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Gruenwald
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 Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2005 12:17 am Post subject: [Solved] Mounting commands for a 4 partition instillation |
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I'm trying to install gentoo on a new pc with hda partitioned into 4 partitions:
30 mb boot (formatted as ext2)
512 mb swap
20 gig root (formatted as reiser4)
99 gig user/data (formatted as reiser4)
I'm confused about the commands to use to mount each of the partitions (excluding swap). I'm totally new at this and sorry about this elementary question....
Could someone please give me the exact commands to mount each of the partitions?
Thanks...
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NeddySeagoon
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| Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2005 12:32 am Post subject: |
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Gruenwald,
Lets say that
boot = hda1
swap = hda2
root =hda3
user/data =hda4
You need to do
| Code: | mount /dev/hda3 /mnt/gentoo
mkdir /mnt/gentoo/boot
mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/gentoo/boot
mkdir /mnt/gentoo/user
mkdir /mnt/gentoo/user/data
mount /dev/hda4 /mnt/gentoo/user/data
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you may need to add the -t option to mount there too.
/user/data is not part of the Linux Filesystem Standard.
Why not mount the seperate /user/data on /home. This keeps all your ordinary user writeable space out the root partition which is good for security. It also stops users filling up the root partition accidently.
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Gruenwald
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| Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2005 1:10 am Post subject: Thanks for the quick information |
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but, how would I change the command to mount the seperate /user/data on /home?
Thanks... |
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NeddySeagoon
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| Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2005 9:32 am Post subject: |
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Gruenwald,
Yoo do.
| Code: | mount /dev/hda3 /mnt/gentoo
mkdir /mnt/gentoo/boot
mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/gentoo/boot
mkdir /mnt/gentoo/home
mount /dev/hda4 /mnt/gentoo/home |
Any directory can behave as a mount point for a partition. The mount commad ties the two together. When a partition is not mounted on the directory, anything you write there goes on the parent partition.
You will discover this the hard way when you forget to mount /boot before installing your kernel - we all do that from time to time.
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Gruenwald
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| Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2005 3:17 pm Post subject: Persisting Stage 3 tarball error... |
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NeddySeagoon - Thanks for the help with mounting points... In spite of working through the install process very carefully, I cannot get through the stage 3 tarball without an error. I get a repeating sequence of "No space left on device" before the install terminates. My monitor shows the following text:
tar:Skipping to next header
./usr/lib/per15/5.8.4/i386-linux/auto/Sys/Hostname/Hostname.bs
./usr/lib/per15/5.8.4/i386-linux/auto/Sys/Syslog/
./usr/lib/per15/5.8.4/i386-linux/auto/Sys/Sysolg/Syslog.so
tar: ./usr/lib/per15/5.8.4/i386-linux/auto/Sys/Syslog/Syslog.so: Cannot write: No
space left on device
./usr/lib/per15/5.8.4/i386-linux/auto/Time/
./usr/lib/per15/5.8.4/i386-linux/auto/Time/HiRes/
./usr/lib/per15/5.8.4/i386-linux/auto/Time/HiRes/HiRes.so
tar ./usr/lib/per15/5.8.4/i386-linux/auto/Time/HiRes/HiRes.so: Cannot write: No
space left on device
tar: Skipping to next header
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
livecd gentoo # _
I'm at a loss... What is likely going on?
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NeddySeagoon
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| Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2005 6:22 pm Post subject: |
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Gruenwald,
You have either filled the space allocated to Gentoo or you did not do the before you ran tar, in which case, the tarball was untarred to your memory, which is probably too small.
Install hint: Run the passwd command to set the root password.
Switch Virtual Terminals with Ctrl-Alt-Fn where n is 1..5.
You can now have one VT inside the chroot and another outside, so you can run commands like
When the tar command fails, please run and post the output.
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Gruenwald
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| Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2005 7:09 pm Post subject: |
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NeddySeagoon... You're correct, I didn't do the code 'cd /usr/gentoo' . The gentoo handbook suggested 'cd/mnt/gentoo' as the code to get me "to my gentoo mountpoint", in order to run the tar. Was I wrong to do so? How do I tell the location of my "gentoo mountpoint"?
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Gruenwald
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| Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2005 7:34 pm Post subject: |
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NeddySeagoon... Another problem is that I have no /usr/gentoo directory. When I attempt to create such a directory in /usr, it's not permitted because of it being a 'read-only file system'. What do you suggest?
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| Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2005 8:46 pm Post subject: |
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Gruenwald,
I was wrong with the pathname. It should nave been the space is important.
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Gruenwald
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| Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2005 11:26 pm Post subject: |
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NeddySeagoon
I did as you suggested. I used the df command after installation failed again ( this time from an alternate terminal window). The results are shown below.... hope this helps!
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
livecd gentoo # df
/dev/ROOT
1K-blocks - 257204
Used - 257204
Available - 0
Use% - 100%
Mounted On - /
/newroot/dev/cdroms/cdrom0
1K-blocks - 647910
Used - 647910
Available - 0
Use% - 100%
Mounted On - /mnt/cdrom
/dev/loop/0
1K-blocks - 46272
Used - 46272
Available - 0
Use% - 100%
Mounted On - /mnt/livecd
none
1K-blocks - 257204
Used - 0
Available - 257204
Use% - 0%
Mounted On - /dev/shm
tmpfs
1K-blocks - 257204
Used - 624
Available - 256580
Use% - 1%
Mounted On -/usr/lib/hotplug/firmware |
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kimchi_sg
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| Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2005 11:29 pm Post subject: |
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You have not done this command prior to using "df":
| Code: | | mount /dev/hda3 /mnt/gentoo |
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Gruenwald
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| Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2005 11:39 pm Post subject: |
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kimchi_sg...
I feel certain I did use the command 'mount /dev/hda3 /mnt/gentoo' when I mounted the partitions... Is there a way to check this? |
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kimchi_sg
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| Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2005 11:43 pm Post subject: |
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| Gruenwald wrote: | kimchi_sg...
I feel certain I did use the command 'mount /dev/hda3 /mnt/gentoo' when I mounted the partitions... Is there a way to check this? |
The command "mount" with no options will verify this.
You should see as one of the lines | Code: | | /dev/hda3 on /mnt/gentoo |
or something similar. |
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Gruenwald
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| Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2005 12:52 am Post subject: |
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NeddySeagoon
kimchi_sg
Thanks for sharing so much information... It helped me finally see that it's necessary to mount the hda partitions again, following a reboot. With that knowledge, I finally got a good Stage 3 tarball extraction. Thanks again! |
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