Re: [Sheflug] intel 440bx

[Pete Collier <pecb [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Friday 27 August 2004 20:57, Matthew Collins wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 27, 2004 at 08:33:05PM +0100, Pete Collier wrote:
> > I have an old pentium II 350 on a 440bx board and I'm having various
> > problems getting Linux to install correctly. Also tried win98 and that
> > was giving errors but I'm not bothered about win98, just did it out of
> > curiosity to see
>
> From what I remember there can be problem with this chipset using the
> generic drivers.
>
> I don't know if there's a command line you can pass while booting to
> make sure that it doesn't try and use DMA.
>
> You'll also want to compile a kernel with PIIX support (this is in the
> hard disk drivers section).
>
> Hope this gives you some pointers.
>
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I'm finding a few bits via google. Some people have no problems and some do. 
Using apic=force seems to work for some people and not for others. I'll try 
that + Matthews's idea on recompile. Meantime I'll keep looking, as I'll have 
to disconnect my existing monitor & keyboard from my current set up to try 
until I get another monitor & keyboard.
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