Re: mkbootdisk how

[Art Ross <aross donet com>]

Ralph wrote:

> I have just finished with a new install of redhat 6.1 on a bare 2 GB
> hard drive. First tried Server install. It was installed ok I guess,
> but I could do anything with it. I don't know how to get around in
> Linux at all. All the How To and other documentation I read either
> tells you to go read something else or gives instructions to do some
> thing but does not tell how to do it.
> So I thought I would do a Workstation install with Gnome using any
> default options I came across, just to make it simple. WRONG Seems
> like nothing is simple.
>
> I enter "man mkbootdisk" and get the man no problem. When I try
> "mkbootdisk" I get "bash: mkbootdisk: command not found". How can
> the system know what it is and how to use but not know where it is?
> I sure don't know.
>
> I guess this is enough for now.
> Thanks for any help or suggestions.
>
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Are you in the root account or a normal user?  Try, the find -name mkbootdisk
for the / directory.  It sounds like the path to mkbootdisk isn't set for the
account your using for this.
  Regards,
  Art