From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.2 required=5.0 tests=DATE_IN_PAST_12_24, INVALID_DATE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,NO_RELAYS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from drobbins by cvs.gentoo.org with local (Exim 3.22 #1) id 14NfMS-0001JB-00 for gentoo-dev@gentoo.org; Tue, 30 Jan 2001 11:18:36 -0700 To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] first rc4 pre2 installation guide problem Message-ID: <20010130111836.A5028@cvs.gentoo.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from david.bresson@yale.edu on Tue, Jan 30, 2001 at 12:03:31AM -0500 From: Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux development list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Tue Jan 30 11:19:01 2001 X-Original-Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 11:18:36 -0700 X-Archives-Salt: 1d5d62ad-6131-42a5-89f8-9e13cf47eaf2 X-Archives-Hash: 6324f37f6fa66fadcc5e561602af5f6a On Tue, Jan 30, 2001 at 12:03:31AM -0500, Dave Bresson wrote: > > > Ok, thanks to the new guide that's up, i now know the proper options for > my /boot partition. However, there seems to be some sort of problem going > on with the directions in the guide, specifically with the configuring the > settings section. Right after it says to do a 'chroot /mnt/gentoo' you're > to perform the 'env-update' command. When running 'env-update' i get a > "Error: /mnt/gentoo does not exist!" or some such error. This of course makes > sense, since that dir is now the root directory, however something tells > me that this *isn't* the way the command is supposed to work (i think). > Is it supposed to do this? And of course, exiting out of the chroot'ed > shell to run 'env-update' doesn't work b/c then it can't even find the > command. I've also looked at the python code for env-update in > /usr/sbin/env-update, however i haven't been able to come up with a > solution to this problem. Any ideas? You'll notice that the new install guide does not mention setting the $ROOT environment variable. You're having a problem because you setting $ROOT, which is no longer required with the new install method. just "unset ROOT" after chroot, and env-update will work. Best Regards, -- Daniel Robbins President/CEO http://www.gentoo.org Gentoo Technologies, Inc.