On Saturday 05 February 2005 04:12 am, Derek Jennings wrote: > On Friday 04 February 2005 20:00, NE MASANGANE wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: NE MASANGANE > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Friday, February 04, 2005 9:46 PM > > Subject: Linux Mandrake 7.1 support > > > > LINUX MANDRAKE 7.1 > > Help > > > > I have linux Mandrake 7.1 and I want to install the operating system > > but now I use windows xp pro ( NTFS ) I need both operating systems in > > one machine. 1.. How to install the operating system in these situation ? > > 2.. How to do partition on the hard disk in these situation ? 3.. Linux > > mandrake 7.1 can support internal modem 56 kbps ? > > subscribe newbie From Irvin ( South Africa )
>>> snip > Internal 56k modems are usually 'winmodems' and require a proprietary > driver. Drivers are available from www.linuxant.com The driver is speed > limited to 14.4 kbps and you have to pay $15 to make it work at 56k. > It is often cheaper to buy a used external serial modem which needs no > driver. If Irvin is running an old ISA modem, he may be OK. My wife is using an old (circa 1998) Zoom 2919 ISA modem that still works just fine; the key to getting it to work is to configure the jumpers on the modem card for a specific COM port and IRQ. No drivers required; it just works. While there were a number of ISA modems that were winmodems, there were a number of others that were the real McCoy. The best way for Irvin to determine if he has a winmodem, linmodem or real modem is to go to http://linmodems.org and click on the link at the bottom of the page to Rob Clark's site, then select the mirror site, and finally select the "ISA Modems" link to get a (very big) list of ISA modems and their Linux compatibility. If his modem is a real modem, then there is no reason that he should discard, OTOH, if it is not a real modem, then an external serial port modem is the proper way to go. > Mandrake 10.1 is available for download from the Internet for free. > If you do not have access to high speed broadband you can buy CDs locally > in South Africa at low cost from places like > http://www.linuxwarehouse.co.za > > If cost is important to you it is possible to get CDs of the local South > African linux distribution Ubuntu totally free without even postage > charges. http://www.ubuntu.com/ > I have never tried Ubuntu, but I hear it is very good. Irvin should also search for a LUG (Linux User Group) in his area Here's a list that our friend Google found: http://www.linux.org/groups/southafrica.html Any listmember with some knowledge of the Linux world in South Africa is encouraged to jump in here. HTH -- cmg
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