[Scottish] (is there anyone who can) HELP ? ! !

[babaguy]

 Hello All !       I bought & installed Suse 9.1 Personal - I've had a few difficulties which I've inquired of one of our number about, and more or less resolved, but honestly, I'm not running the machine now because it is simply too much hassle to sort out - so far, that is !       Problems: I can't get the machine to recognise or link up to the external modem I bought.........so I can't get online.                        The first disk from the Suse WILL not boot (seems to be corrupted) , so I've used the second one - which seems to be all right.....but, as I say, there is essential stuff that isn't occurring.      And one odd thing - there is a quite a lovely initial wallpaper that comes up as standard once the machine is booted. I experimented and stuck on another one, then when I wanted to change back to the original, it had disappeared from the available options.....!      When I have typed in the "mount/dev" commands I don't seem to get a clickable or command-able list of devices the machine recognises - I have gotten different messages each time I've tried - (but I haven't done anything with it for over a week, as much other work beckoned, which I've done on my old windows 3.1 system.....) 
     ANYway, I don't want to be a moany, gripy sort of person, but I also would really like to be able to use Linux, and it ain't easy - at all ! - as far as I can see......I realise that Suse have deleted 9.1 Personal - maybe there were problems with it........
      If anyone is in a position to talk me through getting the machine to do basic stuff, please let me know. I live in the West End of Glasgow..........
     Until soon, I am
                                                                      Yours, hopefully,
                                                                                                      - Paul Birchard   

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