Re: Commands not found at startup
On Mon, 15 Sep 2003, David List wrote:
>On a newly installed Debian Woody, I have made a new kernel with
>pristine 2.4.22 kernel sources and make-kpkg.
>When I boot the new kernel I get messages, such as:
>"getent: command not found"
>"head: command not found"
>"awk: command not found"
>and the system does not boot up fully, seemingly because many other
>binaries cannot be found either. I do get a prompt, but no programs are
>available, only the bash builtins.
>When I boot the original 2.4.18 kernel there are no problems - except
>that I only utilize one of the systems' two processors.
>
>Those are all commands from /usr/bin. I have a separate /usr partition.
>Could that cause it?
Yes it could. I had accidentally chosen ReiserFS instead of Ext3 when
configuring the kernel, so when I tried issuing 'mount -s' after booting
the new kernel, I got a message about mount not knowing anything about
Ext3.
Best regards,
David List
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