An Error Occurred Trying To Format Sda1
Wiki Search Tutorials/Articles Search HCL Search Reviews Search ISOs Go to Page... LinuxQuestions.org > Forums > Linux Forums > Linux - Newbie Help with a Kernel Panic User Name Remember Me? Password Linux - Newbie This Linux forum is for members that are new to Linux. Just starting out and have a question? If it is not in the man pages or the how-to's this is the place! Notices Welcome to LinuxQuestions.org, a friendly and active Linux Community. You are currently viewing LQ as a guest. By joining our community you will have the ability to post topics, receive our newsletter, use the advanced search, subscribe to threads and access many other special features. Registration is quick, simple and absolutely free. Join our community today! Note that registered members see fewer ads, and ContentLink is completely disabled once you log in. Are you new to LinuxQuestions.org? Visit the following links: Site Howto | Site FAQ | Sitemap | Register Now If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact us. If you need to reset your password, click here. Having a problem logging in? Please visit this page to clear all LQ-related cookies. Search this Thread 03-01-2008, 08:52 PM #1 tekmann33 Member Registered: Nov 2006 Posts: 188 Rep: Help with a Kernel Panic I've searched this forum for Kernel panics but mine seems to be a little unique. One day when I tried to boot Fedora 8 on my machine, I get the following message from the boot screen. Code: Uncompressing Linux...Ok, booting the kernel Red Hat nash versio 6.09 starting ... ... mount: could not find filesystem '/dev/root' setuproot; moving /dev failed: No such file or directory setuproot: error mounting /proc: No such file or directory setuproot: error mounting /sys: No such file or directory switchroot: mount failed: No such file or directory Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init The messages preceding the "kernel panic" message is unique from the other kernel Panic messages that I have read....my machine is not even mounting root! I tried reinstalling Fedora 8 onto this hard drive, but after going through the Install GUI, I get a pop up that says: Code: An error occurred trying to format sda1. This problem is serious, and the install cannot continue. Press
NSXVirtual SAN vCenterFusionWorkstationvExpertVMware {code} CloudCredSubmit a Link Home > VMTN > VMware Infrastructure™ > VI: VMware ESX® 3.0 > Discussions Please enter a title. You can not post a blank message. Please type your message and try again. 4 Replies Latest reply: Jul 31, 2007 12:53 PM by Texiwill "...trying to format SDA1" during installation NOSNJECTN Jul 23, 2007 1:10 PM All, i currently have a DELL PE2500 server with 3 disks in a RAID5 config. the server has PERC3di, AIC-7899 controller. i update the BIOS so it is now A07. meets the requirements for NIC, Storage, and CPU. for some reason i cannot complete the installation of ESX server 3. i keep getting an error "an error has occurred trying to format sda1. http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-newbie-8/help-with-a-kernel-panic-625044/ this problem is serious, and the install cannot continue" i have formatted the drives, re-created the RAID5 configuration in a new container. ran a check disk on all 3 disks which came back fine. all i saw in the forums was that someone updated the BIOS and the Controller drivers. i have done this and still get the same error. i don't get it b/c i actually installed ESX3 https://communities.vmware.com/thread/94900?start=0&tstart=0 on an old DELL PE1300 with no problems. there are no HW failures...please help 729Views Tags: none (add) This content has been marked as final. Show 4 replies 1. Re: "...trying to format SDA1" during installation Texiwill Jul 24, 2007 7:54 AM (in response to NOSNJECTN) Hello,You do not have a fibre channel connection? Your card list does not list one so I do not think this is the issue.Generally if this happens the disks have an issue. You can redo the install and when you reach the failure, use 'alt-f3' or 'ctrl-alt-f3' if running a graphical install and look at the logfile there for specific errors. Also once on that screen use 'alt-f4' to see another logfile with perhaps more errors/issues.You will get some information that will be helpful in solving your problem.Best regards,Edward Like Show 0 Likes (0) Actions 2. Re: "...trying to format SDA1" during installation NOSNJECTN Jul 30, 2007 8:06 AM (in response to Texiwill) thanks for the reply. i did as you suggested and the results are below. when i did ctrlaltf3 all i saw was the log of each part of the install, but no indications of errors. it stopped at: moving (1) to step enablefilesystem....BUT when i did ctrl
