On Tue, 05 Apr 2005 16:52, Nick Rout wrote: > Getting into the bios requires setting up a couple of floppies, the > images for which are contained in a dos executable (bloody compaq GRRRR) O I C, my sympathies!
I assume they are selfextracting archives hidden in .exe files? If so you can usually extract them on linux using the appropriate unarchiver as required. cabextract certainly works for the MS so-called 'cabinet' files. I have a feeling that the BIOS has assumed that the o/s is non-pnp and set up the card already. I'd suggest ignoring pnp completely, and use the settings which the BIOS has given it as the module options Alternatively you could have a try at changing the settings of the card from those which the BIOS has set them to and use those new settings as the options for the kernel module in question. I have successfully used that approach with modems. > Do I have a dos computer with a floppy drive handy? Well yes I can sort > that, even if I had to download freedos. > > Do I have any working floppies? Always debateable! > > On Tue, 2005-04-05 at 15:08 +1200, Christopher Sawtell wrote: > > On Tue, 05 Apr 2005 14:25, Nick Rout wrote: > > > Can anyone help me get this to go? > > > > Have you got the bios setting for a pnp o/s set? > > > > -- > > C. S.
