ZIP drive support is under SCSI (it is a SCSI low-level driver). Why not upgrade to 2.2.9, I believe there were sound issues in 2.2.1.
* Ryan Novosielski - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.bergen.org/~ryanov + inSite e'zine - http://www.teenvoice.com - EMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] + AAST Master 98 - http://www.bergen.org/AAST - EMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] + ICQ PIN Number: 3239479 -- WWPager: http://wwp.mirabilis.com/3239479 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= | ... This tagline is currently out of order. | On Tue, 25 May 1999, Nadarajah, Dinesh wrote: > Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 08:09:35 -0500 > From: "Nadarajah, Dinesh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Kernel 2.2 Upgrade questions > Resent-Date: 25 May 1999 13:19:21 -0000 > Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Resent-cc: recipient list not shown: ; > > I downloaded the source files for Kernel 2.2.1 from the Debian site. I > currently am running Slink (2.0.36) and was hoping to upgrade to 2.2 (good > idea???). As I was going through the configuration menus (using make > menuconfig) and found that some of the configuration options available under > slink are not there. For example "Parallel port Zip drive support". Is there > a "Kernel-HOWTO" for the new 2.2 kernel? I would like to find out what > options are available and what needs to be turned on and what to be turned > off. I also found that some of the option with regard to sound were not the > same. When I selected Sound Blaster sound card, there was no prompt or place > to enter the IRQ, DMA, etc. info. for the card. I would like to learn a > little more about the new kernel and why there is such a big difference in > configuration options. > > I heard that the new kernel is very modular. Does this mean I can have a > lean mean kernel and include only the modules I need? Is SMP turned on by > default? If so would it make sense to turn it off for single processor > systems so as to get better performance? > > Thanks. > > -D > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >
