YDL control and Samba

[Derick Centeno]

Hi WCH:
In general controlling & invoking programs from the command line is 
what Linux shares with standard proprietary versions of Unix.  Using 
GUI's (graphical user interfaces) are convenient for basic work, but 
when it becomes necessary to go beyond these user interfaces many 
professionals find them too limiting in regards to resolving immediate 
and complex problems.  Therefore it has become a matter of choice 
regarding how one prefers to work.

The quote regarding Red Hat system tools in the past referred to tools 
like fdisc or pdisc.  One can also use parted.  Unfortunately, there 
are nuances to master with each of these tools.  Once you become 
familiar with how they work what each does or does not do; you should 
be on your way to building and creating the mount points together with 
the file types for that sector.

Remember to note and comprehend the various means of determining the 
size of each sector or directory, and you should be ok.

Recall that Yellow Dog Linux is closely tied to Red Hat; in brief 
whatever system and other tools exist within Red Hat many of the same 
tools are redesigned to function within the PowerPC environment.

Best wishes... Derick.

On May 3, 2006, at 5:02 PM, William Howard wrote:

> Greetings
> New to Linux (again)... Using YDL 4.1 on a B&W modified. This system 
> contains two hard drives, both ATA. Installed YDL, everything working 
> fine.
>
> I'm looking to explore using this machine with Samba to share files 
> and other services on a mixed LAN, and I've been trying to follow the 
> "By Example" portion of Samba's site, but not all the instructions are 
> matching. I've also noticed that there are two different graphical 
> interfaces to work with Samba settings, and the Samba site is 
> suggesting using the command line.
>
> Is there going to be a conflict using either graphical interface, or 
> should I stick with command only? Also, in the Samba instructions, the 
> example provided instructed to format the additional hard drive, 
> create a folder in root (/plans), then a confusing instruction:
>
> "Use Red Hat Linux system tools (refer to Red Hat instructions) to 
> format the 160GB hard drive with a suitable file system. An Ext3 file 
> system is suitable. Configure this drive to automatically mount using 
> the /plans directory as the mount point."
>
> I haven't been able to find a disk formatter, and then, I need to 
> determine which drive the Linux system is installed on. I also haven't 
> found where to configure the mount point... Can anyone shed some light 
> on this?
>
> Thank you in advance... I'm looking forward to really exploring and 
> learning YDL.
>
> WCH
>
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