Linux-Hardware Digest #933, Volume #9 Mon, 5 Apr 99 05:13:31 EDT
Contents:
new hardisk problem... (Tan Hwee Lee)
Re: Partition-table problem on my 1st harddisk ("Charles Sullivan")
PS/2 Mouse Problems with Kernal 2.2.5 ("Stephen")
Re: Modems (Eric Bryant)
Celeron Multiplier Q: (Tmack)
Re: Compaq Deskpro XL Red Hat Install ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: PIII supported? (Michael Meissner)
Re: Analog CPU ? (Tom MacIntyre)
Re: What server-class motherboards support dual PII Xeons? (Michael Hucka)
ASUS XG-DLS, Intel MS440GX, Supermicro S2DG2, or Iwill DGL200? (Michael Hucka)
Re: How fast is your HD? (Michael Hucka)
Ax59pro and Linux..How well does your system work? ("Richie")
Re: new hardisk problem... ("Charles Sullivan")
Logitech First Mouse+ (Michael J Bannister)
kingston KNE110-TX network card? ("Peter Roosakos")
diamond monster fusion and x windows ("Peter Roosakos")
Re: Celeron vs. Celeron A (Allen)
Re: New Travan Tape Drive was: Eagle Exabyte TR-3 Parallel Port Support. (Philip
Hirschhorn)
Zip drive for parallel port (Steve Morgan)
Re: Dual CPU and Screen Blanking Questions (Allen)
Kernel : Compile probs. ("Matthew Wilby")
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From: Tan Hwee Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: new hardisk problem...
Date: Mon, 05 Apr 1999 11:06:54 -0700
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Just got myself a 10.1 G ide harddisk.. When trying to partition using
fdisk.. it gave some warning messages that there will some problem using
stuff like lilo and also other os partitions.. Any idea why is this so
and what is the max cylinders that linux can handle without causing
problems with lilo, or is it lilo that is having the limitation?
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From: "Charles Sullivan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Partition-table problem on my 1st harddisk
Date: Sun, 4 Apr 1999 23:53:55 -0400
Two things that look strange about your fdisk printout:
1. /dev/hda6 thru hda9 are marked bootable and shouldn't be.
2. Where is your Linux swap (type 82) partition?
It's not clear to me what fdisk is referring to as table 4, but on the
chance
it is referring to your undefined 4th primary partition, use 'cfdisk' and
print
out the _raw_ partition table. Look at the 16 bytes beginning at offset
1EE hex in the first sector - they should be all zero. (The 2 bytes
immediately
following these 16 will be 55 AA).
Wilhelm Wienemann wrote in message ...
>Hello!
>
>After adding a new 10GB harddisk (2nd Slot as slave) and reboot the system
>I got a problem with the first (oldest) 850MB harddisk (1st Slot as Master)
>which I use to boot all my (4) systems.
>
>Now the linux 'fdisk -l' will show me the logical geometry of
>my first harddisk:
>-----------------------> cut here <------------------------ -
>
>Disk /dev/hda: 32 heads, 63 sectors, 825 cylinders
>Units = cylinders of 2016 * 512 bytes
>
> Device Boot Begin Start End Blocks Id System
>/dev/hda1 * 1 1 407 410224+ 6 DOS 16-bit >=32M
>/dev/hda2 408 408 825 421344 5 Extended
>/dev/hda5 408 408 509 102784+ 6 DOS 16-bit >=32M
>/dev/hda6 * 510 510 591 82624+ 83 Linux native
>/dev/hda7 * 592 592 660 69520+ 83 Linux native
>/dev/hda8 * 661 661 747 87664+ 83 Linux native
>/dev/hda9 * 748 748 825 78592+ 83 Linux native
>Warning: invalid flag 0000 of partition table 4 will be corrected by
w(rite)
>^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
>[...]
>
>-----------------------> cut here <------------------------ -
>
>Unfortunately I can't correct the warning message from the partition
>table with neither 'fdisk /dev/hda' and 'w'-(rite) nor with another
>method.
>
>If I reboot, the system will show me 'Disk read failure'. :-(((
>So I can only boot my system(s) with a boot/root-disk but that isn't
>what I want.
