From: sct@dcs.ed.ac.uk (Stephen Tweedie) Subject: Re: [Q] .99.p8 doinstall fails Date: 1 May 1993 22:04:39 GMT
> I am having problems with doinstall failing.
> I use mke2fs /dev/sda2 425984
> I am asked if I used mke2fs and I answer yes.
> It appears to work but when I use doninstall /dev/sda2 i get the following:
> EXT-fs: magic match failed
^^^
This would be because of an invalid mount command - possibly due to a
doinstall bug (I don't use SLS so I couldn't say for sure).
You will only get an "EXT-fs: magic match failed" message if the
system has tried to mount an extfs partition - but your partition is
ext2fs, which is not compatible.
To mount the ext2fs partition you will need a command like
"mount -t ext2 /dev/sda2 /mnt" - note that you have to explicitly
state the filesystem type by using the -t option to mount.
Cheers,
Stephen Tweedie.