On 4/3/06, Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >>>> One of these times we'll hit the magic incantation. :-) > >>> I hope it will be soon! :-) > >>> > >>> # vgchange -a y > >>> 2 logical volume(s) in volume group "VolGroup00" now active > >>> # mount -t ext3 /dev/mapper/VolGroup00/LogVol00 /mnt/fc5 > >>> mount: special device /dev/mapper/VolGroup00/LogVol00 does not exist > >>> # > >> Bingo now! > >> > >> It should be > >> > >> # mount -t ext3 /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 /mnt/fc5 > >> > >> i.e., without 'mapper'. > > > > But still a problem: > > > > # grub-install --root-directory=/mnt/fc5 /dev/hda > > mkdir: cannot create directory `/mnt/fc5/boot/grub': Permission denied > > # > > What are you actually trying to do? Paul, I was trying to use FC5 partition for the root directory of grub. Meanwhile, I was successful with doing that not from the FC4 partition (mounting FC5 partition) but doing that on FC5 directly. Paul
