My problem has been resolved! The problem of my sound card not working was
fixed by making the following selection in my BIOS:
Advanced, Installed O/S, Other
This apparently caused the BIOS to not configure my plug and play devices. This
then allowed Linux to configure them. If I am confused about that, please
explain to me what really happened when I changed my Installed O/S setting in
the BIOS from Win98/WinNT5.0 to Other.
This also fixed the problem of my Ethernet card not talking to my ADSL modem.
Thank you KompuKit ([EMAIL PROTECTED]), and Linux-Mandrake support for your
help!
For those interested, here are the hardware and software involved:
Linux-Mandrake 7.2
Hewlett Packard Pavilion 4540
Sound Blaster 16 PCI sound card (I am fairly certain that the sound chip is an
Ensoniq CT5880.)
3Com 3cSOHO100-TX Hurricane Ethernet card
Efficient Networks Speed Stream 5260 Ethernet ADSL modem
Phoenix BIOS 4.06 Release 6.0.C Revision 1.09
