--- In [email protected], Lars Finsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> Den 25. nov. 2008 kl. 00.59 skreiv Robert C Wittig:
>
> > Seeing as how you mention that you are a newbie, I will make a guess
> > that might be incorrect, about your problems with your second HD and
> > flash stick...
> >
> > In Linux, partitions are not automatically mounted, same as they are
> > in Windows. Except for the partitions that the OS itself creates, you
> > will probably have to mount these extra partitions yourself (assuming
> > the HD and Flash stick are already partitioned, and have file systems
> > on them that are recognised by Linux.
>
> The machine ran Windows 98 before, and the extra HD has a few Windows
> files on it. But I allowed the Linux installer to erase the C: disk
> and install itself on it. It's a pretty old machine, too, and I
> picked up that old book with that old Red Hat version just to
> experiment on it a little. I don't think the extra HD is partitioned
> at all, and neither is the Flash stick. I've been using it to
> transfer files between my Mac and my new Windows machine, which
> functions seamlessly, but I guess it's not surprising that Red Hat
> 8.0 can't handle it.
>
> > If you have not already done so, read the man pages for 'mount',
> > 'mkfs', and 'fstab', and do a little Googling on them as well.
>
> Thanks for your advice. I'm at an early stage of my Linux learning
> curve yet and shouldn't bother you further until I've read me up a
> bit more. I am hoping that my previous knowledge of Unix will help me
> out, but I never was on the sysadm side of that, so I guess I'm up
> for a bit of fumbling yet.
>
> LEF
>
That is a good attitude, but don't be afraid to ask questions also.
To cut down on your frustration, tough, I would suggest downloading
a newer distribution of Linux such as Ubuntu. You can read up at
distrowatch.com about various popular distros. You can do that on
your Mac and make the bootable CD from there too if that helps.
The newer stuff is much closer to friendly and will cut way down on
your frustration level. Your experience with Unix should help too.
Loyal
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