The Russells wrote:
> First, a little background. I am a native Mac user (what is a BIOS anyway?!
> command prompt?!)
You don't have a bios on Apple computers? (No, seriously, you don't?)
> First problem: LILO. Right now, I have to disable the primary hard drive
> in BIOS to boot my Linux drive. When I boot the Linux drive, LILO asks me
> if I want to boot to Linux or my floppy drive. I'd love to be able to make
> a choice between Windows and Linux as everything boots up. I attempted to
> reconfigure LILO, at the command prompt, but obviously I am not getting
> something. I have the feeling that I need to somehow configure LILO on my
> Windows hard drive, since that is my primary master and what boots first.
> Any ideas/suggestions?
Wow! That would be a pain in the butt! I'm not sure if lilo can boot from the
second hard disk, it may need to be on the primary. You could try the
following configuration to see if it works. Edit your /etc/lilo.conf file (as
root) to look like this:
boot=/dev/hdb
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
prompt
timeout=50
vga=normal
default=linux (or windows, whichever one you want to boot automatically)
keytable=/boot/us.klt
message=/boot/message
image=/boot/vmlinuz
label=linux
root=/dev/hdb3
append=""
read-only
other=/dev/hda
label=windows
table=/dev/hda
When you are done, save and exit then run the command 'lilo' without the quotes
from the command line (open a terminal window or leave your GUI). Reboot and
see what happens.
> Second, I thought my modem was configured properly during the Mandrake
> install. Whenever I try to use it in Linux, it says the modem is busy.
> It's definitely not. I bought the confounded modem expressly because I was
> under the impression that it was supported by Linux. It is a Rockwell ACF
> II 56k data fax modem, on COM port 2 (in windows language). Today I read
> something somewhere that suggested Rockwells aren't usually supported by
> Linux. Was I misled? Can anyone point me in the direction of a Linux-modem
> webpage?
I used to have a modem-for-linux web page written down somewhere, I'll see if I
can find it.
> Sheesh. I realize I sound like a babe in the woods here. Bear with me.
> Thank goodness this list is labeled "newbie"!
>
> Thanks,
> Kathleen
Have fun! Mike
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