On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 10:06 AM, Brian <a...@cityscape.co.uk> wrote: > On Mon 05 Dec 2011 at 08:44:51 -0600, Harry Putnam wrote: >> >> When I run update-grub, it appears to be working but ends with >> something akin to an error: >> >> root # update-grub >> Generating grub.cfg ... >> Found background image: >> /usr/share/images/desktop-base/desktop-grub.png >> Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-1-686-pae >> Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.0.0-1-686-pae >> Cannot find list of partitions! (Try mounting /sys.) >> done >> >> So its not clear if it has finished properly or what. > > OSs on other partitions will not be found. > >> Apparently /sys is not populated in a chroot, or there is something I >> needed to run before chroot. > > mount -o bind /sys <mount_point>/sys
I only bind-mount "/dev"; for "/sys", I run: mount -t sysfs sysfs /path_to_mountpoint/sys -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAOdo=SwiDWEsmdvfKBDqciJn0r9uV=H=yxygfelvp+rgjx_...@mail.gmail.com