Linux-Advocacy Digest #684, Volume #25 Sat, 18 Mar 00 11:13:10 EST
Contents:
Re: Windows 2000: nothing worse ("Joseph T. Adams")
Re: Windows is a sickness. Unix is the cure. ("Joseph T. Adams")
Re: Salary? (Donovan Rebbechi)
Re: Enemies of Linux are MS Lovers ("doc rogers")
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From: "Joseph T. Adams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy
Subject: Re: Windows 2000: nothing worse
Date: 18 Mar 2000 15:10:57 GMT
In comp.os.linux.advocacy Erik Funkenbusch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: There is no evidence to back up the assertion that MS has tried even once,
: let alone "several times" to migrate to a completely NT system for Hotmail.
: Where is this documentation? The only people claiming this have only
: "unnamed sources close to Hotmail".
They *said* they would, some time ago, did they not?
If so, then I see only two possibilities:
(a) They tried and failed; or
(b) They didn't try, when they said they would (meaning they lied).
So they're either dishonest or incompetent. Take your pick, but I
would have more respect for them if they were merely incompetent
rather than dishonest.
: But still, why hasn't MS done the migration? Probably because they're
: waiting for IA64. Solaris is a 64 bit system, not easily replaced by 32 bit
: systems. For pure I/O, you'd want 64 bit processing.
I agree; it certainly would make more sense to wait until W2K and the
Intel platform itself are capable of handling the job in a
cost-effective fashion (assuming that day ever comes).
But then why the f**k did they claim they were gonna do it two or
three years ago???
Joe
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From: "Joseph T. Adams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Windows is a sickness. Unix is the cure.
Date: 18 Mar 2000 15:27:59 GMT
mr_organic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[good stuff]
In spite of being a Linux advocate, I make most of my living doing
'Doze application design and development. I agree with much of what
you say. 'Doze development consists of 10% analysis and design (at
best), 10% writing code, 5-10% debugging one's own code, and up to 70%
isolating and figuring out how to work around bugs in the tools
(including the OS, the development tools, the third-party controls,
Microsoft's rather, er, "unique" interpretation of standards and
protocols, etc.
The coding part really is easy, because all you usually need to do -
in theory - is to glue together components that are already built.
But the components never work as advertised, and often don't work at
all. Being closed-source, it is impossible to figure out why.
They have strange and intricate dependencies and mutual exclusivities,
and often cease to function for no apparent reason if another
completely unrelated piece of software gets installed later on.
Linux doesn't promise anything more than what it delivers. It doesn't
pretend to contain eveyr kind of functionality under the sun; only
what can plausibly be aruged to be preferable to do in kernel space
rather than userland. But what it says it does, it does, with a level
of reliability, simplicity, and efficiency that is unknown in the
'Doze world.
What you don't like, you can change if necessary.
I'm not quite as productive in Linux as in 'Doze, because I started
learning 'Doze development many years earlier. But I am learning, for
the first time, what programming really means. It's more than gluing
stuff together - not that there's anything wrong with it; it is
necessary at some point. But programmers know how to build the
components too. They understand data structures and algorithms and
design patterns and other fundamentals of computer science, which,
sadly, 'Doze-only developers almost uniformly do not. I didn't until
I'd already reached the point of total frustration with the 'Doze
platform, and that is when I began to discover Linux and its *BSD
cousins.
Joe
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Donovan Rebbechi)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Salary?
Date: 18 Mar 2000 15:42:08 GMT
Jedi wrote:
> 1K from city center may or may not be a good thing...
I don't know why I'm even stepping up to address yet another Jedi post,
but suffice it to say that there are parts of the world where the inner
city areas are not crime infested slums. Some of the inner suburbs are
pretty bad, but that one ( Parkville, which just consists of parks , the
University and reidential property ) isn't one of them.
--
Donovan
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From: "doc rogers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.microsoft.sucks,alt.destroy.microsoft
Subject: Re: Enemies of Linux are MS Lovers
Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2000 10:54:27 -0500
Norman D. Megill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:8al1j8$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Here is the repost. Keep in mind that I originally put this together
> for my own reference, which I am providing as a courtesy, and they are a
> few things like customizing the mouse cursor that might not be
> absolutely essential for everyone.
