Max,
IMO your problem with the installation CD´s can have one of two causes :
1. There is something in your already installed linux that prevents the install
from
running again. This should easily be solved by formating the partitions you are
installing to during setup ( = create new filesystem on partition ).
2. Your CD set or CD drive is physically damaged. Do you have access to an other
computer with CD? Can you look at your installation CDs there?
Oh, and as to your modem problem : Which kernel are you using? The /dev/ttyx
becomes
obsolete with the 2.2.x series, replaced by /dev/cuax. Could this be your
problem?
Hang on in there! I always say : Linux makes the easy things a tad more
difficult,
but it makes the hard things easier and the impossible things possible, at least
once in a while :-)
cheerio
Jerry
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