On Mon, Mar 19, 2001 at 03:18:44PM +0000, Colin Watson wrote: > KingM Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >I am thinking of installing potato, and wonder if I'll > >have problems with USB and a cable modem. > > > >1. Will I be able to use USB? How much trouble will > >it be? Do I have to recompile a kernel or just fix > >some comfiguration files? I plan to use a USB mouse > >and a USB printer (Lexmark 312). > > You'll need a 2.4 kernel. http://www.fs.tum.de/~bunk/kernel-24.html > might be useful for bringing your system a little more up-to-date.
Not really, 2.2.pre19 does work too. IIRQ loading some modules was all I had to do. Oh, and changing the printer config to use /dev/usb/lp0 instead of /dev/lp0:) > >2. I currently have a network with two computers, and > >I would like to install cable modem, and have the > >second computer be able to access the net via the > >cable modem. I would need 2 NIC cards, and the cable > >modem provider is RoadRunner. Has anyone gotten this > >to work? Not with a roadrunner, but apart from that it's pretty standard. -- groetjes, carel
