Accessing Internet -HOW?!?

[devils casper]

hi KenJackson !!

you are correct. i intentailly wrote umask=0222 coz with this only root can write and normal users can read only...
actually i dont want that src2006 mess up anything...... if his windows main partition (having windows OS) is FAT32 then it can be very problematic........
in starting, its good to set umask=0222, later when one know everything, umask=0

thanx !

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[src2206]

Casper hi!!!!
I edited fstab as you directed and saved the file after pressing enter at the end of the last line. Then I rebooted in to Linux. But where will I find those partitions? I mean how to access them?
I did all these operations by loging in as root.

So two more things remain now, ADD/REMOVE and Internet connections.

Regarding Add/remove I've gone through the threads you suggested.

problem :... for yum, i had to modify these three files again.... (to original state)
y is this so...?? is there any other way to install softwares from internet and DVD/CDs without changing these files..???
i searched a lot of threads but... no help...ev1 wrote 'create dvd.repo file etc etc..' it never worked. after lot of hit n trial i m able to install thru DVD ( donno bout CDs coz i dont hav ).

This portion is not clear to me. What do you mean by reediting? And if I change the files as you suggested will I be able to acces & Instaall updates from net?

Thank you very much again. Honestly I really can't thank you enough.
Please keep on helping me on this unresolved issues.

One small thing: It seemed that none of the included players are able to play mp3 files. So I think I need some 3rd party programs. When I first started visiting this forum I remember about a page of this forum listing all the downloads- something like a directory. But can't find the link now . If you have that please let me know.

Thanks again.

PS: My windows in NTFS .

[Sam Liu]

are you using gnome or kde?

[src2206]

I've installed both KDE and GNOME. though i've used gnome till now.

[devils casper]

hi src2206 !!

your partitions are available in /media/folders......
these folders are created by you as mount points......
double click and check if you able to see windows contents in those.......

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[devils casper]

hi src2006 !!!

This portion is not clear to me. What do you mean by reediting? And if I change the files as you suggested will I be able to acces & Instaall updates from net?

you will be able to install updates from internet any time... re-editing means you have changes files to there original state..... i copied all the files to a new loaction... then edited them... before using internet, i just paste original one to the yum.repos.d

One small thing: It seemed that none of the included players are able to play mp3 files. So I think I need some 3rd party programs.

yes ! you can use xmms or mplayer.....
you can install it using yum.....

$ yum -y xmms xmms-mp3
its like window's winamp..... ( same GUI )
i hope internet connection will be working very soon.. i am looking into it.....

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[src2206]

Hello my dear friend. Its so heartening to see your post .
Now to feedback of your teachings :
Mounting:
I followed your directions and after rebooting I could not find any of my partitions! So I restarted and pressed 'I' to opt for interactive logon. Then I found out that it is showing a massege "Mounting other file systems /media/folder_name" then "the destination folder does not exits" and ultimately "[FAILED]". So I logged in as a root and checked out that the previous two folders created to mount are still there at /media, but empty. So I deleted that folder and created a new one named "folder_name" and rebooted opting interactive logon. This time only the first windows partition mounted but none other mounted .
So what to do? Moreover can't I auto mount different partitions in different named folders?

xmms or mplayer - ADD/Remove

As directed by you in this thread http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/red...s-dvd-but.html
I changed the files (3 instances for each file) but still the Add/Remove software is giving me the same error.
Itried to install xmms using

yum -y xmms xmms-mp3

but it only listed all the options available with this command. Then I tried to use the following command:

yum -y install xmms-mp3 xmms-faad2 gstreamer-plugins-ugly libmad libid3tag

- this gave result "error did not find a valid base url core:repo". So what's next?

Can't I do all these installations in GUI mode? I know I'm not talking like a true linux user but I'm completely new so....!

[devils casper]

hi src2206 !!!

create folders in media with different names.......

/dev/hdaX /media/folder_name ntfs ro,defaults,umask=0222 0 0
/dev/hdaX /media/folder_name vfat rw,defaults,umask=0222 0 0

here folder_name is folder you created in media... different names..........

check /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-core.repo file
there is a "#" sign before baseurl line under [core], remove it......

$ yum -y install yumex
this is GUI of yum.....

read this article......
http://stanton-finley.net/fedora_cor...ion_notes.html

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[src2206]

Hi devil,
What about the error massege related with base url while trying to nstall and Add/remove is still not working?

[devils casper]

hi src2206 !!!

What about the error massege related with base url while trying to install

thats coz of "#" mark before baseurl line /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-core.repo

ADD/REMOVE...... still working on PIRUT.....

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