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What exactly is the mount -o bind /proc...cmd doing? Perhaps it can be |
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skipped altogether when installing from another distro? If not, then I |
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should probably put an important note in the overview saying that 2.4 |
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kernel is required to use this method of installation... |
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Michael |
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At 11:39 PM 3/14/2002 -0800, you wrote: |
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>Quick comment. |
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>section 8: unpack and chroot. |
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>User is requested to mount -o bind /proc /whereewer/proc. |
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>This is fine if user boots from CD, however with "from existing distro" |
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>method it is not impossible, that user has 2.2.x kernel (I added recently new |
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>HDD to one server and used this as a good excuse to upgrade system. Total |
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>downtime in this way can be as small as just a reboot!). The above command |
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>apparently is not going to work, so you might want to consider adding a |
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>comment at this point. |
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>While on the other hand user going this same route should probably know how |
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>to mount proc again... |
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>Anyway, just a thought. |
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>George |
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>On Thursday 14 March 2002 22:34, you wrote: |
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> > Here are the new install instructions. Not knowing the "proper" way to put |
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> > this out for review, I have put it up at the following URL (my pardons if |
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> > this breaks any protocols): |
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