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On 09/23/10 13:55, Mark Knecht wrote: |
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> On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 5:05 AM, <kahl@××××××××××××.ca> wrote: |
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>> Mark, |
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>> > However I note that I cannot run updatedb for slocate without |
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>> > also getting a message about /etc/mtab not existing. Should mtab exist |
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>> > withing the chroot? |
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>> For certain things, it seems to be needed --- the amd64 handbook includes a |
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>> way to get it among the grub instructions. |
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>> By the way, if I recall correctly, you once mentioned you had an ubuntu on |
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>> that machine with grub working --- I would just reuse that grub for booting |
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>> gentoo. (I have done this before on amd64, but not on any Mac.) |
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>> Wolfram |
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> Wolfram, |
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> On first reading I would have said 'he's crazy!' because grub is |
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> for x86/PC architecture only, right? At least I think that's the case |
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> with the original grub. |
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> However apparently grub2 does now run (sort of) on PowerPC: |
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> http://grub.enbug.org/TestingOnPowerPC |
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> I think it's more in a testing phase, and if Joe or others help me |
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> work out what I'm doing wrong then I won't need grub2, but given a bit |
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> of time it might be interesting to try out. Unfortunately the known |
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> bug list might make it hard for someone at my experience level. |
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> Looking in portage it doesn't seem to be available so I'd have to |
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> look for an overlay that might have it. |
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> Thanks, |
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> Mark |
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Yeah, grub2 isn't really user ready yet. It does work on ppc, but cannot |
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boot OSX (at least last time I tried it it couldn't). |
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-Joe |