Linux-Hardware Digest #809, Volume #9 Mon, 22 Mar 99 20:13:40 EST
Contents:
DPT new I2O Drivers ... only for Red Hat 5,2 (Andreas Trianta)
Re: Diamond FireGL 4000 anyone? (Tobias)
Can't install printer ("Mike Bosschaert")
Re: Web Hosting Questions (Jeremy C. Reed)
S3 Trio 3D (Zwhiteplume)
Re: ISDN with Courier I-modem? (Christopher Dugmore)
Compaq Deskpro 4000 Trouble... (jb)
PCMCIA Megahertz modem in Thinkpad not funtioning... (Marquis de Carvdawg)
Smart-2 Array Controller problems ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
stb velocity 4400 (William Parker)
Adaptec AHA-2930U2 controller/Linux can't see it (Bob Sully)
Linux porting to WinCE PDAs....when? (F. Chung)
Re: Advice on new system (Phil Brutsche)
Re: Advice on new system (Colin)
Re: Tape Backup Help Please (Tomasz Korycki)
major minor for eth0 (Kyle Altendorf)
Re: Adaptec AHA-2930U2 controller/Linux can't see it (Joel Ebel)
Re: Compaq Netelligent 10/100 TX PCI ("Lee Sharp")
Re: RIO Player (Curtis Stanford)
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From: Andreas Trianta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: DPT new I2O Drivers ... only for Red Hat 5,2
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 22:05:16 +0200
hi all,
can someone guess why DPT chose to release Linux I2O drivers for their
Smart RAID V family (1554 | 2654 | Millenium) only for Red Hat 5.2 ...
excuse me if i'm mistaken but i thought it is a trivial matter to
release drivers for all (or most) Linux distributions ... aren't they
supposed to be (basically) the same thing?
it also seems that you can only install the DPT drivers if you do a
complete (re)install ... or so the documentation says ...
i would really appreciate an answer
bios
andreas
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tobias)
Subject: Re: Diamond FireGL 4000 anyone?
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 21:31:53 GMT
On Wed, 10 Mar 1999 12:10:37 -0500, Charlie Fulton
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>are any of you wonderful (*really mean that :) *) linux driver
>developers writing anything for this card? It is a really expensive card
>that we have to use at work for some molecular modeling programs in NT,
>and it's just a shame I can't get any higher than 640x480 (although
>still better than NT <g>).
Thats an very seldom card - and an very special too. There is no real
support yet.
Try to get the neccessary informations - and ask *iamond to support
writing the X11-driver.
Instead of the GL4000 use e.g. one of the the ELSA Gloria cards -
nearly the same good GL-performance with NT -
and support under X11 .... www.elsa.de
Tobias
Tobias Schirmer
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] (note: replace nospam with foni)
Germany, Aachen
- if possible, stay some days in DRESDEN -
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From: "Mike Bosschaert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Can't install printer
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 23:21:23 +0100
I am trying to setup my printer (unfortunately Lexmark 5700).
My system is Linux 2.0.36 (suse package)
The setup tool (Yast) does not allow me to configure a printer (option in
hardware menu is disabled).
Who can help?
Most gratfully,
Mike Bosschaert
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jeremy C. Reed)
Subject: Re: Web Hosting Questions
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 22:22:02 GMT
check out "The Public DNS Service" http://soa.granitecanyon.com/
In article <7cv0f2$bh8$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Is it possible to get a free DNS? Does the "technical contact" always have to
>be from the DNS provider? Or, can I be the admin/billing/tech contact?
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From: Zwhiteplume <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: S3 Trio 3D
Date: 22 Mar 1999 22:26:05 GMT
I am having trouble configuring my S3 Trio 3D graphics card in X. A
friend came over and installed a newer version of a driver but I am
still not getting full color and resolution. He felt that the card might
not have any better support.
I am new to Linux, and my command of commands is limited for now, but,
I would like to try and get this card to work. It might all be in there
but I cannot figure out where to expiriment with the
settings--Xconfigurator? or XF86conf?
