Re: can potato handle USB and cable modem?
KingM Lee <klee12@yahoo.com> wrote:
>I am thinking of installing potato, and wonder if I'll
>have problems with USB and a cable modem.
>
>1. Will I be able to use USB? How much trouble will
>it be? Do I have to recompile a kernel or just fix
>some comfiguration files? I plan to use a USB mouse
>and a USB printer (Lexmark 312).
You'll need a 2.4 kernel. http://www.fs.tum.de/~bunk/kernel-24.html
might be useful for bringing your system a little more up-to-date.
>2. I currently have a network with two computers, and
>I would like to install cable modem, and have the
>second computer be able to access the net via the
>cable modem. I would need 2 NIC cards, and the cable
>modem provider is RoadRunner. Has anyone gotten this
>to work?
Try the rrlogind package, which should sort most of it out for you.
Cheers,
--
Colin Watson [cjw44@flatline.org.uk]
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