Thanks for the extra input! Pat, just to check: I 'cd /etc/inittab' and do an 'ls' which will list the files in the directory. How do I then change the 5 to a 3 in the 'id:5:initdefault:' line? Do I just type 'id:3:initdefault:' and hit enter?
Also, I did notice during installation that something called shorewall was installed. Is your 'Also, if the box is on the open internet, be sure to get Jack Coates' patched shorewall. Monkeynoodle dot Org' reference the one and the same? I also remember during the MCC update package part that one of the updates was to shorewall. BTW the linux box is directly wired via ethernet cable to the wireless router, the other, currently XP, machine connects to the router wirelessly. The HD with my music on it came out of the XP machine so I assume it's NTFS. I've installed it in the old computer, making sure master/slave is correct for the drives, but the BIOS is reporting it as having 136Gb capacity and not 200. Guess the old motherboard can't read the larger capacity disc correctly, and I can't be bothered updating the BIOS. So I intend to do this. Throughout all the above installation issues I've gotten enough experience of KDE to like it enough, that I've decided to bin XP and put Mandriva 10.2 on that machine as well. I've been intending to move over to Linux since 2002 (I purchased Mandrake 8.1 Pro retail pack way back then - it had a problem loading X with certain Nvidia cards, and yep, mine was one of them so it fell by the wayside!) Now I've had the chance to revisit it, I've decided to go for it and try and learn a bit more regarding it, so thanks to SlimDevices for the 'nudge'! I'll now have to save all my documents, and other files, so that I can install Mandriva on the XP machine. I assume OpenOffice or whatever it is on Linux can read these Microsoft Office docs if I burn 'em to a CD/DVD? -- CavesOfTQLT _______________________________________________ unix mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/unix
