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Hello everyone, I'm trying to install Gentoo linux 2005.0 for AMD64, I have a problem. Trying to mount the swap and the partition where linux should be installed, the computer prompts an answer such as "device busy":
#swapon /dev/sda7 (I have a SATA HD)
device busy
#mount -t ext3 /dev/sda13 /mnt/gentoo
sda13 already mounted or /mnt/gentoo is busy
I tried to umount sda13 and /mnt/gentoo but naturally they are not mounted. Where is the problem? Thank you for your help
Last edited by lord_shadow; 07-20-2005 at 04:35 AM.
tmpfs on / type tmpfs (rw)
/newroot/dev/cdroms/cdrom0 on /mnt/cdrom type iso9660 (ro)
/dev/loop/0 on /mnt/livecd type squashfs (ro)
none on /proc type proc (rw, nodiratime)
none on /sys type sysfs (rw)
none on /dev type ramfs (rw)
none on /dev/pts type devpts (rw)
tmpfs on /lib/firmware type tmpfs (rw)
none on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw)
Hello,
First of all i have to say that the tag [SOLVED] is a bit confusing. I haven't seen any explanation haw to solve this problem. I am no Gentoo newbie and I must say i haven't encountered this kind of errors before. I've managed to install Gentoo from 2005.0 live cd on few machines but unfortunately mine is opposing
I really don't know why does is appear.
Would appreciate if someone checked it and hopefully solved it.
ehm ... shame on me! I didn't want to write down the solution of the question ... I think I was a bit drunk that day, I was trying to install Gentoo 2005.0 for AMD64 and I didn't see that my DVD was only for 386
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