Root Basic Root Troubleshooting Guide for the HTC Droid Eris

[stanbigi]

This is a great guide! But I've run into an issue - I've googled it but nothing really has come up.

I'm on Mac OSx - when I type in
cd ~/Downloads
./fastboot-mac devices

terminal says:
-bash: ./fastboot-mac: is a directory
fastboot is in the tools folder, I feel like i'm messing up something simple but can't figure out what it is @.@

thank

 

[doogald]

This is a great guide! But I've run into an issue - I've googled it but nothing really has come up.

I'm on Mac OSx - when I type in
cd ~/Downloads
./fastboot-mac devices

terminal says:
-bash: ./fastboot-mac: is a directory
fastboot is in the tools folder, I feel like i'm messing up something simple but can't figure out what it is @.@

thank

If fastboot-mac is in the tools directory, it should be something more like this:

cd ~/Downloads/tools
./fastboot-mac etc.

-or-

cd ~/Downloads
tools/fastboot-mac etc.

~ = a shortcut to your home directory

cd = Change Directory - change the active directory in the terminal to the Downloads folder in your home directory (~/Downloads), or to the tools directory in the Downloads directory in your home folder (~/Downloads/tools)

. = the current directory. Unlike the Windows command line, Unix-based operating systems running the default bash shell (like the Mac, or Linux) do not search the current directory for the name of a file when you enter it as a command in the Terminal. You have to explicitly name the location of the file you wish to run as a command. You could also type ~/Downloads/tools/fastboot-mac (so the ./ is a shortcut to everything before fastboot-mac).

Replace the cd ~/Download/tools above with the actual directory location of the fastboot-mac file, if it is not in a tools folder in the Downloads folder in your home directory.

 

[stanbigi]

OMG, your a genius! *fangirls* Thank you it works perfectly now!
Thanks!