On Sun, Oct 24, 1999 at 06:37:03AM -0600, Axalon Bloodstone wrote:
> On Sun, 24 Oct 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > And a replacement package for the kernel problem is coming soon, right
> > MandrakeSoft?? :)
>
> Haven't forgotten anyone i swear, I think i've just about got this stable
> so as i can actualy compile things with 'make -j' and know it's not gonna
> flake out and loose dma or irq forceing me to reboot.
>
> BP6 users, upgrade your bios to 1.20 (might be in 1.10 didn't check) to
> beable to turn off dma on the hpt366. (note my io's changed after this
> you'll wanna recheck /proc/pci vs. dmesg)
I wondered about that... I saw the BIOS update, but didn't want to risk
throwing another variable into the mix. I'll give it a shot. I hope it
fixes the problem of the drive jumping between C: and D: on each boot.
> and for the lilo stuff
> in bios set boot to EXT, set the ext method to not scsi (forgot what it
> says exactly)
> Before rebooting change to tty2, edit /mnt/etc/lilo.conf
> disk=/dev/hde
> bios=0x80
> then 'lilo -r /mnt'
Excellent, I'll give that a try!
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Steve Philp
Network Administrator
Advance Packaging Corporation
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