On Sun, 2007-12-09 at 21:52 -0700, Craig White wrote: > 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) /dev/hda5 is not labelled and that is causing the error he sees. hdx vs sdx is irrelevant if he uses labels. tune2fs will do the labeling. > > 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 > -- ======================================================================= Experience is what you get when you were expecting something else. ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
