Re: RedHat 6.0 Upgrade trouble (error:"mount failed: device or resource busy")

[Armando Singer <asinger MAIL COLGATE EDU>]

Jose M. Sanchez wrote:
> You cannot perform an installation from a FAT32 partition. The install
> kernel has no Fat32 support...
 
I put the complete contents of the Red Hat 6.0 distribution on a DOS FAT
16 partition.  This did not work either--I got the exact same errors
after I chose UPGRADE (it asks several times if I have a SCSI adapter
and gives me several "Mount failed: Device or resource busy" errors).
 
I don't think the problem in the first place was with failure to read my
FAT 32 partition. As I mentioned, the install program didn't seem to
have a problem loading the second stage RAM disk, which it must must get
from the RedHat/base directory, located on my FAT 32 partition.
 
Is there another reason why the RedHat 6.0 install program cannot mount
my partitions?
 
Armando

>
> ----- 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