Knightmayre Computer Solutions wrote: > Hi all, Got v7.0 up and running- went on a > treat although I know I've still got loads > to do on iti.e. only reading the DVD-ROM > and not the CD-R and minor stuff like that, > but that'snot too important atm. The thing > is, my internal modem (yeah, yeah) doesn't > appear to be a WinModem: it'san ESS ES56T-I > , which is as far as I can acertain, a > hardware varient of the good ol'PCI > version, but can I get it to work? All I > constantly get is 'modem is busy' so I have > touse Windoze to go online. Can anyone also > recommend a decent book to buy on Linux: I > was thinking of Linuxfor Dummies *g* but > would like to hear what others have to say. > Cheers, Dave If you had it running in Windows, what com port did you use? Linux uses - /dev/ttyS0 com-1 /dev/ttyS1 com-2 /dev/ttyS2 com-3 /dev/ttyS3 com-4 If I had to buy a single book to start with, I would get "Running Linux" from O'Reilly. -- Barry :-)