David is correct. Get a newer version of Red Hat. 5.0 is out of date
(buggy) and lacks many of the features of later releases. I like Red
Hat 7 a lot.
Most of your questions will be answered by a basic book on Linux, or in
the online documentation if you know where to look. From your
questions, I am guessing that you have little or no experience with any
form of Unix. I'll try to offer some clues, but remember that Linux is
radically different from Windows and it may take some time to get used
to. Most of us find that it's worth the effort.
> 1. How to access floppy drives in linux ?
> 2. How to copy Win98 files to floppies like Win98 ?
> 3. How to read from CD-ROM drives ?
Any medium which contains a filesystem must be mounted before you can
read or write to that filesystem. In the case of most filesystems
contained on hard drives, mouting takes place automatically at boot.
But for removable media, you must tell the OS to mount the filesystem
for you. For example (as root):
# mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
...will cause the contents of a DOS-formatted floppy disk to appear
under /mnt/floppy/.
(By the way, the "#" symbol at the beginning of the line should not be
typed; I use it to represent the command prompt.)
Recent versions of Red Hat will allow you to use this shorter form:
# mount /mnt/floppy
WARNING: before removing the floppy from the drive, always remember to
unmount it:
# umount /mnt/floppy
...or you risk data corruption on the disk and a confused machine.
> 4. Is it possible to read DOS/Other files from Linux ?
Absolutely. The "mount" manpage will help with this. At a terminal,
type "man mount".
> 5. How stablish Modem connectivity, simple way ?
Do you mean terminal dialup? Try the "minicom" program. It should be
present on your Red Hat CD if you have one, or download a copy. One
place to get lots of different RPM-packaged programs is
http://rpmfind.net/
Once you have minicom installed, read the documentation that came with
the package for details.
> 6. Does it provide TCP/IP & PPP connectivity ?
Yes. The PPP HOWTO can tell you what to do:
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/PPP-HOWTO/
This process can be confusing for novices, but be patient, it really
does work.
> 7. Where to get the Int-Browser on Linux, if its fre ?
Netscape comes with recent versions of Red Hat. Text-based browsers
like lynx and links also come with Red Hat. If you prefer Mozilla or
Opera, you can get Linux versions of each from their web site.
> 8. Soundcard not detected in Linux, its PnP in Win98 ?
Which sound card do you have?
--
Michael Jinks, IB // Technical Entity // Saecos Corporation
"No one speaks English and everything's broken." -- T. Waits
"Tom Waits would have made a decent sysadmin." -- M. Jinks
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