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Offline Coburn64

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Hi,

I found when I was following the partitioning part of the install guide that cfdisk/mkfs had corrupted the new partition, making it error with I/O errors.

What I did is run fsck /dev/hda1 (where hda1 is your storage device) and pressed y on all the "Fix error?" prompts.

Install could be resumed like there was no hiccup at all.

Hope this helps someone!

Cheers! ;)

Offline gerald_clark

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It sounds like the disk was in use while it was partitioned and mkfs was run.

Offline Guy

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People not so familiar with cfdisk/mkfs may find GParted easier.

http://gparted.sourceforge.net/

http://partedmagic.com/

They can partition the drive using one of these before beginning installation.
Many people see what is. Some people see what can be, and make a difference.

Offline ^thehatsrule^

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What I did is run fsck /dev/hda1 (where hda1 is your storage device) and pressed y on all the "Fix error?" prompts.
passing -y might automate the yes part