16 Jun
2002
16 Jun
'02
01:56
KDE has a couple of nice editors, why VI? Why take 40 minutes to learn VI to do a 2 minute edit? Just my 2c. --doug At 13:15 06/15/2002 +0200, Anders Dahlqvist wrote: >2002-06-15 12.58 skrev twopinkblobs@t-online.de: >> Hi, >> >> Is there an easy and safe method of removing windoze from a second hard >> disc and then rearranging the drives? Windows is on hda and SuSE 7.3 is on >> hdb and I would really like to dump windows completely and then have 7.3 as >> hda and the windows drive as a backup etc. as hdb. I have looked at Yast >> and haven't found anything that I can readily understand, I have only been >> a Linux user for 6 months, so any help would be greatly appreciated. >> >> Thanks >> >> Mike Ayers >Assuming (just an example, Helge!)) that you have /windows mounted on >/dev/hdb1 (check with the command "mount") and instead want /data as a reiser >file-system on /dev/hdb1 instead. >As root: >1. umount /windows >2. rmdir /windows >3. mkdir /data >4. mkreiserfs /dev/hdb1 >5. edit /etc/fstab (if you don't know the vi editor run the program "vimtutor" >NOW; it will teach you how to use vi in 40 minutes) so that the line that >looked something like this: >/dev/hdb1 /windows vfat user,umask=0000 0 0 >looks like: >/dev/hdb1 /data reiserfs defaults 1 2 >(It doesn't have to be tabs between the words, spaces will do.) >6. mount -a > >Done! No need to reboot, upgrade to SuSE Servicepack 12p or anything suchlike. >Isn't UNIX marvellous? > >Anders >-- >Heavy, adj.: > Seduced by the chocolate side of the force. > > >-- >To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com >For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com >Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com >