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Re: partitioning problem



Tim Veazey <tim@supplyedge.com> writes:

> I want to mount / on hda1, /home on hda2, and /usr on hda4.  However,
> during the installation step "Mount a Previously-Initialized Partition"
> I can only mount root '/'.  For any other directory, it tells me "Mount
> failed:  No such file or directory".

> Now, if I just proceed past this, I can get the core OS installed ok,
> but the only filesystem I have is root (reported by fs).  I also tried
> adding some entries to /etc/fstab and rebooting, but that didn't work. 
> Under /dev I see a LOT of hda devices (hda1, ..., hda13, etc).  How
> should I proceed from here?  Thanks for your help.

Hmmm. I do this all the time.  Something about your setup is breaking
it.  Please boot with the 'debug' switch, and submit a bug, including
/var/log/messages.


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.....Adam Di Carlo....adam@onShore.com.....<URL:http://www.onShore.com/>



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