In computer speak when you see a 0x (ZEROx) before a number it means that the
number should be interpreted a base 16 or hexidecimal. If you run the command
man ascii
in a terminal you can see the relation between decimal and hex numbers plus
more.

Darren
 

On Fri, 25 Jun 2004, Johngibbons wrote:

> Thanks to everyone who sent me some help. I finally got Xandros re-installed 
> by using the floppy and CD plus jiggling the delete key. How it works, I have 
> no idea but thanks to Patrick who suggested the combination of magic passes.
> Still no sign of any BIOS.
> 
> I now have the problem of getting Xandros to recognise my modem. It appears 
> the laptop has two. Unfortunately both are Winmodems which I understand are 
> often problems in themselves. They are shown as follows:
> 
> (1)  Agere Systems
>       pci:  0x11C1, 0x441, 0x38.  (Whatever all that means? Should I have            
>    
> typed a capital O and not a zero?)
> 
> (2) Toshiba|FIR Port
>       driver: donauboe
>       Manu: Toshiba American Info Systems.
>       pci: 0x1179, 0x701, 0x50. (Again, is the zero really be a capital  O?)
> 
> Would greatly appreciate some more advice.
> 
> John.
> 
> 
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