On Tue, 25 Nov 2003 23:56:30 -0500 (EST), Eben King wrote:
I understand that RH 8 is kinda old .. but it was a gift and i kinda wanna use
before updateing to SuSe or Mandrake sine RH got out of supporting it Desktop
Versions.. Didnt want to be rude to the giver of the gift...
so if i get a serial modem ...and it 25 pins .. how do i get my RH to see it.
thanks for having me in the group and i hope to learn a lot
>
> On Tue, 25 Nov 2003, Smitty wrote:
>
> > On Tuesday 25 November 2003 23:32, you wrote:
> > > On Tue, 25 Nov 2003, Smitty wrote:
> > > > On Tuesday 25 November 2003 22:25, you wrote:
> > > > > Hello .. I am Micheal from Port Richey .. I am a newbie to Linux .. I
> > > > > am using Red Hat 8.0 it was a gift with a book from my famliy .. I am
> > > > > looking for a cheap external modem for Red Hat.. I have tried it on my
> > > > > own and have had no luck .. please anything and brands that would help
> > > > > me .. thanks for your time
> > > >
> > > > http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Modem-HOWTO.html#toc1
> > > > 3Com makes some external modems that work on linux.
> > >
> > > Any external modem is serial, and thus will work fine, right?
> >
> > There are usb external modems.
>
> Ah. I had not considered those. You are right.
>
> > > > Be advised though that RedHat 8.0 is quite old.
> > >
> > > Well, from October, 2002. Whether that's "quite old" is up to you, I
> > > guess.
> > I guess I do not understand the nature of your comment. From the standpoint
> > of security, many apps will need to be updated. From the standpoint of
> > support, there may be none.
>
> To install fresh, sure. But if somebody had RH 8 and had been updating
> apps as security flaws were exposed, I don't see any reason to install a
> different distribution over that.
>
> --
> -eben ebQenW1@EtaRmpTabYayU.rIr.OcoPm home.tampabay.rr.com/hactar
>
> Hanlon's Razor: "Never attribute to malice that which can be
> adequately explained by stupidity." Derived from Robert Heinlein
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