installing slackware to usb harddrive...no /dev/sda2 on disk to mount for cfdisk
 

I'm trying to install Slackware 10.2 to my old iPod (generation 3 I think). slackware on my laptops' harddrive reckognizes the ipod fine on /dev/sda2. but when I boot the slackware 10.2 cd to my laptop and add /dev/sda2 to /etc/fstab, there is no sda2 in /dev. How do I add it? and how do I get setup to know to install on /dev/sda2 on not /dev/hda? Thx.

Is the iPod even getting detected by the installer?

Boot the install CD, then plug in the iPod and run "dmesg | tail" and see if it makes any mention of the USB device being detected. That should also tell you what device file it has been mapped to.

dmesg detected the ipod as /dev/sdc

root@slackware:/# mount /dev/sdc
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdc, or too many mounted file systems

I already formatted the ipod on slackware (that was already installed) on /dev/hda so I don't know what the deal is. What's starting to piss me off is when I reboot slackware now, all the /dev/sda devices are gone and dmesg | tail doesn't bring them up!


fsck can't detect the ipod, and since slackware on /dev/hda wont detect it i cant run fsck

i've figured most everything. so basically all i need now is how do I get 'setup' to detect '/dev/sda'?

You can't mount /dev/sda, you need a partition to mount. /dev/sda1 or /dev/sda2

You can point fdisk to another drive just by doing "fdisk /dev/sda".

When you are booted to the Slackware install CD, try doing:

fdisk -l /dev/sda

See if it lists any partitions, then mount that partition, and point the installer to it.

how do i get setup to reckognize that it needs to instal on /dev/sda?

how do i get setup to reckognize that it needs to install on /dev/sda?

surfbass, are you trying to install slackware on the ipod drive and then, in future, boot slackware directly from that ipod drive? I presume that an ipod drive is

If so I've done something similar with a 20gb USB drive. My posts will be floating around on this forum.

Alex