Re: beginner, system questions

1998-10-08 Thread Torsten Hilbrich
On: Wed, 07 Oct 1998 14:01:03 -0700 Aldinga Library writes: [...] > The system clock is about two hours incorrect. > Logged in as root, I have tried setting the system clock with the date > command but the system clock goes back to the old time when I reboot. > How do I set the system clock and

Re: beginner, system questions

1998-10-08 Thread Jim Foltz
On Thu, Oct 08, 1998 at 04:36:11PM -0700, Aldinga Library wrote: > I have an NEC powermate 486 sx-25i , 4mb ram, 120mb hd and floppy drive > only. > I use the internet at the local public library. > I have done a bare minimum install of 8 floppies by internet ftp. > > What commands do you use to v

beginner, system questions

1998-10-08 Thread Aldinga Library
I have an NEC powermate 486 sx-25i , 4mb ram, 120mb hd and floppy drive only. I use the internet at the local public library. I have done a bare minimum install of 8 floppies by internet ftp. What commands do you use to view the manual and information pages that come with the system install. At th

Re: beginner, system questions

1998-10-08 Thread Raymond A. Ingles
On Wed, 7 Oct 1998, M.C. Vernon wrote: > > I have a floppy with several text files on it, > > first you need to mount the floppy: > > mount /dev/fd0 /mnt [...] Note that you can install the "mtools" package, and read and write DOS floppies without having to mount and unmount them. Sincerely,

Re: beginner, system questions

1998-10-08 Thread Bedrock LAN Administrator
Greetings. I saw that a few people have already answered your question, but I thought I would give you a little more to go on to help you get started. I've compiled a list of linux sites and organized them in a way that hopefully caters more to the beginners. http://bedrock.dyn.ml.org/dej

Re: beginner, system questions

1998-10-07 Thread M.C. Vernon
> I have a floppy with several text files on it, first you need to mount the floppy: mount /dev/fd0 /mnt (you may need to specify the filesystem, try -t msdos) > How do you list the filenames and file sizes on the floppy disk. ls -s -k /mnt > How do you copy an individual file from the flopp

Re: beginner, system questions

1998-10-07 Thread Nikolai Andreyevich Luzan
On Wed, 7 Oct 1998, Aldinga Library wrote: > I have a floppy with several text files on it, > How do you list the filenames and file sizes on the floppy disk. > How do you copy an individual file from the floppy disk. > How do you save an individual file to the floppy disk. > I cant seem to find h

beginner, system questions

1998-10-07 Thread Aldinga Library
I have an NEC powermate 468 sx-25i with 4mb ram and 120mb hd, with floppy drive only. I use the internet at the local public library. I have done a bare minimum install of 8 floppies by internet ftp. I have some questions. I have a floppy with several text files on it, How do you list the filename