You need to run that command as a root: with sudo or becoming root first (su -).
On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 3:42 PM, robert mckennon <[email protected]> wrote: > fdisk -l came up with nothing? not even "command not found"? > > what does your prompt look like? Is it a $ or # ? > > after the meego password, what does the "mount" command show? > > please post your results back to the Jaxlug list as well. perhaps > there are others with more experience with the meego than me. ( I had > to google it to find out what you were talking about). > > Rob. > > > > On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 3:33 PM, Stamati Anagnostou > <[email protected]> wrote: >> I typed fdisk -l in the terminal and it came up with nothing. I typed mount >> and it shows >> /dev/root on / type ext3 (rw, noatime) >> proc on /proc type proc (rw) >> sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw) >> devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw, gid=5, mode=620) >> tmpfs on /var/lock type tmpfs (rw, size=4m) >> tmpfs on /var/run type tmpfs (rw, size=4m) >> tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw) >> none on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw) >> >> And no, I didn't enter meego as the password, but I'll go ahead and try that >> now. >> >> >> On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 3:22 PM, robert mckennon <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> see if you can (from the command-line): >>> >>> fdisk -l (that's a lower case L) and let us know the results >>> >>> That command prints out the filesytem types that it finds on your system. >>> >>> Also run the "mount" command (this will show what filesystems are >>> currently mounted) >>> >>> >>> Rob. >>> >>> On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 3:12 PM, Stamati Anagnostou >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > Okay I took the two seconds to figure out what a Live CD is and yes >>> > Meego >>> > booted from it. Although it gave me a message that says, Unable to >>> > mount >>> > netbook-ia32-x86_64-201105180936, /dev/sdb1 already mounted or >>> > /media/netbook etc. busy. >>> > >>> > Nonetheless, I can use Meego but can't access my drives. As I try to >>> > mount >>> > certain filesystems I enter my password and it doesn't accept it. Why >>> > do >>> > you think this is? >>> > >>> > Thanks again for your help, Robert. It helps me feel a bit less >>> > helpless. >>> > >>> > Cheers! >>> > >>> > >>> > On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 2:05 PM, robert mckennon <[email protected]> >>> > wrote: >>> >> >>> >> um.. yes, there are many distros out there that can be installed on a >>> >> thumb drive. >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 8:47 PM, Stamati Anagnostou >>> >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >> > Can a live CD be on a USB? I don't have a CD drive. >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 7:51 PM, [email protected] >>> >> > <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >> >> >>> >> >> Can you boot from a live CD? >>> >> >> >>> >> >> Sent via DroidX2 on Verizon Wireless™ >>> >> >> >>> >> >> >>> >> >> -----Original message----- >>> >> >> >>> >> >> From: Stamati Anagnostou <[email protected]> >>> >> >> To: [email protected] >>> >> >> Sent: Thu, Dec 1, 2011 22:25:00 GMT+00:00 >>> >> >> Subject: Meego won't boot and I'm baffled >>> >> >> >>> >> >> Hey Rob, just joined this list because of a serious problem I'm >>> >> >> having. >>> >> >> >>> >> >> I have Meego on an Acer Aspire One ZG-5 and I can't boot. It gets to >>> >> >> this >>> >> >> command "[<c1002dc>] sysenter_do_call+0x12/0x3c" and then to this >>> >> >> command >>> >> >> "[<c1002f3a>] kernel_thread_helper+0x6/0x10" and then just cycles >>> >> >> between >>> >> >> them with a whole lot of other stuff in between. >>> >> >> >>> >> >> The thing I'm thinking may have caused this is that I had the boot >>> >> >> order >>> >> >> on USB first, then the HDD, and I put my USB, which was empty, in >>> >> >> before it >>> >> >> had the chance to boot, then I pulled it out. Now, even without the >>> >> >> USB >>> >> >> in, >>> >> >> it won't boot. I have NO clue what to do and I've got a ton of >>> >> >> important >>> >> >> stuff on here that isn't backed up. I tried booting from a USB with >>> >> >> a >>> >> >> Meego >>> >> >> image on it (I think- I just downloaded Meego and copied it to the >>> >> >> USB). Any >>> >> >> help would be appreciated. >>> >> >> >>> >> >> Cheers, >>> >> >> >>> >> >> Stamati >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> > >>> > >> >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Archive http://marc.info/?l=jaxlug-list&r=1&w=2 > RSS Feed http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml > Unsubscribe [email protected] > -- If you have freedom to choose, choose freedom, use GNU/Linux --------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive http://marc.info/?l=jaxlug-list&r=1&w=2 RSS Feed http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml Unsubscribe [email protected]
