Linux-Hardware Digest #734, Volume #12 Mon, 24 Apr 00 12:13:09 EDT
Contents:
Re: lost interrupt ("Y. Ohgaki")
Re: HOT HD (Charlie Brown)
Re: Installing Linux on an NTFS (Rod Smith)
Re: Completely new to Linux (Rod Smith)
Re: Completely new to Linux ("Lonnie A Watson")
Asus CUC-2000 mobo? (Graham Murray)
FS: toshiba 430CDT and ZipDrive $480 and FDC settlement of $100! (Chris T)
Re: HOT HD ("Justin R. Miller")
Re: HOT HD ("Nick")
Re: sound on a sony laptop (Derek Robert Price)
Re: Large HD & Boot Partition (note) (Michael Kelly)
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From: "Y. Ohgaki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: lost interrupt
Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2000 01:09:43 +0900
I have VIA chipset motherboard and had the same problem.
If you have such chipset, you can compiled in other chipset support
if you rebuild kernel.
You can find many kinds of chipsets support.
This fixes problem. (at least for me)
PS: Too many cross posts. So I just send to comp.os.linux.hardware :)
And I think you better to rebuild kernel on different machine, since
my filesystem was corrupted, I guess, because of the error.
"BP" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:8dug7j$o1d$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi all,
>
> I install two IDE disk (6,4 Go each) on /dev/hdc and /dev/hdd - (with 4
> partitions on each disk: 512Mo, 2Go, 3Go and a swap partition)
>
> When I try to access hdd disk (with cpio cde for example), system crash with
> "hdc: lost interrupt" message - the only way is to reboot the system ... I
> 've change partitions size (<1Go), bios configuration (ide block mode,
> LBA/Normal cfg), but nothing change, I can't have a full access to the
> second drive
>
> Does anybody knows what goes wrong ?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
>
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Charlie Brown)
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Subject: Re: HOT HD
Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2000 16:59:31 GMT
On Sun, 23 Apr 2000 14:51:32 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stewart
Honsberger) shocked the world by writing:
>On Sun, 23 Apr 2000 00:59:58 -0400, Edward M Grill wrote:
>> I have a Maxtor COMPUsa 10.2G 7200rpm ata/66 (only at 33) HD running
>>under Mandrake Linux 7.0 on a FIC VA 503+ motherboard and an AMD k6-2
>>450Mhz. I have successfully overclocked the CPU to 550 and a little more,
>
>Over-clocking is always dangerous, but unrelated to your situation.
>
>>currently only at 450 because I am afraid of a situation. even at 450mhz the
>>HD is EXTREMELY hot on its underside.
>
>Any HDD over 6GiB is reccomended to sit in a 5 1/4" bay with a HDD cooling
>unit. HDD coolers are relatively inexpensive, and could save you lots of
>trouble and expense somewhere down the road.
Who, exactly, is this recommended by?
Not the drive makers.
Possibly those who make the drive coolers?
Neither my 27 gig nor my 20 gig drives (each in a 3.5" bay) is
anywhere near overheating.
>
>--
>Stewart Honsberger (AKA Blackdeath) @ http://sprk.com/blackdeath/
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Remove 'thirteen' to reply privately)
>Humming along under SuSE 6.4, Linux 2.2.14
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Subject: Re: Installing Linux on an NTFS
Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2000 17:16:46 GMT
[Posted and mailed]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Mik Keith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
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> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Please don't do this; plain ASCII is more than sufficient for newsgroup
postings. MIME stuff is a waste of bandwidth, and can actually make it
difficult to read on some news readers.
> Since I am a newbie to this OS I was wondering if it is possible to
> install a version of Linux on an NTFS part ion without taking out the Nt
> which is operating on a separate part ion.
No. Although Linux can read NTFS fairly well, and write it with highly
unstable and dangerous read/write drivers, you can't install Linux on an
NTFS partition. (Unless you count running Linux under VMware running in
NT.)
> Also what steps do I need to
> take to prep the part ion that is going to hold the Linux OS. The
> partition I would be putting Linux on is empty and is formatted for NTFS
> right now and is almost 5 GB.
