Description of problem: Tried to re-install grub boot loader with install dvd I navigated to reinstall, it looked ok for about 2 thirds of the way then it had a problem with cp commands for each of my partitions. LABEL=cauldron on /mnt/cauldron type ext4 options default cp: cannot create regular file '/mnt/etc/mtab': no such file or directory After the above happened for each partition I get: Your system is ready on /mnt. Your root device isn't mounted on /mnt <press Enter to return to Rescue menu> Program exited abnormally (Return code 2) Program Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Use e2label /dev/XdYZ new-label-here to label all your partitions. 2. Modify fstab to use label partitions 3. Boot dvd 4. pick rescue 5. pick re-install bootloader 6. take first selection Examaple fstab: LABEL=cauldron / ext4 defaults 1 1 LABEL=cooker /cooker ext4 users,noauto,defaults 1 2 LABEL=2011_0_64 /2011_0_64 ext4 users,noauto,acl,relatime 1 2 LABEL=2010_2_64 /2010_2_64 ext4 users,noauto,defaults 1 2
Source RPM: (none) => drakx-installer-rescue
Hi, thanks for reporting this bug. Assigned to the package maintainer.
Keywords: (none) => TriagedAssignee: bugsquad => thierry.vignaud
maybe related to bug 3678
I would say it has been fixed along bug #3327 Just try cauldron rescue from your favorite mirror tomorrow or the day after
(In reply to comment #3) > I would say it has been fixed along bug #3327 > Just try cauldron rescue from your favorite mirror tomorrow or the day after Do you mean a new dvd iso is being released?
(In reply to comment #4) > > Do you mean a new dvd iso is being released? No, only for the beta 1, but you can use the neinstall with the boot.iso [1] and type 'rescue' at the prompt. [1]: http://distrib-coffee.ipsl.jussieu.fr/pub/linux/Mageia/distrib/cauldron/x86_64/install/images/
which would load rescue.sqfs from http://distrib-coffee.ipsl.jussieu.fr/pub/linux/Mageia/distrib/cauldron/x86_64/install/stage2/ Please test that boot.iso (or all.img on a USB key) and report if it's fixed But I'm pretty confident this is the same bug as bug #3327 : rescue was jut not able to mount the root system anymore. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 3327 ***
Status: NEW => RESOLVEDResolution: (none) => DUPLICATE
(In reply to comment #6) > which would load rescue.sqfs from > http://distrib-coffee.ipsl.jussieu.fr/pub/linux/Mageia/distrib/cauldron/x86_64/install/stage2/ > > Please test that boot.iso (or all.img on a USB key) and report if it's fixed Still broke. Latest boot.iso test results Entered rescue, picked hard drive Mageia-2-alpha3-x86_64-DVD.iso Failed to open /dev/kmsg for logging: No such file or directory Failed to mount /dev/shm: No such file or directory Rebooted, selected network. Mirror contents of interest: Index of ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/mageia/distrib/cauldron/x86_64/install/stage2/ Up to higher level directory Name Size Last Modified File:VERSION 1 KB 01/24/2012 09:02:00 PM File:mdkinst.sqfs 46848 KB 01/24/2012 09:02:00 PM File:rescue.sqfs 25064 KB 01/25/2012 07:53:00 PM Grub> root (hd0,5) Error 21: Selected disk does not exist grub> setup --state2=/boot/grub/state2 (hd0) Error 12: Invalid device requested My recommendation, get grub to work on a running install, then work the boot.iso problem. I have no idea how grub is to pick which partition will be used if there are more than one installation. Example: cauldron, alpha2, alpha3, beta1 and the user want to set alpha3 as the booting menu choice. I lucked out that I happened to have cauldron alpha3 on hd0, and rest of my installs on hd1.
Created attachment 1435 [details] results of blkid
Created attachment 1436 [details] fstab
This bug was about: Your system is ready on /mnt. Your root device isn't mounted on /mnt which is now fixed. Please don't mix issues and open a new bug report for this. though I don't understand what you meant by "picked hard drive Mageia-2-alpha3-x86_64-DVD.iso"
(In reply to comment #10) > This bug was about: > > Your system is ready on /mnt. > Your root device isn't mounted on /mnt > > which is now fixed. Well since I tested today, I can not do a network (AS REQUESTED) or hard disk re-install of the the boot loader. So it is not fixed. > Please don't mix issues Well, excuse me. Thought I would mention your new boot.iso would not boot an iso from the hard drive. > and open a new bug report for this. That's ok, I'll let QA report it. Someone needs to modify the regression test procedure for boot.iso. > though I don't understand what you meant by "picked hard drive > Mageia-2-alpha3-x86_64-DVD.iso" Does not matter now does it. 25-jan boot.iso is useless. [