On Tue, 11 Nov 2003 20:44:34 +1300 David Mann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi all, > > A friend needs to get his mp3 collection written onto CD to free up some > drive space. I figured I could just hook his laptop onto the network > here and copy the files off to burn them on one of my machines. > > When I plugged it into my switch nothing happened. The lights didn't > even come on. It seems that Win2k can't see the laptop's built-in NIC. > Installing a driver manually was a bit pointless as nowhere could I find > out which chipset it is. BTW there was no BIOS setting to enable/disable > it. > > The machine in question is a Toshiba Satellite S1710. He bought it > secondhand in the UK (he just got back on Saturday). Downloading the > manual from the Toshiba UK website was a waste of time... according to > that, this model doesn't even have a socket there. I suspect the manual > is for a slightly different variant. Google isn't turning up much. > > I didn't get time to try a Linux boot disk which may be able to help... > but in the meantime, does anyone here know off the top of their head what > the chipset is likely to be? > > If I get desperate I'll just borrow a PCMCIA network card from work. Way OT - what has this to do with linux???? trying to find a w2k driver for a laptop card????? > > Cheers, > > - Dave > > http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/ > > -- Nick Rout Barrister & Solicitor Christchurch, NZ Ph +64 3 3798966 Fax + 64 3 3798853 http://www.rout.co.nz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
