Hello Affan,
> I have a question about soundcard to be used as soundcard modem. I wonder
> how can I use a ESS-based Plug and Play to play soundmodem in Linux, while
> I can use it to play soundmodem in PC/Flexnet Win95. AFAIK, I have to use
> the real, non-pnp Soundblaster card, which is too expensive for me,
> compared to ESS-based soundcard. Should I run isapnp command or something,
> and if I do that, will it run well ??
Unfortunately, I have no experiences about this. The isapnp tools
seem to be very difficult to configure. Newbies and even some more
experienced users have problems to get them working properly.
>
> I can play soundmodem in Win95 by initializing ESSCFG.EXE dan ESSVOL.EXE
> right before I run FLEXNET.EXE and other application.
This leads to the IMHO easier way to solve your problem.
It is possible to initialize your sound card under DOS using your
well-known configuration tools and then load Linux using
LOADLIN.EXE.
The principle is something like this:
1. Set up your computer that it is able to boot into a plain DOS.
2. In its CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files, make sure you
have the entries to load the sound card's drivers as you would do if
you would like to run FlexNet. But avoid any memory managers
like EMM386, if possible.
3. Make sure your actual kernel image (usually /vmlinuz) is copied
to some place where it can be accessed from within DOS.
Also, you need a little program called LOADLIN.EXE, which should
be included in your Linux Distribution, somewhere under install or
tools. If you can't find it, search for LOADLIN.ZIP oder
LOADLIN16.ZIP using http://ftpsearch.lycos.com .
4. Call LOADLIN.EXE in a way like this:
LOADLIN.EXE C:\VMLINUZ root=/dev/your_root_partition ro
5. Linux should load and be able to use your pre-initialized sound
card.
Cheers, 73
Gerd
