On Monday 10 November 2003 08:55 pm, Carroll Grigsby wrote: > On Monday 10 November 2003 07:27 pm, Melissa Reese wrote: > > One thing I know will take a little getting used to is the different > > type of nomenclature used in Linux. > > > > - -- > > Melissa > > Melissa: > The 9.1 Manuals are available online. While they aren't exactly "The > Definitive Guide to Absolutely Everything Anyone Would Ever Want to Know > About Mandrake Linux", they contain some very useful information, > particularly for recent Windows refugees: > http://doc.mandrakelinux.com/MandrakeLinux/91/en/Quick_Startup.html/ > http://doc.mandrakelinux.com/MandrakeLinux/91/en/Starter.html/ > > Two things to watch out for: > 1. Don't format your partitions with ext2 -- use one of the journalling > filesystems. Journalling filesystems protect you against power failures, > hitting reset, or doing something really stupid. Most folks seem to use > either ext3 (the default) or reiser. Ext2 is for masochists. > 2. Don't select any of the higher security levels unless you really know > what you're doing. This ain't Windows. When these guys say "high", they > mean very, very high. You're best off going with the default. > -- cmg Just remember under linux everything is a file
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