From: darrenk@gpu.utcc.utoronto.ca (Darren King) Subject: Re: [Q] .99.p8 doinstall fails Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1993 13:27:18 GMT
In article <C680I0.LyB@vti.com> gjp@vti.com (Greg J. Pryzby) writes:
>I am having problems with doinstall failing.
>
>It appears to work but when I use doninstall /dev/sda2 i get the following:
>EXT-fs: magic match failed
>mount: Unknown error 26240
>Error: can not mount /dev/sda2. Did you use: mkfs /dev/sda2 SIZE?
>
>Any pointers would be greatly appreciated.
>
>--
>Greg Pryzby uunet!virtech!gjp
>Virtual Technologies, Inc. gjp@vti.com
>Dulles, Virginia
>Herbivores ate well cause their food didn't never run. -- Jonathan Fishman
The first error is not en error don't worry about it. The mount error is
because the mount point does not exist.
e.g. mount /dev/hda1 /user
If /user does not exist or is in use, you will get your error.
Darren.