Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2002 12:08:15 -0600 From: JD Runyan <Jason.Runyan@nitckc.usda.gov> Subject: Re: two questions Message-ID: <20020204121118.G12405@katya>
On Mon, Feb , at 11:20:37AM -0600, Eric Gilliland wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> I hope you all have power again in your homes. I agree that Linux is not
> for everyone, but it is getting closer. I am running it and I am not a
> computer professional. I basically only go to Windows now to play games and
>
> do work stuff. I have been able to install and use mandrake with a minimum
> of trouble, albeit with a lot of help form the kind people on this list.
> Linux is making strides towards becoming a more viable alternative to
> windows. The recent decision by IBM to support linux will help a lot, I
> think.
>
> Now to my questions. First, I (think I) know that I have to make changes to
>
> a file (fstab?) to allow mandrake 8.1 to read my windows XP NTFS partition.
>
> Does anyone know what file to change and how to change it?
>
yes fstab, and you should add a line something like this
/dev/name /mnt/point ntfs defaults 0 0
It should mount read-only. replace /dev/name with the device file of the
ntfs partition. Replace /mnt/point with the place to mount. You may have
to change defaults to some specific setttings, but I would give that a go
> I have asked my second question before but have not gotten an answer, so
> I'll try again. How do I uninstall a program that was NOT installed via
> RPM? The program in question is Quake III for linux.
Unless there is an uninstall program included, you will have to remove all
of the files manually.
-- JD Runyan "You can't milk a point." David M. Kuehn, Ph.D.