Subject: Re: newbie help needed
From: William F. Hostman (aramis@gci.net)
Date: Thu Sep 07 2000 - 19:05:39 MDT
>Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2000 14:42:08 -0600
>From: Sam Goodman <nemesis@rushmore.com>
>Subject: newbie help needed
>
>> Hello, I'm new to this list and Linux in general.
>
>I am using a Mac Clone and have installed Linux on it but to make use of
>it I need to be able to do a couple of things that I cant seem to find
>in the Man or help files.
>
>In order to install Linux on my machine I downloaded the iso for :
>
>debian/PPC
>suse 6.3 beta for PPC
>LinuxPPC 2000
>Yellowdog Linux
>
> and while I have been able to install all of them I have had the best
>luck with the yellowdog linux based on redhat. I have linux installed
>on a separate SCSI Hard drive from the Mac OS so at startup I select
>which OS to run Mac OS 9 or Linux. But to get started with linux I need
>some help. I know of no one in this state running Linux and my ISP is
>about useless.
>
>#1- KDE and redhat have some internet setup and configuration tools but
>they seem to be set up to use dial in and a modem connected to the
>serial port. I live in western South Dakota and have a cable modem
>connected to a fiber optic connection ( black hills fibercom) and this
>connectes to my machine through my computers built in ethernet
>connection.
> How do I connect to my ISP?
use the setup option of "Local Network" or "LAN".
(I did this). Esentially, any ethernet based connection should be a lan
connection type. It will then ask how you get your ip address (In my case
it was DHCP, so no further configuration was needed).
>
>#2- Most of my files are on one of my Mac os Hard drives usually HFS.
>how do I get linux to see my mac partitions so that I can transfer files
>between the two OS's?
>you can comment to the list or to me personally or to my icq.
edit /etc/fstab
add the device with the following type of format
/dev/hda9 /wfh hfs default 0 0
this is taken from my machine. It puts my 9th partition (which is MacOS 9)
at /wfh, with default conditions in place, no checks on startup nor
shutdown. (see man 1 fstab for more details.) You will need to reboot the
kernel to do this; or at the shell prompt,type mount -a. also, the location
needs to already be an extant directory.
Or, if you only want to do this occasionally (ie, only when needed)
mount -t hfs /dev/hda9 /wfh
>sam Goodman
>nemesis@rushmore.com
>ICQ 5424921
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