fstab files from other installations

I deleted all the ones you indicated to, now /dev/cdrom -> /dev/scd0
and /dev/dvd ->scd1

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Originally Posted by Tortoise

Sorry, really stupid question, I am in a shell as root, I select copy text, and then when I go to paste it into Knoppix, I there is no paste. How do I do that?

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Once you highlight text in the terminal it should already be on the clip board- you don't necessarily need to select 'Copy'.

If you're using Konsole there is a menu at the top- select copy. I forget if CTL+V will paste or not. I use my middle mouse button to paste.

I'm stuck on that one, do you need all of it, or do you have enough info?
Thanks so much for your patience,

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Originally Posted by Tortoise

I'm stuck on that one, do you need all of it, or do you have enough info?

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I don't need it all. If you're using KDE then there is a cool program called klipper. It can hold multiple entries and you can see what's on the clipboard. Just type klipper in a console or select it from the K menu (I don't remember where.)

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Thanks so much for your patience,

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No problem- eadz has promised a new car to the first person to hit 800 posts! I'm almost there eadz!! (It better not be a hotwheels car either!!!). :P

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I deleted all the ones you indicated to, now /dev/cdrom -> /dev/scd0
and /dev/dvd ->scd1

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Right on man- that's what I wanted to see. Do you see now that your drives in effect have new names? Why do you need to do this? Well, most Linux apps are not going to look for /dev/hdb or /dev/scd0 they are looking for /dev/cdrom and /dev/dvd (symlinks). That way everything is universal. Can you see how this makes things easier? I realize it's a little confusing at first but I can clearly see that you're already hooked on Linux.

Oh yeah- almost forgot, do this:

ls -al /dev/scd0
ls -al /dev/scd1

Of course post the output.

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BTW- there are different terminals not just Konsole and you don't have to open a 'root' terminal, just become root in whatever terminal you like-like this:

su
<password>

Then you can do:

whoami

It should tell you that you are root. Maybe one of the other terminals is easier to copy/paste to and from. It's something you'll definitely need to learn to do in the very near future.

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Originally Posted by rickenbacherus

ls -al /dev/scd0
ls -al /dev/scd1

Of course post the output.

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OK, still having trouble with copying and pasting, but after ls -al /dev/scd0
brw-rw---- 1 root cdrom 11, 0 May 31 2001 /dev/scd0

ls -al /dev/scd1
brw-rw---- 1 root cdrom 11, 1 May 31 2001 /dev/scd1

root@Milo:/home/knoppix# ls -al /dev/scd0
brw-rw---- 1 root cdrom 11, 0 May 31 2001 /dev/scd0
root@Milo:/home/knoppix# ls -al /dev/scd1
brw-rw---- 1 root cdrom 11, 1 May 31 2001 /dev/scd1
root@Milo:/home/knoppix#

Ahah! Here we go!

Wehe! I've got it, thanks so much, you deserve the car! Thanks!
You're right, I am hooked, despite the quirks and need to fiddle with everything, I don't think I'll be going back to the evil empire...
Thanks again!

Right on- you got the copy/pasting action going on.

Do this:

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ln -s /dev/sr0 /dev/scd0
ln -s /dev/sr1 /dev/scd1

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So try to mount a drive now and see what happens.

Remember: you must be root to mount a drive and you cannot mount an empty drive or an audio cd so put a data cd in your cdrom and do this:

mount -t auto /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
cd /mnt/cdrom
ls

You should see whatever it is that's on the disk. Now do this:

cd
umount /dev/cdrom

Notice that it is not uNmount- there is no n- it's umount. You should always remember to umount anything that you have mounted. How do you find out what's mounted?--You already know:

mount

How do you umount everything?

umount -a

Don't worry- it won't umount anything that's in use by the system.
Let me know how it goes.

Great, that works, and I have desktop shortcuts too, although I can't unmount the drive from the desktop? Seems odd, but I suppose that's because I'm not root. Is there an easy way to be root temporarily from the KDE GUI?
Also, how to I delete spurious mountpoints? rm tells me they are not files, so I can't delete them. I'm guessing there is a corresponding directory delete command.
Thanks again for all your help, Linux's quirkiness is made up for by it's supportive community!

Dear rickenbacherus
You posts are always educational but this thread is very, very clear and detailed.
Please keep on with the good work AND, if at all possible, collect and collate your various instructions and post so that one can search them. There is a tremendous amount of very poorly written (i. condensed) Linux info on the web.
We, the newbies of the world, desperately need a lot more of your quality instructions.
Many thanks