[ale] OT: Massive unexplained Win98 suckage!

[Joseph A Knapka]

rob hoppe wrote:
> 
> Joseph A Knapka wrote:
> 
> > Sorry, must vent:
> >
> > About a week ago, my wife's Win98 box became unbootable - a
> > vital system file had apparently been deleted from the
> > c:\windows\system directory. "Well," I thought, "This is
> > a good opportunity to reinstall Windows and get rid of
> > accumulated cruft," so I pulled the HD, put it in a Linux
> > box, backed up the disk, put it back in the Win box,
> > and reformatted the disk in preparation for a reinstall.
> >
> > You don't need to use expletives on this list!

??? I didn't write that...
 
> A nic sometimes need to have a different priority on the PCI Buss.  try moving
> it toward the processor or power supply.  I have had this problem and that fixed
> it.  The system finds it one time then it finds it again.

I don't know... Linux (and the PnP BIOS) happily recognizes
the card whichever slot it's installed in. Strangely enough,
I have just reinstalled Win98 yet again, tried to install the
D-Link card, failed, replaced the D-Link card with the Netgear
card it refused to recognize yesterday, and now it works.
In the same slot it was not working in before. I will never
understand Windows.

-- Joe

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