Hi Eamonn: The challenge of producing a manual for YDL, or any Linux distribution, is the fact that it has the capacity from first boot to work as both a client and server. People tend to focus on the functions and tasks useful to them and as there are as many interests as there are grains of sand, it's rather a tall order to produce a manual which will address the interests of any particular individual.
For YDL, there is a rather general introduction which is available here: http://www.terrasoftsolutions.com/store/index.php?submit=software&submitimg[software][ydl]=1 Even though this text addresses features and aspects of earlier versions of YDL, the suggestions and recommendations regarding executing commands via the Command Line Interface remain useful. For more than that, you can acquire any text addressing the details of Linux System Administration or Linux Programming. Doing this will allow you to cover a great deal of ground over a short period of time. I've found the following links useful: http://www.tldp.org/ http://www.yellowdog-board.com/ http://www.justlinux.com/ http://www.upscale.utoronto.ca/GeneralInterest/Harrison/LearnLinux/ http://www.linux.org/lessons/ Ejecting and accessing hard drives, cds or DVDs pretty much happens automatically within YDL 5 from within e17, KDE or other desk environment you choose. However there remains the mount/umount command. For more do: $man mount or $man umount Likewise do: $info mount mp3s? I use xmms to do that. I downloaded the source and compiled it from scratch. Good Luck... On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 07:45:55 -0700 (PDT) Eamonn Corbally <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Y'all. I'm a 3 day old Linuxer but a self-employed > IT Pro. Hence I know all about RTFM but where is the > FM? Running YDL 5 on a PowerPC G4 Tower. Things I've > done a million times I can't find despite massive > searching (and I should know where to look!) Enabling > file sharing e.g., and how to eject a USB/Firewire > disk? Playing mp3's? What a mare. I know you know, > c'mon, share the wealth. Many thanks. Eamonn ======== "If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music. ... I get most joy in life out of music." "What Life Means to Einstein: An Interview by George Sylvester Viereck," for the October 26, 1929 issue of The Saturday Evening Post.
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