Get Started With Linux

On This Page Starting and Stopping Browsing Directories Creating Text Files Saving to a Floppy Disk back to top Starting and Stopping Starting Your System Make sure the power is turned off. Push the middle drive button Turn the power on Select Linux from the loader menu Login at the prompt Login: cis164 Password: password Stopping Your System From the main menu ("Big Foot"), select Log out Select one of the three actions and press the Yes button Logout: allows you to login as another user Shut Down: halts the system in an orderly manner Reboot: Stops and restarts the system back to top Browsing Directories From the main menu, select Start Here Also available as an icon on the launcher panel Select the Tree tab from the left pane Click the triangles to expand any subdirectory list back to top Creating Text Files From the Main Menu ("Big Foot"), select: Programs => Applications => gedit gedit works similar to most GUI editors Files usually save in your home directory (e.g. /home/cis164) back to top Saving to a Floppy Disk Mounting Hardware UNIX/Linux file systems are very different from Windows All storage is organized in a hierarchy, starting with / ("slash") Devices, such as floppy drives, are mounted onto the file system tree Floppy disk devices are located at /mnt/floppy Before mounting a floppy drive, you must insert a formatted floppy disk To mount a floppy, right-click anywhere on an empty spot of the desktop Select Disks and click on Floppy The following icon should appear on your desktop Copying or Moving Files or Folders Our Linux uses the Nautilus graphical shell The easiest way to move a file or folder is to work with two Nautilus windows To move a file or folder to a new location, do this: Open a Nautilus window and locate the file or folder you want to move. Double-click on the floppy icon that appears after mounting. Using the left mouse button, click the file or folder you want to move and drag it into the window of the floppy disk. Unmounting Hardware Before removing floppy discs, or other media, they should be unmounted To unmount a floppy, right-click anywhere on an empty spot of the desktop Select Disks and click on Floppy The floppy icon should disappear from your desktop back to top Home | WebCT | Announcements | Schedule | Expectations | Syllabus | Help | FAQ's | HowTo's | Links Last Updated: 7/16/2003 4:45:47 PM