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