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Typical Answers for a Floppix Boot Sequence
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When answering the questions in the examples below, use your own name,
choose your own password, and use your own Algonquin email address.
Don't type in "Chris Abcdefghi", or "somepass", or "abcd0001", used in
the examples here.

Use your own name and userid information!

======= Floppix boot: [My Editorial comments are in square brackets]

Enter your name:  Chris Abcdefghi
Enter your initials (up to 5 letters): cba     [don't use upper case]
Enter a password (it will not appear on the screen): somepass
Re-enter password: somepass

Network Configuration
 1. standalone
 2. fixed IP
 3. dhcp
 4. dial-up
Select option [1, 2, 3, 4]: 3            [at home use either 1 or 4]

        [ NOTE: Make sure DHCP works and you get "Netork configuration
	complete".  If it says "standalone", you have no networking! ]

Mail configuration
 1. configure for practice only
 2. configure for practice plus real email forwarded to an SMTP server
Select option [1 or 2]: 2

Enter your complete email address ()
 > abcd0001@algonquincollege.com             [<==use your own userid here]
Enter outgoing (smtp) mail server name ()
 > outmail.algonquincollege.com
Enter pop3 mail server name ()
 > inmail.algonquincollege.com

Network Printer
Print server IP address (or [enter] to cancel): [just push return - no printer]

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Your username is:  cba
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login: cba
Password: somepass

$ date
Tue Feb  8 17:55:02 EST 2000
$ whoami
cba
$ su
Password: somepass
# whoami
root
# exit
$ whoami
cba

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Try this (use your own userid):

    $ mail -v abcd0001@algonquincollege.com
    Subject: test email
    This is a test email with verbose turned on.
    ^D
    Cc:
    ...see what prints here as the mail goes out...

To bring a copy of all your Algonquin email into Floppix:

    $ fetchmail -v
    ....password: [enter your Algonquin email password]
    ...watch a copy of all the email come in...

To read mail on Floppix:

    $ mail 
    & ?
    ...list of help commands for mail...

Another way to read your mail file (quick and dirty):

    $ echo $MAIL
    /usr/spool/mail/cba
    $ less $MAIL
    ...see all your messages in one big text file...
    ...(to get exit from "less" type the letter: q)

To reboot gracefully into Windows:

    $ su
    Password: somepass
    # reboot

To shut down gracefully:

    $ su
    Password: somepass
    # shutdown -h now