Subj : Re: Help Switching to Linux
To   : comp.os.linux
From : fpd
Date : Wed Oct 06 2004 01:25 am

"Nicholas Short" <nickshort@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:Lo_7d.1909$M05.471@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net...
> 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.
>

I have been tinkering with Knoppix.  It works on Laptops and Desktops,
and even with AGP Rage Pro video cards.  It took a few tries to get
the screen thing right.  Knoppix and LNX-BBC let #superuser mount hard
drives as read/write.  Knoppix also has a full OpenOffice environment
which understands all the files from Windows office suite (Word,
Excel).  If you have luck with Mandrake, let us know how it loads and
looks.

I have only had one Linux flavor reject a semi-old device.  Strangely,
it was Fedora Core 2, and it didn't like the 3Com 10/100 NIC (standard
chip set).  I popped in a ten year old ISA NIC and all was well.

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