Linux-Hardware Digest #777, Volume #14 Tue, 15 May 01 18:13:08 EDT
Contents:
scsi or adaptater problem ? (Laurent Sintes)
backup software for RedHat 6.2 ("Kal")
Re: Will Linux recognize >4GB RAM on Pentium-III Xeon? (Doug Chan)
File-Server mit IDE-RAID (5) ("Robert Frunzke")
File-Server with IDE-RAID (5) ("Robert Frunzke")
Re: Compact Flash Card (Richard D. McRoberts)
Re: Compaq Smartstation SCSI contoller (LTE ELITE) (Johnson's)
Re: Linmodem for internet connection in a proxy server? (Gregory Davis)
Re: Compact Flash Card (Carsten Goldmann)
oki4w printer not detected ("Sten Ahlberg")
Help with assigning eth0/eth1 to proper NICs ("Brian Davis")
Re: Anyone selling basic cheap Linux boxes? (Jim)
Re: Will Linux recognize >4GB RAM on Pentium-III Xeon? (Johan Kullstam)
Re: Problems with Adaptec 2930CU w/ BRU and SEAGATE Travan in RH6.2 (Joshua
Baker-LePain)
Re: File-Server with IDE-RAID (5) (Joshua Baker-LePain)
DVD RAM and Videologic MPEG2 Decoder (Robert Vetter)
Re: Sound problem -> warnings about modules (Dave Uhring)
Debian ("Dime")
Serial storage ("Peter")
Re: Will Linux recognize >4GB RAM on Pentium-III Xeon? (Doug Chan)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Laurent Sintes)
Subject: scsi or adaptater problem ?
Date: 15 May 2001 20:13:09 GMT
I'm using an adaptec 29160 with 3 SCI IBM (160 MBPS) on Linux
2.2.19 server.
Is there an scsi adaptator problem or a disk problem ? I'm in
doubt (see logs below).
After reboot, messages disappears. After many hours, no more kernel
messages.
May 15 18:05:30 titinette kernel: scsi : aborting command due to timeout
: pid 25729
4979, scsi0, channel 0, id 2, lun 0 Write (10) 00 01 e0 c0 eb 00 00 02 00
May 15 18:05:30 titinette kernel: scsi : aborting command due to timeout :
pid 25729
4980, scsi0, channel 0, id 2, lun 0 Write (10) 00 01 e6 c0 d5 00 00 02 00
May 15 18:05:30 titinette kernel: dev 08:21, sector 4983350
May 15 18:05:30 titinette kernel: SCSI disk error : host 0 channel 0 id 2
lun 0 retun code = 28000002
May 15 18:05:30 titinette kernel: [valid=0] Info fld=0x0, Current sd08:21:
sense key Not Ready
May 15 18:05:30 titinette kernel: Additional sense indicates Logical unit
not ready,
initializing command required
May 15 18:05:30 titinette kernel: scsidisk I/O error: dev 08:21,
sector 13090652
May 15 18:05:30 titinette kernel: SCSI disk error : host 0 channel 0
id 2 lun 0 return code = 28000002
May 15 18:05:30 titinette kernel: [valid=0] Info fld=0x0,
Current sd08:21: sense key Not Ready
May 15 18:05:30 titinette kernel: Additional sense indicates Logical unit
not ready, initializing command required
May 15 18:05:30 titinette kernel: scsidisk I/O error: dev 08:21, sector 6866382
May 15 18:05:30 titinette kernel: SCSI disk error : host 0 channel 0
id 2 lun 0 return code = 28000002
May 15 18:05:30 titinette kernel: [valid=0] Info fld=0x0, Current sd08:21:
sense key Not Ready
May 15 18:05:30 titinette kernel: Additional sense indicates Logical
unit not ready, initializing command required
May 15 18:05:30 titinette kernel: scsidisk I/O error: dev 08:21, sector
23662568
May 15 18:05:30 titinette kernel: SCSI disk error : host 0 channel 0 id 2
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From: "Kal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: backup software for RedHat 6.2
Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 22:20:05 +0200
Hi
I need to offer backup software that will be used under RedHat 6.2 on Compaq
ML530 with DLT 110/220 drive or 50/100 AIT drive. It should be advanced
software as it will be used to backup over 100 GBs Oracle base. I need very
fast response. Thanks in advance
Kal
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Doug Chan)
Subject: Re: Will Linux recognize >4GB RAM on Pentium-III Xeon?
Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 20:19:02 GMT
Thanks!
I read somewhere that the process address space is still limited to
less than 4GB?
-Doug
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
reader of news <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>2.4 kernel can handle up to 64gb.
>just have to turn it on during compilation.
>don't know whether it will for your xeon
>
>On Tue, 15 May 2001 18:57:36 GMT, Doug Chan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>I know that the Pentium-III Xeon supports 36-bit addression (up to 64Gb)
>>of RAM however it required that the OS knows about this "pse-36" mode
>>for this extended memory support.
>>Does Linux support this extended memory mode?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>-Doug
>>apollo at world.std.com
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From: "Robert Frunzke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: File-Server mit IDE-RAID (5)
Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 22:23:21 +0200
Hallo,
ich möchte einen File-Server aufbauen. Linux soll drauf laufen, und ich will
einen
IDE-RAID-Controller einsetzen.
1. Gibt es überhaupt schon RAID-Controller, die RAID 5 unterstützen und
unter Linux einsetzbar sind ?
2. Kann ich den Promise SuperTrak100 unter Linux benutzen ?
Danke
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From: "Robert Frunzke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: File-Server with IDE-RAID (5)
Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 22:26:31 +0200
Hi,
I want to built a file server under Linux, and I want to use IDE RAID 5.
1. is there a IDE-RAID controller, which runs under Linux and can do RAID 5
?
2. Can I use Promise FastTrak100 with Linux ?
Thanks
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard D. McRoberts)
Subject: Re: Compact Flash Card
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 15 May 2001 16:42:24 -0400
On Tue, 15 May 2001 21:45:48 +0200, Carsten Goldmann
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>i try to read a compact flash card with linux. Has anybody
>experience with this?
>The card contains pictures i took with a Kodax DC200 plus. I use
>a PCMCIA Adapter card to plug to Conpact Flash into my laptop.
>WIth Win98 I got this automatically as an additional drive.
>Linux just recognises the card and refuses to mount it. Fdisk
>tells me, it has a FAT12 partition on it.
/var/log/messages should indicate what the card is recognized as
(for example) hdc.
If the partition is indicated as (say) hdc1, you would use
mount -t fat /dev/hdc1 /mnt/tmp
Hope this helps.
Richard D. McRoberts
Union, WV USA
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Johnson's <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Compaq Smartstation SCSI contoller (LTE ELITE)
Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 10:57:47 -0500
freedman wrote:
>
> On Mon, 14 May 2001 17:51:35 -0500, Johnson's <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >freedman wrote:
> >>
> >
> >Thanks Freedman! I got it working.
> >
> >I used your advice along with The Offical RH Install guide to clue me in
> >in the exact format. I found my parameters in the BIOS setup.
> >
> >The final looked like this:
> >aha-152x=0x340,10,7
> >
> >The 7 at the end is my host ScsiID.
>
> Glad to have helped. If you figure out how to get X working on the LCD
> screen let me know.
> --
> Dick Freedman
I can help you !!!!
1> use the "Xconfigurator" command from a console
2> Choose Western Digital WD90C24A as your video card
3> Choose "Cutom" and "Standard VGA 640x480 @ 60hz" as your monitor
4> Choose "50-70" as the sync rate
5> "DO NOT Probe"
6> "1mb" for memory
7> "s3 GenDAC" as the clockchip
8> "8 bit: 640 x 480"
9> Test it and start using X with the "startx" command from the console
As you can imagine, this laptop is slow if used with a GUI. You can use
something like "Blackbox" or "FVWM 2" as a window manager.
I have just been using TWM which is the default window manager for
RedHat. Nothing fancy, but it works very well. You may want to turn on a
virtual resolution such as 800X600 by editing the xconfig file.
