fresh slack 13 install- lilo: comand not found

mkoco · 01-31-2010, 10:18 PM

As the subject states;

On a fresh Slackware 13 install, edited the /etc/lilo.conf to include my new kernel, and executing lilo (logged in as root)

lilo: command not found.

Any idea??

GrapefruiTgirl · 01-31-2010, 10:23 PM

Only idea I have about this, is that you did not install LILO.

Was this a full install, or did you do any selective deselecting of packages? If you did a selective install, or somehow otherwise chose to not install LILO, that'd do it.

Or (and I'm not even sure this is an option) did you install GRUB instead?

Anyhow, maybe stick your CD or DVD back in and just go ahead and install the LILO package off the CD again. Should fix it.

here's the lilo package I have (64bit Slack13):

Code:

sasha@reactor: ls /var/log/packages | grep lilo
lilo-22.8-x86_64-14
sasha@reactor:

mkoco · 01-31-2010, 10:25 PM

I'm sorry to waste your time. It was bone-headed error. I think its time to go to sleep..

I copied my .bash_profile from my user account into my root folder, which among other things, resets my $PATH.

Incidentally, is there a cleaner way to reset $PATH or is that the preferred method?

Thanks.

GrapefruiTgirl · 01-31-2010, 10:28 PM

LOL, no problem. If I'd thought it a waste of time, I'd not have answered

For resetting you path to the default, just do this:

Code:

. /etc/profile

Though this won't reset the PATH for the entire system; only for the shell environment you're in; this gets done automatically anyway, when you log into any shell. If you need to reload the path system wide, you might log out, go to init 1, and back to init 2-5, and that should make it fresh like when you boot up.

Hope that helps