Monthly Archives: January 2007

I had been using Ubuntu/Kubuntu for some time with Wanadoo/Orange in the UK connecting to the Livebox by Ethernet, but I recently had to move my computer to a different room which necessitated wireless access from Ubuntu to my Wanadoo/Orange Livebox Access Point. There appears to be a variety of methods to get wireless working… Read more »

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.## proc /proc proc defaults 0 0# /dev/hda3UUID=d1794253-261e-427c-b952-6e469ff74970 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1# /dev/hda5UUID=eb900d14-a3d3-4649-a44e-e204667d1619 none swap sw 0 0/dev/hdc /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0/dev/hdd /media/cdrom1 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0/dev/ /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto 0 0/dev/hda2 /media/shared vfat iocharset=utf8,umask=000 0 0/dev/hdb1 /home ext3 nodev,nosuid 0 2/dev/hdb1 /media/home ext3 nodev,nosuid 0 2/dev/hda1 /media/windows… Read more »

I set up an ext3 partition on another hard drive, then amended /etc/fstab and added the following line: /dev/hdb1 /home ext3 nodev,nosuid 0 2 This allows me to keep my home folder and update my operating system independently.I had to have a folder named jonny at the root of ext3 partition so that /home/jonny would… Read more »