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

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

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. __

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

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

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