From: ikluft@uts.amdahl.com (Ian Kluft) Subject: Re: local-bus patches? Date: 29 Jun 1993 06:26:58 GMT
jregehr@chester.ksu.ksu.edu (John David Regehr) writes:
>I recently installed Linux on a Gateway 2000 486/66 with
>a 340 Mb WD drive on the local bus. It seems to work
>correctly; e2fsck returns no errors, things compile
>correctly, X runs. However, while running the Byte Unix
>Benchmarks the filesystem read/write tests failed. Is
>this anything to worry about? I seem to remember seeing
>some sort of local bus patches at one of the linux FTP
>sites but I couldn't find anything when I looked just now.
>Since I'm thinking about getting one of these machines for
>myself, I'd like to hear from anyone who had gotten local
>bus drives to work, and how. Thanks in advance.
-- Ian Kluft KD6EUI PP-ASEL Amdahl Corporation, Open Systems Development ikluft@uts.amdahl.com Santa Clara, CA [disclaimer: any opinions expressed are mine only... not those of my employer]