fedora 4 help for a new linux user

[tech_cheetah]

hi friends
i have just recently installed fedora core 4 (shipped with digit) after trying 3 other linux os ( PCQlinux 2004,Mandrake and knoppix).These earlier ones didn't support my aureal sound card,but thanx God now i can play songs on linux.i m new to linux n wud like u to help me with few questions.

1.earlier a friend of mine who is a linux geek installed linux on my pc.and i was able to c other drives(FAT) n windows drive as well,but now only linux partition(/) bcoz i myself installed linux using / on one drive.Can something bring back my drives so that i can listen to mp3 stored there?

2.how to install .rpm files?

3.how to install .tar.gz files?

4.plz suggest some tutorial for operating linux for beginners like me!!

[vignesh]

1.Mount your fat partitions or edit the fstab
http://thinkdigit.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=17084

2.To install rpm files just double click it in Fedora.

3.tar.gz have to be unpacked and then

./configure
make
make install

4.Fedora Core is a good linux distro to start with.Others may be Knoppix livecd,Mandrake(mandravia) etc..[/url]

[desertwind]

i suggest u use sourceinstall for installing for a tar.gz file. its a lot easier, and got an option for uninstalling too.

You can obtain it from Here