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Posted: Nov. 03 2004,09:33 QUOTE
After I boot to the DSL 0.8.2 CD with "mydsl=..." boot command to install wvdial, wvdialconf can then find my laptop's internal modem (at /dev/ttyS1) and wvdial works fine.
But on a HD install (or even a PoorMan's install) of DSL 0.8.2, no such luck.  wvdialconf fails to find the modem.  The dialog warns that the serial ports might be in use, or might not be configured.
Whatever the reason, it looks like the boot process to CD sets up my hardware differently to the boot process to HD.  I have seen similar odd things with Feather Linux's setup after a HD install.
Does the bootloader make any difference - isolinux versus lilo?
And I've noticed that minirt24.gz on the CD is a different filesize to the separate download version.
Can anyone shed some light on this, and how to fix?
Craig S
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Posted: Nov. 05 2004,01:52 QUOTE
My apologies for casting doubts about the boot process.  Further investigation reveals other factors -
When I boot to CD, my external CD drive is connected via PCMCIA - the system sees this as ide2.  I add the boot parameter ide2=0x180,0x386 as required by all Sony VAIO's.  ide2 then takes irq 15.
When I boot to HD install or PoorMans install, the CD drive is disconnected and a CompactFlash card takes its place in the PCMCIA slot.  In this case, ide2 takes irq 3 - thus conflicting with my modem.
I have just discovered how to make the pcmcia service avoid allocating irq3, and will post this information in the Laptop forum.
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