Mark, > However I note that I cannot run updatedb for slocate without > also getting a message about /etc/mtab not existing. Should mtab exist > withing the chroot?
For certain things, it seems to be needed --- the amd64 handbook includes a way to get it among the grub instructions. By the way, if I recall correctly, you once mentioned you had an ubuntu on that machine with grub working --- I would just reuse that grub for booting gentoo. (I have done this before on amd64, but not on any Mac.) Wolfram
