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Date:      Tue, 12 Jan 1999 12:12:27 -0800 (PST)
From:      Dan Busarow <dan@dpcsys.com>
To:        Bill Trost <trost@cloud.rain.com>
Cc:        mobile@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: VAIO 505F vs Toshiba 3015CT 
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.990112115500.10442E-100000@java.dpcsys.com>
In-Reply-To: <14979.916169266@cloud.rain.com>

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On Tue, 12 Jan 1999, Bill Trost wrote:
> Dan Busarow writes:
>     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??

Just on 98, Win95 behaves normally.  Only TCP/IP installed and It's a 
Linksys card.  Laptop is a Compaq [mumble] that came with Win98 installed.

It's even documented, Start/Help/Index/PC Cards/Removing (course it
doesn't say failing to go through the procedure will hang the system,
but it does :)

Dan
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 Dan Busarow                                                  949 443 4172
 Dana Point Communications, Inc.                            dan@dpcsys.com
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