From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bob Nielsen Subject: Re: New Ham, New To Packet Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 22:49:29 -0800 Sender: linux-hams-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <20030225064929.GA20437@n7xy.net> References: <1046134023.4825.17.camel@bobcp4.lingpgmr.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1046134023.4825.17.camel@bobcp4.lingpgmr.com> List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-hams@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Feb 24, 2003 at 07:47:03PM -0500, Robert L Cochran wrote: > Hello, > > I'm new to amateur radio -- I just received my "Technician" class > license. I have not been on the air yet. I want to use packet radio with > my Red Hat 8.0 distribution. (I also downloaded and installed Debian > bf2.4 on an older Dell machine.) > > I am wondering if the AX.25 HOW-TO posted to the Linux Documentation > project is still accurate? If I read this How To and follow it, will I > be able to implement packet radio on either the Red Hat or the Debian > machines? I'm interested in being pointed to up to date reading > material, I know there is a lot for me to study. > The current HOWTO is still accurate. You might take a look at some of the files on N8UR's web site (http://www.febo.com) for some additional information. I haven't used Red Hat for several years so I can't speak to that, but you should be able to run AX.25 with no problems using Debian. I don't know about the bf2.4 kernel, however. The installation kernels are configured to fit on floppies and may not have as many drivers included as those which you can install from a CD or the internet. I am running kernel-image-2.4.20-686 (which has the necessary drivers compiled as modules) with ax25-tools and libax25, all installed from Debian packages. 73, Bob, N7XY