On Fri, 14 Mar 2008 13:17:24 +0100, Hadron wrote:
> Charlie Wilkes <charlie_wilkes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>> On Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:06:51 -0700, Matty F wrote:
>>
>>> I've not had much luck getting help using Linux in past years. The
>>> answer for most problems seems to be typing a string of gibberish into
>>> a command line somewhere. Very nice for geeks but not for elderly
>>> people who would like to use a Linux system if only the ordinary
>>> things they want to do could be done easily without a command line.
>>
>> It's not just elderly people who want things to be easy. It's almost
>> everyone.
>>
>> With newer versions of Linux, my experience has been that it's not
>> necessary to use the command line very often, but it is necessary to
>> use it sometimes.
>>
>> The command line is not hard to use... as long as you type commands
>> exactly right.
>>
>> In this case, I think the command will be: umount /dev/sda1
>
> Sure its sda1? it seems to vary from PC to PC and some distro to distro.
I'm going by a web page...
http://brainwreckedtech.wordpress.com/2008/03/09/review-asus-eee-pc/
>
>
>> To start the command-line interface, type control+alt+T all at the same
>> time.
>
> Is this Asus specific?
Yes, I found that on the web too. This guy seems to be having trouble
finding information, so I thought I would try to help. In part I was
curious as to whether there really is a problem with the eee in this
respect. I think it's just something they left off the simplified GUI.
Charlie
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