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> The Armada worked in Win98 with pcmcia network cards but not in BL3.
> Web research suggests adding pci_fast to i82365 because the CL6729
> controller PCI bus speed exceeds 25MHz.
>
> Do I
> insmod i82365 pci_fast=1
> in /etc/pcmcia/start ?
>
> Sindi
Adding pci_fast=1 fixed pcmcia.  I can connect with a router and also 
dial with my 28.8K pulse-dial modem.

dd if=/dev/zero of=swapfile bs=1024k count=48
mkswap swapfile
swapon swapfile (place this line in rc)

mem showed only 14MB non-swap memory (kernel used 2MB)
I added to loadlin line mem=48M
Now it recognizes the 2x16MB added memory not only onboard 16MB.

This computer works perfectly with BL3.
Standard 2.2.26 kernel, Xvesa, sb sound.
(With 2.4.31 kernel I needed to compile sb into the kernel due to a bu, 
but not with 2.2.26.)

Edit /etc/Xconfig for 800x600x4 (8-bit color LCD)
or change to SVGA X server.  No framebuffer video.
Cirrus Logic video and pcmcia controller.

No CD boot.  DSL can boot from a boot floppy but it expects framebuffer 
console (you can select other modes).

Only problem was copying it to the computer, since three other laptops 
refused to do PLIP.  This one does PLIP.  And llpro conked out for some 
reason.  Adding fast_pci=1 to the 2-floppy pcmcia start file (along with 
3c589_cs.o) would have allowed pcmcia network file transfer, much faster 
than via zip drive.  All our laptops with enough RAM for BL have pcmcia.

Now to tackle the HP Pavilion where USB, onboard NIC, and pcmcia don't 
work with BL but the first two work with Puppy 4.  As someone once said, 
BL is for older computers.