Subj : Re: /usr/bin/raw does not exist after installing Fedora Core 3
To   : comp.os.linux
From : Valentin Minzatu
Date : Sat Nov 13 2004 11:44 pm

Hi Bob,

I was root when doing all of that (I had to be root in order to run losetup
as well). The thing is: there is no such file as /usr/bin/raw. I could find
it in the util-linux rpm, but not on the harddrive.

I tried the same thing on Fedora Core 2, which installs raw, but there the
message I receive whenever trying to run raw is: Cannot open master raw
device '/dev/rawctl' (No such device or address). In that release I could
see a lot of raw devices under /dev/raw, but cannot create any new one :)

So, I guess I have to read the document Lenard pointed out.

Cheers,
Valentin


"Bob" <bbourg@sdf.freeshell.org> wrote in message
news:20041113212152.02a360dd@achebe.arb...
> On Sat, 13 Nov 2004 21:46:02 -0800
> "Valentin Minzatu" <v.a.l.e.n.t.i.n.-.m.i.n.z.a.t.u.@.y.a.h.o.o.c.o.m>
wrote:
>
>
> > Step 3 would be to bind a raw device to a block device created at
> > step 2: raw /dev/raw/raw1 /dev/loop1. This is where I got stuck...
>
> If raw is in /usr/sbin--as it is on some distributions (suse for one;
> fedora, don't know)--you'll have to be root to use it. If I'm missing
> the point of the question, let me know.
>
> Later, Bob

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