Unable to install Fedora 14 on hard drive

[karan999]

Hi all,

I successfully created a live usb to boot fedora but, i want it installed on my hard disk.

So now i am in Fedora (via a (live fedora installed) usb).

i have created a 5GB (unallocated) partition on my 500GB hard disk.

Currently there are 4 partitions on my hard disk -

(assume original size)
C:\ of size 53GB.
D:\ of size 210GB
E:\ of size 210GB
G:\ of size 10GB to boot ubuntu(not installed).

AND a 5GB unallocated as i have stated above.

I am new to the installation of fedora to hard drive.So while clicking Install to hard drive i am stuck on the type of installation menu screen.

I dont know which one to select.i did checkout each one but after clicking for example replace existing linux system(s) what i get to see is only 2 hard drives/files on the left table.

1> my hard drive - detected as complete 500GB of space.
2> my 4GB Kingston pen drive on which my fedora live image is installed.


Then after reading the forums, i came across people asking for the output of the command sudo fdisk -l.(l means small L)

So i typed it in the terminal and this is what i got -

[liveuser@localhost ~]$ sudo fdisk -l

We trust you have received the usual lecture from the local System
Administrator. It usually boils down to these three things:

    #1) Respect the privacy of others.
    #2) Think before you type.
    #3) With great power comes great responsibility.

liveuser is not in the sudoers file.  This incident will be reported.
[liveuser@localhost ~]$ ^C
[liveuser@localhost ~]$

Bottom line -

I want to install Fedora 14 on my 5GB unallocated partition.

please help me.

[ryptyde]

If you have installed Fedora 14 to a usb device and it boots up and runs from your
computer you click on the "Install to Hard Drive" icon on the Fedora desktop. The 5GB
you have set aside will have to be "unallocated freespace" and not a FAT or NTFS formatted
partition. I use Fedora's "LiveUSB Creator" mostly to install to usb devices as I run Fedora.

phil

[karan999]

If you have installed Fedora 14 to a usb device and it boots up and runs from your
computer you click on the "Install to Hard Drive" icon on the Fedora desktop. The 5GB
you have set aside will have to be "unallocated freespace" and not a FAT or NTFS formatted
partition. I use Fedora's "LiveUSB Creator" mostly to install to usb devices as I run Fedora.

phil

Thankyou Phil for your reply.

yup i did try that.but i fear that my current drives will be deleted/formated.

Also i was confused which option should i select while doing so.i did try checking out wots there in all the options and i was further again confused where is the pertition i created.

[devils casper]

Hi and Welcome !

We have to check partition structure of your Hard disk. Boot up from LiveCD or USB and execute /sbin/fdisk -l command in Terminal.

su -
fdisk -l

Post output here.

* It's small L in fdisk -l.

[karan999]

Hi and Welcome !

We have to check partition structure of your Hard disk. Boot up from LiveCD or USB and execute /sbin/fdisk -l command in Terminal.

su -
fdisk -l

Post output here.

* It's small L in fdisk -l.

i have re-edited my thread.kindly have a look.

[devils casper]

As I suggested earlier, use su - instead of sudo.

su -
fdisk -l

Post output here.

Do not edit your posts. Editing breaks continuity of thread and other posts become useless. It will be confusing for other users to follow posts in your thread.

[karan999]

As I suggested earlier, use su - instead of sudo.

su -
fdisk -l

Post output here.

Do not edit your posts. Editing breaks continuity of thread and other posts become useless. It will be confusing for other users to follow posts in your thread.

im extremely sorry.will post output soon.

[karan999]

Here is the output -

[liveuser@localhost ~]$ su - 
[root@localhost ~]# fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders, total 976773168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xd37da1ca

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1              63        2047         992+  42  SFS
/dev/sda2   *        2048      206847      102400   42  SFS
/dev/sda3          206848   112639999    56216576   42  SFS
/dev/sda4       112640000   976771119   432065560   42  SFS

Disk /dev/sdb: 4002 MB, 4002910208 bytes
32 heads, 63 sectors/track, 3878 cylinders, total 7818184 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x1bff2582

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdb1   *          63     7818047     3908992+   b  W95 FAT32

Disk /dev/dm-0: 3221 MB, 3221225472 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 391 cylinders, total 6291456 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000

Disk /dev/dm-0 doesn't contain a valid partition table

Disk /dev/dm-1: 3221 MB, 3221225472 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 391 cylinders, total 6291456 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000

Disk /dev/dm-1 doesn't contain a valid partition table
[root@localhost ~]#

[devils casper]

How and why did you create SFS filesystem? Which Partition Manager are you using?

[karan999]

i created partition from here -

(right click)My computer>manage>disk management.

here i right clicked on one of my drives(for example E drive) and then clicked shrink volume.
then created 10GB partition.(normal NTFS by default.) did not change any settings.

i also created 5GB partiition but left it unallocated.as you suggested.