[newbie] How to install connexant modem driver with the .tar extention

Hi everybody, As a new user to ML8.1, I wish to have some hepl, how to install the connexant modem driver (hsflinmodem-4.06.06.01beta.tar) to get my winmodem working.   Can someone inform me if internet browsing under Linux is quicker than browsing under Windows9X. 

[newbie] windows 98 installation

Hi everybody,     Can someone help me, I have partitioned my harddisk with two primary fat32 for windows98 installation and used the free space for M.Linux installation. I installed M.Linux first on the hard disk. My question is, will the Lilo boot loader recognise windows98 when

[newbie] Modem setup under linux mandrake.

Can someone help me to change the modem under Mandrake linux.I got a connexant modem and linux detected a rockwell modem instead.