Re: [TCLUG:224] RE: LUG - bash error and fat32

[Ben Johnson <bjohnson@pc45.ece.umn.edu>]

Randle, 

depending on the size of the patch, you may be able to create that
partition you desire on a floppy!  Then you should be able to mount the
floppy as FAT16 and copy the patch.

Best of Luck.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Ben Johnson
Network Admin for IEEE and LCS&E
Linux, IRIX, and NT



On Wed, 20 May 1998, Randle Boyd wrote:

> As always, thanks to everyone that replied.  I did some more checking on
> the problem below.  I checked $PATH, and it looks like this:
> 
> /sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/x11r6/bin:/usr/sbin/mh:/root/bin
> 
> Does this look about right for  'out of the box'  RH5.0?
> 
> I am also not able to use some other commands/programs while either
> logged in as root or as another user. Here are a few of the commands and
> the messages that were returned:
> 
> 	# emacs
> 	bash: emacs: command not found
> 	(as an aside, I was forced to learn to use vi to view files:-) )
> 	 
> 
> 	# ls -l | more
> 	more: error in loading shared libraries libncurses.so.3: cannot open
> 	shared object file:  No such file or directory.  
> 
> 	#man grep
> 	bash: man: command not found
> 
> I also noticed that /usr now only contains '.', and '..'.  I think there
> used to be many more files in that directory.  Do you think this could
> be the problem?  If so, is there a way to get the files back in that
> directory?  Or, is a reinstallation necessary/easier?
> 
> I've asked quite a few questions lately about PPP and FAT32 support, and
> like I said, I greatly appreciate al the help.  Besides learning, my
> main objective for getting these two items working is to download a
> working java and the 'Code Warrior' clone.  Since I have not yet been
> able to get my PNP modem working under RH5.0, I was hoping to FTP java
> and 'Code Warrior' using windows 95, mount that drive under Linux, copy
> it to the linux partition on my hard drive, and install (I'm this will
> be a whole new learning experience).  However, as has been pointed out
> to me, RH5.0 does not come out of the box with FAT32 support.  A patch
> must be downloaded and applied.  The classic 'chicken or the egg'.  
> 
> ! am wondering if  on my single 5 gig hard drive, I could reformat a
> portion of my current windows fat32 partition as dos/fat16?  If so,
> would I then be able to download the fat32 patch using windows, copy it
> to this newly created fat16/dos partition, mount this partition under
> linux, copy the patch to a linux partition, then apply it?  Does this
> sound like it would work?  Does anyone have any better ideas?
> 
> Thanks Again,
> Randle
> 
> >----------
> >From: 	Steve Fuller[SMTP:sfuller@netins.net]
> >Sent: 	Tuesday, May 19, 1998 12:43 PM
> >To: 	'lug@visionary.com'
> >Subject: 	Re: LUG - bash error and fat32
> >
> >On Tue, 19 May 1998, Randle Boyd wrote
> >
> >> PART 2
> >> After closing everything down, and using the 'shutdown -h now' command,
> >> I turned off the computer.  Later I came back, logged in as root, and
> >> got the following message:
> >> 
> >> 	bash: id: command not found
> >> 	bash: id: command not found
> >> 	bash: id: command not found
> >> 	[:too many arguments
> >> 	bash: id: command not found
> >> 	bash: mesg: command not found
> >> 	[root@localhost /root] #
> >> 
> >> when I typed 'startx', I got the following message:
> >> 	bash: startx: command not found
> >
> >Almost sounds to me like your path got messed up somewhere along the line.
> >I'd check your /etc/profile or one of the dot files in your home directory
> >and add if something is amiss there. It could be something as simple as
> >having left out a " or a ' somewhere. 
> >
> >My $0.02 worth.
> >
> >Steve Fuller                              I will choose the path that's clear
> >sfuller@netins.net                        I will choose freewill  -- N. Peart
> >UNDERNET: sfuller   
> >	
> >
> >
> 
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