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>1) I have a Viper 550 card.  One good IT Samaritan suggested that I
>download Xfree86 3.3.3.1, advice which I took.  Since I can't get my
>video card to work, however, I can't open Netscape and downloaded it
>into Linux directly.  So, I downloaded Xfree86 3.3.3.1 via Windows
>onto my DOS partition.  But, obviously, it doesn't do me any good on
>the DOS partition.  So, I'm wondering if there is any way I can
>transfer the .rpm file from DOS to Linux via Linux.  Does anyone know?

LIke the other guy said.. you can mount many types of partitions. Make sure
the directory you try to mount to is created. Here it is step by step in
case you had problems....

first try typing dmesg | less and scroll through to look for entries that
say information about your hard drive. It is likely hda1.

then type mkdir /hard

you can then mount your drive with mount -t msdos /dev/hda1 /hard

You dont have you use hard for the mount point. You can use anything.
Once it mounts  you can navigate it just like any other drive.


>2) How can I configure my modem?  Because my video card isn't
>configured properly, I can't use X Windows to do it.  Is there any
>other method of doing so?

Check the jumper settings on your modem to see what com port it is installed
under. Also make sure both your serial ports are disabled in your bios
unless you need them. If your modem is jumpered to com 3 irq 5 for example,
again, do
 dmesg | less and look for a thing that says TTYSx (could be 0,1,2,3) and
about the UART speed.. that way you know the kernel is detecting the serial
port of your modem and it should say TTYS2 (for com3).

Then do setserial ttys2 irq 5, or whatever irq your modem is set to. use man
setserial to figure that out.


>3) Once I configure my modem, can I download XFree86 via Linux without
>using X Windows?

You will probably need a proper X Server for your viper 550. What chipset
does it use... riva 128?

Yes you can download it via FTP or Lynx.

Hope that helped,

Dennis