On Tue, Nov 06, 2001 at 04:15:25PM -0500, John F Davis wrote: > > Hello Mark, > > I don't have a /etc/passwd file. Thus I can't login. I didn't use the > install script. I just installed the rpm's by hand > like we did in cdk 1.2. i.e rpm -ivh --ignorearch *.rpm. I didnt want to > use the script because I didn't use the > cdrom. I had a copy of the cdrom filesystem mounted via AFS. The script > seems to think it is only used via a cdrom or mountable media.
I haven't tried AFS, but loopback is fine. --hhlimage /mnt works for me. > I will try to reinstall the passwd package again by hand. However, I don't > see how installing the rpm manualy would cause > it not to create the /etc/passwd file. I also don't understand why the rpm > which creates the files doesnt register with the rpm database > that it owns the file. ie. 'rpm -q -f > /opt/hardhat/devkit/ppc/7xx/target/etc/passwd' comes up blank. The script also does some setup of the system. If you haven't gotten far, re-install using the script. -- Tom Rini (TR1265) http://gate.crashing.org/~trini/ ** Sent via the linuxppc-embedded mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/
