Re: newbie questions...Help!
On Fri, 12 Dec 1997, Rick wrote:
> I have a Mistsumi CD rom drive, but cannot get the drivers select page to
> recognise it, how do i find the interupts, irq thingys out?
Take a look at the settings for the drive under Win95.
> what packages should i get to start me off, how (after downloading them
> with win95) do i get the files on a debian readable floppy, and after that
> how do i install, use them?
>
> how can i look at the contents of my hd? something like dir in dos would be
> nice?
try "ls" -- roughly the equivalent of "dir" in dos.
> whats this x windows thing, and how do i get, install, use it?
Nifty stuff. You get it from wherever you get debian -- it comes
prepackaged. Just select the right package based on your video card.
> how do i change my username and password?
"adduser" and "passwd"
> how do i log on as super-user?
"su"
I'd recommend you hit http://www.linux.org and take a look at the howto's
and beginner's guides there. Specifically check out
http://sunsite.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/DOS-to-Linux-HOWTO.html
for information on making the migration from dos to linux.
Will
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