[ltp] Modem AC'97 / Floppy disk Info for a Newbie

[tati]

Hi

I'm new to this list. I've recently installed Fedora Core 1 in my 
ThinkPad R40, this is my first exerience with a linux distro - keeping a 
double boot with XP though.
Everything works fine except for the modem. It is an Agere Systems AC'97 
Bus PCI 0, VID=x8086, DID=x24c6. Windows has it on COM3.
I've tried to install the drivers from Agere itself following IBM 
instructions here: 
http://www-306.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-46024#modem
I also tried to install these drivers: slmdm-2.7.10.tar.gz drivers 
<http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/packages/smartlink/slmdm-2.7.10.tar.gz> 
from here 
<http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/packages/smartlink/slmdm-2.7.10.tar.gz>
None of these works - or I couldn't make them work. I think that the 
modem is not even recognized.
Is it a winmodem? Is it possible to make it work on linux? Is it a 
distro problem? Should I just get a hardware modem instead?
If anybody can give some information on how to set up this modem  I 
would appeciate it - it's my only way to get online!

On the other hand I have a removable floppy disk drive that goes in the 
same bay that the CD/DVD combo. How can I set the system to let me 
switch from one to the other? I tried once but the system crashed.

Thanks for your help.

I tried to search in the mail archive but it was difficult to go month 
by month....