My next project is to get the smartstations ethernet working. I have it
turned of in the BIOS because I have a PCMCIA card, but I want to get
the other going just to try it. Any ideas on this one?
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From: Gregory Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linmodem for internet connection in a proxy server?
Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 16:52:24 -0400
Thats just the hardware I currently have, though I plan to buy another LAN
card for the windows box, probably the same one as in the linux box as I
have experience getting it to work in either os. Also, I believe the modem
is HCF, so I am probably screwed. The modem currently in the windows box
is essentially a ghost: it came preloaded in a compaq desktop purchased
recently, has no driver support anywhere and is listed as a generic modem
in all windows config programs. That too is an HCF modem.
Greg
Justin Mahn wrote:
> Just out of curiosity why do you describe 2 modems and 1 lan card? what's
> to connect the two comps?
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From: Carsten Goldmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Compact Flash Card
Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 22:54:01 +0200
Richard D. McRoberts wrote:
> /var/log/messages should indicate what the card is recognized as
> (for example) hdc.
>
> If the partition is indicated as (say) hdc1, you would use
>
> mount -t fat /dev/hdc1 /mnt/tmp
>
> Hope this helps.
>
Thanks Richard,
I think, the partition is correctly recognized as /dev/sda3, but I can't
mount it because of the FAT12 type. This is a real old msdos partition
type. Does linux support this?
Carsten
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From: "Sten Ahlberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: oki4w printer not detected
Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 20:44:32 +0200
Can anyone tell me why printer ports are not detected by Linux, neither on
installation, startup or by running kudzu.
I have an Oki4w printer, works fine on dual os (win98), is recognized by
bios and by win.
However there seems to be some kind of confusion between systems , bios vs
windows, about beeing 03bcH or 0378 for lp0 or lp1
In bios lpt1 is 0378
In win lpt1 is 03bc IRQ = 7
It's all very confusing and I find no way of detecting whats going on in
Linux besides lp waiting for device ( lp0 or lp1 )to be ready.
Any suggestion welcome.
sten ahlberg
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From: "Brian Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Help with assigning eth0/eth1 to proper NICs
Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 17:04:04 -0400
Hi,
I've got 2 3c509s in a my Linux box (Mandrake 8). One is an ISA card, and
one is built on the Motherboard. Anyway, they are being setup with one as
eth0 and the other as eth1 (obviously). What I want to do is flip that
assignment (long story having to do with cable provider and scripts I've
already written). I want mac 00:10:4b:ce:11:55 to be eth0 and
00:c0:4f:c4:33:37 to be eth1. Here is the current output from ifconfig -a:
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:C0:4F:C4:33:37
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
Interrupt:5 Base address:0x220
eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:10:4B:CE:11:55
inet addr:24.147.19.101 Bcast:24.147.23.255 Mask:255.255.248.0
UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS RUNNING MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:43756 errors:4 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:4
TX packets:19029 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:156 txqueuelen:100
RX bytes:29961426 (28.5 Mb) TX bytes:1448254 (1.3 Mb)
Interrupt:10 Base address:0x230
I believe that the IRQs and IOs are being setup by PNP, especially since
I've tried the 3c5x9setup executable, changed the IRQ and IO, and they are
effectively ignored.
I've followed the Ethernet-HOWTO regarding eth0/eth1 assignment and setup
the /etc/modules.conf as follows:
alias eth0 3c509
alias eth1 3c509
options 3c509 io=0x230,io=0x220
But I get the following error output after running modprobe:
[root@h00104bce1155 net]# modprobe 3c509
/lib/modules/2.4.3-20mdk/kernel/drivers/net/3c509.o.gz: invalid
parameter parm_io
/lib/modules/2.4.3-20mdk/kernel/drivers/net/3c509.o.gz: insmod
/lib/modules/2.4.3-20mdk/kernel/drivers/net/3c509.o.gz failed
/lib/modules/2.4.3-20mdk/kernel/drivers/net/3c509.o.gz: insmod 3c509
failed
[root@h00104bce1155 net]#
Any help/ideas is greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Brian
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From: Jim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Anyone selling basic cheap Linux boxes?
Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 23:06:22 +0200
the softrat wrote:
> Please drop me a line if you are.
>
Try www.valinux.com. Their a top of the line linux systems supplier that
sells desktop work stations for less than $1000 with a 17 inch monitor.
--
Jim
www.GlobalLinux.com
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: Re: Will Linux recognize >4GB RAM on Pentium-III Xeon?
From: Johan Kullstam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 15 May 2001 17:07:20 -0400
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Doug Chan) writes:
> Thanks!
> I read somewhere that the process address space is still limited to
> less than 4GB?
yes. i believe this is true for ia32 processors such as the p-3 xeon.
what is the situation for 64 bit processors such as ultrasparc or
alpha? these might have larger limits on memory usage.
you seem willing to part with large coin since you are considering the
intel wallet vaccuum -- maybe equipment from, e.g., sun would be
competitive in price/performance?
> -Doug
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> reader of news <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >2.4 kernel can handle up to 64gb.
> >just have to turn it on during compilation.
> >don't know whether it will for your xeon
> >
> >On Tue, 15 May 2001 18:57:36 GMT, Doug Chan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>I know that the Pentium-III Xeon supports 36-bit addression (up to 64Gb)
> >>of RAM however it required that the OS knows about this "pse-36" mode
> >>for this extended memory support.
> >>Does Linux support this extended memory mode?
> >>
> >>Thanks,
> >>-Doug
> >>apollo at world.std.com
--
J o h a n K u l l s t a m
[[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
sysengr
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From: Joshua Baker-LePain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Problems with Adaptec 2930CU w/ BRU and SEAGATE Travan in RH6.2
Date: 15 May 2001 21:13:56 GMT
William N Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The problem is:
> - RH is using the same driver for both a 2930CU and a 7890. We
> are guessing that this is because they function off the same
> chipset. So this may be no big deal.
Correct. aic7xxx *is* the driver for both of these cards/chipsets. But
(see below)...
> - Our tape backups (Done under BRU) will work, then quit
> working, and vice versa. For some odd reason. It just states
> that it cannot communicate with the tape drive. When we run
> tapestat or tapeinfo, it will work then not work. Again, it is
I'm not familiar with those commands -- are they BRU specific? What
does 'mt -f /dev/nst0 status' (or whatever the proper tape device is)
say? What does 'dmesg' say when this happens? Is there anything in
/var/log/messages? It sounds like you are having intermittent SCSI
issues.
> - The driver? We have seen some sites advertising a different driver
> for this card. If anyone has applied it because they were having
> the same problem, please let us know. Or, if anyone has ever run
> into this problem. We do not want to have to down the company's
> server to install patches unless we have to.
In 2.4.3, the default aic7xxx driver was changed from the original one
maintained by Doug Ledford at Redhat to one descended from the FreeBSD
driver. See <http://people.redhat.com/dledford/aic7xxx.html> for more
info. That may be the other driver you're hearing about. But, as RH
7.1 is based on 2.4.2, the aic7xxx driver you're using is still the
original one.
> Any information anyone can provide us with would be greatly appreciated in
> this matter. As we have run out of ideas in correcting this problem.
As I said above, this sounds like a SCSI hardware issue. What devices are
on the chain? Do you have good (active) termination on both ends of
the chain? How long is the chain in total? Can you get it to work
by taking other devices off the chain?
It may be time to give it a fresh goat...
--
Joshua Baker-LePain
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University
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From: Joshua Baker-LePain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: File-Server with IDE-RAID (5)
Date: 15 May 2001 21:18:12 GMT
Robert Frunzke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 1. is there a IDE-RAID controller, which runs under Linux and can do RAID 5
3ware sells IDE-RAID cards that do RAID 5, although I *have* heard some
rumblings about how good the RAID 5 actually is.
If you want to look at an external solution, you can look at IDE-SCSI RAID.
I bought such a system from Synetic (www.synetic.net), and like it very much.
