From owner-freebsd-newbies Tue Sep 19 12:49:13 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mail2.lig.bellsouth.net (mail2.lig.bellsouth.net [205.152.0.56]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 21D1C37B424 for ; Tue, 19 Sep 2000 12:49:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from prokyon.com (adsl-61-148-46.int.bellsouth.net [208.61.148.46]) by mail2.lig.bellsouth.net (3.3.5alt/0.75.2) with ESMTP id PAA24356; Tue, 19 Sep 2000 15:49:04 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <39C7C2B3.42EABDD0@prokyon.com> Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 15:46:59 -0400 From: Chris Browning X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.73 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 4.1-RELEASE i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Nathan Williams Cc: "Cribbins, Jason" , newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Hello! References: <3073B3378589D411B21600508BAF32AA01233C@EXCHANGE> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Nathan Williams wrote: > > First off, in order to access any of the motherboard setup, you need to > install a separate Compaq setup program, which occupies its own 4MB > partition on the hard drive. The address for that is here (I'm guessing > your model is a 5100, as they had P100s): > http://www6.compaq.com/support/files/desktops/us/locate/3_15.html#ROMPaqs%20 > and%20System%20Software > > Nathan Williams > nathanw@nils.lib.il.us Nah. Don't install it, copy it to a floppy; it should be split into two pieces that'll each fit on one floppy. Just boot w/ a DOS bootdisk and run the setup off the floppy. Stinkin' Compaqs... -- ------------------------ Chris Browning brownicm@prokyon.com ------------------------ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message