Re: [newbie] Q re: HDD
Dude, what are all those little thingies in your e mail? On Tue, 14 Mar 2000, Wayne Petherick mewed: > > Alan, > thanks for the tip. I guess that is what another subscriber was > referring to as allocating X MB for /home, X MB for /usr etc etc...I > didn't know you could do that with Linux. > > Also, whilst I have the soapbox, I would just like to say there has been > some flaming going on about people asking questions that might be > provided in the documentation. Some of the docs with Linux are > obscure and written by Linux gurus and therefore hard to read and > understand for us "newbies". I am a one time computer > tech from Dos/Windows days and still have trouble understanding much > Linux stuff. I have been using it full time for over a week now and > have come to appreciate the power and versatility of the OS and will make > a total migration to it for everything but games (for obvious > reasons). I love it, it works well , and on the odd occasion it > does hang, just type xkill and away you go. Not like > Wind'ohs.. > Any more advanced users out there, just tolerate my spupidity and other > stupidity like it for a while and eventually we will be teaching the new > users to the list what you have taught us. > > Alan, > thanks again so much for the tip. It answered my Q exactly. > > Wayne > > > >
Re: [newbie] Q re: HDD
Alan, thanks for the tip. I guess that is what another subscriber was referring to as allocating X MB for /home, X MB for /usr etc etc...I didn't know you could do that with Linux. Also, whilst I have the soapbox, I would just like to say there has been some flaming going on about people asking questions that might be provided in the documentation. Some of the docs with Linux are obscure and written by Linux gurus and therefore hard to read and understand for us "newbies". I am a one time computer tech from Dos/Windows days and still have trouble understanding much Linux stuff. I have been using it full time for over a week now and have come to appreciate the power and versatility of the OS and will make a total migration to it for everything but games (for obvious reasons). I love it, it works well , and on the odd occasion it does hang, just type xkill and away you go. Not like Wind'ohs.. Any more advanced users out there, just tolerate my spupidity and other stupidity like it for a while and eventually we will be teaching the new users to the list what you have taught us. Alan, thanks again so much for the tip. It answered my Q exactly. Wayne
Re: [newbie] Q re: HDD
If you have a 3GB partition mounted as /home, then a cd/home will indeed take you there. Note, though, that your (non-root) user startup directory will be /home/, so it is also on the 3GB partition. Underneath that startup directory will be a lot of configuration files (for Netscape, Gimp, KDE, etc.) which should be handled with care. Programs are normally stored under /usr or /opt, though, so you should make certain you have sufficient space for these directories. Other than that, yes, the whole 3GB is yours to do with as you wish On Tue, 14 Mar 2000 14:27:02 +1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have a question regarding my hard disks. After some trouble trying to cfdisk > my HD this morning, Linux wouldn't work and I had to reinstall it. It has > picked up the hard disk I partitioned to give me 3 gig of space to use for > personal files etc and has mounted it is /home. Does this mean when ever I do > a cd /home this is where it takes me? If not, how do I access this disk to > store files on and install programs on it etc? If this is the case, is my > entire home directory on this 3 gig disk and is it mine to do with as I please? > > Wayne -- Politas ___ Get 100% FREE Internet Access powered by Excite Visit http://freelane.excite.com/freeisp
Re: [newbie] Q re: HDD
Wayneif you cd /home that's where you will go. Any user account you add to the system (as root) will have their home directory created as a subdirectory in that /home directory and that is where your unprivileged user account is (if you have one). Root's home directory is not in the /home directory though, it is in /root (not actually in /root as it IS /root). So if you have an unprivileged user account and there are no other user accounts then yes, /home is all yours. I hope that answered the question. Alan Wayne wrote: > > I have a question regarding my hard disks. After some trouble trying to cfdisk > my HD this morning, Linux wouldn't work and I had to reinstall it. It has > picked up the hard disk I partitioned to give me 3 gig of space to use for > personal files etc and has mounted it is /home. Does this mean when ever I do > a cd /home this is where it takes me? If not, how do I access this disk to > store files on and install programs on it etc? If this is the case, is my > entire home directory on this 3 gig disk and is it mine to do with as I please? > > Wayne
[newbie] Q re: HDD
I have a question regarding my hard disks. After some trouble trying to cfdisk my HD this morning, Linux wouldn't work and I had to reinstall it. It has picked up the hard disk I partitioned to give me 3 gig of space to use for personal files etc and has mounted it is /home. Does this mean when ever I do a cd /home this is where it takes me? If not, how do I access this disk to store files on and install programs on it etc? If this is the case, is my entire home directory on this 3 gig disk and is it mine to do with as I please? Wayne
