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 DE23F138A1F for ; Sat, 19 Apr 2014 12:21:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9C019E0B05; Sat, 19 Apr 2014 12:21:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-lb0-f181.google.com (mail-lb0-f181.google.com [209.85.217.181]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6D850E0A8A for ; Sat, 19 Apr 2014 12:21:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-lb0-f181.google.com with SMTP id c11so2044707lbj.12 for ; Sat, 19 Apr 2014 05:21:05 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=ACAfVtBBKjo82Q6JmnVIHDxndSFI/sYlaEJXvGgEkF8=; b=yKJ52m00Nbo8D0LO6o0Epw2ptw5iIKzyXcpQpoubTDjEh+kQ+yyNshNAQPqQS1vl/K 0pVWByPzKY5+S/YPbEWNvovlE4K5S7p3sJlqw4Kvtzemgmx6r/85OEjzyGIjHYdIDXmx sU9HNatWB1XLeFnkNLXxX24KeZsqrOHQEWd8o5XYOzIH0LpcOm/uLVL+wg/YWjaLhKOO oAU8aWCcyyMD2NPpFTWqEyek8+uoRyWYLZXBpoZF5blfJ4SzjY/jsmQEPeo2qVrvTpG1 ZLmgPkepfcgJtqV4e5AlzOQ1LcP4Yof4o6U6uU8FIrBpy+M9O3y2Ubq3dSKa8grO5gtP UXOA== 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 X-Received: by 10.152.29.8 with SMTP id f8mr18141309lah.11.1397910064951; Sat, 19 Apr 2014 05:21:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.152.125.106 with HTTP; Sat, 19 Apr 2014 05:21:04 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20140419114318.GC1084@waltdnes.org> References: <20140419114318.GC1084@waltdnes.org> Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2014 08:21:04 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Output of "mount" and "cat /etc/mtab" inside install chroot? From: Tom H To: Gentoo User Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Archives-Salt: 049af1cf-5d4c-4d1e-af7d-e2e9ca22cbab X-Archives-Hash: 7ace77ab75bab478957414ac8448b886 On Sat, Apr 19, 2014 at 7:43 AM, Walter Dnes wrote: > 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. Are you mounting a proc filesystem within the to-be-chrooted filesystem before chrooting?