On Sat, 10 Jan 2004 11:45:49 +0900, Douglas Dreistadt wrote: > The system always comes back with: "Mount failed: > invalid argument" > > The installer doesn't display the command line, so > I have no idea what argument is invalid. At that > point, I can't continue until I mount the root, > and the installer won't do that, so the only thing > I can do is power off. > > I've been reading a number of different > installation advice pages, some extremely well > written, but they all have one fatal flaw - they > all assume that every step in the process will go > as planned. None of them have anything on > troubleshooting when things don't happen as they > are supposed to. > I'll try finding and reading info about the mount > command for now. It seems that I'll have to mount > the root from the command line, but without > knowing what "invalid argument" the installation > program itself is using, it's pretty frustrating > to troubleshoot.
Though a sidetrack: Have you tried to install from a KNOPPIX-CD ? The Debian installers tend to fail here and there. Maybe it doesn't like the intended size(s) of the partitions ? Did you try smaller ones ? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]