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Re: Running OS/2 on a Dell Inspiron 9300

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From: Stan
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 01:39
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"Victor Bien" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message 
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> Stan wrote:
>> "Victor Bien" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message 
>> news:3mken1F16fa77U1@individual.net...
>>
>>>Stan wrote:
>>>
>>>>Hi,
>>>>
>>>>Anyone managed to get it running, it installs fine however the nic, 
>>>>wifi, and audio I'm unable to find drivers for.
>>>
>>>  Have you tried the OS/2 site http://www.os2site.com/?  It's compiled 
>>> lots of links for you to chase things down.
>>>
>>
>>
>> Tried that, I've downloaded the linux drivers from sourceforge & checking 
>> the source code at the momement, if time permits I'll see if I can port 
>> them over if I think it's worth it.
>
>   After I replied last time I had cause to find a driver for the nVIDIA 
> MCP NIC chip built-in to my Asus A7N266-VM mainboard and found that 
> drivers for that is still under development...
>
> See http://www.os2warp.be/index2.php? and click on GenMAC driver
> The discussion by Willibald Meyer seems to say what the problem is 
> generally.  He does have "As-is" drivers to try.
>
>
I've checked that before and it was not any help to me.

Thanks

Stan 
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