commands in mandrake 9
 

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i've just installed mandrake9 to try a different flavour of linux...

when i try hdparm or Xconfigurator as either user or root i get "command not found"

why is this happening?

sorry if its a simple answer

commands in mandrake 9
 

Is it installed, run rpm -q hdparm
If you can't find it on one of your install CDs, you can go here to download http://rpmfind.net

if they are installled it could be something about the path... though i doubt it

ok
i ran rpm -q hdparm and it reported it as not installed, the same for Xconfigurator.
hdparm installed perfectly, just off to get Xconfigurator.

many thanks

I couldn't find them either... perhaps they are using a different program to do that. try downloading from rpmfind.net and intalling it...