On Sun, 2007-12-09 at 22:34 -0600, Joe Hahn wrote: > I'd like to upgrade my rather dated Fedora Core 4 system to FC8. > However my upgrade attempt is halted by the message: > > error mounting hda5 as /disc54 > no such device or address > devices in /etc/fstab should be specified by label, not by device name > > Any suggestions as to how my fstab should be revised? Below is my fstab: > > LABEL=/ / 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 > /dev/hda5 /disc54 ext3 defaults 1 2 > #LABEL=/disc54 /disc54 ext3 defaults 1 2 > none /proc proc defaults 0 0 > none /sys sysfs defaults 0 0 > /dev/hda3 swap swap defaults 0 0 ---- one of who things bit you... partitions must be labeled, looks like your partitions are labeled but I am including here for completeness...(started Fedora 7) http://docs.fedoraproject.org/release-notes/f7/en_US/sn-Installer.html#Upgrade-Related-Issues drives are no longer using /dev/hdX designations, but using /dev/sdX designations (probably have to edit /etc/fstab and /boot/grub/grub.conf by booting in 'linux rescue mode' and fixing these files) http://docs.fedoraproject.org/release-notes/f8/en_US/sn-Installer.html#sn-Changes-in-Anaconda The latter appears to be your issue Craig
