Re: Mount failed: Invalid argument
* Douglas Dreistadt <mobius@ii-okinawa.ne.jp> [2004-01-05 20:34]:
> I'm trying to install Debian from CD on a
> 700mhz AMD system with 500mb RAM.
> Right now I am stuck in the middle of
> installation. I have made it as far as disk
> formatting, but cannot "mount"(?) the root
> partition.
> When I try to mount dev/hda1 as the root file
> system, I get a [Mount failed: Invalid argument]
> error, and cannot proceed beyond that point. That
> error doesn't make sense to me, since I am using
> the installation system setup menus, not the
> command line, and cannot add any arguments.
perhaps /dev/hda1 rather than dev/hda1 ????
>
> I am working with a 80gb Seagate hard disk. I
> created 3 primary partitions:
>
> 5gb for the boot partition
> 1gb for the swap partition
> 75gb for everything else
if they are in that order and the drive is hda then the root partition
would be /dev/hda3 not /dev/hda1
>
> I succeeded in creating the partitions,
> initializing all 3 partitions, and activating the
> swap partition. Next, it says I have to "mount" a
> partition as the root, and I have tried numerous
> times, but always get the [invalid argument]
> error.
>
> Can anyone out there give me some pointers?
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