two questions

[JD Runyan]

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
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