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On Thu, 14 May 1998, Adam Quantrill wrote:
>
> Hi - just to introduce myself to the list. I've got a 755C on which I
> either run Linux (Redhat 5.0) or Windoze 3.1 if I'm desperate.
>
> I've got a few questions though:
>
> - I have a PCMCIA 589 ethernet card which works under Linux except if
> I unplug the 'AUI' adaptor then reconnect it later. Sometimes it comes
> back after a long time. Any ideas?
I believe that, as part of the PCMCIA driver, it looks for link, and if it
loses it, it'll default to whatever the default connector on the PCMCIA
card is. Does your card support multiple topologies?
>
> - I have a DOCK 1. I'd like a CURRENT part number for the external
> SCSI lead. Does anyone else use the DOCK 1 with linux and use the SCSI
> for either CDROM or harddrive? Does it work straight away or are there
> config issues such as interrupt settings? What about hot plugging?
> Presumably the internal SCSI lead is a fairly standard 50-way job.
>
> - I'd like to set up the sound driver under linux. If you've done this
> please share it with me, to save me time.
>
> - Any help getting LILO to stay working would be appreciated - I have
> to boot via a floppy at the moment.
Don't bother with LILO -- you've got Windows; so long as it's not NT, I
highly recommend reading up on Loadlin. It lets you boot to DOS, the load
the kernel using a command such as
c:\loadlin\loadlin.exe c:\loadlin\vmlinuz root=/dev/hda2 ro vga=3
which you can easily throw into your autoexec, and choose via the ol'
config.sys menu feature. (In essence, what the above line does is
executes loadlin.exe, loads the vmlinuz kernel, tells the kernel that
Linux's root is /dev/hda2, mounts the root as read only (recommended), and
sets vga to mode three (optional, but puts more lines on the console
screen).
> - Memory expansion - I currently have 8MB, I understand I can either
> replace the 4MB card under the floppy with a 16, or get an adaptor -
> can you use standard SIMMs or DIMMs with the adaptor, and is the
> adaptor still available?
>
> All in all I'm quite pleased with it now it's set up OK. X windows
> runs quite well.
>
> - Adam
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