From: Medon D. <me...@we...> - 2002-11-09 13:05:01
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> I would very much like to do that. But I'm not a=20 > kernel-hacker either...=20 > but I'll hapilly test anything that goes :) Well, here's something I think might be worth trying out, but it's a lot of work. - Install Win9x besides Linux (dual boot) - get IrDA working in Windoze - exit Win to DOS promt (I mean the real shutdown, not just exec'ing the command prompt) - boot into Linux using Loadlin - see if the NSC is fully enabled now But since I need my notebook every day and there's currently only WinXP on the first primary partition, I'm hesitating. ;-) I'm afraid that I would have to backup all my data an kill XP in order to get Win9x installed. Could somebody let me know if there's a trick how to get Win9x installed on a second primary partition? Maybe mark the first one as hidden? Hm, but then there's the 1024 cylinders-problem... Damn it! > Alles Gute! > I'm living in Silesia so it's pretty common for us to understand and=20 > speak German, since my grandmother was German. Meine Gro=DFeltern m=FCtterlicherseits kamen auch aus dieser Gegend, = sind aber in den Westen geflohen. Leider habe ich mich als Kind nicht mit meinen Gro=DFeltern =FCber so etwas unterhalten, und jetzt sind sie = leider seit vielen Jahren tot. Ich wei=DF also nicht sehr viel =FCber die = Wurzeln meiner Familie, was ich immer =F6fter sehr schade finde. Greetings, Medon |