[newbie] Installation Recommendations

2001-02-20 Thread jiten
i have doubt. where would be these partitions sit in a dual bott sysytem. say for a 20 gb parttion i want three partions of totel 14 gb (i.e. c:\, d\: , e:\ ). where would this , /, /swap,/home, /usr lie i.e in extended dos ...is there anything like linux extended ..in which i can make

[newbie] user icon and password at login..

2001-01-13 Thread jiten
in advance --jiten

[newbie] resizing linux partions

2001-01-06 Thread jiten
there was a posting on this recently but i missed. is it possble to resize the linux partions (non destructively)? --jiten

[newbie] hard disk partitioning

2000-12-21 Thread jiten
both cds and it take around 2.2 GB i think... is /boot necessary?. i won't mind reinstalling windoze to take away some space from c: drive as due to 1024 cylinder limit i may have to make c: to 4gb. where should i place /home, in extended dos or primary.. thankx in anticipation --jiten

Re:[newbie] how to use gnomba?

2000-12-10 Thread jiten
i am using LinNeighborhood. look for rpm at tucows.with this i am able to mount windows share but only as root that too which are not password protected. but i would like to know more about gnomba. also how to mount windows share which are password protected ( of course i know the passwords but

[newbie] gvim editor default background color

2000-12-10 Thread jiten
can anybody help me to change the default backgroud color in gvim ( graphical vim editor). i tried help but of no use. i am sorry if it is not right place to ask such question thankx in anticipation. jiten