>
>How can I correct the partition table to make it clean from
>the invalid flag?
>What's the meaning of '...partition table 4...' in the message above?
>
>bye - Wilhelm
>
>--
>>>>>>>>>> Wilhelm Wienemann, Amselweg 10, D-47546 Kalkar/Germany <<<<<<<<<
>==========>>>>> E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <<<<<===========
>"And since you are the future keepers of everything, including music, we
> hope you will keep it well, with love, and in joy." (Frederick Fennell)
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From: "Stephen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: PS/2 Mouse Problems with Kernal 2.2.5
Date: Mon, 5 Apr 1999 13:20:29 +1000
Hi,
I just upgraded my kernel to 2.2.5, and I can no longer get my Logitech
Mouseman PS/2 to work. I compiled PS/2 support into the kernel, but it just
doesn't seem to work. I have also tried compiling all the different mouse
drivers into the kernel, but that didn't help either. I had the mouse
working under 2.0.36, so I know its capable of working.
The only thing I can think of is that maybe I have to change some
configuration file somewhere to get the PS/2 device active at startup? In
2.0.36, I would actually see a message at boot time about starting up the
PS/2 auxiliary device, but in this latest kernel I don't see it. Any help
would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers
Stephen
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From: Eric Bryant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Modems
Date: Sun, 04 Apr 1999 23:28:47 -0700
Doug,
There is an extensive list of Linux-compatable modems at
http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html
I recently purchased a "Creative Modem Blaster" model DI5601 at Best Buy
for $69.99, which works great with Linux. The website above is some 66 pages
or so, and I extracted all of the acceptable modems from the list and
compiled it into 3 pages of text -- useful for when you go modem shopping.
Doug Olson wrote:
> So far my Winmodem is the only piece of hardware that Red Hat 5.2
> rejects on my system. I went to Best Buy and asked if they had any
> Linux-compatible modems and the person at the peripherals counter
> directed me to the technicians, who said "read the boxes." I didn't see
> ANY boxes that specifically said the modem was Linux-compatible and most
> specified "Windows 95/98/NT" even if they didn't say they were
> Winmodems.
>
> Could someone direct to a list of compatible modems, preferably
> internal, that I'm likely to find at my local Best Buy or CompUSA BTW,
> I own an Aptiva 2140, if that's an issue.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tmack)
Subject: Celeron Multiplier Q:
Date: 5 Apr 1999 04:10:48 GMT
I have a quick question regarding the multiplier
"lock" on celeron's and P2's. I know that you
cannot overclock a P2 or celeron by increasing
the multiplier, but was wondering if it would
be possible to reduce the multiplier. My reason
for this being I am upgrading a computer that
currently has a LX based board, and wanted a
celeron333 to go in it until I can afford a BX,
and possibly OC it. I was wondering that if it
failed to go 500MHz, if I could lower the
multiplier back to 4.5 and run it at 450. I
currently have a P2-266 running this way, at
233, as part of a dual P2-233 system. To relate
this to the newsgroup, it will be running
linux SMP ;).
Thanks
Tmack
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bleh
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Compaq Deskpro XL Red Hat Install
Date: Mon, 05 Apr 1999 04:22:31 GMT
I am, unfortuantly, having a very similar problem to the one described here.
I've got a stock Deskpro 6150 with the am53c794 onboard SCSI interface.
When I try to install RedHat 5.2, it will run through the menus (including
finding and using the SCSI interface). It will even fdisk the partitions.
Then it starts installing. Every so often, it just stops, and I've got to
hit a key to make it start back up (there's no message, it just stops).
After a while, it hangs and no banging on the keyboard will bring it back.
I've got plenty of HD space (5gig across two drives).
The memory is all the same speed, and the internal SCSI strip is terminated.
There's nothing on the external SCSI port. Just incase, I attached my Zip
drive with the terminate switch set. It didn't do any good.
I'm getting kinda discouraged, and I'm running close to the 30 days during
which I can probably take the software back to the store if I argue enough
with the store that doesn't like accepting software returns.
Anyone got any ideas?