Ah . . . let's analyze this :-)
Yes, customizing a mouse is definitely not a necessary part of installing an
OS. So that shouldn't be in the document if you're saying how hard it is to
install Windows.
> I'm sure you guys will nitpick it to
> death, but it works and is accurate and complete.
Well, I live in New York City and it would work for me to take a trip to
Boston by first flying to South Africa, taking a slow boat to China, etc.
but that's not what I really need to do to get to Boston, is it?
> It is very detailed,
> including what you should see on the screen at each step, so that I can
> tell if I made a mistake along the way. This procedure gets the machine
> to the factory's starting point (minus MS Office and ISP
> advertisements),
By the way, most OEMs provide restore disks. If something gets screwed up
with Windows, the restore disks are designed to put your system back to its
"original" state with one click or one number selection and "enter" (the
latter if you can't boot Windows and your BIOS can't do a CD boot).
>so that I can begin to re-install and customize all my
> apps (which takes another hour or two and is not covered here). It also
> does not include configuring the network properties and installing the
> firewall that I use.
It shouldn't. Those aren't part of installing an OS itself. They are
things the OS can do, but they aren't part of installing the OS.
> As I mentioned earlier, I am not asking for advice (not that any has
> been given other than emotional rants about how I am incompetent and
> don't know what I'm talking about).
I seriously thought it was written as a joke. It sounds like something I
would write if I was trying to be humorous through mockery and exaggeration.
> This procedure works for me, it has
> been debugged, and I'm used to it and will continue to use it and I'm
> not interested in endless discussions on how I could refine it to save a
> step or two (if it ain't broke don't fix it...)
Again, it could work for me to get to Boston via Johannesburg and Hong Kong
. . .
> Instructions for reinstalling Windows 95 on Gateway Solo 2300 laptop
> Have available:
> Floppies:
> SOLO 2X/51/91
Their Rescue Disks?
> BOOT DISKETTE
If the SOLO 2X/51/91 is Gateway's Rescue Disk floppies, you don't need a
Windows boot floppy. Gateway's Rescue Disks would boot the Windows
installer.
> Version 1.4
> Disk 1 or 1
What is Version 1.4 and Disk 1 or 1?
Or is this all a long way of saying, "The Gateway Rescue Disk(s)?"
> TELEPATH MODEM
> XJ5560 with Cellular and x2 Technology
> Installation Disk
Technically, installing the modem isn't installing the OS. In any event,
that must be a modem that is newer than Win95? If so, was it the modem that
came with the machine?
There's a couple big problems here:
(1) Why is Gateway selling you a machine with a modem that is newer than the
OS? It should have had whatever OS came out after the modem, unless the
modem came out _right_ after the OS release and MS didn't know that it was
about to come out and would need a different driver, and
(2) If this is the modem that came with the machine, why isn't the driver
install on the Gateway Rescue Disk? It's supposed to be.
> EtherDisk Version 5.3 (DOS 1.44 MB)
> EtherLink III PC Card Adapter
Networking stuff isn't technically part of the OS install either, especially
a Win95 install. If you're installing WinNT workstation or something, it
would be more arguable that networking is part of the OS install. If you've
installed both, you'd know what I mean.
> Configuration and Diagnostics
> CDs:
> Microsoft Windows 95 with USB Support
> Multimedia Notebook System CD
> 7502175
> Microsoft Product ID:
> nnnnn-OEM-nnnnnnn-nnnnn
> 1. Remove modem and ethernet PCMIA cards.
> 1a. Install CD drive in computer case.
> 2. Connect floppy drive via cable to line printer port.
> 3. Insert boot diskette.
> 4. Power up computer.
> 5. Press F2 during bootup to invoke setup.
Or--"take out all cards, connect the floppy, stick the boot floppy and
Gateway Rescue CD/Win95 CD in and turn the machine on."
