So anyway, it was like, 23:45 CEST May 03 2004, you know? Oh, and, yeah,
Dave was all like, "Dude,
> Johan Lindquist wrote:
>>> Johan Lindquist enlightened us with:

>>>> (I think that's 'mount -t proc none /mnt/gentoo/proc', btw, but I
>>>> may be incorrect there.)

> At this point I've discovered that /mnt/gentoo did not exist, so I
> created it. Then I mounted /dev/sda3/ to /mnt/gentoo

I'm guessing you did this from /within/ your chroot? The idea is to
prepare the root fs before you actually chroot into it by mounting all
the special devices you'll need while inside. Until you reboot the
new system for the first time, the chrooted environment is a slave to
the one you've initially booted (be it a livecd or an already running
system), so you shouldn't be doing much else besides installing
packages and configuring.

All this is detailed in the installation docs, including the order in
which to do it.

> I think that I've skipped more than one step somewhere. Is there any
> salvage or should I just reformat and start over from page one??

I suggest you start over. You seem to have confused some of the steps,
skipped some and added some. Before you do anything else, read
through the installation handbook and make sure you understand each
step and the reason behind it, /then/ start installing your system,
following the handbook. If something is unclear, ask questions before
you proceed. You'll be happier for it once you're finished, knowing
exactly what you have done to get there.

I think the old "measure twice, cut once" adage applies to computers
as well, if somewhat modified; "Read twice, do once".

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