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On Sat, 2012-08-04 at 22:03 +0100, bad apple wrote: > On 04/08/12 21:42, Kevin Lucas wrote: > > After deleting all partitions and before reinstalling windows this is > > the messgae from lobparted concerning the disk Syncing device. mkntfs > > completed successfully. Have a nice day. libparted messages ( INFO ) > > /dev/sda contains GPT signatures, indicating that it has a GPT table. > > However, it does not have a valid fake msdos partition table, as it > > should. Perhaps it was corrupted -- possibly by a program that > > doesn't understand GPT partition tables. Or perhaps you deleted > > the GPT table, and are now using an msdos partition table. Is this a > > GPT partition table? This occurred after install of Fedora > > Ah, there's your problem right there. Just nuke the disk and recreate a > standard (i.e., MS-DOS style) disk layout before reinstalling win7 and > then linux. Fedora is expecting certain on-disk features that you have > somehow knackered and it's confusing parted (understandably). This is a > known issue: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=805272 > > It's entirely possible to use a full GPT layout whilst dual or triple > booting different OS's - I'm doing it here with Debian/Win7/OS X 10.8 - > but as it's more complicated and prone to user misconfiguration, I'd > just stick with the simpler MS-DOS layout if I were you. Fix that first > and then you should be able to proceed and sort out your graphics > drivers as well. > > Regards, > > Mat An update Win7 installed Ran the fedora disk ( and a Mint and Ubuntu ) adjust boot args to remove rhgb add noacpi noapci nomodtest (even) xforcevesa 3 All give no display on the gx460 even in level 3 Take it out an all is fine, but as it's staying in... Linux is not getting installed NB the card is an Factory Overclocked version which may be causing the trouble. Thanks for the help though.... again I've learn t a lot about the boot process in Linux > > > -- Regards Kevin Lucas Minions Post Master(Sub) Skype minions_shop www.minionsbandb.co.uk www.tearooms.minionsbandb.co.uk FaceBook Minions_shop Po House, Minions, Liskeard Cornwall PL14 5LE 01579363386 -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq