On Wed, Jul 21, 2021 at 01:28:57PM +0200, Stella Ashburne wrote: > Hi Reco > > Thanks for your help. > > > Sent: Friday, July 16, 2021 at 5:09 AM > > From: "Reco" <recovery...@enotuniq.net> > > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > Subject: Re: How do I mount the USB stick containing the installer in > > Rescue Mode? > > > > > > What you actually need is to bind mount the directory with packages into > > > > the mounted /dev/perfect-vg/root, and just chroot into it. No need to > > > > modify /etc/fstab at all. > > > > > > > Could you be so nice as to give me the command(s) to bind mount the > > > directory with packages? Thank you. > > > > mount --bind <source_dir_with_packages> \ > > /target/<target_dir_where_packages_should_be> > > > > Sorry, what's source_dir_with_packages ? Were you referring to /dev/sdb1 ?
No, of course not. The whole idea of bind-mount is that you do not mount a *device* on top of directory, you mount a *directory* on top of another one. You have an install media (USB stick). That install media has a filesystem on it (/dev/sdb1), which contains the usual Linux kernel, initrd, *and* the set of packages which installer is supposed, well, to install for you. That set of packages resides in a directory structure, which exact name escapes me at this moment. What's important is - the filesystem on /dev/sdb1 is already mounted by installer, all you have to do is to locate that directory in the mounted filesystem. > By target_dir_where_packages_should_be, did you mean that I create a > directory called stella (for example)? Whatever floats your boat. Bind-mount a package directory somewhere in /target, and point apt to it. Specific target directory name is not relevant, but you should create it before the mounting. Reco
