Trying to plan for New Build in Sept.....

[wanderingarcticfox]

Re: Trying to plan for New Build in Sept.....

A "Symlink" is kind of like a re-direct from one place to another. It behaves and appears as a folder to your desktop.

Problem is your music is over on /dev/sda5/home/[username]/Music and you want to play a tune while you're trying out Mint. So, you mount /dev/sda5 as /data and add it to /etc/fstab so it's there at every boot.

So now the path to music is /data/[username]/Music and you have an empty folder named Music in your home on the Mint install. So the final steps: you delete the empty Music folder and create a symlink to /data/[username]/Music and name it Music. Voilà! you now have a Music folder populated with all your tunes.

Is there a knowledge based instruction on how to create a symlink?

When you say "remount" /dev/sda5 as /data is that via GParted? Or is there a simpler way of doing that? I take it the /etc/fstab is the sda3 mount point or did I miss something here?

I'm off to set-up my K-mail and look at ReKong as well as the Ubuntu One set-up for KDE.

[vinnywright]

Re: Trying to plan for New Build in Sept.....

@wanderingarcticfox

you should open your package manager (kpackagekit)and go to settings and make sure you have the "multiverse" repo checked then do a search for "rutebook" and install it.

it contains the answers to many of your questions and many more

seriously it's a grate reference and beginners guide I look to it often.

but to help clarify your Q.

fstab is a file that contanes a list of partitions to be mounted at boot and where their mount points are..... it is located in /etc

no you wouldn't set it with Gparted you would edit the /etc/fstab file to add it as a partition to be mounted at boot.

the rutebook will enplane all this to you and more and we will always be hear for more questions





VINNY

[oshunluvr]

Re: Trying to plan for New Build in Sept.....

Is there a knowledge based instruction on how to create a symlink?

When you say "remount" /dev/sda5 as /data is that via GParted? Or is there a simpler way of doing that? I take it the /etc/fstab is the sda3 mount point or did I miss something here?

I'm off to set-up my K-mail and look at ReKong as well as the Ubuntu One set-up for KDE.

"fstab" is the file that contains "static" mounts - those that are mountable at every boot. It resides in /etc/.

Remember that all things in linux reside in a file, so when you see a notation like /usr/bin/apps/foo, /usr/bin/apps/ is the path to the file foo.

When you install your "main" OS, you should select "Manual Partitioning" and then you can direct the installer to use /dev/sda5 as /home. Gparted is a disk utility to create and manipulate hard drive partitions and has nothing to do with your OS mounting a filesystem after it has been created on a partition.

If /dev/sda3 is your Extended partition, it cannot be mounted because it will not contain a filesystem:

Hard drives contain Partitions.
Extended Partitions contain Logical Partitions.
Primary and Logical Partitions contain File Systems.
File Systems are what you mount, and they contain Files, Folders, etc.



I think you can create a symlink from within Dolphin, but I always use the command line:

ln -s path_to_target link_name

where

path_to_target=the location you wish to link to
link_name=the name you wish your link to display

I am trying to figure out if I can set up this 'universal' music folder during my set-up and manual install or will I have to do it afterward. You most definitely understand that I want the music a pictures folders accessible even if I am in an experimental trial of a different OS. I am just not real clear on the 'How-To' and 'When-To' do it part.

Symlinks and such will have to be done after the install. However, you definitely want to create and use the /home partition during your initial install. It's much more complicated to try and move your /home later. Install the OS version you intend to be your main daily user first and do the Manual Partitioning I mentioned earlier.

I will be reinstalling my CD's [87of them] instead of trying to transfer from this old system. I gave up trying to listen to my music about 3 months ago so the sound card is most likely soon to die and the CPU cannot manage that level of multitasking since I upgraded to 11.04 "Natty".

I would reccomend using the FLAC format to rip your CD's. It is loss-less so you'll have as close to CD quality as possible. You can always downgrade to MP3 later if you have a device that requires it.

Do the same rules apply in the terminal with Kubuntu as Ubuntu like sudo apt-get and such?

