On Wed, 30 Aug 2000, you wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Michael Irving
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Cc: Pixel
> Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2000 9:44 AM
> Subject: Installer problems
>
> I am having problems the last few days trying to install a cooker.
> The problem is that the installer insists that there is no hdlist
> I am using hd.img to install
Synched on sunsite.uio.no 10:00 CEST
It's only two month that I play with LM .... it's an hard game....;o)
Now installer is too smart in *find_root_parts ....;o)
On my laptop I've one cooker that I want upgrade:
/dev/hdb1 as /boot and /dev/hdb6 as /
and also another old cooker :
/dev/hdb7 as /boot and /dev/hdb9 as /
cooker mirror partion is /dev/hdb10
when I synch, from both Linuxes have /dev/hdb10 as /mnt/hd in fstab , (path
for cooker is /mnt/hd/Mandrake-devel/cooker)
--------------------------fstab hdb1-6
/dev/hdb6 / ext2 noatime 1 1
/dev/hdb1 /boot ext2 noatime 1 2
none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0
/mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom supermount fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/cdrom 0 0
/mnt/cdrom2 /mnt/cdrom2 supermount fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/cdrom2 0 0
/mnt/floppy /mnt/floppy supermount fs=vfat,dev=/dev/fd0 0 0
/dev/hdb10 /mnt/hd ext2 noatime 1 2
/dev/hdb7 /mnt/hdb7 ext2 noatime 1 2
/dev/hdb9 /mnt/hdb9 ext2 noatime 1 2
/dev/hda5 /mnt/ntfsa5 ntfs exec,dev,suid,ro 0 0
/dev/hda7 /mnt/ntfsa7 ntfs exec,dev,suid,ro 0 0
/dev/hda1 /mnt/windows vfat user,exec,umask=0 0 0
none /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/hdb5 swap_upgrade swap defaults 0 0
=================================================
----------------------------------------fstab hdb7-9
/dev/hdb9 / ext2 noatime 1 1
/dev/hdb7 /boot ext2 noatime 1 2
none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0
/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660 ro,nosuid,noauto,exec,user,nodev 0 0
/dev/cdrom2 /mnt/cdrom2 iso9660 ro,nosuid,noauto,exec,user,nodev 0 0
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy vfat sync,nosuid,noauto,user,nodev,unhide 0 0
/dev/hdb10 /mnt/hd ext2 noatime 1 2
/dev/hdb1 /mnt/hdb1 ext2 noatime 1 2
/dev/hdb6 /mnt/hdb6 ext2 noatime 1 2
/dev/hda5 /mnt/ntfsa5 ntfs exec,dev,suid,ro 1 1
/dev/hda7 /mnt/ntfsa7 ntfs exec,dev,suid,ro 1 1
/dev/hda1 /mnt/windows vfat user,exec,umask=0 0 0
none /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/hdb5 swap_upgrade swap defaults 0 0
===================================================
I've had same error : no hdlist found at ......
I try remove entry for mirror in fstab on hdb6 as to make working as in last
installer .... no chance, I try from shell console f2 to 'cat /etc/mtab' and
I found:
/dev/root / .............
/proc /proc ...........
/dev/hdb6 /mnt ............. ......;o/
/dev/hdb9 /mnt .............. ......;o/
/dev/hdb7 /mnt/boot ............. ......;o/
/dev/hdb10 /mnt/mnt/hd ........ ......;o/
/dev/hdb1 /mnt/mnt/hdb1....... ......;o/
I try 'ls /mnt' and I see that lists /dev/hdb9 ... and /dev/hdb6 ????
I try reorganize but... but if I try umount /dev/hdb9 to change with
/dev/hdb6 ....device or resource busy at /usr/bin/perl-install/fs.pm line 224
....;o/
I also try 'ls -al /tmp' and I see error on simlink:
/tmp/rhimage ==> /tmp/hdimage//Mandrake-devel/cooker (slash is double...)
After symlink correction and remounting dialog give me an option for root
partition between hdb1 or hdb9 ........
Begin the GAME "to make installer working" .....;o)
I start with floppy hd.img.... soon after loading of mdkinst_stage2.gz (with
mtab with correct /dev/hdb10 on /tmp/hdimage) I switch to shell console f2
and I do:
mount /dev/hdb9 /mnt/mnt/hdb9
rm /tmp/rhimage
ln -s /tmp/hdimage/Mandrake-devel/cooker /tmp/rhimage
mount /dev/hdb6 /mnt
mount /dev/hdb1 /mnt/boot
Then I switch to graphic console I answer no "..other storage scsi..."
Correct option for root partition between hdb1(44MB) and hdb6(8002MB) and I
choose hdb6 ....soon after (I' m paranoid....;o) I switch to shell console
and I found that /dev/hdb10 is remounted as /mnt/mnt/hd as I do:
umount /dev/hdb10
mount /dev/hdb10 /tmp/hdimage
NOW hdlist is found and upgrade works OK.....;o)
Little note:
I had GRUB on hdb1, I choose GRUB during upgrade, but I found LM switch to
lilo ( and on /boot/grub/menu.lst disappears personalized entries .... as
suggested by Chmouel for test kernel...;o)
...good work....;o)
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Franco Silvestro
c/o CeSIA - Universita' degli Studi di Bologna
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
