On Tue, 16 Jul 2002, Robos wrote:

> -What's the status of X with the K7SEM? I have X up and running now
> with modules from http://www.winischhofer.net/linuxsis630.shtml. Do
> you use them too?
still doesn't work.


> -I'm thinking about what to use: DOC, compact flash card on ide or hdd
> ide. DOC seems to be rather hard to get in my place (germany) and
> seems to be rather expensive. My hdd is a 3,5'' IBM DTTA 10GB drive,
> is this supported? (Someone said that the ide driver is rather
> rudimentary). For CF to ide I have to get an adapter first. I'm
> thinking about building it myself, seems to be rather simple.
> What do you recommend/use?

rudimentary with IDE is good, it works with almost anything. If you have
the hard drive, use it ...

> -Some of you seem to use the mobo as the burner. I have no good
> feeling about ripping the chip out during operation (if necessary I'll
> do it though). Concering a cheap burner (thread from some time ago) :
> There is a nice thing I try to build (www.loet.de/flasher.html - site
> in german but some nice pics and schematics). Now my question: if I
> have to rip out the bios chip while running, what's to take care of?
> Straight up, pin 1 first or last...?

just rip it out. I've only fried one mobo this way :-)

> -Which kernel do you use right now, the last one mentioned in the mobo
> section is 2.4.17. Is it possible to use 2.4.18 or maybe 2.5.x too?

I really like 2.4.18. 2.5.x scares me at present.

ron

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