What's the path

rivang · 02-08-2003, 09:06 PM

What is the path to pico if it can't be found by just typing pico?

Lilo didn't install right to the superblock... so when I boot with a floppy all the paths aren't loaded.

I am using Slackware 8.1

Also where I may have goofed... I created a 15MB /boot and when Lilo asked for a partition I thought it was asking for where I put root so I told it /dev/hda2. Should that have been /dev/hda1? my /boot partition?

trickykid · 02-08-2003, 10:18 PM

No cause if you created a 15 meg /boot and told it to set it as root ( / ) then most likely it wouldnt have installed as / needs way more space than 15 megs.

Default path to pico is /usr/bin/pico

Darin · 02-08-2003, 11:42 PM

Maybe you set lilo to load on the bootblock of /dev/hda2 instead of the MBR?

If so then in /etc/lilo.conf there should be a line at the top that says boot=/dev/hda2, change that to boot=/dev/hda. Type /sbin/lilo at a prompt to activate your new lilo.conf

oh yea...
/usr/bin/pico

trickykid · 02-09-2003, 12:33 AM

I must be losing it, I totally read his question wrong about the /, /boot and lilo but I did swear I gave the correct path to pico though, but there seems to be an echo..

rivang · 02-10-2003, 02:07 PM

That is exactly what I did... Darin... I was just going to reinstall Slackware 8.1 again... to fix it... but now that I know the actual path to run pico... I should be able to fix it in the /etc/lilo.config