HD Install :: HD install prep!

Im running a P166, 2.1 gig HD. 32mB SDram.
20x cdrom, the mobo (MS-5136) supports 4 ISA and 4 PCI cards. Im going to try and fill them all up with things i have lying around.
--- ISA ----
Video card
Sound Card
Network Card
--- PCI ----
USB ports
Modem
Network Card
TV Tuner

Im not sure if im forgetting anything or saying too much but im going to download the newest release(0.073) tonight and install it tommorrow. Im sure this thread is where ill have all my problems posted!

Any comments are very welcommed.

-edit-

ive placed everything in. and the ISA network card doesnt work. not sure why, also how should i partition the hard drive?
I think ill do a option (2) HDD install, the one where i need an internet connect and 200mb space free for install.

What type of Network card is installed?

On my old Pentium-1 60Mhz computer, I have an Intel EtherExpress Pro ISA network card.

In order to get it to work with dsl, if I remember correctly, I need to do the following:

I open an xterminal and type:

sudo su
ifdown -a
modprobe eexpress
ifup -a
exit

and then run NetCardConfig.

Works like a charm.

Your ISA card may be a different model or manufacturer, but the general idea is the same. You need to know the module name to be loaded via the "modprobe" command. You may be able to find the name via Google.

If not, post a reply and maybe I can find more information.

yeah if you can help me that would be great
the card that ive got now (im getting more this week)
has written on it LAN-P0CT (o or 0)
the chip say
O-LAN
VT86C916

I thinks its a via technologies chip
a "ne" might work, dont know, gonna try!

According to the chip manufacturer, that chip is supposed to be software compatible with the ne1000 / ne2000 series of network cards so the "ne" driver is the correct one.

As for ISA pnp options, you may need an isapnp configuration utility to set up this card if it is not working correctly in any OS and if your BIOS does not let you assign the resources to it.

Otherwise, you could try booting with the "dsl noisapnp" boot command option and see if the default settings work.

Supported resouces for this chip are:

I/O base address options: 240h, 280h, 2C0h, 300h, 320h, 340h, 360h

Interrupt options: IRQ 3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15

You also may be able to get more information if you search for your card's FCC ID number (printed on the circuit board) at this web site:

http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/ead

Good Luck

"also how should i partition the hard drive?
I think ill do a option (2) HDD install, the one where i need an internet connect and 200mb space free for install."

Since you'll be runing the hdd install script, you can let the script take care of partitioning the harddrive. Unless you are going to dual boot between DSL and something else. When I originally set up my hdd installation, I used BiNG (Bootit Next Generation) to format the hdd for Linux, then booted the CD and ran the install script.

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