sorry about the formatting, but fstab is like this: # This file is edited by fstab-sync - see 'man fstab-sync' for details /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 / ext3 defaults 1 1 LABEL=/boot /boot ext3 defaults 1 2 none /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0 none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 none /sys sysfs defaults 0 0 /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01 swap swap defaults 0 0 /dev/hda /media/cdrecorder auto pamconsole,fscontext=system_u:object_r:removable_t,exec,noauto,managed 0 0 /dev/fd0 /media/floppy auto pamconsole,fscontext=system_u:object_r:removable_t,exec,noauto,managed 0 0 this means, i think, i only have one drive /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 which has / and swap (/LogVo101) may be on the other drive? ihave no understanding of this volgroup thing at all! i could of set it up wrong in the first place but i had to removed my other drive for fc3 to run in, it doesnt like its geom_ here is a copy of mount: [root@localhost ~]# mount /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00 on / type ext3 (rw) none on /proc type proc (rw) none on /sys type sysfs (rw) none on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620) usbfs on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw) none on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw) sunrpc on /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs type rpc_pipefs (rw) [root@localhost ~]# i know the second drive is attached because i see it fail on each startup. ok slowly now what would i need to do to mount this second drive? thanks david On Sun, 2005-01-23 at 23:41 -0600, Jeff Vian wrote: > On Mon, 2005-01-24 at 16:20 +1100, david smethurst wrote: > > hiall, again > > im at a loss as to what all this means: > > > > [root@localhost qtparted]# rpm -ivh libuuid*.rpm > > 1:libuuid warning: user cs does not exist - using root > > warning: group cs does not exist - using root > > ########################################### [100%] > > warning: user cs does not exist - using root > > warning: group cs does not exist - using root > > warning: user cs does not exist - using root > > warning: group cs does not exist - using root > > [root@localhost qtparted]# > > > > > > im trying to get some of the dependencies to get qtparted installed on > > my 64bit because im too stupid to be able to figger-out how to access my > > original drive which still has fc2 on it and cant be mounted because of > > the same mount point names, > > but now i just cant solve all the dependencies required. > > i might attach it as a usb and see what that does> > > or just ghost this new fc3 installation across and lose all the data ive > > been trying to keep thats on fc2 disk. > > thanks > > easy solution for the problem with identical disk labels -- don't use > them in fstab. > > to fix that do the following. > > # mount > will give you something like this that (mostly) maps labels to > partitions > > [root@goliath ~]# mount > /dev/hda2 on / type ext3 (rw) > /dev/hda1 on /boot type ext3 (rw) > /dev/hda3 on /home type ext3 (rw) > /dev/hda5 on /opt type ext3 (rw) > > now look in /etc/fstab to find out which filesystems are mounted by > label. Usually you will see LABEL=/ and LABEL=/boot and maybe more. > > replace only that part of the line with the device equivalent. > With mine that means replacing LABEL=/ with /dev/hda2 and similar > for /boot and /dev/hda1 > > Finally you edit /boot/grub/grub.conf and replace the root=LABEL=/ with > root=/dev/hda2. > > Now you can attach the other drive and reboot without getting the label > conflicts that prevent booting. > > HTH > > > david > > >
