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Message from Steven
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Sindi wrote:
>
> Alt-F1 brings up the menu but then you need a mouse to use it.

No you don't.  The arrow keys can be used.
If the arrow keys on your strange keyboard
dont't work, I suggest you edit .jwmrc and 
put in keys that do work on your keyboard.

> I am trying to test the fs.img mounted as a loop 
> from within ext2 BL2.

That's not the best way to do it.  Some
things are not going to work right.

> I chrooted to it
> chroot /mnt /bin/sh --login
> (I can also mount /proc if I want).

You must mount /proc.  Otherwise many things go wrong.

> I tried to run /etc/rc but e2fsck is in there 
> and objected.

It's looking for C:\BASLIN
I suggest you remove that line.

> Startx works but
> rxvt:  can't execute "bin/bash"
>
> Why does rxvt need bash when chrooted?

I have no idea.  It is weird behavior (that doesn't
happen when the filesystem is booted the usual way).
Nevertheless, I will add a dummy /bin/bash to BL3.50
 
> How can I fix this? 

edit /bin/bash
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exec /bin/busybox ash $@
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Then: chmod +x /bin/bash

Cheers,
Steven