Installation CD fails to mount XFS drive as /

I am trying to install arch on a old Vaio laptop. I can boot from the CD, then it fails, so I copied a few files and modules on to a small hd partion with damn small linux. So fare every thing seems to work ok... but
when I set the mount points the / on my xfs hda1 fails. I loaded the module with loaddisk fs2.img. I can do
> mkfs.xfs /dev/hda1
but I can't mount it.
me> mount /dev/hda1 /mnt
linux> mounting /dev/hda1 on /mnt failed: Invalid argument
me> mount /dev/hda1/ /mnt/
linux> mounting /dev/hda1/ on /mnt/ failed: Not a directory
What am I doing wrong?
(it works with reiser, ext2 and ext3)

Do you use 0.7.2 iso or 0.8?

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Thanks a lot !
That worked !
I stumbled across this part of the wiki several times before, but didn't really understand so I had not tried.
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EndSection
EOF
sed -e 's/top_left/bottom_right/' -e '/alignment/i\double_buffer yes' -e '/CPU Usage/a\${color lightgrey}Temperatures:' -e '/CPU Usage/a\ CPU:$color ${hwmon 0 temp 1}°C' </etc/conky/conky.conf >/home/$var_username/.conkyrc
chown $var_username:users /home/$var_username/.conkyrc
# Install clickpad support
yaourt -S xf86-input-synaptics-clickpad
# Add french keyboard to X
sed '/MatchIsKeyboard/a\\tOption "XkbLayout" "fr"' </etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf >/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf.new
mv -f /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf
# Add new daemons, remove old ones, disable hwclock and remove netfs since I don't use it. add it if you need it
sed '/DAEMONS=/c\DAEMONS=(!hwclock dbus syslog-ng networkmanager laptop-mode acpid @alsa @cupsd @cpufrequtils ntpd crond)' </etc/rc.conf >/etc/rc.conf.new
mv -f /etc/rc.conf.new /etc/rc.conf
# Slim login manager ; change theme
mv /usr/share/slim/themes/archlinux-darch-grey /tmp/
mv /usr/share/slim/themes/default /tmp/
rm -r /usr/share/slim/themes/*
mv /tmp/archlinux-darch-grey /usr/share/slim/themes
mv /tmp/default /usr/share/slim/themes
sed '/^current_theme/c\current_theme archlinux-darch-grey' </etc/slim.conf >/etc/slim.conf
# XFCE login, and thunar launched as a daemon (note that the part with 'if [ -d /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d ]" is not present, to avoid mounting problems when logged as regular user)
cat > /home/$var_username/.xinitrc << EOF
#!/bin/sh
# ~/.xinitrc
# Executed by startx (run your window manager from here)
exec ck-launch-session startxfce4
thunar --daemon &
EOF
chown $var_username:users /home/$var_username/.xinitrc
# Boot to runlevel 5 now, and run slim then
sed -e 's/id:3/#id:3/' -e 's/#id:5/id:5/' -e 's|x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/xdm|#x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/xdm|' -e 's|#x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/slim|x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/slim|' </etc/inittab >/etc/inittab.new
mv -f /etc/inittab.new /etc/inittab
# Add colored prompt to user and root
sed '/^PS1/c\' </etc/skel/.bashrc >/root/.bashrc
cat >> /root/.bashrc << EOF
PS1='\[\e[0;32m\]\u@\h\[\e[m\] \[\e[0;35m\]\w\[\e[m\] \[\e[m\] \[\e[0;32m\]\t -\[\e[m\] \[\e[1;31m\]\$ \[\e[m\] '
EOF
cp /root/.bashrc /home/$var_username/.bashrc
chown $var_username:users /home/$var_username/.bashrc
# How does one do that automatically ?
# Manually add user to sudoers
EDITOR="vim" visudo
# Reboot, because it's quick and I'm too lazy to learn how to start all the daemons and others.
reboot
The important part of the script to solve the problem is :
cat > /home/$var_username/.xinitrc << EOF
#!/bin/sh
# ~/.xinitrc
# Executed by startx (run your window manager from here)
exec ck-launch-session startxfce4
thunar --daemon &
EOF
chown $var_username:users /home/$var_username/.xinitrc

"Windows 8.1 installation has failed"

Downloaded the Enterprise iso of 8.1 from the Volume Licensing site. Currently running Windows 8 64 bit Enterprise. Downloaded 8.1 64 bit
enterprise. Mounted iso, ran setup, after licensing agreement and choosing data migration options received the error "Windows 8.1 installation has failed" . Googled around, and didn't see this exact problem. There is no error code,
nothing in the logs, nothing at all. Just the message "Windows 8.1 installation has failed". Tried several downloads of the iso, on multiple Windows 8 boxes.
Could a group policy setting, or something else related to these machines being on a domain be causing our issues? If not, the lack of error codes is making the issue next to impossible to debug.
Anyone out there able to help?
Thanks
p.s. already verified that update kb2871389 was installed.

