mount requires 2 parameters mount <device> <mountpoint>
Read my previous message again. $ mkdir /mnt/boot $ mkdir /mnt/rootfs $ mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/boot $ mount /dev/sda2 /mnt/rootfs mkdir is to create mountpoints. mount is then run to "mount" the parititions to the mountpoints we just created. On Thu, Dec 27, 2018 at 5:46 PM Dick Steffens <[email protected]> wrote: > On 12/27/18 1:00 PM, Ben Koenig wrote: > > Yes, you are on the correct path with that solution. > > > > You can boot from the installer ... > > Using the install 14.2 USB stick I get a GRUB menu that lets me boot > Slackware huge ... (it went ahead before I could copy all the details. > There were two alternatives, one with something like CMS.) > > It then moved on to where I could enter something for an alternative > keyboard. I took the default and hit enter. > > Next I have the welcome to the Slackware Linux installation disk, > version 14.2. > > There are several lines warning me of things I need to do before the > installation, followed by: > > You may now log in as root. > > I can log in as root. > > > ... and manually mount /dev/sda1, > > I get an error message: > > root@slackware:/# mount /dev/sda1 > mount: can't find /dev/sda1 in /etc/fstab > root@slackware:/# > > root@slackware:/# fdisk -l > > gives me a long list of /dev/ram0 through /dev/ram15 > > Then I get: > > Disk /dev/sda: 931.5 GiB, 1000204886016 bytes, 1953525168 sectors > Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes > Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes > I/O size (minimal/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes > Disklabel type: gpt > Disk identifier: EE67CD19-07E4-AB6F-9842C59308F4 > > Device Start End Sectors Size Type > /dev/sda1 2048 1050623 1048576 512M EFI System > /dev/sda2 1050624 1936863231 1935812608 923.1G Linux filesystem > /dev/sda3 1936863232 1953523711 16660480 8G Linux swap > > > Disk /dev/sdb: 29.3 GiB, 31406948352 bytes, 61341696 sectors > > Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes > Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes > I/O size (minimal/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes > Disklabel type: dos > Disk identifier: 0x5f2744497 > > Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type > /dev/sdb1 * 0 5416959 5416960 2.6G 0 Empty > /dev/sdb2 2948 5827 2880 1.4M ef EFI (FAT-12/16/32) > ~ > (END) > > What do I do now? > > -- > Regards, > > Dick Steffens > > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