Zero-D also sels such systems.
As was pointed out last time this thread came out (google is (should be)
your friend), you may be able to put together a SCSI RAID (based on,
e.g., a Mylex controller) for not too much more.
--
Joshua Baker-LePain
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University
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From: Robert Vetter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: DVD RAM and Videologic MPEG2 Decoder
Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 23:18:11 +0200
Hello,
I have an Panasonic DVD RAM. Can I use it with Linux?
Also: Videologic MPEG2 Decoder PCI Card...
I use an 2.2.19 kernel currently...
Thanks
Robert
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From: Dave Uhring <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Sound problem -> warnings about modules
Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 16:21:48 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I have installed SuSE 7.1 on my PC with the soundcard SB128 using YAST2
> and alsaconf. In the file /var/log/warn I have the following warnings:
>
> modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-1
> modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-2
> modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-3
> modprobe: Can't locate module sound-slot-1
> modprobe: Can't locate module sound-service-1-0
> modprobe: Can't locate module sound-slot-2
> modprobe: Can't locate module sound-service-2-3
> modprobe: Can't locate module sound-slot-3
> modprobe: Can't locate module sound-service-3-3
> modprobe: Can't locate module char-major-145
>
> As far as I can see the following was changed in /etc/modules.conf when
> I installed the soundcard:
>
> #
> # YaST2: sound cards support
> #
> alias char-major-116 snd
> options snd snd_cards_limit=1 snd_major=116
> alias snd-card-0 snd-card-ens1370
> options snd-card-ens1370 snd_id=card1 snd_index=0
>
> #
> # YaST2: sound system dependent part
> #
> alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0
> alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss
> alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss
> alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss
> alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss
> alias sound-service-0-11 snd-mixer-oss
> alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss
>
>
> So can someone help me eliminate the warning messages? I don't even know
> where to start searching for the problem.
>
> Bernd
>
>
>
Your modprobe binary probably is out of date. It likely is trying to find
the sound modules in /lib/modules/<kernel_version>/misc and the 2.4.X sound
modules are in /lib/modules/2.4.X/kernel/drivers/sound.
# cd /lib/modules/2.4.X/kernel/drivers/sound
# mkdir /lib/modules/2.4.X/misc
# cp * /lib/modules/2.4.X
Then execute modprobe snd-card-ens1370 and see if it works.
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From: "Dime" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Debian
Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 22:58:06 +0200
Hi, does anyone know if Debian 2.2 has support for S3 Trio 3D/2X like RedHat
7.0 !
Thanks !
:-)
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From: "Peter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Serial storage
Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 21:30:19 GMT
Hi
I have the Siemens SL45 cellular, with an integrated mp3-player. It comes
with some sort of dockingstation, which both charges it and connects it
to a PC using a serial cable.
In the phone is a MMC (MultiMedia Card) which holds the data, and if I'm
not mistaken it stores data using Fat16.
Is there anyway at all one can mount a serial device? Or do you know of
any other trick that would make my hardware less windows-dependent?
Cheers,
/Peter
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Doug Chan)
Subject: Re: Will Linux recognize >4GB RAM on Pentium-III Xeon?
Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 21:44:41 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Johan Kullstam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Doug Chan) writes:
>
>> Thanks!
>> I read somewhere that the process address space is still limited to
>> less than 4GB?
>
>yes. i believe this is true for ia32 processors such as the p-3 xeon.
>
>what is the situation for 64 bit processors such as ultrasparc or
>alpha? these might have larger limits on memory usage.
>
>you seem willing to part with large coin since you are considering the
>intel wallet vaccuum -- maybe equipment from, e.g., sun would be
>competitive in price/performance?
>
>
>--
>J o h a n K u l l s t a m
>[[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>sysengr
Actually, I'm currently running Solaris 5.8 on various Sun hardware
but looking to switch to Linux & Intel-based equipment for cost
and performance reasons.
So far, memory sizing is the biggest issue with going to Intel plaforms.
Maybe I'll have to wait until IA-64 hardware comes out...
-Doug
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