Linux-Hardware Digest #715, Volume #12 Thu, 20 Apr 00 06:14:29 EDT
Contents:
which motherboard ? (colin meikle)
Netgear NIC work for Linux?? ("Elton")
Can't find Cdrom (Bryan Yablonski)
Re: new monitor (Donovan Rebbechi)
Q: modem 3com USR 3CP2976 OEM-50 is suppoted? (Andrey Vlasov)
Re: scsi, eth0 irq conflict (Joshua Baker-LePain)
Q: CD-ROM works on install, but not in use RH6.1 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
DSL - Cisco 605 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: DSL - Cisco 605 (Hal Burgiss)
Re: Logitech MouseMan Wheel and Netscape (Andrey Vlasov)
Re: Q: modem 3com USR 3CP2976 OEM-50 is suppoted? (Rob Clark)
Re: Adaptec 2906 (Richard J. Freedman)
Re: Netgear NIC work for Linux?? (LhD Administrator)
Re: Tyan Tiger MB? (LhD Administrator)
Re: Suggestions for Video Card on Linux??? (Christopher Browne)
Re: Netgear NIC work for Linux?? (Christopher Browne)
Re: Riva TNT2 display card (LhD Administrator)
Format Hard Drive to FAT ("Michael McFadden")
Too many drives for linux? ("Bill Reed")
Re: Best printer for linux box? ("Larry Ebbitt ")
Re: Best printer for linux box? ("Larry Ebbitt ")
Re: Best printer for linux box? ("Larry Ebbitt ")
Re: Format Hard Drive to FAT (Dances With Crows)
Re: Too many drives for linux? (Dances With Crows)
Re: Failure to recognise SCSI controller card during Installation (raghunath)
Re: Dual Xeon Motherboard? (kept)
Re: Tyan Tiger MB? (Mark Valiukas)
Re: Too many drives for linux? (LhD Administrator)
Re: Adaptec 2906 (LhD Administrator)
Re: Wireless neworking for Linux and Windows for home use ("CatFish")
Re: SMP linux (John Schamus)
Linux on AST Manhattan ("Wilf")
Re: Gnome device mount UGH! (Craig Peterein)
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From: colin meikle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: which motherboard ?
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 22:12:32 +0100
Can anyone help me with a recommendation for a motherboard with on
board LAN and SOUND (sound quality is important). Additionally if
anyone knows of any to avoid that would also be helpful. (I have no
preference to Linux distribution).
Please reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Regards,
Colin Meikle
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From: "Elton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Netgear NIC work for Linux??
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 21:13:06 GMT
I am a newbie in Linux, wanna try and wondering if my netgear NIC will work
on my Linux box?
Another question is which version of linux will have USB support. I heard
Corel Linux just added the support but mine corel linux (just download and
install) doesn't seems to work with any of my USB devices.
Pls send reply to my email and I will appreciate that.
Pls and thanks.
Elton
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From: Bryan Yablonski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Can't find Cdrom
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 15:09:50 -0600
I have just got the storm linux from the Maximum mag tried to install
but couldn't find my backpack cd Rom hooked up through lpt 1. Can any
one help me ?????
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Donovan Rebbechi)
Subject: Re: new monitor
Date: 19 Apr 2000 17:19:34 -0400
On Wed, 19 Apr 2000 10:26:04 -0400, julien mills wrote:
>> Depends on what kind of monitor you want. I've got the Sony GDM F400
>> and IMO it's the best 19" that money can buy.
>
>What would be a nice 17" monitor?
IMO, Sony are the best available, though it depends on whether you're
after a trinitron or a shadow mask. If you're after a shadow mask
go with a viewsonic (G773), if you're after a trinitron go with Sony,
and get one of the flat ones. ( I mean "falt" as in as flat as your coffee
table ) If you want a trinitron but can't afford
the sony, get a perfect -lat 17" trinitron from someone else ( for example,
viewsonic )
HTH
--
Donovan
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From: Andrey Vlasov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Q: modem 3com USR 3CP2976 OEM-50 is suppoted?
