G RAMANATHAN wrote:
b/g: i have been using windows n micros't since 99,lost much data mainly dueI assume you mean RHEL 4 here
to viruses . decided to buy a laptop n use a good distro of linux.
2. 40 days ago i bought an Acer 4152 NLCi laptop and it came with
"linpus"linux; this distro linpus opened only text mode; barely
functional;So,acer loaded win xp pro sp2 on 40gb and dual boot into next 20 gb
on RHL 9 ver 2.4.20;MODEM could not be configured;Ten days later,acer sent a
drivercalled "ageresoftmodembeta 2.1.0 tar"; even with this, the modem couldnt
be configured;
Therefore, was advised by acer to try RHEL 2.6.9
; then also (using a 2.6 kernel) modem could not be configured;Please noteSoft modems are modems in which the majority of the controls lie in a
that this laptop has "agere soft modem".STFW done.result = too many tech stuff
not understandable.Being newbie unable to proceed further.
require simple easy steps to proceed.
am i loading the wrong distro? is there a separate procedure for agere soft
modem?
where am i wrong please?