Hmm. I don't know much about null modem cables. Too bad you don't have CD drive handy, but anyway:
> man doesn't seem to work on my machine. ( I get bash: man: command not > found) man's not on the base disks, because the manpages themselves take up quite a bit of space. > Linux/UNIX book I could get from the Web so I can start to learn my way "Running Linux", by Matt Walsh. Get it from O'Reilly Publishers, www.ora.com. Good book. There's also a book out on running Debian specifically, but I've not had a chance to read it yet. > around this machine? and last ( for now) how can I set-up my second Hard > Drive to boot into DOS from Linux? Via lilo, the LInux LOader. It can be configured to give you a menu on boot and let you choose between linux and dos and Win95 and OS/2 and anything else you can think of and squeeze onto your drive. I can help you here, but you can also hit the linux HOWTO's at http://www.linux.org/help/howto.html -- they're written by people with pretty solid knowledge, and they generally assume you don't really understand what you're trying to do. :) > to the users list but it seems they tend to forget that not everyone knows > how to use commands like getty or stuff. Righto. Will -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | http://www.cis.udel.edu/~lowe/ | | PGP Public Key: http://www.cis.udel.edu/~lowe/index.html#pgpkey | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | You think you're so smart, but I've seen you naked | | and I'll prob'ly see you naked again ... | | --The Barenaked Ladies, "Blame It On Me" | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
