From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: <gentoo-user+bounces-155197-garchives=archives.gentoo.org@lists.gentoo.org> Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 12D9B138A1F for <garchives@archives.gentoo.org>; Sat, 19 Apr 2014 11:33:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 969D2E0AC2; Sat, 19 Apr 2014 11:33:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com (ironport2-out.teksavvy.com [206.248.154.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A7179E0AB0 for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Sat, 19 Apr 2014 11:32:59 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AqoGAIDvNVNLd/pM/2dsb2JhbABZgwbEB4EXF3SCJgEBBDocMwshExIPBSU3h3nSGRePARaDDoEUBI8+iQ+GYYlrgWqDTCE X-IPAS-Result: AqoGAIDvNVNLd/pM/2dsb2JhbABZgwbEB4EXF3SCJgEBBDocMwshExIPBSU3h3nSGRePARaDDoEUBI8+iQ+GYYlrgWqDTCE X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.97,753,1389762000"; d="scan'208";a="58234606" Received: from 75-119-250-76.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO waltdnes.org) ([75.119.250.76]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with SMTP; 19 Apr 2014 07:32:57 -0400 Received: by waltdnes.org (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Sat, 19 Apr 2014 07:32:45 -0400 From: "Walter Dnes" <waltdnes@waltdnes.org> Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2014 07:32:45 -0400 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Strange behaviour with LILO on new install on old laptop Message-ID: <20140419113245.GB1084@waltdnes.org> References: <20140419045237.GA31969@waltdnes.org> <25843.1397884165@ccs.covici.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: <mailto:gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org> List-Help: <mailto:gentoo-user+help@lists.gentoo.org> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+unsubscribe@lists.gentoo.org> List-Subscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+subscribe@lists.gentoo.org> List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail <gentoo-user.gentoo.org> X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <25843.1397884165@ccs.covici.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.22 (2013-10-16) X-Archives-Salt: 17dbf0fa-4baa-47da-be0b-237c08eea5e4 X-Archives-Hash: 3fed8aed07da9cc9097a851a0e65a784 On Sat, Apr 19, 2014 at 01:09:25AM -0400, covici@ccs.covici.com wrote > > I don't let theebuild muck with lilo.conf,I edit it myself, so the root > is no problem -- its an initrd anyway. I don't understand. The ebuild doesn't look at lilo.conf, rather, it tries to guess the root partition, and fails miserably from the chroot. -- Walter Dnes <waltdnes@waltdnes.org> I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications