From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jul 23 21:26:53 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id VAA12337 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 23 Jul 1996 21:26:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ime.net (ime.net [204.97.248.4]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id VAA12331 for ; Tue, 23 Jul 1996 21:26:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from kimiko.tcguy.net (buxton-8.ime.net [206.231.148.137]) by ime.net (8.7.4/8.6.12) with SMTP id AAA13770; Wed, 24 Jul 1996 00:25:36 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <31F5A5D0.1151@ime.net> Date: Wed, 24 Jul 1996 00:25:52 -0400 From: Gary Chrysler Reply-To: tcg@ime.net Organization: The Computer Guy X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0b4Gold (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Scott E H CC: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Install Q& A References: <31F598B3.6DC1@ix.netcom.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Scott E H wrote: > > I've installed FreeBSD but only seem to be able to re-run the sysinstall > with the /stand/sysinstall command. If I 'cd' into 'stand' do an 'ls' I > can see sysinstall but if I execute 'sysinstall' I got an error message. > It only works if I execute '/stand/sysinstall' I am trying to figure out > if this is normal or if my installation has gone south. I am running > this command from a 'bash' shell. Any help would be appreciated. > > Thank you, scotteh@ix.netcom.com It is normal operation. Especially for root! root does not have . (dot, current directory) in it's path and should not. It is dangerous. Normal user's ... ..., well thats a personal choice. :) cd /stand ./sysinstall will do the trick. -Enjoy Gary ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Improve America's Knowledge... Share yours The Borg... Where minds meet (207) 929-3848