I have tried to run the install with all of the following options at the prompt:
<Enter>
linux
linux reiserfs selinux=0
inux reiserfs selinux=0 ide=nodma
linux reiserfs selinux=0 acpi=off
linux reiserfs selinux=0 text
linux selinux=0
linux rescue (you will see below why I did this one)
No matter which of the above options I use, the installer will freeze 10-15 after the "Searching for Fedora Core installations" dialog box appears.
I currently have FC5 (amongst other distros) installed on this system. So I thought to myself what would happen if I tried to install FC5. I went with: linux reiserfs selinux=0
At the "Searching for Fedora Core installations" the following error message pops up:
Error mounting file system on hdd8:
Operation not supported
The same error occurs for sda12 and sda13. Interestingly hdd8, sda12, sda13 and sda14 are part of LVM. What was also of interest is that the error message did not pop up for sda14. The same happens when I boot of the FC5 DVD and run: linux rescue.
[root:~#] pvscan
PV /dev/sda14 VG Home lvm2 [32.88 GB / 0 free]
PV /dev/sda13 VG Store lvm2 [ 30.00 GB / 0 free]
PV /dev/hdd8 VG Store lvm2 [30.31 GB / 0 free]
PV /dev/sda12 VG Games lvm2 [39.99 GB / 0 free]
Total: 4 [133.18 GB] / in use: 4 [133.18 GB] / in no VG: 0 [0 ]
For completeness sake I will also include the output of fdisk l
[root:~#] fdisk -l
Disk /dev/hda: 81.9 GB, 81964302336 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9964 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 9963 80027766 7 HPFS/NTFS
Disk /dev/hdd: 81.9 GB, 81964302336 bytes
16 heads, 63 sectors/track, 158816 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 = 516096 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hdd1 * 1 31222 15735636 c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/hdd2 31222 158816 64307565+ 5 Extended
/dev/hdd5 31222 62444 15735636 83 Linux
/dev/hdd6 62444 93665 15735636 83 Linux
/dev/hdd7 93665 95753 1052226 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/hdd8 95754 158816 31783718+ 83 Linux
Disk /dev/sda: 250.0 GB, 250059350016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 30401 244196001 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 1 2611 20972794+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 2612 5222 20972826 83 Linux
/dev/sda7 5223 7180 15727603+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda8 7181 9138 15727603+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda9 9139 11096 15727603+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda10 11097 13054 15727603+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda11 13055 16971 31463271 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda12 16972 22192 41937651 83 Linux
/dev/sda13 22193 26108 31455238+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda14 26109 30401 34483491 83 Linux
Disk /dev/dm-0: 35.3 GB, 35307651072 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4292 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk /dev/dm-0 doesn't contain a valid partition table
Disk /dev/dm-1: 64.7 GB, 64751665152 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 7872 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk /dev/dm-1 doesn't contain a valid partition table
Disk /dev/dm-2: 42.9 GB, 42941284352 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 5220 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk /dev/dm-2 doesn't contain a valid partition table
