Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Mike Easter Newsgroups: alt.os.linux.debian,alt.os.linux.ubuntu,alt.os.linux.suse,alt.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.portable Subject: Re: Anyone hack HSF Winmodem (thinkpadtseries) into kernels newer than 2.6? Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2016 08:29:08 -0700 Lines: 27 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net yZmm9ujaFeVDJ6LGfj9RXwcyRaSYxAOmVGD/nA6B2P49e1XY+w Cancel-Lock: sha1:bFe2ZQXsRDFfmIWDffGW8a9V9W4= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/38.8.0 In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com alt.os.linux.debian:8275 alt.os.linux.ubuntu:192054 alt.os.linux.suse:21408 alt.os.linux.redhat:23 comp.os.linux.setup:4098 comp.os.linux.portable:40 William Pechter wrote: > Mike Easter wrote: >> William Pechter wrote: >>> The person I'm sending the laptop to is still on dialup. >>> Unfortunately, that's not going to change. >> >> Will you be configuring the LT and its OS to use the dialup before >> you send it, or will the recipient of the LT be doing that for >> themselves? > > I'm hoping to do it. I may install CentOS 6.8 since it has the right > kernel version for thelousy winmodem... > > I've also picked up a pcmcia 28.8... just in case. What OS is the recipient most familiar? Are you choosing the CentOS because of your familiarity or because of the recipient's? I'm thinking of 'various' strategies to best match the recipient with the dialup capabilities. If the recipient isn't already a conventional linux person, a Puppy Linux might be an easier match for dialup. -- Mike Easter