> Well now that the system is working I have a lot of questions to ask but
> that will be in order of priority. BTW, is there any archive of mails
> where I could find details regarding configuring various devices, apps,
> etc. on Linux ? I don't mind asking on this ML but then I feel that this
> may go on and on with newbies like me joining in.
You can get some useful tips from
/usr/doc/HOWTO/*
/usr/doc/HOWTO/mini
> Now the questions.
> First, since I have also installed Win NT, the LILO was overwritten by
> Win NT from the MBR. I found metalab.../mini/howto/LILO+NT-Loader/
> for this, but the problem is that it helps in case of a fresh
> installation whereas I had already installed Linux first with the LILO
> in place and then installed Win NT. Now NT has taken up MBR and the LILO
> is overwritten. According to howto it says that during installation LILO
> should be kept in Linux root partition and not the MBR. Then I have to
> peel the bootsector from the root partition by giving a command. The
> the file so created will be added to Win NT root directory and the
> boot.ini file modified accordingly to allow linux booting.
> The problem in my case is since the LILO is already overwritten how do I
> install a fresh LILO without having to install Linux again ?
Have u created any bootdisk? If no then boot from the installation CD or the
bootimage disk(created by rawrite). In the boot prompt, boot from the
appropriate root partition.
e.g. if your root partition is in /dev/hda1 then give the following command
vmlinuz root=/dev/hda1
Now after booting you have to change the LILO config. Now since you want to
install LILO on the root partition instead of the MBR, you have to change
the "boot=" directive in the /etc/lilo.conf .
boot=/dev/hda1 ;(instead of boot=/dev/hda) This instructs LILO to
install itself on the root partition.
You can refer to /usr/doc/HOWTO/LILO for more info. After you edit this file
run /sbin/lilo as root. This will write the LILO on the root partition.
After this you can do all those peeling first boot sector, copying to c:\
blah.. blah..
>
> My next question(s) is what is Window Maker ?
WindowMaker is an Window Manager with lot of flexibilities. You can create
shortcut on the desktop, by default you have 10 workspaces, you can map your
keys so that key shortcuts are just like windows (e.g. alt-tab, alt-F4 etc),
you can move within workspaces with hotkeys like alt-1, alt-2 etc.. Then you
can have themes etc. WindowMake was my favourite WM until
yesterday(yesterday I installed GNOME, still I haven't seen KDE).
But remember that GNOME is still in beta stage.
What is GNOME ?
It's not WindowManger but a Desktop Manager.
>Is it similar
> to KDE ? If X-server allows GUI for Linux, is it necessary that it starts
> KDE ?
Not necessarily.
>Is KDE the only app for Linux GUI ?
Who said that? I am yet to install KDE!
>I remember that during
> installation, while putting on the updates by PCQ, it had asked me
> whether it should start KDE when X-system starts. Does that mean that
> X-windows system can run without KDE ? If yes, then how ?
No, default WM will be KDE.
> My lastly, how to configure sound card ? Probably I missed the details
> somewhere and hence can't figure it out.
>
Run sndconfig or just run setup and select sndconfig
Njoy !
Kousik