If the partition is empty and you don't want to use it under NT at all,
you can simply convert it to Linux's native filesystem format, ext2fs.
Precisely how you do this varies from one distribution to another; some
let you change the partition type code and reformat, whereas others
require you to delete the partition and then create new one(s) in its
place.
If you want to use some of the disk space for both Linux and Windows, I
suggest you delete the existing partition and create at least two in its
place: One FAT-16 partition (or FAT-32 if you're using Windows 2000) for
shared data, and one or more ext2fs partitions for Linux (plus, in all
likelihood, a Linux swap partition).
FWIW, my new book, _The Multi-Boot Configuration Handbook_
(http://www.rodsbooks.com/multiboot/) covers partitioning and filesystem
access issues in depth.
--
Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.rodsbooks.com
Author of books on Linux networking & multi-OS configuration
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Subject: Re: Completely new to Linux
Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2000 17:21:01 GMT
[Posted and mailed]
In article <3_EM4.6680$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Gez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hello group
> I am completely new to Linux but some of the info I obtained from the
> various websites make it appealing to me. My question is, would Linux
> (Mandrake, for example) run on my old and currently unused IBM 486 SX-25
> with 8 megs of RAM?
I don't know if Mandrake would, since Mandrake has been optimized for
Pentiums. Some other distributions certainly run on 486 CPUs, though.
> Would it run well on this system? I don't have a modem
> or sound card and don't need them on the old PC, so PnP issues/installing
> certain kinds of hardware wouldn't be a problem. The benefit to me of
> installing Linux is that I could begin to learn programming languages on it
> (I believe they come with Linux distributions), and I could install
> StarOffice for my mother who wants to learn how to use a computer.
With only a 486SX/25 and 8MB of RAM, you'll be able to do CPU-unintensive
text-mode stuff, but I wouldn't recommend trying to run X, much less a
memory- and CPU-hogging program like StarOffice. My guess is that
StarOffice might start up on that system sometime before the Sun turns
into a red giant, but it'd be a close call.
--
Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.rodsbooks.com
Author of books on Linux networking & multi-OS configuration
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From: "Lonnie A Watson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Completely new to Linux
Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2000 12:37:29 -0400
My first Linux machine was infact a simple SX25 I did however have more
memory than yours does. You may find that it will run but I woulld say that
8 megs more memory would help it greatly. If I am correct those units use 72
bin Simms you should be able to locate them on the cheap at any local CPU
sellathon style show. I often see them in bargin bins for 5$ each.
And if you were not going to try and run Xfree then I would say that 8 megs
would be fine. I run a NAT gateway on a 486 with only 8 megs of ram. It
performs that function so well I almost forget its there. Just wat the
docter ordered.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"Gez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:3_EM4.6680$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hello group
> I am completely new to Linux but some of the info I obtained from the
> various websites make it appealing to me. My question is, would Linux
> (Mandrake, for example) run on my old and currently unused IBM 486 SX-25
> with 8 megs of RAM? Would it run well on this system? I don't have a
modem
> or sound card and don't need them on the old PC, so PnP issues/installing
> certain kinds of hardware wouldn't be a problem. The benefit to me of
> installing Linux is that I could begin to learn programming languages on
it
> (I believe they come with Linux distributions), and I could install
> StarOffice for my mother who wants to learn how to use a computer.
> Thank you very much for any info,
> from a long-time Windows user,
>
> --
> Gez
>
> Our disputants put me in mind of the skuttle fish, that when he is unable
to
> extricate himself, blackens all the water about him, till he becomes
> invisible.
> (Joseph Addison)
>
>
>
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From: Graham Murray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Asus CUC-2000 mobo?
Date: 23 Apr 2000 17:53:48 +0000
Has anyone any experience of this motherboard running Linux? I cannot
see it listed at linhardware.com. It is
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From: Chris T <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.misc,comp.sys.laptops,misc.forsale.computers.pc-specific.portables
Subject: FS: toshiba 430CDT and ZipDrive $480 and FDC settlement of $100!
Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2000 13:59:14 -0700
I have my Toshiba Satellite Pro 430CDT with an active matrix LCD for
sale. The CPU is a Pentium running at 120mhz, it has the CD-ROM
attachment and the Floppy Disk attachment. The condition is fair because
of a small crack near one of the hinges (I think this a common problem)
and there are a couple of stickers on the case (a CRYSTAL METHOD and a
SWITCH BLADE SYMPHONY). I still have the orignal manuals as I'm the
original owner. Also included is a PC-Card FaxModem rated at 56k Flex.
I will not erase the HD which has MS OFFICE 97 PRO, running MS Windows
98, MS MONEY 99 and more! You will be responsible to delete those Apps.
I will include a very nice laptop bag which the Satillite Pro fits very
well in and an external mouse (when you don't want to use the trackpoint)
NEW PRICE $480 (need the cash for taxes). Also as a recent addition I
will include my Zip Drive as well because I realized that I won't need it
after the sale. Also after going to Toshiba's web site to update the
drivers I notice a settlement from the FDC that entitles Toshiba laptops
owners towards $100 free on Toshiba products this is the web site for
more details:
http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/tais/support/notices/fdcsettlement.jsp
E-mail me for more info (one the laptop NOT the legal settlement I am not
a lawyer) or if you wish to buy the laptop at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
or I prefer [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Justin R. Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Subject: Re: HOT HD
Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2000 18:15:33 GMT
Edward M Grill wrote:
> I have a Maxtor COMPUsa 10.2G 7200rpm ata/66 (only at 33) HD
Just FYI, at a web shop I once worked at we bought four of these same
drives (this was last summer). All ran extremely hot, even to the point
of one of them giving me a rather bad burn (of course this was partly my
fault :-) Anyway, that hot one died within a week and the other three
all died within a month, even though we tried to cool them moreso than
other drives (the case was even open). I would be careful with that
model, and perhaps all of Maxtor.
Just my $0.02,
Justin
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From: "Nick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Subject: Re: HOT HD
Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2000 18:34:43 GMT
I too keep my cases open, but i recently read something on how that can be
bad, because it kills the air flow assuming you had some fans in it. I'm
gonna take some temp reading w/ the case open and close who knows maybee
they are right....
=Justin R. Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Edward M Grill wrote:
>
> > I have a Maxtor COMPUsa 10.2G 7200rpm ata/66 (only at 33) HD
>
> Just FYI, at a web shop I once worked at we bought four of these same
> drives (this was last summer). All ran extremely hot, even to the point
> of one of them giving me a rather bad burn (of course this was partly my
> fault :-) Anyway, that hot one died within a week and the other three
> all died within a month, even though we tried to cool them moreso than
> other drives (the case was even open). I would be careful with that
> model, and perhaps all of Maxtor.
>
> Just my $0.02,
>
> Justin
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From: Derek Robert Price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: sound on a sony laptop
Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2000 12:50:10 -0600
No luck. For some reason the first try at insprobe returns a "device or resource
busy" error from init_module too. Using modprobe seems to load the sb driver but my
cd player still seems to think it's working while
no sound comes out of my machine - the same thing that happened while the nm256 driver
was failing to load.
Also, the nm256 driver doesn't seem to accept irq=X as an argument. is claims
parm_irq is an invalid parameter.
Derek
D ONeill wrote:
> Derek:
>
> I'd almost bet it's an IRQ problem. Forget what the documentation says. Try IRQ 5
>for the sound, otherwise the modem & sound card try to stomp all over each other. You
>could also try the folloeing options & modules:
>
> soundlow
> soundcore
> sound
> uart401
> sb irq=5 io=0x220 dma=1 mpu_io=0x320 dma16=5
>
> Cheers,
>
> Donnchadh O'Neill
>
> _____________________________________
>
> Get your free E-mail at http://www.ireland.com
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From: Michael Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Large HD & Boot Partition (note)
Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2000 14:55:02 -0400
On 22 Apr 2000 17:16:07 EDT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances
With Crows) wrote:
>As I've said before, the latest version of LILO circumvents this.
Hi, I'm just curious. Do you happen to know if Lilo latest uses
bios INT 13H extensions to get around the 1024 cyl limitations?
Just wondering.
Mike
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-- Groucho Marx
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