Iain Buchanan <iaindb <at> netspace.net.au> writes:
> I am trying to remove my wireless link on a box at home to improve > network performance. I have a MSI k7n420, with the nforce chipset. Hello Iain, IT's a shot in the dark, but, you might want to check for a newer bios release from the mobo vendor. I have a MSI K9A platinum that has been giving me fits on sata, ide and ethernet issues. My research has reveal a similar problem, all related to bios upgrade. Although we are fed the line 'linux does not use the PC bios' is actually does for initialzations. More and more, I'm finding examples of linux droping the ball on parameters found in bios (nvram) (video ram for example). http://www.msicomputer.com/support/bios http://www.msicomputer.com/support/bios_result.asp I think you have to perform the bios upgrade using a boot floppy, from the XP side. After you look at the howto, for ntfs file systems, drop me a line..... The bios upgrade docs they (msi) provide, seem to be written by ami/award for every form of generic windoz machines from 95 to XP...... generic is nice way to describe these docs..... It's hard for me to believe that mobo vendors make it so convoluted to upgrade the bios..... hth, James -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