Kubuntu is Ubuntu with a different desktop. The rules of the OS are the same, some of the KDE rules are different than Gnome rules, In this case - apt-get, mounting, symlinks, and partitioning and such - it's exactly the same.

One last note: Beginning multi-booters often get into trouble with grub. Natty, for some dumb reason will not let you install it without also installing grub. This results in unfamiliar users accidentally wiping out grub when they wipe out an install they're no longer using. The solution is to pay very close attention when you are installing a second or third OS and either select no grub, or in the case if Natty, install grub to the partition (/dev/sda2 for example) rather than the hard drive as in /dev/sda. Note the hard drive Master Boot Record is referred to as /dev/sda with no number and each partition as /dev/sdaX where X is the number corresponding to the partition.

If you mess this up, it's not that difficult to fix, but why not avoid it if you can.

[wanderingarcticfox]

Re: Trying to plan for New Build in Sept.....

OK thanks a lot guys !! I hate killing trees but with the GPU card in this thing frittzin' and carrying on I printed both of your last replies so I can reference without popping back and forth. Headed off to reboot into Kubuntu now. I already have Fire Fox set up but will try to configure ReKong as well as Kmail this afternoon. I hope I'm on the home stretch of my game plan now. I'll be back in touch with a new thread if I get confused, which is happening a lot

[dibl]

Re: Trying to plan for New Build in Sept.....

I think you can create a symlink from within Dolphin, but I always use the command line:

Right -- navigate to the target directory, split the window, and then navigate to the source directory. Now highlight the file or directory to be symlinked, drag it across the divider to the target directory, and drop it. From the popup service menu, choose "Link here" and you are done.

[wanderingarcticfox]

Re: Trying to plan for New Build in Sept.....

@wanderingarcticfox

you should open your package manager (kpackagekit)and go to settings and make sure you have the "multiverse" repo checked then do a search for "rutebook" and install it.

VINNY

I installed it now what do I need to do to 1] view it and 2] add a widget? It shows up as installed but I can not figure how to view the pages.

[Snowhog]

Re: Trying to plan for New Build in Sept.....

Launch Kate as 'root' by opening a console and typing:

kdesudo kate

When Kate launches, copy and paste the following into the new document:

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Exec=khelpcenter /usr/share/doc/kde/HTML/en/rutebook/index.html
Icon=dialog-information
Terminal=false
Name=Rutebook
GenericName=Rutebook KHelpCenter
X-DocPath=rutebook/index.html
Categories=Qt;KDE;Utility;

Save the file as rutebook.desktop in /usr/share/applications

Exit Kate, and while still in the console type:

sudo ln -s /usr/share/doc/rutebook/html/ /usr/share/doc/kde/HTML/en/rutebook

Close the console.

You will now find that Rutebook is listed in K > Help > Application Manuals > Utilities > Rutebook as well as K > Applications > Utilities > Rutebook

[vinnywright]

Re: Trying to plan for New Build in Sept.....

Launch Kate as 'root' by opening a console and typing:

kdesudo kate

When Kate launches, copy and paste the following into the new document:

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Exec=khelpcenter /usr/share/doc/kde/HTML/en/rutebook/index.html
Icon=dialog-information
Terminal=false
Name=Rutebook
GenericName=Rutebook KHelpCenter
X-DocPath=rutebook/index.html
Categories=Qt;KDE;Utility;

Save the file as rutebook.desktop in /usr/share/applications

Exit Kate, and while still in the console type:

sudo ln -s /usr/share/doc/rutebook/html/ /usr/share/doc/kde/HTML/en/rutebook

Close the console.

You will now find that Rutebook is listed in K > Help > Application Manuals > Utilities > Rutebook as well as K > Applications > Utilities > Rutebook

nice one @Snowhog
I just draged the /usr/share/doc/rutebook/rute.pdf.gz to ~/documents dropped it and sead link hear .

VINNY

[wanderingarcticfox]

Re: Trying to plan for New Build in Sept.....

Thanks Snowhog; that worked great; now I can search and study more before posting. It is right there in Dolphin as rutebook so it is an easy to get to folder of obviously a ton of information.
Now to fix my K-mail out-bound