[NTLUG:Discuss] Die hard SuSE fan... err... Mandrake 8.0!

[WILLIAM PEARSON]

Hello.

Try this site for the A20 issue that your having in Windows.

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q73/7/13.ASP?LN=EN-US&SD=gn&FR=0&qry=What%20is%20an%20A20%20Line%20Error&rnk=1&src=DHCS_MSPSS_gn_SRCH&SPR=W95

William Pearson


  Mandrake 8.0 sometimes allows me to use serial port com1 (/dev/ttyS0),
sometimes not, on my laptop.  It is very frustrating.  There are no error
messages.  It just works or fails to work.  If I power off an boot into
windows, no problem.

  If I reboot from Linux into Windows 98, A20 line is hung, and Windows 98
will not restart.  I listed it as a bug at mandrake, and they closed it
saying it was a windows bug.  I had no such problem with kernel 2.2, so I
know there is a code difference that is doing this.  It may be a "windows"
bug, but it can be fixed in the kernel.  Does anyone know how to report
this to the kernel writers?

  The sound card was not set up properly.  I had to do it manually.

  Does anyone know how to get into the command line mode in LILO when it
is a graphic screen?

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