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Re: 3.0.3 to 4.0 harddrive update woes
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Whiting)
Wed Oct 23 16:56:31 1996
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 1996 14:43:37 -0600
From: David Whiting <whitingd@stata2.byu.edu>
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Erik Troan writes:
>
> Where are the packages coming from (hard drive? cd? ftp?)? What's your
> current fstab look like?
>
> Erik
>
The packages are on /dev/sda4 under RedHat/RPMS, as per the
installation instructions. Come to think of it, my /etc/fstab does
have entries for /dev/sdb and /dev/sdc, which the install program
couldn't see since it assumes I have only one scsi adaptor (like any
sane person). Could this be causing all the problems?
I'm at work, but my fstab is essentially as follows:
/dev/sda1 is mounted as /dos
/dev/sda2 is swap
/dev/sda3 is mounted as /
/dev/sda4 is mounted as /home
/dev/sdb1 is mounted as /scratch
/dev/sdc1 is mounted as /archive
I also have a cdrom entry in fstab. There's nothing important on
either /dev/sdb1 or /dev/sdc1: they are just data storage disks.
What other information is needed?
> On Wed, 23 Oct 1996, David Whiting wrote:
>
> >
> > I've searched the archives and FAQs but haven't run across my problem
> > yet.
> >
> > I booted with the bootdisk, changed to the supplemental disk when
> > prompted. Got the following on the screen:
> >
> > 294 blocks
> > in second stage install
> >
> > The install-or-upgrade screen appeared, I selected upgrade. I
> > answered "yes" to scsi adaptors (I actually have 2: one narrow ncr-pci
> > with a cdrom and 2GB HD, and an adaptec 2940W with 2 1GB wide drives)
> > and selected the ncr and autoprobe. It scanned the disk and found my
> > linux partitions:
> >
> > /dev/sda3
> > /dev/sda4
> >
> > I selected my old root partition, /dev/sda3, and got the following
> > error screen
> >
> > Mount Failed: no such device or address
> >
> > Acting like nothing happened, the install program continued and asked
> > which partition the RedHat directory was in. After selecting
> > /dev/sda4, I got a screen which said
> >
> > Scanning packages
> >
> > and then a load of error screens saying
> >
> > package XFree86 at line 308 dne
> > package xfm at line 339 dne
> > package xpm at line 340 dne
> > package xpm at line 344 dne
> >
> > (and on and on)
> >
> > What am I doing wrong? The install can't be this hard, can it?
> >
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> >
> >
> >
> >
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David G. Whiting office: 232 TMCB
Department of Statistics phone: (801) 378-4193
Brigham Young University fax: (801) 378-5722
Provo, UT 84602 email: whitingd@byu.edu
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