Linux-Hardware Digest #811, Volume #9 Tue, 23 Mar 99 03:13:58 EST
Contents:
Iwill 2935UW ("Jerry Gregoire")
Re: AHA-1502 (aka AVA-6X60) SCSI cards under Linux 2.2.2??? (HAMILA Chahine)
Re: What Printer Should I Get? (Joel Ebel)
Re: Adaptec AHA-2930U2 controller/Linux can't see it (Bernd-Ulrich Adrigam)
Unix hardware for Linux? ("Matt Foreman")
Re: Adaptec 1542 CF formatting problem (paulr)
Re: Adaptec AHA-2930U2 controller/Linux can't see it (paulr)
Conner CTT8000-S tape drive (Michael Corral)
Re: Multi-channel soundcard for Linux (BL)
3DFX video Cards CL HELP!!! (Rod Prather)
Re: Banshee ("Chris Plummer")
Re: I SEE NO REPLYS TO THIS GROUP ???? (paulr)
HSP-Modems ("Paco Lozano")
Re: Tulip driver, with buildin 21143 controller. (Stephen Ashley)
What Printer Should I Get? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: LS-120 drives and boot disks (Joel Ebel)
10/100 generic NIC cards. (Rod Prather)
Diamond Stealth II 460 (u991309)
Re: What hardware is required ????????? (Axel Liljencrantz)
Re: Advice on new system (Tom Michiels)
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From: "Jerry Gregoire" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Iwill 2935UW
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 22:17:46 -0500
I am installing Debian Linux for the first time on this system and I am
having trouble getting the CDROM boot to recognize my Iwill 2935UW SCSI
controller card. Unfortunately, my only hard drive is connected to this
controller. Can anyone help me out here?
Thank you,
Jerry Gregoire
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From: HAMILA Chahine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: AHA-1502 (aka AVA-6X60) SCSI cards under Linux 2.2.2???
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 04:10:35 +0100
Daniel Bowkley wrote:
> hello,
>
> I just went out and got myself a new Adaptec aha-1502 card for my
> Bernoulli drive; the combo works great under windoze 95 (why the heck
> did they discontinue the Bernoulli? I love that thing!) but it appears
> that there's no support for this card under Linux. Is there a 3rd party
> driver available, or do I have to get a different scsi card?
>
> thanks in advance,
> Dan
the 152x driver works. I have the same card and use it for my scanner with
Linux.
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From: Joel Ebel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: What Printer Should I Get?
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 22:42:42 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Hey
> I'm looking for a fairly cheap laser printer(or an ink-jet
> w/ laser quality). I'm looking at the HP Laserjet 1100se,
> or possibly the Deskjet 895C. Are these printers any good
> under Linux? I would also appreciate any other suggestions
> you can give. Thanks.
To my knowledge both are fine under linux since they use PCL 3. As is
the 880, which I'm going to get soon. The 895 is nice, but it has very
few advantages over the 880 that should make it $100 more. The 895 adds
a bit of speed and capacity, and it is officially supported by HP for
networking purposes... But the 880 will work fine networked as well.
And who cares about official networking support if your not going to use
an officially supported operating system anyway. IMHO the 880 is the
way to go. Unless of cource that cool translucent top is really what
you want. :) Of course laser may be what you need, in which case...
well... there you have it. get the 1100, but I'm fine with inkjet
myself. And having color is a cool bonus.
Good luck,
Joel
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bernd-Ulrich Adrigam)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Adaptec AHA-2930U2 controller/Linux can't see it
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 05:11:40 +0100
Bob Sully schrieb in Nachricht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>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."
>_____________________________________________________________
>
Hi Bob,
you should look out for new drivers ( AHA-2940u2, I think).
Give the homepage of SuSE a try. I think, I've seen something there.
Bernd
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From: "Matt Foreman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Unix hardware for Linux?
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 23:31:08 -0500
Will linux run a Sun Sparc 10 in place of solaris?
Thanks for any help
Matt
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From: paulr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Adaptec 1542 CF formatting problem
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 22:57:07 -0600
Thomas M. Regenbrecht wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> no newbie to Linux, I want to re-cycle older hw (formerly Win$).
