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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 I |
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> file a bug report, I want to check first whether it's my fault. Can |
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> people here do me a favour? If you have a Gentoo install CD or USB key |
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> handy, and are willing to reboot, can you please do the 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 the |
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> install chroot. That screws up the lilo ebuild install process. I want |
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> to check whether blank /etc/mtab is my fault or not. |
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The installation handbook used to include a command to write /etc/mtab in the |
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chroot by grepping the host mtab, but it's been removed and I haven't been |
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able to find it. Meanwhile, I think it's standard behaviour for mtab not to be |
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populated during the installation process. |
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So I'd also be interested to hear from anyone who knows what mtab should |
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contain. |
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Regards |
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Peter |