Install problems!

[Benoit Cordoba]

Hi everyone.   I am brand new to RH and Linux.  I just did an install of RH 6.1 on a new Dell.  I have problems with the sound card.  I went to the mail server archives and got some answers.  The Montego cards needs the new drivers from aureal.  So I downloaded them using win98.  I copied the file (a tar.zip file) on a floppy and tried to have it read by Linux.  No go.  I get an error.  I finally found how to format a floppy in Linux thinking it would be read by Win 98 but no go.   So how do I exchange files between Win and Linux on floppies??!!   I don't have a network access and I am still trying to configure my ppp connection (modem busy!  Any help there would be greatly appreciated).   Also I changed the perms to the /dev/mixer (as root) but when I log back-in as root or another user the perms are gone!   Hugh?!  Can anyone explain that to me.   Thanks for any and all help.   Benoit Cordoba