On 30 November 2010 16:36, Barry Drake <bdr...@crosswire.org> wrote: > I take this to mean that it would mean compiling a custom kernel to make > use of what is now obviously cobwebby software and a couple of fairly > cobwebby bits of hardware. Is there an easy way of adding what I need? > (Something silly like adding 'winmodem' to /etc/modules or would I be > better binning the old PCI winmodems and spending £8 or £9 on a > Linux-compatible USB modem? >
Personally I'd avoid all this by buying a 2nd hand external serial modem and a USB to serial cable in case the machine in question has no serial ports. Well, that's what I did. :) Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