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 14:27:15 -0700
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Hi,
I tried to find information about this modem but without success. I plan
to
buy a modem/fax/voice to use under Linux but do not have information
about this modem. In the shop where I plan to buy they say that "It is
PCI full modem" but still recomend to check if I plan use it for Linux.
Does anybody have it and succesfully use it under Linux? (I could
figure out
it if I had it but if modem will not work I have to return it back into
the shop)
Thanks in advance
Andrey
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From: Joshua Baker-LePain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: scsi, eth0 irq conflict
Date: 19 Apr 2000 21:28:20 GMT
Henrik Carlqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Jerry O'Brien wrote:
>> I have an onboard Adaptec aic-7880 scsi and a 3com NIC in PCI slot 1.
>> They always come up with the same IRQ from the bios.
> Maybe it would help to place the NIC in another PCI slot.
Is it a 3c90x type card? If so, try the drivers from 3Com rather than
the 3c59x included in the standard kernel source.
--
Joshua Baker-LePain
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Q: CD-ROM works on install, but not in use RH6.1
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 21:21:53 GMT
Hi,
I'd like to know if anyone else has had this problem. It's a bit weird
and possibly I need to recompile my Kernel - but with what options?
Problem is that the HD light (front panel) is on continiously and CD-
ROM is not usable. Attempts to mount get continuous ATAPI resets and
{busy} responses. The machine is a 486DX2 and CD rom is on the same IDE
cable as the HD.
CD-ROM is detected and works (more or less) perfectly on install.
However it does say:
Uniform CD-ROM 2.56
ATAPI 32x CD-ROM 128K cache
hdb - disable DSC seek overlay
I think the last message is quite significant. It appears to interleave
the HD and CD access (maybe my IDE itnerface is crappy, but I can't be
bothered buying a new one for a $10 machine).
If I could force the disable of the DSC overlay in normal use, I'm sure
it'd work. But how?
Suggestions welcome,
Bruce
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: DSL - Cisco 605
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 22:31:49 GMT
I have the cisco 605 dsl modem
I need to know if there are any drivers for it or the intel 2100 dsl
modem (they are based on the same design) for linux.
Has anyone gotten these to work? Anyone know if this can be done?
Please help
-Jeremy Williams
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hal Burgiss)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: DSL - Cisco 605
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 22:35:18 GMT
On Wed, 19 Apr 2000 22:31:49 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I have the cisco 605 dsl modem
>I need to know if there are any drivers for it or the intel 2100 dsl
>modem (they are based on the same design) for linux.
Don't believe so.
>Has anyone gotten these to work? Anyone know if this can be done?
Get something external, just like dialup.
--
Hal B
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Andrey Vlasov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Logitech MouseMan Wheel and Netscape
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 15:47:30 -0700
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Check this page,
http://www.inria.fr/koala/colas/mouse-wheel-scroll/
it works for me in Netscape as well
Andrey
Jim wrote:
> ahhhh, that is what it is ...I thought the drivers for the mouseman + didn't
> work at all, but I use KDE...it acts erratically and only seems to respond
> to two buttons :-(
>
> Jim
>
> Ferdinand Badescu wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> >Dear hardware gurus:
> >
> >The scrolling wheel from my Logitech MouseMan Wheel+/FirstMan+ works OK
> >in Gnome, but doesn't work in Netscape (and for this matter, it doesn't
> >work in KDE, either). In other words, I cannot scroll in Netscape using
> >the wheel.
> >
> >Do you know why this happen and what's the remedy to the problem?
> >
> >Thank you.
> >
> >Ferdi.
> >
> >--
> >Ferdi(nand) Badescu
> >- Developm. Technician-
> >- Lecturer -
> >Physics & Astronomy Dept.
> >Univ. of California, Irvine
> >Irvine, CA 92697-4575
> >Tel: 949-824-8094
> >
> >
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Subject: Re: Q: modem 3com USR 3CP2976 OEM-50 is suppoted?
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rob Clark)
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 23:31:42 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Andrey Vlasov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>buy a modem/fax/voice to use under Linux but do not have information
>about this modem. In the shop where I plan to buy they say that "It is
>PCI full modem" but still recomend to check if I plan use it for Linux.
