Noob Linux Question

[mrreizor]

I'm running Ubuntu 6.06 on a Live CD. I'm trying to run some commands in terminal mode but get "command not found" for EVERY command i've tried.

'sudo iwconfig'
'sudo ifconfig'

I tried a few more as well, but I can't remember those. Any ideas why they won't work? I'm trying to configure my wireless connection.

 

[n0cmonkey]

locate iwconfig

 

[robphelan]

sorry to hijack the thread, but i jsut tried ubuntu last night.

downloaded the ISO and burned to CD. when I tried booting from it, it just throws me to a DR-DOS prompt.

what happened?

btw, this is my first attempt with linux.

thanks,
robert

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: robphelan
sorry to hijack the thread, but i jsut tried ubuntu last night.

downloaded the ISO and burned to CD. when I tried booting from it, it just throws me to a DR-DOS prompt.

what happened?

btw, this is my first attempt with linux.

thanks,
robert

Don't hijack threads. It's probably a bad burn. Make sure you burn as an image instead of just burning the file onto a disc.

 

[magomago]

Hmm...seems to work for me. Perhaps something to do with things not being installed since you are running off of a live cd?

 

[Nothinman]

They're probably not in your path, try 'sudo /sbin/ifconfig'.

 

[mrreizor]

Originally posted by: Nothinman
They're probably not in your path, try 'sudo /sbin/ifconfig'.

That done it. I wasn't in the right path. I followed n0cmonkey's suggestion and used the locate command.

Thanks guys for help!