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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?
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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.
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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.
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What does this say ? does it find the file ? and is it +x ?
[c]ls -al /media/disk-1/liloinst.sh[/c]
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And is the start of the script [c]#!/bin/sh[/c] or [c]#!/bin/bash[/c] and did you reply yes when asked if you want to replace the default shell with bash when installing it?
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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.
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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 ?
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I would edit the file and add "[c]set -x[/c]" to understand what is going on at run time
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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).
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