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[rear@xxxxxxxxxx (Bob)]

On Wed, 01 Mar 2000, you wrote:
> * Joe Hylkema (josephhy@xxxxxxx) [20000229 20:13]:
>
> And please set PnP OS to no in BIOS. This is for OSs like Windows 9X that
> like to do it all on their own. For Linux it's better to let the BIOS
> allocate appropriate resources (mainly IRQs).

This only became a problem for me after I got DSL. It worked fine in
win$ but not in Linux and I couldn/'t find a way to get it to work. I
knew I needed to turn of PnP but couldn't find a way to do it in the
BIOS setup. No such item. Finally I looked again, and found an item
called "Operating System" or some such, with choices Win 95, Win
98/NT 4, and Other. So I thought I would try other. I could always
change it back if it were a disaster. But it did what I needed. DSL
works now. So There are ways and ways of turning of PnP, some  of
them not clearly marked. This was an HP Pavilion 6330. Come to think
of it, I shoudl post that to an HP support forum shouldn't I?

--  Bob Rea

        Freedom is only privilege extended
                unless enjoyed by one and all
                --Billy Bragg

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