Hi WCH:
In general controlling & invoking programs from the command line is
what Linux shares with standard proprietary versions of Unix. Using
GUI's (graphical user interfaces) are convenient for basic work, but
when it becomes necessary to go beyond these user interfaces many
professionals find them too limiting in regards to resolving immediate
and complex problems. Therefore it has become a matter of choice
regarding how one prefers to work.
The quote regarding Red Hat system tools in the past referred to tools
like fdisc or pdisc. One can also use parted. Unfortunately, there
are nuances to master with each of these tools. Once you become
familiar with how they work what each does or does not do; you should
be on your way to building and creating the mount points together with
the file types for that sector.
Remember to note and comprehend the various means of determining the
size of each sector or directory, and you should be ok.
Recall that Yellow Dog Linux is closely tied to Red Hat; in brief
whatever system and other tools exist within Red Hat many of the same
tools are redesigned to function within the PowerPC environment.
Best wishes... Derick.
On May 3, 2006, at 5:02 PM, William Howard wrote:
Greetings
New to Linux (again)... Using YDL 4.1 on a B&W modified. This system
contains two hard drives, both ATA. Installed YDL, everything working
fine.
I'm looking to explore using this machine with Samba to share files
and other services on a mixed LAN, and I've been trying to follow the
"By Example" portion of Samba's site, but not all the instructions are
matching. I've also noticed that there are two different graphical
interfaces to work with Samba settings, and the Samba site is
suggesting using the command line.
Is there going to be a conflict using either graphical interface, or
should I stick with command only? Also, in the Samba instructions, the
example provided instructed to format the additional hard drive,
create a folder in root (/plans), then a confusing instruction:
"Use Red Hat Linux system tools (refer to Red Hat instructions) to
format the 160GB hard drive with a suitable file system. An Ext3 file
system is suitable. Configure this drive to automatically mount using
the /plans directory as the mount point."
I haven't been able to find a disk formatter, and then, I need to
determine which drive the Linux system is installed on. I also haven't
found where to configure the mount point... Can anyone shed some light
on this?
Thank you in advance... I'm looking forward to really exploring and
learning YDL.
WCH
_______________________________________________
yellowdog-newbie mailing list
[email protected]
http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-newbie
_______________________________________________
yellowdog-newbie mailing list
[email protected]
http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-newbie
