On Wed, Dec 20, 2006 at 10:01:35PM -0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Really, I asked two questions mixed up together. The other is how to
> run makeinitrd, or anything else such as lilo or grub-install (or
> whatever the command is) in a chroot, when chrooting cuts you off from
> the /dev and /proc filesystems so that none of these commands will run.
I've done this several times over the years as needs change and I've
never had a problem. Here's how I do it:
from single-user mode
format the new partition
mount it on e.g. /newvar
use mc and copy /var to /newvar (keeping same attributes)
shutdown -Fr now
boot the install disk and:
rename /newvar to /oldvar
edit /etc/fstab to point /var to the new partition,
and mount the old var partition on /oldvar
for my friend Justin Case.
reboot to single user mode, and ensure all is well,
reboot to standard mode.
if all looks good, unmount /oldvar and delete the partition or
otherwise reclaim that space.
As far as running a command from within the partition (e.g. chroot) from
a rescue, I note that the Etch installer has this on the rescue-mode
menu (including installing grub or lilo), I would just do that if need
be.
YMMV, good luck.
Doug.
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