[wellylug] hostname

[Rose McGillicuddy]

Hi,
I have posted about this before.
When setting up I incorrectly entered my ISP name for local host.  Now 
when I attempt to log in it says welcome to http://ww  etc.  I also get 
a message saying Gnome can't connect to host so will not function 
correctly.  I am new to Linux so don't know how Gnome is meant to function!
A friend installed Mandrake 9.0 on my box using ftp from a server he has 
set up at work.  It is a dual set up Win 95 and mnadrake 9.0.

I am wondering whether to persist or not.  Can anyone help.  There must 
be a way to change the host name I guess.  Any instructions involving 
terminals and command line need to be explicit as I am a real newbie (or 
wannabe)!  Am wondering about installing RedHat 8.0 which I had a breif 
plyt with, but it seems incompatible with my Epson colour stylus 600 
printer - though I guess it ought to be able to configured as CUPS and 
gimp-print support the printer.

I have the option of installing RedHat on second old hard drive but am 
anxious about bootloader as wiped out MBR last time I tried!  Currently 
the bootloader gives me the following options
Linux
failsafe
windows
and another which I can't remember but might be old drive under 
different name.
Any ideas appreciated.
Thanks
Rose


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