Yes - and the CD sometimes worked sometimes not. Lets face it - Windows 98 will always have a head-start on kit designed expressly for dos. The box in question, a 385 DX100 chip with 64 MB would simply curl up its toes and die if I tried NT. Linux at leat got installed, if from floppies and an internet connection, but the bios beat me.
The new kit they supplied is fine so at least there's a happy ending. ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Wright" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Patrick Kirk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "debian-user" <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Sent: Friday, February 18, 2000 6:26 PM Subject: Re: PCI BIOS problems DEFEAT > Quoting Patrick Kirk ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > [snip] > > > > > patric >Imagine how I felt as the CD drive that the Debian CD choked on > > worked > > > > choked on - that is - it died on contact with loadlin. > > Loadlin? That's DOS software isn't it? And Real DOS, not DOSbox. > You were running it from a Real DOS prompt, and not in Windog? > Did DOS have the CD drivers loaded correctly? > > Cheers, > > -- > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 1908 653 739 Fax: +44 1908 655 151 > Snail: David Wright, Earth Science Dept., Milton Keynes, England, MK7 6AA > Disclaimer: These addresses are only for reaching me, and do not signify > official stationery. Views expressed here are either my own or plagiarised. >
