Re: debian installation
On Mon, Aug 23, 1999 at 09:26:46AM -0300, JARDINE, Jeff wrote:
> I think you're absolutely right. I'm still working on my first installation
> (2 months and counting). Linux is *not* happy with a PnP soundcard and
> CD-ROM. From everything I've read, it appears to be necessary to recompile
> the kernel when configuring PnP hardware. Unfortunately, this can not be
> done when you only have the base kernel installed. So, it seems, first-time
> installation from a PnP CD ROM is impossible.
Some BIOSes have an option to configure PNP devices. On my asus P2B for
example there is an option `PNP aware OS', or something to that effect.
If I set that to `no', I can use my PNP soundblaster without
isapnptools, because the BIOS takes care of the initialisation.
HTH,
Eric
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E.L. Meijer (tgakem@chem.tue.nl)
Eindhoven Univ. of Technology
Lab. for Catalysis and Inorg. Chem. (SKA)
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