mount: command not found

[al93535]

After 3 tries at installing gentoo I finally got it done, but:

When first botting after the install I get this error:

mounting proc at /proc .... [ oops ]

line 17: mount: command not found

since this is a critical task, startup cannot continue.

Then I entered password and get a prompt:

(none) ~ #

Any help on how to fix this would be highly appreciated!
Thank you.

[serz]

Hm.. I forgot a little how to use the emerge command. You can take a look at the emerge manpage and look for the option that lets you find what package installs "/bin/mount".

Hope this helps..

[d38dm8nw81k1ng]

emerge --searchdesc mount

that'll give you a list of packages to install

[al93535]

Thanks alot for the replies. I tried that. I don't quite understand. I get a list of dev-libs/libff
and dev-php/mod_php-4.4.0

I cannot emerge these. Is there a command package I can emerge? And do I have to be in a specific directory to do this? Please help, I am totally brand new to gentoo, and linux. Although I know windows and computer hardware extremely well. This is just so fustratiung, I followed the manual exactly. I want to get into gentoo to learn. Is there an on-line document or manual that I can read to familiarize myself with gentoo, and/or troubleshooting.

Thanks again for any help.

[jaboua]

if you use this command, I belive it will install/update whatever package "mount" lies in:

emerge --sync; emerge -NuD system

[al93535]

Hey thank you so much jaboua!! Got me past that error! I had two other errors which I was able to fix on my own. I am now able to boot up all the way!! Thanks again! I have network, and everything else I need (I think).

Two more questions though if someone might be so gracious as to answer. I get a fatal error on boot up (but I guess its not that bad if I boot all the way) its
Module dm_mod not found
should I be concerened, if so, how can I fix this?

Also, when I log in as a user al, not root, it says no /home/al
Whats that all about?

[Cabhan]

The module dm_mod error is likely due to a kernel issue. Did you use genkernel? If not (as I would hope), you need to go through and find whatever is called dm_mod and compile it as a module.

Unfortunately, I dunno where to look. Probably under Device Drivers somewhere.

Good luck!

[al93535]

Ok no problem, I can find that. So I just re-do the kernel, then follow the same instructions in the handbook for installing it? I started from a stage 1, and I did my own kernel yes. I am emerging gnome now, so I'll wait on that. But I am learning alot, and getting the hang of it. Thanks everyone!

[jaboua]

Also, when I log in as a user al, not root, it says no /home/al
Whats that all about?

su -c "mkdir /home/al; chown al:users /home/al"

That should work, assuming the group is called "users". If not, just replace the ":users" with ":groupname". Also, make sure that the user al is in the right groups, particulary groups like video and audio. If not, change it in /etc/group