Last Updated: Thursday September 21 2000
/mnt/floppy = a: (dos) /mnt/cdrom = c: (dos) Commands are in: /bin Absolutely critical system binaries /usr/bin General user binaries /sbin Absolutely critical sysadmin binaries (without these the system will not boot) /usr/sbin Sysadmin binaries used after boot /usr/local/bin Stuff that's not part of the default distribution ls -l flags b block device c character device d directory f fifo - file l symbolic link s UNIX communications socket How to see what devices are on your system 1) cat /proc/pci | less 2) /sbin/lspci Linux command on this side = Novell command on this side How to view device drivers lsmod = modules rmmod = unload insmod = load (no dependancy checking) modprobe = load (dependancy checking) /lib/modules/(kernel version) = sys:\system mount = volumes Example output: /dev/hdb on /mnt/cdrom type iso9660 (ro,nosuid,nodev,user=thalakan) ^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^ device name|mountpoint filesystem type umount (device or mountpoint) = dismount (volume name) Example of mountpoint name: /mnt/floppy Example of volume name: sys:\system On Netware, the cdrom names look like VOLUME_NAME:\whatever\directory The volume name is the ISO9660 volume name written to the cd. You use "mount cd" in Netware to mount the cdrom. So when writing the cd, make sure to use a nice-looking volume name, or you'll be typing stuff like ncd 23409832:\crap\that\I\have\on\this\cdrom Umounting the cdrom umount /mnt/cdrom (or umount /dev/hdb) = dismount (volume name) /sbin/ifconfig -a = config ssh = rconsole (encrypted) telnet = rconsole (not encrypted) rsh = rconsole (old and crappy and not encryptd) ctrl-alt-delete = ctrl-alt-escape alt-sysrq-something = shift-alt-shift-escape something can be... "s" to sync the discs "h" to see other keys "u" to unmount all disks and remount as read-only "o" to kill the power on an ATX machine "b" to reboot the system Search for CompletionChar and set to "9" to enable tab-completion on NT shutdown -h now = down shutdown -r now = down + restart /sbin/init + /etc/inittab + /etc/rc.d/init.d/* c:\nwserver\startup.ncf /etc/rc.d/rc.local = sys:\system\autoexec.ncf ps -axf = ctrl-escape