[iamcenz]

well yeah, as long as i can play WoW im happy. lol

[cyberscribe]

NTFS support was pretty experimental last I checked:

http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/rpm/

FAT support has been around for awhile.

[iamcenz]

yeah, i dont know what im doing there. lol, do i download the i586 or the i686, also, is a rpm like a exe file? just double click?

[Amadeus]

Geez, it's been a while since I used red hat, but to install an rpm from the command line, its

rpm -ivh packagename

if I remember correctly.

[Nova Dragoon]

linux has pretty good NTFS read support, but write ... last time i checked you could only write to a file the same size it already is.




the gamer version of wine is cedega, it costs though, but a quick google search could clear that up


and rpms are like .exe's for installing things, not running them

[iamcenz]

Nova Dragoon, on Feb 21 2005, 08:49 PM, said:

linux has pretty good NTFS read support, but write ... last time i checked you could only write to a file the same size it already is.




the gamer version of wine is cedega, it costs though, but a quick google search could clear that up


and rpms are like .exe's for installing things, not running them

what you mean by that? so to install it, i just double click, but to run it i have to do something different?

[Nova Dragoon]

its an option to be built into the kernel. Read support should be already built in

then just mount the drive

example:

mount -t ntfs /dev/hdb1 /mnt/windows

this assumes that windows is the first partion of the second drive.

[iamcenz]

i have linux on a completly different drive than windows (i got 8 hard drives in my computer) i just need to tap into some of my drives to pull some stuff for work.

[iamcenz]

ok here is another problem i have come across, i dont have an option to boot into my windows xp. like it automaticly goes into my linux. i need to still get into windows for a few things, since i dont know how to do much on here. i tried to unplug the linux drive, but then it gave me a boot error, saying it couldnt find the linux boot file, so it messed up my master boot record, if i put the windows cd in and go to recovery i can fix it so that my windows boot, but will that mess up my linux from booting? i want it so that when i boot up, i get to choose.

[iamcenz]

BUMP, still need to know how to dual boot my system since it didnt do it for me...

[Nova Dragoon]

ok, you need to edit your /boot/grub/grub.conf file


add the following at the bottom


title Windows XP
root (hd0,0)
chainloader +1


this says boot XP which is found at primary harddrive, first partion

[iamcenz]

thank you so much, now how do i edit that file?

[supersloth]

you can just edit it with any text editor thats on the box? from what i remember (havent had the opportunity to use linux in a while) either gnome or kde should be able to edit it from the browser/explorer (wtf is the technical term) or you can use a text editor like emacs or vi.

[Nova Dragoon]

dude, Linux is not a just a casual thing that you can jump on. Linux requires a lot of hard work and dedication. If you put the time into it, you will soon find yourself with a superior OS than windows. People hop right into linux and think it will be just like windows, easy to setup, the gui will do everything for me, I can figure it out on my own, screw the manual. You are gonna have to read. Each of the questions you've posted in this thread, could easily been found out with a google search. Its not my intention to be mean, but you have to have the correct mindset to excell with linux. And 1/2 the fun is reading and learning on your own, they dont call it the world's greatest text adventure game for anything.

Here are some helpful links, for into guides, tutorials, and such.

linux.google.com
http://justlinux.com/nhf/
http://www.yolinux.c...stallation.html
http://www.linux.com
http://www.linux.org
http://linux-newbie.sunsite.dk/

We're here to help if you get stuck, but man google first.

[Thorian]

Man that was a little harsh. I don’t tell people that cant Figure AOL out to go look it up their damn self. Linux is different. Doesn’t come with a manual and uses a completely different set of commands. Granted I bought Linux in a nutshell to answer some of the questions I had. But Gees come off your high horse and stop being a pompous ass.

In my opinion that is why Linux doesn’t catch on. Because everyone that knows about it is a jerk to those that don’t.