Subject: Re: New ANS kernel and YDL 1.2 installer
From: Scott R. Every (scott@emji.net)
Date: Mon Jun 19 2000 - 15:54:48 MDT
--On Monday, June 19, 2000 5:28 PM -0400 jon simkins <jon@hotship.com>
wrote:
> I could have contributed to this RAM discussion earlier. I found that I
> couldn't get the YDL 1.1 to work with 256 M of RAM but it worked like a
> champ when I cut the RAM down to 32M. I'm comparatively new to the ANS
> (and PPC for that matter) and was at the 'just try anything' stage.
yeah, new rule is to get rid of any pci cards and minimize your ram before
trying to boot from a floppy w/ramdisk
>
> I tried the original ydl1.2 installer with absolutely no luck even with
> varying RAM amounts. I will cheerfully have another run at it and post
> results. FTR I've got an ANS 700/200 with 1M cache and 340M of RAM (only
> 256M useable I gather). Appreciate support and knowledge of others on
> this list very much.
i have 512MB working w/no problems...switching to 2.2.15 should all you to
use the whole 340MB
s
>
> By the way, what happened to the cyberflunk.com mailing list archive?
> Seemes to be stuck at December, 1999. Is there another archive out there
> or is this a call to action?
>
> On 19-Jun-2000 Scott R. Every wrote:
>> OK. After a nasty set of hard drive crashes, i have my machine working
>> again somewhat and a surprise...i got the ydl 1.2 installer working...
>> the link below is still active.
>>
>> However, the fix was not a software fix, but rather, the bootdisk
>> started working AFTER i reduced my RAM from 512MB to 128MB or 2 64 MB
>> chips. with all of the ram installed, i get an error loading the
>> ramdisk every time(even with 1.1) you may also have to take out any
>> extra pci cards YMMV.
>>
>> However, I KNOW it works this time as I am running the installer as i
>> type.
>>
>> good luck...i'll have 2.2.16 in the usual places in a couple of days.
>>
>
> --
> jon simkins
> Sent at at 17:20:51 19-Jun-2000
>
> "riverrun, past Eve and Adam's, from swerve of shore to bend of bay,
> brings us by a commodius vicus of recirculation back to Howth Castle
> and Environs."
-- Scott R. Every - mailto:scott@emji.net EMJ Internet - http://www.emji.net voice : 1-888-258-8959 fax : 1-919-363-4425
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