Linux-Hardware Digest #167, Volume #9 Wed, 13 Jan 99 07:13:26 EST
Contents:
Re: Can't setup printer (Elmo Recio)
Gateway 9100, DVD (Merk Marcel)
Re: Q: Soundcard with SPDIF I/O (BL)
USB devices and Linux (Neil Zanella)
Re: AMD k6-2 in a server. (Jeremy Probber)
Re: Iomega DITTO MAX woes (Piotr Szeptynski)
Large IDE drives (Nick Wise)
Re: Really weird problem with G200. (Robert Babernits)
Terrible partitions problem (Michael Numminen)
Re: HP DJ400 Problem (N1ho)
Re: Really weird problem with G200. (Andreas Reigber)
Moving SCSI Targets (Dean Thompson)
To ISA or not to ISA? (Randy Roberts)
Re: To ISA or not to ISA? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: SCSI Cheap/Supported? (Tim Holmes)
Re: linux on DELL PowerEdge 6350 (Uncle Goddamn)
Driver requested for the Banshee (Jos Elzinga)
Re: Which CPU to upgrade to? (David Ripton)
Re: Large IDE drives ("J�rgen Exner")
Re: Have a Question about Fujitsu M2513A MODD (Gerber van der Graaf)
Re: Linux fails to boot after dual-booting Windows 95;Reinstall LILO and it works
again!? (Eric Hardwick)
Call for Papers ("Linux I&A")
Re: Again: XFree86 and Graphics Chips issues (Kyle Fink)
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From: Elmo Recio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Can't setup printer
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 02:03:53 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I am trying to configure Printer on my PC, but I can't even see lp when I do
> cat /proc/devices. I did try put lp=0x378,0 on lilo.conf, but it seem doesn't
> work.
>
> Can anybody give me a hand
is it compiled into your kernel?
cheers,
elmo
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From: Merk Marcel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Gateway 9100, DVD
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 00:52:30 -0800
I already found out, that the DVD-drive is not supported (no drivers
yet). But since the DVD-drive is also reading normal CD-ROMs I would
like to know if Linux can read them and I can boot Linux from the CD-ROM
in the DVD-drive.
If anyone could help me I would be happy.
Thanks in advance
Marcel
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From: BL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Q: Soundcard with SPDIF I/O
Date: 12 Jan 1999 22:44:04 GMT
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www.sonorus.com
studi/o is the name of the card.
am <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: hi all,
: I'm looking for a high quality soundcard with SPDIF coax I/O for
: Linux. So far, I've only found the TB Fiji, which seems to be supported
: in RH 5.2. Does anyone have any experience with this setup (stability++) ?
: Do I have other options?
: thanks,
: andreas.
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From: Neil Zanella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: USB devices and Linux
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 18:30:06 -0330
Hello,
Does Linux support USB devices?
Do I need 2.2.0 for this?
TIA,
Neil
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From: Jeremy Probber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: AMD k6-2 in a server.
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 15:40:10 -0500
I built a new machine a few months back using a AMD K6-2 350 and a FIC
PA-2013 mainboard and the only complaint I have is the FPU is a little
sluggish when doing tasks like running filters on a 100meg multitrack
wave file, but other than that its been a great stable box. My
considerations when making a purchase were that I wanted a MB + CPU
running at 100 MHz FSB, and the AMD was so much cheaper that it allowed
me to allocate more money for better components (No more cheap ram for
me, I've had enough signal 11's to last a lifetime) so I could build a
better balanced box. Overclocking is definitely possible, the FIC
PA-2013 actually has a insane 124 MHz bus setting (I do not know of
anyone who has tried it) though I wouldn't recommend you do that with a
server unless you are doing a job under an assumed name.
Jakub Chmielewski wrote:
>
> Hi!
>
> I want to build a linux server. I am considering buying amd k6-2 as its
> heart ;) . What do you think of it?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Jakub Chmielewski
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From: Piotr Szeptynski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.dev.tape,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: Iomega DITTO MAX woes
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 10:15:58 +0100
Bruce Barnett wrote:
>
> Thanks for the help. I am getting closer.
> I can load the ftape, ztape, and bpck-fdc modules.
> However, when I try to do anything with the device:
>
> mt -f /dev/ftape status
> /dev/ftape: Device not configured
>
> It's rft0. I tried other devices as well (dft0, etc.)
Valid devices fro ftape are: [n]qft[0-3] and [n]rawft[0-3]. However
documentation says that Ditto works as device number 0 only.
Don't use system built mt command. Get ftape-tools and use ftmt, e.g. like
this:
ftmt -f /dev/qft0 status
Manual pages for mt and ftmt are different so check them.