If this proves to be hopless I am also thinking of installing another
card that would work with Win 98 and Linux, so if anyone has a
suggestion as to which card is "made" for Linux, a reply would be
appreciated.
THANKS
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From: Christopher Dugmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ISDN with Courier I-modem?
Date: 22 Mar 1999 22:31:50 GMT
John - I have the USR Courier I-Modem working under both RH5.2 (at home)
and RH5.0 (at work). I have them setup with mgetty so that ppp is
automatically detected when a LCP packet is detected. They also work just
fine in terminal mode. You should check that the device is correct when
using minicom.
Best of luck - Chris
John Schweiger wrote:
> Can anyone here shed some light on whether it's possible to
> use a USR Courier I-Modem under RedHat 5.2? USR says it looks
> just like a serial port modem and setserial can see it OK but
> I can't get minicom to talk to it or my ppp0 interface either.
> Before I spend alot of time looking for the right setup I'd
> like to know if anyone else has made this work either as a standard
> modem or ISDN. Thanks.
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From: jb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Compaq Deskpro 4000 Trouble...
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 14:03:30 +0100
Hi there,
I'm trying to install linux on a Cpq Deskpro 4000 with a 200 Mhz Pentium
Pro... without luck the kernel (2.0.36 from Slackware 3.6) crashes with
a 0c exception.
I boot from DOS with loadlin due to the PCI relocation problem of the
Cpq (so I use MOVEPCI...)
Did anybody already encounter this type of problem?
Did anybody got Linux running on such a machine?
Thanx in advance.
Jean
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From: Marquis de Carvdawg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: PCMCIA Megahertz modem in Thinkpad not funtioning...
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 18:32:00 +0000
I installed RH 5.1 on a ThinkPad 365XD. XFree86 works fine
and was able to recompile the kernel with no problems.
I have a Megahertz XJ2288 modem in socket 1, and a
Megahertz CC10BT/2 ethernet card in socket 2. I am not using
the ethernet card at all.
Setserial responds that the modem has the proper UART and is
on IRQ 3, 03f8...win98 had reported it was on IRQ4.
When I run minicom, the modem responds 'OK' to the default init
string. It responds 'OK' to 'at'. When I use the 'atdtxxx-xxxx'
command,
it just sits there...and then eventually comes back with 'no carrier'.
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated...
Carv
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Smart-2 Array Controller problems
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 22:49:02 GMT
Hoy,
I'm trying to get my array controller running on a Proliant 5000 4-way.
I've got the drivers, and have compiled them into the kernel (2.0.36). I've
applied the DAC960 patches and have run MKDEV.ida.
When I boot the machine loop.o complains about unresolved symbols and the
status command won't do anything to the /dev/ida/* devices.
What am I missing?
I tried compiling the cpqarray driver as a module, but got unresolved symbols
when I attempted insmod: max_segments, blk_dev, max_sectors.
All help appreciated. I've attached my kernel config file as well.
