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# 1  
Old 07-27-2008
Newbie Linux
Hi
With ur support and co-operation i have installed Redhat linux enterprise edition 4.0 in my home PC
Can some one tell me what is Yum installer and what are its adavantages, and wher can i get that downaload and how to install it ( many queries at a time, but im very new to linux)

And also how do i access my NTFS Windows XP partitions

Please help me
# 2  
Old 07-27-2008
for yum:
Yellow dog Updater, Modified - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

to access your ntfs partition please post the output of the following commands:

fdisk -l
and
df -h
# 3  
Old 07-27-2008
Hi Duke
Here is the output of fdisk -l

Quote:
[root@localhost ~]# fdisk -l

Disk /dev/hda: 250.0 GB, 250059350016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 2611 20972826 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hda2 2612 30401 223223175 f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/hda5 2612 9558 55801746 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hda6 9559 16505 55801746 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hda7 16506 23452 55801746 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hda8 23453 26639 25599546 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hda9 26640 26652 104391 83 Linux
/dev/hda10 26653 30401 30113811 8e Linux LVM

Disk /dev/sda: 100.0 GB, 100030242816 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 12161 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 12161 97683201 7 HPFS/NTFS
# 4  
Old 07-27-2008
And this is the output of df -h
Quote:
[root@localhost ~]# df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00
27G 7.6G 18G 31% /
/dev/hda9 99M 15M 80M 16% /boot
none 1.3G 0 1.3G 0% /dev/shm
# 5  
Old 07-28-2008
Hi Duke, i have downloaded yum-2.4.3-1.src.rpm and when i try to install, it gives me the following error
can u pls check this once
Quote:
[root@localhost downloads]# rpm -ivh yum-2.4.3-1.src.rpm
warning: yum-2.4.3-1.src.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 69886cc7
1:yum warning: user skvidal does not exist - using root
warning: group skvidal does not exist - using root
warning: user skvidal does not exist - using root)
warning: group skvidal does not exist - using root
########################################### [100%]
[root@localhost downloads]#

And after that when i go to # prompt and type yum , it says bash: yum: command not found
Last edited by balumankala; 07-28-2008 at 12:43 AM..
# 6  
Old 07-28-2008
you've a lot of windows partitions?! which one are you trying to access?

where have you downloaded the yum rpm? please give the link to the page!
# 7  
Old 07-29-2008
It looks like the rpm was written with coded users in some superuser group. Since they do not exist, the root user is assumed.

As for the windows partitions:

HOW-TO mount NTFS partition? - LinuxQuestions.org should give you some help.


essentially, you should modify your /etc/fstab for permanent mounts when the system boots. Either that or autofs for auto mounts on access would work.

You are going to have to create directories to be used as mount points.

If you wish, you could point them to directories on your desktop, or you could point them to directories off of / and create symbolic links

It comes down to preference.
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