[gentoo-user] Re: gentoo

[Gabriel M. Beddingfield]

On Sunday 05 December 2004 05:08 pm, you wrote:
> My apologies for sending this to you but
> I accidently deleted your e-mail in gentoo.users.

It's allright.  I like getting a CC, actually.

> [root@hei don]# mount -t proc none /mnt/gentoo/proc
> [root@hei don]# chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/bash
> bash-2.05b# env-update
>
> >>> Regenerating /etc/ld.so.cache...
>
> bash-2.05b# source /etc/profile
> hei / # cd /mnt/gentoo
> bash: cd: /mnt/gentoo: No such file or directory
> hei / # cd /gentoo
> bash: cd: /gentoo: No such file or directory
> hei / #
> /mnt/gentoo is /dev/hdb5 so I know its there.
> I can open it with a file manager.
> I'm installing gentoo from a konsole in MDK.
> Could that be the problem?
>
> I get the same thing.
> Don

short answer:  You were doing fine.  There is no error.  Proceed with 
the next step ('emerge --sync').

LONG answer:

You were doing just fine until you did 'cd /mnt/gentoo'.  What are you 
trying to do?  Why not just take the next step?  (Next step:  'emerge 
--sync')

What you are seeing is *not* an error.  When you say 
'chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/bash' the computer *essentially* does this:

1. cd /mnt/gentoo
2. make /mnt/gentoo to be /
3. Run bash as the shell... as if you had booted into gentoo 
with /mnt/gentoo as your root directory (/).
4. All this only effects the konsole session you are running.

/mnt/gentoo will no longer exist.  If it did exist, then it means you 
messed up.

Suppose I did the following:

# ls /
foo bar bat
# ls /mnt/gentoo
alpha beta delta
# ls /mnt/gentoo/mnt/gentoo
do re mi
# chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/bash
# ls
alpha beta delta
# ls /
alpha beta delta
# ls /mnt/gentoo
do re me

Do you get it?  In your case, there is no /mnt/gentoo/mnt/gentoo, so 
when you chroot, the directory /mnt/gentoo no longer exists.

GOOD LUCK!

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