[ale] linux on a 486

[Wandered Inn]

Byron A Jeff wrote:

> > lowmem.i doesn't have network support, and I'm attempting a nfs
> > install.  Also, for those of you who may enjoy the old floppy install,
> > it's apparently been removed from Slack 8 as well. :(
> 
> Very few kernels have network support in the current Slack boot series The
> drivers for the network cards have been transferred to the network.dsk along
> with a script that probes and inserts those drivers. I found on my first
> install that a random probe will hang the machine. So if you know which
> card you have, follow the directions to insert its module directly.

What you've said is true, and I'm doing just what you suggest.  The
point I'd like to make is that if I attempt an install with lowmem.i
rather then bare.i, the network disk does no good, because when I
attempt to do a 'modprobe ne io=0x280 irg=10' modprobe returns with
errors for undefined symbols, which means the kernel does not support
networking.  Now I did not attempt to find network modules to resolve
these missing symbols, since I new that bare.i did not return the same
error.


> Your best bet is to prep the swap before running setup. Do the mkswap/swapon
> by hand. That's your best chance.

That's exactly what I've done. :)

> 
> BAJ

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