On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 4:06 PM, Bruce Dubbs <bruce.du...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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 > Yeah, I'm not sure about grub[byness] neither. There's no way I could deal with a billion different ways that someone's disk has been partitioned. Now that I've got a working system that will fit on a CD, are there any straightforward instructions somewhere on how to make a live-CD?
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