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[Nio Wiklund]

Den 2015-10-31 kl. 15:54, skrev Ian Bruntlett:
> Hi All,
> 
> NetBook used for testing: Samsung NC10, 32 bit
> Laptop used for emails etc: lenovo ThinkPad T420, 64 bit.
> 
> I've attempted to install and run Xenial Xerus 20151030 on my Samsung
> NC10 NetBook.
> 
> Installation media - USB flash drive.
> Tried (twice) to use GPartEd (to wipe the drive) and Startup Disc
> Creator. Files copied across OK, SDC failed whilst trying to install the
> boot files.
> Tried using GPartEd and UNetBootIn and it worked fine.
> 
> Install.
> Pretty much went OK.
> 
> Booting. Failed with this error message (hope I get the details right, I
> wrote it down in a log book).
> fsck from util-linux 2.27
> /dev/sda5 clean 120460 / 9527296 files, 1295994 / 38095703 blocks
> [5.087921] systemd[1]: /etc/mtab is not a symlink or not pointing to
> /proc/self/mounts This is not supported anymore. Please replace
> /etc/mtab with a symlink to /proc/self/mount <-- could be "mounts"
> [5.088444] systemd[1]:Freezing execution
> 
> BW,
> 
> 
> Ian
> 
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> 
> 

Hi Ian,

I think you were hit by bug #1499746 in the Startup Disk Creator.
Unetbootin and mkusb work.

And then you were hit by bug #1511376, which Phill and I have discussed
how to work around today. I think you can try 'my recipe',
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Running in a *real* computer I booted from the install pendrive, changed
directory to the mounted partition of the installed system and ran

sudo ln -sf /proc/self/mounts etc/mtab

(ln {space} -sf and no slash before etc works in this case)
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Best regards
Nio