Regards,
-scott anderson
#
# Automatically generated by make menuconfig: don't edit
#
#
# Code maturity level options
#
CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL=y
#
# Loadable module support
#
CONFIG_MODULES=y
CONFIG_MODVERSIONS=y
CONFIG_KERNELD=y
#
# General setup
#
CONFIG_MATH_EMULATION=y
CONFIG_NET=y
# CONFIG_MAX_16M is not set
CONFIG_PCI=y
# CONFIG_PCI_OPTIMIZE is not set
CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y
CONFIG_BINFMT_AOUT=y
CONFIG_BINFMT_ELF=y
# CONFIG_BINFMT_JAVA is not set
CONFIG_KERNEL_ELF=y
# CONFIG_M386 is not set
# CONFIG_M486 is not set
# CONFIG_M586 is not set
CONFIG_M686=y
# CONFIG_MTRR is not set
#
# Floppy, IDE, and other block devices
#
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_FD=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE=y
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD_IDE is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDECD is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDETAPE is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEFLOPPY is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDESCSI is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_PCMCIA is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD640 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RZ1000 is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_TRITON=y
# CONFIG_IDE_CHIPSETS is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP=y
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_MD is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=y
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_XD is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_DAC960 is not set
CONFIG_BLK_CPQ_DA=y
CONFIG_BLK_CPQ_DA_PCI=y
# CONFIG_BLK_CPQ_DA_EISA is not set
CONFIG_PARIDE=m
# CONFIG_PARIDE_PD is not set
# CONFIG_PARIDE_PCD is not set
# CONFIG_PARIDE_PF is not set
# CONFIG_PARIDE_PT is not set
# CONFIG_PARIDE_PG is not set
CONFIG_PARIDE_ATEN=m
CONFIG_PARIDE_BPCK=m
CONFIG_PARIDE_COMM=m
CONFIG_PARIDE_DSTR=m
CONFIG_PARIDE_FIT2=m
CONFIG_PARIDE_FIT3=m
CONFIG_PARIDE_EPAT=m
CONFIG_PARIDE_EPIA=m
CONFIG_PARIDE_FRPW=m
CONFIG_PARIDE_KBIC=m
CONFIG_PARIDE_KTTI=m
CONFIG_PARIDE_ON20=m
CONFIG_PARIDE_ON26=m
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD is not set
#
# Networking options
#
# CONFIG_FIREWALL is not set
# CONFIG_NET_ALIAS is not set
CONFIG_INET=y
# CONFIG_IP_FORWARD is not set
# CONFIG_IP_MULTICAST is not set
CONFIG_SYN_COOKIES=y
# CONFIG_IP_ACCT is not set
# CONFIG_IP_ROUTER is not set
# CONFIG_NET_IPIP is not set
# CONFIG_INET_PCTCP is not set
# CONFIG_INET_RARP is not set
# CONFIG_NO_PATH_MTU_DISCOVERY is not set
# CONFIG_IP_NOSR is not set
CONFIG_SKB_LARGE=y
CONFIG_IPX=y
# CONFIG_ATALK is not set
# CONFIG_AX25 is not set
# CONFIG_BRIDGE is not set
# CONFIG_NETLINK is not set
#
# SCSI support
#
CONFIG_SCSI=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD=y
CONFIG_CHR_DEV_ST=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR=y
CONFIG_CHR_DEV_SG=y
# CONFIG_SCSI_MULTI_LUN is not set
CONFIG_SCSI_CONSTANTS=y
#
# SCSI low-level drivers
#
# CONFIG_SCSI_7000FASST is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_AHA152X is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_AHA1542 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_AHA1740 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_AIC7XXX is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_ADVANSYS is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_IN2000 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_AM53C974 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_MEGARAID is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_BUSLOGIC is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_DTC3280 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_EATA_DMA is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_EATA_PIO is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_EATA is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_FUTURE_DOMAIN is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_GENERIC_NCR5380 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C406A is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C7xx is not set
CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C8XX=y
CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C8XX_NVRAM_DETECT=y
CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C8XX_TAGGED_QUEUE=y
# CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C8XX_IOMAPPED is not set
CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C8XX_MAX_TAGS=4
CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C8XX_SYNC=20
# CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C8XX_SYMBIOS_COMPAT is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_PPA is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_PAS16 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_QLOGIC_FAS is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_QLOGIC_ISP is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_SEAGATE is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_DC390T is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_T128 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_U14_34F is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_ULTRASTOR is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_GDTH is not set
#
# Network device support
#
CONFIG_NETDEVICES=y
