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* [gentoo-user] Re: grub installation problem
  @ 2011-01-12 19:07 99% ` Nuno J. Silva
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From: Nuno J. Silva @ 2011-01-12 19:07 UTC (permalink / raw
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Jacques Montier <jacques.montier@numericable.fr> writes:

> Hi all,
>
> I am installing Gentoo on a new pc and following the Gentoo manual.
> I create primary partition sda3 for boot with ext3 file system, then
> Extended partition for
> swap sda5
> / sda6 with reiserfs file system
> /usr sda7 with reiserfs file system
> /home sda8 with reiserfs fiel system.
>
> after chroot, i can install every package except grub in /boot.
> I get the message : "your boot partition, detected as being mounted as
> /boot, is read-only.
> Remounting it in read-write mode ..."
> Then the error message : "failed to create symbolic link `//boot/boot` :
> Read-only file system.
>
> What's going on ???

I would check if there is any error or warning in the kernel log when
that happens.

just do
   dmesg | tail

after the error, to check the last lines in the log.

-- 
Nuno J. Silva
gopher://sdf-eu.org/1/users/njsg




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