de4d
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Joined: 12 Sep 2002
Posts: 181
Location: fr. i. br. (ger)
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 Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2002 8:16 am Post subject: hint: installation over running system |
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the first time i tried to install gentoo over another distribution (in my case debian) it failed bootstrap because i skipped the chroot step after booting the old system with init=/bin/bash (i didnt bother d/ling the isos nor cleaning up for a new partition).
errormessages coming up were something like rw_open /dev/console (access denied)
maybe dumb mistake, but one might think, root is already at the right place, so no need to chroot.
before i gave it up i tried
| Code: | | mount /dev/<root> /mnt |
(which is already mounted to / (!)?)
and
| Code: | | chroot /mnt /bin/bash |
b4 going on with the bootstrap process.
anyway now the files in /dev can be accessed as if /dev/ wasnt full of special devices.
just have to know (it took me several days/nights) ...
if this information is alredy included in any FAQ/HOWTO, please forgive me, didnt find it :)
ps: 2 the others using debian (or even suse): give it a try |
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Installing Gentoo
