Fwd: NDN: Re: [newbie] File Management

2003-02-11 Thread David Reynolds
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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

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 some

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

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, 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 Howeve

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, > > > > > > > IF what you want is to have quick access to data in a drive, you can > > symlink to the mount point, like: > > ln -s /

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, > > > 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 > > However, I

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 fold

Re: [newbie] File Management

2003-02-10 Thread Carlos
Hi Russ, I'm in the spot as you find yourself in. All I can say is try this book called "Sams teach yourself Linux in 24 hours" 3th edition. It will start you off with the very basics of Linux. I would have been even more lost without and has helped me from having to pound my head against a wall (w

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

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 partition

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 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 ne

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

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 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 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

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

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 e

RE: [newbie] File Management

2003-02-09 Thread Robert Wideman
You are too used to Winblowz. Stay on Linux/UNIX for another year and you will totally disagree with your current self. Rob >> -Original Message- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Russ >> Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2003 9:56 PM >> To: Newbie >> Subject: