On Wed, 2003-01-08 at 20:53, S Yuval wrote: > Own a Motorola SM56 winmodem and run Red Hat Linux 7.1. Frustrated > with the poor maintenance capabilities of Red Hat I am considering > moving to Debian. However, that decision depends on whether I can be > assured that my modem works. Currently I am using drivers supplied in > rpm form from Motorola; these run only on the older 2.2.* kernel. From > my short experience with Red Hat 8.0 there is no way to migrate the > drivers to the newer 2.4.* kernel. > From the research I have done so far it appears to me that it > should not be difficult to convert the rpm package into a deb package > using "alien". The question is however, which release of Debian to > purchase and whether I have of a choice between what kernels I want to > use. According to LinuxMall.com, Debian 3.0r0 allows the user to > choose which kernel to install. > Does this mean there is any chance my modem will work? If it does, > I should get Debian 3.0r0 and install the older kernel, or should I > get an older version (e.g. 2.7.*) ? I'd appreciate your assistance.
Debian comes default with 2.2.x kernels(on i386 at least) and alien should work just fine. You should go for the 3.0(woody) version as it is the latest. -- Scott Henson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
