questions

Jason DeVita yellowdog-newbie@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
Sat, 17 May 2003 21:09:42 -0400 (EDT)


I don't know anything about wireless networks, but I do know how to close
the cdrom tray!

"eject -t cdrom"

And, for future reference, the fastest way to learn tricks like that is to
look at the man pages.  To find out what I just told you above (and
more), type "man eject".

-J


On Sat, 17 May 2003, gelsey wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I finally got 3.0 installed on my eMac last Friday (yay!) I'm really
> happy and excited about finally having Linux installed on my computer.
> However, I have a few questions regarding the use of Linux..
>
> 1. If the 'eject cdrom' command opens the cdrom, then is there a
> command to close it? Right now I just push the tray back into the
> computer after I'm finished putting in or taking out a cd.
>
> 2. I want to create a wireless network with a PC running Windows 98 as
> the server, and my Linux box as the client, so I can share my internet
> connection between the two. How do I do that? Do I use Samba, or is
> that for file and printer sharing only? How do I configure the Airport?
>
> If anyone could help me with these, I'd really appreciate it.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Gelsey
>
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