Install isapnp package, and run pnpdump. If the output detected your modem, then you may be in good shape! Make sure that the serial ports are NOT built into your kernel, but are modules (I think that's what's in the default kernel). Then edit the isipnp.conf file to look like the settings seen by windows95. Make sure that the conf file is in the correct directory (think thats /etc). Hopefully init will then run isapnp on bootup, your modem will come alive, and then the kernel will load the serial modules.
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