On Sat, 27 Nov 1999, Tom Jacobs wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I'm brand new to linux/unix environments. Having only
> experience in microsoft operating environments, I am
> at a loss.
> Being of true faith that I can find anything on the
> internet without going to a book. I am attempting to
> learn linux without consulting a text (OK so I'm
> stupid).
You don't have to BUY a book but you might want to consider reading
through some of the freely available electronic documentation. I believe
there's an html copy of the Mandrake user/install guide on the CD, and
there's plenty of documentation on the web. It's good to read through
some beginner guides to get yourself familiar with the basics of working
with Linux. :)
> How the hell do I access the floppy and cdrom after
> they have been mounted? (By the way discovering that
> I have to mount hardware to use it took a long time to
> figure out.)
The floppy and cdrom drives are accessed through the directories they were
mounted under. Assuming you're using default settings, you're floppy
drive is mounted under /mnt/floppy and cdrom drive is mounted under
/mnt/cdrom.
-Tom
