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by **Particle M** » Tue, 17 Mar 1998 04:00:00

hey

I have a SB16 PnP card, and to get it to work under linux, I have
to boot up into dos, load the right drivers, and then use loadlin
to boot linux. That way, the proper IRQ's & DMA get set correctly.

However, I just installed 96M of ram, and to get linux to see it,
I was advised to use lilo to boot, and use the append="mem=96M"
line in /etc/lilo.conf to force linux to see that much.

But, now since I am not booting into DOS, the sound initialization
does not happen.

Can I set the memory to force to 96M through loadlin?

Thanks
Collin

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by **Michael A. Howa** » Tue, 17 Mar 1998 04:00:00

Lokks like you need to get isapnp tools, which will allow you to set
the SB card up during startup

Mike

Quote:>hey

>I have a SB16 PnP card, and to get it to work under linux, I have
>to boot up into dos, load the right drivers, and then use loadlin
>to boot linux. That way, the proper IRQ's & DMA get set correctly.

>However, I just installed 96M of ram, and to get linux to see it,
>I was advised to use lilo to boot, and use the append="mem=96M"
>line in /etc/lilo.conf to force linux to see that much.

>But, now since I am not booting into DOS, the sound initialization
>does not happen.

>Can I set the memory to force to 96M through loadlin?

>Thanks
>Collin

by **Robert Ruedisuel** » Tue, 17 Mar 1998 04:00:00

> hey

> I have a SB16 PnP card, and to get it to work under linux, I have
> to boot up into dos, load the right drivers, and then use loadlin
> to boot linux. That way, the proper IRQ's & DMA get set correctly.

> However, I just installed 96M of ram, and to get linux to see it,
> I was advised to use lilo to boot, and use the append="mem=96M"
> line in /etc/lilo.conf to force linux to see that much.

> But, now since I am not booting into DOS, the sound initialization
> does not happen.

> Can I set the memory to force to 96M through loadlin?

> Thanks
> Collin

> --
> Collin VanDyck | Trying to make a woman
> CS Major, Georgia Tech | match your moves
> 404-892-6972 | And we're sharing
> http://www.cc.gatech.edu/~vandyck | in the Weekapaug Groove

What worked for me on my SB64 PnP was I got the info in Win95 (you
probably could i DOS) and punched them into the Linux compile program.
I'm listening to RealAudio right now on it.) I know most PnP cards only
re-initiallize when they identify that they are on a different system.
(I think they use BIOS serial number) If you use an add-on utilty to
change the addresses every time, I doubt this will work though.

by **Timothy Wilso** » Tue, 17 Mar 1998 04:00:00

> > I have a SB16 PnP card, and to get it to work under linux, I have
> > to boot up into dos, load the right drivers, and then use loadlin
> > to boot linux. That way, the proper IRQ's & DMA get set correctly.

> > However, I just installed 96M of ram, and to get linux to see it,
> > I was advised to use lilo to boot, and use the append="mem=96M"
> > line in /etc/lilo.conf to force linux to see that much.

> > But, now since I am not booting into DOS, the sound initialization
> > does not happen.
> What worked for me on my SB64 PnP was I got the info in Win95 (you
> probably could i DOS) and punched them into the Linux compile program.
> I'm listening to RealAudio right now on it.) I know most PnP cards only
> re-initiallize when they identify that they are on a different system.
> (I think they use BIOS serial number) If you use an add-on utilty to
> change the addresses every time, I doubt this will work though.

I don't understand what you mean by "punched them into the Linux compile
program." Are you talking about an option in xconfig? I haven't been able to
get my SB16 to work either. I tried the RedHat's sndconfig program, but no
dice.

-Tim

by **J.P. Swithenba** » Wed, 18 Mar 1998 04:00:00

yes...depending on which version of linux you have it may be included...it
came with my version of slackware (3.4)
if you have it , as root try...
pnpdump > /etc/isapnp.conf
then edit /etc/isapnp.conf and uncomment the correct lines to get the i/o ,
irq and dma's that you want(...and remember to uncomment the activate bit at
the end!)
now try isapnp /etc/isapnp.conf
if it works then it will set up the device...if you don't get nay
errors...just a board ID , then I'd suggest adding the isapnp
/etc/isapnp.conf command line to your /etc/rc.d/rc.S file , or something ,
but before you load your sound module.

>Lokks like you need to get isapnp tools, which will allow you to set
>the SB card up during startup

>Mike

>>hey

>>I have a SB16 PnP card, and to get it to work under linux, I have
>>to boot up into dos, load the right drivers, and then use loadlin
>>to boot linux. That way, the proper IRQ's & DMA get set correctly.

>>However, I just installed 96M of ram, and to get linux to see it,
>>I was advised to use lilo to boot, and use the append="mem=96M"
>>line in /etc/lilo.conf to force linux to see that much.

>>But, now since I am not booting into DOS, the sound initialization
>>does not happen.

>>Can I set the memory to force to 96M through loadlin?

>>Thanks
>>Collin

by **Jesse Weiger** » Thu, 19 Mar 1998 04:00:00

> However, I just installed 96M of ram, and to get linux to see it,
> I was advised to use lilo to boot, and use the append="mem=96M"
> line in /etc/lilo.conf to force linux to see that much.

> But, now since I am not booting into DOS, the sound initialization
> does not happen.

> Can I set the memory to force to 96M through loadlin?

> Thanks
> Collin

> --
> Collin VanDyck | Trying to make a woman
> CS Major, Georgia Tech | match your moves
> 404-892-6972 | And we're sharing
> http://www.cc.gatech.edu/~vandyck | in the Weekapaug Groove

Just stick "mem=96M" in the loadlin options.

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