Hi [EMAIL PROTECTED],
> My challenge is that I go into the install program to UPDATE the the system.
> I WANT TO KEEP /home the same and not format this partition. But the since
> the new hd is hdb the installer program is not recognizing the existing
> partitions and crashes....
If you want to run an update, you first have to get the old system running
again. (Of course you could do a new install and map the old /home dir.) If
you changed de RH disk from hda to hdb, you'll have to edit /etc/fstab to
reflect the new situation. You have got to do the same thing with lilo.conf,
and rerun lilo.
If you can now boot RedHat 6.1 you should be able to run an update without
any problem. An update should leave your /home directory in peace.
> I have tried this at the boot promt for the installer
> root=/dev/hdb10 text
> I get an error for all hdbs saying that it does not recognize it as root...I
> have tried for all partitions to make sure that I am not right and installer
> does not recognize ANY partition as root.
I am not sure if the fact that your fstab is incorrect creates this problem.
You shouldn't need to specify the root partition for an install or update
anyway. You use this option to mount the root file system of an existing
(running) installation if you can't boot from hd.
Well, once again: Try to get your existing system running again first.
I hope this helps,
Leonard.
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