Category: Linux

  • Linux File System (Directory Structure)

    In this post I will be talking about how different external media or different partitions of a hard disk can be accessed in Linux and also about the various directories you’ll find in  a typical Linux Installation and the types of files each of these directories contain. The first thing you’ll need to know is […]

  • Mounting File Systems

      In this post I’ll be talking about mounting partitions of a hard disk and other devices like external media (USB sticks, portable hard disks, CDs, DVDs etc) on both Windows systems and on Linux systems. First of all if you don’t know what the word “mounting” means , don’t worry. Because if you are […]

  • Linux Command Help / Help Commands

    In this post I’ll be talking about getting help for commands in Linux i.e the various methods of getting to know what a command does using several help commands in Linux. So the first and most straightforward way to get help is using the “–help” option along with the command. Usage user@system-name:~$command-name –help Say you […]