I don't understand why you have to go to BIOS after you boot. You shouldn't
have to. I've installed Windows on hundreds of machines (and yes, on a few
of them it seems like a hundred times) and I've never had to go to BIOS
right away.
> 6. Press F9. Says: Notice | Default values have been loaded [Continue].
> 7. Press ENTER, ESC, ENTER, ENTER. Floppy boots to [MAIN MENU].
What is it asking you that you're entering and escaping from here?
I'm getting the idea that Gateway doesn't know how to write Rescue Disks.
> 8. Select EXIT PROGRAM, GO BACK TO DOS
What program are you exiting? Why? Is this fdisk stuff? Why do you need
to fdisk to install Win95 from a Gateway Rescue Disk? You shouldn't. You
_can_ if you have a particular need to set up partitions, but that's not
part of a Win95 install in itself.
If you were installing NT from the NT boot floppies (NOT from rescue disk
floppies) it will take you to partitioning questions, but most of them you
can just bypass.
> Note: If you are just reinstalling Windows and don't want to touch
partition
> D: data, goto step 10A below now.
What is partition D here? A plain old Win95 install will only involve
sticking Win95 on the C drive. Why is your disk partitioned with a D drive?
Is that for a Gateway backup image? If so, then you should be able to stick
their Rescue Disks in and have a smoke while it does the work for you.
> 9. Delete partitions. (The first 2 formats ensure labels are uppercase.)
> At A:\> type:
(a) Win95 installs don't involve partitioning in themselves.
(b) Gateway RD installs would do any necessary partitioning (say, restoring
the backup image) for you.
This step is unnecessary in an install.
> NOTE: DUE TO BUGS IN MICROSOFT FDISK, BADLY >CORRUPTED DISKS CANNOT BE
> PARTITIONED. IN THAT CASE INSTALL LINUX TEMPORARILY >UP TO FDISK,
In that case install Linux???? This is where I began to think that this was
a joke.
What is telling you to install Linux? Gateway's literature? lol
And here's another thing that is wrong with this: If you're just
reinstalling Windows but keeping all the other info you had on the system,
you wouldn't be going through all these steps--you'd stick the CD in and
click once.
But if you're rebuilding your system, you'd fdisk and format to remove all
partitions and info, in which case logical corruption isn't an issue, only
bad sectors are. So either this is a joke, someone is lying, or someone is
severly misinformed here.
>AND
> USE LINUX FDISK TO REMOVE ALL PARTITIONS AND CREATE >A DOS PARTITION.
> Then then MS FDISK should start working.
See above. So your machine came with Linux, too? Is that what we're
creating partitions for? That wouldn't be a part of installing Windows
though, would it?
> fdisk /mbr <- if boot sector is corrupted
> (The following 2 formats change the label to uppercase to workaround an
> FDISK bug.)
> format /q c:
> y
> AL
> format /q d:
> y
> AM
> fdisk
> 3 (Delete partition or Logical DOS Drive)
> 4 (Delete Non-DOS Partition - says: No Non-DOS Partition to delete)
> ESC 3 (Delete partition or Logical DOS Drive)
> 3 (Delete Logical DOS Drive(s) in the Extended DOS Partition)
> D (What drive do you want to delete?)
> AM (Enter Volume Label?)
> Y (Are you sure (Y/N)?)
> ESC ESC 3
> 2 (Delete Extended DOS Partition)
> Y
> ESC 3 (Delete partition or Logical DOS Drive)
> 1 (Delete Primary DOS Partition)
> 1 (What primary partition do you want to delete?)
> AL (Enter Volume Label?)
> Y (Are you sure (Y/N)?)
>
> 10. Create partitions.
>
> ESC 1 (Create DOS partition or Logical DOS Drive)
> 1 (Create Primary DOS Partition)
Uh, how are "fdisk bugs" installing Windows? What does it have to do with
installing Windows?
> Wait a few seconds (do NOT press ESC!) for:
> Y (Do you wish to use the maximum...?)
>
> Says:
> System will now restart
> Insert DOS system diskette in drive A:
> Press any key when ready...
Insert DOS system diskette??? That's another reason I thought this was a
joke. Now you're running Win95, Linux and DOS?
