a few questions

[Victor Tsaran]

Also, Redhat distribution contains a good program called "parted", which
carries out the same functions as Partition Magic, but I think it is a bit
hard to learn.
You can try though!
Victor

----- Original Message -----
From: "Raul A. Gallegos" <raul at asmodean.net>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 7:47 AM
Subject: Re: a few questions


> Hi, answers are below.
>
> >1.  I know how to check the date and time, but how do I change them in
Linux?
>
> As root the format is: # date mmddhhMM
> As a basic starter.  Basically it's date followed by 2 digit month, 2
digit date, 2 digit hour (24) format, 2 digit minute.  You can add more to
include the seconds
> and year if you want but I doubt you need that.  If you type # date --help
|more  You will get an explanation of the format.  Date is really a neat
command.
>
> >2.  If Linux is the only OS on a box, and the hardware clock is set to
local time, will Linux automatically adjust it twice a year when
appropriate? Will this be
> done by default, or do I need to change something in order to make it
happen?
>
> It will be done by deafault.  I use a program called timeconfig to set the
local time zone.
>
> >3.  I will be installing Linux on a sighted friend's PC.  He has a 25 Gb
hard disk entirely filled by a FAT 32 partition.  What utility can I use to
split this partition
> to make room for Linux, and where can I get it from?
>
> First off back up any data on the hard drive if you don't want to risk
losing it.  the one I recommend is partition magic but I don't have current
info on where
> to get it. Sorry.
>
> >Thanks of course in advance for any help.
>
> Your welcome.
>
> >Greg
>
> Raul
>
>
> Raul A. Gallegos -- raul at asmodean.net
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