Thanx,
Clif Deanhardt
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <7c428p$2ee$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> As of kernel 2.0.36 (redhat 5.2) this is not an issue. I am running stock
> redhat 5.2 on an XL 560 and 590 here.
>
> This looks like you have memory with different timing or scsi termination
> problems.
>
> Martin
>
> > Description of problem:
> > When I boot from the Red Hat floppy to perform a CD install, I get as far
> > as the screen that displays the package installation progress screen and
> > then
> > the machine locks up. The message says something about kernel panic and
> > scsi_free after a few packages are installed.
> >
> > I did a little web research and found the website
> > http://www-c724.uibk.ac.at/XL/ that deals with Compaq Deskpro XLs and
> > Linux. The website suggested that Linux doesn't recognize Compaq Deskpro
> > XL PCI memory space, so I found a Compaq softpaq that provides a movepci.sys
> > driver to be used in config.sys when booting from a DOS 6.0 floppy (also
> > used for Novell) that allows Linux to "find" the memory. Anyway, I
> > created a DOS 6.0 boot floppy, loaded the MSCDEX drivers to recognize the
> > install
> > CD, loaded the movepci.sys, then called the dosutil/autoboot.bat on the
> > install CD that runs loadlin to start the install process. However, the
> > process failed at the same point with an error like fatal error loading
> > RPM database files. From what I've read, all of the hardware in the Compaq
> > is supported by
> > Linux and Red Hat Linux. I've been fighting with this machine for about two
> > weeks now, with no resolution. Can someone please help me?
> >
> >
>
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Subject: Re: PIII supported?
From: Michael Meissner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 05 Apr 1999 01:16:14 -0400
Christophe KUMSTA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Michael Hucka wrote:
> >
> > Sorry to ask such a stupid question, but can anyone tell me for sure whether
> > Linux (specifically Red Hat 5.2) will run properly on the new Pentium-III
> > (500 Mhz or faster) chips?
> >
> > Mike
>
> I'm working ( for my job ) , on a Dual PIII 450Mhz without any pb.
> System : Linux v2.2.0 with RTLinux RTL0D. (RedHat 5.2)
I just brought up RedHat 5.2 and kernel 2.2.5 on this dual 500 Mhz P-III system
with no problems in the linux end of things. The 2.2.5 kernel claims to
disable the serial number.
--
Michael Meissner, Cygnus Solutions
PO Box 98, Ayer Massachusetts, USA 01432-0098
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tom MacIntyre)
Crossposted-To: sci.electronics,sci.electronics.misc
Subject: Re: Analog CPU ?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 05 Apr 1999 02:10:44 GMT
"Krb Jmpr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Speaking of April Fools Jokes, Anyone seen the April Fools Aritcle in
>Popular Electronics ( or was it Electroncis Now) --April addition of course.
> I am still laughing at it.
>
>--Krb
I think that was what started this thread...
Tom
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From: Michael Hucka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: What server-class motherboards support dual PII Xeons?
Date: 04 Apr 1999 17:45:15 -0400
>>>>> On 03 Apr 1999, Mircea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Pardon my ignorance, but what motherboards out there support dual 450
>> Mhz Pentium-II Xeon processors?
stNOSPAMamasd> www.pricewatch.com Hope that helps.
You're right, that does provide a useful way of getting this information. I
guess I was also hoping for comments from people about which boards might be
preferable.
Mike
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From: Michael Hucka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: ASUS XG-DLS, Intel MS440GX, Supermicro S2DG2, or Iwill DGL200?
Date: 04 Apr 1999 22:03:58 -0400
If any of you have put together Linux systems with any of the following
motherboards, would you be kind enough to share your experiences? I'm
shortly going to be ordering hardware for compute servers for our workgroup,
and it would be extremely helpful for me to learn more about these boards.
I'll post a summary of the replies.
The boards I'm interested in are:
ASUS XG-DLS
http://www.asus.com/products/Specs/MB/xg-dls-Spec.asp
Intel MS440BX
http://support.intel.com/support/motherboards/workstation/MS440GX/
Supermicro S2DG2
http://www.supermicro.com/PRODUCT/MotherBoards/440GX/S2DG2.htm
Iwill DGL200
http://www.iwillusa.com/products/dgl200.htm
--
Michael Hucka, Ph.D. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
GENESIS Development Group, Division of Biology, Caltech
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From: Michael Hucka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How fast is your HD?
