On Sat February 21 2004 5:12 am, Lanman wrote: > On February 21, 2004 01:43 am, Ray Hogaboom wrote: > Ray; I'm just jumping into your thread here, not having seen most > of the details from your previous posts. Can you give me some > background info on what problems you're having? > > I'll see what i can do to help
Hi Thanks for your reply My Hardware Motherboard: Abit BH6 - BIOS Update just before installing Linux Abit web site said that this had to be done to make it linux compatable. RAM : 218 MB I should have 320 MB but the one SDRAM DIMM that was in a box labled as 256mb PC133 168 pin unbuffered non-ecc may not be as labled CPU : Pentium !!! (Katmal} - 450 MHz - BIOS set to turbo running at 461.2 Connection : DSL ISP = SBCGlobal supplied SpeedStream 5360 Ethernet ADSL Modem - This was not much problem setting with linux and is work good. Hard disk : Device hda1 = 10 GB Western Digital AC310100B - No problems here Mount point: / Journslised FS: ext3 5.5 GB - swap 494 MB /home 3.4GB Device: hdc1 = 1.2 GB Quantum FIREBALL1280A - No problems here Mount point: /mnt/windows Device: sdb = 120 GB Cypress Semiconductor USB 2.0 External Hard Drive Problems: Sometimes mounts to /mnt/removable sometimes to /mnt/memory_card one time to /mnt/removable2 my USB setup is for USB 1.0 this give me only 12 MB/sec. transfer rate. with USB 2.0 it would be up to 480 MB/sec. Hopping I just need to install a driver to get up to speed. But then this may take some hardware I do not have at this time. Other Drives & Storage: ImageMate CompactFlash USB Problems: Sometimes mounts to /mnt/removable sometimes to /mnt/memory_card Device: sda4 = IOMEGA ZIP 100 Mount point: /mnt/zip Can not read or write disk. I have not used this for about 3 years but do have some old back up files that I do need soon. Device: fd0 = Floppy disk drive Mount point: /mnt/floppy Problem Does not auto mount Device: hdd = Vendor IC35L120 Model AVV207-0 /mnt/cdrom This is working CD burner : SAMSUNG CD-R/RW SW-408B (disconnected causes system lockups) Video card : Trident 3DImage985 - 2 MB Working good Sound card : ESS Technology ES1869 Plug and Play AudioDrive (WDM) (Not working with this setup) Network : Intel(R) PRO/100+ Management Adapter D-Link Inc. DFE 538 TX Working Modem: U.S. Robotics 56K FAX INT PnP (Not working with this setup is not detected) With Red Hat and Mandrake I had Problems with. wine and Mandrake update. But thanks to deedee this problem problem has been fixed Below is a list of hardware I have tried so that I could run linux. 2 CD burners = 1 locks up the system the other would not read. 3 cdroms = where not detected I could not find any linux info for these 3 modems = 1 U.S. Robotics 56k Fax modem. 2 = older modems Zip Drive = will not read or write disks USB Flash Card reader = Some times mounts to /mnt/removable sometimes to /mnt/memory_card USB External Hard Drive = Some times mounts to /mnt/removable sometimes to /mnt/memory_card Sound card worked with Red Hat after setting it up. Have not been able to get it to work With Mandrake. Thanks for any help you can give me. -- Ray Hogaboom
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