On 18-Jul-2001 Lucy Upchurch wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to install XFS filesystem on a linux box which was running
> Linux 7.4.2. I downloaded the ISO image from
> http://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs/1.0_installer.html and made a bootable
> CD. I selected a custom system. Before installation, my system loooked
> like this:
>
> /dev/hda6 1517920 814808 626004 57% /
> /dev/hda1 23302 8667 13432 40%
> /boot
> /dev/hda10 65275692 10576328 51383552 18% /home
> /dev/sda1 73885280 20 70132076 1%
> /home2
> /dev/hda7 1011928 624652 335872 66% /tmp
> /dev/hda5 4032092 2221300 1605968 59% /usr
> /dev/hda8 1011928 123832 836692 13% /var
>
> I tried numerous times to create an XFS filesystem on /home to no
> avail. I then tried installing XFS on all partitions. The main error I
> rec'd on various partitions is:
>
> Error mounting device hda1 as /boot: No such device
> This most likely means this partition has not been formatted.
> Press OK to reboot your system.
>
> Sometimes this error would be on /boot or on /.
I got this error once and it had nothing to do with the partition not being
formatted (although it tricked me for a little while). I would put it more in
the fact (SCSI disk here) that the scsi module didn't load or the boot disk
(network installation here) being damaged or just wrong - are you sure you're
not booting from a non xfs disk? Because what happened to me was I tried using
the network bootdisk from xfs 1.0 iso cd with a xfs 1.0.1 base install in nfs
(didn't think it would make a difference, but it did).
Don't let that generic message fool you. Go into the shell (Alt-F2) and see if
you have the device indeed (my guess is you won't) - that should be your real
problem.
Hope to help,
Daniel Fonseca
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