-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- On Fri, 10 Sep 1999, pplaw wrote:
> i have a question, to which an answer is obvious probably to all but > me, regarding the modem driver, as my bootable linux box just gives me > a prompt when i "pon," regardless of the modem label (/dev/ttyS01; > /dev/ttyS02...): how does a newly reformatted hard drive, previously > running win98, recognize a modem (or any device, for that matter) if > there isn't a micro$oft o/s for a driver install? First, the devices are commonly /dev/ttyS0, /dev/ttyS1, /dev/ttyS2 (not S01 etc). For a modem, the first step is to make sure you don't have a winmodem. Look at http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html. If you have a winmodem, you're out of luck for the time being. If not, try using the pppconfig utility to make sure everything is set up properly. As for devices in general, most of the drivers are in the kernel if they're available at all (you may need to recompile, depending how exotic the device). A few vendors are beginning to offer Linux drivers, but not many have yet. Usually, user-space programs are also needed to interface those devices. Debian has a good selection of these, and you can always download programs off the 'net and compile them yourself as well. - -- finger for PGP public key. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3ia Charset: noconv iQCVAwUBN9xEQL7M/9WKZLW5AQEeggP8DETh61FaxLUQspVKndtBE3RdqqixK/M2 1/x/c6yDlB1V42NmpvGO8JGzHsMkzyn2xh11JeWLXTtHvg8nfF19DiNYcXm/Udv3 8bLlB1pVe/A5bYCndX7WD+Ug1r9tZ75x++ckwYgPjHShCr51yWeUUHGj71T3iyKW 9bly9q8ye/c= =MhXV -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----