Armin K. wrote: > > However, I want to access the Fedora and Debian filesystems from LFS, > and so, in addition to the normal stuff in /etc/fstab, I have these two > lines at the very end (I'm writing this from work and can't remember > exactly what's in the file): > > > > /dev/sda /fedora ext4 defaults 0 0 > > /dev/sdb /debian ext3 defaults 0 0
> > Anyway, if I keep only the /debian line, it gets mounted properly and > I can get to that filesystem. But if I keep only the /fedora line, it > does not get mounted and I see a "FAIL" message something like "cannot > mount /fedora; does not exist". > > > > I've tried several variations like using "/mnt/fedora" instead > "/fedora" with no success. > You need to mount partitions, not drives and that means: > > /dev/sda is node of drive. > /dev/sda1 is node of the first partition of the drive. > > /dev/sda1 can be mounted, /dev/sda can't. Ok. However, I've tried that. I've tried using /dev/sda1 and /dev/sda2. Fedora split up the hard disk into two partitions: /dev/sda1 containing /boot and /dev/sda2 containing / (at least, that's what I more or less remember doing). I'll try Bruce's suggestions when I get home tonight. Alan -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
