Linux N00b needs help!

[DaiShan]

Ok, I have this really awesome old computer (dell p133, but I can identify all of the parts, so that is good) anyways, I have a book for Linux that has been helping me through, but it is for RedHat 6, and I have RedHat 6.1, so the filenames it is having me install are different in the book than on the CD. I listed out all of the files in the directory using ls, but I can't see everything as they fly by, is there a flag so that I can either list it by column, or slow down the listing so I can get the filename? Thanks In advance.

 

[Derango]

you can pipe your ls through the less command.

Run: "ls | less" (thats a |, meaning Shift + \ )

This command runs ls, takes the output and passes it along to another program, in this case less. Less lets you scroll through text which is more than one screen in size.

 

[DaiShan]

Thanks! Now I have another problem (doh!) I tried rpm -i Xconfigurator-4.2.8-2.i386.rpm and it gives me an error (failed dependencies) libgdk-1.2.so.0 and libgtk-1.2.so.0 are needed by Xconfigurator. So I think that means I don't have those files or..? Any ideas on what my next move should be?

 

[Derango]

This is why I don't like RPM. You need to find the RPM package that gives you those files, and install them. Unless they depend on somthing else you don't have...in which case you need to find those packages...bleh.

Thats all I can say about it...sorry. Try www.rpmfind.net, or look on your red hat CDs

 

[DaiShan]

I found it on that website, and I am putting it on a floppy, but Linux won't be able to read a Windows formatted floppy right? Is there a workaround for this, or am I SOL?

 

[Derango]

Linux can read a windows formatted floppy. you just have to mount it before you can use it (probably somthing like "mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy"

 

[Armitage]

Originally posted by: DaiShan
I found it on that website, and I am putting it on a floppy, but Linux won't be able to read a Windows formatted floppy right? Is there a workaround for this, or am I SOL?

No, Linux will mount that floppy just fine.

 

[Chaotic42]

Originally posted by: Derango
Linux can read a windows formatted floppy. you just have to mount it before you can use it (probably somthing like "mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy"

You also might have to specify the file system type.

mount /dev/fd0 -t vfat /mnt/floppy

Make sure that /dev/fd0 and /mnt/floppy exist, too! 😉

 

[Derango]

well.../dev/fd0 is going to exist../mnt/floppy is the one thats a little iffy. However, last time I used redhat, it was there, IIRC. If that doesn't work, try just using "/mnt"

 

[Barnaby W. Füi]

why use something so out of date? you could at least use redhat 7.3 or whatever is newest, or even a different distro if you were adventurous.

 

[DaiShan]

Originally posted by: BingBongWongFooey
why use something so out of date? you could at least use redhat 7.3 or whatever is newest, or even a different distro if you were adventurous.

Yeah I know, but did I mention that I'm a n00b? Im talking Windoze only here, and I have a book for red hat 6 (got it a while ago, never got around to installing linux till now) Thanks A LOT for the help guys, I've got a lot of reading to do, hopefully I can pick this up eventually.

 

[oniq]

You should try getting a newer distribution, give you less headaches. And much less upgrades to do. The stuff on the cd is outdated I'm sure. If you don't have the pipe to download an ISO (Linuxiso.org) you can get them from Cheapbytes.com for $2-$5 for a CD.

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: DaiShan

Originally posted by: BingBongWongFooey
why use something so out of date? you could at least use redhat 7.3 or whatever is newest, or even a different distro if you were adventurous.

Yeah I know, but did I mention that I'm a n00b? Im talking Windoze only here, and I have a book for red hat 6 (got it a while ago, never got around to installing linux till now) Thanks A LOT for the help guys, I've got a lot of reading to do, hopefully I can pick this up eventually.

Most of that book should be fairly applicable to RedHat 7.3 😉

Also, make sure you secure the RH 6.1 box. There are several worms that affected that version, and *many* more general exploits. So, if you are connecting it to the internet, make sure you have everything upgraded first.

Last, but not least, you are a Diamong member. You have been here since Jul 2001. You can definitely read, and admit to having a book on Linux. Why arent you using it? If you are going to ask questions here that are answered by basic documentation, why not upgrade? You have lost the "I have an old book" excuse, no need to use 3 year old software 🙂