Vatsala It is perfectly obvious that you do not have the ability to get a Linux box going. Therefore I would suggest you do one or two things.
1) Find and read, with a great deal of care, a general text about Unix and Linux. There are several in the public library. You will need to play with your Linux based computer at the same time so that you can see what happens in practice. It will take you a fair amount of time to absorb the necessary information. The URLs I posted to the list yesterday are a very suitable source of information. In many ways the information therein is superior to many printed books. 2) Enroll at the PolyTech for a suitable course. I understand that they cost about $200 and last a term. You won't become fully proficient from merely attending the lessons. It takes time and effort to use the course as a basis for further learning. If you have neither the time to learn, nor the inclination to discover solutions to the relatively simple problems about which you have so far posted, I'd suggest that you obtain an Apple Mac and get MacOS X installed on it. Darwin is Unix in the same vein as Linux, but with a very much more friendly and polished user interface. Darwin is far more standardised than Linux because it only has to work on one type of hardware. Now that sufficient time has passed for the 'porting efforts, there are some really good commercial programs for the Mac. Otherwise just go back to Microsoft. In any case please be sure to understand that you need to do a serious and sincere public relations exercise to avoid other list members simply setting up filters to keep your posts out of their in-boxes. The hint is that people are talking about procmail in your context. On Wed, 03 Nov 2004 23:33, eBhakta wrote: > Good evening! > > Just a note to say that if the CD-R/CD-RW thing was worked out, > then (as per usual) all personal files could be backed up, and then it > would be a "simple" matter just to reinstall the O/S... :| In the "other > operating system" (MSWindowsXP), there is (personally) a separate partition > created for personal files, and the O/S is on its own partition (so that if > there's any problems with it that get out of hand, it can be reinstalled, > without affecting the files). Can this be done with Linux? Of course it > ALWAYS pays to backup files... Definitely need to figure the CD-R/CD-RW > burning thing out, in Linux. If the files were backed up (esp. the ones > Nick downloaded), then it wouldn't be such an issue... The problem is that > the modem stuff is NOT backed up... And if the system is reinstalled then > the file(s) are lost, and no way to download them onto that partition. Yes, > patience... Best to keep it simple... ;) > > Regards (and good-night), > Bhaktavatsala Dasa (Vatsala) > > @ http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~vatsalaji - Hare Krishna! -- Sincerely etc., Christopher Sawtell
