Re: [Thinkpad] 600x and Linux

Adam wrote:

>Sunday, October 26, 2003, 12:55:43 AM, you wrote:
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>>Every Linux distribution has a program called "fdisk" available. RedHat
>>Linux installator might also include something like this (but I don't know
>>for sure, I never used RedHat Linux). Could you somehow boot from the
>>installation CD to a console, launch there "fdisk /dev/hda", then just enter
>>"p" and tell us, what it says?
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>I stopped the install. The Thinkpad wouldn't let me remove the CD
>while the install was running. So I had to turn it off. I check the
>Red Hat CD. But it doesn't seem to contain an Fdisk program.
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Hmmm. My installation contains the program fdisk (it is a linux
program, not a dos/Windows version.)

>I was reading about the Disk Druid. This mount point that it refers
>to, is that like any name that you come up with. And this is placed
>in the main directory?
>
The 'root' directory is named '/'. You can build several 'mount points'
which can corespond like the following and is based on my system:

/ corresponds to /dev/hda1
/opt corresponds to /dev/hda2
/oracle corresponds to /dev/hda3
/oracle/data corresponds to /dev/hda6

I have an extended partition as /dev/hda4
and the swap partition is located at /dev/hda5

Now, I could have set up a Windows partition at /dev/hda2 as FAT32 or NTFS.

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>Is it something you design creatively, like you name letters to print,
>messages, or graphics files?
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I recommend using Linux standard names such as /opt (for optional
software packages), /usr (for user installed programs), /root (for root
configuration files), /var and /tmp (for temporary files). Using names
such as /wazoo is not recommended.

You should look at the on-line documentation and the documentation
included with the Red Hat distro. There is an installation guide on the
first disk for Red Hat. Please look at it and review before starting
the installation process.

James McKenzie

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Received on Sun Oct 26 00:53:30 2003