On Sat, 10 Nov 2001 11:09, Tom Brinkman wrote:
| On Friday 09 November 2001 05:11 pm, skinky wrote:
[snip]
| > If I boot linux after doing the following, is the new hardware
| > likely to be recognised? :
| >
| > - ensure harddrake and kudzu run on boot,
| > - shut down the computer
| > - swap the RAM modules
| > - install AGP graphics card
| > - install sound card
| > - boot into BIOS settings and
| > - - - disable onboard sound
| > - - - enable AGP graphics
| >
| > Or should I install one thing at a time? Is there anything tricky
| > I need to know about installing RAM? I'm just trying to avoid
| > reinstalling LM8.1.
|
|
| You should be able to put 'em all in at once, including the old
| ram if you want. Jeezz, if I understand you're gonna have 1.25 gigs
| of ram! Which (maybe besides the SB Live!) is gonna be sort of a
| problem. 'Regular' kernels will only address 'bout 900+ mb of ram.
| So if you want to use all that ram, you'll need to install a
| -enterprise kernel (it's on your CD's or you can get the latest from
| cooker). You might later find you'd settle for havin less ram
| recognized so you can use a regular kernel tho. The -enterprise
| edition (Big Mem enabled) has issues of it's own from what I've read.
|
| Mandrake 8.x will see the GeF2 and set it up great... 2d only tho
| with the Linux open source drivers. You might find it difficult to
| get the nVidia closed source drivers goin with an -enterprise kernel.
| I dunno, you'll just haft'a see. Sb Live! could be problems too.
| There's been a lot of noise about Lives!'s havin/causing problems
| with various hardware combo's, specially some mobo's, any OS. For
| the ram, if you keep the old stick, I'd put it in the first slot, put
| the new ram in slots 2 & 3.
Firstly, Dennis, Jose and Tom thanks to you all for your replies.
Tom, when you say "'regular' kernels will only address 'bout 900+ mb of
ram" does that mean I can install all of the ram but only 900+ mb will be
recognised - or is LM8.1 ('regular' kernel) not likely to work anymore?
I'm not keen on using the enterprise kernel so if my system won't work I'd
rather just leave the 128mb and add (1x) 512mb stick. And in which case,
that'll teach me for not doing my homework first won't it?! I guess I can
save the other 512mb stick for another pc.
skinky
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