Re: RedHat 6.0 Upgrade trouble (error: mount failed: device or resourcebusy)

["Jose M. Sanchez" <opjose ex-pressnet com>]

You cannot perform an installation from a FAT32 partition. The install
kernel has no Fat32 support...

-JMS

----- Original Message -----
From: Armando Singer <asinger CENTER COLGATE EDU>
To: <redhat-install-list redhat com>
Sent: Saturday, May 01, 1999 3:46 PM
Subject: RedHat 6.0 Upgrade trouble (error: mount failed: device or
resourcebusy)


> I have RedHat 5.2, and I attempted to upgrade to 6.0.  I downloaded
> the contents of the i386 directory from an ftp site onto one of my DOS
> partitions (fat 32 partition on Win98) so that I could install from my
> hard disk (I only did this because I was also having  a problem with
> ftp installation that I couldn't fix).
>
> I have the proper directory structure and I have execute permission on
> the files and directories.  At first, the install program works fine,
> and is able to load the second stage ram disk after I tell it which
> partition has the RedHat directory.
>
> Then I get the dialog to choose between install and upgrade (I choose
> upgrade), followed by a dialog asking if I have any SCSI adapters (I
> don't).  This is where the trouble starts.  It asks if I have a SCSI
> adapter about 3 or 4 more times, Then get the following errors:
>
> Mount failed: Device or resource busy
>
> I choose ok, and this error dialog is given to me several more times.
> Finally, I am presented with a dialog that says "What partition holds
> the root partition of the installation?"  When I choose a partition,
> once again it tells me that it cannot mount the partition.  Thus, I am
> unable to perform the upgrade.
>
> What could I be doing wrong?
>
> Armando Singer
> asinger mail colgate edu
> phone: 315.228.4306
> fax: 847.628.0368
>
>
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