CONFIG_DUMMY=m
CONFIG_EQUALIZER=m
# CONFIG_DLCI is not set
# CONFIG_PLIP is not set
CONFIG_PPP=m
# CONFIG_SLIP is not set
# CONFIG_NET_RADIO is not set
CONFIG_NET_ETHERNET=y
CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_3COM=y
# CONFIG_EL1 is not set
# CONFIG_EL2 is not set
# CONFIG_ELPLUS is not set
# CONFIG_EL16 is not set
# CONFIG_EL3 is not set
# CONFIG_3C515 is not set
CONFIG_VORTEX=y
# CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_SMC is not set
# CONFIG_NET_PCI is not set
# CONFIG_NET_ISA is not set
# CONFIG_NET_EISA is not set
# CONFIG_NET_POCKET is not set
# CONFIG_TR is not set
# CONFIG_FDDI is not set
# CONFIG_ARCNET is not set
# CONFIG_SHAPER is not set
#
# ISDN subsystem
#
# CONFIG_ISDN is not set
#
# CD-ROM drivers (not for SCSI or IDE/ATAPI drives)
#
# CONFIG_CD_NO_IDESCSI is not set
#
# Filesystems
#
CONFIG_QUOTA=y
# CONFIG_MINIX_FS is not set
CONFIG_EXT_FS=m
CONFIG_EXT2_FS=y
# CONFIG_XIA_FS is not set
CONFIG_NLS=y
CONFIG_ISO9660_FS=m
CONFIG_FAT_FS=y
CONFIG_MSDOS_FS=y
# CONFIG_UMSDOS_FS is not set
CONFIG_VFAT_FS=y
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_437=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_737=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_775=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_850=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_852=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_855=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_857=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_860=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_861=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_862=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_863=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_864=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_865=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_866=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_869=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_874=m
CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_1=m
CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_2=m
CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_3=m
CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_4=m
CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_5=m
CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_6=m
CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_7=m
CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_8=m
CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_9=m
CONFIG_NLS_KOI8_R=m
CONFIG_PROC_FS=y
CONFIG_NFS_FS=y
# CONFIG_ROOT_NFS is not set
CONFIG_SMB_FS=y
CONFIG_SMB_WIN95=y
CONFIG_NCP_FS=y
# CONFIG_HPFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_SYSV_FS is not set
CONFIG_AUTOFS_FS=m
# CONFIG_AFFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_UFS_FS is not set
#
# Character devices
#
CONFIG_SERIAL=y
# CONFIG_DIGI is not set
# CONFIG_CYCLADES is not set
# CONFIG_ISI is not set
# CONFIG_STALDRV is not set
# CONFIG_RISCOM8 is not set
# CONFIG_PRINTER is not set
# CONFIG_SPECIALIX is not set
CONFIG_MOUSE=y
# CONFIG_ATIXL_BUSMOUSE is not set
# CONFIG_BUSMOUSE is not set
# CONFIG_MS_BUSMOUSE is not set
CONFIG_PSMOUSE=y
# CONFIG_82C710_MOUSE is not set
# CONFIG_UMISC is not set
# CONFIG_QIC02_TAPE is not set
# CONFIG_FTAPE is not set
# CONFIG_APM is not set
# CONFIG_WATCHDOG is not set
CONFIG_RTC=y
#
# Sound
#
# CONFIG_SOUND is not set
#
# Kernel hacking
#
# CONFIG_PROFILE is not set
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From: William Parker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: stb velocity 4400
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 17:09:03 -0600
has anyone had any success with this card and linux and if you did how?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Sully)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Adaptec AHA-2930U2 controller/Linux can't see it
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 14:58:15 -0800
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (remove -nospam- to reply)
Hey all -
I just replaced the SCSI controller (AHA-2940U) in my machine with
a newer one (AHA-2930U2 - uses AIC7890 chipset), as I needed to use the old
one in one of my office machines. Linux can't see it, even though it's
technically an AIC-78xx board. I can't find any references to it in any of
the Linux newsgroups. Anyone out there using this board with Linux? I'm
running RedHat 5.2, upgraded to the 2.2.3 kernel. The board comes up fine
under Windoze.
Thanks - Bob
_____________________________________________________________
Bob Sully - Simi Valley, California, USA
[EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://home.earthlink.net/~rsully/
And on the eighth day, God said: "Murphy, you're in charge."
