[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Where can one find information about /sbin/activate? I have it > on my system (Debian 1.2.18), but no man pages, How-To, or other > documentation. It does not give any meaningful response to activate -h > or activate --help. What does this program do?
According to the very short help: ~$ /sbin/activate usage: /sbin/activate device [ partition ] i.e. /sbin/activate /dev/hda 2 it seems to set the bootable flag in the partition table, the example above would make /dev/hda2 the bootable partition on your first IDE hard disc. Torsten -- !07/11 PDP a ni deppart m'I !pleH Fortune Cookie PGP Public key available -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .