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Bug 143048

Summary: RTppc - "mkdir /mnt/gentoo" not needed
Product: [OLD] Docs on www.gentoo.org Reporter: Andrew Zschetzsche <zsche004>
Component: Installation HandbookAssignee: nm (RETIRED) <nightmorph>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: trivial CC: docs-team, releng
Priority: High    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: PPC   
OS: Other   
Whiteboard:
Package list:
Runtime testing required: ---
Bug Depends on:    
Bug Blocks: 143694    

Description Andrew Zschetzsche 2006-08-06 22:11:35 UTC
The line "mkdir /mnt/gentoo" is not needed during the instructions.  /mnt/gentoo already exists.  It's in the "4.e. Mounting" section.
Comment 1 Jan Kundrát (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2006-08-07 02:26:51 UTC
Release folks, is the /mnt/gentoo mountpoint present on all the installation media?
Comment 2 Chris Gianelloni (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2006-08-08 05:08:43 UTC
It should be, yes.  However, it might be best to change it to "mkdir -p /mnt/gentoo" to ensure that it will always be there, and also to keep users from getting errors if it already is present.
Comment 3 Xavier Neys (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2006-08-08 05:22:55 UTC
(In reply to comment #2)
> It should be, yes.  However, it might be best to change it to "mkdir -p
> /mnt/gentoo" to ensure that it will always be there, and also to keep users
> from getting errors if it already is present.

See why we need a full listing of *all* media contents?

Only the ppc{64} handbooks have this mkdir statement.

ppc64 hasn't got any /mnt/gentoo and we can check ourselves thanks to the install-ppc64-*-2006.0.iso.CONTENTS files that are available on the mirrors.

ppc32? No idea, can't check because the install-ppc-*-2006.0.iso.CONTENTS only list:
"""
boot
boot/boot
boot/boot.msg
boot/map.hfs
boot/menu
boot/ofboot.b
boot/pegasos
boot/ppc32
boot/ppc32.igz
boot/yaboot
boot/yaboot.conf
Getting_Online.txt
image.squashfs
livecd
README.txt
"""
which is utterly useless.

Unless anyone feels like downloading both ISOs, loopmounts them and inspects the squashfs image, we'll have no other choice but to use `mkdir -p /mnt/gentoo` in the PPC handbook.
Comment 4 Lars Weiler (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2006-08-09 02:02:13 UTC
(In reply to comment #3)

> ppc32? No idea, can't check because the install-ppc-*-2006.0.iso.CONTENTS only
> list:

Oops.  I'll list the content of the squashfs with the next release.  We really should provide a list of commands somewhere, how to create every file.  Or catalyst should do that...

> Unless anyone feels like downloading both ISOs, loopmounts them and inspects
> the squashfs image, we'll have no other choice but to use `mkdir -p
> /mnt/gentoo` in the PPC handbook.

The ppc-CD provides the /mnt/gentoo directory.
Comment 5 Peter Svec 2006-08-12 09:09:47 UTC
This bug also applies to when you would like to load filesystem-modules, for example i now can't mount my HFS+ partition where i've backuped some gentoo files!
Comment 6 Peter Svec 2006-08-12 11:57:04 UTC
Upps Comment #5, is an error, have mismatched browser windows :-(
Comment 7 nm (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2006-08-16 21:25:46 UTC
(In reply to comment #4)
> The ppc-CD provides the /mnt/gentoo directory.
> 

So, should we take out the mkdir /mnt/gentoo command or not?
Comment 8 Lars Weiler (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2006-08-17 02:14:18 UTC
(In reply to comment #7)
> So, should we take out the mkdir /mnt/gentoo command or not?

Yep, take it out.
Comment 9 nm (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2006-08-17 02:51:51 UTC
Fixed in draft!