RC2 remastered doesn't find .bash_profile

Forum: Other Help Topics
Topic: RC2 remastered doesn't find .bash_profile
started by: merrik

Posted by merrik on Nov. 17 2005,16:46

Hi,

I had remastered DSL RC2. It works fine, but when it is loading, it says the following message:

cp: cannot stat `/KNOPPIX/.bash_profile´: no such file or directory

I had checked the file and the only .bash_profile that is in all the distribution is in /var/skel/.bash_profile, and my image has it.

Do you know how can I solve it?

Thank you!

Posted by clivesay on Nov. 17 2005,16:55

That file needs to be copied over when you copy the KNOPPIX fs over for remastering.

Chris

Posted by merrik on Nov. 17 2005,17:04

Sorry, i apologise for my bad English.

Do you say I have to copy /var/skel/.bash_profile to /root and /home/dsl?

Thanks in advance.

Regards.

Posted by mikshaw on Nov. 18 2005,03:32

no...they are two separate files. /.bash_profile is for root and /etc/skel/.bash_profile is for dsl

Posted by merrik on Nov. 18 2005,10:55

Thank you mikshaw. Then, what I have to do to solve the problem?

Copy my system files -from my own computer- /.bash_profile and /etc/skel/.bash_profile into dsl/sources?

I haven't got any idea about what to do.

Regards

Posted by merrik on Nov. 18 2005,12:40

Now I understand.

I don't know for what reason, when I copied the KNOPPIX/KNOPPIX content into dsl/sources, /.bash_profile and /.rr_moved didn't get copied! - but /etc/skel/.bash_profile do!

I just copied ./bash_profile into my sources dir and all works!

Thank you! :laugh:

Posted by mark on Nov. 20 2005,18:22

Quote (merrik @ Nov. 17 2005,11:46)

hi.

let's say you mount the knoppix image like...

'mount -o loop knoppix image/'

the usual way is to copy everything out of the image into another folder. but: there are not just the usual folders (bin/ boot/ cdrom/ dev/ etc/ usr/ home/...) but also a .bash_profile you have to copy.
don't forget this file.

mark