HD install prep!

Forum: HD Install
Topic: HD install prep!
started by: tripppy

Posted by tripppy on Aug. 02 2004,13:19

Im running a P166, 2.1 gig HD. 32mB SDram.
20x cdrom, the mobo (MS-5136) supports 4 ISA and 4 PCI cards. Im going to try and fill them all up with things i have lying around.
--- ISA ----
Video card
Sound Card
Network Card
--- PCI ----
USB ports
Modem
Network Card
TV Tuner

Im not sure if im forgetting anything or saying too much but im going to download the newest release(0.073) tonight and install it tommorrow. Im sure this thread is where ill have all my problems posted!

Any comments are very welcommed.

-edit-

ive placed everything in. and the ISA network card doesnt work. not sure why, also how should i partition the hard drive?
I think ill do a option (2) HDD install, the one where i need an internet connect and 200mb space free for install.

Posted by cbagger01 on Aug. 08 2004,00:15

What type of Network card is installed?

On my old Pentium-1 60Mhz computer, I have an Intel EtherExpress Pro ISA network card.

In order to get it to work with dsl, if I remember correctly, I need to do the following:

I open an xterminal and type:

sudo su
ifdown -a
modprobe eexpress
ifup -a
exit

and then run NetCardConfig.

Works like a charm.

Your ISA card may be a different model or manufacturer, but the general idea is the same. You need to know the module name to be loaded via the "modprobe" command. You may be able to find the name via Google.

If not, post a reply and maybe I can find more information.

Posted by tripppy on Aug. 09 2004,03:07

yeah if you can help me that would be great
the card that ive got now (im getting more this week)
has written on it LAN-P0CT (o or 0)
the chip say
O-LAN
VT86C916

I thinks its a via technologies chip
a "ne" might work, dont know, gonna try!

Posted by cbagger01 on Aug. 09 2004,04:25

According to the chip manufacturer, that chip is supposed to be software compatible with the ne1000 / ne2000 series of network cards so the "ne" driver is the correct one.

As for ISA pnp options, you may need an isapnp configuration utility to set up this card if it is not working correctly in any OS and if your BIOS does not let you assign the resources to it.

Otherwise, you could try booting with the "dsl noisapnp" boot command option and see if the default settings work.

Supported resouces for this chip are:

I/O base address options: 240h, 280h, 2C0h, 300h, 320h, 340h, 360h

Interrupt options: IRQ 3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15

You also may be able to get more information if you search for your card's FCC ID number (printed on the circuit board) at this web site:

< http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/ead >

Good Luck

Posted by Alisdair Kelly on Aug. 09 2004,13:26

"also how should i partition the hard drive?
I think ill do a option (2) HDD install, the one where i need an internet connect and 200mb space free for install."

Since you'll be runing the hdd install script, you can let the script take care of partitioning the harddrive. Unless you are going to dual boot between DSL and something else. When I originally set up my hdd installation, I used BiNG (Bootit Next Generation) to format the hdd for Linux, then booted the CD and ran the install script.

Posted by mpie on Aug. 09 2004,13:56

use cfdisk under dsl (exec as root-sudo) to make your partitions I'd also consider makeing a swap file at the same time as you only have 32mb ram............

Posted by ke4nt1 on Aug. 09 2004,16:38

trippy,

IF you could get your hands on more RAM for this system,
that would be the "BEST bang for your buck".
DSL does run in 32 megs ram, but you reach limits when running
additional programs, and swapping to disk is s o s l o w ! !

Even another 32 megs would really help..

I have a Compaq laptop, which is a 233, with 32 megs RAM..
It's good for small jobs, dillo, mail, some games, network duties, etc.
I have an IBM laptop with a 233, and 96 megs RAM..
The difference in speed and performance is amazing..
I can do so much more on it , run the bigger apps like firefox, etc.
Much less swapping to disk, and I can run many more programs, with much better useability.

Truly, the processor speed isn't such a big factor,
since you know a 166 is going to chug along slowly anyway..
But I want to express how BIG a difference adding more ram would make to your system's performance..

73
ke4nt

Posted by tripppy on Aug. 10 2004,00:12

unfortunatly my system can only take 32 meg of ram -
four sticks of 8.
i created a swap partition of 100 meg, and 2 gig for root.
IF THIS IS WRONG TELL ME.
Becuase im having trouble with xsetup, the fact i cant see any icons < BOOT UP SETTINGS POST >
To that link you will find more of my problems.

I havent tryed the ne module
but if you could help by giving me the exact commands i need
to type in, it would help me alot. (i understand systems are different) hopefully i can adapt it to my system settings.

cheers guys