This could be related to 2504 and 3118. However, the resolution for these two did not correct the following problem. I am upgrading a 5.2 system to 6.0. At the point where the installer needs to know the root filesystem, it gives three partition choices. None of which are the real root partition. Both normal and expert install modes exhibit this problem. I am not able to proceed with the upgrade because the system does not know the real root partition. I have tried the latest boot images dated 9/19 (RHEA-1999:036-01). These images still fail. I am including an exact copy of my /etc/fstab, we'll have to see how well it is formatted. ---snip--- #/dev/hda1 /mnt/a/ ext2 defaults 1 1 #/dev/hda3 swap swap defaults 0 0 #/dev/hda5 /mnt/a/usr ext2 defaults 1 2 #/dev/hda6 /mnt/a/var ext2 defaults 1 2 #/dev/hda7 /mnt/a/usr/local ext2 defaults 1 2 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660 user,exec,dev,suid,rw 0 0 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cd iso9660 user,exec,dev,suid,rw 0 0 /dev/hda1 / ext2 defaults 1 1 /dev/hda2 swap swap defaults 0 0 /dev/hda5 /usr ext2 defaults 1 2 /dev/hda6 /var ext2 defaults 1 2 /dev/hda7 /usr/local ext2 defaults 1 2 /dev/hda8 /usr/share/audio/Archive_00 ext2 defaults 1 2 /dev/hda9 /usr/share/audio/Archive_01 ext2 defaults 1 2 /dev/hda10 /usr/share/audio/Archive_02 ext2 defaults 1 2 /dev/hda11 /usr/share/audio/Archive_03 ext2 defaults 1 2 /dev/hda12 /usr/share/audio/Archive_04 ext2 defaults 1 2 /dev/hda13 /usr/share/audio/Archive_05 ext2 defaults 1 2 /dev/hda14 /usr/share/audio/Archive_06 ext2 defaults 1 2 /dev/hda15 /usr/share/audio/Archive_07 ext2 defaults 1 2 /dev/hda16 /usr/share/audio/Archive_08 ext2 defaults 1 2 /dev/hda17 /usr/share/audio/Archive_09 ext2 defaults 1 2 /dev/hda18 /usr/share/audio/Archive_10 ext2 defaults 1 2 /dev/hda19 /usr/share/audio/Archive_11 ext2 defaults 1 2 /dev/hda20 /usr/share/audio/Archive_12 ext2 defaults 1 2 /dev/hda21 /usr/share/audio/Archive_13 ext2 defaults 1 2 /dev/hda22 /usr/share/audio/Archive_14 ext2 defaults 1 2 /dev/hda23 /usr/share/audio/Archive_15 ext2 defaults 1 2 /dev/hdb1 /usr/local/lib/cvs ext2 defaults 1 2 /dev/hdd5 /home ext2 defaults 1 2 /dev/hdd6 /usr/share/audio/Work ext2 defaults 1 2 /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy ext2 noauto 0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 ---snip---
Which partion does it think is your root partition?
The 3 partitions given to choose as the root partition are: /dev/hdb1 /dev/hdd5 /dev/hdd6 Additionally, the logs on Console 3 show that those are the only 3 partitions that are mounted, scanned, and then unmounted. I presume it is scanning for a candidate for root? No attempts are ever made to look at the partitions on hda.
RedHat 6.1 did not have the same problem with the /etc/fstab. I was able to upgrade my system to version 6.1. Though the installer had a slight hic-cup with the large number of partitions.