Re: [newbie] File Management

2003-02-11 Thread robin
FemmeFatale wrote: On Mon, 2003-02-10 at 04:25, Adolfo Bello wrote: On Sun, 2003-02-09 at 23:56, Russ wrote: Hi All, Snipped out prev post IF what you want is to have quick access to data in a drive, you can symlink to the mount point, like: ln -s /mnt/disk /a ln -s /mnt/windows /d ln -s

Re: [newbie] File Management

2003-02-11 Thread Adolfo Bello
On Mon, 2003-02-10 at 20:23, FemmeFatale wrote: On Mon, 2003-02-10 at 04:25, Adolfo Bello wrote: Now now dear, that windows crap (as you call it) is still useful. Everyone needs to learn one way or another no way is wrong. Not even Windows methods. They're just different, albeit some are

Re: [newbie] File Management

2003-02-11 Thread FemmeFatale
At 10:41 AM 2/11/2003 -0400, you wrote: On Mon, 2003-02-10 at 20:23, FemmeFatale wrote: On Mon, 2003-02-10 at 04:25, Adolfo Bello wrote: After 20 years using DOS/Windows I am rather used to the A;, C:, D: schema but after working with the file system way I recognized that the DOS schema is

Re: [newbie] File Management

2003-02-11 Thread David Reynolds
On Tuesday 11 February 2003 05:45 pm, FemmeFatale proclaimed: At 10:41 AM 2/11/2003 -0400, you wrote: On Mon, 2003-02-10 at 20:23, FemmeFatale wrote: On Mon, 2003-02-10 at 04:25, Adolfo Bello wrote: After 20 years using DOS/Windows I am rather used to the A;, C:, D: schema but after

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2003-02-11 Thread David Reynolds
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Re: [newbie] File Management

2003-02-10 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
On 10 Feb 2003 16:43:25 +1100, Stephen Kuhn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 2003-02-10 at 16:28, Russ wrote: I like to know where things are. Example, what files are on the / partition, or the /usr, /var, /home. I just like to know what I am playing with. Russ On Sun, 2003-02-09

Re: [newbie] File Management

2003-02-10 Thread Carlos
(which is good 'cause am running out of hair to pull). Carlos Betancourt - Original Message - From: Russ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Newbie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2003 7:56 PM Subject: [newbie] File Management Hi All, I have been trying to learn how Linux's file system

Re: [newbie] File Management

2003-02-10 Thread civileme
On Monday 10 February 2003 02:25 am, Adolfo Bello wrote: On Sun, 2003-02-09 at 23:56, Russ wrote: Hi All, I have been trying to learn how Linux's file system works and what goes where. I am gaining ground. Here is my pet peeve though. When navigating the various files and folders, you

Re: [newbie] File Management

2003-02-10 Thread FemmeFatale
On Mon, 2003-02-10 at 04:25, Adolfo Bello wrote: On Sun, 2003-02-09 at 23:56, Russ wrote: Hi All, Snipped out prev post IF what you want is to have quick access to data in a drive, you can symlink to the mount point, like: ln -s /mnt/disk /a ln -s /mnt/windows /d ln -s /mnt/cdrom /e

Re: [newbie] File Management

2003-02-10 Thread et
On Monday 10 February 2003 07:23 pm, FemmeFatale wrote: On Mon, 2003-02-10 at 04:25, Adolfo Bello wrote: On Sun, 2003-02-09 at 23:56, Russ wrote: Hi All, Snipped out prev post IF what you want is to have quick access to data in a drive, you can symlink to the mount point, like: ln

[newbie] File Management

2003-02-09 Thread Russ
Hi All, I have been trying to learn how Linux's file system works and what goes where. I am gaining ground. Here is my pet peeve though. When navigating the various files and folders, you do not know which actual partition it is on. In windows explorer it separates the drives and shows you what

RE: [newbie] File Management

2003-02-09 Thread Robert Wideman
] File Management Hi All, I have been trying to learn how Linux's file system works and what goes where. I am gaining ground. Here is my pet peeve though. When navigating the various files and folders, you do not know which actual partition it is on. In windows explorer it separates the drives

Re: [newbie] File Management

2003-02-09 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Mon, 2003-02-10 at 14:56, Russ wrote: Hi All, I have been trying to learn how Linux's file system works and what goes where. I am gaining ground. Here is my pet peeve though. When navigating the various files and folders, you do not know which actual partition it is on. In windows

Re: [newbie] File Management

2003-02-09 Thread Damian Gatabria
Hi All, I have been trying to learn how Linux's file system works and what goes where. I am gaining ground. Here is my pet peeve though. When navigating the various files and folders, you do not know which actual partition it is on. In windows explorer it separates the drives and shows you

Re: [newbie] File Management

2003-02-09 Thread Todd Slater
On 09 Feb 2003 19:56:05 -0800 Russ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All, I have been trying to learn how Linux's file system works and what goes where. I am gaining ground. Here is my pet peeve though. When navigating the various files and folders, you do not know which actual partition it is

Re: [newbie] File Management

2003-02-09 Thread Russ
I like to know where things are. Example, what files are on the / partition, or the /usr, /var, /home. I just like to know what I am playing with. Russ On Sun, 2003-02-09 at 20:24, Todd Slater wrote: For normal operation, why do you need to know what partition stuff is on? Todd Want to

Re: [newbie] File Management

2003-02-09 Thread Damian Gatabria
On Monday 10 February 2003 05:28, Russ wrote: I like to know where things are. Example, what files are on the / partition, or the /usr, /var, /home. I just like to know what I am playing with. Surely you are not telling us you don't know how you laid out your own partitions, are you? :oP

Re: [newbie] File Management

2003-02-09 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
On 10 Feb 2003 15:04:06 +1100, Stephen Kuhn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 2003-02-10 at 14:56, Russ wrote: Hi All, I have been trying to learn how Linux's file system works and what goes where. I am gaining ground. Here is my pet peeve though. When navigating the various files and

Re: [newbie] File Management

2003-02-09 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Mon, 2003-02-10 at 16:28, Russ wrote: I like to know where things are. Example, what files are on the / partition, or the /usr, /var, /home. I just like to know what I am playing with. Russ On Sun, 2003-02-09 at 20:24, Todd Slater wrote: For normal operation, why do you need to

Re: [newbie] File Management

2003-02-09 Thread Russ
Yes the Knoq thing did work, thank you. And as to the partitions, I know which ones I have but I am still learning exactly what goes on each. Russ On Sun, 2003-02-09 at 18:42, Damian Gatabria wrote: On Monday 10 February 2003 05:28, Russ wrote: I like to know where things are. Example, what

Re: [newbie] File Management

2003-02-09 Thread Dale Huckeby
Well, how did you partition it? Mine, for instance, is /, swap, /home, /usr, /var. Any filename that starts with /home is on the /home partition, any filename that starts with /usr (ie. /usr/X11R6/bin/DrakConf) is on the /usr partition, any filename that starts with /var is on the /var