Thanks...people....I'll try and find that book. In the meantime....I did manage to put in the 131072 #'s as Loren suggested....in her first post..so.....am I living dangerously...or should I just set everything back to normal.... I did manage to find out I have to "Close" terminal by typing exit...from the help file....no one told me that! This stuff if just like DOS...heaven forbid...!!!! -- Robert J. Fisher fisherr at telus.net Or mediacreations2000 at telus.net Home of Media Creations 2000 http://www3.telus.net/mediacreations2000 > From: Tarik Bilgin <tarik at opalblue.com> > Reply-To: "PowerBook G4 Titanium List"<Titanium at lists.themacintoshguy.com> > Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2003 10:03:56 +0100 > To: "PowerBook G4 Titanium List" <Titanium at lists.themacintoshguy.com> > Subject: Re: [Ti] Speed up > > > On Thursday, July 17, 2003, at 10:11 pm, Robert J. Fisher wrote: > >> I don't know WHAT the heck I am doing here.... I DID use the leading >> slash... And it eliminated it.,.,,,,I was assuming this was all >> supposed to >> be in TERMINAL....NOw I'm so confused I don't know what to do next... >> I can't find this so called etc directory.....I don't know what she >> means by >> open it in my favorite editor....I don't have a Favorite editor!!! > > It may be worth talking a step back and noting that typing stuff into > unix shells without understanding exactly what the command can do can > be dangerous... > > in a unix filesystem, the root directory is known as "/". > > so /etc a directory under this. > > /etc/rc.common is a file called rc.common in /etc > > I recommend "Unix in a Nutshell" and "Unix system administration" > (O'Reilly) as good starting points > > -- > Tarik Bilgin > Opalblue > tarik at opalblue.com > > > ---------- > Check out the Titanium email list FAQ > http://www.themacintoshguy.com/lists/Titanium.html > > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <Titanium-off at lists.themacintoshguy.com> > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > <Titanium-digest at lists.themacintoshguy.com> > Need help from a real person? Try. > <Titanium-request at lists.themacintoshguy.com> > > ---------- > $14.99 Unlimited Nationwide Mac Dialup and Mac Web Hosting from your Mac ISP > Serious Mac Internet Solutions From NineWire! http://macinternetaccess.com > > RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler > CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at <http://roadtools.com> > > Cyberian | Support this list when you buy at Outpost.com! > Outpost | http://www.themacintoshguy.com/outpost.shtml