This is a full hardware modem, but since it is an "OEM" version, you will
not receive technical support from 3Com. That's not usually a problem,
unless it needs a flash upgrade.
The 3CP2976-OEM-50 has been tested with Linux and it works. The
installation instructions for that family of modem can be found here:
http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/3cp5610.txt
Rob Clark, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html <-- Linux/modem compat. list
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard J. Freedman)
Subject: Re: Adaptec 2906
Date: 19 Apr 2000 23:59:45 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Mon, 17 Apr 2000 23:03:15 GMT, Roger Harkess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Is this supported?
>I don't see it listed specificly by model # in the Hardware HOWTO or
>Red Hat's Hardware list. There is an entry for AHA-29xx but then they
>go on to list specific part numbers.
>
>Thanks.
yes, it is supported. Use the AIC7XXX driver.
--
Dick Freedman
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From: LhD Administrator <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Netgear NIC work for Linux??
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 23:54:44 GMT
In article <CjpL4.375$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Elton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am a newbie in Linux, wanna try and wondering if my netgear NIC
will work
> on my Linux box?
Which card? Many NetGear cards work, but a model number would be
helpful. Try this:
http://www.linhardware.com/db/searchproduct.cgi?name=netgear
And don't forget to rate *your* card!
> Another question is which version of linux will have USB support.
USB is tricky. You would need a development kernel, most likely.
--
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Linux Hardware Database
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From: LhD Administrator <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Tyan Tiger MB?
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 23:56:40 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Has anybody used this board under linux?[S1834 Tiger] Any problems?
>
> http://www.tyan.com/products/html/s1834.html
Anyone know the difference between the 1834 and the 1836? Most Tyan
boards of recent vintage fair very well in the ratings by other Linux
users:
http://www.linhardware.com/db/searchproduct.cgi?name=tyan
--
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christopher Browne)
Subject: Re: Suggestions for Video Card on Linux???
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2000 00:14:41 GMT
Centuries ago, Nostradamus foresaw a time when julien mills would say:
>Someone suggested to me: 3dfx Voodoo 3 2000 PCI, which I'm
>told runs around $80 or so. I havn't bought one yet, but I
>may, it's supposed to be nice card.
The Voodoo series appears to provide the best price/value ratio:
--> The Matrox cards are _well_-supported for hardware acceleration,
but are rather expensive.
--> The nVidia RIVA-based cards have _some_ hardware acceleration
support, and are economical, _but_... the vendor has been loath to
release anything other than obfuscated code, so it's going to be
tough to support them.
--> ATI's 3D-Rage and successors are reasonably economical, should
_become_ fairly well-supported, but acceleration is Not There Yet,
and they don't seem to be quite as quick.
For primarily 2D graphics, I think I'd bias towards ATI. It's
cheaper, and seems quite good for 2D. If I planned to do some 3D
stuff, I think I'd look at the Voodoo.
--
"It is the user who should parameterize procedures, not their
creators." -- Alan Perlis
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christopher Browne)
Subject: Re: Netgear NIC work for Linux??
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2000 00:14:41 GMT
Centuries ago, Nostradamus foresaw a time when Elton would say:
>I am a newbie in Linux, wanna try and wondering if my netgear NIC will work
>on my Linux box?
Netgear FA310TX, maybehaps? Surely. I've got a couple of them; they
use the "tulip" driver.
>Another question is which version of linux will have USB support. I heard
>Corel Linux just added the support but mine corel linux (just download and
>install) doesn't seems to work with any of my USB devices.
You'll need to compile a custom kernel, likely in the "experimental"
series, in order to have USB support.
It's a bit early for _any_ credible producer of distributions to claim
to "have USB support," as the code base is in considerable flux.
Download some "late-breaking" kernel, compile it, and see how that
works for you.
If that seems daunting, then only _realistic_ option is to ... WAIT
FOR KERNEL 2.4 TO BE RELEASED, AND FOR DISTRIBUTIONS TO INTEGRATE
THAT...
--
"... memory leaks are quite acceptable in many applications ..."
