Order of commands for "install from other Linux" is wrong

[Richard C]

The step in the guide to run "MAKEDEV generic" comes before the proc filesystem is mounted; it throws a lot of errors (I recall "couldn't read from /proc/...") . I don't believe (but am happy to be corrected) that there's any issue mounting /proc beforehand.

In my case, I mounted /proc, and re-ran MAKEDEV (no output). I now have a running system. BTW, I tried every other variation of Ubuntu installer and this (run from the Desktop LiveCD) was the only one that would work for me. Some of the problems are of my own making, but others are to be filed as bugs shortly.

biscuit:~$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 10.10
Release: 10.10

As it's not a software bug per se, I don't have the version number. It's the one on the public Ubuntu website ( https://help.ubuntu.com/10.10/installation-guide/amd64/linux-upgrade.html )