Snody

Hi, I have Fedora 4 on my PC and I just love it But I wont 2 go further and use all the funtions that are avalible throught Terminal. I have got as far as typing in simple comands(eg vi) and other simple comands but when it comes to say, formating a HD in Linix Im stumped. Now the first item on my "Wish list" is a list of comands and their uses. Is this asking too much?
Plz advise.
Snody

Snody

Hi, No, Snody that is a perfectly reasonable request, :-) Just go 2 this URL.......................XXXXXXXXX...................................................
Signed, April Fool

batty_professor

Hi, snody, and welcome to TSF, I think. Your second post makes people like myself sometimes wonder if I'm wasting my time on someone like yourself.
If you are asking a serious question, then here's a good list to start with. http://www.mediacollege.com/linux/co...x-command.html
Be sure to also check out the shell commands, and the tutorial.

__________________
It's better to know me and not need me than to need me and not know me. B.

While users are never under any obligation, if you feel the urge please feel free to visit our donation page. Every little bit helps.
And we thank you for your support.

Microsoft free Registered Linux user 397458

tgo

www.linuxcommand.org/learning_the_shell.php

all you need to get started

__________________
My new homepage:

DeFcOn

finger jimmy.......i love this one! and grep it sounds so perverted

Snody

Hi, thx for your prompt replys. Now I feel like I have jumped in the "Deep end"
Snody

Snody

Hi, now I C, it is much the same as Dos. Only one big "tree" and no letters defining branches. Names instead.
S.

batty_professor

Yes, names, letters are for options. From within a shell, if you type in a command, follow it with a space, then a hyphen, then a ? mark, you'll get information regarding the use of options letters with the options to use with the command.

__________________
It's better to know me and not need me than to need me and not know me. B.

While users are never under any obligation, if you feel the urge please feel free to visit our donation page. Every little bit helps.
And we thank you for your support.

Microsoft free Registered Linux user 397458

Snody

OK, thx for the tip.

__________________
It is better to have loved, and lost, that never to have Loved at all.

Snody

Help!! I have just try 2 boot up Fedora 4 but I get:
EXT3-fs error (device hdb2): ext3_check_descriptors: Block bitmap for group 128 not in group (block 4227070730)!
mount: error 22 mounting ext3
ERROR opening /dev/console!!!!: 2
error dup'2 ing fd of 0 to 0
error dup2' ing fd of 0 to 1
error dup2' ing fd of 0 to 2
error dup2' ing fd of 0 to 3
switching; mount failed: 22
Kernal panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!

This is all I have I tryed to reboot but the same happened. I also tryed to bootup with a Rescue ME! disk in the cdrom but no go. Any ideas?
Snody

__________________
It is better to have loved, and lost, that never to have Loved at all.

Skie

My question is, what commands did you run before the last time you rebooted?

__________________

LoneWolf071

Where do You get that, it looks like a hard drive error...

__________________
Suicide Command in Linux : rm -rf / ;)
AIM:TheLoneWolf071@aim.com--If You Need Help, Don't Hesitate...

Snody

The HD has been running fine and Im using the pc now I guess it could be the HD I had a viris in my System Volume Information folder in WinXP. and other HDs have been giving me trouble........

__________________
It is better to have loved, and lost, that never to have Loved at all.

Snody

Does anyone know of a utility that I can use to test the HD so that I can find out if it is OK?

__________________
It is better to have loved, and lost, that never to have Loved at all.

batty_professor

Looks to me you may have had an unclean shutdown that corrupted your MBR. Always logout/shutdown the system, just as you would do if it was windows. Unlike windows though, if you suffer a problem with the system, you can usually recover by logout/login. In case of problems, "Control, Alt. + Backspace will usually get you a new login, and restore the session.

__________________
It's better to know me and not need me than to need me and not know me. B.

While users are never under any obligation, if you feel the urge please feel free to visit our donation page. Every little bit helps.
And we thank you for your support.

Microsoft free Registered Linux user 397458

Snody

I have been using my loptop 2 try out the new comands and the problem has come up when I tryed to boot up my main PC with a HD that I have loaded Fedora 4 on.
Thus, I have XP on one HD and Fedora on another I shut down XP disconnected it and booted up with the other HD (containing Fedora) as master.
I know the it is a long way of doing it but I dont know enough about the system to have a duel boot.

__________________
It is better to have loved, and lost, that never to have Loved at all.

batty_professor

I see, the problem may stem from the bios not detecting the drive properly at boot. I take it this occurred right after a drive swap. When it does happen, you can either reset the bios with the jumper by the battery (with the power off) or start the computer with no drive attached, shut down when the "missing operating system" message is displayed, connect the desired drive, and reboot, forcing a drive detection.

__________________
It's better to know me and not need me than to need me and not know me. B.

While users are never under any obligation, if you feel the urge please feel free to visit our donation page. Every little bit helps.
And we thank you for your support.

Microsoft free Registered Linux user 397458

Snody

OK, I will give that a go.

__________________
It is better to have loved, and lost, that never to have Loved at all.

Snody

Yo!! the "No HD" trick sure made it spring into action.

__________________
It is better to have loved, and lost, that never to have Loved at all.