------=_NextPart_001_0001_01C27769.71B11FA0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I'm brand new to linux and I have some questions which are probably prett= y basic, but not to me. OK first off I am running RH 8 Just got it instal= led on a compaq presairio laptop with an external usb floppy which I am u= nable to use. I tried to use the disk formatter under the system tools an= d I get the message Unable to open the device /dev/fd0, Formating cannot = continue. Ok next question I know when I press Ctrl/Alt/F1 It takes me out of the G= UI but how do I get back to the GUI. Next the pipe symbol, I can't find that on my keyboard Thanks in advance for any help FrankGet more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer= .msn.com ------=_NextPart_001_0001_01C27769.71B11FA0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable