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OK guys i have install linux mandrake version 9 .1 on my workstation the only thing is when installing it said not enough hd space now i am sure i have 20 to 10 gig hard disk space , how can i in linux find out what space do i have and also if i have any partition drives like ntfs how can i find out what space its has
wow man A that was fast B if only MS users could see what we could see
i have another question to ask i seem have /dev/sdb1 and /dev/sdba3 i want to mount dev/sdba3 to my local drive so i could have more space how would i do that waheed
I know hdb3 is my root, b1 is my boot, and e1 is my vfat drive I use to share files between Linux and WinXP, but what is shmfs? Is that my swap partition?
I am getting this even when i try mkdir /dev/sdb1
[waheed@dynexlinux waheed]$ /etc/fstab
bash: /etc/fstab: Permission denied
[waheed@dynexlinux waheed]$
Originally posted by waheedrafiq I am getting this even when i try mkdir /dev/sdb1
[waheed@dynexlinux waheed]$ /etc/fstab
bash: /etc/fstab: Permission denied
[waheed@dynexlinux waheed]$
It should already be there :)
You were meant to make the mountpoint ...
/mnt/sdb1
but you need to be root for both that and
modifying fstab ...
su -
and then try
mkdir /mnt/sdb1
emacs /etc/fstab
guy's you are chatting to someone who has no idea how to even navigate around linux desktop ,
i need step by step instruction please , i have no idea of what you guys are even chatting about what is fstab and root , where can i find this root and what does it look like.
root is god on a linux system. he/she has all of the power in the world. if you don't believe me try 'rm -rf /' as root and you'll see. actually don't. that would kill your whole system and you would be screwed.
ok. get into a console. kicker (start menu), terminals, choose.
at the prompt $su
now your root. now what you have to do is send more info. drop back you results from when you did 'df', and then at the console prompt 'cat /etc/fstab' and drop that back also. we'll tell you how to get it set up if you can.
ok i shall do this and get back to you guys on this give me a day or so please as linux is massive , and please in the name of Hackers don't trash my system .
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