Hi - sorry to bother you. I am a Linux Newbie running SuSE 8.1 (i386) kernel 2.4.16-4G I have a USB modem manufactured by Aztech (UM9800-U) which I would like to get working. I have looked at www.suse.com and apparently this modem is supported under SuSE 8.2 but not SuSE 8.1 I have access to the internet through my windows partition. So I can download .rpm's or kernel patches or whatever onto my windows partition then mount it under linux and copy it over to LInux and do whatever has to be done.... but I don't really know what I should be downloading. I don't really need a full upgrade, just enough of an upgrade to get my modem working. Is there an .rpm package I should download? or a kernel patch? If I just download the newest kernel, compile it and make it and configure it and link it and god knows whatever else then reboot (as described in the kernel HOW TO), would that seriously break anything?