[Dockstar] Can't reinstall ArchLinux after Rescue system

[francois]

Hi all,

first of all, sorry for my poor English, I'm just a French guy

I will try to explain my problem precisely :

1/ Got a Dockstar, install ArchLinux with the very clear tutorial
2/ Install the Rescue Sytem by Jeff Doozan
3/ After few days without using the Dockstar, I tried to connect to it, it was impossible, so I reboot it => It didn't boot on archlinux but only on the Rescue System
4/ The wrong idea I think => tried to reinstall ArchLinux from the tutorial
5/ I started from point 4, because I thought that the bootloader is already ok (am I wrong?)
6/ Everything in the tutorial was ok since the point 6 "Create the ext2 filesystem"
The following error message appears when I enter the command "./mke2fs /dev/sda1" => "-sh: ./mke2fs: not found"

I would very appreciate if someone could help me!

Thanks in advance and hope that my English is clear enough

[moonman]

Since you skipped step 3, you need to $this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', 'cd /tmp') from step 3 to be able to continue on. Also, try to use ext3 filesystem instead of ext2.
Your English is great, don't worry about it

[francois]

I'm a n00b with Linux but not totally, so I did the cd /tmp before doing the point 6

How could I try ext3? I thought that the mke2fs is the command to create the ext2 filesystem, isn't it?

[moonman]

Did you wget the mke2fs then? mke2fs -j will make you ext3 with journal. You need to change uboot variable rootfstype or something like that to ext3. Search my posts in the forum

[francois]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('moonman', 'D')id you wget the mke2fs then?

[moonman]

You should be able to run e2fsck from the rescue system if it is installed. See if mke2fs is installed as well. I am not familiar with the rescue system that you are using. I would use a linux live cd and reinstall alarm using the computer. Ext3 will help you avoid file aystem corruption after you reinstall.

[francois]

The strange thing is that mke2fs seems to be installed as you can see on the below screenshot :



I really don't understand the error message

[WarheadsSE]

.. remove the ./

[moonman]

You simply don't have it downloaded to tmp. But as WarheadsSE said, "mke2fs /dev/sda1" instead of "./mke2fs /dev/sda1" should work as mke2fs comes preinstalled with your rescue system.

[francois]

I thought I have tested this option, but it seems not!

The mke2fs without ./ works perfectly, thank you very much!