On Thursday 23 February 2006 02:12, Tim wrote: > On Wed, 2006-02-22 at 18:16 +0000, Anne Wilson wrote: > > As so often happens, though, I only understand part of it. I've done > > more reading since then, and understand a bit more. Man pages are > > great for refreshing the memory on switches once you understand the > > principles, but often are not the best first read. > > Perhaps you should get one of those pocketbooks that they flog off with > Linux discs with in newsagents? They used to have the basics involved > in getting started with Linux, enough to install and start > experimenting, sometimes with primers about how to use man files and > commands (explaining the syntax of examples, etc). > Once again my problem stems from differences between distros. I would have expected fstab to be identical in form across all distros, but certainly Mandriva use a different format. These are teething troubles for me. I am quickly coming to terms with changes and have achieved a lot in the last few weeks, since I came to FC4. Bear with my silly questions just a bit longer - they will soon stop. Once again, thanks to all who have helped and are still helping me to migrate. Anne
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