<DIV>Hi Nux</DIV>
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<DIV>Thanks for that insider info I will have a look at the Cd. I have checked the Google search for normal stuff but not in the way you suggested, so I will do that in the future. I have not checked the links yet but they sound good.</DIV>
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<DIV>I don't know why I never used Linux before, I suppose I was trapped like so many others. </DIV>
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<DIV>Also for the record I have now used Mozilla and its great( I don't want to start a war, I have done enough of that so far :-) ). But because I am using the cd everyting is quite slow. </DIV>
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<DIV>My New Year's aim is to boot MS for good by end of Jan. Not only that, but wherever I can I will suggest and encourage people to make the move. </DIV>
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<DIV>Cheers</DIV>
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<DIV>Mo</DIV>
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<DIV><BR><BR><B><I>david <nux@blueyonder.co.uk></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Mo,<BR><BR>It's worth having a look on your Linux cd's for an rpm <BR>called "rute". This is the Beginners Guide to Linux and has <BR>enough material to get you to Junior Linux Sys Admin level (if you work through the whole thing.)<BR>It's set out in reasonably easy to understand sections.<BR><BR>Also,<BR>just in case you haven't discovered it yet. http://www.linuxquestions.org<BR>many forums, all linux related, 1000's of members, 10's of 1000's of posts. You'll need to join, if you want to post questions, but the database of past posts is searchable and readable by anyone.<BR>I've had answers within minutes from here in the past (not all the time, occasionally some questions get missed).<BR><BR>Google is great for linux searches. You can type in whole error messages or file names and the results are usually extensive.<BR><BR>http://www.linuxbasis.com<BR>great site, huge download
section and links to all sorts of linux resources<BR><BR>most of these have helped and continue to help<BR>there are MANY others<BR><BR>nux <BR><BR><BR>On Sun, 21 Dec 2003 08:23:40 +0000 (GMT)<BR>Mo Awkati <MAWKATI@YAHOO.CO.UK>wrote:<BR><BR>> Hi Peter<BR>> <BR>> I'll have a go with your approach as well. I presume fuser is an application?? <BR>> <BR>> All the LUG contributions are helping me get to grips with the command line work. I have got hold of O'Reilly's Linux in a Nutshell so I am hoping with your help I can get to speed with things. :-)<BR>> <BR>> Mo<BR>> <BR>> Peter Oliver <P.D.OLIVER@MAVIT.FREESERVE.CO.UK>wrote:<BR>> On Sat, 20 Dec 2003, David Goodwin wrote:<BR>> <BR>> > > There is more choice from what you say but I am not familiar with the<BR>> > > terms yet except ext2 which I know now because I just had a go at<BR>> > > formating a floppy using KDE (using the live cd). How do I "KILL" a still<BR>> >
> busy floppy? because after I completed the formatting the floppy drive<BR>> > > just stayed busy and everytime I tried to access it I got not accessible<BR>> > > or error messages. I know I need to use the 'kill' command but I am not<BR>> > > sure how, does this sound right<BR>> > <BR>> > Try something like :<BR>> > <BR>> > lsof | grep floppy<BR>> > <BR>> > or<BR>> > <BR>> > lsof | grep fd0<BR>> > <BR>> > that should list any processes accessing the floppy disk. From the pid<BR>> > given you can then attempt to kill them. (man lsof may give more help than<BR>> > me).<BR>> > <BR>> > Firstly try a normal "kill" e.g.<BR>> > <BR>> > kill 543<BR>> > <BR>> > if that fails to kill it off after a few seconds, try a<BR>> > <BR>> > kill -9 543<BR>> > <BR>> > (543 == pid)<BR>> > <BR>> > if that doesn't work then
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