Re: I'm new to SUSE/Linux, here are some questions (long)

From: John Fox (john_at_foxcrib.com)
Date: 09/03/05 

Date: Sat, 03 Sep 2005 09:11:03 -0400

MarkH wrote:
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> Here are some important questions I have:
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> I like Alcohol 120% on Windows, what is the best equivalent for Linux to
> mount my ISOs?
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I know nothing about Alcohol 120%, but the linux os allows ISO's to be
mounted from anywhere, right out of the os. There are 2 commands that you
will want to become familiar with. mount and umount. To review the
documentation for those commands, go to a command line (shell) and enter
the command:

man mount

or

man umount

the way mount functions is that you basically need a directory on somewhere
on your file system to mount over.

For instance, lets say you downloaded the iso image of the first CD of suse
9.3 had an iso located in the directory:
/data/isofiles/SUSE-9.3-Prof-i386-CD1.iso

To work with the contents of the iso you would do the following:

As root, make a dummy directory in /mnt. Lets call the directory /susecd1.
Therefor you would run:

mkdir /mnt/susecd1

then to use the file you would run the following mount command, also as
root:

mount -o loop -t
iso9660 /data/isofiles/SUSE-9.3-Prof-i386-CD1.iso /mnt/susecd1

Once the file is mounted all users should be able to view the contents of
the iso and read the iso as follows:

cd /mnt/susecd1
ls

entering the two commands above will show you the directory structure of the
iso. From there, I think you can figure out the rest.

Make sure that you read the man pages for mount, umount, and fstab. These
are 3 very important pieces of the linux os that would be very beneficial
for you to understand.

I got to go to a softball game. Hopefully other members of the group will
help you with your other questions.

Good luck and welcome to Linux.

> What are some good sites to use as sources for Yast?
>
> How do I install the drivers for my ATI X850 Pro card? I have downloaded
> some files from ATI but don't really know what to do.
>
> Can I setup Samba shares on a SUSE PC that give read access to anyone
> with no need for username and password?
>
> What is the easiest front end to setup for Squid?
>
> What newsreader do I use in Linux (I like XNews in windows and hate the
> standard Knode reader in SUSE)?
>
> Where do I look for good 64bit apps for SUSE 64Bit?
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