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| RenatoBerana 2003-10-15, 6:00 am |
| iam a linux neophyte, can anybody help me were to start?thanks! | |
| Papiya 2003-10-15, 7:35 am |
| Get a copy of Red Hat and install it on your PC. If you can get a book like the "Red Hat Linux Bible" (usually coems with a CD), then you can take it step by step until you are up to speed with Linux. Ask any questions you have here. | |
| RenatoBerana 2003-10-15, 10:37 am |
| thanks a lot gorgeous papiya! | |
| ClintonN 2003-10-15, 11:09 am |
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Originally posted by Papiya
Get a copy of Red Hat and install it on your PC. If you can get a book like the "Red Hat Linux Bible" (usually coems with a CD), then you can take it step by step until you are up to speed with Linux. Ask any questions you have here.
Very good book! | |
| Papiya 2003-10-15, 11:21 am |
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Originally posted by RenatoBerana
thanks a lot gorgeous papiya!
My pleasure, and thank you.  | |
| RenatoBerana 2003-10-19, 1:12 pm |
| one more thing papiya, i tried to run ifconfig but it sez that "bash command not found" what command will i use to show the ip configutation? | |
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| Boulware5 2003-10-19, 2:09 pm |
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Originally posted by RenatoBerana
one more thing papiya, i tried to run ifconfig but it sez that "bash command not found" what command will i use to show the ip configutation?
Because it's not in your path. You need to do this as root, as ifconfig is in root's path by default. Probably one of the top n00b questions. | |
| RenatoBerana 2003-10-20, 4:36 am |
| i just started linux that's why im asking your help because i know you have the knowledge. i'll ask this question again, i logged in to console then after that the prompt came "root@rh8\atomic" this means im on the root, am i right? but when i try try to run ifconfig the error message prompt saying bash command not found. anyone help? | |
| Papiya 2003-10-20, 7:51 am |
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Originally posted by RenatoBerana
one more thing papiya, i tried to run ifconfig but it sez that "bash command not found" what command will i use to show the ip configutation?
When you su to root use the following command:
$ su - root
This will load root's profile wile just using su usually doesn't. the system administration commands are usually located in /sbin which is not in a normal user's path, but are in root's path. Otherwise use the "which" or "whereis" command to find the exact location of the binary and issue the absolute path to the command. | |
| Papiya 2003-10-20, 7:53 am |
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Originally posted by RenatoBerana
i just started linux that's why im asking your help because i know you have the knowledge. i'll ask this question again, i logged in to console then after that the prompt came "root@rh8\atomic" this means im on the root, am i right? but when i try try to run ifconfig the error message prompt saying bash command not found. anyone help?
Go into your .bash_profile file in your home dir or your global /etc/profile file and make sure that:
1) All directories with "sbin" in them are added to root's PATH variable.
2) The current directory (.) is *not* in root't PATH variable (this can be dangerous). | |
| racerdeb 2003-10-22, 8:06 pm |
| I am also new to Linux. I am taking a course and needing to install Linux on my machine at home to do labs and basically learn to navigate. I am having some difficulty installing.
In our classroom Lab we have Dell Precision 340's with Windows 2000 Professional and now also Linux Red Hat 7.2.
At home I have the exact same machine and OS as the classroom lab machine, but it will not let me install Linux. I get a "partition failure" message each time I try to install without manually forcing it to partition.
Frankly, I am alittle nervous about forcing the partitions since I just got my home machine back to a stable environment.
Can anyone help with some suggestions or directions how to make this work on my Dell/Win2000Pro machine? I can already see that this is going to be a true learning experience! | |
| Papiya 2003-10-23, 7:33 am |
| Are you trying a dual boot? if so, check your partition size . . . it may be too small. or you could be trying to install Linux on a FAT/NTFS partition whcih won't work unless you reformat. | |
| p_penduko 2003-10-29, 1:05 am |
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