On Wed, 2003-08-27 at 08:33, Bill Spatz wrote:
> Have you tried using F10 during boot to access the bios? Later Compaqs use
> that rather than the "configuration" floppy.
> 


thia ain't no 'later model' if it is a 266mhz 
> Bill
> 
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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of HaywireMac
> Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 6:02 AM
> To: Mandrake Newbs
> Subject: [newbie] Compaq is just plain weird
> 
> 
> 
> I thought I would create a seperate P2P server using that infamous old
> Compaq POS I got for free, so I installed MLDonkey, and set it running.
> 
> 1. The Compaq will not respond to ssh or vnc unless I hit the "any" key.
> 
> 2. Even MLDonkey seems to stop running or downloading unless I hit the
> "any" key.
> 
> What is up with this crap?
> 
> I have looked in MCC for a way to tell it to stop this behaviour, but I
> see nothing that looks promising. I am thinking that I need to get into
> the BIOS to change a setting, but someone on here a while back mentioned
> I need a special boot floppy to do that. I have searched the Compaq
> site, but am not having much luck.
> 
> The machine is a Compaq Deskpro P233.
> 
> Can anyone give me a shove in the right direction?
> 
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