I do not know about your situation, but I did about 12-14 installs to see
how they each respond and how well they run etcetera. Well I also found
some times doing an upgrade will put additional files on your system that
were left off the first or second time. I would call this a 'BUG', like
a big old ROACH really. I have friend that calls a 'BUG' undocumented
features.
don
I thought I knew that I knew what I thought
But now I know that what I thought I knew
Isn't what I know I think I thought I knew.
On Thu, 30 Mar 2000 22:57:54 +0200 Per Holje <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> The fsck file is not present in the /sbin directory.
> I suspect that more files are also missing, because the startup
> script did
> not find /sbin/clock either.
>
> I could install all over again, but is there some other way? Perhaps
> getting
> the missing file(s) directly from the CD (or from the net) ?
>
> per
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stephen F. Bosch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 30. mars 2000 21:11
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [newbie] Problem starting up: fsck command not found
>
>
> Per Holje wrote:
>
> It looks like your fsck didn't get installed (I wouldn't know why
> this
> would be, unfortunately).
>
> Go into root maintenance mode and type
>
> cd /sbin
> ls fs*
>
> There should be a file there called "fsck". If there is not, that is
> your problem. If there is, there is a problem with the script.
>
> If you don't find fsck, then I suspect you've made a mistake during
> your
> install. Did it complete without errors? Are you sure?
>
> If fsck is present, try running it:
>
> fsck /
>
> If this works, then you definitely have a script issue. This could
> mean
> that the $PATH variable is bad, or that the script calls the wrong
> path.
>
> If fsck is missing, look at installing Mandrake again. This is a
> pretty
> catastrophic problem, from what I can tell -- it tells me that the
> install didn't complete properly.
>
> Lykke til!
>
> -Stephen-
>
> > Hello, Just installed my Mandrake 6.1 from a magazine cover
> cd.After
> > installing, I get an error when trying to boot into Linux.
> (dual-boot
> > system with win98)The following happens:Loading default keymap
> > OKActivating swap partitions OKSetting hostname
> > localhost.localdomin OKChecking root
> > filesystem/etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit: fsck: command not
> > found FAILEDThen I am asked to give root
> password
> > for maintenance...Anybody have a clue to what I am gonna do? Per
> > HoljeIT developerP4 Radio Hele Norge ASABrainbench Certified
> > Professional
>
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