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Re: problem with instaing red hat 5.1



On Thu, 15 Oct 1998, erez avraham wrote:


What you must do is assign a root parition. The root partition is named 
`/' , and not `/root' like you named it. It's pretty obvious from the
error message, don't you think ?

--Ariel


> hello
> i'm trying to install red hat 5.1 on my second hd (wdc 1.2 GB)
> i'm using disk druid for the partition ,i'm alocating 4 partitions:
> /usr,/root,/home and linux swap  but i keep on getting this :
> "you must asign a root (/) partition to a linux native partition (ext2) for the install to proceed"
> it's driving me crazy........
> the screen looks like this
> 
> mount point           device   requested   actual  type
> =========================================================
>                              hda1     2047m       2047m    win95 fat 32
>                             hda5      2047m       2047m    dos 16>=32
>                             hda6      1004m      1004m           "
>                             hda7       643m       643m             "
>     /usr                   hdc1      700m        1037m      linux native
>                             hdc5      62m           92m         linux swap
>   /root                   hdc6       50m          74m          linux native
>   /home                hdc7         10m         15m          linux native
> 
> driver summaries
> ================================================
> 
> hda    [732/253/63]     5741m       5741m       0    [##############]
> hdc    [621/64/63]       1222m       1220m       2    [##############]
> 
> 
> what the hall should i do ???????????????????
> 10x 
> 

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