[olug] cd-rom drive

Jon thechunk at thechunk.dhs.org
Fri Aug 3 12:59:42 UTC 2001


I don't use modems haven't for some time but i rember some companies branding hardware modems as gaming modems.  You might look for a "gaming" modem.  Also price seemed to be a good indicater.  I haven't seen many hardware modems for less than 50 bucks.

-Jon W

On Fri, Aug 03, 2001 at 08:31:32AM -0400, Hungate Jim wrote:
> Thanks for the help guys . . . . 
> /dev/hdd was the 24x cd-rom drive. Once I disconnected it, I was able to
> load using the CD-R/W. It wasn't trouble free, but my machine is now running
> Mandrake 8.0 Of course it says that my modem is a winmodem. It's a Modem
> Blaster 56K PCI. I was assured that it was a hardware modem and would work
> with Linux.
> What's a good PCI modem that will work? (I don't have any ISA slots in my
> new MB)
> Thanks for your help!
> 
> Jim Hungate 
>  
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jon [mailto:thechunk at thechunk.dhs.org]
> Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2001 4:27 PM
> To: olug at bstc.net
> Subject: Re: [olug] cd-rom drive
> 
> 
> whic drive is on /dev/hdd?
> 
> 
> On Thu, Aug 02, 2001 at 10:01:05AM -0400, Hungate Jim wrote:
> > Actually, I was wrong about the errors. It's not failed init.
> > It's 
> > 
> > hdd: lost interrupt
> > hdd: lost interrupt
> > hdd: lost interrupt
> > hdd: lost interrupt
> > hdd: lost interrupt
> > 
> > Any suggestions?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Jim Hungate
> > 
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