On Sun, 2 Mar 2003, Brian Durant wrote: > Yes, it worked with Win 98 SE, until I erased the hard disk. I erased > the hard disk because too many bad, local techs had been mucking around > in it. The computer simply needed a clean install. I thought I would try > something different like Linux. I have tried Mandrake 9, Xandros 1, SuSE > 7.3 and now Debian 3 rev. 1. While it would in principle be a relatively > simple matter to re-install Win 98 SE and get the system working, there > is the problem that the Fujitsu-Siemens Celvin is an EasyPC, with not > legacy ports. The floppy is a third party USB floppy drive and can not > be used to boot from and for some reason it won't boot from an original > Win 98 SE CD that is not a special Fujitsu-Siemens system CD. The > computer was purchased in Finland and a Finnish system is of no use to > us. The only way to re-install Win 98 SE is to do a network install, > which I don't know how to initiate and complete and I can't get Linux to > work at this point either, so my daughter is not very happy about me > having erased her system, even though it didn't work well. > > I don't believe the problem is the cable itself, though I haven't tried > to run a 25 meter cable through the house, as I had the same problem a > year ago, when I partitioned the computer into a dual boot Mandrake 8.1 > and Win 98 SE system. Win 98 SE could get an IP address with dhcp > without a hitch, but I was never successful with getting the ethernet > card to work with Mandrake. I assume the problem must be with the SiS > 900 driver, but have never been able to pin anything down. > > Cheers, > > Brian [...]
Have you tried other network cards? Burkhard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