Date: 04 Apr 1999 22:44:43 -0400
>>>>> On 27 Mar 1999, morgan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
morgan> Seagate 2gig UW: Timing buffered disk reads: 16 MB in 0.49 seconds
morgan> =32.65 MB/sec
!!!
Can you post the exact model number of this disk drive? This number is
extremely high, and it would be good to know more about which particular disk
drive it is.
--
Michael Hucka, Ph.D. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
GENESIS Development Group, Division of Biology, Caltech
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From: "Richie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.aopen
Subject: Ax59pro and Linux..How well does your system work?
Date: Sun, 4 Apr 1999 16:17:08 +0100
Hi all
I am after response as to how well your system runs using Linux on a AOpen
AX59pro motherboard, in particular using ide devices.
Please post
Thanks
Rich
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From: "Charles Sullivan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: new hardisk problem...
Date: Mon, 5 Apr 1999 00:05:52 -0400
What version of the kernel and fdisk are you using?
LILO can boot from the hard drive only if the kernel is located entirely
below the 1024 cylinder boundary.
Tan Hwee Lee wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Just got myself a 10.1 G ide harddisk.. When trying to partition using
>fdisk.. it gave some warning messages that there will some problem using
>stuff like lilo and also other os partitions.. Any idea why is this so
>and what is the max cylinders that linux can handle without causing
>problems with lilo, or is it lilo that is having the limitation?
>
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From: Michael J Bannister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Logitech First Mouse+
Date: Mon, 05 Apr 1999 01:44:06 +0000
I just got a Logitech first mouse + (the one with the little scrolly
wheel). I've got it working with X, including using the wheel as the
middle button, but I can't seem to convince it to scroll with the wheel.
Any ideas?
Michael
ps I would also appreciate any replies being emailed to me as well if
you have the time as I don't check this group very regularly.
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From: "Peter Roosakos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: kingston KNE110-TX network card?
Date: Mon, 5 Apr 1999 00:38:50 -0700
Anyone know if there are drivers for this card for linux? I've got redhat
5.2 installed.
thanks,
Pete
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From: "Peter Roosakos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: diamond monster fusion and x windows
Date: Mon, 5 Apr 1999 00:40:50 -0700
I've got a diamond monster fusion AGP card and I can only get x windows to
work if I set it up as a generic (8 bit color, 640x480, vga) VGA device. It
will complain that it cannot do 16 bpp, even though the card has 16MB of
RAM!! Any clues?
Pete
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Allen)
Subject: Re: Celeron vs. Celeron A
Date: 5 Apr 1999 08:01:45 GMT
Hello. If you've got an older 300 that will run at 400, then the
multiplier setting isn't locked at 4.5 x . You may still be able to get it to
run at 450, by raising the core voltage to 2.1 V, or 2.2 V, but you will get
much better performance from a 300A, though you will only have the option of
raising the bus speed to over clock it, since all the ones now available have
the multiplier setting locked at the manufacturer. Most (90%+) of the 300A's
will run fine at 450 Mhz though (some w/higher V core), but you need to keep in
mind that you will need to have the rest of the system up to the same standard,
like having good PC100 memory, and very good heatsinking/heat removal, and the
like. The stock heat sink that normally is sold for the Celeron is insufficient
for running them at 450 Mhz for the long term. and the larger Pentium 2 heat
sink won't mount up properly to a Celeron, without some modifications, but it is
the right size for the job. The 300A's are now available for very modest cost
here in the US, but I wasn't exactly paying attention to electronics the last
time I was in your neighborhood (Denmark?) (8-) , so I don't have any idea how
they compare? What ever you do, DON'T get a 333 or higher and expect to over
clock it without cryogenics, remember, the multiplier is locked, and maybe 2% of
the 333's will run at 500 Mhz, None of the 366's or higher have (AFAIK) run at
550+ stable w/out liquid cooling or cryogenics. Fell free to email me if you
have any questions on this, I've had 5 of them running at 400 -450 for a while
now. More info also aval. at www.bxboards.com and www.tomshardware.com among
others...
