http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=138419 This seems to be the starting bug, since other errors of this type keep getting bounced back to this one as duplicates. I had the same problem updating a multi-boot system with 98/XP/Linux. Worked fine with RH9, FC1, and FC2, but FC3 fails, even with the update patches they have come out with. A clean install of FC3 works on the machine after completely wiping the disk, but this is a student lab, and I need to have all three OSs. On 16 Nov 2004 at 22:32, Rick Lim wrote: From: "Rick Lim" <ricklim@xxxxxxxxx> To: "Fedora List" <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Date sent: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 22:32:23 -0800 Subject: Asertion(heads>0) on IBM disk install Send reply to: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> <mailto:fedora-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe> <mailto:fedora-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=subscribe> > I am upgrading a FC2 to FC3 and using a 350 mhz Asus P2B motherboard with an > IBM IBM-DTLA-305030 disk (30 gig drive). > > When I try to upgrade it looks like the upgrade tries to read the disk > geometry and then gives an error : > > Assertion(heads>0) at disk_dos.c: 485 in function probe_partion_for_geom() > failure. > > Has anyone else run into this problem with upgrading ???? > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > +----------------------------------------------------------+ Michael D. Setzer II - Computer Science Instructor Guam Community College Computer Center mailto:mikes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.guam.net/home/mikes Guam - Where America's Day Begins +----------------------------------------------------------+ http://setiathome.berkeley.edu Number of Seti Units Returned: 14,827 Processing time: 29 years, 165 days, 19 hours, 54 minutes (Total Hours: 258,020)
