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@xxxxxxxxxxxx> 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 > msn id: ragallegos at hotmail.com -- icq: 5283055 > http://www.asmodean.net > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
