Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sun, 9 Jun 1996 00:14:50 +0100 (BST) | From | Bryn Paul Arnold Jones <> | Subject | Re: dead keyboard, once again |
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On Sat, 8 Jun 1996, Herbert Rosmanith wrote: [...] > I'm suspecting that some driver in config.sys changes some hardware > in a way and leaves it that changed way, which then confuses linux at > runtime. e.g., I am using irq=7 for my SB16 card under m$/dos, but > irq=10 for that card under linux. this could be a possible error source, > if linux assumes "clean" hardware-state at boot-time. I have not yet > looked at which .sys driver is causing this problem. >
Hmm, if your useing loadlin, you can add a multiboot menu to dos (ok 6+), with this: ... <usual menu stuff> ... <linux menu> shell=C:\loadlin\loadlin <loadlin prams>
That way no nasty TSR's, and .sys files to mess things up.
[...] > /herp > > > >
-- PGP key pass phrase forgotten, \ Overload -- core meltdown sequence again :( | initiated. / This space is intentionally left | blank, apart from this text ;-) \____________________________________
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