I found this error from the 2005 version and I am having the same issue. now before someone says that I am stupid or that I am not telling the entire story. Let me put thre truth up front. *I am a Fedora user trying to find a lighter distro for a snort box. *I downloaded the LiveDVD and it loaded just fine. with and ACPI=off switch *I ran cfdisk and configured my 80G drive as follows /dev/hda1 - /boot - Linux - 1000 /dev/hda2 - /swap - Swap - 1500 /dev/hda3 - / - Linux - 74000 *I ran passwrd from the # and changed my root *I ran installer from # and ended with the error log very similar to the one below. I also tried the same process using the gui install process that comes with Gentoo 2007.0 using both the manual partition tool and the recommended partition option in the gui and had no luck getting the installer to mount my hda. When I look into //etc/fstab or /etc/mtab there are no entries for my /dev/hda. In my /mnt directory there is no entry for my hard drive or my partitions; nor is there any entry in my devices directory. I am not sure how fdisk and cfdisk are able to correctly recognoze the drive without mounting it. Any advice? I am looking for a distro for a current project and I like what I see in Gentoo. I am not a liar and I am not stupid but I will move on to Dabian or another distro if there is not a solution for this issue. Thanks for your help. +++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #113645 +++ The installer.log: GLI: November 26 2005 12:56:31 - Setting root password. GLI: November 26 2005 12:56:33 - Livecd root password set. GLI: November 26 2005 12:56:37 - Portmap started. GLI: November 26 2005 12:57:54 - Partition table for /dev/hda is unchanged...skipping GLI: November 26 2005 12:57:54 - Partition table for /dev/hdb is unchanged...skipping GLI: November 26 2005 12:58:01 - Exception received during 'Mount local partitions': MountError :FATAL: mount_local_partitions: Could not mount a partition GLI: November 26 2005 12:58:01 - Traceback (most recent call last): GLI: November 26 2005 12:58:01 - File "/opt/installer/GLIClientController.py", line 151, in run self._install_steps[self._install_step][0]() GLI: November 26 2005 12:58:01 - File "/opt/installer/GLIArchitectureTemplate.py", line 411, in mount_local_partitions raise GLIException("MountError", 'fatal','mount_local_partitions','Could not mount a partition') GLI: November 26 2005 12:58:01 - GLIException: MountError :FATAL: mount_local_partitions: Could not mount a partition The installprofile.xml: <?xml version="1.0" ?> <gli-profile> <kernel-build-method/> <cron-daemon> vixie-cron </cron-daemon> <domainname> localdomain </domainname> <portage-snapshot/> <kernel-source> gentoo-sources </kernel-source> <install-pcmcia-cs> False </install-pcmcia-cs> <time-zone> America/Chicago </time-zone> <dynamic-stage3> False </dynamic-stage3> <kernel-bootsplash> False </kernel-bootsplash> <bootloader-mbr> True </bootloader-mbr> <hostname> localhost </hostname> <bootloader-kernel-args/> <post-install-script-uri/> <nisdomainname/> <install-stage> 3 </install-stage> <ftp-proxy/> <rsync-proxy/> <stage-tarball> /home/gentoo/stage3-x86-2005.1-r1.tar.bz2 </stage-tarball> <bootloader> grub </bootloader> <root-pass-hash> $1$jajXM3pd$GpmSwpKB9uoOuDDzWlvuv. </root-pass-hash> <http-proxy/> <mta/> <grp-install> False </grp-install> <logging-daemon> syslog-ng </logging-daemon> <kernel-config/> <portage-tree-sync> sync </portage-tree-sync> <kernel-initrd> True </kernel-initrd> <install-rp-pppoe> False </install-rp-pppoe> <install-packages/> <network-interfaces> <device ip="dhcp" options=""> eth0 </device> </network-interfaces> <network-mounts/> <partitions> <device devnode="/dev/hda" disklabel="msdos"> <partition format="False" mb="38201" minor="1" mkfsopts="" mountopts="defaults" mountpoint="/" origminor="1" type="ext3"/> </device> <device devnode="/dev/hdb" disklabel="msdos"> <partition format="False" mb="152625" minor="1" mkfsopts="" mountopts="" mountpoint="" origminor="1" type="ntfs"/> </device> </partitions> <etc-portage/> <etc-files> <file name="rc.conf"> <entry name="SET_WINDOWKEYS"> Yes </entry> <entry name="XSESSION"/> <entry name="CONSOLEFONT"> default8x16 </entry> <entry name="CLOCK"> UTC </entry> <entry name="EXTENDED_KEYMAPS"/> <entry name="DISPLAYMANAGER"> ##commented## </entry> <entry name="KEYMAP"> us </entry> <entry name="EDITOR"> /bin/nano </entry> <entry name="CONSOLETRANSLATION"> ##commented## </entry> <entry name="PROTOCOLS"> 1 2 </entry> </file> <file name="make.conf"> <entry name="MAKEOPTS"/> <entry name="USE"> 7zip X aac aim alsa apm arts asm avi berkdb bitmap-fonts cdda cddb cdf cdinstall cdr cdrom -cg cgi chroot crypt css cups divx4linux dts dv dvb dvd dvdr dvdread dvi dxr3 elibc_glibc emboss encode fat ffmpeg flac foomaticdb fortran ftp gdbm gif gimp gimpprint gmail gmailtimestamps gnome gpm gtk gtk2 imlib ipv6 java javacomm javadoc javamail javascript jbig jboss jce jcs jfs joystick jpeg kde kernel_linux lame libg++ libwww mad md5sum mdb mikmod mime motif mozilla mp3 mp4live mpeg mpeg2 mpeg4 -mpi mplayer music ncurses nls ntfs ogg oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdf pdflib perl player png python qt quicktime readline real rss sdl speex spell ssl tcpd truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts usb userland_GNU vcd vidix vnc x86 xine xml2 xmms xv xvid yahoo zlib </entry> <entry name="FEATURES"/> <entry name="ACCEPT_KEYWORDS"/> <entry name="CFLAGS"> -march=athlon-xp -O2 -mcpu=i686 </entry> </file> </etc-files> </gli-profile> Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Start gentoo installer though livecd 2. Configure everything the way you like 3. Hit install and wait for it to fail. Actual Results: The installation failed with the message "MountError :FATAL: mount_local_partitions: Could not mount a partition" Expected Results: Install Gentoo without failing..
Giving a similar error log from almost 2 years ago does absolutely nothing to tell us what your problem is. Reopen when you can provide more information, such as *your* installer log.
