On Sat, 15 May 1999, Barid Bel Medar wrote:
> I got linux redhat 6.0, running on celeron 266, 64MB ram,
> linux native partition 1.5 GB and linux swap partition 850Mb
woha again ! like it was said here earlier - a 2.2 kernel can handle more
then 128 MB of swap , but Y would you want to do that ??? for home uses,
no need to have more swap then the amount of memory you have, and most
time - you wouldn't use half of that - remember , this isn't Ms-Windows.
> I got two other parition, 550 Mb each that are on fat 32
> In linux, I can't see those two Hd, I'm aware that linux threat
>partitions and drives like directories,
>but I searched for them and I can't seem to find them, how can I find the
>lost HD?
Redhat , as any other linux distro that I know, doesnot automaticly mount
file systems that are not it's own, during installation - you'll have to
instruct it to do it. I'd suggest reading the man pages on mount and
fstab. generally what you need to do is add entrys in /etc/fstab for each
of your FAT drives - somehting like this (assumimg you have a FAT
partition on /dev/hda4, like I do) :
/dev/hda4 /mnt/dos vfat defaults,user 0 0
note that you have to create the directory /mnt/dos - it will not be
created for you.
then after you reboot, linux will auto-mount it for you, or you can mount
it yourself by typing 'mount /dev/hda4' or 'mount /mnt/dos' .
> Second question, I got ati rage 3d pro with 8mb (Able to reach 1024X768
like it was said, you can use XF86Setup, which is the prefered tool, or
RedHat's Xconfigurator which is easily accesible from 'setup', or edit the
XF86Config file by hand - but do it only after you read carefully through
the documentation - also , you may encounter problems with the X font
server, causing X not to load properly and just blink on and off freezing
your system . if it happens - contact me, I think I've figured it out.
> Thrid question, how can I define a sound card? I got 64 pci creative
>sound blaster, and I don't know how I can install it in linux.
not all creative PCI cards are supported by the per-compiled kernel, so
you may indeed need to recompile your kernel - but don't attempt to do
that until you exahusted all other options :
try the setup tool, it contains a sound configuration tool which should be
able to autodetect your card and set it up, if it cannot, most likely your
card is not supported, but try choosing Ensoniq from the list (not AWE64)
and play with the diffrent settings (go to windows to see what the
settings should be). if all else fails - get a kernel HOW-TO and start
compiling.
> Forth question, how can I define a modem (56kbps) in Linux. >
most 56K modems in israel are win-modems (I've been told - by computer
sale-persons, so I wouldn't count on that - that there are 56K modems
which are not win-modems, but I've yet to see one , even those that the
sales-persons advocated as being not win-modems), and as such you wouldn't
be able to use it under linux. if it is not the case, try to set your
modem to be in non PnP mode, set it's COM,IRQ,Address wahtever to things
that you know will work, and then use modemtool , and maybe setserial if
you don't have the modem on a standard port. (how to know if your modem is
a win-modem -
1. if it's PCI - it's win-modem.
2. if you have a software controller running in windows that makes the
modem work - it's win-modedm. )
Oded