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (F. Chung)
Subject: Linux porting to WinCE PDAs....when?
Date: 22 Mar 1999 18:05:05 -0500
Hello,
I was wondering if there are plans to port linux to the WinCE plaforms
just like there is a port to the Palm Pilot series.
Thanks
Felix
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From: Phil Brutsche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Advice on new system
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 16:41:13 -0600
On 22 Mar 1999, Tom Michiels wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am finally getting rid of my old 486, and plan to buy a new machine.
> I aim to build a stable Linux-box and I might use some advice.
> I tried to gather some info on the web and from that, I was thinking of
> buying the following components:
>
> - Celeron 433A
>
> The kernel-compile-benchmarks of www.cpureview.com convinced me that
> even for large programs like gcc, the speed of the cache of a celeron
> compensates its size and the lower bus-clock of a PII350.
Ok.
>
> - ASUS P2B or ABIT BM6 (when I buy the socket370-version of the celeron)
>
> I am still not sure about the MB. The socket370-version of the celeron
> seems to be much more available, en perhaps cheaper. That is why I
> looked for a mb with a socket 370 and the BX chipset (ABIT BM6). At
> the other hand the P2B seems to be the standard for high quality systems.
>
I'd say to go with the Asus P2B - I have one (and love it), and have heard
very few bad things about is, and almost all good. On the other hand I've
heard nothing about the BM6, good or bad. You may be stuck with a
Socket370 motherboard in any case - looking at pricewatch, it looks like
that's the only way to get the 433Mhz Celeron. You'd be doing well to
find a Socket370-version of the P2B.
>
> - DAWI DC 2976 scsi controller.
>
> Adaptec is much to expensive. And I hear nobody complaining about the
> symbios based controllers. Anybody?
I have a Symbios based board, and am satisfied with it. I find its every
bit as good as an Adaptec in one of the computers at work, and costs quite
a bit less.
>
> - Quantum Viking II 9.1Gb
>
> I was convinced about the use of scsi-disks, after I did a small test
> on two identical PII400, 128meg, one with udma ide's one with scsi's.
> I compiled kernel 2.2.3. with the standard config-file in 9m3.232s on the
> first system, and in 4m16.987s on the second. I know, there is more in
> the world than compiling kernels, but still...
EIDE may transfer data every bit as fast as the SCSI, but, if you go SCSI,
you'll really notice the difference when the thing starts swapping.
Besides, I would recommend two 4.5 GB drives
>
> - 256 MB ECC dims
>
> ECC is not much more expensive.
Ok
>
> - Plextor 32x scsi
Ok
>
> - Plextor rw 4/20
Haven't heard anything about it, good or bad.
>
> - Matrox Mill G200 8MB SGRAM
>From what I've heard, the best general-use card currently available. I
also have one, and think it's godly :-)
>
> What do you think? Am I doing something stupid?
Not at all - you made some of the same choices I would make.
======================================================================
Phil Brutsche [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Microsoft: "Where do you want to to today?"
Linux: "Where do you want to go tomorrow?"
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From: Colin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Advice on new system
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 19:21:02 -0500
Tom Michiels wrote:
>
> - ASUS P2B or ABIT BM6 (when I buy the socket370-version of the celeron)
>
I just looked on ABIT's web site and there is no mention of a "BM6"
motherboard. There is a BH6 (which I have), a BX6 rev. 2, a ZM6, and a
LM6.
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From: Tomasz Korycki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Tape Backup Help Please
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 19:38:17 -0500
"W.C." wrote:
>
> Newbie server operator here. I'm running a POP server, and, since people
> are relying on me to provide their mail, I would like to make backups each
> night. I have installed an Adaptec 2940 SCSI interface and an HP SureStore
> T20 tape drive (10/20).
>
> How does one go about mounting and using such a device? I've investigated
> the tar command and mount command in my references, but cannot locate solid
> information.
>
> Actually, I have an internal Zip100Mb IDE device and have the same question
> about that.
