DOH /proc prob

wallace1819 · Apprentice Joined: 17 Aug 2002 Posts: 195 Location: VT

well I screwed up big this time....

Just finished a fresh install and booted for the first time. just as the boot process hangs at

"* Mounting proc at /proc"

I remember ...I FORGOT TO MOUNT PROC before i chroot'ed into /mnt/gentoo!!!! AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!! *smack forehead on table*

Is there an easier way to fix this other than starting all over again?

thx,
wallace

meowsqueak · Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2003 1:51 am Post subject:

Hmm, that shouldn't matter since you've rebooted and mounts don't persist across boots.

I suspect you haven't got a /proc mountpoint. Try booting from the LiveCD, mount /dev/<root> /mnt/gentoo and mkdir /mnt/gentoo/proc and see if that helps.

( <root> == your root partition, of course )

No you do not need to reinstall. Linux isn't flakey like some OSes... you can usually fix anything without reinstalling.

wallace1819 · Apprentice Joined: 17 Aug 2002 Posts: 195 Location: VT

thx! that was the problem!

thx again dude!

meowsqueak · Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2003 2:09 am Post subject:

No problem.

Almost everything in GNU/Linux has a logical and explainable raison-d'etre - my advice is, don't panic

Glad I could help out. Enjoy your new Gentoo installation.