On 10/09/2011 12:05 PM, Jeffrey Race wrote:
OK!
After two hours figuring out how to safely create the
Linux LiveCD and run it safely, I did it and I can
boot the Acer with failed WXP hive.
Excellent! Nice work.
But I cannot do anything because I do not know how
to access a command prompt or move around once I
am there. (Equiv to Run/CMD.EXE in WXP. And does
Linux use XCOPY or some other command. And from
the command prompt how does one get help for a
command comparable e.g. to 'xcopy /?' ?)
The copy command in Linux is cp. Type "man cp" in a terminal window for
all the info on how to use it.
Perhaps some kind soul can give me the very basic
rudiments to do the above, and a link to an FAQ
or even online manual which will upon reading will
make me fluent in Linux (esp command prompt,
which is the way I usually work in WXP because I
started out on this in the DOS days).
Searching for "learn Linux" with Google brought up several good
resources. An example:
http://linuxcommand.org/
Each Linux distribution is a little different from the others, mostly in
how you install software, and where certain system files are located.
Those things are easy to find once you know what you want to ask.
Also I cannot find a way from Linux to search
for wireless APs although when Linux booted it said
wireless is available. (I have a Cisco 350 card
installed that was running under WXP so apparently
Linux sees it.)
Usually, one uses a GUI on top of Linux. The two popular ones are GNOME
and KDE. Each has its own set of applications for doing things like
setting up WiFi. In GNOME 2, an icon appears on the task bar. Click it,
and the list of available networks appears. KDE has something similar.
Use Google and include your desktop GUI (GNOME or KDE) in your search.
You can often find videos that show you exactly what steps to take.
Not many on this list are avid Linux users, so Linux questions should go
to a Linux forum, IRC channel, or mailing list. There's also a Linux
ThinkPad mailing list.
As for your files, you should be able to open "Computer", and it will
show you all your drives, including your Windows drive, and any external
drives, and it will work very much like Windows Explorer for dragging
files around. You can open one for each drive if you like.
Welcome, Jeffrey!
Chris
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