FC2 install/upgrade problem
patemery at emerynet.net
patemery at emerynet.net
Fri Jun 18 02:09:39 UTC 2004
Ok, so I've checked my three physical devices using e2label and found that two
are labeled "/" and one has a blank label.
Now, how do I know what values to put here for labels? Does it really matter to
anything? What possible dependencies could there be?
Thanks!
Quoting Robert Locke <rlocke at ralii.com>:
> Actually labels are optional to be used.
>
> You can confirm the current labels of a given partition by running the
> command "e2label /dev/hdxn", which will display the label associated
> with that partition. To change a label you would use "e2label /dev/hdxn
> newlabelname"
>
> I tend to see labels being used in /etc/fstab and also tend to see them
> referenced in grub.conf. Currently your fstab does not seem to be
> referencing them.... Make sure that if you change a label that you
> adjust any references....
>
> --Rob
>
> On Wed, 2004-06-16 at 22:19, patemery at emerynet.net wrote:
> > I have RedHat 7.2 on a system and it is a functioning stable system. I wish
> > to upgrade to FC2 but I'm getting an error before the installation even
> gets
> > started. I'm getting the following error.
> >
> > <quote>
> > Duplicate Labels
> >
> > Multiple devices on your system are labelled /. Labels across devices must
> be
> > unique for system to function properly.
> >
> > Please fix this problem and restart the installation process.
> > </quote>
> >
> > I checked my fstab and I don't see the offending duplicate labels. Does
> > anyone have any suggestions? Here is my fstab
> >
> > [pat at heart core2]$ more /etc/fstab
> > /dev/hda2 / ext3 defaults 1 1
> > /dev/hdc2 /mnt/data1 ext2 defaults 0 2
> > /dev/hdd1 /mnt/data2 ext2 defaults 0 2
> > none /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
> > none /proc proc defaults 0 0
> > none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
> > /dev/hda3 swap swap defaults 0 0
> > /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,owner,kudzu
> 0 0
> > /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto,owner,kudzu
> 0 0
> > \\dad\cdrive /mnt/dad smb noauto,user,rw 0 0
> > \\dad\jukebox /mnt/jukebox smb noauto,users,rw 0 0
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Pat
> >
>
>
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