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authorGuillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>2005-10-29 23:20:12 +0000
committerGuillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>2005-10-29 23:20:12 +0000
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diff --git a/ca/appendix/chroot-install.xml b/ca/appendix/chroot-install.xml
index 6f32a25b1..cdd173363 100644
--- a/ca/appendix/chroot-install.xml
+++ b/ca/appendix/chroot-install.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<!-- retain these comments for translator revision tracking -->
-<!-- original version: 28997 untranslated -->
+<!-- original version: 31190 untranslated -->
<sect1 id="linux-upgrade">
<title>Installing &debian; from a Unix/Linux System</title>
@@ -70,6 +70,13 @@ referenced later below.
</screen></informalexample>
</para>
+<note><para>
+
+If you want to have parts of the filesystem (e.g. /usr) mounted on
+separate partitions, you will need to create and mount these directories
+manually before proceding with the next stage.
+
+</para></note>
</sect2>
<sect2>
@@ -114,6 +121,13 @@ the binaries.
# zcat /full-path-to-work/work/data.tar.gz | tar xv
</screen></informalexample>
+</para><para>
+
+Note that running <command>debootstrap</command> may require you to have
+a minimal version of <classname>glibc</classname> installed (currently
+GLIBC_2.3). <command>debootstrap</command> itself is a shell script, but
+it calls various utilities that require <classname>glibc</classname>.
+
</para>
</sect2>
@@ -188,8 +202,8 @@ Here is a sample you can modify to suit:
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# file system mount point type options dump pass
-/dev/XXX / ext2 defaults 0 0
-/dev/XXX /boot ext2 ro,nosuid,nodev 0 2
+/dev/XXX / ext3 defaults 0 1
+/dev/XXX /boot ext3 ro,nosuid,nodev 0 2
/dev/XXX none swap sw 0 0
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
@@ -197,10 +211,10 @@ proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto,rw,sync,user,exec 0 0
/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,ro,user,exec 0 0
-/dev/XXX /tmp ext2 rw,nosuid,nodev 0 2
-/dev/XXX /var ext2 rw,nosuid,nodev 0 2
-/dev/XXX /usr ext2 rw,nodev 0 2
-/dev/XXX /home ext2 rw,nosuid,nodev 0 2
+/dev/XXX /tmp ext3 rw,nosuid,nodev 0 2
+/dev/XXX /var ext3 rw,nosuid,nodev 0 2
+/dev/XXX /usr ext3 rw,nodev 0 2
+/dev/XXX /home ext3 rw,nosuid,nodev 0 2
</screen></informalexample>
Use <userinput>mount -a</userinput> to mount all the file systems you
@@ -212,14 +226,23 @@ file systems individually use:
</screen></informalexample>
You can mount the proc file system multiple times and to arbitrary
-locations, though /proc is customary. If you didn't use
-<userinput>mount -a</userinput>, be sure to mount proc before
-continuing:
+locations, though <filename>/proc</filename> is customary. If you didn't use
+<userinput>mount -a</userinput>, be sure to mount proc before continuing:
<informalexample><screen>
# mount -t proc proc /proc
</screen></informalexample>
+</para><para>
+
+The command <userinput>ls /proc</userinput> should now show a non-empty
+directory. Should this fail, you may be able to mount proc from outside
+the chroot:
+
+<informalexample><screen>
+# mount -t proc proc /mnt/debinst/proc
+</screen></informalexample>
+
</para>
</sect3>
@@ -233,6 +256,11 @@ To configure your keyboard:
# dpkg-reconfigure console-data
</screen></informalexample>
+</para><para>
+
+Note that the keyboard cannot be set while in the chroot, but will be
+configured for the next reboot.
+
</para>
</sect3>
@@ -390,7 +418,7 @@ Here is a basic <filename>/etc/lilo.conf</filename> as an example:
<informalexample><screen>
boot=/dev/hda6
root=/dev/hda6
-install=/boot/boot-menu.b
+install=menu
delay=20
lba32
image=/vmlinuz