> kernel: [002] fdc-io.c (fdc_register_R3448e164) - Probing for bpck-fdc tape drive
>slot 0.
> kernel: [003] 0 bpck-fdc.c (bpck_fdc_probe) - Bpck parallel port tape drive
>interface for ftape v4.03-pre-2 11/05/98.
> kernel: [004] bpck-fdc.c (bpck_fdc_query_proto) - Got 0xf8, expected either 0xc0
>or 0x40.
> kernel: [005] 0 bpck-fdc.c (bpck_fdc_probe) - Bpck parallel port tape drive
>interface for ftape v4.03-pre-2 11/05/98.
> kernel: [006] bpck-fdc.c (bpck_fdc_query_proto) - Got 0xf8, expected either 0xc0
>or 0x40.
> kernel: [007] 0 bpck-fdc.c (bpck_fdc_probe) - Bpck parallel port tape drive
>interface for ftape v4.03-pre-2 11/05/98.
> kernel: [008] 0 fdc-parport.h (ft_parport_claim) - Unable to grab address
>0x03bc for <NULL>.
> kernel: [009] 0 bpck-fdc.c (bpck_fdc_grab) - ft_parport_claim(fdc,
>&bpck->parinfo) failed: -16.
> kernel: [010] 0 bpck-fdc.c (bpck_fdc_probe) - bpck_fdc_grab(fdc) failed: -16.
> kernel: [011] 0 bpck-fdc.c (bpck_fdc_detect) - can't find bpck interface for ftape
>id 0.
> kernel: [012] 0 bpck-fdc.c (bpck_fdc_detect) - ft_parport_probe(fdc, &bpck->parinfo)
>failed: -6.
>
> This is obviously an error, but I'm not sure what to do to fix it.
I am not sure, too. It looks like bpck driver can't find your Ditto.
Here is a piece of my config:
insmod ./bpck-fdc.o ft_fdc_threshold=16 ft_fdc_rate_limit=2000 \
ft_fdc_base=0x378 ft_fdc_irq=7
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From: Nick Wise <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Large IDE drives
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 09:21:43 GMT
I recently purchased a second computer to fool around with and was
planning on putting Linux on it. The problem I have is that it has a
6.4 GB IDE hard disk. With the large number of cylinders and the fact
that the partiotions do not end on "proper" boundaries, I cannot use
LILO. Has there been a fix for this? I looked, but was unable to find
one. It has been a while since I last installed Linux, and I don't have
a completely up-to-date version. I was using the BARE bootdisk. Is
there a different one I should use or a more current version?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Nick Wise
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From: Robert Babernits <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.questions,alt.comp.periphs.videocards.matrox,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.help,de.comp.os.linux.x,de.comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Really weird problem with G200.
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 10:26:08 +0100
Hi,
it has nothing to do with your graphic card. It's the 24 Bit mode of
XFree that Netscape doesn't understand. If your card has enough memory
try the 32 Bit mode. That should work fine.
Robert
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From: Michael Numminen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Terrible partitions problem
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 10:27:19 +0100
Hi again!
I have NT 4.0 on the first partition. I had before a second partitions
to
NT 4.0 which is now removed, I think its /dev/hda5 becaus the disk size
is
equal.
/dev/hda1 Boot Primary DOS FAT16 [NO NAME ] 1539.57
/dev/hda5 Logical DOS FAT16 (big)
535.50
/dev/hda6 Logical Linux 941.07
/dev/hda3 Primary Linux Swap 63.00
I use the procedure below to add this removed partition to linux.
In fdisk I delete /dev/hda5 with the "d" command, then create new linux
partition with "n" command. I choice logical type (becous I want use
this
space to applications) and where it's should start and where it's end
should be, I select the numbers of cylinders what fdisk recomended.
This partition should be exactly in middle of two another partitions.
When I entered p command I could notice that /dev/hda5 and /dev/hda6
changes
size so /dev/hda5 get the /dev/hda6 size and /dev/hda6 get the /dev/hda5
size.
After I done all this I use "w" command to save the new configuration.
Fdisk
recommende me to reboot, which I done. But now when my pc rebooting I
get the
following message:
[MS-DOS... something
Transaction block size = 512
something...
something...
something...
Kernel panic: VFS : Unable to mount root fs on 03:06
What happen? Have I crashed my hd? How can I make it to work again?
Please help me someone I really have panic now...
Thanks!
