From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from apollo.csir.co.za ([146.64.10.99]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1Dy2Ab-00076u-00 for ; Thu, 28 Jul 2005 02:47:06 -0400 Received: from localhost.localdomain ([146.64.19.195]) by apollo.csir.co.za (8.12.8/8.12.5) with ESMTP id j6S6kR8m018799 for ; Thu, 28 Jul 2005 08:46:27 +0200 Received: from localhost.localdomain (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.localdomain (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j6S6ijtC019141 for ; Thu, 28 Jul 2005 08:44:45 +0200 Received: from localhost (wvdwalt@localhost) by localhost.localdomain (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) with ESMTP id j6S6iipZ019138 for ; Thu, 28 Jul 2005 08:44:45 +0200 X-Authentication-Warning: localhost.localdomain: wvdwalt owned process doing -bs Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 08:44:44 +0200 (SAST) From: Willem van der Walt X-X-Sender: wvdwalt@localhost.localdomain To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." In-Reply-To: <6.2.3.4.0.20050727211612.037a9948@pop3.citlink.net> Message-ID: References: <6.2.3.4.0.20050727211612.037a9948@pop3.citlink.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-CSIR-MailScanner-Information: Please contact sys-admin at csir dot co dot za for more information X-CSIR-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-CSIR-MailScanner-SpamScore: s X-MailScanner-From: wvdwalt@csir.co.za Subject: Re: help with Fedora X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 06:47:09 -0000 Hi, I would try going into rescue mode with fc3 and run fdisk to have a look at the disk. Once in rescue mode, fdisk /dev/hda should go in the p command then should show the partitions. If that give a simelar error, I would start checking the hardware. Make sure the existing linux on the hard drive still boots etc. A thing that i assume you have checked is that the drive is actually connected to the first primary IDE controler and therefore is called hda. I have had machines where the only drive was connected to the second IDE controler's master making it hdc. HTH Willem On Wed, 27 Jul 2005, Scott Berry wrote: > Hello list, > > I am having a problem with a Toshiba laptop. When I go to install Fedora I > get as far as the partitioning. I wanted to do an automatic when I tried > this however, it gave an error like this: "i/o error not able to read > /dev/hda." I thought it was because there is another Linux distribution on > the system but I went in and did a manual but the New Edit and Delete would > not come up for some reason. Can some one give me some advice as how I might > go about fixing this? It is Fedora 3. I am currently using sighted > assistance because my notebook does not have a serial port so I will have to > set up Speakup for software speech. Thanks much. > > Scott > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- This message is subject to the CSIR's copyright, terms and conditions and e-mail legal notice. Views expressed herein do not necessarily represent the views of the CSIR. CSIR E-mail Legal Notice http://mail.csir.co.za/CSIR_eMail_Legal_Notice.html CSIR Copyright, Terms and Conditions http://mail.csir.co.za/CSIR_Copyright.html For electronic copies of the CSIR Copyright, Terms and Conditions and the CSIR Legal Notice send a blank message with REQUEST LEGAL in the subject line to HelpDesk@csir.co.za. This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. MailScanner thanks Transtec Computers for their support.