On Fri, 15 Oct 1999, you wrote:
> well. I got a cdrw... an AOpen cdrw-622 and I haven't been able to set it
> up to run in linux, every time I try to connect to this site that is supposed
> to have the information it's down or un-reachable... ;-(
>
I *think* the trick is to put "append='ide-scsi'" in your lilo.conf
and re-run /sbin/lilo.
> also I lost all the information on how to
> setup my zip drive, last time I > had
> to reformat the whole hdd.
>
I'd say go to the mailing list archives for this list --
http://mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
Also, check out
http://mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
You'll likely find the answer in the "newbie" archive as that's more
of a "newbie" question. :-)
>
> I went shoping today, I got a 32mg Video card, I hope linux can be
> able to 'detect'... It's a VC Diamond stealth S3 Savage-4 32M
>
According to the info at www.xfree86.org, it's supported under
XF86-SVGA. Check it out: http://www.xfree86.org/3.3.5/S3V3.html#7
>
> being there, at the distributors place I pick up a hdd, a maxtor
> hdmx17gb (17 Gigs) EIDE and a FD-LS120 Panasonic 1.44 - 120M floppy.
>
> I remember seeing some talk in the list not to long ago.
>
> Anything I should be aware of about these items?
>
> any information is most welcome!
>
Hmm....the hard drive (as long as your system can see it) shouldn't
be a problem. I'd suggest, if you're planning on making that your
boot drive, that you put a /boot directory at the head of the drive.
Other than that, nothing much to do... Linux should see it just fine!
:-)
LS-120 is an IDE device, so you'll have to treat it much the same way
you do an IDE cdrom. Just define it as a /dev/hdx drive (iirc, no
partition #) and you should be fine! :-)
John
