Linux Mint 7 succesfully instaled (now some questions)

[alguiendelmundo]

Following the recomendation by Reed9 I Installed Linux Mint 7 in a multi-boot system (Windows Vista-Linux Mint).
As suggested by MikeTbob I have created 4 partitions for Linux Mint
(5 GB(SWAP), 15 GB for the system Linux Mint 7 (EXT3), 15 GB (EXT3), 13 GB (EXT3) ) .
I liked very much Linux Mint 7. Now I have two questions:

1) Does there exist some applications in Linux corresponding to MiKteK, Technicenter and WindEdt (LaTeX) which I need for writing mathematical papers?. I did a search in the web and apparently there is a version of MiKteK for Linux but I couldn't save it for some unknown reason.

2) I cannot access the two last 15 GB (EXT3), 13 GB (EXT3) partitions (When trying to access I see a folder with the title "lost+found" but get the message "You do not have the permissions to view the contents of "lost+found"" when I try to access there), what's happening there?.

Many thanks for Reed9 and MikeTbob. Linux Mint 7 is really friendly.

[GNU-Fan]

1) Does there exist some applications in Linux corresponding to MiKteK, Technicenter and WindEdt (LaTeX) which I need for writing mathematical papers?. I did a search in the web and apparently there is a version of MiKteK for Linux but I couldn't save it for some unknown reason.

The current standard LaTex environment is called TexLive. Every modern distribution should ship it.

This Comparison of TeX editors - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
should help you to find a Texnicenter replacement if you need a WYSIWYG editor.

WindEdt I don't know. There are plenty of text editors available. I use GEdit for my everyday Tex writing.

2) I cannot access the two last 15 GB (EXT3), 13 GB (EXT3) partitions (When trying to access I see a folder with the title "lost+found" but get the message "You do not have the permissions to view the contents of "lost+found"" when I try to access there), what's happening there?.

Type "mount" and show us the result.

[alguiendelmundo]

GNU-fan:
Right clicking on the volumes I just get the option "Unmount volume".

Where I should type "mount"?.

[MikeTbob]

GNU-fan:
Right clicking on the volumes I just get the option "Unmount volume".

Where I should type "mount"?.

At the command line, in a terminal window.
Do you see other folders in that directory or only lost+found? You need to be root or use sudo to view the lost+found directory.

[GNU-Fan]

GNU-fan:
Right clicking on the volumes I just get the option "Unmount volume".
Where I should type "mount"?.

In the terminal window. Sorry, these things sometimes seem so obvious to oneself that one easily forgets not every new GNU/Linux user is an experienced computer user these days.

If you have some spare time, I suggest you read this to get some basics about the command line:
CommandLineIntro (en)
CommandLineIntro (en)

[alguiendelmundo]

GNU-Fan
this what I've got when typping mount in the Terminal window. Thanks for the links about the command line, I really need it. The drives with A and B are those which I cannot access.


/dev/sda6 on / type ext3 (rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro)
tmpfs on /lib/init/rw type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,mode=0755)
proc on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
varrun on /var/run type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,mode=0755)
varlock on /var/lock type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,mode=1777)
udev on /dev type tmpfs (rw,mode=0755)
tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,noexec,nosuid,gid=5,mode=620)
fusectl on /sys/fs/fuse/connections type fusectl (rw)
lrm on /lib/modules/2.6.28-11-generic/volatile type tmpfs (rw,mode=755)
/dev/sda7 on /media/A type ext3 (rw,relatime)
/dev/sda8 on /media/B type ext3 (rw,relatime)
binfmt_misc on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
gvfs-fuse-daemon on /home/alien/.gvfs type fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon (rw,nosuid,nodev,user=alien)
/dev/sdb1 on /media/My Book type vfat (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=hal,shortname=mixed,uid=1 000,utf8,umask=077,flush)

[alguiendelmundo]

MikeTbob:
I see exactly one folder in each one of these two directories.The folders have a white x symbol in the rigth bottom corner. I am reading the links about the command line provided by GNU-Fan, to learn what does root and sudo mean.

[D-cat]

root = as a user, Administrator (or as far as the computer is concerned, God)
root = as a directory, (/), or the base of the directory tree. There is also a /root, which is the home directory of the root user.
sudo = "Super User DO" ; command prefix to say "run the following command as if I were root."