Multimedia :: ESS1869

Put these 3 lines in your opt/bootlocal.sh file

"rmmod soundcore "
" modprobe sb io=0x240 irq=5 dma=1 mpu_io=0x330 "
" modprobe opl3 "

Make sure the line

opt/bootlocal.sh

is in your /home/dsl/filetool.lst
Then make your backup to a floppy/partition/usbkey/whatever.
When you reboot, add the restore text to your startup.
For ex: If you wrote your backup to hda3, use

restore=hda3

in your startup text..
I use

" dsl dma toram fromhd=hda3 mydsl=hda3 restore=hda3 "
The CD only boots my computer in this example ..

73
ke4nt

Hi ke4nt
I appreciate your reply, thanks!
Does that startup text have to be entered somewhere in the filetool or opt? It seems I am lacking the understanding of how to make the computer "see" that my hard drive hda5 is where the backup is. I noticed during bootup a message appears that says "Automounter started for floppy, cdrom" Then, later, an I/O error ...something saying the boot sector cannot be read on the floppy. I guess it cannot find a floppy and doesn't look for a hd. How do I make dsl look for hda5? I have used the command dsl restore = hda5 at boot. Sorry, but I am a barely 1 month Linux Newbie. This is the greatest stuff since cream puffs, lol.

Quote (ke4nt1 @ Aug. 29 2004,00:30)

I've been doing a little study myself.....
Try this...

If you can access your soundcard settings in your bios,
change your irq to 7 - it seems the yenta IDE grabs irq5 on my box
If not, try this anyway using irq=5 in place of irq=7..

" sudo su " to root...

" rmmod soundcore "
" modprobe sb io=0x220 irq=7 dma=1 dma16=5 mpu_io=0x330 "
" modprobe opl3 "

then exit X ( ctrl-alt-bksp ) and restart " startx "
Do you see the wmix mixer app ?

73
ke4nt

Hello from Greece!

I've been watching this forum closely since I'm trying to install DSL on my old laptop, a Compaq Armada 1580DT (P150,32MB RAM,2.1GBHD).

Got the same problem with the sound.

Tried ke4nt's instructions and got the soundchip to work. Note: irq=5 worked for me.

I have the same soundchip as well. I found that if I used sound configuration utility, it screwed it up. If I didn't touch it then it worked fine

Quote (ke4nt1 @ Sep. 19 2004,02:37)

Put these 3 lines in your opt/bootlocal.sh file

"rmmod soundcore "
" modprobe sb io=0x240 irq=5 dma=1 mpu_io=0x330 "
" modprobe opl3 "

73
ke4nt

on my Compaq Armada 3500 with ESS1869 it's like that:

"rmmod soundcore"
"modprobe sb io=0x220 irq=5 dma=1 mpu_io=0x330"

I/O address cand be found by running Compaq Diagnostics Utility.

Thank you ke4nt!

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