Re: Dumb Questions
From: Keith Krehbiel (redsilo_at_pldi.net)
Date: 11/20/04
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Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2004 10:17:12 -0600
Jack Malmostoso wrote:
> Ciao Keith Krehbiel, nel tuo messaggio dicevi:
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>>Running Debian/woody......
>>How do you read a text file?
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> $ less
> $ cat
> $ more
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>>How do you get install tools (apt-get, dselect or other suggestions) to
>>recognize files that are not on the distro cds or on the Debian website
>>but rather on a hard disk connected to the computer?
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> Copy all your .deb in /var/cache/apt/archives. They will be automagically
> recognized. I think symbolic links work too.
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>>Is there a short description somewhere of the file system, hierachy,
>>purpose for various elements?
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> http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html
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>>Many of the files mentioned in posts here and other places seem to be
>>text files. Some seem to be lists of parameters and others possibly
>>shell scripts. Is it possible to really screw things up by changing
>>them?
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> If you do unwise things, yes.
> If you *comment* and *make backups* rather than *deleting parts* and
> *substitute files* you are reasonably safe.
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>>(provided one can get them into an editor to change them)
>>Often advice is given to 'simply' change file 'x' to read 'y'. How do
>>you do that?
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> With a text editor.
> I suggest you one among joe, pico or nano.
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>>Is it possible to override default directorie(s) by giving an entire
>>pathlist?
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> I don't get it.
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>>Somewhere I read that the filesystem does not necessarily describe a
>>single drive or device but can be spread over several devices. How can
>>you tell what you have in the way of files/devices/etc.?
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> You can mount /home/keith in /dev/hda1 but have /home/keith/downloads
> mounted on /dev/hdb3. It is the power of a serious filesystem.
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>>Ls seems to be pretty good at listing directories but doesn't seem to
>>want to list files. Is that normal?
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> What do you mean to "list files"? Print them to stdout? cat and less are
> your friends.
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cat does what? less does what? ie, what sort of programs are they?
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>>Is it possible to install and run a Debian system without a
>>network/internet connection?
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> Yes: get all 7 cd's and be patient.
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The set I have has 6 cd's. One has been damaged. I have downloaded the
entire cd image but have been unable to burn a new one. I also have
downloaded a couple of the packages that I know to be corrupt and would
like to be able to use them.
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>>What GUI should work with Debian? I have what I think is a copy of
>>XFree86. Can this be made to work?
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> The XFree86 packages included in Debian do work.
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