Archive of UserLand's first discussion group, started October 5, 1998.
Re: Compaq DOA, Microsoft NT setup cruel and unusual punishment
Author: Hannes Wallnöfer Posted: 8/25/1999; 4:17:09 PM Topic: Next clonemaker, Compaq Msg #: 9889 (In response to 9880) Prev/Next: 9888 / 9890
I had the same or at least a very similar problem some weeks ago while setting up two Compaq Deskpros with Windows NT. The version of NT that came with the boxes simply did not have a driver for the Intel PRO/100 ethernet card (a standard option for the model). After trying for some time to get the (wrong) driver working, I had to pull out the network card to see what model it was and download the driver (fortunately ~1MB) from Intel. The NT setup also crashed once, so all in all it took several hours to set up the two machines.I then installed SuSE Linux on both PCs in about half an hour. It took one reboot per installation, and I could set up the network driver by simply choosing the driver from a list in the setup tool. (Already knowing the model was a bonus here.)
Of course the tip of the iceberg is Compaq's wacky installation splash screen illustration. Obviously the need to distinguish themselves from other PC makers bears some strange fruits :)
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