booting question
 

WHen i boot my slackware linux just above the console login i have a message the that says
/etc/rc.d.rc.M: line 1: awk: command not found

i am not sure what to do about it it have looked at the rc.M file but i am not exactly sure where to look.

Any info would be helpfull thanks in advance

Been using linux on and off for a while now and i have found what i like Slackware! I am using slackware 10.1 console only on a old IBM 365xd laptop so far so good.

is it installed ?
do a " ls /var/log/packages/gawk* "

if it's there, maybe reinstall that package...

egag

so I assume in line 1 of that file you see awk there somewhere correct?
It doesn't know the path to awk yet since your paths haven't been set up. Use the command: `which awk` to determine the full path to awk (probably /usr/bin/awk).
then just edit the file with the full path. Ie if it is located in /usr/bin .... just replace the awk with /usr/bin/awk

cheers :)

booting question
 

The first line of rc.M is
#!/bin/sh

booting question
 

Whick awk gives me a no awk in ( /usr/local/sbin: /usr/lsbin.....) a bunch of /usr directories

booting questions
 

Reinstalled gawk from the slackware cd then edited the rc.M file left the #!/bin/sh and added #/usr/bin/awk on the second line. No message.

Thanks for all the help.

Hey, I know this is off topic, but it seems that your problem has been solved anyway. I just got my hands on a 365xd and was somewhat surprised to hear that you are running slackware 10.1 on it. Have you tried running blackbox or any other minimalist window manager on it? Thanks.

booting question
 

unfortunatey no, the cd-rom has died so i have not done too much with it since that.

Ah, thats too bad. Did you use a floppy drive to do the install? I do not have access to one and the machine does not seem to be capable of booting from a cdrom. Just wondering how you did your install. Thanks.

sorry, wrong place ;)

Hi,

You could use the the sbootmgr to boot from any device. Just create it on a floppy disk too make a boot selection. If you already have the cd then goto the /bootdisks directory on cd1. tThere you will find the sbootmgr too create the bootdisk.

HTH!

It doesn't have a floppy drive.