Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote: > m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote: >>> Now I have to work out how to install Windows on the machine, >>> but I daren't ask about that here ... >>> I need it because my ISP claims to have tripled the speed >>> of my supply, but says I have to run a Windows CD >>> to setup the modem he has given me. >> >> ?? What kind of modem? Linux handles almost everything. Certainly, I >> didn't need to install WinDoze to work with the DSL modem I got from >> Verizon. > > You could ask someone to bring their Windowz laptop, set it up and you > are done. One you set it up like they want, you are not going to need > that CD again, at least for a while. > > And most xDSL modems have nice web GUI, CD's are mostly used as > idiot-proof measure with nice colored setup program. Reading this, I'm thinking still more about the bigger picture, there. I didn't see the start of this thread - is this a home system? If so, using WinDo$e is pointless, if you're running Linux, unless you're running Linux in a VM under WinDoze. Lessee, a quick google finds me this: <http://www.centos.org/docs/5/html/5.1/Deployment_Guide/s1-network-config-xdsl.html>. mark