Hi James, I've never seen a Windows "live cd". The DOS route is complex and I can see two options. If you have a DOS driver for your modem then you could boot to DOS, install your modem, and then use a terminal emulator to send the ATi commands requested by Jacques. Alternatively, you could use a PCI diagnostic tool to examine your hardware and extract the Vendor ID and Device ID values (this will require some detailed hardware knowledge). I suspect that at the end of this you will find your modem is unsuitable for reliable fax communication. You might want to consult the hylafax.org user groups for solid alternatives before wasting your time. Regards ANDREW RINALDI Mainpine Limited - Support USA +1 503 822 9944 | Asia/Europe +44 1225 869439 andrew.rinaldi@xxxxxxxxxxxx | www.mainpine.com -----Original Message----- From: W. James MacLean [mailto:maclean@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: 21 May 2007 13:01 To: discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Trying to set up modem for Fax I don't have Windows installed, except under a VMware virtual machine. Is there any sort of Windows "live cd" I could use to do this? Or can I boot from a DOS floppy and use some other program to detect the hardware? Cheers, James Jacques Goldberg wrote: > Before making the FAX work, let's first make the modem work. > For that purpose, we need to identify the modem chipset. > scanModem failed trying to do so. > Could you please follow this part of ModemData.txt and send us the result? > > > > > scanModem could not identify the Support Type needed from diagnosics > or archives. > > If an alternative boot into Microsoft windows can be done, do mouse > > clicks on: > > Start > Settings > Control Panel > Classical View (for Window XP) > > System > >> Hardware > Device Manager > Modems > Click on the + > Modem. Double > click to > > expand the graphic. Manufacturer information may be displayed. For > example, CXT > > stands for Conexant. Click the Diagnostics Tab. Record any hardware > ID or vendor > > and device information. > > Next do the Query Modem and record the ATI specifications displayed > such as: > > ATI3 - Agere SoftModem Version 2.1.22 > > ATI5 - 2.1.22, AMR Intel MB, AC97 ID:SIL REV:0x27 > > Try to identify the modem setup file, with name perhaps MODEM.INF. > > If may contain chipset Vendor informaton. > > > > -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | W. James MacLean Electrical & Computer Engineering | | m a c l e a n @ e e c g . t o r o n t o . e d u | | Tel: (416) 946-7285 University of Toronto | | Fax: (416) 946-8734 10 King's College Road | | www.eecg.toronto.edu/~maclean/ Toronto, Canada M5S 3G4 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
