On Sat, Sep 21, 2002 at 10:01:28PM -0400, Tom Pollerman wrote: > You could try going into the laptop CMOS Setup and changing the IRQ > for the 2nd Serial Port from 3 to something else, or disabling it > completely if you won't need it - just to see if the install completes > properly..
Unfortunately, the BIOS of that laptop doesn't offer that option. :-/ > Most NIC manufacturers have utilities available for download that > allow one to reconfigure the LAN card IRQ and base address, and some > even allow one to disable plug-n-play. The download file will usually > make a DOS bootable floppy with the utilities on it. See: I had a look at that program as well, however, no matter what I do, it's always complaining about the I/O port conflicting with some other part - and hence refuses to store all changes, including IRQ. Strangely enough, the IRQ reported by that program is #10 anyway, and not #3. Thanks for the suggestions, though! At the moment it seems that I have to ditch the idea of getting RHL (or any other Linux) on that box anyway. The versions that are able to deal with the hardware (e.g. with the 1GB hard drive the BIOS refuses to recognize) are too large and want more than 8MB RAM - and those that are small enought can't deal with the hardware (e.g. RHL 5.2 won't find the hard drive either, neither will OpenBSD 3.1 - RHL 6.2 will, though) or can't do a network install. For now, I've solved the problem by installing TCP/IP for the Windows 3.11 that's on the original hard drive - that way, I might be able to get some use out of it. Pity there's no ssh for Win3.11 (only Win95 and up) and that you actually have to *pay* if you want to have a decent telnet terminal (grr - there was a reason why I left the 'doze world...). Cheerio, Thomas -- http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html ...'cause only lusers quote signatures! Thomas Ribbrock | http://www.ribbrock.org | ICQ#: 15839919 "You have to live on the edge of reality - to make your dreams come true!" -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list