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larry suse user <larry@g4izc2.keme.co.uk> wrote in article
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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

28Mb you mean!

> 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 

It used to have a DX4/120 PCI mobo but that only had 2x72 SIMM slots.

I got a fistfull of 30 pin SIMMS (4x4Mb for the mobo and 4x1 for the
controller) and I had this mobo with 4 30s and 2 72's - I put an 8 and a 4
in the 72s and 16Mb in the other bank.

Since then I have got a dual processor Pentium board, it's waiting now with
Adaptec 2940 (on board), 32Mb RAM and HDD, just wants a processor now.

TB