Bill Barnes wrote:
Someplace in this thread I asked if eLinux.com might not be a reliable vendor
for Linux hardware.
Take a look at the list of modems in their catalog: USR PCI modems! How
many places have I read that PCI modems do not work and, further,
recommendations to avoid 3COM/US
We tried a LinkSys that indicated it would work under Linux (nc 100,
version 2) and it was an utter bust. We had to go to a DLink D5300TX
board. It failed under RedHat also.
On Wed, 29 Mar 2000, Brian T. Schellenberger wrote:
Best advice: Find one that specifically works under Linux.
Yikes!
You ought to complain to the company.
Thanks for the warning; I'll stop unhesitatingly recommending them.
(I have the EtherFast combo PCMCIA. Works great. FWIW.)
On Thu, 30 Mar 2000, you wrote:
| We tried a LinkSys that indicated it would work under Linux (nc 100,
| version 2) and
Someplace in this thread I asked if eLinux.com might not be a reliable vendor
for Linux hardware.
Take a look at the list of modems in their catalog: USR PCI modems! How
many places have I read that PCI modems do not work and, further,
recommendations to avoid 3COM/US Robotics. So, whom to
I'm sure that nobody addressed the failure to install 'cause nobody
knows what's going on . . .
If you bought a supported version (MandrakeSoft o Macmillan) it's the
sort of question you can get support for, FWIW.
I, personally, like FBSD, except that it's almost always behind my
hardware a
Hello all:
Installation of Mandrake 6.1 runs to completion.
An install mdk7.0 using \dosutils\autoboot.bat hangs after the display of
'Initializing CDROM'.
An install with the mdk7 boot diskette fails with following message:
in second stage install
_X11TranSocketUNIXConnect:
Thanks for the tip. And I specifically bought a "hardware" modem.
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Bill Barnes wrote:
US Robotics 56K Voice PCI*
*couldn't connect in Mandrake 6.1, doubt that it will in 7.0
The problem is that modem is actually a Winmodem =) 3Com
Bill Barnes wrote:
Thanks for the tip. And I specifically bought a "hardware" modem.
Does it work in DOS only?
I bought one of these modems and was even told by 3Com that it was a hardware
modem, but close physical inspection revealed that there wasn't actually a
controller on the card.
On Wed, 29 Mar 2000, Bill Barnes wrote:
Thanks for the tip. And I specifically bought a "hardware" modem.
= Original Message From [EMAIL PROTECTED] =
Bill Barnes wrote:
US Robotics 56K Voice PCI*
*couldn't connect in Mandrake 6.1, doubt that it will in 7.0
The
Best advice: Find one that specifically works under Linux.
(LinkSys, for example, though I'm not sure if they make non-PCMCIA
modems or not.)
I knew it would work under Linux 'cause it says so right there on the
box. And sho 'nuff, it does.
Linux is big enough now that there's really no need
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