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#1 (**permalink**) 01-17-2008, 06:48 AM

i have recently installed RH7.2 on my pc. it is installed on the
primary slave HD and the primary master has the WINDOWS OS(ie i have
two HD). now when i boot my machine the GRUB loader does not display
the DOS boot option. while installing the RH 7.2 i did not connect the
primary master. now i would like to boot into the WINDOWS from GRUB
loader.what should i do .can anyone please help me
i also have a problem connecting to the internet from RH7.2. i have a
MOTOROLA SM56 Internal modem. i would like to surf the net from linux.
what drivers/packages do i have to download, to install the modem and
from where. what do i have to do. please help me with my problems.
thank you

#2 (**permalink**) 01-17-2008, 06:48 AM

There is a really good HOW-TO for dual booting Windows and Linux. You
can find this and other informational texts at linux.org (as well as
various other places) under 'Documentation' ... There is also a HOW-TO
for WinModems (if that is what the SM56 is) though I believe that the
general opinion is to get a good quality external modem. I prefer LILO
over GRUB, but I believe they are similar in that you have to have the
Windows partition accessible when you install in order to be able to
know that Windows is there. Linux will happily exist without Windows

Aadil wrote:
> i have recently installed RH7.2 on my pc. it is installed on the
> primary slave HD and the primary master has the WINDOWS OS(ie i have
> two HD). now when i boot my machine the GRUB loader does not display
> the DOS boot option. while installing the RH 7.2 i did not connect the
> primary master. now i would like to boot into the WINDOWS from GRUB
> loader.what should i do .can anyone please help me
> i also have a problem connecting to the internet from RH7.2. i have a
> MOTOROLA SM56 Internal modem. i would like to surf the net from linux.
> what drivers/packages do i have to download, to install the modem and
> from where. what do i have to do. please help me with my problems.
> thank you

#3 (**permalink**) 01-17-2008, 06:49 AM

On Wed, 03 Sep 2003 13:28:47 -0700, Aadil wrote:

> i have recently installed RH7.2 on my pc. it is installed on the
> primary slave HD and the primary master has the WINDOWS OS(ie i have
> two HD). now when i boot my machine the GRUB loader does not display
> the DOS boot option. while installing the RH 7.2 i did not connect the
> primary master. now i would like to boot into the WINDOWS from GRUB
> loader.what should i do .can anyone please help me
> i also have a problem connecting to the internet from RH7.2. i have a
> MOTOROLA SM56 Internal modem. i would like to surf the net from linux.
> what drivers/packages do i have to download, to install the modem and
> from where. what do i have to do. please help me with my problems.
> thank you

May I ask why you installed RH7.2 instead of RH9.0? Some of the areas
where Red Hat has really made some nice improvements over the years is in
the installation. Unless you have some compelling reason not to, spend
the $40 and get the latest and greatest.

Jeff

#4 (**permalink**) 01-17-2008, 06:49 AM

Jeff Silverman wrote:
> On Wed, 03 Sep 2003 13:28:47 -0700, Aadil wrote:
>
>
>>i have recently installed RH7.2 on my pc. it is installed on the
>>primary slave HD and the primary master has the WINDOWS OS(ie i have
>>two HD). now when i boot my machine the GRUB loader does not display
>>the DOS boot option. while installing the RH 7.2 i did not connect the
>>primary master. now i would like to boot into the WINDOWS from GRUB
>>loader.what should i do .can anyone please help me
>>i also have a problem connecting to the internet from RH7.2. i have a
>>MOTOROLA SM56 Internal modem. i would like to surf the net from linux.
>>what drivers/packages do i have to download, to install the modem and
>>from where. what do i have to do. please help me with my problems.
>>thank you
>
>
> May I ask why you installed RH7.2 instead of RH9.0? Some of the areas
> where Red Hat has really made some nice improvements over the years is in
> the installation. Unless you have some compelling reason not to, spend
> the $40 and get the latest and greatest.

The new default window manager *completely* screwed up the virtual
window manager usage by splitting it up into 4 distinct workspaces.
Also, the new RPM is butt-slow and extremely fragile compared to the
older one, with the trade-off that it now guesses at what RedHat
pre-defined package you might also need when you lack a requirement to
install a particular other package, but the guess is usually wrong
because of updates since that database was created.

The other XFree86 improvements, gcc updates, and kernel updates are
nice, and the little rescue CD image is a treat.

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