Question about hardware...
Brian Kelsay
bkelsay at comcast.net
Sat Feb 1 23:22:44 CST 2003
type in: /sbin/fdisk or /sbin/ifconfig and see if that works. those
progs. should be there in /sbin.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Matt Graham" <linux at bizniche.com>
To: <kclug at kclug.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2003 3:43 PM
Subject: Re: Question about hardware...
> The more I get into this, the more I feel like a newbie. _sigh_
>
> So, if fdisk isn't in my path, I assume I'm missing a package or some
> sort. I went to redhats and looked for fdisk and it pointed me to the
> util-linux package. I also got the net-tools package because I don't
> have ifconfig in my path either. When I tried to install both of those,
> I was told they were already installed. So... I guess fdisk and
> ifconfig are already in there, but I just need to add them to path
> maybe? I wonder where they are, if they're in here.
>
>
>
> On Thu, 2003-01-30 at 19:12, Patrick Miller wrote:
> > fdisk
> >
> > Usage: fdisk [-l] [-b SSZ] [-u] device
> > E.g.: fdisk /dev/hda (for the first IDE disk)
> > or: fdisk /dev/sdc (for the third SCSI disk)
> > or: fdisk /dev/eda (for the first PS/2 ESDI drive)
> > or: fdisk /dev/rd/c0d0 or: fdisk /dev/ida/c0d0 (for RAID devices)
> >
> > then type "p" it will list all the partitions for the drive.
> >
> > >
> > > df shows a lot. What about a way to find my fat32 partition that
isn't
> > > mounted? I just created one...but I don't know where in /dev it is,
so
> > > I can mount it. I'm happy if someone just points me in the right
> > > direction. I don't mean to be so needy.
> > >
> > > On Thu, 2003-01-30 at 15:51, Brian Densmore wrote:
> > > > well if it's a pci -> scanpci works for me.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: Matt Graham [mailto:linux at bizniche.com]
> > > > > Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 4:50 PM
> > > > > To: kclug at kclug.org
> > > > > Subject: Re: Question about hardware...
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > This stuff is totally what I was looking for.
> > > > >
> > > > > Is there a cool command that will help me find what setting
> > > > > my wireless card
> > > > > has? IE...what irq to use, what dev/etc? to use. I'm
> > > > > reading around, and
> > > > > everything says "check the hardware browser."
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > Matt
> > > > >
> > > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > > From: "Dave Hull" <dphull at insipid.com>
> > > > > To: "Jonathan Hutchins" <hutchins at tarcanfel.org>
> > > > > Cc: "Matt Graham" <linux at bizniche.com>; <kclug at kclug.org>
> > > > > Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 3:39 PM
> > > > > Subject: Re: Question about hardware...
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > > On Thu, 30 Jan 2003, Jonathan Hutchins wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > I don't see any difference in the output of df -T and df.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > This from RH 7.3:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > [dphull at insipid dphull]$ df -T
> > > > > > Filesystem Type 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted
on
> > > > > > /dev/hda6 ext3 10317828 1802180 7991532 19% /
> > > > > > /dev/hda2 ext3 62217 8851 50153 16% /boot
> > > > > > /dev/hda3 ext3 10317860 5522476 4271264 57% /home
> > > > > > none tmpfs 256948 0 256948 0% /dev/shm
> > > > > > /dev/hda5 ext3 10317828 602160 9191552 7% /var
> > > > > > /dev/fd0 vfat 1423 766 658 54%
/mnt/floppy
> > > > > > [dphull at insipid dphull]$ df
> > > > > > Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted
on
> > > > > > /dev/hda6 10317828 1802180 7991532 19% /
> > > > > > /dev/hda2 62217 8851 50153 16% /boot
> > > > > > /dev/hda3 10317860 5522476 4271264 57% /home
> > > > > > none 256948 0 256948 0% /dev/shm
> > > > > > /dev/hda5 10317828 602160 9191552 7% /var
> > > > > > /dev/fd0 1423 766 658 54%
/mnt/floppy
> > > > > > [dphull at insipid dphull]$ df --version
> > > > > > df (fileutils) 4.1
> > > > > > Written by Torbjorn Granlund, David MacKenzie, Larry McVoy, and
Paul
> > > > > Eggert.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Copyright (C) 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> > > > > > This is free software; see the source for copying
> > > > > conditions. There is NO
> > > > > > warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR
> > > > > PURPOSE.
> > > > > > [dphull at insipid dphull]$
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Of course, your mileage may vary.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > --
> > > > > > Dave Hull
> > > > > > http://insipid.com
> > > > > >
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> > > > > > -- Ted Turner
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