[Debian-au] re; re; 1st install
Peter Gossner
gossner at arcom.com.au
Thu Dec 23 12:09:38 UTC 2004
On Fri, 2004-12-24 at 02:18, squareyes wrote:
> Hi all,
> once again my thanks,
> still have problems. Folders as below
> debian:/# ls
> bin cdrom1 floppy lib opt sbin var
> boot dev home lost+found proc tmp vmlinuz
> cdrom etc initrd mnt root usr windows
>
OK so you made a /windows cool.
> /proc shows;
> debian:/# cd /proc/
> debian:/proc# ls
> 1 221 258 593 620 648 filesystems locks scsi
> 160 236 259 596 622 93 fs meminfo self
> 163 238 3 599 625 bigphysarea ide misc slabinfo
> 168 241 4 602 629 bus interrupts modules stat
> 176 248 5 610 631 cmdline ioports mounts swaps
> 180 254 543 614 632 cpuinfo kcore mtrr sys
> 2 255 544 615 633 devices kmsg net tty
> 218 256 559 616 634 dma ksyms partitions uptime
> 220 257 586 618 637 fb loadavg pci version
> Character devices:
> 1 mem
> 2 pty
> 3 ttyp
> 4 ttyS
> 5 cua
> 7 vcs
> 10 misc
> 29 fb
> 128 ptm
> 136 pts
>
> Block devices:
> 1 ramdisk
> 2 fd
> 3 ide0
> 7 loop
> 22 ide1
> -----------------------------------
> Have added to fstab and now looks like below,
>
The first line does have a # at the start , right ?
> /etc/fstab: static file system information.
> #
> # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump>
> <pass>
> /dev/hda1/ /windows vfat user,auto 0 0
> /dev/hda5 / ext2 errors=remount-ro 0 1
> /dev/hda6 none swap sw 0 0
> proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
> /dev/fd0 /floppy auto user,noauto 0 0
> /dev/cdrom /cdrom iso9660 ro,user,noauto 0 0
> /dev/cdrom1 /cdrom1 iso9660 ro,user,noauto 0 0
> ------------------------------------
> Floppy, cdrom and cdrom1, windows, all show in Konqueror menu,
> but can access none of them,cannot access even floppy drive.
> I have not installed Knoppix, running from CD, has saved me so far,
> as have been using the CD as operating system, internet connection etc.
>
As I said earlier I'm not sure what your trying to do if you have not
installed. Knoppix is very good (allbeit slow) for demos and emergency,
convenience etc. I thought knoppix had an installer on board.. somebody
else will have to confirm this.. (my copies are not here)
> /etc/group has dip:x:30:squareyes so that seems OK,
> Have checked /etc/peers/ optusnet(my isp), and provider with vi, seem OK.
> Tried adduser dip setup ,
# adduser winton dialup
> pon initiates modem, but will not dial.
Hmm could be a lot of things what sort of modem do you have.
# lspci should tell you
most external modems work fine.
try this :
after attempting to connect to your ISP
plog > plogfile
lspci > pcifile
mail the files to me I will track down what I can.
(off list)
# plog gives you some more information
# man plog for info
> I am most interested in aptget which is why I am trying to install Deb,
> will check out
It's cool. I don't know how people stay sane without it.
> Ubuntu system if that has the same/similar features, without all the
> problems.
<aside>
Well no KDE but Gnome instead.
If your new to Linux and want to start a flame war post mail bout KDE
being rubbish or better than Gnome or something.. It's stupid but people
get really intense about these things. They are in fact both fine. They
both have their place. With Linux/Debian/OpenSource you get real choice.
(some say too much :)
I don't use either (occasional gnome user).
It's definitely simpler by default.
With Debian (at least) you get access to all your apps anyway so no
matter as far as functionality goes.
Other than that ... I reckon Ubuntu is even better.
(than Knoppix)
Especially for most new users.
(that's just my opinion)
</aside>
> Take Care, Keep Safe.
You too.
> Winton
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