Re: oops

[will trillich <will@serensoft.com>]

On Wed, May 23, 2001 at 08:15:39PM -0600, HAL 9000 wrote:
>    The next day I was playing with a operational Linux system which would boot
> from the hard drive.  Since I'm a complete novice at Linux I didn't know even
> how to view a directory.  I had seen the install done so I thought I'd
> re-install and this time write down the error messages and try and decide if
> they were serious.
> 
> O O P S ! ! !
> 
> When I got into the "Install operating system kernel and modules" step I
> didn't know how to tell it to use the CD reader to input the drivers.  I
> couldn't figure out how to back out of that procedure.  So, I re booted.

you've been accustomed to using windo~1, haven't you? bad dog.

> O O P S ! !

why not re-boot from the CD and reformat, repartition and
reinstall, since you don't have diddly customized yet?

and yes, it's good to take notes.

--

uppercase and lowercase matter in the real world:

	ls
	dir
	ls -a
	ls -l
	ls -F

and combining those last three,

	ls -laF
	ls -aFl

those are likely to show you which files you've got.

use

	cd somedir
	cd ../../xyz/otherplace

to move around. i'd recommend

	apt-get install mc

to install the midnight commander utilities, then

	mcedit somefile.xyz

to munge some text in file 'somefile.xyz' or just

	mc

to snoop around your filesystem. a nice quickie start environment
for a newbie-type.

also check out the help-system newbieDoc at
http://newbieDoc.sourceForge.net/general/help-system.en.html

-- 
DEBIAN NEWBIE TIP #10 from Will Trillich <will@serensoft.com> 
:
Looking to run a command or two at REGULAR INTERVALS?  Try
"crontab -e" for starters (see "man cron" or "man crontab").
You might also investigate the "anacron" package.

Also see http://newbieDoc.sourceForge.net/ ...