Basic help on a command
Hi,
I am running Colinux And Tlinux They are working good. I can login fine everything is working as far as i know all drives are mounted (I dont know how to check if they are), I can access mail, type a new message, ( I Dont know how to stop typing 1 ) Could somebody tell me plz how to install mythtv (or any software for example) from hardrive or cd-rom How do i access my cd drive? I have tried;- cd /dev/hdd cd /dev/hdc cd /cd01 cd /cd02 This is my 1st time using linux, im really stuck Please Help :confused: |
here are some good references
http://www.karakas-online.de/gnu-lin...roduction.html http://linuxcommand.org/ for reading cd, you need to read your /etc/fstab cat /etc/fstab then mount /mnt/cdrom or whatever mount point referring to your drive. Welcome to LQ. |
Thank you i will give them a read now
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cat /etc/fstab worked showed me what i need to do thanks
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Type "mount"
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i have typed
cat /etc/fstab mount /mnt/cdrom1 it says cant find ?? do i have to type the cd's filename like if its called New do i type /mnt/new? i have tried man mount that gives me a million commands i am lost :confused: |
I Mounted A drive for the 1st time NICE 1 :D
i mounted by typing mount /dev/cobd2 /mnt/cdrom :) but i dont know how to access it i tried cd /dev/cobd2 |
my understanding is that when you mount a drive, you make it so that you can access a specific device ( /dev/cobd2) through a directory (/mnt/cdrom). so what you want to do is cd to /mnt/cdrom
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You are great :D ive just been typing
"/mnt cdrom" and getting /mnt is a directory tx 4 getting me started |
Im back again.....
I cant open myth-tv.tar.bz2 where do i start ?? i am also having trouble mounting a hard drive i am still reading tutorials and http://www.karakas-online.de/gnu-lin...mary/help.html making a bit of sense from it but not any is usefull to me right now |
To extract the contents of an archive, use the following:
For .tar.gz files: Code:
tar zxvf filename.tar.gz Code:
tar jxvf filename.tar.gz What exactly are you having trouble with as far as mounting goes? |
how do i mount a hard drive G:
i put this is in my defualt.xml <block_device index="5" path="\Device\G:\" enabled="true" /> mount /mnt/hda /mnt/harddrive gives error mount point does not exist confused how would i extract to a different directory ?:confused: tx again help appreciated id probably still e tryin to mount a cd if i didnt get any |
If it says mount point does not exist, it means the directory you're trying to mount the drive to, /mnt/harddrive, doesn't exist. You'll have to create the directory first. Go into the mnt directory (cd /mnt) and use the command "mkdir harddrive" to create it. You will have to do this as root. One other thing, you'll need to specify the partition on the hard drive you're trying to mount. If there is only one, just use 1. like this: mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/harddrive. Although you're probably talking about a second hard drive, so it would be hdb instead of hda. One more thing: forget the idea of assigning letters to hard drives. That's pretty much a Windows thing I think.
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u read man pages of mount .
try # man mount to know how to extract try #man tar and #man zip.. hope it will help u. |
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