Lilo problem

2001-01-24 Thread Omar Shuja Siddiqui
hi i have installed linux many times but there is just one problem that i am facing, that is writing lilo to the mbr. every time the installation is successful the lio prompt does not show up when the pc reboots , but it only comes up with the boot floppy. how can i write lilo to the mbr as i dono

internet connection sharing

2001-01-24 Thread Omar Shuja Siddiqui
hi i have recently installed a network of to Linux boxes. one of them is a working dial up machine. i want to share the internet connection with the other Linux box also. please tell me what is the whole procedure for doing this. __ Do You Yahoo!? Y

problem with LILO

2000-10-19 Thread Omar Shuja Siddiqui
hi i have recently installed linux. during installation it asked about creating a floppy disk of lilo or not. i cancelled since i wanted to install lilo on the master boot record. after completing the installation and restarting the lilo prompt did not come up and windows was automtically started

understanding internals

2000-10-19 Thread Omar Shuja Siddiqui
hi!! i have done programming in Borland C and little bit of java. is it possible that with this experience i can understand the internals of linux. is linux completely written in C. where can i find beginning information on understanding the source code of linux. __

where is the source code??

2000-10-18 Thread Omar Shuja Siddiqui
hi i have installed linux. i want to know where can i find the source code for basic linux excluding graphics and x-windows. is the source code included in the distribution that i have installed. from where can i download it.? is the kernel the main part of the linux?? please reply at your ea

request for info

2000-06-21 Thread Omar Shuja Siddiqui
hi im omar shuja a linux fan. i have a very old IBM 86 processor on which i want to install linux. i prefer to install Debian linux. Could you please tell me if i could do so. i dont want to install the latest version with GUI but i want a simple Linux which non graphical , text based and can run