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 CD or USB key > handy, and are willing to reboot, can you please do the following... > > 1) boot from the install ISO > 2) chroot to a running environment > 3) list the output from the 2 commands > mount > cat /etc/mtab > > I'm getting absolutely no output at all from those 2 commands in the > install chroot. That screws up the lilo ebuild install process. I want > to check whether blank /etc/mtab is my fault or not.
The installation handbook used to include a command to write /etc/mtab in the chroot by grepping the host mtab, but it's been removed and I haven't been able to find it. Meanwhile, I think it's standard behaviour for mtab not to be populated during the installation process. So I'd also be interested to hear from anyone who knows what mtab should contain. -- Regards Peter
