the correct bios geometry. It is safe to ignore, but > > ignoring may cause (fixable) problems with some boot loaders." > > > > Well, what do you know, I seem to have one of those "fixable" > > problems. Computer hangs on reboot most of the time. > > > > 1) I installed redhat 9 on this hard drive before installing Fedora. > > Might that be the cause of the problem? > > > > 2) How do I fix this? I am not a programmer, so go easy. > > > > Any help much appreciated. > > If you were bitten by the dual boot (w/ XP) bug try here for the fix: > > http://www.fedorafaq.org/#nodualboot > No, I have no trouble booting into windows. My problem is boot fails in Linux, after a few times or if the system shuts down uncleanly. I have a feeling it has to do with error msg. above. d.