10.9 installer 32bit Gnome SOLVED

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Hi Mike
what do you mean /dev/sdb3 or sdb3

I tried to install again on another sata drive with the partitions
sda1 swap sda2 / and sda3 /home

it ended up with the message

could not mount specified root" “/dev/sda2 is not a valid root device”

I have never had a problem with partitions like this before

Hoping you have more ideas or maybe I can update my 10.4 gnome install to 10.9
Thanks

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In string

root block device() ::

displayied after

could not mount specified root" "/dev/sda3 is not a valid root device"

enter /dev/sdb2

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I entered /dev/sdb2
also just sdb2 as you said
Both times it said it was not a valid root device.

I also tried /dev/sdb3 with same result

Strange problem :slight_smile:

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Realy strange.
Please install system by command

cl-install -d /dev/sda1:/boot:reiserfs -w /dev/sda2 -d /dev/sda3:/:reiserfs -d /dev/sda4:/home

after install system from livecd:

mkdir /mnt/system
mount /dev/sda3 /mnt/system
cat /mnt/system/etc/fstab | wgetpaste
mkdir /mnt/bootpart
mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/bootpart
cat /mnt/bootpart/boot/grub/grub.conf | wgetpaste
gzip -dc /mnt/bootpart/boot/initrd | cpio -tf | wgetpaste
ls -la /mnt/bootpart/boot | wgetpaste

and give received links.
I get fstab, grub.conf and list of initramfs files.

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Reinstalled with cl-install -d /dev/sda1:/boot:reiserfs -w /dev/sda2 -d /dev/sda3:/:reiserfs -d /dev/sda4:/home
and tried those commands and they all failed BUT
This time I can get into the system as guest with SAFEMODE.
I created a user and now can use all the programs just as if I was in a regular boot up.
What can I do now to be able to boot into normal 1st option, not safemode.
Any further ideas will be great and I thank you for your patience again.
I don’t know why a normal bootup won’t see the root partition.
Hooray for safemode
Thanks
Talk to you tomorrow hopefully

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You can install system after update on livecd the calculate-install package:

eix-sync
emerge calculate-install

Command for install system with using ext4 filesystem:

cl-install -d /dev/sda1:/boot:ext4 -w /dev/sda2 -d /dev/sda3:/:ext4 -d /dev/sda4:/home
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Yes
that worked Mike,
I wonder what the problem was.Maybe something for devs to look at if anyone else has same problem.
I created a user and can now log in normally.
Thanks so much for your help.
I’ll create another thread for any more help I’m sure I’ll need as I set things up.
Much appreciated. Great distro.
Regards