On Friday 04 February 2005 12:00 pm, NE MASANGANE wrote: | ----- Original Message ----- | From: NE MASANGANE | To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com | Sent: Friday, February 04, 2005 9:46 PM | Subject: Linux Mandrake 7.1 support | | | | | LINUX MANDRAKE 7.1 | Help | | I have linux Mandrake 7.1 and I want to install the operating system but | now I use windows xp pro ( NTFS ) I need both operating systems in one | machine. 1.. How to install the operating system in these situation ?
My advice--don't. | 2.. How to do partition on the hard disk in these situation ? Not with 7.1--it's partition tool doesn't understand ntfs. You need a more modern system (7.1 is roughly equivalent to Win98). I would recommend at least Mandrake 9.1. Anything less and you will have extreme configuration problems. | 3.. Linux mandrake 7.1 can support internal modem 56 kbps ? Likely, you have a WinModem. These are WINDOWS modems, designed to use the operating system. Some of these can be configured and some can't--drivers may be available-- that work with Linux (hence the term "LinModem", but if you install Mandrake 10 and above with the 2.6 kernel you "may" have to compile the drivers yourself. These drivers are for a specific kernel, and you may not be able to download an exact match for your kernel (I just went through this). That is another advantage of the older 9.1 and 9.2--they have the 2.4 kernel and if your modem happens to be a LinModem the drivers for whatever kernel you have will be available to download as a package--no compiling. Have a look at http://www.linmodems.org
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