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Zerodark
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 3:45 am    Post subject: Attempting to install via Knoppix Reply with quote

I'm trying to install an unstable gentoo on another hard drive, so instead of doing an install via the LiveCD with all text mode, I would try to install via Knoppix. I can get as far as partitioning the drive to get my boot, swap, and root partition, but when I try to format them to ext3, it won't let me, so I got them formatted in reiserfs right now. When I try to mount them to my created /mnt/gentoo I get this error:

Code:

root@Knoppix:/ramdisk/home/knoppix# mount /dev/sdb3 /mnt/gentoo
mount: /dev/sdb3 already mounted or /mnt/gentoo busy


and when I try to turn the swap on, I get this:

Code:

root@Knoppix:/ramdisk/home/knoppix# swapon /dev/sdb2
swapon: /dev/sdb2: Invalid argument


I have tried searching google, and these forums, and I can't find any useful information on getting the install going through Knoppix. The only thing I keep reading is I can use Knoppix so I can have a graphical interface during the install. Can someone point me in the right direction to get this install going, or tell me how I can correct this issue? Thanks.
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 4:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Could you post the output of:

Code:
mount

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PostPosted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 4:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Here it is:

Code:

root@Knoppix:/ramdisk/home/knoppix# mount
/dev/root on / type ext2 (rw)
/ramdisk on /ramdisk type tmpfs (rw,size=1659152k,mode=755)
/UNIONFS on /UNIONFS type aufs (rw,br:/ramdisk:/KNOPPIX)
/dev/hda on /cdrom type iso9660 (ro)
/dev/cloop on /KNOPPIX type iso9660 (ro)
/proc/bus/usb on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw,devmode=0666)
/dev/pts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw)
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 4:47 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

are we sure that the drive you are trying to mount is seen and that the /mnt/gentoo folder exits?

check
Code:
dmesg
for the drive

and

try to
Code:
ls -l /mnt/gentoo

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