(Bjarne Stroustrup, The Design and Evolution of C++, page 220)
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From: LhD Administrator <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.windows.x.i386unix
Subject: Re: Riva TNT2 display card
Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2000 00:24:01 GMT
In article <8dl1pn$91r$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Luke Olbrish" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I plan to buy Creative Labs' Riva TNT2 display card for my
> > P3 machine. I plan to run both win98 and linux. However,
Which one, exactly? They are all pretty well-rated, although some of
the postings here seem to suggest that all is not easy. (To anyone who
doesn't like this card -- please come to LhD and let others know!)
http://www.linhardware.com/db/dispproduct.php3?DISP?529
and
http://www.linhardware.com/db/dispproduct.php3?DISP?69
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From: "Michael McFadden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Format Hard Drive to FAT
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 19:34:48 -0500
Hey Guys,
I am brand spanking new to linux. I installed it onto an old machine and
have spent many late nites trying to get it to see my NT network.
Now I need to do some Netware testing and am unable to reformat my hard
drive. What is the secret to getting my fat back.
Help!!!!!!!!!!
Michael
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From: "Bill Reed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Too many drives for linux?
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 20:51:28 -0400
I am trying to set up my 14 cd rom drive server to work with linux. I have 2
adaptec (2906 I believe) cards that are detected just fine under Linux
I've tried both Redhat 6.2 and Mandrake 7), and I can see it detect all the
drives upon bootup, but there's a problem. I can only mount 7 of them. It
only lets me mount the ones on the 1st scsi card. However, If I unplug
thedrives from this card, it lets me mount the other7. How do I go about
fixing this problem so I can mount them all? I'd much rather be running
linux and samba on this machine than NT.
Thanks for your time.
-Bill
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.periphs.printers
From: "Larry Ebbitt " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 21:00:37 -0400 (EDT)
Reply-To: "Larry Ebbitt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Best printer for linux box?
On 19 Apr 2000 12:20:35 +0100, Graham Murray wrote:
>Which considering that what is now Lexmark used to be IBM, is no
>surprise.
I keep getting advisory mail that they are producing drivers
for wintrash, too. They are not much to IBM any more.
Larry - Atlanta - OS/2
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.periphs.printers
From: "Larry Ebbitt " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 21:02:54 -0400 (EDT)
Reply-To: "Larry Ebbitt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Best printer for linux box?
On Wed, 19 Apr 2000 14:10:57 GMT, Rod Smith wrote:
>Besides which, anybody who's used OS/2 and watched as IBM has shot itself
>in the foot with squabbles between divisions knows that IBM is completely
>incapable of helping itself when it comes to cross-division cooperation.
>For instance, it's almost impossible to find an IBM computer with OS/2
>pre-installed.
Too true. OS/2 is good because of an excellent group of designers
and developers. No thanks to IBM management, who have not been nice
to those developers at all.
Larry - Atlanta - OS/2
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.periphs.printers
From: "Larry Ebbitt " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 21:04:04 -0400 (EDT)
Reply-To: "Larry Ebbitt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Best printer for linux box?
On 19 Apr 2000 19:39:38 GMT, John Hong wrote:
> Almost? It practically is unless it is unless it is geared towards
>the server market. IBM = No end users wanted. Heck, they don't even
>bother making their Aptiva's anymore...they're really Acer clones with
>the IBM badge on them.
Indelible Blue offers them, but I think they are the only ones. IBM
has not been good to them, either, but they persevere.
Larry - Atlanta - OS/2
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Format Hard Drive to FAT
Date: 19 Apr 2000 21:09:03 EDT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 19 Apr 2000 19:34:48 -0500, Michael McFadden
<<8dljbg$onf$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>I am brand spanking new to linux. I installed it onto an old machine and
>have spent many late nites trying to get it to see my NT network.
http://www.samba.org/docs
>Now I need to do some Netware testing and am unable to reformat my hard
>drive. What is the secret to getting my fat back.
