Hello Zacharia. Its nice to see a Loyolite here. I am a former Loyolite and there are quite a few here. If you need help, the community will be happy to provide it - just choose the correct topic name. However, if you need personal help, you can add me to your Google talk friends list (just tell me if you need me to do it).
Seeing that you are a beginner in GNU/Linux, you will find it very helpful to read 'Ubuntu help'. It is a very beginner friendly manual to using Ubuntu. I see that you are confused with instructions given to you here. When somebody asks you to 'type something in'- they will usually be asking you to enter a 'terminal command'. For that, you need to open a 'terminal'. This is commonly done from menu [Applications> Accessories> Terminal ]. Also, 'root' is the username of the all powerful administrator in a GNU/Linux system. So most systems have a 'root' user and a root password. But for Ubuntu, root is disabled by default for security reasons. Instead, if you want to enter a administration command (eg: mount /dev/cdrom), just prefix it with 'sudo' command (eg: sudo mount /dev/cdrom). Then you will be asked for your normal password. If you need detailed help with mounting drives, just contact me on IM. Regards, Gokul Das --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ilug-tvm" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For details visit the website: www.ilug-tvm.org or the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
