Linux-Hardware Digest #205, Volume #10 Mon, 10 May 99 23:13:28 EDT
Contents:
Re: Ultra2 Raid adapter question ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: voodoo 3 under linux (Mordechai T. Abzug)
Diamond Viper V550 Problems ("Anthony Bennett")
5.2 -vs- Token Ring ("Neal S. Watkins (ASA,AASA,ASP)")
Re: removing cooling fans--how dangerous? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: ISA-Modem on irq5 (Supratim Sanyal)
Re: Howto use 18GB HDD for DOS/windoze & Linux ??? (Eric Lee Green)
Re: Will Linux does work with my Diamond supra express modem? (Supratim Sanyal)
Re: How to distinguish ECC memory? (Tango)
Re: removing cooling fans--how dangerous? ("Sean Medina")
supported graphics cards? (John Lawton)
Re: How do I use a tape drive???? (Richard Bumby)
Recommendations Please (Allen Flick)
Sound Driver (Frank Gallo)
Re: PCMCIA modem won't work
ASL AS-XBS Workstation experience, anyone? (Jae Woo Lee)
Re: Building a Linux System? ("dave")
21164PC + 164SX for sale (Dan Nunya)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Ultra2 Raid adapter question
Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 00:17:30 GMT
In article <7h4hg5$ps1$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Cokey de Percin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > In article <7h1ben$a4f$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> > Cokey de Percin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > I'm considering purchasing an Ultra2 SCSI RAID adapter and have
narrowed
> > > my choices down to two:
> > >
> > > 1) AMI MegaRaid Express Plus Series 466 ~ $520
> > > 2) Mylex Acceleraid 250 ~ $420
> > >
> > > There seems to be little difference between them and I'd like to
know if
> > > anyone has any experience with either of these units.
> > >
> > > Best
> > >
> > > Cokey
> > >
> >
> > I was on a lookout for RAID card myself. Based on what I found
there's a big
> > difference between the two. AMI MegaRaid Express Plus 466 features
are very
> > similar to Mylex Acceleraid 150, not 250. Both are based on 33MHz
i950RP
> > processor, do hardware assisted XOR only and use parity memory(I
would never
> > use EDO - an Ami 466 option). Mylex 250 does XOR completely in
hardware, uses
> > 66MHz i960RD and supports ECC memory.
> >
> > As a bonus
> > -Mylex Acceleraid can also make use of onboard SCSI if motherboard
has special
> > expansion slot(very few do). This feature only maters if you want
to use more
> > than four HDs.
> > -AMI board has a tone generator to communicate status of the array
and board.
> >
> > All tree cards do not support battery backup for cache memory.
> >
> > I heard that AMI has more mature drivers but both cards
have 'production
> > quality' Linux drivers. RedHat 6.0 is supposed to support
Acceleraid out of
> > the box...
> >
> > If you want RAID 0,1 and 0+1 Ami 466 and Mylex 150 are good
enough. Because I
> > need RAID 5 I went with Mylex 250.
> >
> > Where did you see Mylex 250 for $420? I paid $455.
> >
> > cheers,
> > !Michael
>
> I'm looking at StorageNow.com, but I don't know if this is the bare
board or
> a kit. Where did you get yours and was it a kit; did it contain an
active
> LVD terminator?
>
They do have active LVD terminator on the card (which you probably know
already). I haven't received it yet but I don't expect to find LVD
teminator and/or cables in the box.
!Michael
> Best
>
> Cokey
>
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Subject: Re: voodoo 3 under linux
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mordechai T. Abzug)
Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 01:01:11 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spake thusly:
> > Would you please bless us with a link to a version of Glide that
> > supports the Voodoo 3? Neither www.3dfx.com nor glide.xxedgexx.com
> > seem to have one at this time, so without further proof I'm
> > inclined not to believe you (although I think V3 support will be
> > there soon).
> If you're willing to use less of your card than what is there
> than an earlier version of glide should fit the bill. If you're
> interested in a 3.x version of glide then perhaps you should bribe
> Daryll with pizza vouchers or somesuch.
How did you get it working? I just tried some older versions of glide
with a Voodoo3, and /usr/local/glide/bin/test3Dfx is failing for all
of them. Here are some versions i tried:
Glide_VG-2.43-2.i386.glibc.rpm
Glide_V2-2.51-3.i386.glibc.rpm
Glide_V2-2.53-1.i386.rpm
Any clues?
