Jeff Goodenough wrote: >I just installed Ubuntu Hoary Hedgehog on a dual-boot system with >Windows XP. The instructions for getting my Speedtouch 330 to work on >Ubuntu (jeez! how complicated is this?) say that a firmware update is >needed. Before I do this, I need reassurance that this will not change >the way my modem works with XP. I'm a bit surprised this question hasn't >been asked before (or if it has, I couldn't find it!). I'm also >wondering why changes are needed to the modem firmware to make it work >with Linux. > > First of all, the firmware is uploaded to modem at system startup and is carried out by driver, so updating firmware in Linux *will not* affect functionality of modem in Windows. It is thus absolutely safe to update firmware in Linux. I would guess, that authors of those instructions just wanted to prevent problems that may be caused by using outdated firmware, that's all.
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