On Sat, Oct 05, 2002 at 04:53:23PM -0700, Bob Hemus wrote: > Kurt Wall wrote: > > > > Also sprach Bob Hemus: > > > > > > Bach again, What is the command line? I tried > > > # cp /etc/inittab /dev/hdb1 /etc/inittab , but got this error message.
# cp /etc/inittab /dev/hdb1/etc/inittab Note that missing space between /dev/hdb1 and /etc/inittab. > > > cp: copying multiple files, but last argument (/etc/inittab) is not a > > > directory Right -- what "cp" thought you were trying to do was cp /etc/inittab *and* /dev/hdb1 to /etc/inittab. > > > Try `cp --help' for more information. > > > Read --help to no avail. Do I need to make hdb1 a directory? > > > > /dev/hdb1 is a device node for a disk partition, not a filesystem. Meaning that /dev/hdb1 needs to be mounted somewhere. It doesn't matter where. For example, # mkdir /mnt/hdb1 # mount /dev/hdb1 /mnt/hdb1 The contents of /dev/hdb1 can now be accessed at /mnt/hdb1. -- or -- # mkdir /foo # mount /dev/hdb1 /foo At this point, the contents of /dev/hdb1 are now accessible under /foo. > > Try: > > > > # cp /etc/inittab /foo/etc/inittab > > > > where /foo is the filesystem that lives on /dev/hdb1. > > > > For example, on my box, /usr/local is mounted on /dev/hda5, as this > > entry from /etc/fstab attests: > > > > /dev/hda5 /usr/local ext3 defaults 1 2 > > > > and as this report from mount also attests: > > # mount > > /dev/hda2 on / type ext3 (rw) > > /dev/hda1 on /boot type ext3 (rw) > > /dev/hda3 on /usr type ext3 (rw) > > /dev/hda5 on /usr/local type ext3 (rw) > > > > Kurt > > -- > > "Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not > > tried it." > >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > I have returned. When I get a few minutes I'll send pix of my baby > great-great-grandaughter. Yow. > Kurt, I left all of your last message so you might remember. I think > what started this whole thing, I was screwing around with LFS and I > think I buggered my /etc/bash file, so my /etc/inittab won't go even if > I copied it in. I think I need to copy bash back into the partition. > > About foo, is that hdb1? Or do I need to make Hdb1 a directory to copy > to it? That's where my whole program resides. I think when I re-do > everything it'll be the last timm! No, not necessarily. As I explained above, "foo" needs to be the mount point where hdb1 is mounted. Kurt -- What this country needs is a good five cent microcomputer. _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
