[patch] sorry fixed that and a stray `

build.diff (text/plain), 1.56 KB, created by Eric Stockbridge on 2002-09-06 19:41:43 UTC

--- build.xml?rev=1.9	Fri Sep  6 19:10:25 2002
+++ build.xml	Fri Sep  6 19:09:42 2002
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 <author title="Author">Chris Houser</author>
 <author title="Author"><mail link="[e-mail]">Jerry Alexandratos</mail></author>
 <author title="Ghost"><mail link="[e-mail]">Grant Goodyear</mail></author>
+<author title="Editor">Eric Stockbridge</author>
 
 <abstract>These instructions step you through the process of installing Gentoo
 Linux 1.2.  The Gentoo Linux installation process supports various installation
@@ -374,12 +375,18 @@
 # <i>mkdir /mnt/gentoo</i>
 # <i>mount /dev/hda3 /mnt/gentoo</i>
 # <i>mkdir /mnt/gentoo/boot</i>
+# <i>touch /mnt/gentoo/boot/BOOT_PARTITION_NOT_MOUNTED</i>
 # <i>mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/gentoo/boot</i>
 </pre>
 <p>If you are setting up Gentoo
    Linux with a separate <path>/usr</path> or <path>/var</path>, these would get mounted to
    <path>/mnt/gentoo/usr</path> and <path>/mnt/gentoo/var</path>, respectively.
 </p>
+   <note>The line above to touch a file in <path>/mnt/gentoo/boot</path> will put an empty file in your
+   unmounted <path>/boot</path> partition. In the event that you try to list the files in your
+   <path>/boot</path> partition before you mount it, you will not be distressed to see that your files
+   are missing.</note>
+   
    <impo>If your <e>boot</e> partition (the one holding the kernel) is ReiserFS, be sure to mount it
    with the <c>-o notail</c> option so GRUB gets properly installed.  Make sure 
    that <c>notail</c> ends up in your new <path>/etc/fstab</path> boot partition entry, too.