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In article <01bd8113$11c88e80$0100b51f@dbqa>,
	"Tom Bird" <hamster@nospam.demon.co.uk> writes:
> Richard Lamont <richard@stonix.demon.co.uk> wrote in article
> <6jk2qr$21n@stonix.demon.co.uk>...
>> In article <01bd805a$0dc10f10$0100b51f@dbqa>,
>> 	"Tom Bird" <hamster@nospam.demon.co.uk> writes:
>> 
>> > Linux won't talk to my Promise caching IDE controller (VLB) that I just
> got
>> > to upgrade my main Linux box.  I have put 4Mb of RAM on it and it works
>> > fine in Win95 with no modifications.
>> 
>> If it is the DC4030 VLB, then:
> 
> That's it.
> 
>> (a) the main IDE driver doesn't like it. You will need to compile
>> a kernel with the "old" IDE driver instead.
> 
> I'm still a Linux newbie - how do I do this?

Assuming you have the appropriate stuff installed (basically the
d-series and k-series Slackware disks), see /usr/src/linux/README.
(The procedure may seem a bit intimidating if you've never done
it before, but it's painless once you get the hang of it.)

>> (b) there is little point in using a cacheing disk controller with
>> Linux. It is much more cost effective to add memory to the
>> motherboard, because the kernel uses spare memory for disc
>> cacheing anyway.
> 
> The mobo's at its limit now (no free slots and I haven't got / or intend
> buying any new RAM for it.
> 
>> In the end I threw my DC4030 VLB out, and replaced it with a
>> GBP 10 generic VLB controller.
> 
> That's what it has now.  I liked the caching thing.  When you say 'thrown
> out', do you mean in the bin or relegated to the drawer?

Relegated to the cardboard box full of redundant computer bits in
the spare room.

> It seems like a quality card.

That's marketing for you! 


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