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On Sat, 19 Apr 2014 13:54:07 +0100 |
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Peter Humphrey <peter@××××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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> On Saturday 19 Apr 2014 07:43:18 Walter Dnes wrote: |
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> > I've got another thread going called... |
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> > "Strange behaviour with LILO on new install on old laptop". Before |
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> > I file a bug report, I want to check first whether it's my fault. |
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> > Can people here do me a favour? If you have a Gentoo install CD or |
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> > USB key handy, and are willing to reboot, can you please do the |
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> > following... |
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> > 1) boot from the install ISO |
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> > 2) chroot to a running environment |
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> > 3) list the output from the 2 commands |
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> > mount |
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> > cat /etc/mtab |
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> > I'm getting absolutely no output at all from those 2 commands in |
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> > the install chroot. That screws up the lilo ebuild install |
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> > process. I want to check whether blank /etc/mtab is my fault or |
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> > not. |
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> The installation handbook used to include a command to |
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> write /etc/mtab in the chroot by grepping the host mtab |
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It was part of grub-install, now grub legacy |
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https://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-amd64.xml?part=1&chap=10#doc_chap4 |
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Jan Matějka | Developer |
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https://gentoo.org | Gentoo Linux |
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