Christophe Combelles wrote:
When trying to install with root partition = hdd10,This is a very long-standing problem, much reported with no action ever taken. When it happens you must root-edit /etc/fstab and manually correct it.
the install fails with :
"Unknown device hdd10 (caller is fs:/usr/bin/perl-install/fs.pm:540"
line 540 for ext3, and 550 for reiserfs, and maybe other similar lines for other fs.
There is no error with hdd9 or lower partition.
I think it is due to something entirely rewriting /etc/fstab and fumbling hd numbers > 9 and destroying your 'pretty' columnar arrangement and line sequence.
Also something rewrites /etc/lilo.conf and fumbles append statements which include two hd? = ide-scsi statements (ie you have two CDROM drives) by dropping the second one entirely.
I see absolutely NO need for any OS software to rewrite these two critical files - they are user (well, root<g>) specified entirely, so keep your prying fingers out, please.
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