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In article <6jk2qr$21n@stonix.demon.co.uk>,
	richard@stonix.demon.co.uk (Richard Lamont) writes:
> 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:
> 
> (a) the main IDE driver doesn't like it. You will need to compile
> a kernel with the "old" IDE driver instead.
> (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.
> 
> In the end I threw my DC4030 VLB out, and replaced it with a
> GBP 10 generic VLB controller.
> 
> These comments all relate to the situation as it was until about
> a year ago, when I got a new box. 
> Hi Tom.
         Around two years ago I was running 2 V.L.B. ,, M.B. I had all sorts
of problems with vlb I.O cards going awol under linux I cured it by
upgrading to pci M.B.s with built in ports.
     As computer components are so cheap now it will pay u to source new mb
 cpu pci vidio etc etc and more ram as 4 meg is rather stingy for a decent
linux install then install a more recent linux dist. that will support  a
pentium mb. Careful sourcing will get you the lot for just over 100 beer
coupons and it will fly !! cheap intel clone aand cheapest pci card will be
much faster than what u have at the mo .. have fun 


 Larry pleasant suse 5.2 the dogs bollicks!!












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The blurb said "Requires windows 3.11 or better" So I installed Linux-2.0.30