Sit on the couch, watch a lot of TV, keep potato chips and beer close at
hand. Oh, FAT? If you have to wipe Linux completely and put DOS on
there (UNCLEAN! UNCLEAN! YECK!), follow these steps:
1. Find a Lose9x machine
2. insert floppy
3. FORMAT A:
4. SYS A:
5. COPY C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND FDISK.EXE FORMAT.*
6. boot the Linux box from this DOS disk
7. FDISK /MBR
8. FDISK ; delete all partitions, create one or more new DOS partitions...
9. FORMAT C: (FORMAT D: E: F:....)
If you're installing some other OS from CD, it could be even simpler:
1. # dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda bs=512 count=1
2. Set BIOS to boot from CD
3. Insert install CD from other OS; boot.
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There is no Darkness in Eternity \##| Computers are lousy actors
But only Light too dim for us to see \#| Lusers are vicious drama critics
(Unless, of course, you're working with NT)\| BOFHen burn down theatres.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Too many drives for linux?
Date: 19 Apr 2000 21:18:31 EDT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 19 Apr 2000 20:51:28 -0400, Bill Reed
<<8dlkag$bp8$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>I am trying to set up my 14 cd rom drive server to work with linux. I have 2
>adaptec (2906 I believe) cards that are detected just fine under Linux
> I've tried both Redhat 6.2 and Mandrake 7), and I can see it detect all the
>drives upon bootup, but there's a problem. I can only mount 7 of them. It
>only lets me mount the ones on the 1st scsi card. However, If I unplug
>thedrives from this card, it lets me mount the other7. How do I go about
>fixing this problem so I can mount them all?
Do the device nodes for scd[8-14] exist? What does "ls /dev/scd*" show?
If those device files don't exist, then do this:
# for i in 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 ; do
> mknod /dev/scd$i b 11 $i
> done
It seems that RedHat ships with only 8 of the device nodes there.
If that's not the problem, make sure the cards aren't confilcting with
each other in some way--trying to share IRQs or I/O ranges will probably
confuse them...
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There is no Darkness in Eternity \##| Computers are lousy actors
But only Light too dim for us to see \#| Lusers are vicious drama critics
(Unless, of course, you're working with NT)\| BOFHen burn down theatres.
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From: raghunath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Failure to recognise SCSI controller card during Installation
Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2000 01:30:04 GMT
Larry Ebbitt wrote:
>
> On Sat, 15 Apr 2000 21:09:33 +0800, Simian wrote:
>
> >Attempted to install Red Hat 6.1 on a PC containing an adaptec AHA-
1520B and
> >a Pioneer DR- U16S.
>
> The AHA1520B is specifically listed as not supported on the
> Red Hat hardware list. The non-PNP version (without the B) is
> OK. I just had the same problem.
>
>
> Larry - Atlanta - IBM Global Services
>
>
>
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From: kept <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Dual Xeon Motherboard?
Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2000 01:30:14 GMT
i think VA Linux uses Tyan MBs for their dual proc. configurations...i've read a lot
of reviews and the current crop of Tyan boards are solid. stay away from
the 820 chipset though
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Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2000 11:43:00 +1000
From: Mark Valiukas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Tyan Tiger MB?
LhD Administrator wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > Has anybody used this board under linux?[S1834 Tiger] Any problems?
> >
> > http://www.tyan.com/products/html/s1834.html
>
> Anyone know the difference between the 1834 and the 1836?
ftp://ftp.tyan.com/manuals/S1836/1836_230.pdf
and
http://www.tyan.com/products/html/s1834.html
ought to give some reasonably detailed data to compare.
In a nutshell though:
1836 1834
Chipset: BX or GX chipset VIA Apollo Pro 133 chipset
RAM: 2Gb for GX, 1Gb for BX 1.5Gb PC133, 2Gb PC100
SCSI: on-board AIC-7895 n/a
Sound: option: on-board Vibra n/a
Ethernet: option: Intel 82558 10/100 n/a
And obviously the maximum processor speed you can use on 133 vs 100MHz
buses...
There's some minor stuff to do with not being able to use some really
early
PII processors in the 1834 mentioned on the web page, but I don't think
that's really an issue for most people :-)
There have been a few versions of the 1836.
Firstly, there's the matter of the BX or TX versions.
