losetup

Edward · Post by **Edward** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 2:29 pm

Hello. I'm new to Linux and have previosly been using M$. I'm trying to create and mound a floppy disk image as describerd here:

http://www.osdev.org/osfaq2/index.php/D ... er%20Linux

However when I try to execute the losetup command bash returns with:
bash: losetup: command not found
I'm using Red Hat 9.
is there a solution to this problem?
Please help. Thankyou.

Brynet-Inc · Post by **Brynet-Inc** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 3:00 pm

A Similar situation was discussed Here..

Apparently in Redhat linux the losetup command is an optional package, You likely need to find the RPM for it.

This might be it, http://rpmfind.net//linux/RPM/redhat/9/ ... .i386.html

gaf · Post by **gaf** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 3:07 pm

bash: losetup: command not found

You must have root privileges to use losetup. Either use 'su' to login as root or execute just this command as "sudu losetup".

regards,
gaf

Edward · Post by **Edward** » Thu Nov 02, 2006 2:21 pm

Thankyou. It works when I am logged in as root. But is doesn't if i just use su on a terminal when i am logged in as normal. Is there any way to get arround this?

edit:

I fixed it. it was a problem with the bash path.