Subject: Re: yellowdog-general Digest 24 Oct 2000 04:14:32 -0000 Issue 269
From: William F. Hostman (aramis@gci.net)
Date: Tue Oct 24 2000 - 00:08:20 MDT
>Anyone know why YDL would say mount failed when trying to mount /dev/hda9
>(HFS, not HFS+)? YDL won't install from the CD (completely stalls), so I
>copied the files to the HD and now it fails to mount the HD.
>
>--Steve "Loco3KGT" Gula
>
>btw, if this is a repost of this problem, I apologize, but I can't remember
>if I posted about this already.
if this isn't an istall problem:
to mount HFS you have to have the thing filled out properly. Assuming
you're putting it into /mnt/mac, and /mnt exists but /mnt/mac doesn't:
su
cd /mnt
mkdir mac
mount -t hfs /dev/hda9 /mnt/mac
Mount needs a directory to mount to, preferably empty except for . and ..
Mount is normally restricted to root.
Now, if hda9 is the partition you want to install YDL onto, then it needs
to be ufs, not hfs.
if it is an install problem: the rh installer probably can't read hfs. you
might try launching the installer, then hitting <cmd>-f2 to get the shell,
and manually mount it in /mnt/cd which is where it's probably going to
look. The installer boots from a ramdisk, and yes, you can mount other
filesystems into the installer ramdisk.
William F. Hostman | "Smith & Wesson: THe original Point and Click
interface!"
Aramis 0602 C55A364-C S kk+ as+ hi+ dr+ va++(--) so+ zh++ vi+ da++ sy- ge-
533
aramis@gci.net http://home.gci.net/~aramis Vilani: uilamaanamti sirohbrankilin
IMTU 1.0: tc tm++ tn- t4-- tt+ to- tg-- ru+ ge 3i+ c+ jt-() au+ st- ls
pi+() ta+ he+(-) kk+ as+ hi+ dr+ va++(--) so+ zh++ vi+ da++ sy- ge- pi+
This archive was generated by hypermail 2a24 : Tue Oct 24 2000 - 00:24:00 MDT