Rudolfo, i figured it shouldn't be empty. some ppl on #gentoo-laptop had some snotty things to say none of them useful. going to consult the forums. thanks for the replies, mike h --- Rudolfo Munguia wrote: > usually about 40 different listings , some are flat > files and some are > directories like : > > 1 > 16597 > 178 > bus > cmdline > cpuinfo > > etc.etc.etc. and they all contain the basic status > information for all > devices and running states that are a part of the > current kernel > operations. I know that files/dirs are > created/removed on the fly as > things are added and removed from the system, like > usb devices or > kernel modules. > > However, I haven't run into it being blank before. > > Something to consult the Gentoo Forums about... > > On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 19:18:28 -0800 (PST), mike hoy > wrote: > > ok , yes i do have a /proc, but i've only just > noticed > > one problem. > > > > nothing is in there. wonder what i did wrong > > > > what should i see in there? > > > > > > > > mike h > > > > --- Rudolfo Munguia wrote: > > > > > Hmm, > > > > > > If automount was the issue then it would > complain > > > about all of the other mounts. > > > > > > Did you create /proc during your intstall > process? > > > (I know it sounds > > > silly, but it could happen) > > > > > > > > > On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 18:58:10 -0800 (PST), mike > hoy > > > wrote: > > > > Rudolfo, > > > > > > > > /usr/src/linux is still there my latest > mistake. > > > After > > > > I sent the email I found out that I was in > fact > > > > looking on the cd directory. However I was > right > > > about > > > > one thing: I did add proc fs support to the > > > kernel. I > > > > typed make menuconfig and proc fs was there as > > > were > > > > all the other things I had setup. One > question: do > > > I > > > > need automount support is that what the > problems > > > is? I > > > > noticed automount was not selected. by the way > it > > > is > > > > post stage 3 and am using gentoo-sources > > > > 2.4.26-gentoo-r13 on a pentium 4 compaq > laptop. I > > > am > > > > wiling to install again... for some odd reason > I > > > enjoy > > > > a good gentoo installation. > > > > hey some people play halo all day long.. I > install > > > > gentoo.. seriously tho, wondering if you can > point > > > me > > > > in the right direction. > > > > > > > > for example I'm doing a stage 2 install with > > > gentoo > > > > sources and the exact stage i'm using is > > > > stage2-pentium4-2004.3 > > > > > > > > what do you think? > > > > > > > > mike h > > > > > > > > > > > > --- Rudolfo Munguia wrote: > > > > > > > > > ok, guessing this is post stage 3, You most > > > likely > > > > > don't have proc fs > > > > > built in. you would haveto boot from your > live > > > cd > > > > > and go through the > > > > > whole chroot again to re-complie the kernel. > > > > > > > > > > Your /usr/src/linux should still be there > > > though.... > > > > > you may have > > > > > something else incorrect with your settup. > Are > > > you > > > > > sure that the > > > > > /usr/src/linux symlink was built when you > did > > > the > > > > > original install? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 16:51:39 -0800 (PST), > mike > > > hoy > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > > > > > after installing gentoo during reboot I'm > > > getting > > > > > the > > > > > > following error: > > > > > > > > > > > > * Mounting proc at /proc... > [ > > > oops > > > > > ] > > > > > > > > > > > > * The "mount" command failed with error: > > > > > > > > > > > > line 1: mount: command not found > > > > > > > > > > > > * Since this is a critical task, startup > > > cannot > > > > > > continue. > > > > > > > > > > > > Give root pasword for maintenance > > > > > > > > > > > > (or type Control-D for normal startup):_ > > > > > > > > > > > > and of course the password and ctrl D is > of no > > > > > help. > > > > > > > > > > > > are my two emails today related? > > > > > > > > > > > > I thought this /proc error had something > to do > > > > > with > > > > > > fstab > > > > > > > > > > > > so here is the /proc entry in fstab: > > > > > > > > > > > > none /proc proc defaults 0 0 > > > > > > > > > > > > after messing around with it I think it's > > > > > possible, > > > > > > but not likely that i forgot to : > > > > > > > > > > > > [*] /proc file system support > > > > > > > > > > > > in the make menuconfig > > > > > > > > > > > > is there a way to get back to this so I > can > > > > > recompile > > > > > > the kernel with /proc support? if that is > the > > > > > case... > > > > > > > > > > > > i did try to > > > > > > > > > > > > #chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/bash > > > > > > > > > > > > and then > > > > > > > > > > > > # cd /usr/src/linux > > > > > > > > > > > > but the linux directory is gone. guess it > was > > > > > cleaned > > > > > > up.. > > > > > > > > > > > > so I can't > > > > > > > === message truncated === __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? 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