On Sun, 04 Apr 1999 21:10:27 +0000, Tonny Sejr Kromann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>I run my Linux on a Celeron 300 without cache. It's running at 100MHz on
>the FSB and 400MHz internally. 450MHz internally was'nt stable.
>
>Would it be much more powerful to use a cached Celeron? I suppose it
>would only be able to run at 300 or 333 since they cannot be overclocked
>anymore?
Allen
(email addy; user ID portion has a numeral one in place of word
onespoiler, and of course, delete the bogus secondary domain of nospam.)
PC/hardware Guru, and Linux Newbie
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Philip Hirschhorn)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: New Travan Tape Drive was: Eagle Exabyte TR-3 Parallel Port Support.
Date: 5 Apr 1999 06:55:38 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
: Okay, no takers on this one. Well, I figured it was going to come down to
: buying a new tape drive. I want one that will use my current TR-3 and TR-3
: Extra tapes, so I am thinking of maybe getting a Travan 4 drive.
: Can someone recommend a Travan Drive, which Kernel 2.2.x has sourced-in
: drivers for, that I can compile directly into the kernel, and that runs
: smoothly, stably, and reliably in a 100% i386 Linux environement.
I've got a Seagate TapeStor 8000 (it's TR-4), and it's always worked
wonderfully since kernel 1.something (I'm currently on 2.0.36). I've
got the IDE version, but it also comes as a scsi.
Phil
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From: Steve Morgan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Zip drive for parallel port
Date: Sun, 04 Apr 1999 17:19:11 -0700
I have a parallel port zip drive (100 MB) that I am trying to get to
work. Like many people I'm having a hard time. I have a SCSI CD-ROM and
an IDE hard drive. Using Redhat 5.2 installation. If I type "lsmod" I
see pas16 is loaded. Then I do "insmod ppa". I get back several lines,
then "lib/modules/preferred/scsi/ppa.0: init_module: Device or resource
busy". This seems to be the root of the problem. Why is ppa busy? Who
has it tied up? Is ppa the right driver for a parallel port Zip drive?
I've checked with RedHat, their answers are pretty superficial and
assume that the insmod command worked properly. I'm a Linux newbie, but
have about 20 years on other (non-Unix) OS's. Thanks in advance.
Steve Morgan
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Allen)
Subject: Re: Dual CPU and Screen Blanking Questions
Date: 5 Apr 1999 08:40:48 GMT
BTW, I think you'll be much happier with the 2.0.36 or higher kernels as far as
SMP support... You might consider upgrading to at least that, and the 2.2.x
ones do it even better...
On Fri, 05 Mar 1999 07:19:07 -0800, Craig Block <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>Hello;
>
>I'm running 2.0.33 and I need to compile a kernel with support for a
>dual P5 200 on a Tyan Tomcat IV mainboard. I noticed in the Makefile
>there are two lines that reference dual CPU support.
>
>SMP = 1
>
That's the one... the other one has to do with profiling with SMP, which you
didn't mention any need for...
Allen
(email addy; user ID portion has a numeral one in place of word
onespoiler, and of course, delete the bogus secondary domain of nospam.)
PC/hardware Guru, and Linux Newbie
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From: "Matthew Wilby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Kernel : Compile probs.
Date: Mon, 5 Apr 1999 09:51:56 +0100
Hi,
I'm having real troubles configuring my kernel on SuSE 6. I do all the
procedures set out in the manual, however after the 'zImage' stage I get
this...
Root device id (3,3)
Boot sector 512 bytes
Setup is 4420 bytes
System is 539kb
System is too big
make[1]: *** [zImage] Error 1
make[1]: leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-2.0.36.SuSE/arch/i386/boot'
make[1]: *** [zImage] Error 2
I've tried different setups and still no luck.
Another thing is, after the kernel has been recompiled to processor type
'Pentium', will this display on the login prompt, i.e. SuSE 6.0 (i586) or
will it remain (i386)?
I reletively new to linux, and i'd appreciate any help offered.
Cheers
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