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Re: [SLE] 7.1 and VMware
  • From: Jeffrey Taylor <jeff.taylor@xxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2001 18:46:04 -0600
  • Message-id: <20010331184604.C9871@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Yes it should be a symbolic link. I can't read directory listing
right on the first try, sigh.

Jeffrey

Quoting Purple Shirt <purpleshirt@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
> Shouldn't it be a symbolic link:
>
> ln -s /etc/rc.d/init.d /etc/rc.d
>
> because hard links cannot link to directories?
>
> mk
>
> >From: Jeffrey Taylor <jeff.taylor@xxxxxxxx>
> >To: suse-linux-e@xxxxxxxx
> >Subject: Re: [SLE] 7.1 and VMware
> >Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2001 18:23:52 -0600
> >
> >I created a link "ln /etc/rc.d/init.d /etc/rc.d" and answered
> >/etc/rc.d.
> >
> >HTH,
> > Jeffrey
> >
> >Quoting Purple Shirt <purpleshirt@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
> > > I was just gonna try VMware. I downloaded the compressed tar version
> >2.0.3
> > > for Linux hosts.
> > >
> > > You can't get it to install under 7.1.
> > >
> > > The question of their perl install script:
> > >
> > > What is the directory under which the init scripts reside (it should
> >contain
> > > init.d/, and from rc0.d/ to rc6.d/)? /etc/init.d
> > >
> > > The path "/etc/init.d" is a directory which does not contain a init.d
> > > directory.
> > >
> > >
> > > What is the directory under which the init scripts reside (it should
> >contain
> > > init.d/, and from rc0.d/ to rc6.d/)? /etc
> > >
> > > The path "/etc" is a directory which does not contain a rc0.d directory.
> > >
> > > What is the directory under which the init scripts reside (it should
> >contain
> > > init.d/, and from rc0.d/ to rc6.d/)?
> > >
> > > The answer always fails. =(
> > >
> > > mk
> > >
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