Dear roth This is wt u have started using of filthy language. For your kind info when some one starts learning obviously makes mistake. This is the reaosn i have installed it in vbox Any way thank you for ur help i reinstalled my machine It is obviously the cent os which got crashed not the vbox i think u can get this from the error i have posted On 5/12/10, m.roth at 5-cent.us <m.roth at 5-cent.us> wrote: > Chaitanya, > > First, please stop top posting. Email is like a conversation, and > simply makes more sense if you go to the end, just like reading a > conversation. DO delete irrelevant stuff. > >>> Chaitanya wrote: >> >> This is the exact scenario of my machine. >> i am running the cent os under my virtual box and i have made a network >> bridge to that VBOX > > So, what's the host o/s, Windows? >> >> so from my machine i connect to the VBOX using the Xshell. > > What are you using, putty? > >> and by the way i am new to linux and this is my test machine so that i do >> some testing. > > So READ UP on Linux/Unix. > >> this is the F reason i am using the root user. > > DON'T. Either use root only to do maintenance, or just use sudo to do > that. Do *not* test as a root user, except for things only root can do. > >> what ever os is it i dont think logging in as root user will crash the >> system. > > It won't. However, if you're exposed to the 'Net, you are begging anyone > who finds a way to break in to take over your system. Also, doing things > as root, esp. if you don't know what you're doing, is a wonderful way to > destroy it. Think "format c:/". >> >> regarding the halt command i used it to check what this command will do >> and this one i have done from the F manual only. > > I have no idea what the "F manual" is. From the command line, > prompt> man halt > > Linux, unlike Windows, comes with man pages for almost all commands. >> >> but now my VBOX machine crashed. > > CentOS crashed, or the VBOX? > <snip> > > mark > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > -- Sent from my mobile device Chaitanya "A man can get discouraged many times but he is not a failure until he stops trying..." "The difference between 'involvement' and 'commitment' is like an eggs-and-ham breakfast: the chicken was 'involved' - the pig was 'committed'." http://doiop.com/dr.virus.india http://www.drvirusindia.co.cc/ http://chaitu09986025424.blog.co.in/ http://9986025424.co.cc -- Live news channels