Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | My wish for the next Linux-Release... | Date | Mon, 01 Jul 1996 16:02:28 +0200 | From | Herbert Wengatz <> |
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Hi there!
I assume I have a rather common problem with Linux.
It's simply that my Kernel won't fit any longer into memory. Oh, no! Not what you _may_ think, I have 40 megs of RAM.
But:
I have the following hardware (all in one PC!):
1 NCR PCI - SCSI Controller w. 2 Disks, 1 AHA2940W - SCSI Controller w. 2 Disks, 1 TELES S.0 16.3 ISDN-Card, 1 NE2000- Clone, 1 PAS16-Soundcard, 1 Graphic-Card, :) 1 SCSI Streamer, 1 SCSI-CD-ROM Drive, 1 Logitech Handy-Scanner, 1 Modem (1st serial Port), 1 Mouse (2nd serial Port), 1 Parallel Printer.
--- Got the feeling ?
OK. I'm well stuffed, but all this works (more or less) under MS-DOS/ Windows.
All these need their special support included into the kernel under Linux.
So, under Linux I'm currently forced not to use the SAMBA-fs, NFS, nor may I use my Scanner and I feel like I'll get some troubles with PPP via ISDN in my near future. I also can't install the sound-driver with all features enabled...
But I'd like to soon use SAMBA and NFS, since I'm building up a little LAN at home, with the PC of my girlfriend and my old Sun 3/60.
And there are some more features I'd like to use, like firewalling, and, and, and...
Can anybody give me hint, what I can do ?
Shall I buy a different Network Card ( I know, I should, but are other drivers smaller ???), or kick out one of my SCSI-controllers ?
Regards,
Herbert _____________________________________________________________________ Herbert Wengatz, 81375 Munich |Disclaim: This Mail is my own opinion, Office :hwe@uebemc.siemens.de |not that of my company. Private:hwe@rtfact.muc.de | http://www.muc.de/~hwe/rtfact "Nothing but perl can parse Perl!" - Tom Christiansen
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