root prompt

Hi, I'm using SuSE 7, and I have a couple of queries - if anyone can point me in the right direction I would appreciate it. 1. The root prompt is '$' rather than the more traditional '#'. I'd prefer the latter - how do I change it? 2. I'm accessing the SuSE machine from a Windoze box via Reflexion (an X client for Windows). It works very well, except that in the shell backspace acts as delete, and shift-backspace acts as backspace. Anyone got any ideas how to change this? Regards, Alan