Re: Motorola SM56 on Debian Linux
On Wed, 2003-01-08 at 20:53, S Yuval wrote:
> Own a Motorola SM56 winmodem and run Red Hat Linux 7.1. Frustrated
> with the poor maintenance capabilities of Red Hat I am considering
> moving to Debian. However, that decision depends on whether I can be
> assured that my modem works. Currently I am using drivers supplied in
> rpm form from Motorola; these run only on the older 2.2.* kernel. From
> my short experience with Red Hat 8.0 there is no way to migrate the
> drivers to the newer 2.4.* kernel.
> From the research I have done so far it appears to me that it
> should not be difficult to convert the rpm package into a deb package
> using "alien". The question is however, which release of Debian to
> purchase and whether I have of a choice between what kernels I want to
> use. According to LinuxMall.com, Debian 3.0r0 allows the user to
> choose which kernel to install.
> Does this mean there is any chance my modem will work? If it does,
> I should get Debian 3.0r0 and install the older kernel, or should I
> get an older version (e.g. 2.7.*) ? I'd appreciate your assistance.
Debian comes default with 2.2.x kernels(on i386 at least) and alien
should work just fine. You should go for the 3.0(woody) version as it
is the latest.
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Scott Henson <debian-list@silvercoin.dyndns.org>
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