Get Started With Linux

On This Page Starting and Stopping Browsing Directories Creating Text Files Saving to a Floppy Disk ^ top Starting and Stopping Starting Your System Make sure the power is turned off. Push the middle drive button Turn the power on Select Red Hat Linux from the loader menu Login at the prompt Login: yourUsername Password: yourPassword Stopping Your System From the start menu, select Log out => Logout 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 ^ top Browsing Directories Double-click the desktop icon Username's Home Select the menu View => Side Pane Select the Tree tab from the left pane Click the small triangles on the left to expand any subdirectory list ^ top Creating Text Files Generally use a text editor for programming PHP Several available to choose from in the Programming menu Emacs VIM XEmacs Also several notepad and wordpad-like editors available from the command line gedit pico New files are usually saved in your home directory by default To use gedit: => Accessories => Text Editor ^ top Saving to a Floppy Disk Mounting Hardware UNIX/Linux file systems are different than Windows All storage is organized in a hierarchy, starting with / ("slash") There is no drive letter such as C: 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 to Floppy The easiest way to move a file or folder is to work with directory windows To move a file or folder to a new location, do this: Open a 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 ^ top Home | WebCT | Announcements | Course info | Expectations | Schedule Project | Help | FAQ's | HowTo's | Links Last Updated: September 07 2005 @13:51:31