Let me just get this out of the way. WINDOWS SUCKS @$$! Ok, I feel better
now. I'm trying to go with a dual boot win98/mandrake 7.0 system b/c i
can't get my modem to work with linux and have run out of $$$. Someone said
that it is possible to get my modem (modem blaster PCI) to work with Linux,
by setting it as a generic hayse compatible, but gave me no more info.
Being new at this, i don't know how to do that.
Back to my dual boot probs. I have read many emails on this list about dual
booting, and I'm trying to install Winblows first. I put in the 98 CD,
booted from it, and ran setup. It said that It couldn't recognize the
filesystem (or some other bull****), and to run fdisk. so I ran DOS fdisk,
and it said that my 6.4 gig hard drive was a 473 MB drive. So I reinstalled
Mandrake. Install went perfectly, recognized my 6.4 GB hard drive, etc...
but still no modem. So I uninstalled LILO with lilo -u at the bash prompt,
used Linux cfdisk, deleted all partitions, and put a 3 GB FAT32 partition
and a 3.4 GB Linux partition on. Ran win98 setup, still doesn't like it.
Ran DOS fdisk, and it says i have a 473 MB hard drive again. By now, i was
so pissed off, i put mandrake back on and gave the whole hard drive to
linux. If you could give me any help, I would really appreciate it. Please
keep in mind that i'm a brand newbie, so keep the advice in english if
possible.
Thanks,
Bryan
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