Setup needs to be told how to find the /slackware directory. It expects to see the same file and directory structure as it exists on the download server. The .txt files are used during the install process to inform the person doing it what the packages are about. The install process uncompresses and untars the .tgz files as a package is installed.
Mark Post -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chuck Lamphear Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2005 10:13 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: cannot create /mnt/etc/fstab I think my problem is the way I downloaded the distribution files. I want to install from a pre-mounted file on my Linux system. A couple questions: . What is the naming convention that SETUP uses to find these files? Must they be in individual directories /A /AP etc.? Any restrictions on the directory names? . Are the .TXT files required? . Does SETUP uncompress the tgz files? This is all probably documented somewhere but I haven't been able to find it. Thanks, Chuck -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Post, Mark K Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2005 10:13 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: cannot create /mnt/etc/fstab When you issue a mount command, does it show your DASD volumes as being mounted read-write? Mark Post -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chuck Lamphear Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2005 12:08 PM To: [email protected] Subject: cannot create /mnt/etc/fstab Hello: I'm trying to install Slackware on a z800 partition - my first shot at Linux. I ftp'd package "A" and tried to install it with SETUP. I get the following messages: /usr/lib/setup/setup: cannot create /mnt/etc/fstab: No such file or directory /usr/lib/setup/setup: cannot create /mnt/etc/fstab: No such file or directory /usr/lib/setup/setup: cannot create /mnt/etc/fstab: No such file or directory /usr/lib/setup/setup: cannot create /mnt/etc/fstab: No such file or directory /usr//usr/lib/setup/setup: cannot create /mnt/etc/fstab: No such file or directory lib/setup/setup: cannot create /mnt/etc/fstab: No such file or directory /usr/lib/setup/setup: cannot create /mnt/etc/fstab: No such file or directory /usr/lib/setup/setup: cannot create /mnt/etc/fstab: No such file or directory I did the Target and swap setups ok I think - any ideas? Thanks ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Chuck ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
