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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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> It was part of grub-install, now grub legacy |
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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 day. Now |
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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 an image |
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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 because when |
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grub runs its installer it's unconcerned with where it's invoked from. |
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[Wanders off stage-left, muttering and scratching his head...] |
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-- |
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Regards |
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Peter |
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