From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1E7t2t-0003HL-5b for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 24 Aug 2005 11:03:51 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j7OB0vZD000590; Wed, 24 Aug 2005 11:00:57 GMT Received: from lmfilto02.st1.spray.net (lmfilto02.st1.spray.net [212.78.202.66]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j7OAtCRC028760 for ; Wed, 24 Aug 2005 10:55:13 GMT Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lmfilto02.st1.spray.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A93E193310 for ; Wed, 24 Aug 2005 10:56:14 +0000 (GMT) Received: from cmcodec02.st1.spray.net ([212.78.202.183]) by localhost (lmfilto02.st1.spray.net [212.78.202.32]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 21338-10 for ; Wed, 24 Aug 2005 10:56:14 +0000 (GMT) Received: from cmcodec02.st1.spray.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by cmcodec02.st1.spray.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 40B0082D01 for ; Wed, 24 Aug 2005 10:56:14 +0000 (GMT) Comment: DomainKeys? See http://antispam.yahoo.com/domainkeys DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=lycos.co.uk; h=From:Subject; b=lxPXDxkQOX4Lv0Ehg8LT+D5adBaGyIQgRpkVdR52aBpCtU5XRokBNCcIo5epTCxZ5KgcifRDxqh3c77lTchWD2nHO30LJHGjldlrTPKTiLPto8/UUVXt57foJz5eqk5VmgvV1G5A+nyTaBs4PIjZpESpBD3dCXF28zCok8Hk9GI=; From: "Michael Kintzios" To: Subject: RE: [gentoo-user] newbie install - emerge: command not found Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 11:56:21 +0100 Message-ID: Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.2627 In-Reply-To: <1124873949.5942.67.camel@localhost.localdomain> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Importance: Normal X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at spray.net X-Archives-Salt: 7f1d809f-f8a4-4e41-b8fa-145b0393f18c X-Archives-Hash: 21ef263835176eabbb6a8204420a94c9 > -----Original Message----- > From: Frank Schafer [mailto:frank.schafer@t-systems.cz] > Sent: 24 August 2005 09:59 > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] newbie install - emerge: command not found > > > On Wed, 2005-08-24 at 10:32 +0200, Assaf Urieli wrote: > > Neil Bothwick wrote: > > > > >On Tue, 23 Aug 2005 17:52:22 +0200, Assaf Urieli wrote: > > > > > > > > In fact, I'm not even quite sure that I understand the > > whole concept of > > mounting... > > When I type: > > # mount -t ext3 /dev/hda3 /mnt/gentoo > > Does the /mnt/gentoo directory already exist somewhere? If > > it didn't, I > > imagine this statement would throw an error. But where can > > it exist if > > it isn't yet associated with any partition (i.e. /dev/hda3)? > > First: it has to exist > Second: you imagine right > Third: A bolt hole can exist without a bolt in it, can't it? Perhaps it would help if you for a minute try to break the assumed and transparent (from a M$Windoze user perspective) linkage between filesystem components (e.g. a directory like /mnt/gentoo) and device components (e.g. a partition like /dev/hda3). The physical device which contains actual data will only be connected to the software entity of a directory, after it is mounted (linked) to it by means of # mount . After that linkage (mounting) is established your OS can access and read the data stored on that device. > > > # mkdir /mnt/gentoo/boot > > Where am I making this directory? I would assume this > > statement creates the directory on /dev/hda3. Not as you understand it: directories are software entities, /dev/hda3 is a physical device (hardware). In other words, you are creating a subdirectory within your /mnt/gentoo directory - a software path in your filesystem. As long as your /mnt/gentoo directory has been linked to the physical device of /dev/hda3 then this structure and its contents will be stored (saved) in the mounted /dev/hda3. > > But then, in the next statement, I'm > > associating it with /dev/hda4! OK, if you were to mount your /dev/hda4 to your /mnt/gentoo/usr then any relevant data produced thereafter will no longer be stored on the previously mounted device (/dev/hda3), but on the newly mounted /dev/hda4. I hope this helps. -- Regards, Mick -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list