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Bug 145259 - Error During Installation - function probe_partition_for_geom() failed
Summary: Error During Installation - function probe_partition_for_geom() failed
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Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 138419
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: anaconda
Version: 3
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
high
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Anaconda Maintenance Team
QA Contact: Mike McLean
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Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2005-01-16 02:47 UTC by tflinz@yahoo.ca
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:10 UTC (History)
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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2006-02-21 19:07:58 UTC
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Description tflinz@yahoo.ca 2005-01-16 02:47:24 UTC 
Description of problem:
When trying to install the fedora core (version 3 I believe), the
following errors occured just before I reached the page that asked to
choose typical,desktop, or custom installation.
here They Are:
1. 
Assertion (heads<256) at
disk_dos.c:486 in function probe_partition_for_geom() failed.

2. 
Assertion ((C*Heads + H)*Sectors + S == A) at
disk_dos.c:495 in function probe_partition_for_geom() failed.

I was able to keep clicking ignore and continue through with the
installation configuration, but these same messages popped up
repeatedly.  It only completely stopped working when it reached the
point to begin installing the data.
Comment 1 Jeremy Katz 2005-01-16 03:06:12 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 138419 ***
Comment 2 Red Hat Bugzilla 2006-02-21 19:07:58 UTC 
Changed to 'CLOSED' state since 'RESOLVED' has been deprecated.
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