I've been trying, unsuccessfully, to configure my laptop's internal winmodem. It requires the SmartLink drivers. I've tried slmodem-2.9.10 from the SmartLink site, and versions 2.9.9 and 2.7.10 that I found on the net. They all compile and (apparently) install OK, but they don't work. (Knoppix 3.7/kernel 2.4)

I found a couple of SmartLink packages on the Debian site, and have downloaded them using the Windows side of my machine. I've moved them over to the Linux side, but find that I'm unable to make Apt recognize their existence.

I've read the Apt man pages and chapter 8 of the Debian/Progeny User's Guide. Nothing I've read indicates that Apt can be used for packages it doesn't download itself.

I tried writing the files to a CD-R, then using Apt-cdrom, but that routine comes back and tells me that I don't have a valid Debian disc in the drive.

I'm sort of at my wits end with this modem problem, and am just a hair away from scrapping Linux altogether. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Many thanks,

Tom