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 2C0A1138A1F for ; Sat, 19 Apr 2014 14:24:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1B5BAE0ABB; Sat, 19 Apr 2014 14:24:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-la0-f46.google.com (mail-la0-f46.google.com [209.85.215.46]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CA040E05C1 for ; Sat, 19 Apr 2014 14:24:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-la0-f46.google.com with SMTP id hr17so2070948lab.19 for ; Sat, 19 Apr 2014 07:24:18 -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=pz3mlBH79K9i0etQN7xEPzpvcTEU7O3SyUeeh4vBByc=; b=IGy4YgGGMCL6ZfyY4m8Y+OIijM3sEx5aa8n+dI6bxS7Mh7jKPHqLT0ypDe/O0MCnjJ HvZr8L8XVbtyYsBqMk1ywUD4KHP/mxlajLD0J42y0Qo078qgAyalE4I6qJisFHxGyBmi zne8QaggF4zbO969EZboBOtoHVZiCzwP9lOX29MMcl3t9wULWTEurrDEXF1lg+oMRlMy 8jKNjWcW0IwZO4J1ltqK8rLmKNHYzSmBtvmLFVWN2GXiPJZfAAppvNd1QjFsgeOe2EPK 6+rtY0krWHdUWiF5kJDS36YPPx4LtMNIzdDNs2kZN4kdJX6tnv/Z1grNXjsKb0FHk7xx S5sg== 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 10.112.26.199 with SMTP id n7mr15085228lbg.27.1397917457986; Sat, 19 Apr 2014 07:24:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.152.125.106 with HTTP; Sat, 19 Apr 2014 07:24:17 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <1568743.81bfSX6GRC@wstn> References: <20140419114318.GC1084@waltdnes.org> <1568743.81bfSX6GRC@wstn> Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2014 10:24:17 -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: 331130ac-9dd2-42e4-8b4f-8a98c4f81a8e X-Archives-Hash: 686e2e0c22db3d8a6b1c0312d10bd2b6 On Sat, Apr 19, 2014 at 8:54 AM, Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Saturday 19 Apr 2014 07:43:18 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. > > The installation handbook used to include a command to write /etc/mtab in the > chroot by grepping the host mtab, but it's been removed and I haven't been > able to find it. Meanwhile, I think it's standard behaviour for mtab not to be > populated during the installation process. > > So I'd also be interested to hear from anyone who knows what mtab should > contain. I symlink "/proc/self/mounts" to "/etc/mtab". But the handbook has "grep -v rootfs /proc/mounts > /etc/mtab".