Linux
Notes
- Installed gpart - Guess partition tables and repair?
- Installed dmraid - Loads software raid drivers.
Linux for Dummies
Need help? Start with typing to the linux console "man local" or "man man" meaning manual pages for a good place to start.
Hard drives and devices
- df - Will tell you what drives and how much space you have left on them.
- mount(unmount - Will allow you to setup the drives in your system for use in linux.
Terminals:
xterm, gterm, eterm, rxvt, konsole.
Useful commands:
free, df, du, openssh, openssl, netstat, tail, file, dmesg, lspci, sudo, su, grep, bg, fg, jobs, killall, lynx, ls, top, ssh, find, locate, uptime, apt-get, portupgrade, screen.
Ubuntu
- [http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=35087&highlight=backup|Backup linux with Tar]
- [http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=56835| Ubuntu compiling for dummies.]
- [http://easyubuntu.freecontrib.org/]
- [http://linuxmonitor.blogspot.com/2007/03/ultimate-ubuntu-performance-tweaking.html]
- [http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=203093|Desktop themes.]
- [http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=224351|Grub setup info]
Grub Install
- sudo grub
- find /boot/grub/stage1
This will return a location. If you have more than one, select the installation that you want to provide the grub files. Next, THIS IS IMPORTANT, whatever was returned for the find command use it in the next line (you are still at grub>. when you enter the next 3 commands)
- root (hd?,?)
Again use the value from the find command i.e. if find returned (hd0,1) then you would enter root (hd0,1)
Next enter the command to install grub to the mbr
- setup (hd0)
Finally exit the grub shell
- quit