Re: Way OT: obsolete MS driver resources

>>Sony sells recovery CDs for a modest ($15 or so) price. I presume that
>>would include all the appropriate drivers. See
>>http://ciscdb.sel.sony.com/perl/select-p-n.pl

> I do have the CD's, though the drivers in question are for Windows ME. I've
> gotten other versions of the same drivers from Intel and IBM. They all
> install. None of them work. They fail with a very helpful "Device failure:
> Try changing the driver for this device. blah blah blah (error code 2)". I
> guess wasn't clear about the problem - didn't want to belabor the point. I
> know that the danged device works - it works in WinME, Win2K, Red Hat 7.2 and
> Knoppix. Just don't know why the stupid thing won't work. Really makes me
> appreciate Linux all the more.

There are a number of different versions for that Intel Pro 100 and I believe
they all use different drivers. If it works in ME/2K then maybe you can use
those OSes to help you identify which one it is exactly (or if you also have
Linux on the laptop it may be helpful as well [lspci is a nice command]).
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