Installation, Fedora Hangs on Partition Lookup

I am trying to install the latest version of Fedora. I installed the iso on a USB drive and booted with that. On boot I am brought to two graphical options. I select install to hard drive. It asks me for a language, I select english.

The next screen wants me to verify 4 things before continuing. It attempts to auto detect these and grays (disables) until it comes up w the best fit. Detecting partitions, to choose where to install, never ungrays and stays lost for hours. This is where I can do nothing but cancel the whole process.

Thunar can mount most partitions (live part), though it encounters a cannot mount. The cannot mount goes away mysteriously after reattemting later.

I have about 25 partitions and I am thinking Fedoras mount tools are not designed well enough for this...

have about 25 partitions and I am thinking Fedoras mount tools are not designed well enough for this...

I'd suggest you mount your root or system partitions to get the instance to boot cleanly (quickly) and then worry about mounting your data partitions once you have access to /dev and /dev/mapper.

Originally Posted by multiplex22 Thunar can mount most partitions (live part), though it encounters a cannot mount. The cannot mount goes away mysteriously after reattemting later.

If it were me I'd be running SMART tests over that drive. Might explain a lot of unusual occurrences.

Sorry, but no go for anyone. You have to use your skills in understanding what partitions R first. Starters, a drive can hold 4 ext parts and 15 ext 3. No one these days knows what this is. I make around 36 installs a day...