// Miche
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (N1ho)
Subject: Re: HP DJ400 Problem
Date: 12 Jan 1999 23:27:40 GMT
>>> 'LF->CR/LF' translation
This means that the printer driver takes
every LineFeed character that it sees in the file that it's attempting to print
and send a CarriageReturn character followed by a LineFeed character.
There is a button on the RH Printtool to enable that capability (unfortunately
I can't explicitly describe it to you because I'm on AOL at the moment under a
non-Linux operating system), and the test page is suggesting that you push the
button and turn it on!.
I have a DeskJet 660C, and have to do the same thing.
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From: Andreas Reigber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.questions,alt.comp.periphs.videocards.matrox,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.help,de.comp.os.linux.x,de.comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Really weird problem with G200.
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 10:15:10 +0100
Tabman wrote:
>
> Hi folks.
>
> I have this really strange problem with my Millennium G200 running in Linux.
> The icons in Netscape Navigator ( the ones on the toolbar, etc. Even the
> Netscape icon in the top right corner ) are in black and white, but
> everything else is in perfect colour ! Even Navigator's start up page, which
> shows the Netscape logo, displays everything correctly ! No joke. It's just
> the icons.
>
I had the same problem with a Matrox Millenium I in 24bpp. The solution
was to use 32bpp, then the colors were OK. Dont ask me why...
Greetings,
Anderl
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dean Thompson)
Subject: Moving SCSI Targets
Date: 13 Jan 1999 10:11:49 GMT
Hi Everybody,
I was wondering whether somebody might be able to help me with a problem
that I seem to be having with regards to the identification of my SCSI
targets and the device names that they are allocated.
Currently, at work, we are working on a system which has both an
Internal Adaptec SCSI controller and an additional SCSI controller from
DPT which controls the RAID array.
During the install of Redhat Linux 5.2 we specify both the internal SCSI
controller and the EATA/DPT RAID controller device. Once installed,
Redhat probes the SCSI bus in the following order:
* Internal SCSI hard drive (9Gb) /dev/sda
* External RAID device (27G) /dev/sdb
This is fine so far, the root system lives on /dev/sda.
The problem comes into play when we recompile the system to provide SMP
support for the second processor. During the recompile, we specify in the
configuration scripts that we have both a internal SCSI adaptec controller
and the RAID array. Both SCSI devices are compiled into the kernel as the
RAID module array is broken in linux.
The only problem is that when the system has finished compiling and the
new kernel is rebooted the order in which the controllers are found
changes. This results in the following problem:
* External RAID device (27G) /dev/sda
* Internal SCSI hard drive (9Gb) /dev/sdb
This causes a problem because our root filesystem is no longer on
/dev/sda but on /dev/sdb.
I am aware that Linux kernel supports the concept of dynamically
re-arranging the order in which devices are probe in order to preserve the
/dev entries allocated to them but this can only happen on file systems
which are clean.
The device can be "renamed" through the use of the following sequence
pointed out in the SCSI-Programming HOWTO:
echo "scsi remove-single-device ....." > /proc/scsi/scsi
echo "scsi add-single-device ........" > /proc/scsi/scsi
The problem is that I need a script to be present in order to
make these operations work, but they can't work because the file
systems are not clean.
Does anybody have any ideas ?
See ya
Dean Thompson
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From: Randy Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: To ISA or not to ISA?
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 15:46:04 -0800
Hey! quick question.
current setup:
dist: Red Hat 5.1
motherboard has:
3 PCI slots
slot 1-vid card
slot 2-voodoo 2 g-acclerator
slot 3-Lucent 56k v.90 (winmodem DOH! Not supported in Linux?!)
2 ISA slots
slot 1-empty
slot 2-empty
QUESTION: I plan to get a new modem and a buy an ether net card..
Thus, if I want to keep my voodoo card, either my modem or my ether net
card will have to be ISA.
Which would you go for, a) ISA modem, PCI ethernet, or b) ISA ethernet,
PCI modem?
Thanks
Randy
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: To ISA or not to ISA?
Date: 13 Jan 1999 00:06:46 GMT
Randy Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: slot 3-Lucent 56k v.90 (winmodem DOH! Not supported in Linux?!)
Every pice of hardware prefixed by "win" is very likely to be _not_
supported under Linux ...
: Which would you go for, a) ISA modem, PCI ethernet, or b) ISA ethernet,
: PCI modem?
a), of cource!
Why the hell you would require a transfer-rate of 133MB/sec when your
modem only can deliver 7KB/sec ??? (Ok, 14KB/sec fullduplex)
And even 10MBit-Ethernet cards will need more bandwidth in
fullduplex-mode than ISA can deliver ...
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From: Tim Holmes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SCSI Cheap/Supported?
