installing linux after freebsd (multi-boot)

[अनुज Anuj Singh]

hi,
Today I removed partitions from Fedora 7  installation , (kept /home
partition from FC7). Again went threw installation  I faced no problem
this time. Fedora 7 was installed without using LVM. on free space I
installed Ubntu7. server for test purpose. No error.
Sequence was Freebsd6.2 , Fedora Core 7 then RHEL4.

When I tried installation with deselecting many packages (minimal
installation) for RHEL5
without using LVM , I faced no problem, rebooted in mid to use
LVM+minimal RHEL5 again same error. Repetation with minimal
installation+ no LVM could not continued (found same error again).

Most likely it was due to partition table.

Now current partition table I have is.


Disk /dev/hdc: 82.3 GB, 82348277760 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 10011 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

  Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hdc1   *           1        1274    10233373+  a5  FreeBSD
  <----FreeBSD 6.2 installation

/dev/hdc2            1275        1287      104422+  83  Linux
<------ Fedora 7 /boot partition (no use)

/dev/hdc3            1288        2562    10241437+  83  Linux
<------ /home from Fedora7

/dev/hdc4            2563        7751    41680642+   5  Extended
/dev/hdc5            2563        2575      104391   83  Linux
<------ rhel5 /boot

/dev/hdc6            2576        6399    30716248+  8e  Linux LVM
<-----rhel5 LVM

/dev/hdc7            6400        6411       96358+  83  Linux
<---------- ubuntu7 /boot

/dev/hdc8            6412        7627     9767488+  83  Linux
<-------- ubntu / partition

