I would suggest that U create partitions 'but do not format' from dual boot side. These partitions will be picked up by FC3. Check 1024 cylinder limit for FC3.
Please take care about the size of partitions (up to last bit), as OS do not strictly follow the partitioning standard.
Linux creates partitions of size matching cylinder boundaries but win(nt) will make partitions in units of MB. Loosely Linux will work with any size.
On 11/29/05, peter wu <pwu95@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Thanks, Steve, for your kind reply.
But could you please explain how to use fdisk to remove all partitions? I have a dual-boot machine with Windows XP on another partition.
Thanks, in advance.
--peter
Steve Sheldon <steve.sheldon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:Hi Peter,
Remove all partitions from your sata drive usng fdisk & it'll work
fine.. it is a known problem..
All the best
Steve
peter wu wrote:
> Thanks for your kind reply. (I think Aaron's e-mail was sent to only
> me, so I am repeating.)
>
> It's weird... I initially had FC3 INSTALLED on my computer with SATA
> drive. But since partition table got hosed, I wiped out the hard
> drive, and installed FC4. Now, a program that I use doesn't run
> correctly on FC4 (wherea! s it runs cleanly on FC3), so I wanted to> > > Tha! nks for your help, in advance.
> install FC3 back again. But this time it doesn't even install.
>
> Thanks for your help, in advance.
>
> --peter
>
> P.S. I think I was a much better person before I met Linux and
> dual-booting and partitioning...
>
> */akonstam@trinity.edu/* wrote:
>
> On Mon, Nov 28, 2005 at 04:52:22PM -0800, peter wu wrote:
> > Yes. It's Dell Dimension 8400 with SATA.
> >
> > --peter
> Well someone correct me if I am wrong. The! handling of SATA drives is
> a way FC3 differs from FC4. Or to put it another way it would not
> surprise me that FC4 could recognize your drives and FC3 cannot. Just
> a thought.
> >
> > akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: On Mon, Nov 28, 2005 at 11:28:22AM
> -0800, peter wu wrote:
> > > Hi, all,
> > >
> ! > > When I try to install FC3, I get the warning, "No hard drives
> have been found. You probably need to manually choose device
> drivers for the installation to succeed. Would you like to select
> drivers now?" If I choose a device, or just go ahead with
> installation, I get to Disk Partitioning Setup. When I ask for
> automatic partitioning, I get this message: "No Drives Found: An
> error has occurred. No valid devices were found on which to create
> new file systems. Please check your hardware for the cause of this
> problem." Then installation fails.
> > >
> > > My question is: I already have FC4, but why FC3 installation
> would not recognize hard ! drive and how can I resolve this? (I
> want to install FC3 because one program is not forward-compatible.
> Please don't say "Use FC4.")
> > >
> > >
> > > --peter
> > What kind of drives are these. SATA drives maybe?
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