On 14 Apr 1998, Kjetil Thuen wrote:
> "Casey Bralla" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > On Sun, 12 Apr 1998 12:17:10 +1000 (EST), Db wrote:
> Hm thats strange. Earlier today i opened up my computer to remove some
> dust and stuff. When I reassembled the box, I conneted the wrong serial
> port to the
On 14 Apr 1998, Kjetil Thuen wrote:
> mouse where the modem should be and vice versa. This was solved by
> swapping the serial ports in the bios. Now both the mouse and the
...
> I am no hardware wizard, but doesnt this suggest that linux is using
> the bios for more than the boot process?
No.
"Casey Bralla" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Sun, 12 Apr 1998 12:17:10 +1000 (EST), Db wrote:
>
> >I read somewhere, that the linux
> >kernel was largely BIOS independent, wherein all the system really need to
> >know, was where that crucial bootsector of your harddrive was.
>
> I believe
On Sun, 12 Apr 1998 12:17:10 +1000 (EST), Db wrote:
>I read somewhere, that the linux
>kernel was largely BIOS independent, wherein all the system really need to
>know, was where that crucial bootsector of your harddrive was.
I believe this is true of any "protected mode" operating systems.
OS
>I am no hardware (or even software) guru, but the fact that I have
>this problem in Linux but not Win95 on the same box makes me skeptical
>that the problem (in my case) is hardware. Glad you got it resolved
>though!
Yeah..same here, nothing wrong with the board running win (both
flavou
On Sun, 12 Apr 1998, Db wrote:
>
> In a word, motherboard. I found & bought a 2nd-hand m'board yesterday,
> which uses the same chipset (i430vx) as the previous m'board, and so
> swapped all my cards..(cpu, ram..etc) to this and the strange mouse
> related affliction stopping the downloads & stu
In a word, motherboard. I found & bought a 2nd-hand m'board yesterday,
which uses the same chipset (i430vx) as the previous m'board, and so
swapped all my cards..(cpu, ram..etc) to this and the strange mouse
related affliction stopping the downloads & stuff has disappeared...gone!!
Notwithstandin