Date: 12 Jan 1999 23:58:03 GMT
Tim Holmes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: Joe Linington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: : Tim Holmes wrote:
: :> Blake Sobiloff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: :> : [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
: :> :>
: :> :> So, is there some inexpensive interface card I can buy that is
: :> :> supported in Linux?
: :>
: :> : I'd double-check the supported hardware list, but Adaptec's AHA-1502B is
: :> : an ISA card that does Fast SCSI II and costs about $60.
: :>
: :> I saw one at CompUSA by SIIG called AP-20 PCI . This was for $60. Sounds
: :> good if it works. Anybody get this to work with Linux? It may be an
: :> Advansys...
: :>
: :> Tim Holmes
: : I have a Siig AP-10 for my sony SDT-5000 Dat drive but I am still looking for
: : someone who knows how to get it running.. Keep looking here for my messages
: : and you might get to see. I am considering approaching Siig themselves as
: : they provide support for other flavours of Unix with the cards.
: I called SIIG. They didn't claim any Linux support but said that they
: use the Initio chipset. I have not seen any reference to this chipset
: being supported either.
: Any other views on this?
: Tim Holmes
Just to follow up my own post. Initio seems to be a big Linux supporter.
Go over to www.initio.com. I think that the SIIG AP-10 & AP-20 are the
same as the INI9100 series, which should now be in the kernel. The
Initio web site also offers drivers.
Tim
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Uncle Goddamn)
Subject: Re: linux on DELL PowerEdge 6350
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 22:50:27 GMT
The PERC (Power Edge Raid Controller) is just an AMI MegaRaid card,
which is supported by 2.0.36 and later. To install to a system
equipped with a PERC, get the megaraid boot.img and supp.img from
ftp.megatrends.com (I think thats the ftp site..)
With those disks, suddenly the AMI Megaraid is listed as an available
controller to install from. While I havent tried this on a 6350, on
older systems with same card, it works fine.
Enjoy
-UG
On Fri, 8 Jan 1999 13:48:23 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Masahiko Nakashizu)
wrote:
>Last year I wrote,
>
>>I'm planning to run linux on DELL PowerEdge 6350.
>>
>>Could any body tell me whether linux runs on it ?
>
>after that, we bought the DELL PowerEdge 6350, with two 400MHz Xeon, and
>successed to install linux (Red Hat 5.2) on it (without RAID controller).
>
>The DELL PowerEdge 6350 can boot from CD-ROM.
>There is a important point when you install.
>You must set a module option when you select a SCSI adapter (Adaptec
>2940).
>DO NOT SELECT "Autoprobe" !
>Select "Specify optoins".
>What you must write in the "module option" section is
> aic7xxx=no_probe
>
>(The option is mentioned in linux/drivers/scsi/README.aic7xxx. You can
>find
>the name "PowerEdge 6300" in that file.)
>
>Then, you can install normally :)
>
>
>But now, I have a new question.
>
>We bought the 6350 with RAID controller.
>But when I try to install RedHat 5.2, I can not select a module for it.
>Is there any way to install linux on the PowerEdge 6350 with RAID ?
>
>Thanks
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From: Jos Elzinga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Driver requested for the Banshee
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 11:27:14 +0100
Hi all,
I am new to Linux and buyed RedHat 5.2. However, I don't find a driver
for my videocard, an EON Lilith Banshee 16 Mb. Is there a driver
available to get him work in 1024x768 @ 70 Hz. under X-Windows ??
Thanx in forward !
Where can I get a CD-Burning program for Linux ? I own a Plextor 4/12
SCSI burner and a Plextor 32X SCSI reader
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Ripton)
Subject: Re: Which CPU to upgrade to?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 00:18:23 GMT
In article <77gdkn$3i5$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (terry g) wrote:
>
>> stay away from idt winchip if you are into linux...."win"
>> chip....trouble,trouble
>
>Um, are you certain of this? I am considering buying the winchip2, and have
>done *extensive* research which indicates there should be no problem with
>linux. Many positive experiences can be retrieved through dejanews, and I
>have YET to read a negative 1st-hand report.
Unlike most hardware with "win" in the name, the Winchip works fine for
Linux. A friend replaced a twitchy Cyrix P166+ with a $50 Winchip 240
(IIRC) and has been very happy with the results.