Hi,
Which log did you checked, could you find the setup.etl file in %WINDIR%\Panther?
It should have $windows.~bt\Sources\Panther log file. please check it.
You can refer to the link below for more details about Windows 8 installation log.
Windows Setup Log Files and Event Logs:http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh824819.aspx
If problem persists, I would like to suggest you to make a clean install on other drive for test, to make sure this problem was not caused by hardware problem.
Note: before Windows installation, please backup all files on the drive which Windows 8.1 would be installed. Also make sure the hardware driver such as BIOS, Motherboard was upgrade to be latest.
Roger Lu
TechNet Community Support

Mounting Cdrom Drive In Guest Domain running 1.0.3

Folks,
I have followed the Admin guide on how to export Cdrom/Dvd drive from Service Domain to Guest Domain, however once allocated to the guest domain we are unable to mount the device. Any help is appreciated.
Here are my bindings
ldm list-bindings primary
NAME STATE FLAGS CONS VCPU MEMORY UTIL UPTIME
primary active -n-cv SP 4 2G 0.8% ; 7d 18h 56m
MAC
00:14:4f:02:ca:6a
VCPU
VID PID UTIL STRAND
0 0 1.0% ; 100%
1 1 0.5% ; 100%
2 2 0.7% ; 100%
3 3 0.8% ; 100%
MAU
CPUSET
(0, 1, 2, 3)
MEMORY
RA PA SIZE
0x8000000 0x8000000 2G
VARIABLES
boot-device=/pci@780/pci@0/pci@9/scsi@0/disk@1,0:a /pci@780/pci@0/pci@9/scsi@0/disk@0,0:a
IO
DEVICE PSEUDONYM OPTIONS
pci@780 bus_a
pci@7c0 bus_b
VCC
NAME PORT-RANGE
primary-vcc0 5000-5031
CLIENT PORT
ldom3@ldom3 5002
VDS
NAME VOLUME OPTIONS DEVICE
primary-vds0 cdrom /dev/dsk/c1t0d0s2
vol1 /ldom1/bootfile1
vol11 /dev/rdsk/c6t60060480000287750594534653353445d0s2
vol2 /ldom2/bootfile2
vol3 /bootpool/bootfile3
CLIENT VOLUME
vdisk0@ldom3 vol3
vdisk11@ldom3 vol11
cdrom@ldom3 cdrom
VSW
NAME MAC NET-DEV DEVICE MODE
primary-vsw0 00:14:4f:fa:c6:14 e1000g0 switch@0 prog,promisc
PEER MAC
vnet1@ldom3 00:14:4f:f9:c8:15
VCONS
NAME SERVICE PORT
SP
ldm list-bindings ldom3
root@host# ldm list-bindings ldom3
NAME STATE FLAGS CONS VCPU MEMORY UTIL UPTIME
ldom3 active -n--- 5002 4 1900M 0.1% ; 15m
MAC
00:14:4f:f8:6c:1d
VCPU
VID PID UTIL STRAND
0 4 0.3% ; 100%
1 5 0.0% ; 100%
2 6 0.0% ; 100%
3 7 0.0% ; 100%
MEMORY
RA PA SIZE
0x8000000 0x88000000 1900M
VARIABLES
keyboard-layout=UK-English
NETWORK
NAME SERVICE DEVICE MAC
vnet1 primary-vsw0@primary network@0 00:14:4f:f9:c8:15
PEER MAC
primary-vsw0@primary 00:14:4f:fa:c6:14
DISK
NAME VOLUME TOUT DEVICE SERVER
vdisk0 vol3@primary-vds0 disk@0 primary
vdisk11 vol11@primary-vds0 disk@1 primary
cdrom cdrom@primary-vds0 disk@2 primary
VCONS
NAME SERVICE PORT
ldom3 primary-vcc0@primary 5002
We can see the exported cdrom volume in /dev/dsk as a new device and also at the ok prompt after running devalias.
However, we need to mount this device so that we can install software in our domain. All our attempts at mounting just hang and I end up having to stop/start the whole domain. ?
Is there an easy way to mount cdroms/dvd drives in a guest domain ?
TIA

There is an recently filed bug where DVDs (and ISO images) which do not have a VTOC in their disk label
fail to be mountable in the guest domain (e.g. application software DVDs as opposed to OS installation images).
6708257 DVD-ROM (not OS installation disk) can not mount from guest domain of LDOM 1.0.2
# mount -F hsfs /dev/dsk/c0d1s0 /mnt
mount: I/O error
mount: cannot mount /dev/dsk/c0d1s0
It's strange that you are getting a hang though (the reported error is an I/O error).
Are there any messages in /var/adm/message of the control domain?
What OS/patches are running on the guest and control domains (i.e is 127127-11 installed on both) ?
I've just had a thought though, exporting the DVD device as a slice instead may work
(it works for me on an ISO image but my machine is 1000s of miles away so I can't stick DVD in it
to try out)
e.g. ldm add-vdsdev options=slice /dev/dsk/c1t0d0s2 cdrom@primary-vds0

Software Updates "can't be installed" & "failed to mount" messages

In software update; all new software, Quicktime, iTunes, Java for Mac and Security Update; I get a message saying that they can't be installed, followed by :"The digital signature for this package is incorrect. The package may have been tampered with or corrupted since being signed by “Apple”."
I also cannot download software updates (ie: Firefox or adobe flash player). I've already repaired permissions and verified disks. I've also gone to the main websites to download from and when I try to run them, I get "disk images failed to mount.." and the reason being "codec overrun" every time.
Some one please help!

