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From: Peter Humphrey <peter@××××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Output of "mount" and "cat /etc/mtab" inside install chroot?
Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2014 12:54:14
Message-Id: 1568743.81bfSX6GRC@wstn
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Output of "mount" and "cat /etc/mtab" inside install chroot? by Walter Dnes
1 On Saturday 19 Apr 2014 07:43:18 Walter Dnes wrote:
2 > I've got another thread going called...
3 > "Strange behaviour with LILO on new install on old laptop". Before I
4 > file a bug report, I want to check first whether it's my fault. Can
5 > people here do me a favour? If you have a Gentoo install CD or USB key
6 > handy, and are willing to reboot, can you please do the following...
7 >
8 > 1) boot from the install ISO
9 > 2) chroot to a running environment
10 > 3) list the output from the 2 commands
11 > mount
12 > cat /etc/mtab
13 >
14 > I'm getting absolutely no output at all from those 2 commands in the
15 > install chroot. That screws up the lilo ebuild install process. I want
16 > to check whether blank /etc/mtab is my fault or not.
17
18 The installation handbook used to include a command to write /etc/mtab in the
19 chroot by grepping the host mtab, but it's been removed and I haven't been
20 able to find it. Meanwhile, I think it's standard behaviour for mtab not to be
21 populated during the installation process.
22
23 So I'd also be interested to hear from anyone who knows what mtab should
24 contain.
25
26 --
27 Regards
28 Peter

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