>>> Merging sys-boot/grub-0.96-r1 to / * * Cannot automatically mount your /boot partition. * Your boot partition has to be mounted rw before the installation * can continue. grub needs to install important files there. * !!! ERROR: sys-boot/grub-0.96-r1 failed. !!! Function mount-boot_mount_boot_partition, Line 53, Exitcode 0 !!! Please mount your /boot partition manually! !!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, NOT this status message. I should note this is in a chroot install: /boot is a directory, not a partition! /proc is mounted This makes me think it would be better to have all of this automount stuff under the control of a USE flag, lots of people do installs without /boot partitions anyway. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3.
Could you paste your /etc/fstab please?
I assume you have a line for /boot with the noauto option in /etc/fstab and grub assumes that it needs to mount it before installing the files. If /boot is not on a seperate partition you need to comment or remove the lines.
