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  1. those things are found in the /proc filesystem and are adjusted

    using echo NewValue > parameter_name ..

     

    however, you should have very little need to make any adjustments at all.

     

    you should find all of the defaults are perfectly suitable for most every terrestrial configuration.

     


  2. you'd have to run "lspci -v" to be able to tell which device has that PCI address.

    it may or may not be related to your situation.

     

    just because you allocated a disk in vmware, it doesn't mean Knoppix will know

    what to do with it.

    (unless of course you've also created a filesystem on the 'disk')

     

    i don't recall that Knoppix automounts disks even when they contain filesystems

    it knows how to mount.

     


  3. what you can expect depends on your proclivities and interests.

     

    what real-world experiences have you collected for yourself in the field

    of InfoSys ?

     

    consider offering yourself as an intern (unpaid) to the 'dream company' you

    may already have in mind.

     


  4. you should need no driver other than the generic usbstorage module you already have.

     

    have you run 'fdisk /dev/sda' to have a look at the device's partition table ?

    (don't make any changes!)

    .. in case it's like a zip drive which puts the vfat filesystem on /dev/sda4 ?

     


  5. it looks like you've got everything installed properly, but for some reason

    the ndiswrapper kernel module is throwing errors. and perhaps just plain

    crapping out on you.

     

    is there a newer ndiswrapper available for your distro or are you ready

    to build a newer ndiswrapper kernel module yourself?

     

    ps: what you posted isn't all that long.. you were right to put it all in.

    I couldn't have been able to figure out what is going on otherwise.

     


  6. First, umount the CD and turn off the 'install VM Tools' mode for that VM.

     

    I expect you'll need to restart Fedora (run "shutdown -h now" as root)

    in the VM.

     

    Reboot your system (the host OS not the guest).

     

    Next, restart the Fedora VM.

     

    Once restarted, turn the install VM Tools mode back on and mount

    the 'CD drive' (it's virtual). If the rpm on the 'CD' gives you any trouble,

    then just use the src tar instead.

     

    don't forget to umount and turn the VM Tools mode back off.

     

    good luck!

     

     


  7. huh.. really? here's what I've got on my test system:

     

    [size:4][tt]$ dmesg | grep ndis

    ndiswrapper version 0.6+CVS loaded[/tt][/color]

     

    (second command run as root, many distros don't allow regular

    users to read /var/log/messages)

     

    [size:4][tt]# grep ndis /var/log/messages

    Apr 21 14:58:33 testsys kernel: ndiswrapper version 0.6+CVS loaded[/tt][/color]

     

    Ok, no accelerated display driver. confirmed. good - it had the

    potential to be the source of the problem. unlikely, but potential.

     

    the swap config looks OK. Nothing looks bad there.

     

    the one big difference between your system and mine is the really

    large number of LOC interrupts. Mine is 0. Even after millions

    and millions of timer interrupts. it's the local interrupt counter

    in the APIC. your APIC must be on.

     

    hmmm..

     

    have you (or would you) try booting with "noapic" ?

    booting with both "noapic" and "nolapic" ?

     

     


  8. you ought to find the ndiswrapper version information

    in the output of [size:4][tt]dmesg[/tt][/color].

     

    try: [size:4][tt]dmesg | grep ndis[/tt][/color]

     

    for memory config, there's [size:4][tt]free[/tt][/color] and [size:4][tt]procinfo[/tt][/color].

    procinfo gives a nicely concise memory and interrupt report.

    free gives just the memory report.

     

    ( raw data may be obtained using:

    [size:4][tt]cat /proc/interrupts

    cat /proc/meminfo[/tt][/color] )

     

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