Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 12:07:15 -0800 (PST) From: Haobo Yu <haoboy@isi.edu> To: Bill Trost <trost@cloud.rain.com> Cc: mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: VAIO 505F vs Toshiba 3015CT Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9901121204560.24185-100000@hoe.isi.edu> In-Reply-To: <14979.916169266@cloud.rain.com>
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> Win98 will lockup if you eject an *ethernet* card without doing > their equiv of ifconfig down :) Told my partner he was nuts until he > showed me, and showed me the help section on downing it first. > > [jaw drops in disbelief] > > No way! I knew Windows networking was bad, but I didn't know it was > getting worse over time! I yank my Linksys (NE2K) card out from under > Win95 all the time. Do you have a funky ether card, or am I being more > selective of what protocols I install, or is it really that bad?? We observed similar problems here. We use a 3Com EtherlinkIII with a Gateway Solo 2300. With win95, ejecting the card was fine. But with win98 ejecting the ethernet card without going through control panel often hangs the machine. - Haobo To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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