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

What's the output of "mount" and "fdisk -l"?

#fdisk -l

Device Boot Start End Blocks ID System

/dev/sda1 * 1 1276 10249438+ 7 NTFS
/dev/sda2 1277 17268 128455740 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 1277 2724 11631028+ 7 NTFS
/dev/sda6 2725 4122 112229403+ 7 NTFS
/dev/sda7 4123 4187 522081 82 Linux Swap
/dev/sda8 4188 6375 17575078+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda9 6376 7591 9767488+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda10 7592 8370 6257286 83 Linux
/dev/sda11 8371 9661 10369926 7 NTFS
/dev/sda12 9662 10977 9767488+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda13 10978 12645 14201428+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda14 12646 14836 17599176 83 Linux
/dev/sda15 14837 17268 19535008+ 7 NTFS

#swapon /dev/sda7

swapon: /dev/sda7: device or resource busy


#mount -t ext3 /dev/sda13 /mnt/gentoo

mount: /dev/sda13 already mounted or /mnt/gentoo busy


#umount /dev/sda13

/dev/sda13: not mounted

#umount /mnt/gentoo

/mnt/gentoo: not mounted

What is the output of "mount" on its own? Not "mount device", just "mount"?

sorry, here it is:

#mount

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.

Best regards

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