Re: How do I mount the USB stick containing the installer in Rescue Mode?
Hi
> Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2021 at 7:07 PM
> From: "Reco" <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net>
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: How do I mount the USB stick containing the installer in Rescue Mode?
> Ok. Can you use this rescue mode to execute an ordinary shell, with full
> access to all filesystems?
Before I proceed with your suggestion, while in Resuce Mode, do I enter the encryption passphrase or not? If I don't enter the password, /dev/perfect-vg/root won't be mounted.
Even after I've entered the encryption passphrase, there are two ways to execute a shell: one is to execute it in /dev/perfect-vg/root environment and the other is to execute it in the installer environment. Which environment do you want me to executve a shell in please?
What did you mean by "full access to all filesystems"? When I was installing Debian 11, I first encrypted a free space with LUKS and then created two logical volumes in it: one whose mount point is / (the root file system. Debian installer requires it; otherwise the installation can't and won't proceed.) while the other is "used as" swap area.
> If you're using your USB stick to boot, you have its file system
> (/dev/sdb1 in this case) mounted.
That's a logical assumption because I needed the USB-installer to boot into Rescue Mode.
> If you're executing a shell in a
> logical volume, you're chrooted into that filesystem.
I had to enter the encryption passphrase first, followed by mounting /dev/perfect-vg/root as a root file system temporarily. Then I chose 'Execute a shell in the installer environment' and only then would I be able to chroot /target
> But it does not change that the filesystem from /dev/sdb1 is mounted
> already, it's just inaccessible from the chroot.
>
That's why I asked for help here.
> 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.
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