Yan Mo wrote: > Hi, got past the previous issue by using a newer machine. > > Now have got upto section 8.4.2 in the LFS-BOOK-6.6 > > After entering: > > grub-install --grub-setup=/bin/true /dev/sda > > It gives the messages: > > grub-probe: error: cannot find a device for /boot/grub. > > No path or device is specified. > Try ``grub-probe --help'' for more information. > Auto-detection of a filesystem module failed. > Please specify the module with the options `--modules' explicitly. > > After doing a searchs of the Linux From Scratch website, I noticed that this > section of the book changes frequently. Should I try one of the previous > ways of doing this? I'm concerned I may not be able to reboot my computer if > I just try things...
Did you exit/reenter chroot and forget to remount the special filesystems as specified in Section 6.2? You need to have at least /dev mounted and accessible while in chroot. I'm not sure about grub, but you may also need /sys and /proc. -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