Then, there were the ones with sound and ethernet on board - and those
without.
Mark.
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From: LhD Administrator <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Too many drives for linux?
Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2000 01:40:17 GMT
In article <8dlkag$bp8$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Bill Reed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> However, If I unplug thedrives from this card, it lets me mount the
other7.
This may be silly, but do you have all 14 devices in /dev ? What
happens if you unplug 5 drives from the first card, do you get the 2
from it and then 5 more from the other card, or is this an "all or
nothing" problem?
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From: LhD Administrator <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Adaptec 2906
Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2000 01:42:31 GMT
In article <TKMK4.2608$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Roger Harkess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Is this supported?
Yes.
> I don't see it listed specificly by model # in the Hardware HOWTO or
> Red Hat's Hardware list. There is an entry for AHA-29xx but then they
> go on to list specific part numbers.
The hardware list is often a bit cryptic or out of date.
Check this out:
http://www.linhardware.com/db/dispproduct.php3?DISP?710
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From: "CatFish" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Wireless neworking for Linux and Windows for home use
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 21:44:08 -0400
"Gerald Waugh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Tech-Rat wrote:
>
> > I use the WaveGear wireless cards. They run on the 2.4 GigHz
> > frequency. They have both windows and Linux drivers. On of my linux
> > boxes has two network cards and one of the wireless cards. I run NAT
> > on one of the ethernet cards and the wireless cards. The second
> > ethernet adapter goes to the internet. I can then run either win or
> > linux on the laptop anywhere in the house.
> >
>
> Would you care to provide a link to the source of the WaveGear Cards?
>
>
If it's the same ones I've been looking at, they are at www.webgear.com.
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Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 22:49:14 -0400
From: John Schamus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SMP linux
Carl wrote:
>
> Help,
>
> I have a Tyan S1832DL Motherboard (recently flashed the BIOS too with
> Tyans 2.2.0b) with 2 PIII 600's 256MB RAM and an adaptec 2930U2 SCSI
> card with a 9.1 Western Digital 10,000RPM drive. The LV 10k RPM drive is
> on the Ultra2 interface and the SCSI CDROM is on the regular Ultra Wide
> interface. I have tried to install RedHat 6.1 on the system several
> times. APM is diabled as well as USB support in the BIOS. The system
> simply turns off during the install. I need to unplug the cord from the
> case, I hear a faint 'tink' sound after 3-5 seconds, then I am able to
> plug the cord back in to the power supply, and can then try again to
> install. The system works fine with 1 processor. I have tried removing
> the SCSI 2930U2 card and using an IDE drive with the same result for 2
> processors.
> Tyan has no answer for this strange problem.
> I have also build a custom MP kernel, with 1 processor, powered down and
> inserted the other CPU, with the same result - a power off which leads
> to drive corruption. Any ideas please ?
>
> Thank you all.
What sort of power supply do you have?? I found out the hard way that
you really need at least a 300W power supply in a dual processor system.
Jay
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From: "Wilf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux on AST Manhattan
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 22:55:20 -0400
Reply-To: "Wilf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Who would have experience getting Linux configured for this older server box
(P90). Has RAID 5 on Mylex....
Experience and notes appreciated.
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Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 22:39:24 -0500
From: Craig Peterein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: Gnome device mount UGH!
Mark Bratcher wrote:
> I current have a CDROM device at /dev/scd0. My fstab has two entries for
> it as follows:
>
> /dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrom iso9660 user,exec,dev,suid,ro,noauto 0 0
> /dev/scd0 /mnt/cdext2 ext2 user,exec,dev,suid,ro,noauto 0 0
>
> The reason for this is that I want to sometimes mount ISO9660 and
> sometimes I want ext2. (It there is a better way to do this, please let
> me know.)
Sure there is. Try:
/dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrom auto user,exec,dev,suid,ro,noauto 0 0
> Depending upon which one I want to mount, I just enter "mount
> /mnt/cdrom" or "mount /mnt/cdext2".
"auto" tells mount to autodetect the filesystem that happens to be on your
cd at the moment. So you only need "mount /mnt/cdrom".
HTH,
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