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Bill Park · July 14th, 2002, 08:07 PM

>>you should be able to load an os on the machine from the cd/floppy. <<

Yes, the CD works, so I could load an OS there. I had done so at one point, actually. But I wiped it out when I got the Sony System Recovery Disks.

>>, install a pcmcia nic card like the xircom <<

What is the advantage to using a NIC over a CD?

>>(you might have to disable some of the bios stuff like infrared,onboard modem/ethernet,etc to get it to work).<<

That's part of the problem... none of the hardware works, or is recognised. No drivers. I get the DVD/CDRW to read CDs, and the video to work in a limited fashion, but that seems to be all.

>>once you have network connectivity, either download the R-505 DS(P). drivers (for video,modem,etc) directly to the laptop or to a shared folder and install the drivers manually.<<

I've tried this. Sony must have a header on the driver files, because the JSK files won't work (wrong hardware) but the DSP files don't work either... wrong header, I'm guessing.

Bill

July 14th, 2002, 08:07 PM	#5 (permalink)
Bill Park Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 10	>>you should be able to load an os on the machine from the cd/floppy. << Yes, the CD works, so I could load an OS there. I had done so at one point, actually. But I wiped it out when I got the Sony System Recovery Disks. >>, install a pcmcia nic card like the xircom << What is the advantage to using a NIC over a CD? >>(you might have to disable some of the bios stuff like infrared,onboard modem/ethernet,etc to get it to work).<< That's part of the problem... none of the hardware works, or is recognised. No drivers. I get the DVD/CDRW to read CDs, and the video to work in a limited fashion, but that seems to be all. >>once you have network connectivity, either download the R-505 DS(P). drivers (for video,modem,etc) directly to the laptop or to a shared folder and install the drivers manually.<< I've tried this. Sony must have a header on the driver files, because the JSK files won't work (wrong hardware) but the DSP files don't work either... wrong header, I'm guessing. Bill