Cornelius Franken wrote:
Hi Guys
This might seem like very basic questions to ask but I need to know.
1) When I installed Linux on my new 160 GB hard drive it created 2 partitions. One is a 20 GB "system" partition also referred to as the swap partition. The other 140 GB is used for the users on my System. Am I correct with this assumption?
Almost certainly not in detail (swap and system are different things), though you're likely broadly right.
2) I have a DVD drive but I can't figure out how to access it from the CLI. I know in Linux all devices is perceived as a file. So I assume accessing it would be something like cd /drives/dvdrom?
Perhaps, but that's not how it's done in opensuse. Look in /media
3) Ok I read a lot of things about mounting drives. Mounting a drive makes it part of the directory structure if I am right. So if I insert a DVD rom I need to mount it first before I can access it? If this is not the case what do I need the mounting bit for?
It's done automatically. You need to do mounting in some other circumstances.
4) I am busy with a pet project. Basically I am converting all my CD, DVD and other personal content such as photos, legal documents to electronic format and using a LAMP setup to allow me to access this information anywhere in the world. My main problem is that my Music collection alone is about 75GB and from what I understand MySQL will create its data file somewhere on my system partition. How to I create MySQL data files under another directory as my swap partition wont be able to handle this data.
5) What is the equivalent of the M$ program files directory in Linux?
Very basic questions I know but then I need to learn and asking is the only way.
Well, there's another way to learn that is often better - reading. It seems you've been reading some generic documentation but not the opensuse manuals that answer all these questions. The manuals, and other useful documentation, can be found here: <http://www.novell.com/documentation/opensuse103/> <http://en.opensuse.org/Documentation> Cheers, Dave -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org