Quoting John Cooper <lug@???>:
> m.nuttall@??? wrote:
> > Quoting John Cooper <lug@???>:
> >
> >
> >> m.nuttall@??? wrote:
> >>
> >>> Quoting John Cooper <lug@???>:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> I dont know what chroot means, i presume it means change to root
> >>>
> >> something.
> >>
> >>> Can you tell me command line for chroot
> >>>
> >>>
> >> Change root will define a new root (/) path. After booting from a rescue
> >> CD you need to mount the root partition on the harddrive
> >>
> >
> > Done that with mount -t ext3 /dev/hda6 /root
> >
> Without the -t is should default to auto detect, but if you know it is
> ext3, you can define it.
> >
> >> then chroot to
> >> it. E.g.
> >>
> >> mkdir /mnt/newroot
> >>
> >
> > that line returns:
> > /root/bin/mkdir no such file or di
> All you need is a new directory under / (root directory), so try
> /tmp/newroot or /newroot.
ok that all works ok until:
grub-install /dev/hda
that returns:"/dev/hda:not found or not a block device"
thanks
Martin N
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