From: jfd0@aber.ac.uk (Julian Day) Subject: Re: help newbie with setting up "ps" command Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1993 17:11:45 GMT
Jeffrey Muday (mudayja@wfu.edu) wrote:
: Linux users:
: I just installed linux on my PC. Many of the basics seem to work
: fine: vi, sed, awk, who... but when I attempt to monitor processes
: with the ps command I get the familiar message that I have to mount
: /proc. The system tells me to make sure /proc exists (and it does) and
: to add the line "/proc /proc proc defaults" to /etc/fstab (which I did
: and then rebooted. But... when I "ps" I get the same message. Can
: one of you solve this mystery for me.
Yeah, I've just installed Linux off SLS and found that in fstab you have the
line:
/dev/hdxx /root ext2fs defaults
or the similar. If you change /root to / it will all work.
: Also.. what is the /bin/hostname file about. On the bootup disk
: I get one that has a bunch of non-ascii stuff and I get a hostname
: of "softland"; my installed LINUX is missing this file. Can I make one,
: and how do I do it?
I think syssetup is supposed to do this for you. If not try the faqs.
: Lastly... And this question demonstrates my lack of attention span for
: reading documentation... What terminal programs are available in the
: basic set-up? I would like to dialup my university account thru
: LINUX (kermit or z-modem file transfer available) on my internal
: "hayes compatible" modem.
Try kermit, it is definatly available stateside, but I downloaded it with
the rest of the SLS package.
: thanks in advance for any help (or flames...)
: --jeff
Juilan Day
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