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From: Meino.Cramer@×××.de
To: Gentoo <gentoo-user@l.g.o>
Subject: [gentoo-user] A new gentoo ... how to check before delete the old one?
Date: Sun, 05 Feb 2017 05:26:43
Message-Id: 20170205052627.GA5126@solfire
1 Hi,
2
3 since my old Gentoo installation seems to be screwed up (regarding
4 the update process) beyond repair I decided to install a new one
5 instead of waiting for help.
6
7 I already made space at a certain of my harddisk and installed the
8 stage3 there.
9 Chrooting is one of the first steps to check, whether what I have
10 done so is valid.
11
12 But before deleting the old root and install the new one at its
13 place I would like to do a atmost identical boot into the new
14 root.
15
16 As far as I know the kernel only allows to boot into a partition
17 (instead of a directory on a partition containing the root
18 installation) and I am still using devices to boot from instead
19 of GPT.
20
21 Is there any neat trick to do a real boot into the new root via
22 the normal boot process (grub2) nevertheless ?
23
24 Cheers
25 Meino

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Re: [gentoo-user] A new gentoo ... how to check before delete the old one? "J. Roeleveld" <joost@××××××××.org>