Re: [gentoo-dev] documentation for Gentoo 1.4 installation (typo?)

[Viken A Djerdjian]

At 03:07 AM 10/1/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>>>I was wondering if the following was a typo:
>>>from: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/build.html (the installation
>>>instructions for gentoo 1.4 for x86)
>>>
>>>In Code listing 49,
>>>You have the following 2 lines:
>>># cp /usr/share/grub/i386-pc/stage1 /mnt/floppy/boot/grub
>>># cp /usr/share/grub/i386-pc/stage2 /mnt/floppy/boot/grub
>>>
>>>Doesn't the second line overwrite what the first line created? The file
>>>/mnt/floppy/grub gets replaced with starge2?
>>Don't think so, Viken. stage1 and stage 2 are files. grub is a
>>directory.
>>So the two files are copied into the same directory.
>
>Actually he is correct though what you say is the obvious intention.
>If you look at the full code listing, the grub subdirectory hasn't
>been created yet when you get to these two copy statements.  So,
>/mnt/floppy/boot/grub actually does specify a file.  To correct the
>code, the preceeding statement creating the directory structure on
>the floppy should be "mkdir -p /mnt/floppy/boot/grub".

Thanks, I realized a minute after I sent the email that [...]/floppy/grub 
was meant to be a directory.
Sorry and Thanks.
Vik Djerdjian