/dev/hdc9            7628        7751      995998+  82  Linux swap / Solaris



Anuj Singh



On Jan 1, 2008 1:43 AM, Ashish Shukla आशीष शुक्ल <wahjava.ml at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>> "अनुज" == अनुज Anuj Singh <anujhere at gmail.com> writes:
>     अनुज> On Dec 31, 2007 1:29 PM, आशीष शुक्ल Ashish Shukla <wahjava.ml at gmail.com> wrote:
>     >> ,--[ On Mon, Dec 31, 2007 at 09:03:08AM +0530, अनुज Anuj Singh wrote:
>     >>
>     >> [snipped]
>     >>
>     >> | > >> On 30/12/2007, ???? <anujhere at gmail.com> wrote:
>     >> | > >>
>     >> | > >>> Hello ,
>     >> | > >>> I have freebsd6.2 installed with Fedora core 7 and rhe4.
>     >> | > >>> I am installing rhel5 , when linux installation process starts I get an
>     >> | > >>> error of /dev/hdc1 busy , can not report to kernel about partition
>     >> | > >>> layout. In the past I installed linux then FreeBSD.
>     >> | > >>> Is there some method that rhel5 installation can skip /dev/hdc1
>     >> | > >>> (freebsd slice) ? saving my freebsd installation
>     >>
>     >> You get /dev/hdc1 busy error. At which step in installation, you get
>     >> /dev/hdc1 busy error, hmm...? Are you trying to remove '/dev/hdc1'
>     >> (FreeBSD slice), if yes, then you'll get error, and you probably need to
>     >> remove FreeBSD partitions (present in slice) first.
>
>     अनुज> No I am not removing/mounting/using FreeBSD slice.
>
>     अनुज> This is the log...
>
>     अनुज> 03:29:50 INFO    : moving (1) to step confirminstall
>     अनुज> 03:30:13 INFO    : moving (1) to step install
>     अनुज> 03:30:13 INFO    : moving (1) to step enablefilesystems
>     अनुज> 03:30:17 INFO    : lv is VolGroup00/LogVol00, size of 1472
>     अनुज> 03:30:17 INFO    : lv is VolGroup00/LogVol01, size of 2496
>     अनुज> 03:30:17 INFO    : lv is VolGroup00/LogVol02, size of 672
>     अनुज> 03:30:17 INFO    : lv is VolGroup00/LogVol03, size of 1024
>     अनुज> 03:30:17 INFO    : lv is VolGroup00/LogVol04, size of 9984
>     अनुज> 03:30:17 INFO    : lv is VolGroup00/LogVol05, size of 9344
>     अनुज> 03:30:17 INFO    : removing lv LogVol03
>     अनुज> 03:30:18 INFO    : removing lv LogVol00
>     अनुज> 03:30:18 INFO    : removing lv LogVol04
>     अनुज> 03:30:19 INFO    : removing lv LogVol05
>     अनुज> 03:30:19 INFO    : removing lv LogVol02
>     अनुज> 03:30:20 INFO    : removing lv LogVol01
>     अनुज> 03:30:21 INFO    : pv is /dev/hdc11 in vg VolGroup00, size is 29996
>     अनुज> 03:30:21 INFO    : vgremove VolGroup00
>     अनुज> 03:30:22 INFO    : pvremove -ff -y /dev/hdc11
>     अनुज> 03:30:22 INFO    : pvcreate -ff -y -v /dev/hdc11
>     अनुज> 03:30:23 CRITICAL: parted exception: Error: Error informing the kernel
>     अनुज> about modifications to partition /dev/hdc1 -- Device or resource busy.
>     अनुज> This means Linux won't know about any changes you made to /dev/hdc1
>     अनुज> until you reboot -- so you shouldn't mount it or use it in any way
>     अनुज> before rebooting.
>     अनुज> 03:31:08 CRITICAL: Traceback (most recent call first):
>     अनुज> File "/usr/lib/anaconda/partedUtils.py", line 876, in savePartitions
>     अनुज> disk.commit()
>     अनुज> File "/usr/lib/anaconda/packages.py", line 145, in turnOnFilesystems
>     अनुज> anaconda.id.diskset.savePartitions ()
>     अनुज> File "/usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line 201, in moveStep
>     अनुज> rc = stepFunc(self.anaconda)
>     अनुज> File "/usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line 124, in gotoNext
>     अनुज> self.moveStep()
>     अनुज> File "/usr/lib/anaconda/gui.py", line 1007, in nextClicked
>     अनुज> self.anaconda.dispatch.gotoNext()
>     अनुज> File "/usr/lib/anaconda/iw/progress_gui.py", line 243, in renderCallback
>     अनुज> self.intf.icw.nextClicked()
>     अनुज> File "/usr/lib/anaconda/gui.py", line 1034, in handleRenderCallback
>     अनुज> self.currentWindow.renderCallback()
>     अनुज> error: Error: Error informing the kernel about modifications to
>     अनुज> partition /dev/hdc1 -- Device or resource busy.  This means Linux
>     अनुज> won't know about any changes you made to /dev/hdc1 until you reboot --
>     अनुज> so you shouldn't mount it or use it in any way before rebooting.
>
>
>     अनुज> From anacdump.txt
>     अनुज> Traceback (most recent call first):
>     अनुज> File "/usr/lib/anaconda/partedUtils.py", line 876, in savePartitions
>     अनुज> disk.commit()
>     अनुज> File "/usr/lib/anaconda/packages.py", line 145, in turnOnFilesystems
>     अनुज> anaconda.id.diskset.savePartitions ()
>     अनुज> File "/usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line 201, in moveStep
>     अनुज> rc = stepFunc(self.anaconda)
>     अनुज> File "/usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line 124, in gotoNext
>     अनुज> self.moveStep()
>     अनुज> File "/usr/lib/anaconda/gui.py", line 1007, in nextClicked
>     अनुज> self.anaconda.dispatch.gotoNext()
>     अनुज> File "/usr/lib/anaconda/iw/progress_gui.py", line 243, in renderCallback
>     अनुज> self.intf.icw.nextClicked()
>     अनुज> File "/usr/lib/anaconda/gui.py", line 1034, in handleRenderCallback
>     अनुज> self.currentWindow.renderCallback()
>     अनुज> error: Error: Error informing the kernel about modifications to
>     अनुज> partition /dev/hdc1 -- Device or resource busy.  This means Linux
>     अनुज> won't know about any changes you made to /dev/hdc1 until you reboot --
>     अनुज> so you shouldn't mount it or use it in any way before rebooting.
>
>     अनुज> Local variables in innermost frame:
>     अनुज> self: <partedUtils.DiskSet instance at 0xb7bce72c>
>     अनुज> disk: <PedDisk object at 0xb7e37638>
>
> Can you paste your partition layout, including any LVM volumes (if
> you've) ?
>
>
> --
>
> Ashish Shukla आशीष शुक्ल                      http://wahjava.wordpress.com/
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