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Very interested New Linux user Question
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| Ybentrepreneur 2003-06-09, 10:26 pm |
| I have Knopixx on a bootable Cd, its great. Will this work faster as opposed to installing it on a harddrive?
Do you recommend I practice or to install linux by installin on the harddrive instead of learning with the bootable Cd. or learn some administration.
I noticed I can't add a user, I assume because its not recognizing the harddrive. How would I go about saving to the harddrive.
One more question. If Linux boots into the GUI, how do I Work Only in "Command Line Mode"?
Thanks a lot guys! | |
| Boulware5 2003-06-09, 10:59 pm |
| I'd definately recommend installing Linux in it's own hard-drive -or- partition.
You can use the command line in GUI by opening up a terminal (xterm). To boot automatically in command line mode, you can specify that during the install or after you install it, edit your /etc/fstab file to boot into runlevel 5. If this seems cryptic to you, I can walk you through it when it comes time to actually do it. | |
| fatchronos 2003-06-10, 12:38 am |
| actually its /etc/inittab and you want runlevel 3
And the reason you cant make users is i assume because you're booting from a cd, which is read only. you will benefit heaps by installing it on a hard drive, that way you will be able to change things, and it will be heaps faster | |
| Ybentrepreneur 2003-06-10, 9:47 am |
| so all in all, running off the cd is not really recommended? Its not as fast as running off a harddrive. | |
| Boulware5 2003-06-10, 11:07 am |
| My fault... I posted this late at night without reviewing my post. I meant /etc/inittab, not /etc/fstab. | |
| fatchronos 2003-06-10, 5:41 pm |
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Originally posted by Ybentrepreneur
so all in all, running off the cd is not really recommended? Its not as fast as running off a harddrive.
definitely not. try copying a large file off a cd to a HD, then copy the same file HD->HD and see the difference. also cd's have to spin up which can take a few seconds, HD's dont. |
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