Re: RedHat 6.0 Upgrade trouble (error: mount failed: deviceorresourcebusy)

[Armando Singer <asinger MAIL COLGATE EDU>]

Thanks for the response. Unfortunately, installing from a Linux
partition and making the install image from dd did not work either.  I
don't think the problem has to do with the file system, because the
install program was able to at least get the second stage ramdisk from
the RedHat/base directory from a fat 32, fat 16, and now an ext2 file
system. I get the exact same errors each time. I don't know why the
install program can't mount anything.  I've tried everything--I'm
desperate!

Armando 

Bud Jones wrote:
> Armando,
>   If you have 5.2 still loaded, you can download the 6.0 verson onto
> one of
> your 5.2 partitions (which I would do anyway, as you won't get any
> compatibilities with the way Windoze handles those pesky end of line
> characters) and use the 'dd' command to put the boot image on your
> install
> disk.  That may sound complicated, but here's a simpler explanation.
> Say,
> for example, you downloaded RH6 to /home/armando/redhat6, then all you
> need
> to do is stick a floppy diskette into your floppy drive and type:
> 
>     dd if=/home/armando/redhat6/images/boot.img of=/dev/fd0
> 
>     (where if is the input file,, in this case, the boot.img file, or
> the
> full path to it, which creates the boot image needed for RedHat
> install, and
> of is the output file, in this case, your floppy diskette).
> 
>   That way, you don't need to worry about whether or not your Windoze
> drive
> is FAT32 or FAT16.  I think that having the upgrade software on a
> linux
> partition will make your install all that much easier.  If you have
> any other
> questions, or if by chance I got the 'dd' command wrong, please don't
> hesitate to contact me.  Use only mild flames, however -  I don't
> always wear
> my flame-retardant suit :)
> 
> Bud Jones