Cipher

1.What is a subnet mask?

2.What is a Host Address?

3. How do you make a windows partition for Linux?

The End.

__________________
And there was much rejoicing... Yay....

Infinite Recursion

not everyone is a systems oriented person The only "dumb" question, in my opinion, is the one that is not asked.

__________________
http://jasonpowers.net

"There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root."

java_roshan

What do you mean by "windows partition for Linux?" Please make this question clear ....

__________________
Visit: http://www.somaiya.edu

tempest

You can't make a windows partition for linux... linux can't read a windows partition... however if you're trying to create a linux partition from windows look into Partition Magic.

__________________

Pizentios

ummm, yeah you can. I have several windows shares mounted all the time on my box, as well as an old 98 drive that i use some times.

linux can read any file system! You just need to have support compiled in your kernel.

try:


where /dev/hda1 is the partition that you want to mount.
and where /mnt/whatever is the mount point that you want.
if that doesn't work, it could be because the file system isn't fat based, and is probably NTFS, which can be also mounted under linux, just change the -t option (see man mount for more info).

if it still doesn';t work (mounting as NTFS), try running:


that will tell you the partitions, and the reason that it's not mount is probably because the partition is a extend drive inside a logical drive. That should get you up and running, if you want it to be mounted all the time (like on boot) just edit your /etc/fstab (see man fstab for more info).

NOTE: on most systems you need to have root to do this.

__________________
Profanity is the one language that all programmers understand.

Check out my Blog <---updated Nov 30 2007!

Infinite Recursion

ummm.. i didn't think the questions in this thread were serious??? maybe i misread the original poster's intentions.

__________________
http://jasonpowers.net

"There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root."

Pizentios

maybe, but i could see cypher needing help with mounting a windows drive from linux (sorry if you don't cypher i just thought so because your new to linux).

__________________
Profanity is the one language that all programmers understand.

Check out my Blog <---updated Nov 30 2007!

Cipher

no i actually was totally serious. I really DON'T know what a subnet mask is. I really DON'T know how to install Linux(which btw I reaaally want to) and I really DON'T know what a host address is.

__________________
And there was much rejoicing... Yay....

Infinite Recursion

ohhh. well in that case...

1) The subnet mask is used to determine where the network number in an IP address ends and the node number in an IP address begins. A node is anything on a network that needs an IP address to communicate (a PC, server, router, etc).

2) The host address is the Internet IP Address or hostname of a remote server.

3) Partition magic for Windows.

__________________
http://jasonpowers.net

"There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root."

Cipher

Thanks IR. Once again this forum has saved my computer life.

__________________
And there was much rejoicing... Yay....