Hi jrsysurfer, and a warm welcome to the forums!
I see you've done some of this already, but since it seems something is corrupted with your OS, am including it all, but I think it may take an A&I.
"Try Disk Utility
1. Insert the Tiger Mac OS X Install disc that came with your computer, then restart the computer while holding the C key.
2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, choose Disk Utility from the Installer menu. (In Mac OS X 10.4 or later, you must select your language first.)
Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must restart from the disc again to access Disk Utility.
3. Click the First Aid tab.
4. Click the disclosure triangle to the left of the hard drive icon to display the names of your hard disk volumes and partitions.
5. Select your Mac OS X volume.
6. Click Repair. Disk Utility checks and repairs the disk."
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214
Then Safe Boot , (holding Shift key down at bootup), run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions, reboot when it finishes.
The usual reason why updates fail or mess things up, or things don't load/run, is if Permissions are not fixed before & after every update, with a reboot... you may get a partial update when the installer finds it doesn't have Permissions to change one obscure little part of the OS, leaving you with a mix of OS versions.
Some people get away without Repairing Permissions for years, some for only days.
If Permissions are wrong before applying an update, you could get mixed OS versions, if Directory is the slightest messed up, who knows!
If many Permission are repaired, or any Directory errors are found, you may need to re-apply some the latest/biggest updates again, or even do an A&I if you have enough free disk space.
The combo update for PowerPC-based Macs...
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/macosx10411comboupdateppc.html
The combo update for Intel-based Macs...
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/macosx10411comboupdateintel.html
Repair Permissions before & after re-install, then reboot again each time.
If all the above fails, then it appears to be time for a relatively painless Archive & Install, which gives you a new/old OS, but can preserve all your files, pics, music, settings, etc., as long as you have plenty of free disk space and no Disk corruption, and is relatively quick & painless...
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107120
Just be sure to select Preserve Users & Settings.
I only use Software Update to see what is needed, then get them for real via...
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/
That way I can wait a week or so, check the forums for potential problems, and get Permissions & such in order before installing.
If it appears to be time for An Archive & Install, which gives you a new OS, but can preserve all your files, APPs, pics, music, settings, etc., as long as you have plenty of free disk space...
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107120
Be sure to use Preserve Users & Settings.

CDs and dmg files failing to mount on an eMac; any suggestions?

Dear all,
I have not posted here before and hope someone can assist please; I'm a long-time Apple user, having started with the Apple II and currently owning an iMac G5 and PowerBook G4.
Having obtained a G4 eMac, I discovered a serious software/hardware for which I can't find a solution. It is running OS X.2.8 which has an issue mounting .dmg and CDs. When I attempt to mount .dmg files, it reports the error message:
"FILE NAME failed to mount due to error 95. (no mountable file systems)"
All CDs will not appear on the desktop with the exception of the Apple Hardware Test CD. They do appear through Disk Utility but can't be mounted. I have tried apps such as "Mount" without success.
Apple has recognised this problem:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106345
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107288
but none of the suggested remedies have worked for me. Various forums suggest solutions, a summary of which may be found here:
http://www.macattorney.com/tutorial.html#anchor-diskimage
but none worked.
I have also tried holding the "c" key with the Install CD but it won't mount.
Any suggestions please? I can boot with System 9 - as a last resort would it be possible to then delete key files from the OS X's "System" folder, following which I might be able to boot from the "Install" CD?
Many thanks,
Peter

They sometimes say you're better helping yourself!
I seem to have solved this after many hours of experimentation. I decided to hook up my iMac G5 (running 10.4.11) via a firewire cable. Having started the iMac, I followed the instructions for a target disk, connected the cable and fired up the eMac (hold "T" etc). Within minutes the eMac with its inserted CD could be seen on my iMac's desktop. However, I now needed to see if it worked the other way around - if I could somehow boot up with the eMac and use the iMac as the target disk, putting the CD into the iMac.
The eMac read the iMac's drive but unfortunately I could not see the inserted CD. Having then turned off the iMac, I left the firewire cable plugged in and then inserted the eMac's Install disk - to my great surprise the Install disk suddenly appeared on the eMac's desktop for the first time! I clicked the Installer which then announced it would start up from the CD. It duly did - and I managed to revert back to System 10.2, rather than the problematic Apple upgrade 10.2.8 which had been installed (and apparently caused the problems).
I'm trying to obtain a copy of 10.3 Panther, simply to run the excellent Elgato EyeTV.
Fingers crossed!
PJD.

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