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> -----Original Message----- > From: Santanu Das [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: 17 September 2003 14:16 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: installing EDg 2.0 nodes using LCFGng > > > Brew, CAJ (Chris) wrote: > > Hi, > > > > This looks to be the same problem as I saw installing some > nodes. If > > it drops you to the shell after the failure, try checking how the > > local partitions are mounted. What I was finding was that the /boot > > partition (mounted as /root/boot during the install) was > being mounted > > as VFAT despite the fact that it had just been formatted as > ext3. Try > > 'umount /root/boot' followed by 'mount /dev/hda1 > /root/boot', if it's > > the same problem as I had you should see a bunch of > complaints and it > > won't mount correctly. > > > > It appears to be something to do with a previous WIN98 > install leaving > > bits in the boot record or partition table. > > It's a bit confusing; if you mean to say it's (probably) due > to a previous Windows98 installation on the same machine/disk > then it's not the case here. The machine came with Linux > installed and was being used for a EDG 1.4 WN for almost a > year. Or you said some thing else? No ours were fresh from the manufacturer with some minimal Win98 install. Thought the error does look vers simmilar. > > > > > I fixed it by going to the shell at the LCFG Install, > Single Step or > > Shell prompt and doing 'dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/had bs=512k > count=100' > > to clean > > Though I didn't check the 'local partition table' (as you > suggested at the beginning) but I did try 'dd if=/dev/zero > of=/dev/had bs=512k count=100' and got a message '/dev/had: > readonly file system' or something like that. So that didn't > work as well. I'm going to try once again though. Just in case you didn't spot the typo it should be of=/dev/hda not had. (Just found out it's MS lookout changing what I type!). Yours, chris. > Thanks, > Santanu > > > > the start of the disk. 'exit' should take you back to the install > > prompt and after that it seems to work. > > > > Yours, > > Chris. > > -- > > Chris Brew ([log in to unmask]) +44 1235 446326 > > Particle Physics Department > > Rutherford Appleton Laboratory > > Chilton, Didcot. Oxfordshire. > > OX11 0QX. United Kingdom. > > > > > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: Santanu Das [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > >>Sent: 17 September 2003 13:37 > >>To: [log in to unmask] > >>Subject: installing EDg 2.0 nodes using LCFGng > >> > >> > >>Hi, > >> > >>During the installation of new nodes to EDG 2.0, I'm > having strange > >>troubles, which I cannot understand. Everything seems to > work fine at > >>the beginning. Then after installing all the rpm's, it > reports a error > >>about missing 'fstab' and then coming to a halt. > >> > >>Here are those errors: > >> > >>LCFG object updaterpms: updaterpms failed [ > >>WARNING ] > >>modprobe: modprobe: Can't open dependencies file > >>/lib/modules/2.2.19/modules.dep (no such file or directory) > >>[DEBUG] install: Calling fstab install /root > >>cp: cannot create regular file > >>'/root//var/obj/conf/fstab/fstab.hda' : > >>No such file or directory > >>/etc/obj/fstab: /root/etc/fstab.new: No such file or directory > >>LCFG object fstab: Missing fstab template for hda > >>(/var/obj/conf/fstab/fstab.hda) [ FAILED ] > >>LCFG object install: install method failed > >> [ FAILED ] > >> > >> > >>Is any body ever faced (except Owen) that kind of errors or any > >>idea...........???? > >> > >>Thanks, > >>Santanu > >> > > >