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

[Armando Singer <asinger MAIL COLGATE EDU>]

Jose M. Sanchez wrote:
> Do you have a scanner or other device which might have an imbeded SCSI
> adapter?
> 
> Also what is your CD-ROM connected to? The install first looks for a CD-ROM.
> 
> It might be due to this that you are getting an error.

Thanks for the reply.  I tried the install without my scanner attached,
and I still got the exact same errors. Besides, I had my scanner
attached when I installed 5.2, and it didn't cause problems then. This
is pretty frustrating. It's starting to look like I won't be able to
install RedHat 6.

Armando


> 
> -JMS
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Armando Singer <asinger MAIL COLGATE EDU>
> To: Jose M. Sanchez <opjose ex-pressnet com>
> Sent: Sunday, May 02, 1999 4:14 AM
> Subject: Re: RedHat 6.0 Upgrade trouble(error:"mount failed: device or
> resource busy")
> 
> > > Do you have multiple scsi adapters?
> > >
> > > If you do, I believe (I haven't checked the docs) that you must specify
> a
> > > command line parameter to guide RH to the adapter "owning" the boot
> drive...
> > > as it boots...
> >
> > I don't have any SCSI adapters. I have only one IDE hard drive with the
> > following partitions:
> >
> > /dev/hda7 on / type ext2 (rw)
> > none on /proc type proc (rw)
> > /dev/hda1 on /dosc type vfat (rw)
> > /dev/hda5 on /dosd type vfat (rw)
> > /dev/hda6 on /dose type vfat (rw)
> > /dev/hda9 on /home type ext2 (rw)
> > /dev/hda8 on /usr type ext2 (rw)
> > /dev/hda10 on /usr/local type ext2 (rw)
> > /dev/hda12 on /usr/src type ext2 (rw)
> > /dev/hda3 on /var type ext2 (rw)
> >
> > This is why I don't understand why the install program asks several
> > times if I have a SCSI adapter or why it can't mount anything. My
> > upgrade experience has been very frustrating, and I don't even know
> > where I can look up some helpful information (The RedHat manual and
> > other install docs don't seem to mention this problem.)
> >
> > Armando
> >
> >
> >