> 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?
>
Where did you install LILO? I have my system set up the same way (Windows on
the primary, Linux on the slave) and I have no problems dual booting. LILO
should be installed on the primary drive, in the Master Boot Record. If that's
the problem, you can change with linuxconf. Type "linuxconf" as root, and then
go to "Boot Mode". Set the LILO location to /dev/hda and that should fix it.
> 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'm not sure what's wrong with your modem, but the web page you want is
http://linmodems.org/
> Sheesh. I realize I sound like a babe in the woods here. Bear with me.
> Thank goodness this list is labeled "newbie"!
>
Don't worry about it. We were all newbies at one time. : )
> Thanks,
> Kathleen
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