Cristian Carnutu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: CC> 1) I have a file named wabi2.2.tar. CC> I made the command tar -x wabi2.2.tar and nothing happens.
This is because this invocation will try to extract a file named wabi2.2.tar from the default device, on Debian that being standard input. You want to use the -f switch to tar to specify a different file for input, something like 'tar xf wabi2.2.tar'. See the tar man or info pages for more information. CC> I think because it is a DOS file type. It was on a DOS floppy. CC> Which is the command to change it to a linux format ? You can create a Linux ext2 filesystem on an arbitrary device with 'mke2fs /dev/devicename', using /dev/fd0 for the first floppy disk, for example. This *will* destroy any data you already have on the disk. You can't easily "convert" a DOS FAT filesystem into an ext2 filesystem. CC> 2) How do I disable the printing queue? For the moment I don't CC> need it You can run (as root) /etc/init.d/lpd stop to temporarily shut it off. If you want to permanently shut it off but not delete it, follow the pointer in /etc/init.d/README. You can also just remove the lpr package. -- _____________________________ / \ "Dad was reading a book called | David Maze | _Schroedinger's Kittens_. Asexual | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | reproduction? Only one cat is in the box." | http://donut.mit.edu/dmaze/ | -- Abra Mitchell \_____________________________/