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Re: Can't run update-initramfs



On Sat, 19 Feb 2011 11:46:12 -0500 (EST), Noah Duffy wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 5:53 PM, Andre [debian] <debian.a2@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 3:39 PM, Noah Duffy <n.milo.duffy@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I was trying to install Plymouth on Debain Squeeze.  I followed the
>>> basic instructions, but the only thing I was unable to run was
>>> update-initramfs.  It just tells me that the command isn't found.  I'm
>>> a little confused.  Is there something else I need to install or do?
>>> I did have initramfs-tools installed (it came with Plymouth).
>>
>> Are you using sudo or logged in as root?  It's likely not in your path
>> if you're not root.
>>
>> Andre
>>
> 
> I disabled the root user by not setting a password.  So, I'm using
> sudo from my account.

Which means that you need to issue

   sudo update-initramfs ...

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