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Description of problem:
Installing Fedora Core 3, after booting from CD#1, I get as far as the
graphical screen asking for language and then see a message:
"assertion (sectors <= 63) at disk_dos.c:490 in function
probe_partition_for_geom() failed" then a smiliar one "assertion
(heads > 0) at disk_dos.c:485 in function probe_partition_for_geom()
failed" with a choice of ignore or quit.  Choosing ignore to the first
message then brings up the second.  Ignore the second and the
installer exits.  The final screen has:
"X server started successfully."
"Starting graphical installation..."
"Bug"

followed buy the two messages that were displayed while in the
graphical installation.

This computer has two drives.  The first is a 20 gig with Windows NT
4.0 and two NTFS partitiions of 7 and 13.  The second drive is a 6 gig
with a RedHat 9 installtion on it.  

The computer is a Pentium 266 with 256 meg ram.

Thanks in advance
Pierre Kerr


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.start computer with Fedora install disk #1 in cdrom
2.Answer questions about language and keyboard type

Errors appear
    

Actual Results:  "assertion (sectors <= 63) at disk_dos.c:490 in
function probe_partition_for_geom() failed" 

then 

"assertion (heads > 0) at disk_dos.c:485 in function
probe_partition_for_geom() failed" 

with a choice of ignore or quit.  Choosing ignore to the first message
then brings up the second.  Ignore the second and the installer exits.  

Expected Results:  I believe the next screen might be the partioning
questions

Additional info:

I did a media check before my first attempt.  Media was good.

This computer has been running RedHat 9 without a problem for many months.