Bug#63847: marked as done (boot-floppies: failed partition mount on /opt)
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Package: boot-floppies
Version: N/A
Severity: normal
Just D'Loaded the current boot floppies this afternoon and tried an install. got to the mount previously formated partition screen and chose other. typed
/opt
got
Failed mount: mount point does not exist
or something to that effect. Went to VC2 and looked in /target and opt had been created but got the same error again when trying a second time.
This is the current i386 boot-floppies as of 7pm PST, 5/8/2000 from
ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/
-- System Information
Debian Release: 2.2
Kernel Version: Linux janet 2.2.14 #2 Tue Mar 14 15:51:53 PST 2000 i586 unknown
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Subject: Re: Bug#63847: boot-floppies: failed partition mount on /opt
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From: Adam Di Carlo <adam@onshore.com>
Date: 15 May 2000 23:00:57 -0400
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esoR ocsirF <rosef@quark.eou.edu> writes:
> and sorry for the small amount of info. I believe I was using the 2.2.12
> boot floppies from frozen. I have since ( with the same floppies )
> installed without a hitch in this regard. :-/ I am not sure what the
> problem was. I reinitialized the disk in between installs and that seemed
> to have fixed it.
Ok, closing the bug then.
> I still have the images, is there a way to get the release version
> out of the image with out actually booting?
No, you have to boot and read the version info off the the dbootstrap
welcome screen.
> There was one other problem that I ran into but I think I saw a bug
> posted for it so I didn't file that one. But, just to make sure...
> I had to touch /target/etc/modules.conf before any modules would
> install. Before touching, I got an error to the effect of "cant access
> /etc/modules.conf" ( don't remember the exact phraseology ).
That was closed in 2.2.13 I believe.
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.....Adam Di Carlo....adam@onShore.com.....<URL:http://www.onShore.com/>
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