Re: flexfax: from Slackware to RedHat ...

[Phil Watkinson <pkw@elgro.co.uk>]

At 22:57 16/03/99 -0500, Mike <mike@helpnet.louisville.ky.us> wrote:
>
> have had a fully fuctional fax server on slack for 2.5 years ... things
>change and so must i ... going to try RedHat ... 5.2 that is ...
>
>i keep hearin stories about patches + fixes ... is this a RPM thing ...
>they say  "4.0pl2" ... it compiled well before can i expect problrms ?????
>

The hylafax-v4.0pl2-rh5.i386.rpm binary is fine, and a definite recommendation
for RedHat users. The patches, fixes, compilation and all the hard work has
already been done by the rpm maintainer.

A lot of the 'stories' on this mailing list revolve around modems, and you
can save yourself grief if you ensure you use a decent modem with HylaFAX.

It is a good idea to have a look at the modems page in the html documentation,
or on the website at :
           http://www.hylafax.org/modems.html

and take some time to browse the mailing list archives at :
           http://www.hylafax.org/archive/index.html

Suggested search words are 'Zyxel' 'Zoom' 'Rockwell' 'Multitech'; please
avoid the 3Com/USRobotics Sportster range if you can.

Cheers,
Phil Watkinson,
Boston, UK.