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bedtime n00b
Joined: 19 Dec 2012 Posts: 71
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Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2013 7:48 pm Post subject: Second gentoo installation /etc/fstab file help |
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I currently have two Gentoo installations. #1 install is as follows:
sda1 /boot
sda2 swap
sda3 / (root)
The #2 Gentoo install is just awaiting the kernel to be compiled and I need to make the /etc/fstab file.
So far I have this:
sda2 swap
sda4 / (root)
My 'guess' is that I would edit the /etc/fstab file this way:
Code: | /dev/sda4 /boot ext3 defaults,noatime 0 2
/dev/sda2 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/sda4 / ext3 noatime 0 1
# no cdrom; laptop
# /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto noauto,user 0 0 |
Gentoo install #1 has the grub2 bootloader installed and will be updated to catch and find both kernels, hopefully.
Am I way off? Does this seem like the correct way to do this?
Also, I m using initramfs kernel support for both #1 and #2. |
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NeddySeagoon Administrator
Joined: 05 Jul 2003 Posts: 54266 Location: 56N 3W
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Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2013 8:29 pm Post subject: |
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bedtime,
Code: | /dev/sda4 /boot ext3 defaults,noatime 0 2
/dev/sda4 / ext3 noatime 0 1 |
Close.
fstab describes complete filesystems and their mount points.
If you do not have a /boot partition, becuase you use the /boot directory on the root filesystem, you do not have a /boot entry in fstab either. _________________ Regards,
NeddySeagoon
Computer users fall into two groups:-
those that do backups
those that have never had a hard drive fail. |
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bedtime n00b
Joined: 19 Dec 2012 Posts: 71
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Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2013 9:05 pm Post subject: |
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NeddySeagoon wrote: | bedtime,
Code: | /dev/sda4 /boot ext3 defaults,noatime 0 2
/dev/sda4 / ext3 noatime 0 1 |
Close.
fstab describes complete filesystems and their mount points.
If you do not have a /boot partition, becuase you use the /boot directory on the root filesystem, you do not have a /boot entry in fstab either. |
Thanks. I tried this and rebooted in Gentoo #1. I did:
Code: | # grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg
# mount /boot
# grub2-install /dev/sda
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also tried:
Code: | [code]# grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg
# mount /dev/sda4 /boot
# grub2-install /dev/sda
[/code] |
It didn't catch #2 Gentoo. Just #1. |
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NeddySeagoon Administrator
Joined: 05 Jul 2003 Posts: 54266 Location: 56N 3W
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Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2013 9:58 pm Post subject: |
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bedtime,
Lets rewind a second ...
When you said you had two installs, I thought you had meant on separate systems.
When you have multiple installs on the same system, they should share /boot, swap and /tmp if tmp is separate.
You don't have to share /boot but it will save your from insanity if you do.
You may have at most one boot loader per drive, ok you can chainload but the start of the chain is your one bootloader.
You must make sure that both your and grub can tell the files apart in the shared /boot but its not an issue as you can name them how you want.
With a shared boot, the entry for boot is identical in both (all) /etc/fstabs _________________ Regards,
NeddySeagoon
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BillWho Veteran
Joined: 03 Mar 2012 Posts: 1600 Location: US
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Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2013 10:43 pm Post subject: |
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bedtime,
You can always make the menu.config entries manually for your second installation. _________________ Good luck
Since installing gentoo, my life has become one long emerge |
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bedtime n00b
Joined: 19 Dec 2012 Posts: 71
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Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2013 6:06 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks to you both for the answers.
I tried to make an installation with ~x86 and it ended with far too many conflicts, so this mission has been unsuccessful and has been aborted. Reinstalling, wiping drive. I might someday figure this out, but today is not that day. Too complicated and I'm too stupid. So sorry to waste your time and I do appreciate your help. |
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NeddySeagoon Administrator
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Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2013 6:25 pm Post subject: |
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bedtime,
Stupid is forever and cannot be fixed. You are not that - You installed Gentoo.
It you want to admit to ignorance of Gentoo you are among friends. We were all ignorant of Gentoo at one time.
Ignorance can be fixed with help and encouragement - you will find both here.
We all remember our first steps in Gentoo and the learning process that went with it. _________________ Regards,
NeddySeagoon
Computer users fall into two groups:-
those that do backups
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bedtime n00b
Joined: 19 Dec 2012 Posts: 71
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Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2013 7:51 pm Post subject: |
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NeddySeagoon wrote: | bedtime,
Stupid is forever and cannot be fixed. You are not that - You installed Gentoo.
It you want to admit to ignorance of Gentoo you are among friends. We were all ignorant of Gentoo at one time.
Ignorance can be fixed with help and encouragement - you will find both here.
We all remember our first steps in Gentoo and the learning process that went with it. |
Thanx Neddy and sorry for the negativity. I've got depression and I shouldn't be be contaminating everyone with it.
In any event I've been catching on to the Gentoo way of things so its been getting better. |
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