Better yet, burn a copy of Knoppix Live and you don't even have to touch your existing setup. Knoppix hardware detection is excellent. Boot the Live CD and give it a try.. http://www.knoppix.org/ www.linuxtech.cc -----Original Message----- From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Maxim Eremeev Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2005 12:57 PM To: rscrawford@xxxxxxxxxxxx; For users of Fedora Core releases Subject: Re: Nervious wannabe new user asks for advice. Richard S. Crawford wrote: >Maxim Eremeev said: > > >>BTW, why not just give it a try by dual boot installation (I mean >>Windows and Fedora)? >> >> > >Dual-booting Windows and FC3 is notoriously problematic. The user would >do well to read up on the geometry issues that come up before doing a >dual-boot; as far as I know, the bug is still present in FC3. > > Well, probably, I just did not know about it. Last time I used the dual boot on FC2. Never had any problem there and did not know that things had changed so dramatically for FC3 - sorry, then. > > >>>So onto the hardware I am worried about. The first is >>>my ADSL modem which is a BT Voyager 100, the second my >>>printer which is an Epson C64, though I would be >>>upgrading to a R200 in the near future. Does anyone >>>here have any of these and if so did they work? If not >>>here would I go for drivers for them? >>> >>> > >Your ASDL modem shouldn't be an issue, really, since you don't connect to >it directly; you use a network card to interface with the Internet >connection that's delivered over the modem. So make sure your network >card is compatible (hint: it most likely is). > > The problem is that this one is a USB modem... > > > >>>I have been incontact with the Epson and British >>>Telecom (BT) about linux drivers and both came back >>>with a negative response. >>> >>> > >Most printer manufacturers don't bother with creating Linux drivers for >their products. However, http://linuxprinting.org/ is a goldmine of >information about printers. You might want to look into CUPS for your >printer setup; you'll find more information at that site. > >Good luck! > > > > -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list This message (including any attachments) contains confidential information intended for a specific individual and purpose, and is protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you should delete this message. Any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this message, or the taking of any action based on it, is strictly prohibited.
