need help on installation and partioning

[stu]

hi,

when I boot fedora from the cd and the setup starts the x-server my monitor goes in standby mode. I see the msg for probing my gfx, my monitor and my maus, then the x-server start.
I also tried starting the setup with some commands like
noprobe
nofb
skipddc
apm=off

but none of these worked with my system. (My system: amd xp 1800, 1024 MB RAM, ecs kt7a, gf4 ti4200, lg 1701b dvi). Does somebody know something else I could try?

the only way I was able to get the setup started was using the command "linux headless", there I get the msg that some with the graphics was missing and then he starts the textmode. so far so good.
now the partioning:
On my harddrive I have one 7gb partion for w2k, a 5gb partition for xp, I made a 6gb unformatted partition for linux, and at the end I got a 60gb fat32 partition.
I want to install fedora on that 6gb partion; I know its recommanded to create a swap partition, so thats what i did. Using the disk druid I created a 1024mb big swap partion (made it a primary partition). The remaining 5gb I wanted to use for fedora. but I cant make that partition.
I get the msg that partioning failed (trying to make a ext3 primary partition mountpoint: "/")
can anybody help me out here?

thx in advance

[teccyspice]

linux text should just give you a text mode install. You should be able to see what the system is complaining about if you look at the messages screen, I think pressing CTRL+ALT+7 should bring it up but cant remember the exact combination off the top of my head.

Are all your partitions primary? You can only have 4 primary partitions so if this is the case you'll need to create an extended partition and put the other partitions in that. Without seeing your disk layout it's difficult to say for sure.

HTH

[feenixx]

you could try passing 'acpi=off' or was it 'noacpi' to setup.
I've got gf4 ti4200 too, I didn't need to pass any variables when I installed.
something in bios maybe?

if disabling acpi by command line doesn't seem to work, disable apm or
acpi and powersaving features from bios.


follow stu's advice about creating extended partition. It should work.
I created unallocated space for fedora using with Partition Magic
while in windows, worked out like a charm. PM created extended partition
automatically.