Login: [x] Format For Printing -XML -Clone This Bug -Last Comment First Last Prev Next https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=478768 This bug is not in your last search results. Bug478768 - https://forums.hak5.org/index.php?/topic/13847-petousb-formatex-error11-an-error-occurred-formating-the-drive/ Disk formatting fails because the system is already using the partition Summary: Disk formatting fails because the system is already using the partition Status: CLOSED INSUFFICIENT_DATA Aliases: None Product: Fedora Classification: Fedora Component: anaconda (Show other bugs) Sub Component: --- Version: 10 Hardware: All Linux Priority an error low Severity medium TargetMilestone: --- TargetRelease: --- Assigned To: Anaconda Maintenance Team QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance Docs Contact: URL: Whiteboard: Keywords: Depends On: Blocks: Show dependency tree /graph Reported: 2009-01-04 16:23 EST by David Tonhofer Modified: 2009-06-18 14:17 EDT (History) CC List: 1 user (show) anaconda-maint-list See Also: Fixed In Version: Doc Type: Bug an error occurred Fix Doc Text: Story Points: --- Clone Of: Environment: Last Closed: 2009-06-18 14:17:55 EDT Type: --- Regression: --- Mount Type: --- Documentation: --- CRM: Verified Versions: Category: --- oVirt Team: --- RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: Cloudforms Team: --- Attachments (Terms of Use) Anaconda's log (11.23 KB, text/plain) 2009-01-04 16:24 EST, David Tonhofer no flags Details Anaconda's not-very-helpful message ("Computer says no") (13.20 KB, image/png) 2009-01-04 16:28 EST, David Tonhofer no flags Details Add an attachment (proposed patch, testcase, etc.) Groups: None (edit) Description David Tonhofer 2009-01-04 16:23:53 EST Description of problem: Trying to set up a new system using F10 live CD. Two SATA drives are to be arranged as follows: sda ----+---->sda1----->/boot +---->sda2----->software RAID mirror part 1 (md1) sdb ----+---->sdb1----->/bootspare +---->sdb2----->software RAID mirror part 2 (md1) the software RAID mirror will be filled with an LVM Logical Volume which will then be filled with swap, root, etc.. This works, however I had some trouble with other setups (see bug#478751), so I decided on the present one. Shoul
with Twitter Sign Up All Content All Content This Topic This Forum Advanced Search Browse Forums Staff Online Users More Activity All Activity My Activity Streams Unread Content Content I Started Search More More More All Activity Home Talk Questions PeToUSB FormatEx Error[11]: An Error Occurred Formating the Drive Archived This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies. PeToUSB FormatEx Error[11]: An Error Occurred Formating the Drive Started by Satal Keto, July 29, 2009 10 posts in this topic Satal Keto Hak5 Fan Active Members 24 posts Gender:Male Location:UK Posted July 29, 2009 I'm trying to create the Multipass described in episode 524. When I try to run PeToUSB against my 16GB SanDisk Cruzer USB, I get the following error FormatEx Error[11]: An Error Occurred Formating the Drive. I have tried this both on XP and on Vista (using Run As Administrator) I have tried what Darren said about formatting it to FAT32 if I get an error, but I still get the error after that, I have also tried formatting to NTFS to see if that works but without any luck. I was wondering whether anyone else had come across this problem and had managed to find a solution to this problem. Thanks for any help in advance Satal EDIT: I have also received FormatEx Error[7]: Failed To Dismount Drive while trying to do the same thing on a XP VM, but I'm just assuming that's something about it being on a VM 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites digip -we're all just neophytes- Active Members 8,216 posts Gender:Male Location:RnVjayBPZmYh 192.168.100.1 Posted July 29, 2009 I'm trying to create the Multipass described in episode 524. When I try to run PeToUSB against my 16GB SanDisk Cruzer USB, I get the following error I have tried this both on XP and on Vista (using Run As Administrator) I have tried what Darren said about formatting it to FAT32 if I get an error, but I still get the error after that, I have also tried formatting to NTFS to see if that works but without any luck. I was wondering whether anyone else had come across this problem and had managed to find a solution to this problem. Thanks for any help in advance Satal Maybe the drive is corrupted? You can also try formatting under linux as fat32 as well. If linux can't do it