IN THIS CHAPTER
In the next four chapters, we will go over the system administration tasks you will have to know, whether you are managing a 1,000 seat network or a single system your own. Nearly everything you do in this chapter will be as Root/SuperUser. This is because you're dealing with important system-related issues. As noted previously, when you are working with Root powers, you can do wonderful things quite easily. It is also just as easy to blow your system away. Take care. Here you will learn about the different file systems SUSE Linux can use to format your drives and other storage devices. You'll learn about Logical Volume Management (LVM) and how to mount drives and add peripheral storage devices to your system, such as a USB key chain storage device. Sometimes it's hard to find a file or directory on a big system. Do you wonder if an application you heard about at the Linux User Group meeting is installed on your system? From the standard shell file-finders to the brand new Beagle graphical desktop search tool, you can find things relatively easily with the Linux tools you'll learn about in this chapter. We'll also tell you about GNU Parted, the partitioning tool included with SUSE Linux. This information is essential for Linux newbies, and old hands might pick up something new, too. |