Sometimes it happens. Here is a tip on how to boot into your Linux and fix the problem. Normally, this problem always happen because of wrong Lilo configuration. For example, you choose to store Lilo in / directory instead of mbr during Lilo setup when installing Slackware. Anyway, whatever the reason is, you need to configure Lilo again.

If you create a boot disk or usb boot disk during installation setup, you just need to boot from it. If not, then you can boot from Slackware installation cd or dvd. For this particular example, we use Slackware dvd. See steps below:

In Slackware Linux, you need to manually mount the cdrom from command line terminal before you are able to use it. In order to mount the cdrom, you must have root privilege. So if you are going to mount the cdrom from Slackware 13.1 x-window(KDE), open command line terminal from Start --> Applications --> Systems --> Terminal. In Slackware 12.2 x-window kde, Start --> System --> Konsole. You can also switch to the command line terminal to another virtual terminal by pressing Alt+(F2-F6) and login as a normal user.

This is a step by step guides on how to recover a virus infected thumb drive using Linux operating system. If a normal virus, we can just delete the virus file and related directories from the thumb drive. However, if the thumb drive has been infected by some viruses that created a read only files and input output error, that's trouble. This tutorial is a guide for those who need to fix this kind of problem. For this example, an input output error virus infected thumb drive and Ubuntu Desktop as Linux operating system are used.

Here are Linux step by step installation guide screen shots:

Slackware 12.1 installation guide - The first few things you need to know when you boot the Slackware installer cd/dvd. Check out the screen shots.

Slackware hard disk partition with fdisk - The second step in Slackware installation. We guide you on how to manually partition your hard disk for Slackware using fdisk partition tool. Check out every step screen shots.

Linux desktop is a Linux version customizes for end user. There is nothing special or big differences between Linux and Linux desktop. It's just phrases use to say that some tweaks have been done to the Linux network operating system so that a normal user will be able to use it in their daily job. Here are some 'tweaks' that can be spotted in the desktop version of Linux:

K3b is a CD/DVD burning software comes by default with KDE when you installed Slackware. It has everything a beginner needs to burn a data, audio, video and ISO image under Linux using the graphical user interface without learning the command line utilities such as cdrecord, cdrdao, and growisofs. This is an example on how to burn ISO image using k3b dvd burner program running in Slackware Linux.

Here are some Linux tips to setup, install and configure software in Slackware and Ubuntu that can be used to assist new user with their Linux system. All articles are in tutorial-liked which is in step by step or screenshot-based articles suitable for beginner.

This is a basic guide on how to setup and configure Drupal 6 in Slackware Linux. Many beginner webmaster out there still haven't heard of Drupal.Here is a little information. Drupal is an open source Content Management System like Joomla. It has been awarded The best open source content management system (CMS) for a couple of years already. The official Drupal website is drupal.org.

This is a basic configuration of Joomla 1.0.x setup in Slackware Linux web server. Joomla is an open source content management system widely used as a website, blog and forum by many individuals and organisations. You need to prepare several things first before start to install and configure Joomla in Slackware. Here are the prerequisites:

Ubuntu team with the support of community and Canonical Ltd. has released the new version, Ubuntu Desktop and Ubuntu server 9.04, the Jaunty Jackalope a few weeks ago. Although, the Ubuntu 8.10 still has supports until 2010, Ubuntu recommends users to upgrade their operating system to the latest version available. Here is a step by step guide on how to upgrade Ubuntu Desktop 8.10 to the latest version 9.04 with screenshots.