[posted and mailed]
- Morty
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From: "Anthony Bennett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Diamond Viper V550 Problems
Date: Thu, 6 May 1999 23:02:24 +1000
HI,
I recently upgraded my computer to include a Diamond Viper V550 card. I
downloaded the latest version of Xfree (3.3.3.1), and while this supports
the card, it insists on setting the horizontal sync rates so high that a
dream monitor couldn't display them. Hence my max resolution is 1024 X 768
at 8 bit. Yet Windows can manage 1280 X 1024 at true colour. I had no
problems like this with my old s3 card. Does anyone have any ideas??
Regards,
Anthony.
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From: "Neal S. Watkins (ASA,AASA,ASP)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: 5.2 -vs- Token Ring
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 16:03:06 -0500
I have inherited an IBM model 365 (pentium pro 200 MHz)
and it has a token ring card in it. Unfortunately it's
connected to a token ring network so I need to use it.
The one Token Ring device driver supplied does not detect
it. Where can I find other token ring device drivers?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.hardware,alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,alt.comp.hardware.overclocking
Subject: Re: removing cooling fans--how dangerous?
Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 00:42:47 GMT
In article
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Eric Fierke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> This is a VERY bad idea - peltier coolers will reduce the temperature
on
> the 'cold' side (ie the cpu side) only if their 'hot' side has a
heatsink
> and fan (and a large one at that) these things produce a LOT of heat
> inside the case.
That seems to be the consensus here. Nobody seems to know a way to do it
with convection.
> Typically, when I was working at a computer store, a
> system without power supply or cpu fans would die within a few hours
(and
> die hard - as in the cpu being totally ruined and melted plastic
inside
> the power supply).
Well I currently run my computer without power supply fan and have had
no trouble. The case does not get warm until after several hours.
> > I would like to get rid of the cooling fans in my computer (cpu and
power
> > supply) since the noise bothers me (I want the computer to be
totally silent;
> > I already know how to spin down hard discs). Here's what I need to
know:
> >
> > - Where can I get silent coolers to replace those fans? E.g. Peltier
elements
> > or radiators. They should preferably be as cheap as possible
(definitely less
> > than $100 for replacing all fans).
> >
> > - If completely silent coolers are not available for cheap, where
can I get
> > the cheapest (working) very-low-noise, heat sensor-controlled fans?
> >
> > - If I simply toss out the fans without replacing them by anything,
what will
> > the consequences be? If the cpu gets too hot, will it be destroyed
immediately
> > or stop working in time for me to detect that something is wrong?
> >
> > The computer is never on for more than a few hours, the environment
> > temperature is moderate (<80 F in summer, typically about 60 F), and
I could
> > live with the computer crashing every now and then; I could not live
with the
> > computer going up in flames (no pun intended). All operating systems
that I
> > run support "idle"-cooling of the processor. And the installed
hardware is
> > pretty minimal, so the power supply would not get hot too quickly.
> >
> > All responses appreciated: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Supratim Sanyal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ISA-Modem on irq5
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 16:44:43 -0400
I am using a SupraExpress 56i Sp for about a year now. More info at
http://members.tripod.com/~ssanyal/linux/linux.html
Thorsten Niebuhr wrote:
>
> Hi !
>
> Is there any other way to get my modem (supraexpress 56i), an internal
> isa-modem to work? It is set up to com3/irq5 and works well under OS/2
> WinNT, but I cannot get it working under Linux (RedHat 5.1 /Kernel
> 2.0.xxx).
> The port and irq is setup properly by setserial in rc.serial and the
> io-port is shown correctly in /proc- filesystem. /dev/cua? and
> /dev/ttyS? are read and writeable to other users.
> The only response i got is "sorry, there is no response from modem" even
> when testing modem-orders.
>
> maybe with isapnp ??
>
> thanx in advance
>
> thotti (Thorsten Niebuhr)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eric Lee Green)
Crossposted-To:
alt.linux,alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.slackware,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Howto use 18GB HDD for DOS/windoze & Linux ???
Date: 11 May 1999 01:14:15 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sat, 08 May 1999 22:54:07 -0500, Michael D. Schleif
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Dear Techies ==>
>
>My goal is to replace two (2) existing HDD's (1-9GB & 1-1GB) with one
>(1) 18GB HDD. The result of this must be five (5) 2GB partitions usable
>by DOS/windoze, including a boot partition for both win9x and NT 4; as
>well as, one (1) Linux bootable partition. The 18GB will replace the
>first 9GB, when this proves workable.
Some thoughts to consider:
1) DOS/Windows 95 supports one (1) primary partition, plus one (1) Extended
partition which may contain other DOS/Windows partitions.
2) The Linux partition must be below the 1024 cylinder boundary to be bootable.
3) Mixing Linux and Windows partitions within a Extended partition may be
problematic, since Windows is easily confused, but you can do so.