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From: "J�rgen Exner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.llinux.help,comp.os.linux.questions,alt.linux
Subject: Re: Large IDE drives
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 16:19:28 -0800
Nick Wise wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>I recently purchased a second computer to fool around with and was
>planning on putting Linux on it. The problem I have is that it has a
>6.4 GB IDE hard disk. With the large number of cylinders and the fact
>that the partiotions do not end on "proper" boundaries, I cannot use
>LILO. Has there been a fix for this? I looked, but was unable to find
>one. It has been a while since I last installed Linux, and I don't have
>a completely up-to-date version. I was using the BARE bootdisk. Is
>there a different one I should use or a more current version?
Of course you can use LILO with any size of HD.
You read the Large DISK Mini-HOWTO, didn't you (available at e.g.
http://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/mini/Large-Disk)
In the worst case (if you BIOS is to old to support LBA) you can still
create a small boot partition below cylinder 1024 and boot from there.
jue
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From: Gerber van der Graaf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Have a Question about Fujitsu M2513A MODD
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 12:34:51 +0000
>From the Linux documantation file HARDWARE I found the following
information:
Linux supports both 512 and 1024 bytes/sector disks. Starting with
kernel 2.1.32 Linux also supports 2048 bytes/sector. A patch to kernel
2.0.30 is available at <http://liniere.gen.u-tokyo.ac.jp/2048.html>.
The 2048 bytes/sector support is needed for
Fujitsu magneto-optical disk drives M2513
To apply the patch is pretty easy:
Just cd into the directory with the kernel source and gunzip the file
there, then do a "patch -p1 < name_of_the_patch_file"
This should work for your SCSI drive
Gerber
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On Sun, 10 Jan 1999, Alex A. Akimoff wrote:
> I have an Fujitsu M2513A Magneto-optical drive on my computer. It works
> fine under
> Win95, but I don't know how to setup it in Linux (I'm relative new in
> Unix world).
> This device has UW-SCSI-2 interface, and works with 640Mb hard-sectored
> (2048bps) disks. During boot kernel correctly determines SCSI-adapter
> and MO drive, but than says, that disk has 0.0M capacity and "can't read
> partition table on /dev/sda".
> Please, tell me, what I can do whith it?
>
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eric Hardwick)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Linux fails to boot after dual-booting Windows 95;Reinstall LILO and it
works again!?
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 00:41:58 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chetan Ahuja) wrote:
>Eric Hardwick ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
>: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chris) wrote:
>
>: >Is your Win95 partition FAT or FAT32? There is a known bug in Linux (as
>: >of 2.0.36) which *may* cause the kernel to crash if you mount a defective
>: >filesystem. To the FAT12/16 code, a FAT32 filesystem *is* defective.
>: >Next time you get a successful Linux boot, edit the fstab file so that the
>: >Win95 filesystem does not auto-mount. You may find that this cures the
>: >problem.
>: >
>
>: Yes it is FAT32. I just tried your suggestion. It seemed to work the
>: first time I booted win95 and then Linux. Linux booted correctly all
>: the way through. So I tried it again...Booted windows then Linux. No
>: go. Same problem. One thing was different the first time, might mean
>: nothing. I used 'rmmod' to unload the vfat module, then rebooted into
>: windows, then Linux. This worked. Another round of reboots and Linux
>: *doesn't* boot. I don't really think this is the cause but can someone
>: tell me how to prevent the vfat module from loading during boot up? Is
>: it a config file I need to edit?
>
> Yes.. the file you need to edit is /etc/fstab
> just remove the line that is mounting the win95 partition... or
>you can make the fourth field ( the one after vfat) read 'noauto'
>(without the quotes) That means not to mount the file system automatically...
> Chetan
>
>
Sorry, I wasn't clear, I mean how do I remove the vfat loadable module
from the bootup process, it's the line that says
Loading vfat lp lp0 ...
and so on.
I already removed the /etc/fstab lines that mounted my win95
partitions. I had set that up to be noauto anyway so that wasn't the
problem.
I assume the vfat module is 'vfat.o'? Maybe I should do a grep on my
/etc dir for that string...
I chose support for vfat during the installation of Debian 2.0. Maybe
it recompiled the kernel during the installation? (does that happen?)
Oh well, thanks for the advice none the less.
Eric Hardwick
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From: Kyle Fink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Again: XFree86 and Graphics Chips issues
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 16:09:57 -0700
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> Hello everyone,
>
> It seems my original post did not draw much attention, so here comes the
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> Current contenders are: Mach64 (ATI RagePro) Riva128 (ASUS 3DB V3000) Riva
> TNT Intel i740 Any other chips you would suggest
>
> The card has to be PCI, I do NOT play games, but I will watch TV/VCD etc.
> OpenGL acceleration will be a major benefit, since I am going to be some
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> I wish to do the purchase ASAP, so I will greatly appreciate your
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> Thanks in advance,
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