Hi Brad!
Did this machine earlier had any versions of Linux? I am asking because I want to know if there
is any partitions(ext2/ext3) there. Did you try after deleting all partition and then re-creating them?
A little more drive geometry would be helpful. Please tell us what "fdisk" has to say about the
drive geometry! You can run it through the live disk.
Regards
--Himanshu
On 2/9/06, Brad Stone <bmestone@...> wrote:
Hello people,
I've been out spreading the word of Linux and have run into a problem.
I'm trying to set up a Linux PC for this social project in town, but I think there is something wrong with the hard-drive. The Ubunto disk they had dies on install just after the disk partitioning stage, and the Mandriva disk I brought over (because Mandriva is said to be one of the more robust installers) dies at about the same point.
The Ubuntu live disk works perfectly, I just can't install a proper version onto the hard-drive. There's something wrong with it. Any hints or pointers on fixing a hard-drive? Obviously there's no OS on the computer now, so a self-booting disk-checker CD or something would be good.
I've advised the admin to reinstall Windows XP and to run the MS disk checker command ("dskchk :c /f"). Though I am yet to see if this works, so any advice, guidance or feedback from you guys would be VERY appreciated.
Thanks for any help,
Brad
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