[PLUG] Slackware -- programs missing

Dick Steffens dick at dicksteffens.com
Sun Nov 25 16:30:26 UTC 2018


On 11/25/18 6:03 AM, Rich Shepard wrote:
> On Sat, 24 Nov 2018, Dick Steffens wrote:
>
>> bash-4.4# chroot /mnt/hd
>> chroot: failed to run command '/bin/bash': No such file or directory
>>
>> I don't know if this means anything, but
>> basn-4.4# which bash
>> /usr/bin/bash
>
> Dick,
>
>   You also need to mount /etc in the changed root environment: I 
> _think_ you
> need the -o flag and I've fogotten the proper syntax. (I checked my saved
> e-mail messages since 2002 and I don't find the one with the full mount
> sequence.)

Tried it using the same syntax as for /sys and /dev. Got the same error.

>   When you have /mnt/hd/etc available run lilo (or /sbin/lilo). It 
> will tell
> you that you've properly configured it. Then you should be able to reboot
> directly from the hard drive and not the live flash drive.

After lunch I'm going to download a different .iso, use dd to put it on 
the USB stick, and install again.

Thanks for the extra step, though.

-- 
Regards,

Dick Steffens





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