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Postby c0ldfyr3 » Tue Jul 01, 2008 3:12 pm

your linux file systems should be as follows

/ -- root directory
/var -- tmp directory
/home -- home directory ( like "My Documents" )
/boot -- Boot loader files
/swap -- your swap space ( like pagefile )

each directory on its own partition



however in ubuntu you can get away with using just the root directory and it will create a file structure such as :
/home
/var
/boot
and your swap you still sill not see. All directories will be on the same partition
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Postby DEVILSAN » Wed Jul 02, 2008 6:15 am

if i could have my internt running in Linux i installed that could have solved my most of my problem, i can only access internet through WIFI and isnt their an easy way to install applications on linux or do i hav e to always go to terminal command line
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Postby c0ldfyr3 » Wed Jul 02, 2008 6:58 am

whats your wifi card? if you can give me make model and model #... also if you know whether its an Atheros card or not that will help...

i can walk you through the install procedure for your card..
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Postby DEVILSAN » Wed Jul 02, 2008 7:06 am

that would be so nice of you, thanks

it is wireless Ethernet (Onboard Intel Pro wireless 2200BG)card though i mentioned it earlier. but right now i am logged in windows xp
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Postby c0ldfyr3 » Wed Jul 02, 2008 7:20 am

Procedure to enable WPA Wireless in Ubuntu

To update the source list run the following command
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sudo apt-get update

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sudo apt-get install wpasupplicant

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sudo apt-get install network-manager-gnome network-manager

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sudo gedit /etc/network/interfaces


Comment out everything other than
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Postby c0ldfyr3 » Wed Jul 02, 2008 7:29 am

If you still have an issue then you need to enable the radio....


The problem? The card radio was off. It turned out that a
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Postby DEVILSAN » Wed Jul 02, 2008 7:36 am

ok cool, i will do it for that i have to login to Linux now so i would now logoff, but before that i would say if you can remotely login to my machine it will really solve my most of the problems coz this is taking my time that i have to put in what i work in.

that would be sweet if their be a simple application in wihch we point out the installable setup and it installs the program and place shortcut on desktop.
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Postby c0ldfyr3 » Wed Jul 02, 2008 7:51 am

well in general i would suggest that you get VMWare and use it to test and build Linux installs... you can actually set up a partition on your hard drive and sue it to install directly to. then when you get it all working you can create a boot disk for grub to install and let it detect your Linux install on the partition and add it to the boot loader... this is how i started, and it works really well; however, i also started with Debian Sarge Net install. (ubuntu is derived from debian ).
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