>
> System: (in short) 486DX-50 (true 50 MHz) w/16MB RAM, VLB (1) w/2MB
> no-name VGA, ISA otherwise; no IDE hd, but Adaptec 1542CF (ID 7) with
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
THIS ONE!
> 2 harddisks: 1 IBM (4.3 GB/ID 0), 1 Seagate (2.7GB/ID 1) and CD-R Sony
> (ID2 ) (could specify further, if needed).
>
> In short: a nice, if old, system. Win95 running nice and easy.
>
I'd really advise you to attempt to locate a suitable NON-ADAPTEC
SCSI controller, such as a card based on (for example) the NCR53400
or Bus Logic ISA cards. The older Adaptecs are well known for
buggy BIOS'es and poor bus interface design. Surprisingly, the
Adaptec cards are also some of the highest priced SCSI cards on
the market. I would suggest looking at the hardware howto other
"preferred" (not "supported") cards.
There is the possibility that your SCSI bus terminations
are improper (and should be checked) but I suspect that
the word "Adaptec" is the bottom line here.
Keep the computer/replace the Adaptec. FWIW, I came upon
a similar 486 with an *IDE* disk system. With a total of
32 megs of RAM, it's performance was quite remarkable :-)
Regards,
Paul
--
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Paul Reich Motorola, Inc.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Staff Engineer
#include <Motorola/std_disclaimer.h>
"A CPU Cycle is a Terrible Thing to waste."
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From: paulr <[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 23:05:38 -0600
[FOLLOW-UPS REDIRECTED TO COMP.OS.LINUX.HARDWARE]
Joel Ebel wrote:
>
> 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.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Bottom line.... The kernel developer's list spends a great deal of
time trying to deal with the various permutations and bugs found in
various versions of the Adaptec chip sets and BIOS'es. The Symbios
Logic cards are the lowest priced, most stable parts I've used so
far.
FWIW, I purchased a BOOTABLE NCR 53C875-SE card last April for $140
from Insight electronics. It's run circles around anything else I've
seen, and it has yet to lose even one *bit* of data. You might see
if this series is still available on www.pricewatch.com....... The
Hardware HOWTO mentions Buslogic in a favorable light, also.
Regards,
Paul
>
> 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
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Paul Reich Motorola, Inc.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Staff Engineer
#include <Motorola/std_disclaimer.h>
"A CPU Cycle is a Terrible Thing to waste."
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From: Michael Corral <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Conner CTT8000-S tape drive
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 05:24:44 GMT
Has anyone out there gotten a Conner CTT8000-S SCSI tape drive working
under Linux? I managed to get my hands on one, I've searched all over
for info on it, all I could find was that it is a Travan drive with a
capacity of 4GB. I have it attached to an Adaptec 2940 SCSI controller,
it is correctly recognized at bootup and is given device name st0.
I can do a 'mt -f /dev/st0 retension' and that's about it. Every time
I try to do a 'tar cvf /dev/st0 <anything>' I get an "Input/Output
error" message. Doing a 'mt -f /dev/st0 status' shows:
SCSI 2 tape drive:
File number=0, block number=0, partition=0,
Tape block size 1024 bytes, Density code 0x1c (unknown),
Soft error count since last status=0,
General status bits on (41010000):
BOT ONLINE IM_REP_EN
I am using a Sony TR-3 tape (1.6GB/3.2GB). Should I be using a TR-4?
Any help is appreciated. Thanks.
Michael Corral
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Crossposted-To: rec.audio.pro
From: BL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Multi-channel soundcard for Linux
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 04:34:50 GMT
Byron A Jeff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: It's that interface specification that we'd like to see public and without an
: NDA. With it, it's possible to write and distribute a driver for your hardware.
: A driver mind you that's completely and utterly useless without the purchase
: of a card.
companies need to realize that its in their OWN best interest to get 'those
crazy linux guys' to buy your hardware. but we usually won't unless there's a
linux driver for the card. and one that actually works, ulike the OSS crapola.
