On Wed, May 23, 2001 at 08:15:39PM -0600, HAL 9000 wrote:
> The next day I was playing with a operational Linux system which would boot
> from the hard drive. Since I'm a complete novice at Linux I didn't know even
> how to view a directory. I had seen the install done so I thought I'd
> re-install and this time write down the error messages and try and decide if
> they were serious.
>
> O O P S ! ! !
>
> When I got into the "Install operating system kernel and modules" step I
> didn't know how to tell it to use the CD reader to input the drivers. I
> couldn't figure out how to back out of that procedure. So, I re booted.
you've been accustomed to using windo~1, haven't you? bad dog.
> O O P S ! !
why not re-boot from the CD and reformat, repartition and
reinstall, since you don't have diddly customized yet?
and yes, it's good to take notes.
--
uppercase and lowercase matter in the real world:
ls
dir
ls -a
ls -l
ls -F
and combining those last three,
ls -laF
ls -aFl
those are likely to show you which files you've got.
use
cd somedir
cd ../../xyz/otherplace
to move around. i'd recommend
apt-get install mc
to install the midnight commander utilities, then
mcedit somefile.xyz
to munge some text in file 'somefile.xyz' or just
mc
to snoop around your filesystem. a nice quickie start environment
for a newbie-type.
also check out the help-system newbieDoc at
http://newbieDoc.sourceForge.net/general/help-system.en.html
--
DEBIAN NEWBIE TIP #10 from Will Trillich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
:
Looking to run a command or two at REGULAR INTERVALS? Try
"crontab -e" for starters (see "man cron" or "man crontab").
You might also investigate the "anacron" package.
Also see http://newbieDoc.sourceForge.net/ ...
