Command line Commands

[Wifi_is_evil]

Hi. I know this stuff is pretty simple, but I never use the CLI for things other than installing software from source, and changing runlevel.

- What is the command to move a file from a to b?

- How do I use fdisk to format "/media/sda1" as Fat32?

- How do I mount something?

- How do I unmount something?

[smolloy]

- What is the command to move a file from a to b?

mv a b

- How do I use fdisk to format "/media/sda1" as Fat32?

Not sure about this one.

man fdisk

- How do I mount something?

mount blah

Where "blah" is either the mount point (e.g. /mnt/windows_disc), or the hdd partition (e.g. /dev/hda3)

- How do I unmount something?

umount blah

You should have a look at the man pages for all these commands to figure out exactly what they do.

[Dapper Dan]

Let's say you wanted to move the file "hotdogs" from /home/Wifi_is_evil/directory_1 to /home/Wifi_is_evil/directory_2. You'd go:

mv /home/Wifi_is_evil/directory_1/hotdogs /home/Wifi_is_evil/directory_2

...or, if you were already in the directory where "hotdogs" is:

mv hotdogs /home/Wifi_is_evil/directory_2

To mount say a cd...
If your cdrom is in /mnt...

mount /mnt/cdrom

To unmount you'd do...

umount /mnt/cdrom

Remember, it's umount and not unmount.

EDIT: I see smolloy beat me to it.

[bryansmith]

If you can, you will want to use cfdisk as opposed to fdisk. cfdisk is much easier to use (trust me).

Bryan

[Wifi_is_evil]

Thanks both of you! I can't believe how fast you replied . Hehe.. Suse 10.2 reinstall time! YAAAY.

[smolloy]

Thanks both of you! I can't believe how fast you replied .

Friday night. 9pm. And I'm answering posts on an internet forum.

*shakes head sadly*

[Dapper Dan]

Thanks both of you! I can't believe how fast you replied . Hehe.. Suse 10.2 reinstall time! YAAAY.

Wifi_is_evil, why are you going to re-install?? Linux is not like Windows in that you have to re-install every time something goes amiss. You can get under the hood and fix it with Linux. What needs fixing?

[bryansmith]

Friday night. 9pm. And I'm answering posts on an internet forum.

*shakes head sadly*

I found myself asking the same question when I logged in . Although, its 12AM here and I need to get to sleep. Cursed early wakeup!

As Dapper Dan said, if something is wrong, there is probably a solution. What seems to be the problem?

Bryan

[Wifi_is_evil]

Ah, I've run into problems. How do I mount my usb HD? I am pretty sure it used to be auto mounted as /media/sda1 but I can't?

And cfdisk gives me a "FATAL ERROR: cannot open disk drive" when I try to open it.

How do I write a DVD again? And can the CLI dvd writing program burn iso images at a 4x speed? :P (If so, how?)

Hehe.. this is fun. I could become a 1337 CLI h4xX0R.

Pity CLI can't execute programs in X windows. I suppose there aren't too many programs around just for CLI anymore.

[Wifi_is_evil]

Well, actually, my problem isn't worth the effort. Plus this way I learn the command line better.

- My DVD was corrupted because I accidentally burned it at 12.3x but I didn't want to waste it so I tried and 10.2 installer doesn't have a disk check!!!!!!!!!!!!! I figured it must automagically do it now and that I got lucky so I proceeded.

- Then, it told me there were no errors so I happily went along till I got this command line, init 3 and 5 got "reached" (but nothing changed).

- I tried running KDE but it wouldn't :@.

- I tried running GNOME but it wouldn't :@@.

I decided to try this "repair" option on the DVD and it told me all this stuff about how YaST wasn't installed properly but it couldn't repair, along with many other of the base installation requirements so really, I can't be bothered. Who would even try?