David wrote:
This may seem stupid to you but how do i change my @hostname exmaple: [bill@a
bill]$ mdir a: <-----that...............mine says [root@localhost root] I
feel left out :(...*LOL* just the hostname part
I know how to Switch User.
Redhat 7.2
Gnome
If that info helps......Thanks:)
Bill wrote:
> On Saturday 27 October 2001 15:59, you wrote:
> > No need to mount or unmount anything -- type "mdir a:"
> >
> > mtools comes installed by default on most distros.
> >
> > Ed.
>
> Including, as I can now attest, Mandrake 8.0 and it works just fine with
> kernel 2.4.12 :-)
>
> [bill@a bill]$ mdir a:
> Volume in drive A has no label
> Volume Serial Number is 1112-15D8
> Directory for A:/
>
> DSET2 BAS 438 03-26-2001 21:09
> DSET3 BAS 2052 04-10-2000 11:14
> 2 files 2 490 bytes
> 1 454 592 bytes free
>
> Reading "info Mtools" now. Boogers! Purt' near the whole bunch of useful
> dos commands are supported!
>
> woo hoo !...
> mcd a:
> mdir (as above listing)
> ls (listing of my Linux home dir!)
>
> Ed ... next time I am in your area I wanna buy you a drink ... [at a donut
> shop, of course! :-) ]
>
> A long time ago I tried to add those commands to another distro ... an
> early RH, I think ... and failed miserably. Until you mentioned it, I had
> forgotten they even existed. Neat stuff.
>
> The essential truth of Linux is that "it" can be done ... whatever
> computer task "it" happens to be. The key is choosing the right tool to
> use.
>
> Bill
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> Linux a.genesis.com 2.4.12 #2 Wed Oct 17 04:17:02 EDT 2001 i686 unknown
> total used free shared buffers cached
> Mem: 1545512 757032 788480 0 303492 502964
> Swap: 401584 0 401584
> 8:32pm up 1 day, 17:23, 2 users, load average: 0.12, 0.14, 0.07
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