Subj : BACK IN BUSINESS
To   : Wayne Chirnside
From : Howie Coombe
Date : Thu Jan 20 2005 10:24 pm

Dear Wayne, in regards to this message to Me.

 > -> > Seems the problem must be Win 98 must see IRQ 14.

 > -> So have you fixed that problem?.
      
 > I was incorrect, the I/O card has a non-standard port address.

 > -> > Problem is the software is on CD and the Promise card lacks ATAPI

 > -> Bugger.

 >  Another error,


Damn.

 > seems it DOES have ATAPI support but they appear to like to keep that their  
> little secret so that information is hard to come by.


Dont you love it when grown men and women play these game, even when they dont 
have an excuse, like the good of the nation?.

 > Not even in the Promise manual for the card.


That is a Bother.

 > -> > Linux sees the drive as being /dev/hde

 > -> Aha.

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

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

 > -> > That and another version CD that comes with "Point and Click Linux"

 > -> Aha.

 > -> > It's got Mozilla 1.0 and Skype.

 > -> Great.

 >  I'll get that hard drive,


Good to read.

 > sound card and Ultra66 I/O card in soetime this week,


Great.

 > it';s just I hate to take down an operating Linux system in ramdisk that's   
> been operating flawlessly for over two weeks,


I Dont blame you.

 > Tomorrow is my target date,


Aha.

 > Jan. 19, 2005 which will come sooner for you than I.


Yesterday, so how did it go?.

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