Hello,
just installed LM-7.1 in automatic installation mode, installation went smoothly (as
implied by the term "automatic") but after I reboot I noticed that I had some problems
ranging from desperate to minor. I have been reading previous archives for two days
and after trying suggested methods and failing I decided to post this one. Thanks for
your patience and answers.
Before I installed LM-7.1 I had a system running Win98-SE and a harddisk (20 GB) with
1 primary (5 GB) partition and 3 logical drives in the extended partition (each about
5 GB). During the installation I removed the partition corresponding to the last
logical drive and installed linux and swap partitions instead. Now after installation
I have the following problems.
1. After I reboot the machine LILO asks which OS to boot, when I choose windows it
just hangs while the HDD redlight remains on. Linux boots normal, though. Somebody
suggested using DOS' fdisk /mbr but I can not boot the machine from startup floppy
either. From linux I can access windows partitions and seems there is no data loss in
them. In short, LM (or LILO) does not permit me in anyway to boot to win98. In
desperation, I did a reinstall of LM but it did not work. This one is my most urgent
problem. How can I bring my WIN98 back?
I attached my lilo.conf file and the output from fdisk -l > zzz
2. Less urgent; I have a monitor LG 795FT Plus, video card Creative VANTA 16 MB, and
sound card Creative Vibra 128. How can I get linux to detect those devices? Currently
I can use 1280x1024 16bpp resolution but I know it is able to give true color even in
higher resolutions. It detects sound card as es1371, videocard as RIVA TNT2 and
monitor as SVGA high-frequency. How can I get linux to correctly recognize my hardware
configuration?
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Ercan Solak
lilo.conf
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