Re: How to Begin - fdisk

2012-08-20 Thread Chris Bannister
On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 07:48:42AM -0400, Tom H wrote: > On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 7:15 AM, wrote: > > > > I just installed Debian. If I issue: > > ls -alR > > I get output. Some things work. > > > > If I issue: > > fdisk > > or > > fdisk -l > > I get 'command not found'. > > Because it's "/sbin/f

Re: How to Begin - fdisk

2012-08-20 Thread Camaleón
On Mon, 20 Aug 2012 04:37:45 -0700, ray wrote: > I just installed Debian. If I issue: > ls -alR > I get output. Some things work. > > If I issue: > fdisk > or > fdisk -l > I get 'command not found'. > > What might I be doing wrong? That you need to run it as "root" ("su -") or using "sudo" :-)

Re: OT: How to Begin - fdisk

2012-08-20 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Mon, 2012-08-20 at 14:13 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Mon, 2012-08-20 at 13:56 +0200, Sébastien Kalt wrote: > > That's a common issue when starting with Debian (not sure with other > > distributions) : /sbin and /usr/sbin directories are not in the user > > path. > > At the moment there isn'

OT: How to Begin - fdisk

2012-08-20 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Mon, 2012-08-20 at 13:56 +0200, Sébastien Kalt wrote: > That's a common issue when starting with Debian (not sure with other > distributions) : /sbin and /usr/sbin directories are not in the user > path. At the moment there isn't a FHS for any distro :p. OT for the OT: IIRC Red Hat/ Fedora/ Le

Re: How to Begin - fdisk

2012-08-20 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Mon, 2012-08-20 at 04:15 -0700, r...@aarden.us wrote: > I just installed Debian. If I issue: > ls -alR > I get output. Some things work. > > If I issue: > fdisk > or > fdisk -l > I get 'command not found'. > > What might I be doing wrong? > > ray Become root first, resp. $ su -c "fdisk -l

Re: How to Begin - fdisk

2012-08-20 Thread Sébastien Kalt
Hi, 2012/8/20 : > I just installed Debian. If I issue: > ls -alR > I get output. Some things work. > > If I issue: > fdisk > or > fdisk -l > I get 'command not found'. > What might I be doing wrong? That's a common issue when starting with Debian (not sure with other distributions) : /sbin and /u

How to Begin - fdisk

2012-08-20 Thread ray
I just installed Debian. If I issue: ls -alR I get output. Some things work. If I issue: fdisk or fdisk -l I get 'command not found'. What might I be doing wrong? ray -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@l

Re: How to Begin - fdisk

2012-08-20 Thread Tom H
On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 7:15 AM, wrote: > > I just installed Debian. If I issue: > ls -alR > I get output. Some things work. > > If I issue: > fdisk > or > fdisk -l > I get 'command not found'. Because it's "/sbin/fdisk" and "/sbin" isn't in $PATH. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ

Re: How to Begin - fdisk

2012-08-20 Thread Michel Blankleder
On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 8:15 AM, wrote: > I just installed Debian. If I issue: > ls -alR > I get output. Some things work. > > If I issue: > fdisk > or > fdisk -l > I get 'command not found'. > What might I be doing wrong? > > ray > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.o

How to Begin - fdisk

2012-08-20 Thread ray
I just installed Debian. If I issue:ls -alRI get output. Some things work.If I issue:fdiskor fdisk -lI get 'command not found'. What might I be doing wrong?   ray -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.de