: And the key point, which maybe if you get a chance you could address, is that
: it is difficult, if not impossible, to clone the card with just the interface
: specification. In other words an Open Source driver make it no easier to create
: a clone product than a closed source driver. The firmware isn't available so
: the hardware cannot be easily duplicated.
you and I both understand that. but for some reason, hardware companies close
guard their interface spec like it was the next winning lottery ticket number.
there seems little chance of changing their minds; once they follow the 'its
MINE, all MINE, and you guys can't have it!' train of thought, its damned
difficult to get them to change their viewpoint. some companies DID see this
after they got their mileage out of their current tech. adaptec, matrox, ati
- just to name a few.
: You also addressed the real issue with open source: support. A legitimate user
: can rightly claim that as the hardware manufacturer that it's Sonorus'
: responsibility to support Linux drivers. My personal belief is that you must
: vigorusly resist any such claims. State it clearly that any open source
: drivers are 3rd party products and that any support issues must be taken up
: with the author of said driver. You support your Windows drivers period and
: will gladly take up any support issues relating to your driver.
its real easy to answer the phone and say 'sorry, post your problem to usenet
- we didn't write that driver. [click]'. it takes what, 20 seconds of your
time to do this?
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From: Rod Prather <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: 3DFX video Cards CL HELP!!!
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 00:24:59 -0500
OK, I'm a newbie. I played with linux several years back but had other
things on my mind and dropped it. Several of us decided we have to become
experts real quick on this thing <GRIN>.
The guy that has the system has a Creative Labs Blaster Banshee. It is a
3D AGP card and refuses to work with X Windows. After searching far and
wide all I seem to find is "you can't get there from here" Is there a
driver or for these cards. It seems that there are only a few 3D cards that
have linux support at all. Anybody have a current list.
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From: "Chris Plummer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Banshee
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 20:55:42 -0800
>>> Is the Voodoo Banshee supported at all in X?
>>
>>http://glide.xxedgexx.com/3DfxRPMS_vb_glibc.html
>>
>>Try the above URL for instructions and a binary download of an X server
>>for Banshee graphics cards.
>
>
>I have tried several times to download this file. I never get a gzip
>compatible file as a result, and all the usual indications are wrong during
>the download (time estimates of 100's of hours). The file on my local drive
>always ends up being BansheeX-199902230.tar.gz and 3,130kB long.
>
>[I'm still using Windows having only got Linux X Windows working as a very
>low resolution, essentially useless screen with my Voodoo Banshee card. The
>Windows IE4 download dialog goes crazy with this file, never seen such
>behaviour before.]
>
>Anyone else had trouble? Is the file mirrored somewhere else?
>
>Thanks for suggestions
>Phil
I have tried the same URL, with the same results. Twice. No good. My
solution? Ditch the Banshee, I went back to my crappy but reliable S3 Virge
based Diamond Stealth 3D 2000. It sucks, but it works. I actually got NO
useable screen when I started X - I tried setting up my server to use a
framebuffer, but no luck.
I'll wait to see what's supported - How about the Nvidia Riva TNT chipset
cards (specifically, Creative's). Anyone had any luck with that?
Chris Plummer
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From: paulr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: I SEE NO REPLYS TO THIS GROUP ????
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 23:06:52 -0600
HAMILA Chahine wrote:
>
> REvange023 wrote:
>
> > Here's one that I am posting simply to show support on your query.
> >
> > My request to Linux veterans:
> > Help us out too who are trying to start to jump into the Linux wagon (or
> > penguin)!!!
>
> Maybe Linux veterans don't need to check this newsgroup ;)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Baloney.....
Paul
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Paul Reich Motorola, Inc.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Staff Engineer
#include <Motorola/std_disclaimer.h>
"A CPU Cycle is a Terrible Thing to waste."
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From: "Paco Lozano" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: HSP-Modems
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 17:50:51 +0100
I have heard in es.comp.os.linux that someone is developing a driver for HSP
modems. Have anybody of you heard about it?
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From: Stephen Ashley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Tulip driver, with buildin 21143 controller.