> Press space bar (system halts and reboots)
> Select: EXIT PROGRAM, GO BACK TO DOS
> A:\> fdisk
> 1 (Create DOS partition or Logical DOS Drive)
> 2 (Create Extended DOS Partition)
>
> Wait a few seconds (do NOT press ESC!) for:
>
> 1859 (Enter partition size... [use default])
>
> Note: If the default number is >2047 (e.g. 2071) then
> enter 2047 here.
>
> ESC
>
> Wait a few seconds (do NOT press ESC!) for:
>
> 1859 (Enter logical drive size... [use default])
>
> Note: If the default number is >2047 (e.g. 2071) then
> enter 2047 here.
>
> ESC ESC
More paritioning stuff . . . none of this is necessary to install Win95,
especially from a Rescue Disk.
> Says:
> System will now restart
> Insert DOS system diskette in drive A:
> Press any key when ready...
> Press space bar (system halts and reboots)
> Select: EXIT PROGRAM, GO BACK TO DOS
>
> format d:
> Y (Proceed with Format (Y/N)?)
> [wait 10 min]
> ENTER (Volume label... [leave blank])
And technically, formatting drives in this way isn't installing an OS,
either, unless the OS installer does the formatting.
It's kind of like me saying that to save something on a floppy, I have to
format/check for bad sectors/run scandisk first.
But I don't have to do that. I just stick a floppy in the drive and save.
> 10A. (Continuation point if just reinstalling Windows)
> Note: the /u is important because Windows is (more) flaky if
> there is old random background data on the disk.
> format /u/c c:
> Y (Proceed with Format (Y/N)?)
> [wait 10 min]
> ENTER (Volume label... [leave blank])
> 11. Install CD-ROM drivers as follows:
Why isn't the Gateway RD installing CD-ROM drivers?
> sys c:
> CTRL+ALT+DEL
> Select: INSTALL CD-ROM DRIVERS ON YOUR HARD DRIVE
> F1
> Press space bar (Press any key to return to the main menu.)
> Select: EXIT PROGRAM, GO BACK TO DOS
What are you control alt deleting from here? Is this some weird thing in
the Gateway RD app?
> 12. Take out boot diskette. Put in Windows 95 CD. Press CTRL+ALT+DEL.
> At C:\> prompt:
> md cabs
> e:
> cd win95
> copy *.* c:\cabs
Why aren't you just running setup after you enable the CD drive?
You _can_ copy cabs, but that's not how you install Windows 95 unless you
are trying to control exactly what gets installed.
That also makes this an invalid description in an argument of ease of
installing Windows vs something else.
> 13. Take out Windows 95 CD. Put in Multimedia Notebook System CD.
> cd win95\solo2300\vxdinf
> copy *.* c:\cabs
> cd \
> c:
> cd \cabs
> setup
I don't see why you'd be doing this, either.
> ENTER (...routine check... To continue, press ENTER. To quit Setup,
press ESC.)
> x (Select EXit)
What is all that? What are you entering at? Why are you exiting?
> 14. Windows 95 Setup - click on:
> Continue
> Yes
> Next
> Next (C:\WINDOWS)
> Next (Typical)
> 15. Enter registration number: nnnnn-OEM-nnnnnnn-nnnnn. Then click:
> Next
> 16. Enter Name and Company. Then click:
> Next
> Next (leave hardware boxes unchecked)
> [Says: Analyzing your computer... -- several minutes]
> Next (Install the most common components...)
> Check "No, I do not want a startup disk." Then click Next.
If you would have had a startup disk in the first place, you wouldn't be
going through all of this.
> Next (Start Copying Files)
> Finish
> 17. The computer will reboot.
> [Setting up hardware...]
> [Windows 95 Setup...]
> Select Time Zone (Eastern).
> Close
> Cancel (Add Printer Wizard)
> OK (Window 95 Setup ... has finished...)
The above was installing Win95. In other words, typing setup and clicking
okay/next a bunch of times. That's all there is to it, really.
Below is configuring various things, some necessary. Some not.
