Copy the rpm-package that you want to install to the new system first. If it is mounted in /mnt/harddisk the copy the file to /mnt/disk/tmp, for example. You will then find it in /tmp after chrooting.
Alternatively, mount the disc to a folder in the new system. Again, if the new system is mounted in /mnt/harddisk, you can mount the DVD to /mnt/harddisk/mnt, so that you will find it in /mnt after chrooting.

Well I DO have that :p

You told me that sr0 is the DVD and that worked fine :)
I mounted the DVD in '/mnt/dvd' and I could see the files.
Then I chrooted to my new disk, but then the DVD was gone and the '/dev' list had only had a 'null' device so I can't get into 'Packages' of the DVD

Where have you mounted your new system? When you chroot to it you can not see any directory that is outside the folder you chroot into.

I mount the DVD into '/mnt/dvd' using 'mount /dev/sr0/ /msn/dvd/'
My new system is on '/mnt/2'

I chrooted to '/mnt/2' which is my new disk's '/' folder, not the '/boot/' or any other...

After I do that the DVD is gone and I can't get into 'Packages' since the only device under '/dev' is null.
and it seems that I can't get "outside" the newly mounted system since the 'root' of it is the new disk's '/'.

As I stated above, you have to mount the DVD inside the new system, but before you chroot into it. In your case I would mount it to /mnt/2/mnt, so after chrooting you can access it under /mnt in the new system.

Yep that worked, but I guess you meant that I should mount it to '/mnt/2/mnt/dvd/'

What is now THIS!!!

Didn't get this the last time.

just to be perfectly clear, the "new system(disk)" is the partition with '/' right? not '/boot/'

UPDATE:
didn't see your post: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...ml#post4333054
Sorry about that

If you have a separate /boot-partition you have to mount that also into your new system, also before you chroot into it. So if your /boot-partition is /dev/sda2 the dobefore chrooting into it.

my new system is:
/dev/sdb1 = /boot
/dev/sdb2 = /
/dev/sdb3 = swap to be
/dev/sdb4 = /data, just the rest, made up by me.


so I mount NOT to /dev/sdb2/ but to /dev/sdb1/ ??
if so... I thought the "system" was '/' and the '/boot/' was only for boot, not the system itself.

Think I read you wrong again...
I'm gonna try what I THINK!! you told me and get back to ya :)
...

Just to clarify that, your new system is the /-partition (in your case sdb2), the files needed to boot the system are in /boot (sdb1). Of course, if you want to reinstall the boot-loader you have to mount the /boot-partition.
So in your case:

..and I 'grub-install' on what device?
on the NOT chrooted device: '/mnt/2/'
or just: '/boot', as in the newly chrooted /boot directory?

It depends on your operating systems and how you want to start them. What is on your sda-disk?
Best would be to install grub to the MBR of your first harddisk (sda), so you should install it to /dev/sda (not sda1).

The /dev/sda is the old boot disk that are about to go up in flames due to bad blocks.
so I want to install a new disk and that is /dev/sdb

I'll install grub on /dev/sdb then, but that device won't show up when chrooted :(

tried to grub-install to /dev/sdb when NOT chrooted and got this:

so I: It seemed to go OK, but now I'll see if I can boot on the new drive...
I'll be back :p

Seems like I have unaware done something to the old drive too, cos now that won't boot either :(
more fiddling I guess :p


Update will follow