At 04:22 PM 6/23/00 -0400, Nauman ul-Haque wrote:
>hi,
>I ve got some problems  here lets see if some one can help me.
>
>1). First of all, I was wondering if I run out of hardisk space on my linux
>box, what do I have to do then? can i get another hard disk and mount my
>/usr or /home on it? if so, I think all I have to do is copy my /usr on the
>new Hard disk and thats all, now what I dont know is, how do I make the /usr
>mounted on the new HDD every time Reboot? WHat i know is that I can mount
>the new HDD in some directory, give the entry in fstab and then make a link
>of /usr to /newDirectory/WhereHardDiskIsMounted, please tell me if this is
>the right process or if there is more sophisticated ways?

Install the new hard drive, partition and format the new drive, mount the new
drive (to say /mnt), copy /usr/* to the new drive, edit fstab to automagically
mount the new drive as /usr, reboot.  I've done this a couple of times and it
works well.  Make sure you have a bootable floppy so that you can mount
your existing filesystem *just in case.*

>2). Secondly I complied the new kernel 2.2.16, everything works very fine,
>except this problem, I did enable the APM support but my computer's power
>just wont shutoff when I "shutdown" it. There were about three to four
>suboptions in the APM options while configuring the kernel, I enabled the
>APM and let the others be default but it didnt work either, then I chose an
>option which seemed more like the solution to my problem, but that didnt
>work either. Now I cant go on trying all the permutations and combinations,
>so if please some one could tell me what option is that which I have to
>enable.

The obvious one should do it - something about allowing shutdown.  However,
your bios must have this support and it should be enabled, too.

>3) If please some one could tell me how can I set the "numlock" option "on"
>by default? so that every time I log on the NumLock is on by default.

Same thing about bios here, too.  This is a fairly standard bios option.


>4). Where can I find some real good Administrator's guide on internet? I
>want to learn about runing and mintaining linux boxes as server and as
>workstations. I cant afford to order some books from amazon.com but I want
>to learn more about administarting the systems and their security, so if
>some one can refer me to some good material please.

The linux documentation project (LDP) should have a copy of the System
Admin Guid (SAG).  I don't know how up to date this is, but it's good to 
start.  Try:
http://www.metalab.unc.edu/pub/linux/docs/ldp  I think that there's a link 
to the
LDP there.


>Thanx a lot
>Nauman

You're welcome.
mas


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