LINUX will not install right on WD 516MB HD?

[rodney at sabletech.com (Rodney Thayer)]

it's punishing you for having >1024 cylinders I suppose.

Lie and tell it you have 1024/16/63, and see if it installs...

>I am trying to install LINUX onto a Western Digital 516MB
>IDE drive (2nd drive in a two drive system).  I am using the
>InfoMagic 1.2.1 set.  I have successfully installed the
>version on another machine with a 1.2GB WD drive with no
>trouble at all.  The install onto the 516MB drive appears
>to go on fine.  However, upon rebooting and
>logging in as root, it says that I have errors in the
>filesystem /dev/hdb1 -- where I installed linux.  The drive
>has 1048 cyl, 16 heads & 63 sectors.  I have gone into
>fdisk to define the partitions and used the fdisk cmos
>stuff to tell the install that I am using 524 cyls, 32 heads
>and 63 sectors.  BTW, I also tried not doing the fdisk cmos
>stuff and get the same bad install.
>
>I have done the install 5 times with the same bad result.
>I can use the drive to install WARP partitions and software
>just fine.  Is there something peculiar with this drive
>and LINUX?  It can't be me! :)
>
>Any help will be appreciated.
>
>Jim
>
>Jim
>jim at sherwood.mv.com
>jas at enterprise.uml.edu
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