From owner-freebsd-stable Mon Aug 20 21:40:22 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from dragon.realtime.net (dragon.realtime.net [205.238.128.89]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id AAFDF37B40B for ; Mon, 20 Aug 2001 21:40:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brucegb@realtime.net) Received: from tigerfish2.my.domain ([205.238.153.176]) by dragon.realtime.net ; Mon, 20 Aug 2001 23:40:16 -0600 Received: (from brucegb@localhost) by tigerfish2.my.domain (8.11.3/8.11.1) id f7L4gF572860 for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Mon, 20 Aug 2001 23:42:15 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from brucegb) Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 23:42:15 -0500 From: Bruce Burden To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Compaq (was: DOH! Something PCI-related recently broken in -STABLE) Message-ID: <20010820234215.A72845@tigerfish2.my.domain> References: <20010820111012.A19173@freeway.dcfinc.com> <01082022225802.00565@i8k.babbleon.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <01082022225802.00565@i8k.babbleon.org>; from bts@babbleon.org on Mon, Aug 20, 2001 at 10:22:58PM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > I called to complain that it wouldn't *power* *up*. > My office mate had a hell of a time with Compaq, trying to get Tech Support to acknowledge that the disk was DOA. > > The tech support guy told me that they don't offer support if you install > non-compaq *software* on the computer. > Interesting. I wonder who makes that lovely Windows product. Or is Compaq owned by MS as well? :-) I have 4.3 running on a Deskpro at work. Sure beats having to work with that other PC, which is running the company approved OS... Bruce To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message