Re: success with Pinnacle
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From: Ken W. <ha...@he...> - 2000-12-14 15:45:41
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On Thu, Dec 14, 2000, Mark wrote: > I hear you about X, but i don't think that it is that bad. I currently > cannot get X to work, due to them changing my video card driver in 4.0.1, > but I would never go back to Windows. I too have had many problems > getting things working (especially 1394), but I would never sacrafice the > configurability of linux for the self-righteousness of windows. All said > and done, Linux would seem to be a much better editing platform, but it > all comes down to personal preference. I'm glad to hear that linux liked > your 1394 card. If everything insmodded right, it should be working, but > don;t quote me on that. Don't take this personally, but though I think Win9x are total pieces of shit, I have used NT for years, and besides being rock solid (seriously), I have configured and customized the shit out of it. I think most people who say that you can't just never gave it a chance. Granted unix is much moreso, and I am not saying to use MS products, but NT really is good. Plus you can use Internet Explorer. I hate Netscape. Now if I could only actually get a Control key to fit on the Caps Lock key space since I remapped it in NT. > I was just curious if anyone had any good ideas on how to install a bios > patch that is in the form of a win9x executable? I will not install > windows on this computer, it is my server, and windows has a nasty habit > of overwriting partitions/boot records, and i dont want to deal with that > right now. Also, X isnt working. I know its a long shot, but maybe > someone has had to do that before? How big is the bios flash? It should be a DOS exe, not Windows. If it can fit on a floppy, just find someone who has a Windows 9X machine, and at the command prompt type: 'format /s a:'. That will make a boot floppy which can execute the flash file. If it can't fit on the floppy, do you have a Zip drive or something that you can put it on? -Ken -- ha...@he... AIM: ScopusFest |