Subj : back in business
To   : WAYNE CHIRNSIDE
From : CHARLES ANGELICH
Date : Thu Dec 23 2004 05:58 am

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Hello Wayne - 

WC>>> For something topical someone out there in Fidonet sent
WC>>> me a large hard drive as an annonymous free gift!!! 

->> Good to hear you're 'back in business' again. :-) 

WC> Very soon. 

WC>>> Still have to get a BIOS'ed I/O card as it's too big for
WC>>> this BIOS. 

->> What size is it? 

WC> 65 Gig. My BIOS craps out at 34 Gig. 

There may be a software workaround for Windows, Linux doesn't
actually use the computer's BIOS if I'm not mistaken. KNOPPIX
should 'see' all of the 65 gig. If you intend to multi-boot
Windows doesn't really need 34 gig does it? 

WC> When I'm feeling better I'm going to try to track
WC> annonymous down and return the favor in some way. 

If the person wanted a favor in return they would have told you
who they were Y/N? 

WC>>> I DID however manage to _start_ the process of
WC>>> installling Windows 98 with an old Promise I/O card but
WC>>> the OEM software Windows CD failed when it called for a
WC>>> reboot to complete installation. 

->> Wrong OEM for that machine? 

WC> Nope, original software complete with registration keys.
WC> Seems the problem must be Win 98 must see IRQ 14. 

WC> Problem is the software is on CD and the Promise card lacks
WC> ATAPI support. Linux sees the drive as being /dev/hde 

Not sure I understand. My machine has an atapi.sys driver that
loads here. KNOPPIX is listing the hard drive _after_ the
ramdrives, correct? 

WC>>> Only got that far as I fdisked the drive with Linux. 

->> You had planned to install KNOPPIX before. Is that the plan
now? 

WC> That and another version CD that comes with "Point and Click
WC>  Linux" published Nov. 2004. It's got Mozilla 1.0 and Skype. 

WC>>> Dog's health permitting I may snag a Belkins I/0 card for
WC>>> New Years! 

WC>>> Think I'll give Windows 8 Gig and carve up the other 57
WC>>> Gig Linux native and a swap partition. 

->> I have my W2K on a 9 gig partion here so 8 gig for W98SE
->> should be good. 

WC> More than enough. Later releases of Knoppix and the CD that
WC> accompanies the above mentioned book may render Windows
WC> moot as they're up to speed now. "Point and Click Linux"
WC> with CD available at Barnes and Noble for 23 dollars. 

WC>>> Thanks annonymous very much for your kindness whoever you
WC>>> are!!! 

->> There is a Santa Claus and he's been making a list. ;-) 

WC> Well I haven't exactly been up to being naughty these days
WC> ;-) 

A silver lining to every cloud! 

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