a few questions

[JONATHAN CREASY]

There is a program called FIPS with the redhat dist. too, it's really
simple, it shrinks the fat partition and leave empty space on the end of
the drive which can then be made into linux partitions.

>>> tsar at sylaba.poznan.pl 06/20/01 07:32AM >>>
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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