Thanks! You were both correct re ifconfig. Still missing tmpfs or any knowledge of other means of creating a RAM disk. Will start a separate thread specifically on that.
Best, Jeffrey > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: <[email protected]> > Date: Sat, 9 Jul 2005 12:00:18 -0600 (MDT) > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: yellowdog-general Digest, Vol 11, Issue 6 > > Send yellowdog-general mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of yellowdog-general digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Missing commands/functions (Jeffrey Paul Burger) > 2. Re: Missing commands/functions (ron flory) > 3. Re: Missing commands/functions (C.J. Harris) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 11:09:07 -0700 > From: Jeffrey Paul Burger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Missing commands/functions > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > I'm running Yellow Dog 4.0 on a dual 2.5 G5. I can't find any command such > as tmpfs (missing) to create a virtual disk, and can't figure out how to get > any kind of networking running for file sharing (missing ifconfig for > starters). I'm assuming that I need to add a package or something, but I > don't know enough to know what or how. Or are there other workarounds for > these needs? If I need to reinstall, any tips would be appreciated since > I've done an install only once a long time ago and am a bit intimidated > about any problems or ripple effect! Assistance greatly appreciated! > > Thanks! > > Jeffrey Paul Burger > > "There are only two ways to live your life. > One is as though nothing is a miracle. > The other is as if everything is." > --Albert Einstein > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 13:25:03 -0500 > From: ron flory <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Missing commands/functions > To: Yellow Dog Linux General Discussion List > <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed > > Jeffrey Paul Burger wrote: > >> I'm running Yellow Dog 4.0 on a dual 2.5 G5. I can't find any command such >> as tmpfs (missing) to create a virtual disk, and can't figure out how to get >> any kind of networking running for file sharing (missing ifconfig for >> starters). I'm assuming that I need to add a package or something, but I >> don't know enough to know what or how. Or are there other workarounds for >> these needs? If I need to reinstall, any tips would be appreciated since >> I've done an install only once a long time ago and am a bit intimidated >> about any problems or ripple effect! Assistance greatly appreciated! > > are you sure ifconfig is missing? were you logged in as root when you > tried to run ifconfig? Other users generally must type /sbin/ifconfig > because /sbin is generally not in the non-root-user search path. > > This is normal. > > ron > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2005 11:27:28 -0700 (PDT) > From: "C.J. Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Missing commands/functions > To: Yellow Dog Linux General Discussion List > <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > Hello, > I'm not sure if yellowdog 4.0 comes with "tmpfs", but > as far as "ifconfig", Make sure you are root. I would > mangier "ifconfig" would have to be included in the > yellowdog install because its basic UNIX utilities, > Try "whereis ifconfig" as root. The path to "ifconfig" > should be /sbin/ifconfig > > Seejay > > --- Jeffrey Paul Burger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I'm running Yellow Dog 4.0 on a dual 2.5 G5. I can't >> find any command such >> as tmpfs (missing) to create a virtual disk, and >> can't figure out how to get >> any kind of networking running for file sharing >> (missing ifconfig for >> starters). I'm assuming that I need to add a package >> or something, but I >> don't know enough to know what or how. Or are there >> other workarounds for >> these needs? If I need to reinstall, any tips would >> be appreciated since >> I've done an install only once a long time ago and >> am a bit intimidated >> about any problems or ripple effect! 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