Help with Linux Modem SgtPikachu, Cyrax9 sent me

[TheKolkster]

Processor: emachine 600MHZ Intel Celeron
Modem: Conexant 56K PCI HSF modem
OS: Red Hat Linux 7.3 Pro

I have a driver for my modem, but have no way to get to Linux from Windows. I dont have a floppy (It broke) Zip Driver or a CD-burner. (How lame :) Do you know of a way I could get it to linux? I also have an Arescom NetDSL 800 DSL Modem from MSN. I'm using MSN Broadband. Do you know of any drivers for that? cya

[Null]

well what exactly do you have for a setup here?


Windows on one drive / partition
and linux on the other?

theres a couple things you can do. Linux can read the windows drive if you set everything up right.

or just send it to one of thoes internet storage places for free on the net.

i forget what they are... umm freedrive.net or xdrive or something.

Anywho. they let you send a lot of storage. in some cases like 20 gigs. and store it there instead of your PC. kinda like using a very slow 2nd HD. then you could download from there using linux.

unless of course you cant get online in linux... :hmm:


*runs away*

[sdtPikachu]

You mean you have Linux drivers, or windows drivers? The windows drivers will be useless...

As for getting them over, this should be easy. If your windows hard drive is FAt32, you should be able to access your windows partition mounted in Linux and copy the file over to /home/foo/drivers or whatever and install them from there. If your windows is using NTFS and you don't have anny FAT32 partitions you can copy them to, then Linux is able to read NTFS (it just can't write to it reliably). depending on the distro you're using, you may or may not have NTFS reading support built in, if not you'll hav eto download the beta build and recompile your kernel with it... urk!

Your modem isn't an ethernet modem, so chances are you will need drivers for it... unfotunately the DSL at this end appears to be fuxxored and I can'f find any of them, nor can I look at the specs for your modem. Argh.

[Null]

pik's on a posting spree today in the computer forum :P

[sdtPikachu]

Pika has oodles of free time for a change. I am sitting in front of three computers that are all processing flat out (and have been for about 3 weeks), and have nothing to do until they finish their batch processing. Snore.

[TheKolkster]

Thanks Pika! I am in Windows now. Those drivers I found are for linux for my Dial-up Modem. I'll wait til drivers come out for my DSL Modem or I'll get a network card so I can go ethernet. I have Red Hat Linux 7.3 Pro (If I didnt mention it before)

[sdtPikachu]

I wouldn't hold your breath for Linux drivers to come out. In my experience, if they're not released at the same time or soon after the Windows ones, there ain't going to be any, period.

If it's a USB modem (I think it is, right?) you can get a router like the DrayTek 2200 USB which you can plug the modem into, and bingo, it works, no drivers required. Then just get a NIC for your PC's and you're larfin.