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From: Rick on 5 Dec 2006 07:44 I have just installed Redhat 5.2 - i know this is very old, but it serves its purpose. What i need is some documentation (or the location of) for the script files, i intend to use this mainly on the console - I need to know how to access dos partitions, also which script is the lilo/bootloader. Also a refresher on the use of vi/vim. Thanks Rick
From: Moe Trin on 5 Dec 2006 19:43 On Tue, 05 Dec 2006, in the Usenet newsgroup alt.os.linux.redhat, in article <WQddh.11444$cZ4.7265(a)newsfe6-gui.ntli.net>, Rick wrote: >I have just installed Redhat 5.2 - i know this is very old, but it serves >its purpose. Where did you _find_ that? Some old book in the library? That's _8_ years old!!! Sure hope this is a stand-alone box not accessible from the world. >What i need is some documentation (or the location of) for the >script files, "the script files" meaning? The boot scripts are in /etc/rc.d/ and below. The documentation should be in /usr/doc/*/*. >i intend to use this mainly on the console - I need to know >how to access dos partitions For occasional access, 'man mount'. The syntax would be something like 'mount -t msdos /dev/hda1 /mnt/C' (assumes '/mnt/C' exists). For automatic mounting, put a line in /etc/fstab - something like /dev/hda1 /mnt/C msdos defaults 0 0 >also which script is the lilo/bootloader. /etc/lilo.conf is the configuration file - but you should REALLY read the lilo man page as well as the stuff in /usr/doc/lilo-0.20/doc/ >Also a refresher on the use of vi/vim. /usr/doc/vim-common-5.7/tutor/ /usr/man/man1/vimtutor.1.gz That release came with a fair number of HOWTOs and mini-howtos that were put in /usr/doc/HOWTO/ and /usr/doc/HOWTO/mini/ but they are ancient. I'd suggest hitting an LDP mirror, and grabbing the tarball of the latest HOWTOs (put them in /usr/share/HOWTO/) and the 20-odd LDP guides. Try http://ibiblio.org/pub/linux/docs/HOWTO/ and http://tldp.org/guides.html Good Luck! Old guy
From: Rick on 7 Dec 2006 15:10 Thanks for the help. Your info was what i needed. Rick "Rick" <richard.cheetham4(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:WQddh.11444$cZ4.7265(a)newsfe6-gui.ntli.net... > I have just installed Redhat 5.2 - i know this is very old, but it serves > its purpose. What i need is some documentation (or the location of) for the > script files, i intend to use this mainly on the console - I need to know > how to access dos partitions, also which script is the lilo/bootloader. > Also a refresher on the use of vi/vim. > > Thanks > > Rick > >
From: Moe Trin on 7 Dec 2006 20:53 On Thu, 07 Dec 2006, in the Usenet newsgroup alt.os.linux.redhat, in article <hz_dh.31$v4.27(a)newsfe3-win.ntli.net>, Rick wrote: >Thanks for the help. > >Your info was what i needed. One item I forgot about is the errata/updates. Over the three year life of that distribution, there were numerous updates. On the last day it was supported, there were 156 packages on the updates.redhat.com server. You _may_ be able to find some, but they'll likely do you no good because Red Hat changed the package manager _twice_ (2.5.5-5.2 out of box, 3.0.2-5.x as the first, and 3.0.5-9.5x as the final). The problem is that the last version is needed for some updates, but the out-of-box version doesn't know how to install the last version - you needed that intermediate step, along with a database update and something else I've forgotten over the years. Old guy
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