Re: can potato handle USB and cable modem?
On Mon, Mar 19, 2001 at 03:18:44PM +0000, Colin Watson wrote:
> 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.
Not really, 2.2.pre19 does work too. IIRQ loading some modules was
all I had to do. Oh, and changing the printer config to use
/dev/usb/lp0 instead of /dev/lp0:)
> >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?
Not with a roadrunner, but apart from that it's pretty standard.
--
groetjes, carel
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