Re: [Sheflug] Re: Trouble getting online

[fred <fred.dodd [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Janet,

your drive is mounted under /mnt/shared as 2g partition

this drive looks like your second backup drive, maybe fat32 file system

rgds

fred dodd






On Sun, 2004-03-21 at 12:57, J Simpson V21 wrote:
>  Hi Everyone,
> 
> >
> > Hi Janet,
> >
> > I have found a web site link for your modem, the file is rpm so you can
> > install it under RedHat with point and click.
> >
> > http://www.motorola.com/softmodem/sm56_download.htm#linux
> >
> > Hope this is of some use.
> >
> > Install with.
> >
> >  rpm -i packagename.rpm
> >
> >
> I will go and download the package.  It has been suggested before, but noone
> said it is only certified for Redhat 7 and I missed that.  It's all a lot
> clearer now I realise it's not meant to work.
> 
> 
> > > Is it worth me bringing my machine over on Tuesday 23rd as I
> > intend to come
> > > over?
> 
> Is it worth bringing the machine???  Someone could load up Redhat 7,
> although it seems a retro move.
> 
> >
> > Think if you down load this with windows software and see if RedHat as
> > mounted (see) your Linux Partition you will be able to install it on
> > your linux system; look in
> >
> > /mnt/win_c
> >
> > Is this system a dual boot system?
> >
> > One of the members will be able to sort this out for you.
> >
> 
> Right information about my system:
> 
> I have a 9.4gb hard drive, 2.1gb backup drive, cd player, cd writer and
> floppy drive. 128mb memory, hoping to slot in a further 128 in the future.
> 
> In windows my modem is at com 4, which I understand is ttyS3.  On another
> forum I was asked to run setserial /dev/ttyS3 and got back
> /dev/ttyS3, UART: unknown, Port: 0x02e8, IRQ: 3
> 
> Which I was told means the modem is not enabled in the hardware.
> 
> My present set up is dual boot and then
> 
> 				mb
> hda2		/boot		102
> hda3		/		2141
> hda4				extended 2620
> hda5		/home		2102
> hda6		swap		510
> hdd1		/mnt/shared	2014
> 
> So I am online through the Windows 98 side, I will download the drive and
> put it on my backup drive, which I think I should beable to access from
> Redhat.
> 
> If this further information changes what you all told me above please let me
> know.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Janet
> 
> 
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