Ron Stodden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Christophe Combelles wrote:
> > When trying to install with root partition = hdd10,
> > 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.
> 
> 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.
> 
> 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.

there's no way you're talking about the same pb ;p

> 
> 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.

please give me /root/drakx/report.bug.gz

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