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From: Kent Fredric <kentfredric@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Hard Drive Crash - Please Help
Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 06:24:17
Message-Id: 8cd1ed20701272217n410ac922jcb2e7c8a30b93015@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Hard Drive Crash - Please Help by Grant
1 On 1/28/07, Grant <emailgrant@×××××.com> wrote:
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3 > I did just try chrooting into my laptop's /dev/hda3 copy on my desktop
4 > system with:
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6 > chroot /home/grant/hda3 /bin/bash
7 >
8 > and the vi command always seg faults. Does that mean the /dev/hda3
9 > image is done-for and I should just start the laptop over from scratch
10 > and import my /etc/ and /home/ directories when it's re-installed?
11 >
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13 You may have neglected to setup /dev /proc and /sys for the chroot environment.
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15 The gentoo install handbook will *should* show you how to get these going.
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18 -- Kent
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