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From: John Jolet <john@×××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] fixing fstab
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 23:27:48
Message-Id: 200511141723.17906.john@jolet.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] fixing fstab by darren kirby
1 On Monday 14 November 2005 16:54, darren kirby wrote:
2 > quoth the John Jolet:
3 > > On Nov 14, 2005, at 3:43 PM, Allan Gottlieb wrote:
4 > > > (I prefer bottom posting but am following the prev poster.)
5 > > >
6 > > > I looks as though you had /boot on a separate partition from / (in you
7 > > > new install).
8 > > >
9 > > > So instead of
10 > > >
11 > > > mount /dev/hda3 /mnt/gentoo
12 > > >
13 > > > you need
14 > > >
15 > > > mount /dev/hdax /mnt/gentoo
16 > > >
17 > > > where x is 1 or 2 or whichever partition you used for /.
18 > >
19 > > umm, did I miss a memo?
20 > > he was trying to fix fstab, which is in /etc, not /boot.
21 >
22 > Right, which is why Allen said to mount whichever partition is '/', rather
23 > than /boot. Read his post again ;)
24
25 my bad. Misunderstood what he was saying.
26 >
27 > -d
28
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