Hi:

I am installing 6.3.2 on an older Dell system. I shrunk the existing NTFS 60 gb disk partition to 47 gb using a Knoppix 
cd and then ran the install.  I created a new 9 gb partition using the install procedure, but it then failed with "
cannot access file system".

I used fdisk from the install cd, and the partitions looked ok, I could change them, and I could even write the boot 
loader, but it would not install. The /dev directory had a hd1, but the partitions were not visible. 

I tried creating a new partition with fdisk, but leaving an empty cylinder after the NTFS partition. The partitions 
became visible after the next reboot, but when I tried the install, it deleted the new partition and created another 
with no empty cylinder, so it failed again.

I finally created a small FAT32 partition, leaving an empty cylinder ahead of it, and running the install in the  space 
at the end. This was successful.

Have others encountered this problem? I could see nothing wrong with the fdisk output or the partition table. Perhaps 
there should be a note about this,

      John Halpenny