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Roger Neth Jr baypos at gmail.com
Sat Nov 4 19:34:57 UTC 2006


On 11/4/06, Andy <stude.list at googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> On 04/11/06, Roger Neth Jr <baypos at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I tried these commands and the following shows E: which I assume is a CD
> > Drive.
> This isn't windows. drives don't have letters! they have paths.
> E means Error, its saying there was an error.
>
> > rogern at edgy :~$ sudo apt-get install realplay
> > Password:
> > Reading package lists... Done
> > Building dependency tree
> > Reading state information... Done
> > E: Couldn't find package realplay
>
> There is no package called 'realplay' in the official repositories
> There is a realplayer but not in edgy.
>
>
> > How do I tell what the drive assignments are as there aren't any drive
> > letters on the Computer-file broswer?
>
> This is Linux, we don't have drive letters.
> your CD drive is generally not mounted unless there is something in it
> (like a CD)
> then it mounts it and this location ca be seen with 'mount', its
> normally in /media
>
> > Sorry for the newbie questions coming from Windows.
> If you didn't ask questions how would you ever elevate your knowledge?
>
> - Andy




Thanks Andy, I learned something from you and appreciate the  hand holding
from this list.

Roger
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