[hcflinux] Re: Follow-up on RH8.0 failure to install (2.4.18-14 i686)

[Marc Boucher]

Please try the hcfpcimodem-0.98mbsibeta02101002 release
and confirm that it fixes the slowness issue.

Thanks
Marc

On Mon, Oct 14, 2002 at 07:28:29AM -0700, jsavage at WellsFargo.COM wrote:
> G'day Marc/Jonathan-
> 
> The drivers did install OK on my fresh install last night.  Modem works
> fine. 
> 
> A couple of observations:
> 
> 1. The install (post install?) script ran very slowly. I did not time the
> process; after having
> watched the terminal window for 5-10 minutes I decided to go out to dinner.
> It had finished running
> by the time I got home.  This seems odd- previous versions installed very
> quickly indeed.
> 
> 2. The system still did not find the modem automatically, but does allow
> dialing it if I tell it where to look. No big deal but not the same behavior
> that I had seen in the drivers I was using for my older version of Linux.
> 
> Jonathan- You might want to try just starting the install & walking away
> from the box for a while. Worked for me anyway.
> 
> Marc-
> Do you still have a need to connect to my box remotely to look around? That
> should be doable now that I can connect. Otherwise please let me know if I
> should send you any specs/ file output from my box.
> 
> Thanks again.
> 
> Bests,
> 
> Jon
> 
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