Looks like you'll be like this:
sda1 -- FAT16 2gb
sda2 -- Linux 6gb
sda3 -- Linux 2gb
sda4 -- extended
sda5 -- Linux swap 128mb or etc.
sda6 -- FAT16
sda7 -- FAT16
sda8 -- FAT16
sda9 -- FAT16
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From: Supratim Sanyal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Will Linux does work with my Diamond supra express modem?
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 16:41:00 -0400
I am using a Diamond SupraExpress 56i Sp for about a year now. I use X-ISP to
dial and set up my PPP connection.
Some for info at http://members.tripod.com/~ssanyal/linux/linux.html ...
Patrick Higgins wrote:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > Assuming your modem isn't a winmodem then try doing a man isapnp.conf and
> > man setserial for some help on setting up PNP modems.
> >
> > > I tried loading linux on an assembled P166 mhz, 5gb machine.
> > > I was successful in loading upto xwindows, but couldn't configure my "56.6k
> > > diamond supra express modem". I am able to dial upto my ISP but couldn't not
> > > get the final connection. (Dialup works fine on win95 and nt).
>
> I've been having the exact same problem, and it's not a PnP issue (I've
> disabled the PnP features of my card). The modem is dialing just fine,
> but when it connects, it negotiates (seemingly) normally at first, but
> then enters an unterminating loop, until ultimately the remote host
> hangs up.
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From: Tango <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc
Subject: Re: How to distinguish ECC memory?
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 17:39:43 -0400
Hello,
Thanks for the response to all.
I looked under the hood and I have one Dimm woth 16 chips (8 on each
side). Also I have the award bios (which came with the Abit BH6
motherboard) and does not have the ECC option for the sync ram. It has
that option for EDO ram.
Is there a simpler way to check?
E.
Mircea wrote:
>
> In my Award BIOS, it isn't (Abit BH6).
>
> MST
>
> steven wrote:
> >
> > In the bios you can select to use or not use ECC on your memory module.
> > If you have non-ECC memory, The option is "grayed-out".
> >
> > This is at least true for AWARD bios'.
> >
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From: "Sean Medina" <medina AT NOSPAM .best.com>
Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.hardware,alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,alt.comp.hardware.overclocking
Subject: Re: removing cooling fans--how dangerous?
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 19:52:07 -0700
What kind of processor? Pentium-133? 486-66?
Pentium-III / K6-3?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message <7h7ue7$t4u$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>In article
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Eric Fierke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> This is a VERY bad idea - peltier coolers will reduce the temperature
>on
>> the 'cold' side (ie the cpu side) only if their 'hot' side has a
>heatsink
>> and fan (and a large one at that) these things produce a LOT of heat
>> inside the case.
>
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From: John Lawton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: supported graphics cards?
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 14:52:48 -0700
I am running linux (RedHat 5.2) on a generic Intel box with pci slots.
I'd like to get a graphics card with eight megs of graphics RAM. Could
someone point me to a list of Linux supported graphics cards?
thanks, -john
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard Bumby)
Subject: Re: How do I use a tape drive????
Date: 10 May 1999 17:47:04 -0400
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robin Jackson) writes:
>Sorry if this sounds dumb.
>I have an old Archive Viper 150Mb cartridge tape drive on my scsi chain.
>It gets recognised as st0.
>The thing I do not understand is HOW I access the tape and copy info to and
>from it?
>I assumed I would do a MOUNT /DEV/ST0 /MNT/TAPE but this does not work,
>says device is not a block device.
>I am totally stuck and any help would be appreciated.
Tapes are meant to be accessed sequentially. That is, writing a tape
is like sending a file to your printer. You don't mount a printer,
you just send one character after another. You should think of the
tape drive the same way.
/dev/st0 will rewind the tape when it is finished. This is desirable
if you want to treat the tape as a single file. This may be most
useful with 150Mb cartridges, but while you are learning what the
drive will do, you should use /dev/nst0. This will allow several
files to be written to the same tape. You can then use the mt-st
program to move around the tape and see what you have.
Reading and writing tapes is usually done by the tar program. It
builds a single file out of the list of files that you name on the
command line. It is designed for backup, so giving it a single
directory will recursively dump all files in that directory and all of
its subdirectories. There is a default device which you can find from
the manpage, and you can create a symbolic link to the tape device you
will be using. Alternatively, refer to your device directly in the -f
option. It can use multiple volumes on the same device, so you can
dump a lot more that 150Mb at a time if you have the tapes handy.
Avoid trying to dump /proc. There are a few other directories that may
also give trouble, and you will see list posted here from time to
time.
