Re: PCI BIOS problems DEFEAT
In the end, I installed 4 different NICs all of which worked but all of
which prevented a second card being loaded. After over 10 hours, I decided
that this had made the small move from being a challenge to being an
obsession. I gave up and put the Win98 CD in to restore it.
Imagine how I felt as the CD drive that the Debian CD choked on worked
flawlessly - creaking 2-speed brute! The cards installed flawlessly on the
same IRQs that failed under Linux. Its a real choker that these old boxes
were made to run Win3.11 and are still Win98s home patch.
Thanks to all who offered help.
To my surprise, when I returned the box to its owner, he got quite upset and
has given me another PC and three hundred pounds to do this one over the
weekend. Quite a result...I'll mess up more often perhaps! Thanks again to
all....
Patrick
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