Subj : Re: Help Switching to Linux
To   : comp.os.linux
From : Nicholas Short
Date : Sun Oct 03 2004 10:44 pm

Mihai Osian <zzz@zzz.com> wrote in message
news:1096839347.156571@seven.kulnet.kuleuven.ac.be...
> Nicholas Short wrote:
> >>The only real problem I see with your hardware is the lucent winmodem.
> >>winmodems don't work well in linux.
> >
> >
> > From Mandrake Linux Website:
> >     System / Kernel and hardware:
> >         ltmodem 8.26a9 - ltmodem kernel module driver for Windows modems
> > with Lucent ISA and PCI chipsets.
> >
> > Does this mean my ISA Lucent Windows modem will work?
>
>    If it's listed then probably it will work. Depends if you have the same
chipset.
>    If you don't want to wipe out Windows  before testing Linux, you can
use the Mandrake live CD (I think it's called
> MandrakeMove). It boots entirely from the CD, without touching your
harddisk. If you're happy, you can proceed with the
> Linux installation.
>
> >
> >
> >>I'm also not sure about the ATI rage support under Xwindows.  I think it
> >>is old enough to work but I'm not sure.
> >
> >
> > From Mandrake Linux Website:
> >     ATI Rage 128 / Pro & Radeon, NVIDIA, Matrox G200 / G400 / G500 and
much
> > more!
> >
> > Does this mean my 4MB ATI Rage Pro Turbo integrated onto my Intel 440LX
> > chipset motherboard will work?
> >
>
>    See above.
>
> Cheers,
> Mihai
>
> PS: FYI there are other versions of live Linux CDs: Knoppix, Mepis,...

Thanks for the help, I'm definitely going to try out the Mandrake Move CD
and play around with it to see if everything will work before installing the
whole thing.

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