From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7CB16138A1F for ; Sat, 19 Apr 2014 11:43:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3DCA2E0AC9; Sat, 19 Apr 2014 11:43:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com (ironport2-out.teksavvy.com [206.248.154.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3A756E0ABB for ; Sat, 19 Apr 2014 11:43:32 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AuQGAIDvNVNLd/pM/2dsb2JhbABZgwYBvEyIURd0gmYcXxMhBSUkE4d5n3+yGheSJYEUBI8+iQ+GYYlrgWqDTCE X-IPAS-Result: AuQGAIDvNVNLd/pM/2dsb2JhbABZgwYBvEyIURd0gmYcXxMhBSUkE4d5n3+yGheSJYEUBI8+iQ+GYYlrgWqDTCE X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.97,753,1389762000"; d="scan'208";a="58234797" 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 07:43:30 -0400 Received: by waltdnes.org (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Sat, 19 Apr 2014 07:43:18 -0400 From: "Walter Dnes" Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2014 07:43:18 -0400 To: Gentoo Users List Subject: [gentoo-user] Output of "mount" and "cat /etc/mtab" inside install chroot? Message-ID: <20140419114318.GC1084@waltdnes.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail 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 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.22 (2013-10-16) X-Archives-Salt: 429fb7d7-8545-47af-8909-48792771468b X-Archives-Hash: 50cd4d87651affc45198b8718b764a5e 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. -- Walter Dnes I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications