Re: Acer Laptop w/ no hard disc found

2000-04-04 Thread Adam Di Carlo
Alexander Koch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, 27 March 2000 14:39:17 -0800, Karl M. Hegbloom wrote: > > EIDE disk and it's not found??? Weird. Could it be a BIOS setting? > > After managing to get into the BIOS (not been easy) if I > activate the hard disc it will not be booted by flopp

seeking purchase recommendation

2000-04-04 Thread Ben Messinger
Greetings list members. I know that many people have asked "which laptop should I buy?", but I have some specific needs that I hope can be addressed. I need to purchase a laptop within the next two weeks. One of the most critical factors is superb sound support. One of the primary functions of my

Re: Acer Laptop w/ no hard disc found

2000-04-04 Thread Alexander Koch
Hi Adam. Sorry, but I have been lagging behind with my mail since Friday. > Alexander Koch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > On Mon, 27 March 2000 14:39:17 -0800, Karl M. Hegbloom wrote: > > > EIDE disk and it's not found??? Weird. Could it be a BIOS setting? > > > > After managing to get into

Re: can't boot on Toshiba Satellite 2180 CDT

2000-04-04 Thread Peter Gruber
On Mon, 3 Apr 2000, Alexander Clouter wrote: > On Sun, 2 Apr 2000, Alexander Clouter wrote: > > > > > I set up win98, used loadlin for the setup : I could boot, enter the > > > setup process, and then reboot failed. > > > I only see : loading linux > > > > > I don't know why but you

mp3 use - laptop purchase

2000-04-04 Thread Alexander Clouter
On Tue, 4 Apr 2000, Ben Messinger wrote: > > I need to purchase a laptop within the next two weeks. One of the most > critical factors is superb sound support. One of the primary functions > of my laptop will be to serve up mp3's through an ampliphied sound > system at dances. I also am looking for

Re: mp3 use - laptop purchase

2000-04-04 Thread Laurent Martelli
> "Alexander" == Alexander Clouter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Alexander> With a 1Gb harddisk you should be able store about 20-30 Alexander> albums and also use the machine as a proxy server or Alexander> fileserver. It depends on the quality of your mp3s. If you want really good sound

Re: mp3 use - laptop purchase

2000-04-04 Thread Stephen Hardman
[Charset ISO-8859-1 unsupported, filtering to ASCII...] > On Tue, 4 Apr 2000, Ben Messinger wrote: > > > > I need to purchase a laptop within the next two weeks. One of the most > > critical factors is superb sound support. One of the primary functions > > of my laptop will be to serve up mp3's thr