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Re: initializing linux partitions after installation



On Thu, 2 Jan 2003 02:24:40 -0500
"Nori Heikkinen" <nori@sccs.swarthmore.edu> wrote:

> what's weirding me out is, having created a user account for myself
> and logging in, `pwd` says i'm in /home/nori.  how can this be, if i
> didn't initialize a /home partition?  where on the disk am i?  is this
> bad?  i mean, i'm going to go back and initialize it and /tmp just as
> soon as i figure out how, but i'm kind of confused.

I would do this as root, 
apt-get install mc
(and then as user nori)
(start mc)
mc
Once it is running hit "F9" and then "i" You will be able to see where on the disk you are!

Midnight Commander 
Intro
http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue23/wkndmech_dec97/mc_article.html
History and more screenshots
http://www.linuxorbit.com/features/newbie11.php3



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