[hsflinux] (no subject)

[Sebastian Stein]

emilio.gonzaga <emilio.gonzaga at btopenworld.com> [021030 07:06]:
>     As I'm tired of Windows 98 continuous crashing and as I don't want to
>     make Mr Gates any richer, I've decided to install Linux Red Hat 7.3 as
>     a dual boot on my pc, so I'm very new to the whole thing. As no modem
>     was detected, I've downloaded the driver for my hsf modem. I've saved
>     the downloaded file to a diskette, so that I can install it when I'm
>     in Linux. Now I'm stuck as I don't know how to install the drive from
>     my diskette to the pc!! I've tried by "mounting" the floppy disk, then
>     tried my luck by typing "rpm -i hsflinmodem-5.03.03L3mbsibeta
>     02101000k2.4.18_3-1rh.i686.rpm" without success, to which I'm not
>     surprised cause I' m not telling Linux to look in the diskette, am I??
>     So, how do I translate in Linux-ese:
> 
> look in the diskette, open the above file, install it ?

mount /floppy
cd /floppy
rpm -i hsflinmodem-5.03.03L3mbsibeta02101000k2.4.18_3-1rh.i686.rpm

Please note, that you must login as root!

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