[ltp] thinkpad Mandrake 9.0 sound fix, region free DVD & PII 400 upgrade

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>From IBM's website:

VI. Simple Boot Flag function 
This function automatically optimizes the behavior and boot performance of the 
BIOS and operating system, based on the installed operating system and previous 
boot. 

If this function is Enabled and once a Plug and Play-capable operating system, 
such as Windows 98, is installed, the system BIOS does not configure such 
hardware resources as system interrupts, memory ranges, and I/O port ranges for 
all the devices in the system. 

If you are going to use a non-Plug and Play-capable operating system, disable 
this function so that the BIOS will configure hardware resources. 

NOTE: 
If you are using multiple operating systems in addition to Windows 95/98, you 
must DISABLE the Simple Boot Flag in Easy-Setup. 

To modify the Simple Boot Flag: 

Hold down the F1 key on the ThinkPad and power on the system. 

Open the Config icon. 

Open the Quick Boot icon. 

Set Simple Boot Flag to Enable or Disable depending on configuration

> On Tue, 2002-12-10 at 05:05, brianweber4@attbi.com wrote:
> > 1) Disable Plug N Play function in Thinkpad BIOS by
> > shutting off quick boot option.
> 
> This is a bit confusing.  In "Quick Boot" mode, the
> PnP BIOS does *not* configure ISA devices (other than
> those required to boot).  Shutting off Quick Boot
> tells the firmware to use PnP methods to configure
> devices.
> 
> --
> Thomas
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