> 18. The computer will reboot.
> Close (Welcome to Windows)
> Right-click on empty desktop area
> Properties
> Settings (Display Properties)
> Advanced Properties (Display Properties)
> Adapter (Advanced Display Properties)
> Change... (Advanced Display Properties, Adapter)
> Have Disk... (Select Device)
> e:\win95\solo2300\display (Install From Disk)
I have the same questions here with the display driver as I had with the
modem driver.
> OK (Install From Disk)
> OK in Select Device (NeoMagic MagicGraph 128XD should be the
> only one) (2nd overlaid Select Device)
> Monitor (Advanced Display Properties)
> Change... (Advanced Display Properties, Monitor)
> Select: (Select Device)
> (Standard monitor types) Laptop Display Panel (1024x768)
> OK (Select Device)
> Apply (Advanced Display Properties, Monitor)
> OK (Advanced Display Properties, Monitor)
> Move "Desktop area" control to 1024 by 768 pixels (Display
Properties)
> Change "Color palette" to High Color (16 bit) (Display
Properties)
This isn't part of installing an OS. It's configuring the desktop to your
liking.
> Apply (Display Properties) (WARNING: DO NOT PRESS 'CLOSE' HERE
> BECAUSE DISPLAY WILL DISAPPEAR, THE COMPUTER WILL LOCK UP
> PERMANENTLY EVEN IF YOU TRY TO REBOOT, AND YOU'LL HAVE TO
> REFORMAT DISK AND START OVER
Come on!!? LOL That's not true, or if it is, you have a serious hardware
problem. If Windows fritzes out on a display properties change (and it
warns you that it might), you don't need to reformat and reinstall the OS .
. .LOL. You just reboot. Who told you this? Or if your machine does it,
you have a hardware defect.
> Yes (System Settings Change ...restart your computer now?)
> 19. The computer restarts.
> Uncheck "Show this Welcome Screen..." (Welcome to Windows)
That's not installing an OS.
> Right-click on My Computer
> Select Properties
> Device Manager (System Properties)
> Click + on "? Other devices" - should show:
> ? PCI Universal Serial Bus
> ? Unknown Device
> ? Unknown Device
> Click on top "? Unknown Device"
> Remove
> OK (Confirm Device Removal)
> Click + on "? Other devices" - should show:
> ? PCI Universal Serial Bus
> ? Unknown Device
> Click on "? Unknown Device"
> Remove
> OK (Confirm Device Removal)
> Refresh
> Next (Update Device Driver Wizard)
> Other Locations...
> e:\win95\solo2300\audio (Select Other Location)
> OK
> (says found YAMAHA OPL3-SAx Sound System)
> Finish (Update Device Driver Wizard)
> OK (Insert Disk - Please insert 'OPL3-SAx driver disk' <-
ignore)
> e:\win95\solo2300\audio (Copying Files...)
> OK (Copying Files...)
> OK (Insert Disk - Please insert 'Windows 95 CD-ROM..' <- ignore)
> c:\cabs (Copying Files...)
> OK (Copying Files...)
This stuff isn't installing an OS, either, and the same questions hold that
held for the modem and display driver. Why did they give you Win95 (and not
say, 98) with new hardware? Why are the drivers automatically installed on
the Gateway Rescue Disk? Did they even give you a Rescue Disk?
> Double-click first X Cirrus Logic PD6832 Cardbus Controller
> Uncheck Disable in this hardware profile (Cirrus Logic PD6832...)
> OK (Cirrus Logic PD6832...)
> Next (Welcome to the PC Card (PCMCIA) Wizard)
> Next (PC Card (PCMCIA) Wizard)
> Finish (PC Card (PCMCIA) Wizard)
> No (Systems Settings Change)
> Double-click 2nd X Cirrus Logic PD6832 Cardbus Controller
> Uncheck Disable in this hardware profile (Cirrus Logic PD6832...)
> OK (Cirrus Logic PD6832...)
