booting question

donan71 · 10-20-2005, 09:49 PM

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.

egag · 10-20-2005, 09:56 PM

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

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

egag

nilleso · 10-20-2005, 10:00 PM

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

donan71 · 10-20-2005, 10:06 PM

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

donan71 · 10-20-2005, 10:10 PM

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

donan71 · 10-20-2005, 10:56 PM

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.

Permaximus · 12-13-2005, 12:41 PM

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.

donan71 · 12-16-2005, 07:09 PM

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

Permaximus · 12-19-2005, 10:24 PM

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.

yoron · 12-20-2005, 04:07 AM

sorry, wrong place

onebuck · 12-20-2005, 09:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Permaximus

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.

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!

Permaximus · 12-23-2005, 11:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gwsandvik

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.