Re: Introduction time...

[Doug Fairclough <kensey@wired.com>]

i have nothing but misery on my 755cx with win95.  get it off your
system !  i tried to install trumpet tcpip socket drivers, and when
i restarted the system, win95 overwrote them with its own.  

there is one mode in win95 - idiot mode !  

doug

On Tue, 19 Dec 1995, Brad Pepers wrote:

> > Present Problems - Hibernation in Win 95 going wrong, Linux not being able
> > to recognise the CD on the 755 machine, and therefore refusing to let me
> > modify the kernel.
> 
> I have a very similar system and am running Linux.  I'm not sure about
> you saying Linux isn't recognizing the CD so you can't modify the
> kernel.  Can't see how the two are related?!  I do know there is a
> problem with the 1.2.x kernels and the 755CD.  The ide CD-ROM driver
> in 1.2.x has a known problem that causes it to lose blocks with some
> CD-ROM drives (including the one in the 755CD)!  How are you trying
> to load Linux (which release?)?  Maybe I can help you be sending you
> a boot disk with a fixed CD-ROM driver.
> 
> > Cheers
> > 
> > Alex Judd
> 
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