[ BC kravi26@yahoo.com ] > Subject: Re: grub root=/dev/hd$v$n not root=LABEL... > From: Ravi [mailto:kravi26@yahoo.com] > ... > (Running 'file ... would have told you ... Thanks! Indeed I did NOT know that already. I see kernelnewbies.org does not yet offer a list of commands every Unix newbie soon will know. And http://www.unixnewbies.org/ does not yet exist. My personal list appears buried inside: http://members.aol.com/plscsi/tools/knoppix/index.html I quote: "What Is Knoppix" "2. School & work taught me the basic Unix commands long ago: bash cat cd cp csh dd df echo egrep emacs export find grep head id info less ls man mount pwd rm sed sort strings sudo tail tar tr uname vi which etc." By now I see I need to add: file more set setenv tee what What else? Because personally I work with Mac OS X apps as much as I work with the Linux kernel, I try to distinguish what I learn of Unix, common to Mac and Linux, from what I learn of Linux. Pat LaVarre P.S. I haven't yet figured out how to make the next level of detail accessible e.g. not just bash, but `export PS1='$ ' ; export -n` and not just tr, but `tr -s ...` and not just `mount` but `mount -o loop ...`. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
