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scott8711
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 30, 2002 2:56 am    Post subject: General Setup - Read from CD, Floppy, activate Programs Reply with quote

Ok, thanks everyone who helped me. As a result the OS is done and I still have all my hair.

So now I have some general setup questions.

How do I access my CD drive and load drivers from a CD?

Same for a floppy drive.

Some progrms under applications do not have files at www.ibiblio.org to allow me to merg them: X file Manager - xfm, Netscape, tkdesk, ghostview, xfte and xjed. Do I just say emerge and then the web address to download from?

I have another windows XP machine that I want to set up as a sever and share its internet connection. How do I do this?

I am using Window Maker, so everything has to be done there at the command line.

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PostPosted: Wed Oct 30, 2002 5:40 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Congratulations on getting things going. Gentoo, like most Linux systems comes with a cool command line tool called "man". You might want to try starting with:

#man mount

and

#man fstab

and go from there. Have fun!
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 30, 2002 5:47 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

OK,

Since I get as frustrated with RTFM as anyone, I will attempt to give some hints.

Check out the mount command and read about the /etc/fstab file.

Mount a 1440MB floppy (If it is not already in your fstab):

mkdir /mnt/floppy (only necessary once)
mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
cd /mnt/floppy
ls (you will see your files, use cp to copy them to the desired directory)

When you are finished make sure you unmount the floppy

umount /mnt/floppy (no, umount not unmount)

Your cd-rom is very similar see the man pages for mount.

Search through your /usr/portage directory to get the names of the downloadable packages (emerge sync to get the latest list)

XP Internet Connection Sharing: Read the help in Windows XP. The help files have been actually helpful since Windows 2000. You will need a hub, switch or router and a couple of patch cables to connect your nics. Set your Linux Machine to use DHCP.

You might want to emerge icewm or something and set it as your window manager in your /etc/rc.conf file.

(last entry in file)
XSESSION=icewm

I am also a nOOb so take what I say with a grain of salt.
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 30, 2002 2:33 pm    Post subject: did not work Reply with quote

Is the comand for XSESSION for window maker, wmaker or wm?

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PostPosted: Thu Oct 31, 2002 2:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Do a:

ls /etc/X11/Sessions

It should show you the names of the window managers you have installed. (I don't have it installed so I don't know)

That is what is supposed to go in the XSESSION variable.
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 31, 2002 2:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I just installed WindowMaker

It is wmaker.
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