[PLUG] Slackware -- programs missing

King Beowulf kingbeowulf at gmail.com
Sun Nov 25 18:46:16 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.)
> 
>   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.
> 
> Regards,
> 

Hello Rich

Technically 99.99% of users will not have /etc mounted on a separate
partition. Also, a missing /etc will not result in bash declaring "No
such file or directory".

Let's not muddy the waters with extraneous commentary. Ben and Dick went
over this issue in great detail. Some of the emails did not go to the
list however.  They have reached the conclusion that something screwy
happened when installed from the live Slackware environment (skipped a
step, bug?)- which is Slackware64-current and can be a bit tricky and a
  moving target when starting out as a newcomer to Slackware. Also, the
liveslak is a demo environment for the current development tree provided
by a well known and skilled Slackware community member.  Installation to
a hard drive "should" work but is not something anyone should attempt
not well versed in Slackware (or linux) internals.

The best option is to install Slackware64-14.2, the latest stable
release. Pointers to download locations have been provided.

-Ed

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