Re: Bleh! win modem on my presario 1920

1999-12-29 Thread John_J_Neff
I really prefer an external (USR/3com) modem on my laptops AND desktops, but especially laptops. More flexibility, upgradeability and lots more o' abilities! You do have to put up with an extra cable and small box to carry with the laptop, I shudder to think what would happen if Linux supported W

Re: Bleh! win modem on my presario 1920

1999-12-29 Thread John_J_Neff
I really prefer an external (USR/3com) modem on my laptops AND desktops, but especially laptops. More flexibility, upgradeability and lots more o' abilities! You do have to put up with an extra cable and small box to carry with the laptop, I shudder to think what would happen if Linux supported W

Re: floppy/ftp install anybody?

1999-12-20 Thread John_J_Neff
Hmm. I have used both DHCP and an assigned IP. Normally I start with assigning an IP since it's easier to control. I'm not sure what you mean by script. When I get to the part to do dselect you just choose ftp and it will use your locations file (I think its location.choose or something to that

Re: floppy/ftp install anybody?

1999-12-20 Thread John_J_Neff
Hmm. I have used both DHCP and an assigned IP. Normally I start with assigning an IP since it's easier to control. I'm not sure what you mean by script. When I get to the part to do dselect you just choose ftp and it will use your locations file (I think its location.choose or something to that

Re: floppy/ftp install anybody?

1999-12-17 Thread John_J_Neff
I have done this type of install multiple times at work with these old (non-cd) laptops I have laying around. I use the 9 disks (rescue, driver & 7 install) to get up to a 2.0 debian install with pcmcia NIC support. I then immediately do a potato upgrade and download the 2.2.13 kernel and recompi

Re: floppy/ftp install anybody?

1999-12-17 Thread John_J_Neff
I have done this type of install multiple times at work with these old (non-cd) laptops I have laying around. I use the 9 disks (rescue, driver & 7 install) to get up to a 2.0 debian install with pcmcia NIC support. I then immediately do a potato upgrade and download the 2.2.13 kernel and recompi

Re: unresolved symbols in pcmcia modules v3.1.6

1999-12-17 Thread John_J_Neff
I am running 2.2.13 on an older laptop and I had to recompile pcmcia After recompiling my kernel. I was getting similar errors to the ones you posted but once I upgraded to potato and recompiled pcmcia it works now. JJN (not as technical as the other answers sorry)

Re: unresolved symbols in pcmcia modules v3.1.6

1999-12-17 Thread John_J_Neff
I am running 2.2.13 on an older laptop and I had to recompile pcmcia After recompiling my kernel. I was getting similar errors to the ones you posted but once I upgraded to potato and recompiled pcmcia it works now. JJN (not as technical as the other answers sorry)

Re: Yamaha Sound (Was ChemUSA/ASUS 7300)

1999-12-09 Thread John_J_Neff
True VERY true, I have Debian on a desktop and I was convinced the sound was horked. BUT NO. I just had to turn the sound WAYYY UP! I was interested in waht type of mixer software I could use to turn it up from teh PC prior to reaching the speakers. Ay other suggestions on mixer software? (Sor

Re: Yamaha Sound (Was ChemUSA/ASUS 7300)

1999-12-09 Thread John_J_Neff
True VERY true, I have Debian on a desktop and I was convinced the sound was horked. BUT NO. I just had to turn the sound WAYYY UP! I was interested in waht type of mixer software I could use to turn it up from teh PC prior to reaching the speakers. Ay other suggestions on mixer software? (Sor

pcmcia ethernet cards

1999-12-07 Thread John_J_Neff
I have a toshiba satellite 400CDT that I use an IBM PCMICA ethercard in. It was working in kernel 2.0.36. I upgraded to potato and it still worked. I then downloaded and reconfigured 2.2.13 kernel and the ethernet card stopped working. Can someone tell me if they have any specific troubles with t

pcmcia ethernet cards

1999-12-07 Thread John_J_Neff
I have a toshiba satellite 400CDT that I use an IBM PCMICA ethercard in. It was working in kernel 2.0.36. I upgraded to potato and it still worked. I then downloaded and reconfigured 2.2.13 kernel and the ethernet card stopped working. Can someone tell me if they have any specific troubles with t

IBM Credit Card Adapter and Toshiba

1999-11-10 Thread John_J_Neff
I just upgraded to 2.2.13 kernel and potato Debian. I can't get my IBM Credit Card adapter (NIC) to work. I am using a Toshiba 4000CDT. I show RX activity in ifconfig but no TX activity. Any hiints would be appreciated. Anyone using a similar setup (esp. the card). The card is getting detecte

IBM Credit Card Adapter and Toshiba

1999-11-10 Thread John_J_Neff
I just upgraded to 2.2.13 kernel and potato Debian. I can't get my IBM Credit Card adapter (NIC) to work. I am using a Toshiba 4000CDT. I show RX activity in ifconfig but no TX activity. Any hiints would be appreciated. Anyone using a similar setup (esp. the card). The card is getting detecte

Re: Hibernation

1999-11-09 Thread John_J_Neff
I can't help with Hibernation but I use Partition magic for all my partitioning needs. It has a simple menu driven rescue disk tha is simple to use and fast. My 2 ¢ JJN

Re: Hibernation

1999-11-09 Thread John_J_Neff
I can't help with Hibernation but I use Partition magic for all my partitioning needs. It has a simple menu driven rescue disk tha is simple to use and fast. My 2 ¢ JJN

Re: Don't buy a Sony

1999-11-02 Thread John_J_Neff
I happen to have had some (insider) info into the tech support world of SONY and you are correct. The support stops for all practial purposes once the Vaio leaves the states. Having been one of those people that say "Hello, Thank you for calling Sony, this is **, how may I help you?" I perso

Re: Don't buy a Sony

1999-11-02 Thread John_J_Neff
I happen to have had some (insider) info into the tech support world of SONY and you are correct. The support stops for all practial purposes once the Vaio leaves the states. Having been one of those people that say "Hello, Thank you for calling Sony, this is **, how may I help you?" I perso

Re: Fixing the Master Boot Record

1999-11-01 Thread John_J_Neff
Your problem sounds like the BIOS program. More than anything else. Try formatting a disk in a windows machine and making it bootable (format a: /s) then boot the laptop from it. If this works then download the BIOS update again and extract to the same disk. Also check to see if the extracted

Re: Fixing the Master Boot Record

1999-11-01 Thread John_J_Neff
Your problem sounds like the BIOS program. More than anything else. Try formatting a disk in a windows machine and making it bootable (format a: /s) then boot the laptop from it. If this works then download the BIOS update again and extract to the same disk. Also check to see if the extracted