Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Mon, 01 Jul 1996 18:39:57 +0300 (EET DST) | From | Jarkko Lietolahti <> | Subject | RE: My wish for the next Linux-Release... |
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On 01-Jul-96 Herbert Wengatz wrote: >>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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