To get a selection of an OS to boot:
The easiest way that I know of is to use klilo, which will create a lilo.conf file for
you, and reinstall lilo, which will give you your startup options. However, I have
had a
good number of problems with this approach. The way I do it is to look at
/etc/lilo.conf, (use pico!) and firstly make sure that there isn't a windows partition
set up in
there already. If there is, you're probably missing a timeout line, which you can set
to 50 as a start with the line: timeout=50 towards the beginning. If it is not there,
then
you will need to add a choice named windows, pointing to the partition that contains
windows. After this is done and saved, exit from the editor, type lilo -U (the
capital
is important) and then type lilo. This should take care of this.
As far as modems go, nearly all external modems are compatible with linux, so long as
they are not marked as windows-only.
>>From: "Jennifer Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>Subject: [newbie] ermm....where is windows?
>>Date: Tue, 08 May 2001 08:05:40 -0500
>>
>>i have installed LM 7.2 a couple of weeks ago, i have two main queries:
>>
>>#1 where did windows go? i want to be able to select a os to boot (so i
>>wanted to add window to that) but either i am just dim or i seriously can't
>>locate it. which maybe the result because i am sooo dim. :0 fyi: windows
>>was/is on the fat drive.
>>
>>#2 modems: i was wanting to get an external modem, but how do i know if it
>>will work with linux, and does anyone have any suggestions. for once, lack
>>of communication with the outside world is killing me!!
>>
>>any help would be greatly appreciated! :)
>>
>>jenny
>>
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