-> WC> LG was specifically named in a FAQ about Linuix as having
-> WC> a problem. 

-> Within one or two years at the most hardware manufacturers are
-> going to have to acknowledge Linux as a legitimate OS and
-> supply drivers for their junk or find it collecting dust on
-> store shelves. 

I'm going to wait a few weeks and see if the ACER
CD-ROM is recognized properly in there and try the Turtle Beach sound
card with it.

Another PITA as it means pulling the machine apart just to
try it and if it fails repeating the procedure to put the LG
CD-ROM back.

-> WC>>> Boots the ramdrive but fails and locks up with soundcard
-> WC>>> in :-( 

-> ->> That's the other shoe that drops when trying to use Linux -
-> ->> soundcard on the motherboard or combined modem/soundcard
-> ->> with no Linux driver. 

-> WC> No, not in this case. I installed the Turtle Beach sound
-> WC> card and removed the software modem - sound card. 

-> HPs have little 'wiggle room' left in them - I've opened a few. 

Can you believe it the reason I had to tear it apart was because
neigther the input jack board OR the cable could be manuvered
in such a way as to get them out!!!

-> WC>>> My last hard drive toasted so I'm ramdrive only here. 

-> ->> How/why are you losing hard drives? 

-> WC> Wellll, in pulling the entire machine apart to get at just
-> WC> that one little useless daughterboard I failed to notice
-> WC> the IDE connector had partially pulled out of its' socket
-> WC> when removing the left side panel. Poof, toast. Only a
-> WC> Seagate 340 Meg so no big deal. 

-> I stress when any piece of hardware becomes unuseable
-> needlessly. It's not that they cannot be replaced it's just the
-> frustration that it shouldn't have happened. I destroyed a set
-> of amplified speakers some time ago and it still angers me even
-> though I replaced them for $10.                       

Well the spinal injury here has led to me destroying
hardware out of impatience :-(

I get on a roll and forget my time limit is about two hours
a day before my stamina goes and with it goes my critical
thinking ability :-(

I do have one last hard drive in the 486 but it has important files on
it so I can't put it at risk by swapping it around.





























































































































































































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-> WC> LG was specifically named in a FAQ cabout Linuix as having
-> WC> a problem. 

-> Within one or two years at the most hardware manufacturers are
-> going to have to acknowledge Linux as a legitimate OS and
-> supply drivers for their junk or find it collecting dust on
-> store shelves. 

-> WC>>> Boots the ramdrive but fails and locks up with soundcard
-> WC>>> in :-( 

-> ->> That's the other shoe that drops when trying to use Linux -
-> ->> soundcard on the motherboard or combined modem/soundcard
-> ->> with no Linux driver. 

-> WC> No, not in this case. I installed the Turtle Beach sound
-> WC> card and removed the software modem - sound card. 

-> WC> Boy was that a PITA, you had to really pull the machine
-> WC> apart to get to the stupid daughterboard they put in thgere
-> WC> for just the inputs to the sound card. ( not a single
-> WC> component on the board just the jacks) 

-> HPs have little 'wiggle room' left in them - I've opened a few. 

-> WC>>> My last hard drive toasted so I'm ramdrive only here. 

-> ->> How/why are you losing hard drives? 

-> WC> Wellll, in pulling the entire machine apart to get at just
-> WC> that one little useless daughterboard I failed to notice
-> WC> the IDE connector had partially pulled out of its' socket
-> WC> when removing the left side panel. Poof, toast. Only a
-> WC> Seagate 340 Meg so no big deal. 

-> I stress when any piece of hardware becomes unuseable
-> needlessly. It's not that they cannot be replaced it's just the
-> frustration that it shouldn't have happened. I destroyed a set
-> of amplified speakers some time ago and it still angers me even
-> though I replaced them for $10. 

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