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[al johson]

Nope, Barnes & Noble doesn't carry it, which is a shame since I have one of
their 10% discount cards. The ISA problem strangely didn't seem to be a
problem at all for Mandrake 7.1--it just installed the ISA modem
automatically. However, Mandrake 8.0--didn't even recognize it??? Now I have
another problem--no ISA slots in my new motherboard, only PCI slots. I have
a PCI modem that allegedly supports Linux (says so on the box and they have
a Linux exe file to install it available online for downloading). Wish me
luck. Modems (even Winmodems!!) can be installed on Linux. For those who
want yet some more info about installing modems on Linux, there used to be a
section of www.linux.about.com devoted just to how to install all sorts of
modems on Linux. Some of it is pretty deep (esp. the Winmodems) for any
beginners, which as luck would have it are the very ones who need the
information. One final note: www.lockergnome.com (the home of several great
newsletters about Windows and technology in general) is accepting
subscribers for their new free (all of them are free) LINUX newsletter!! Go
to the site listed and hunt for the Linux newsletter sign-up link if you're
interested. I haven't received my first newsletter yet, but if its quality
is anything like the other three newsletters they produce, it should be
super. These guys are very independent and like to tell the facts regardless
of who it hurts (lately they have been attacking XP!!).

----- Original Message -----
From: Sinner from the Prairy <sinner_prairy at hotmail.com>
To: <trilug at trilug.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 8:27 AM
Subject: Re: [TriLUG] ___ at mindspring.com____


> >From: "al johson" <alfjon at mindspring.com>
>
> >I've got drawer in my computer so I can put in and remove harddrives to
> >switch from the Microsoft world to Linux. The ISA modem worked perfectly
> >and
> >it was easy to set up my ISP connection. I tried all the Mandrake
programs
> >on 8.0, including HardDrake, etc. with no luck.
>
> Not the "graphical tools" but the good'ole isapnpdump thing.
>
> There's a HOWTO somewhere where they talk about it. There's a (command
line)
> program that researchs your ISA bus. You can get this information to write
a
> ISA configuration file. Then, this file should take care of the ISA
> configuration on boot time.
>
> Maybe you can find it on http://www.mandrakeuser.org on the Docs section.
Or
> try at http://ibiblio.org at the Linux Documentation Project section.
>
> >So I'm in the process of reloading my Mandrake system, especially since
my
> >hardware has changed (upgraded my Video card as well to a Matrox g450
(not
> >precisely sure about model no., but it was reviewed in Linux Format
> >magazine
>
> Mmmmm, hardrake from the command line (init 3) should be able to handle
> this. I remember when I switched my mobo & CPU & RAM. Linux booted,
adjusted
> a few parameters and worked first time. Back then (P200MMX era) I still
had
> Windows and, well, it was not pretty at all.
>
> >(a great Linux magazine--If anyone knows any other local source for this
> >magazine which comes with great CD's every month, I'd love to hear about
> >it.
>
> Have you tried Barns & Noble ?
>
>
>
> Salut,
> Sinner
>
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