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[Robert Brockway]

[ Humbug *General* list - semi-serious discussions about Humbug and
Unix-related topics. ]

Steven MCINTYRE <stev at uq.net.au> wrote:
: [ Humbug *General* list - semi-serious discussions about Humbug and
: Unix-related topics. ]

:> Which drivers are you using?  The ones in the kernel?
:   A very good question, my "hack" for this down in Nerang this weekend
: was to use DOS drivers to initialise the hardware and jump into Linux
: via loadlin.

The commercial OSS drivers see this card right away.  i am evaluating the
driver right now.

:   Worked out reasonably well, once I debugged my scripts since I could not
: fall back onto LILO (>1024 cyl) and I couldn't determine a way to convince
: Linux I have 126M of memory (yes 126M) using rdev.

You just need to have the kernel below cylinder 1024.  Using a /boot or a
small / partition does this nicely.

Also, as someone mentioned, pass mem=128M to the kernel.
Cheers,
	-Rob

--Robert Brockway B.Sc.  Email: robert at blake.humbug.org.au, robert at ralnet.net
                                robert.brockway at uq.net.au
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