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From: Marc Giger <gigerstyle@×××.ch>
To: gentoo-alpha@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-alpha] LiveCD refuses to boot on Takara
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 14:28:12
Message-Id: 20040218152811.63f37242.gigerstyle@gmx.ch
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-alpha] LiveCD refuses to boot on Takara by Jay Maynard
1 On Wed, 18 Feb 2004 07:38:42 -0600
2 Jay Maynard <jmaynard@××××××××.cx> wrote:
3
4 > On Wed, Feb 18, 2004 at 01:27:50PM +0000, Tavis Ormandy wrote:
5 > > On Tue, Feb 10, 2004 at 05:07:40PM +0100, Marc Giger wrote:
6 > > > As you already noticed, you need a 2.4 kernel to be able to do a
7 > > > "mount -o bind".
8 > > I dont think this step is essential to get a working system, but it
9 > > is advisable (some configure scripts use information from /proc, but
10 > > they usually have sane defaults).
11 >
12 > The "mount -o bind" was what I ran across when trying to run off of a
13 > Debian install CD. That effort foundered on "kernel too old" when
14 > trying to chroot. Note that a bind-mount is necessary for /dev in such
15 > an instance.
16
17 Next time I should read the whole thread again before answering.
18 /dev is the problem not /proc :-)
19
20 Why not just cp -a /dev/* /mnt/gentoo/dev/ ? Never tried myself but I
21 think it should work for installing gentoo.
22
23 What's about the paging error? Do you have more infos or gave up?:-)
24
25 greets
26
27 Marc
28
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Re: [gentoo-alpha] LiveCD refuses to boot on Takara Jay Maynard <jmaynard@××××××××.cx>