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Just installed Linux Mandrake 6.5 yesterday as a server.

How do I find out the mount point of the CD rom or even the floppy
disk?  When I do a "df", I don't see anything?

Also, the gui starts up fine (X windows I guess) but I was hoping
to see KDE starting also.  Can anybody tell me how to start KDE or
how to find out if it's installed.  

Thanks in Advance.

Totally lost.

Try 'mount' and see if it's listed there. If's it not mounted, you'll
need to look in /etc/fstab for the mount point and mount it manually.
KDE by default should automount a CD when inserted. If not, try this in
a terminal window after inserting the CD (do this as root):

# mount -t iso9660 /dev/scd1 /mnt/cdrom

Your device (/dev/scd1) and mount point may be different - Look in
/etc/fstab to make sure. That's how it works on my RH7 system. Once
mounted, I see this:

[root] / # mount
/dev/hda2 on / type ext2 (rw)
none on /proc type proc (rw)
usbdevfs on /proc/bus/usb type usbdevfs (rw)
/dev/hda5 on /usr type ext2 (rw)
none on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)
/dev/hda1 on /win98 type vfat (rw)
/dev/hda7 on /ddrive type vfat (rw)
/dev/scd1 on /mnt/cdrom type iso9660 (ro)
[root] / #

Before you remove the CD, be sure to unmount it first:

# umount /mnt/cdrom

or whatever your CDROM mount point is. You can confirm it's unmounted
once again with 'mount'. It shouldn't be listed anymore.

Quote:> Also, the gui starts up fine (X windows I guess) but I was hoping
> to see KDE starting also.  Can anybody tell me how to start KDE or
> how to find out if it's installed.  

If a GUI is starting up, maybe it *is* KDE. Or is it just a login screen
and you can't get any further?

Once you login, is there a taskbar along the bottom of the screen? If
so, is there a button at the left end? If so (again), it's maybe one of
three environments running: KDE (the icon will be a "K" and a
gearwheel), gnome (the icon will be a "footprint" G) or FVWM95 (the
button will read "Linux").

If you don't see anything on screen at all, just a graphical background
with an "X" cursor, try clicking the right (secondary) mouse button and
see if a menu appears. You might be running twm or some other old window
manager (horrors :).

You can use 'switchdesk' to change this. Read the man page:

$ man switchdesk

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