On Fri, Oct 28, 2022 at 3:31 PM Jake D <techsupport_accou...@riseup.net> wrote: > > Stab in the dark - within the chroot jail maybe it knows about the > > mounted *tree* but it doesn't know about the mounts themselves? In > > other words, by doing the mounts outside of the chroot, you are > > updating /etc/mnttab in the "Live USB" environment, but /etc/mnttab in > > the chroot environment is not updated. > > I'm sorry but I really dont understand the terminology/jargon here.
"Live USB" - the environment you are in when booted off the Live USB, before you enter the "chroot" command "chroot jail" - the environment you are in after issuing the "chroot" command /etc/mnttab - when you issue a "mount" command, information about the mount is saved in /etc/mnttab. But when you "chroot /mnt", you are in the "chroot jail", and within that environment you cannot access the /etc/mnttab from the "Live USB" environment; therefore the "chroot jail" does not know the *details* about the mounts. Even worse, the /etc/mnttab file in the "chroot jail" (which is actually /mnt/etc/mnttab) probably has stale data from the last time the "chroot jail" environment was actually booted. So from within the "chroot jail" you can see the directory tree, but you can't see the details of how they were mounted. Hope this helps you understand the terminology/jargon. > Are you saying I did the commands in the wrong order? I'm just following the > instructions in the link I included. I'm saying the order *may* be significant depending on what you want to do within the "chroot jail". If you are only doing simple file operations, it may not matter. But when you start doing OS-level operations it may matter a great deal. And you are attempting OS-level operations. _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
