Re: Re: Re: Re: Mount failed: Invalid argument
On Sat, 10 Jan 2004 11:45:49 +0900, Douglas Dreistadt wrote:
> The system always comes back with: "Mount failed:
> invalid argument"
>
> The installer doesn't display the command line, so
> I have no idea what argument is invalid. At that
> point, I can't continue until I mount the root,
> and the installer won't do that, so the only thing
> I can do is power off.
>
> I've been reading a number of different
> installation advice pages, some extremely well
> written, but they all have one fatal flaw - they
> all assume that every step in the process will go
> as planned. None of them have anything on
> troubleshooting when things don't happen as they
> are supposed to.
> I'll try finding and reading info about the mount
> command for now. It seems that I'll have to mount
> the root from the command line, but without
> knowing what "invalid argument" the installation
> program itself is using, it's pretty frustrating
> to troubleshoot.
Though a sidetrack: Have you tried to install from a KNOPPIX-CD ?
The Debian installers tend to fail here and there.
Maybe it doesn't like the intended size(s) of the partitions ?
Did you try smaller ones ?
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