On Monday 03 September 2001 11:54, you wrote: > Hello all, > > I managed to find a linux driver for my modem sm56 motorola. > Unfortunately I have Mandrake 6.1 (a friend had it gathering dust > somewhere !!) but the rpm of this driver is said to only work with red > hat 7.1 and kernel 2.4.xx Now I want to know if I upgrade my kernel (as > I have been advised to already) will the rpm work or should I also > upgrade something else ? > > I'm sorry for bothing y'all but I would appreciate ideas for download > sites as well. > > Thanks a million. > TJ > > > _________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ---------------------------------------- Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; name="message.footer" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: ---------------------------------------- I'm not sure how backward compatible some of the rpms are. But you might want to get the Mandrake 8.0 It is not very expensive. Install that and you will find much more usablility for hardware. I know it is not practical for some folks but if you can get it by download for free, someone you know has a dsl or cable modem and a CD burner? HTH -- Dennis M. registered linux user # 180842
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