"Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D." wrote:
>
> I've just reinstalled Mandrake Helios on my pentium platform. I have a
> Zoom 56K PCI Faxmodem that used to work. The boot process sets up the ISA
> PnP devices, but when I look for the modem with kppp I get a message that
> the modem is busy.
It used to work? In Windows 95/98 maybe. The Zoom PCI modem,
as with 99.99% of all PCI modems, is a WinModem. In other words,
the parts are stripped out of it, and the functions are in a
Win95 "driver program" that is proprietary and does not work
in Linux. You need a new modem. It will also improve the
performance under Windows. Trust me, I am an ISP.
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