On Fri, 12 Dec 2003 15:13:51 -0800, Troll
<experiment@lewiston.com> wrote:
>
> okay what should i do to get this thing rolling?
> is etx2 an extended partition? I know i used only primary ones
Ext2 is a type of filesystem, like FAT or NTFS.

> I typed in the command: swapon /dev/hda4
> and it said: Adding Swap: 827336k swap-space (priority -1)
> should this be added to some configuration file?
It should be added to /etc/fstab, but judging from the error messages,
that file doesn't even exist.
> whats the deal with etc/fstab?
That's a good question. Is there anything at all in /etc?
Maybe you should reinstall, or try a more newbie-friendly distribution
such as Mandrake.

> im at the root@none:/# looking confused. all i can see is thes strange
> aquatic bird....
>
> e2fsck -v -y /dev/hda1 resultsin>> /dev/hda1: clean, 137807/1281280
> files, 525175/1281175 blocks
>
> allthanks o the inspired linux guru whose favor shines upon i!


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