Re: Interix Installation Issue

[Martin Koeppe <mkoeppe@gmx.de>]

On Wed, 8 Apr 2009, Brian Amundsen wrote:

> Hi Martin,
>
> I'm getting an odd error after installation now.
> For some reason when I start either a tcsh or ksh I now get
>
> sh: No controlling tty (open /dev/tty: Device not configured)
> sh: warning: won't have full job control
> Welcom to Interix Unix utilities
>
> I also have warnings in my debootstrap log which indicate a repeated
> error that no version found at line 2.
>
> I'm still in the process of installation and haven't been able to open
> the /etc/apt/preferences file to PIN the sources references, I keep
> getting and access denied from the user and Administrator accounts.  I
> even tried to use vi from within the ksh as Administrator and it didn't
> work either.
>
> Any ideas of how to proceed?

On what version of Windows and Interix do you want to install
(uname -X)?

What is the error in debootstrap.log? Can you send the log file?

You even can't open /etc/apt/preferences from Windows?

You might try to restore the /dev/* files by running
/usr/sbin/makedev


Martin