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On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 09:38:44AM +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote |
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> On Monday 21 Apr 2014 00:55:56 yac wrote: |
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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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> > > 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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> > |
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> > It was part of grub-install, now grub legacy |
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> > |
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> > https://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-amd64.xml?part=1&chap=10#doc |
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> > _chap4 |
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> Yes, thanks, a couple of people posted what it says here the other |
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> day. Now I'm puzzling over whether it's good advice. |
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> For instance, suppose I want to reinstall the chroot in which I keep |
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> an image of my Atom box here on my workstation. Then /etc/mtab has: |
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> /dev/md5 / [...] |
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> but once I chroot into /mnt/atom, where the image lives, that's wrong and |
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> should be: |
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> /dev/mapper/vg7-atom / [...] |
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> because vg7-atom is now the root of the file system. |
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> Does the handbook need an update? Or maybe it's right after all |
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> because when grub runs its installer it's unconcerned with where |
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> it's invoked from. |
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> |
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> [Wanders off stage-left, muttering and scratching his head...] |
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*AFTER YOU CHROOT* what are the contents of /proc/self/mounts and |
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/proc/mounts ? Can you copy either of them into /etc/mtab and have the |
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correct result? |
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Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> |
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I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications |
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