On Sat, 19 Apr 2014 13:54:07 +0100 Peter Humphrey <pe...@prh.myzen.co.uk> 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 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 It was part of grub-install, now grub legacy https://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-amd64.xml?part=1&chap=10#doc_chap4 --- Jan Matějka | Developer https://gentoo.org | Gentoo Linux GPG: A33E F5BC A9F6 DAFD 2021 6FB6 3EBF D45B EEB6 CA8B
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