🚀 go-pugleaf

I recently purchased the APC mags linux 5.2, but I am having
trouble getting it to be stable or even load correctly.

I think that the problem may be related to the drive I am using
but I don't know - details

Drive is a Fujitsu 3.2 Gb Ultra DMA type and runs in mode 4 on
the BIOS which is configured as LBA. (I use a disk cage and swap
drives as to which O/S I want to use).

Drive is configured as 1200Mb DOS partition drive C: and the D:
as 2000Mb.
C: is primary and D: is extended DOS and logical drive.

I used disk druid from the CD to delete the D: and reconfigure as
Linux /root of 1800Mb and swap of 200 Mb (approx). The disk druid
then asks to format and block check drives as I would expect, and
then goes on as per the handbook to load software with the
options etc.

Normally this works OK and all software loads and system goes to
boot but comes up with file errors during the fsck.ext2 checks,
and tels me I have illegal blocks within the INODE (whatever that
is) with many instances of this, and then drops to the bash.

OR
    Software will not load correctly and gets about a third of
the way through and 'runs out of space' and wont decompress
files. (loads to /temp/???).

I have got the system to load once more or less correctly before
file errors got into the next boot (yes I did shut it down
properly).

Is there a problem with the LBA map and do I have to use the
"linear addressing" option with the disk druid, or is it
something to do with the fact that the linux loader is above the
1024 block limit (physical drive).

I have thoroughly checked the drive under dos and nortons and
anything else I can lay my hands on (the drive is brand new) and
I can not fault it in any way.

Any one able to help ??? Please ....

Either reply to bens@picknowl.com.au or this forum.