On Sat, Nov 18, 2000 at 08:47:29AM -0800, Tim Veazey wrote:
> I'm installing debian on a PC platform (old Pentium 166). During
> installation, I partitioned four spaces.
>
> Name....Flags...Part Type.......FS Type.........Size(MB)
> -------------------------------------------------------
> hda1....Boot....Primary.........Linux ext2......100
> hda2............Primary.........Linux...........200
> hda3............Primary.........Linux swap......64
> hda4............Primary.........Linux...........1645
>
> I want to mount / on hda1, /home on hda2, and /usr on hda4. However,
> during the installation step "Mount a Previously-Initialized Partition"
> I can only mount root '/'. For any other directory, it tells me "Mount
> failed: No such file or directory".
Do the mount points exist on / ?
>
> Now, if I just proceed past this, I can get the core OS installed ok,
> but the only filesystem I have is root (reported by fs). I also tried
> adding some entries to /etc/fstab and rebooting, but that didn't work.
> Under /dev I see a LOT of hda devices (hda1, ..., hda13, etc). How
> should I proceed from here? Thanks for your help.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Tim Veazey
> -Linux Newbie
>
>
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