Linux command and other help

Linux commands and other help

 * rpm -qpi filename.rpm get information
 * rpm -i filename.rpm install package
 * rpm -e package uninstall package
 * find . -iname file* search file* case insensitive under current directory recursively
 * mkbootdisk --device /dev/fd0 'uname -r' Make boot Disk
 * dd if = /dev/fd0 of = $home/bootdisk.img bs=1440 backup floppy image to disk
 * dd if =$home/bootdisk.img of =/dev/fd0 restore image from disk to floppy
 * df disk free (report filesystem disk space usage)
 * mount -a /dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrom mount a cd-r disc
 * tar -zxvf filename.tar tar uncompress from filename.tar
 * tar -zcvf filename.tar /pkgs tar directory /pkgs in recursively to filename.tar
 * tar -xIf filename.bz2 uncompress bz2 support
 * su become supervisor
 * umount /dev/cdrom unmount cdrom
 * mount -t vfat /dev/hda? /mnt/win_c mount a win9x partition /dev/hda? in /mnt/win_c with fat support
 * lilo -v active /etc/lilo.conf configure