> Next (Welcome to the PC Card (PCMCIA) Wizard)
> Next (PC Card (PCMCIA) Wizard)
> Finish (PC Card (PCMCIA) Wizard)
> No (Systems Settings Change)
> Double-click X PCIC or compatible Cardbus Controller
> Uncheck Disable in this hardware profile (PCIC...)
> OK (PCIC...)
> Next (Welcome to the PC Card (PCMCIA) Wizard)
> Next (PC Card (PCMCIA) Wizard)
> Finish (PC Card (PCMCIA) Wizard)
> Yes (Systems Settings Change)
> [computer powers off]
> Power on computer
> Start
> Settings
> Control Panel
> Add/Remove Programs - double-click
> Install/Uninstall (Add/Remove Programs Properties)
> Install... (Add/Remove Program Properties, Install/Uninstall)
> Next (Install Program from Floppy Disk or CD-ROM)
> (Remove Multimedia Notebook System CD)
> (Insert Microsoft Windows95 CD)
> e:\other\usb\usbsupp.exe (Command line, Run Installation
Program)
> Finish (Run Installation Program)
> Yes (Install Microsoft USB...? Microsoft USB Supplement (QFE))
> Yes (Agree to license - Microsoft USB Supplement (QFE))
> [runs ScanDisk]
> OK (Microsoft USB Supplement)
Same thing here . . . It seems to me like you should have Win98 instead of
95 with all this newer hardware. When did you buy this machine, anyway?
It would take awhile to get this stuff configured with DOS 1.0 or even
Windows 3.1, too. Why did Gateway sell you a system with what was basically
an old OS installed?
> [computer restarts]
> Right-click on My Computer
> Select Properties
> Device Manager (System Properties)
> Click + on "? Other devices" - should show:
> ? PCI Universal Serial Bus
> (Single-)click on ? PCI Universal Serial Bus
> Remove
> OK (Confirm Device Removal)
> Close (System Properties)
Didn't you just install the USB?
> Start
> Shutdown
> Select Restart the computer (Shut Down Windows)
> Yes (Shut Down Windows)
> [computer restarts]
> Next (Update Device Driver Wizard)
> Other Locations... (Update Device Driver Wizard)
> c:\windows\system (Select Other Location)
> OK (Select Other Location)
> Finish (Update Device Driver Wizard)
> (Remove Microsoft Windows95 CD)
> (Insert Multimedia Notebook System CD)
> Close Internet Explorer
Internet Explorer??? How did you get there?
> Start
> Run
> e:\win95\solo2300\mouse\logitec\setup.exe
> OK (Run)
> Express Setup (MouseWare 95 Version 2.3 Setup)
> Restart (Installation Completed)
> [computer restarts]
> Yes (New Device)
> Next (Device Setup Wizard) <- (another set of my notes says "Cancel"
here??)
Are these just random notes scribbled on scraps of paper that you're
compiling and claiming to be the installation procedure for Windows?
> Next
> Finish
> Motion (Mouse Properties)
> Set Speed to Fast
> Check Enabled under Smart Move
> Scroller (Mouse Properties)
> Select None
> Pointers (Mouse Properties)
> Select Medium Black by Logitech under Scheme
> OK (Mouse Properties)
Come on . . the mouse stuff is ridiculous.
> Insert 3Com 3CXM356 Modem (or TELEPATH modem) card in top PCMIA slot
> Insert 3CMX356 Modem floppy disk
> Next (Update Device Wizard)
> Finish (Update Device Driver Wizard)
> OK (Insert Disk - 3COM 3CMX356 <- ignore)
> a: (Copying Files...)
> OK (Copying Files...)
> OK (Insert Disk - Please insert 'Windows 95 CD-ROM..' <- ignore)
> c:\cabs (Copying Files...)
> OK (Copying Files...)
> Enter area code
> OK
>
> Start
> Settings
> Control Panel
> Add/Remove Programs (double-click)
> Windows Setup
> Communications (double-click)
> Enable Dial-Up Networking
> Enable Direct Cable Connection
> OK
> OK
> OK (You must provide computer and workgroup names...)
> In Network / Identification boxes:
> Computer name: Norm
> Workgroup: DOMAIN
> Computer Description: Windows 95
> Close
> OK (Dial-Up Networking Setup...)