>
> All hp will be certainly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
>
> Bill
You don't mount tapes - they do NOT have filesystems to be mounted. Data
to them is written in a stream. You can, essentially, use cat and pipe
the output to tape device (done that, years ago...;<). But tar, cpio,
bru and friends are MUCH better. For tar, I would just use tar -cvf
/dev/device_file_of_your_tape <filenames or directory name under which
You want to grab everything>. Don't backup /, as I once did: it will
grab /proc filesystem, which will shhot You out the window if You try to
restore it....
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From: Kyle Altendorf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: major minor for eth0
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 16:16:21 -0800
just wondering where i could find the info for mknod for an ethernet
device. it's being detected as a ne2000 ethernet card, i just need the
/dev file for it. any help would be great. thanks.
-kyle
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From: Joel Ebel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Adaptec AHA-2930U2 controller/Linux can't see it
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 19:42:06 -0500
Not that this helps you, but I have a 7890 on my motherboard, and redhat
5.2 detects it properly when it first installs. I also have had it work
fine with a 2940U2W which is also a 7890. I'm still running 2.0.36
though. Maybe the latest works differently.
Good luck,
Joel
Bob Sully wrote:
>
> Hey all -
> I just replaced the SCSI controller (AHA-2940U) in my machine with
> a newer one (AHA-2930U2 - uses AIC7890 chipset), as I needed to use the old
> one in one of my office machines. Linux can't see it, even though it's
> technically an AIC-78xx board. I can't find any references to it in any of
> the Linux newsgroups. Anyone out there using this board with Linux? I'm
> running RedHat 5.2, upgraded to the 2.2.3 kernel. The board comes up fine
> under Windoze.
>
> Thanks - Bob
> _____________________________________________________________
> Bob Sully - Simi Valley, California, USA
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://home.earthlink.net/~rsully/
>
> And on the eighth day, God said: "Murphy, you're in charge."
> _____________________________________________________________
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From: "Lee Sharp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Compaq Netelligent 10/100 TX PCI
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 17:58:02 -0600
Fam. Nieuwenhuis wrote in message <7d67lv$lpf$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
|I'm brand new to Linux and I'm struggling with Redhat 5.2 at the moment. I
|own a IBM Aptiva with a Compaq Netelligent 10/100 TX PCI card in it which I
|can't get to work. I've tried some suggestions from this newsgroup already
|but unfortunately without success. All I do is installing Linux from
|scratch, skipping the network set-up. When Linux is running I do a "insmod
|tlan" at the prompt. Then "netconf" at the prompt to configure the device
|(eth0) and to specify my IP settings. After I "activate changes" I expect
my
|network adapter to get activated but this doesn't happen. During shutdown a
|message "unknown device eth0" appears. Does anyone know what's going wrong
|here? I could use some help.
Those NICs shipped with three different chipsets over the production life
so far. Pull the card, and look at the big chips. Let us know which once
they are, and we can continue. The TLAN chip is on the integrated NIC on
the DeskPro 4000/6000 series, and many docking stations. I do not believe
it was on the PCI card, but with Compaq, who knows. :-)
Lee
--
SCSI is *NOT* magic. There are *fundamental technical reasons* why it is
necessary to sacrifice a young goat to your SCSI chain now and then. *
Black holes are where God divided by zero. - I am speaking as an individual,
not as a representative of any company, organization or other entity. I am
solely responsible for my words.
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From: Curtis Stanford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RIO Player
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 17:07:03 -0700
Maegges wrote:
>
> Hi out there,
> has anybody managed to get RIO player to work with linux ?
> If not, does anyone know the communication specs ? Is it possible to use the
> thing as an online player, thereby reducing the system load ?
> Diamond have a lot of blurb on their pages, but very few hard facts except that
> the software is for win only.
>
> Thanx in advance,
> c.u.m.
There are a few utilities, most of which use SnowBlind Alliance's rio command
line utility. Do a search for "rio" on freshmeat.net for a complete list.
Curtis Stanford
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