Re: Installing Compaq Qoftpaq After Linux
On Mon, 19 Apr 1999, Alec Smith wrote: The BIOS for Compaq machines is a seperate partition. You'll have to blank out the drive so its got no partitions, install the SoftPaq, then reinstall your OS stuff, being careful not to wipe out the Compaq stuff. Now you know why I'll never buy Compaq -- Not even if my life depends on it. :) That's two of us (at least). Bob
Re: Installing Compaq Qoftpaq After Linux
On Mon, 19 Apr 1999, Bob Nielsen wrote: : On Mon, 19 Apr 1999, Alec Smith wrote: : : The BIOS for Compaq machines is a seperate partition. You'll have to blank : out the drive so its got no partitions, install the SoftPaq, then : reinstall your OS stuff, being careful not to wipe out the Compaq stuff. : : Now you know why I'll never buy Compaq -- Not even if my life depends on : it. :) : : That's two of us (at least). I'm compelled by corporate policy to buy either Compaq or IBM hardware. Linux runs great on Netfinity platforms :) -- Nathan Norman MidcoNet 410 South Phillips Avenue Sioux Falls, SD mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.midco.net finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP Key: (0xA33B86E9)
Installing Compaq Qoftpaq After Linux
Greetings, Got a Compaq computer loaded with Linux. However I needed to do some PCI IRQ stuff and found out that the softpaq was gone. Downloaded the lastest greatest softpaq from Compaq and have attempted to install but get an error each and every time the program tries to write to the hard drive. Has anyone had any luck with this? Thanks, Anthony Landreneau Network Administrator Infinity Data Systems New Orleans Louisiana (504)455-8973
Re: Installing Compaq Qoftpaq After Linux
The BIOS for Compaq machines is a seperate partition. You'll have to blank out the drive so its got no partitions, install the SoftPaq, then reinstall your OS stuff, being careful not to wipe out the Compaq stuff. Now you know why I'll never buy Compaq -- Not even if my life depends on it. :) On Mon, 19 Apr 1999, Anthony Landreneau wrote: Greetings, Got a Compaq computer loaded with Linux. However I needed to do some PCI IRQ stuff and found out that the softpaq was gone. Downloaded the lastest greatest softpaq from Compaq and have attempted to install but get an error each and every time the program tries to write to the hard drive. Has anyone had any luck with this? Thanks, Anthony Landreneau Network Administrator Infinity Data Systems New Orleans Louisiana (504)455-8973 -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
FW: Installing Compaq Qoftpaq After Linux
Are you referring to the special (type x'12') Compaq diagnostic partition on the hard drive? When I moved to a larger drive on my Compaq Deskpro2000, I had to define/load the partition using several boot diskettes downloaded from www.compaq.com (your model may require different versions): SP8126 Computer Setup/VP Diagnostics (3 diskettes) SP9716 PC DIagnostics SP8434 ROMPaq Upgrade The Compaq diagnostic partition appears to be Win3.1 under the covers, and I intend to try setting it up for LILO to boot the kernel (i.e. change type-12 to DOS, copy kernel, run LILO, change DOS back to type-12, verify that everything still works). I wanted the Win95 partition to be FAT32, but I never could find out how to do it (the MS fdisk wantd the entire drive to be FAT32, screwing it up for Linux). I'm told PartitionMagic can mix/match FAT32 with Linux swap ( Compaq x'12') partitions. -- From: Anthony Landreneau To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Installing Compaq Qoftpaq After Linux Date: Monday, April 19, 1999 10:56AM Greetings, Got a Compaq computer loaded with Linux. However I needed to do some PCI IRQ stuff and found out that the softpaq was gone. Downloaded the lastest greatest softpaq from Compaq and have attempted to install but get an error each and every time the program tries to write to the hard drive. Has anyone had any luck with this? Thanks, Anthony Landreneau Network Administrator Infinity Data Systems New Orleans Louisiana (504)455-8973 -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
