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• Started 10 years ago by maxus1234
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   maxus1234
   

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   Today I was trying to install VectorLinux to an 8GB USB drive with a liloinst.sh script but it says: "Failed to execute child process "/media/disk-1/liloinst.sh" (No such file or directory)"

   Why is this happening?

   Posted 10 years ago #
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   Aleksej
   

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   I don't know anything about this script, so here common help.

   Check:
   - if this file exists;
   - if it executable for your user (you are root user when you install something, right? chmod +x path/to/your/file);
   - if this script is written for /bin/sh (open script in text editor; if you'll see #!/bin/bash in the top line, then you need to install bash: tazpkg -gi bash).

   PS. One more thought. I think LiLo is pretty old, and unmaintained, and real headache for Linux user. You should use SysLinux or Grub4dos bootloaders for your linux.

   Posted 10 years ago #
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   maxus1234
   

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   I can upload the file if you want.

   And I checked everything: the script is in /home/tux, it is set as executable and I have bash installed.

   And about Lilo: Yes, I know it is not updated, but VectorLinux needs it in order to boot from an USB Flash drive.

   Posted 10 years ago #
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   christophe
   

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   What does this say ? does it find the file ? and is it +x ?

   ls -al /media/disk-1/liloinst.sh

   Posted 10 years ago #
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   Trixar_za
   

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   And is the start of the script #!/bin/sh or #!/bin/bash and did you reply yes when asked if you want to replace the default shell with bash when installing it?

   Posted 10 years ago #
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   maxus1234
   

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   @christophe: Yes, it finds the file, and it is executable.

   @Trixar_za: The start of the script is #! /bin/bash. At the replacement prompt I replied yes.

   Posted 10 years ago #
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   subreptice
   

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   Hello.

   File exists, it is executable, it calls right shell...

   Perhaps try to run it as root user, double-checking path to run it ?

   Posted 10 years ago #
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   christophe
   

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   I would edit the file and add "set -x" to understand what is going on at run time

   Posted 10 years ago #
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   maxus1234
   

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   I'm always running as root and even after editing and renaming the file, Sakura won't start it (I also tried with XTerm, but no result).

   Posted 10 years ago #

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