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Linux newbie questions



If  the NT box has NTFS filesystems and not FAT based ones you'll need 
to check if NTFS
(read-only) support is build in. If  it is I think you can replace vfat 
with  ntfs. If it's not built in (or a pre built module) you'll have to 
build it...

Douglas Melniker wrote:

>> How do I shut off the box halting on control-alt-delete because
>> my son (and
>> I) are used to working on a NT box...
> 
> 
> In the file /etc/inittab, edit the line
> 	ca::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t3 -r now
> to your liking. For instance:
> 	ca::ctrlaltdel:/bin/echo "Don't press that!"
> Restart and you're all set!
> 
>> Second.. How can I make my other 9 gig disk of windows files be
>> access-able
>> from the RH operating system..
> 
> 
> 'mkdir /mnt/win; mount /dev/hda1 -t vfat /mnt/win', assuming /dev/hda1 is
> the partition you want to mount. I'm pretty sure about this, but I haven't
> mounted anything locally in a while. If I'm wrong, someone let me know.
> 
> Doug Melniker
> 
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