On 07/17/17 10:31, Robin Laing wrote: > On 16/07/17 02:00, Robin Laing wrote: >> Hello, >> >> Trying to help someone install F26 on an older laptop that has just had the >> HDD >> replaces with an SSD. The SSD was used for a short time on a different >> machine. >> >> A couple of install attempts with the KDE live stick were a big failure when >> formatting the partitions. CPU usage (dual core) went to 100% on both cores >> and >> then died. >> >> SSD was partitioned but not formatted. >> >> I have no experience with SSD troubles but this seems strange for a little >> used >> drive to not be able to be formatted. >> >> Could the formatting issues be related to partitions not being on the end of >> the >> virtual cylinders? >> >> Will test later once we get the drive out of the laptop to see if we can >> partition >> and format it. >> >> Robin Laing >> _______________________________________________ >> users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org >> To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org > > > Took drive out of laptop and put in a carrier and found that the partitions > were > totally screwed. According to cfdisk, the partitions left over 1E bytes > free. I > would love to have an SSD with over an Exabyte of space. > > Repartitioned the drive with cfdisk, created the luks containers and > formatted with > no errors. > > Now the issue is, is the problem the old laptop or the installer not > partitioning > the drive properly. > >
The drive has only been used successfully in another system, yes? Maybe mention the make and model of both the laptop and SSD? Potential compatibility issue? -- Fedora Users List - The place to go to speculate endlessly
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