Re: [gentoo-user] Output of "mount" and "cat /etc/mtab" inside install chroot?

2014-04-22 Thread Tom H
On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 7:44 PM, Walter Dnes wrote: > On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 09:38:44AM +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote >> On Monday 21 Apr 2014 00:55:56 yac wrote: >>> On Sat, 19 Apr 2014 13:54:07 +0100 >>> Peter Humphrey wrote: The installation handbook used to include a command to

Re: [gentoo-user] Output of "mount" and "cat /etc/mtab" inside install chroot?

2014-04-22 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Monday 21 Apr 2014 19:44:45 Walter Dnes wrote: > *AFTER YOU CHROOT* what are the contents of /proc/self/mounts and > /proc/mounts ? Can you copy either of them into /etc/mtab and have the > correct result? No, of course it's the same as outside the chroot, because before entering, I do a '

Re: [gentoo-user] Output of "mount" and "cat /etc/mtab" inside install chroot?

2014-04-21 Thread Walter Dnes
On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 09:38:44AM +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote > On Monday 21 Apr 2014 00:55:56 yac wrote: > > On Sat, 19 Apr 2014 13:54:07 +0100 > > Peter Humphrey wrote: > > > The installation handbook used to include a command to > > > write /etc/mtab in the chroot by grepping the host mtab > >

Re: [gentoo-user] Output of "mount" and "cat /etc/mtab" inside install chroot?

2014-04-21 Thread Tom H
On Sat, Apr 19, 2014 at 5:16 PM, Walter Dnes wrote: > On Sat, Apr 19, 2014 at 10:24:17AM -0400, Tom H wrote >> >> I symlink "/proc/self/mounts" to "/etc/mtab". >> >> But the handbook has "grep -v rootfs /proc/mounts > /etc/mtab". > > I re-checked the AMD64 install docs in Firefox "{CTRL}F" "mtab"

Re: [gentoo-user] Output of "mount" and "cat /etc/mtab" inside install chroot?

2014-04-21 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Monday 21 Apr 2014 00:55:56 yac wrote: > On Sat, 19 Apr 2014 13:54:07 +0100 > Peter Humphrey wrote: > > The installation handbook used to include a command to > > write /etc/mtab in the chroot by grepping the host mtab > > It was part of grub-install, now grub legacy > > https://www.gentoo.or

Re: [gentoo-user] Output of "mount" and "cat /etc/mtab" inside install chroot?

2014-04-20 Thread yac
On Sat, 19 Apr 2014 13:54:07 +0100 Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Saturday 19 Apr 2014 07:43:18 Walter Dnes wrote: > > I've got another thread going called... > > "Strange behaviour with LILO on new install on old laptop". Before > > I file a bug report, I want to check first whether it's my fault

Re: [gentoo-user] Output of "mount" and "cat /etc/mtab" inside install chroot?

2014-04-19 Thread Walter Dnes
On Sat, Apr 19, 2014 at 10:24:17AM -0400, Tom H wrote > I symlink "/proc/self/mounts" to "/etc/mtab". > > But the handbook has "grep -v rootfs /proc/mounts > /etc/mtab". I re-checked the AMD64 install docs in Firefox "{CTRL}F" "mtab" in... http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-amd64.x

Re: [gentoo-user] Output of "mount" and "cat /etc/mtab" inside install chroot?

2014-04-19 Thread Tom H
On Sat, Apr 19, 2014 at 8:54 AM, Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Saturday 19 Apr 2014 07:43:18 Walter Dnes wrote: >> >> I've got another thread going called... >> "Strange behaviour with LILO on new install on old laptop". Before I >> file a bug report, I want to check first whether it's my fault. Can

Re: [gentoo-user] Output of "mount" and "cat /etc/mtab" inside install chroot?

2014-04-19 Thread Mark David Dumlao
On Sat, Apr 19, 2014 at 8:54 PM, Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Saturday 19 Apr 2014 07:43:18 Walter Dnes wrote: >> I've got another thread going called... >> "Strange behaviour with LILO on new install on old laptop". Before I >> file a bug report, I want to check first whether it's my fault. Can

Re: [gentoo-user] Output of "mount" and "cat /etc/mtab" inside install chroot?

2014-04-19 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Saturday 19 Apr 2014 07:43:18 Walter Dnes wrote: > I've got another thread going called... > "Strange behaviour with LILO on new install on old laptop". Before I > file a bug report, I want to check first whether it's my fault. Can > people here do me a favour? If you have a Gentoo install

Re: [gentoo-user] Output of "mount" and "cat /etc/mtab" inside install chroot?

2014-04-19 Thread Tom H
On Sat, Apr 19, 2014 at 7:43 AM, Walter Dnes wrote: > I've got another thread going called... > "Strange behaviour with LILO on new install on old laptop". Before I > file a bug report, I want to check first whether it's my fault. Can > people here do me a favour? If you have a Gentoo install

[gentoo-user] Output of "mount" and "cat /etc/mtab" inside install chroot?

2014-04-19 Thread Walter Dnes
I've got another thread going called... "Strange behaviour with LILO on new install on old laptop". Before I file a bug report, I want to check first whether it's my fault. Can people here do me a favour? If you have a Gentoo install CD or USB key handy, and are willing to reboot, can you plea