Well, it was the 'memory hole' option in the BIOS that was causing the
problem. I disabled it, and all went well. Thanks to all that
eplied. --Mark
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of John Aldrich
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2000 10:01 AM
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Subject: RE: Redhat install fails
On Tue, 14 Nov 2000, Mark Basil wrote:
> I know this. I am asking why Redhat would fail to install when this mode
is
> active. I had LBA set, I partitioned, install failed miserably. I then
> changed it to normal, and it still failed -- I now know that you can't
just
> go changing this and expect things to just work. What I really want to
know
> is why the initial install would fail because LBA mode was active. Is
this
> not supported by Redhat/Linux alltoghether? And for my other question: Do
> you think that if I disable this (LBA), re-format, and install,
everything
> wil go smoothly? Thanks...and sorry for sounding like an idiot who
doesn't
> know what the hell he's talking about. I've just had a really long day.
>
Oh. Sorry. :-) Misunderstood. The only thing I can think is that
your system hardware doesn't like the hard drive. *shrug* MAYBE
repartitioning and reinstalling under "normal" will make it better.
No guarantees, though.
John
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