installing linux after freebsd (multi-boot)

[Ashish Shukla आशीष शुक्ल]

>>>>> "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) ?


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