Grub Error 17: Cannot mount selected partition
When I wanted to upgrade a test machine to SLES10 SP2 with OES2 SP1 I ran into a error:
Error 17: Cannot mount selected partition
The upgrade screen gives you the option to modify the grub section. But nothing helped. Than I just move from Grub to Lilo and the upgrade process went on.
During the first boot, I got a error that the boot partition could not be mounted. Then I saw that in /etc/fstab the mount point for boot was pointing to the wrong device. I corrected it to /dev/sda1 and everything was ok.
This test machine was a not patched SLES10 SP1 with OES2 (SP0). Tomorrow I’m going to upgrade a machine from a customer of mine. I think I will turn my notebook into a installation server because changes I don’t like to change a CD/DVD while upgrading.
I will blog here how it went.
Michael Wilmsen is a experienced VMware Architect with more than 20 years in the IT industry. Main focus is VMware vSphere, Horizon View and Hyper Converged with a deep interest into performance and architecture.
Michael is VCDX 210 certified, has been rewarded with the vExpert title from 2011, Nutanix Tech Champion and a Nutanix Platform Professional.
By Mike, December 17, 2008 @ 00:30
When I fully patched the machine with the latest patches for SLES10 SP1 the upgrade of grub went fine!
So be warned!
By Mike, December 17, 2008 @ 00:30
When I fully patched the machine with the latest patches for SLES10 SP1 the upgrade of grub went fine!
So be warned!
By Gregory, June 10, 2009 @ 14:31
So should we upgrade first?
By Mike, June 10, 2009 @ 14:35
You should first patch your server to the latest level.
Than you can upgrade to SP1
By Gregory, June 10, 2009 @ 14:31
So should we upgrade first?
By Mike, June 10, 2009 @ 14:35
You should first patch your server to the latest level.
Than you can upgrade to SP1