Useful system commands

Hardware and Disks

CommandDescription
sudo execute a command as root (setup)
parted show and edit partition table
hdparm set hard disk performance parameters

Acorn's system tools

CommandDescription
doit do a number of system tasks
netloc configure networking

Configuration Files

Configuration FileDescription
/etc/fstab list of mount points for automatic and user mounting
/etc/sudoers sudo config file

Examples

CommandDescription
sudo <cmd> execute <cmd> as root (setup)
sudo parted /dev/hda print show partition table for hda