Re: no root file SOLVED
Thank you Bob for your help. I deleted everything on the B drive and made
it free space. I ran the installer CD again, and BINGO! It is up and
running. Seems like the installer CD did not like what I tried to set up.
Learn something everyday. I will do some more reading. Thank you for your
help, Dave
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Proulx" <bob@proulx.com>
To: "David Ashworth" <ahab@sonic.net>
Cc: <debian-cd@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2008 21:09
Subject: Re: no root file system question
> David Ashworth wrote:
> > Hello, hope I am in the right area to ask this question. If I am
> > not, please tell me a better place.
>
> This list is about creating CD images. The debian-boot list would be
> more appropriate. It is about the debian-installer and your question
> is really more about how to drive the installer. Here are some
> resources that will be useful to you.
>
> http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/
>
> http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller
>
> http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/manual/
>
> But let me give you a few hints here anyway.
>
> > I am trying to install debian via the cd. I get to one area and I
> > am stumped. I get the message" no root file system is defined.
> > please correct this from the partitioning menu." Now, I go to the
> > partitioning menu and go around and around in a loop and get the
> > same no root file system message. I don't know what it wants. Maybe
> > something simple, but what?
>
> I don't remember the exact wording but perhaps I can give enough hints
> to provide help anyway.
>
> The root filesystem is the part where you would have indicated it
> being "ext3" or one of the others and assigned it the the "/"
> location. Do you remember doing that?
>
> > I am using the second drive in my PC. It is all Linux. Here is what it
> > looks like: (hdb) 61.5 GB, #1 primary 59.3 GB B K lvm, #5 logical 2.2
GB
> > F swap swap.
>
> It is a little hard to read what you wrote since those lines are
> smashed together but neither of those are the root partition. The
> first is a partition that is indicated to be used for LVM. When this
> is seen by the installer it will add a new option to the top list
> which is to configure the lvm manager. After assigning a partition
> for use with LVM then you must then configure lvm to create logical
> volumes and then use one of those logical volumes for the root
> partition. But as you show things now you do not yet have a partition
> assigned to the root filesystem. The second partition that you show
> is a swap partition.
>
> > So, I am in this loop. Where is this root file? Is it on the CD? I am
new
> > to this, so I am a little confused. Everything up to this step has gone
OK.
> > Been reading the help files, but being as I am new to this, more
confusion
> > than help.
>
> If you want to continue with lvm then configure the lvm manager and
> create a volume group and then create a logical volume on that volume
> group. Then assign it to the root partition.
>
> If you have never used lvm before it can be somewhat confusing. I use
> lvm routinely because it allows me to resize partitions and in general
> think it is a good thing to use. But if you are not familiar with lvm
> them it might be better to try the installation without it. That
> would make things a little bit simpler. In which case you could
> delete the lvm partition and use that space for a regular ext3
> filesystem and then assign that filesystem to "/".
>
> This is where the "guided" partitioning is very helpful. You could
> simply allow the installer to automatically partition the disk for
> you. Putting everything into one filesystem may be the easiest way to
> get going.
>
> Bob
>
>
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