I just performed a successful re-install of Etch and what jumps out at me is that / (root) was placed on the sda3 partition while sda2 represents the entire logical or extended partition.
In previous failed attempts I do recall seeing / (root) placed on /sda2 which leads me to wonder if, in those cases, there was a conflict which resulted in the partitions not being read correctly. New, workable system: Disk /dev/sda: 293.6 GB, 293630640128 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 35698 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 * 1 12 96358+ 83 Linux /dev/sda2 73 35698 286165845 5 Extended /dev/sda3 13 48 289170 83 Linux /dev/sda4 49 72 192780 83 Linux /dev/sda5 35369 35698 2650693+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sda6 73 801 5855629+ 83 Linux /dev/sda7 802 1166 2931831 83 Linux /dev/sda8 1167 1227 489951 83 Linux /dev/sda9 1228 1312 682731 83 Linux /dev/sda10 1313 35368 273554788+ 83 Linux Partition table entries are not in disk order # /etc/fstab: static file system information. # # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass> proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/sda3 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1 /dev/sda1 /boot ext3 defaults 0 2 /dev/sda10 /data0 ext3 defaults 0 2 /dev/sda4 /dsl ext3 defaults 0 2 /dev/sda9 /home ext3 defaults 0 2 /dev/sda8 /tmp ext3 defaults 0 2 /dev/sda6 /usr ext3 defaults 0 2 /dev/sda7 /var ext3 defaults 0 2 /dev/sda5 none swap sw 0 0 /dev/hdc /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0 /dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto 0 0 -- Steve Walker Middle Fork Geographic Information Services 360.671.2505 [email protected] http://mfgis.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
