chris (see@reply.to.field) writes:
> Hi, have just had to start my whole debian installation again because
> LILO got corrupted
>
> Now, upon doing a base network install, I find that simple commands such
> as 'whois', 'traceroute', 'host' and 'dig' are missing! I have to do an
> apt-get install <whois/host etc> for the commands to work!
>
> Can someone please tell me what i've done wrong, and what is the package
> called I need to install that will bring back all my basic commands!
> Many thanks.

I'm no expert since I've only done installs a handfull of times, but
I suspect you went wrong in assuming you needed to reinstall merely
because LILO became corrupted. If it's not booting at that point,
you slip a boot disk into the computer, and let that boot. Then you
have a working Linux, and you can fix the LILO issue.

Michael