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 05:32:47 +0000
Update on my in-built 21143 (tulip) problems.
I have Gotten the 21143 on-board chip to function (10Mhz TP ethernet) using the
"Generic DECchip &DIGITAL EtherWORKS PCI/EISA" driver. I had tried this in the past
(pre- 2.2.3 kernel source) but no joy.
I have posted to the Tulip group news server and have had mail from the developer. I
have offered (what I can) to help fix/improve the tulip support for the 21143 version
that I have.
Cheers,
Stephen.
Stephen Ashley wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> No it did not. I have been just waiting to see if any more replys come in. I have
> go my system going with a DE450 10Mhz card. But due to my sites UTP wiring
> standards I have had to create a butched cable wall cable. Its a long story, anyhow
> I would real like to get the on board controller to work. This way I will have a
> much better chance of converting the other users system here, off NT and Over to
> linux.
>
> I was planning to send a mail message to [Donald Becker] and/or other on the tulip
> development site to see if I can get some assistance, and what I need to feed back
> to them.
>
> Do you mind if I ask what your interest is in this, can you suggest other coursers
> of action?
>
> Cheers,
> Stephen Ashley.
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: What Printer Should I Get?
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 03:09:20 GMT
Hey
I'm looking for a fairly cheap laser printer(or an ink-jet
w/ laser quality). I'm looking at the HP Laserjet 1100se,
or possibly the Deskjet 895C. Are these printers any good
under Linux? I would also appreciate any other suggestions
you can give. Thanks.
Morgan Terry
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From: Joel Ebel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: LS-120 drives and boot disks
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 01:12:27 -0500
As always make sure you have the latest kernel... support for ls-120 is
only very recent.
Joel
garv wrote:
>
> Pierre Scotney wrote:
>
> > Hi!
> >
> > Is it possible to make a bootable linux file system on a LS-120 disk
> > (120MB)?
>
> Yes, you can make boot disks using ls-120 drive, but not the 120MB disks.
>
> You can do it from DOS using rawrite and the files in /dosutil (or
> something like that)
>
> Or you can make them from the command line in Linux from the /images and
> /boot dirs.
>
> Something like:
>
> dd if=boot.img of}o$%v/hdc bs=1440
>
> using a 1.44 floppy.
>
> Geesh, haven't done it in a month; will have to see if that is correct.
>
> My ls-120 is secondary master /dev/hdc.
>
> I have it set up in my fstab for both ext2 and vfat. Works fine.
>
> Using Red Hat 5.2. RH5.1 worked, but reported errors on bootup.
>
> Will discuss.
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Rod Prather <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: 10/100 generic NIC cards.
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 01:06:35 -0500
Bought some cheap Generic 10-100 NIC cards. Alll jumperless. Anyone have
experience with these or should I get a better card.
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Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 17:29:42 +1100
From: u991309 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Diamond Stealth II 460
Hey,
has anyone found some king of support for this?
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From: Axel Liljencrantz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: What hardware is required ?????????
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 10:53:30 +0100
Kerry wrote:
> I am considering using a linux box as a internet server for my lan ie
> multiple computers accessing the net thru one modem. My Question is ; "
> What are the minimum and sensibly adequate hardware and software
> requirements needed to accomplish this?".
>
> I am using Win 95 on most of the machines and win 3.11 on some others ,
> tho net access is not vital for the 3.11 machines. The lan runs thru a
> 16 port hub.
>
> Kerry
For a lan with only a couople of computers and a Modem Internet connection
any Pentium or Pentium clone would probably cut it. Just get a lot of
RAM.
hth
/Axel Liljencrantz
--
"Well, that was a piece of cake, eh K-9?"
"Piece of cake, Master? Radial slice of baked confection ...
coefficient of relevance to Key of Time: zero."
-- Dr. Who
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From: Tom Michiels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Advice on new system
Date: 23 Mar 1999 07:40:34 GMT
Colin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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.
hmmm... not on the frontpage, but have a look at "products":
http://www.abit.nl/html/bm6.htm
I admit, I didn't heard to much about this board myself, but I think it
is a socket 370 version of the BX6.
Tom
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