Do you really have a network at home?
> Remove TELEPATH MODEM (or 3CMX356 Modem) floppy disk
> Insert 3Com EtherLink III network card in bottom PCMIA slot
> Insert EtherDisk floppy disk
> Next (Update Device Wizard)
> Finish (Update Device Driver Wizard)
> OK (Network)
> Computer name: Norm00 (Network, Identification)
> Workgroup: domain (Network, Identification)
> Close (Network)
> a: (Copying Files, file 'elpc3r.sys' not found)
> OK (Copying Files)
> Remove EtherDisk floppy disk
> Yes (System Setting Change)
> [computer restarts]
>
> Enter name and password for network
> Enter blank for Windows password
>
>
> Start
> Shutdown
> Restart Computer
> OK
>
> In Enter Windows Password window:
> xxxxxxx (User name)
> (leave blank) (Password)
> OK
> OK
>
> [To install LapLink]
>
> Start
> Run
> e:\win95\laplink\setup.exe
> OK
> Next
> Next
> Yes
> Next
> Next
> Select No, I'll register later...
> Finish
> [To install printer]
> Unplug floppy cable
> Plug in printer cable
> Double-click My Computer
> Printers
> Add Printer
> Next
> Next
> Select HP | HP LaserJet 4MP
> Next
> Next
> Finish (print a test page)
> Yes
> [To install dial-up connection]
>
> Control Panel -> Network: Add TCP/IP protocol to Dial-Up Adapter
>
> My Computer -> Dial-Up Networking
> (Make New Connection - create Network)
> General
> Phone number:
> Area code: nnn Telephone number: nnn-nnnn
> Country code: United States of America (1)
> [v] Use country code and area code
> Connect using:
> TelePath XJ5560 with x2 and cellular
> Configure...
> General
> Port: COM3
> Speaker volume On
> Maximum speed 115200
> [ ] Only connect at this speed
> Connection
> Connect preferences
> Data bits: 8
> Parity: None
> Stop bits: 1
> Call preferences
> [v] Wait for dial tone before dialing
> [v] Cancel the call if not connected within [60] secs
> [ ] Disconnect a call if idle for more than [30] mins
> Port Settings...
> [v] Use FIFO buffers (requires 16550 compatible UART)
> Receive Buffer: Low(1) . . v . High(14)
> Transmit Buffer: Low(1) . . . v High(16)
> Advanced...
> [v] Use error control [v] Use flow control
> [ ] Required to connect (o) Hardware (RTS/CTS)
> [v] Compress data ( ) Software (XON/XOFF)
> Modulation type Standard
> Extra settings
> [ ] Record a log file
> Options
> Connection control
> [ ] Bring up terminal window before dialing
> [ ] Bring up terminal window after dialing
> Dial control
> [ ] Operator assisted or manual dial
> Status control
> [v] Display modem status
> Forwarding
> [ ] This phone line has Call Forwarding
> Server Types
> Type of Dial-Up Server: PPP: Windows 95, Windows NT 3.5, Internet
> Advanced options:
> [v] Log on to network
> [v] Enable software compression
> [ ] Require encrypted password
> Allowed network protocols:
> [ ] NetBEUI
> [ ] IPX/SPX Compatible
> [v] TCP/IP
> TCP/IP Settings...
> (o) Server assigned IP address
> ( ) Specify an IP address
> ( ) Server assigned name server address
> (o) Specify name server addresses
> Primary DNS: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
> Secondary DNS: yyy.yyy.yyy.yyy
> Primary WINS: 0.0.0.0
> Secondary WINS: 0.0.0.0
> [v] Use IP header compression
> [v] Use default gateway on remote network
> Scripting
> Script file
> File name:
> [v] Start terminal screen minimized
Typing out every word in Dial-Up dialogue boxes is part of installing
Windows??
Alright, now for a real treat I want to see your procedure notes for
Installing Linux, configuring your desktop properties, installing a modem,
another video driver, networking, dial-up networking, etc. :-)
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