On Sun, 28 Nov 1999, Tom Jacobs wrote:
> My two cents:
>
> Being a brand new Linux user, I still wonder "hmmm why
> do I have to mount my CDROM just to use it. Why can't
> I just click on a picture or type d:\".
I'm not sure if there's any other technical reason why, but I assume it's
because of the fact that partitions (including CD-ROM and floppy drives)
are assimilated under a single directory structure. If you really don't
like manually mounting/umounting you can use the automounter. (Install
the autofs package from the distribution, run 'setup' as root and in the
system services check the autofs service... I'm not sure if there's
anything else you need to do to set it up since I haven't used it myself,
but I can look into it if you want.)
> While I am no lover of M$ products in any way. Out of
> the box, with no other knowledge of computers,
> Winbloze wins hands down in the usability department.
> I haven't had a chance to use KDE yet because I still
> have to figure out how to get it to connect to my "X
> server" and other such stuff. It's a learning curve
> yeah, and I welcome the challenge. But even DOS's
> command line is easier for a newbie to figure out.
> I have yet to have Linux break on me, or hang even.
> Being an experienced Winbloze troubleshooter makes me
> yearn for something more stable.
>
> Tom Jacobs
> P.S. Is there an ls command that will allow the
> directory contents to stop at the end of each page so
> I can read them?
Yep, in fact it's the same command you'd use in DOS. Pipe the ls command
through more by adding "| more" to the ls command. For example:
ls | more
-Tom