Simply writing files to the device should also work, but I haven't
done it. It may not manage the filemarks correctly
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From: Allen Flick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Recommendations Please
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 17:02:22 -0500
I'm now definitely in the market for a new printer & scanner that I
can use w/Linux as well as w/Windoze95. My plan is to stick w/95
'til I can get everything I need under Linux, then dump '95.
Why? That's my problem. But, I need some assistance now. I was
in the MicroCenter here 'bouts last week, and they had a real good
price on a Umax scanner that was a floor model w/no box. Hell, I
throw the boxes away anywho. So, I asked the guy if he knew
whether that model had a driver for Linux, and we were speaking
two different languages.
My present printer is an HP820cse "Windoze" printer. Irritating.
So, I plan to ship it off to college w/my son when he goes off to play
basketball. That way, he won't have to rely on the school's labs for
printing out reports/papers/etc.etc.etc.
So, what's a good, medium priced color printer that I can get a driver
for so it will be a snap to install?
Thanks for your support.
Al Flick
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From: Frank Gallo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Sound Driver
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 21:51:20 -0400
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To -
Trying to get Super Sound32 Card (SIC Resource Inc.) to work on Linux
partition. Linux 2.0.34, Slackware version 3.5.
Dmesg yields:
Sound initialization started
<Sound Blaster (2.1)> at 0x220 irq 5 dma1, 5
Sound initialization complete
but "cat door_open.au > /dev/dsp (or audio)" says nothing. The
settings match the Windows 95 values. If I boot-up Windows
to "wake-up" the card then boot linux via an icon, I get error
in dmesg:
sb: Interrupt test no IRQ5 failed - device disabled.
Frank G
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: PCMCIA modem won't work
Date: 10 May 1999 22:32:37 GMT
Son Trung Nguyen wrote:
>
>
> Hello netters,
> I am wondering if there is anyone out there who has experience
> with getting pcmcia modem to work with their laptop, Thinkpad 380z
>
> I have one with the "56K Data/Fax modem" from IBM it's called
> "V.90 PC Card Modem with XJACK Connect". So far I can't get it to
> work. I have tried the pcmcia package and everything but oh no.
>
> Anyway, I am running 2.2.6 kernel on a 380Z thinkpad with 96MB RAM
> 4.5GB hard drive. Funny thing is that my 3com589D pcmcia ethernet
> card works perfectly, but not the modem. What is wrong?
>
> Any hints, tips etc. would be appreciated.
If you take a look at /var/log/messages you should see a message
indicating that this card is unsupported. At least that's what I see as I
have the same modem. I tried upgrading to pcmcia-cs v3.09 and I am still
getting the message that this card is unsupported. I'm not sure where to
post to ask to have this card supported.
Joe
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From: Jae Woo Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ASL AS-XBS Workstation experience, anyone?
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 18:35:48 -0400
Hi,
I am looking for a small foot-print x86 Linux box for a development
workstation.
I came across the AS-XBS workstation from ASL. I like the tiny size and
the price/feature is about right.
I was wondering if anyone has a first-hand experience on these boxes. I
am especially interested in the reliability of these little machines
considering that the tiny box will be packed with stuff inside.
Also, if anyone know of other small machines, I'd welcome a suggestion.
Thanks in advance.
-- jae
ps) Please email the reply as well.
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From: "dave" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Building a Linux System?
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 18:40:21 -0400
i actually build linux systems from leftover parts. they work extremely
well, and putting them together is easy if you know hardware. i think the
worst sytem (in terms of specs) that i built a linux box out of was a i386sx
with 8MB of RAM, a huge VESA display adapter, a 3.5" floppy, and no cd-rom
(i used one on a ISA IDE controller to set up redhat), and a 200MB HDD. it
works really well, but it didn't have quite enough for X. still, it's great
for perl and c++.
a P100 or i486 should do fine... unless you want to use GIMP and play quake
2. in that case, you'll need to get an AMD or PII.
i tend to like PIIs more, but AMDs aren't bad either. my last computer was
an AMD 250. it wasn't too shabby, but i have seen a huge increase just to a
PII 350. haven't tried K-6-3's though.
i'm writing a tutorial on building linux systems on my website, which should
be up by the end of the week.
hope this helps.
-dave
404 Webmaster
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http://www.geeks404.com/
Hunter Thomas wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>For well under $2000, you can build a really badass machien. Hell I rebuilt
>my 486 for less than $500, and it is really kickass. Anyway, here is my
>best suggestion.
>
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From: Dan Nunya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: 21164PC + 164SX for sale
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 17:51:51 -0500
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=102428204
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