RE: modem? Pre-installation sanity check RH7.2 on Toshiba Tecra 8100

[<karlp ourldsfamily com>]

I can't say I have much in the way of advice. I have a laptop I'm
considering RedHat for as a second OS, but don't know if I'll completely
drop W98 because of the proprietary hardware (CD control buttons like some
keyboards have, built-in to the laptop case...) and the drivers which work
there. Though I suspect I could map those "keys" to whatever functions I
want.

I bought a second hard disk for the laptop and plan to install on that.
Swapping the drive out takes about 5 minutes, so downtime will only be
during the loading of RH, in case I get paged whilst in the endeavor.

When I saw on the thread the recommendation of getting a second hard disk,
my extensive knowledge had been matched, thus, no comment needed... Oh, and
without his permission, I keep about a third of my brains in Rick's head;
another quarter in Grendel's head and the rest I farm out to the other's on
this list... I think I only have about 20% left over to keep me on the road
when I drive and to operate a fork at meal-times.

But, let us know... Laptops are a different breed because they break every
rule in the manufacterers "handbook on cloning IBM PCs", if there really is
such a thing out there.

--
Karl L. Pearson
Senior Consulting Systems Analyst
Senior Consulting Database Analyst
karlp ourldsfamily com
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On Tue, 28 May 2002, Colin J. Raven wrote:

>|>
>|>One possible gotcha: will this modem work?
>|>
>
>Well, to quote my own initial distressed and curious ramblings;
>
>|>> 3	TOSHIBA Internal V.90 Modem 		NOTE: NEVER USED
>
>The nice thing is that the modem has never been used, and likely never
>will be either. I'm lucky in that I live and work in network worlds
>(ADSL at home, a T1 at the office and similar broadband connectivity at
>branch locations)
>
>However, other than that one "gotcha" do you think there is any
>likelihood of install glitches happening?
>
>Karl, can you weigh in on this thread and give me the benefit of your
>considerable knowledge?
>
>As I said initially, I *must* be sure about this. If the laptop is out
>of service I am seriously screwed. [Repeated apology for the
>ultra-cautious approach et al]
>
>Kind Regards to all,
>-Colin
>--
>Colin J. Raven
>
>
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