[clue-tech] Compaq Armada 3500 woes

[Christopher Cross]

Using your example I would use the following commands

mount -t ext3 /dev/sda1 /mnt
mount -t proc none /mnt/proc
mount -o bind /dev /mnt/dev
chroot /mnt /bin/bash
grub-install /dev/sda
exit
umount /mnt/dev /mnt/proc /mnt
reboot


Christopher Cross
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On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 9:21 AM, Bill Smith <wpsmithii at msn.com> wrote:
> I'm a relative newbie, so exactly what are the commands, and in what order?
> Thanks Bill
>
> ________________________________
> Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2010 09:15:40 -0700
> From: g1ccross at gmail.com
> To: clue-tech at cluedenver.org
> Subject: Re: [clue-tech] Compaq Armada 3500 woes
>
> I think you need to mount /dev to to chroot before chrooting. Try mount -o
> bind /dev /mnt/dev. I am not sure but I usually mount proc in the chroot
> also.
> On Nov 23, 2010 9:08 AM, "Bill Smith" <wpsmithii at msn.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all, I dug around and found a grub install procedure for Knoppix.
>> Here's what happened. First I did "fdisk -1" and I got 3 partitions as I had
>> installed. The boot was /dev/sda1 and it was listed as ID: 83 ,system:
>> linux, this should be ext3, the start was 1 end was 2374, 19+ Gig. The
>> commands I used as root are as follows:
>> mount -t ext3 -o rw /dev/sda1 /mnt
>> chroot /mnt
>> grub-install /dev/sda
>> The feedback from this was
>> /dev/sda: Not found or not a block device
>>
>>
>> Thanks in advance. Bill
>
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