Re: MBR Confusion?

["Matt Miller" <debian@mattmillersf.fastmail.fm>]

> > mmiller@xpc1:~$ sudo chroot /mnt/debinst /bin/bash
> > chroot: cannot run command `/bin/bash': Exec format error
> 
> I got into this thread late... but this is the error that you get when 
> the chrooted disk is not mounted with -o exec

That doesn't seem to explain my problem:

mmiller@xpc1:~$ sudo mount -o exec /dev/sdc1 /mnt/debinst
mmiller@xpc1:~$ mount |grep debinst
/dev/sdc1 on /mnt/debinst type ext3 (rw)
mmiller@xpc1:~$ sudo chroot /mnt/debinst /bin/bash
chroot: cannot run command `/bin/bash': Exec format error