Linux-Hardware Digest #967, Volume #12 Thu, 1 Jun 00 10:13:06 EDT
Contents:
Re: 2 GB File size limit? (Aki M Laukkanen)
Network Drivers: How to write them? ("Paolo Scaffardi")
Did i killed my hard disk? ("robbe")
Re: 5 ethernet ports on the same Linux Box ("Mathew Frank")
Re: Why does my VXA-1 tape only hold 14GB? (Volker Apelt)
Re: modem ("Ingvar Hagelund")
Re: Network Drivers: How to write them? ("Ingvar Hagelund")
Re: onboard sound prob - via chipset (Doug Alcorn)
Re: 2 GB File size limit? (Christopher Browne)
Re: Did i killed my hard disk? (Anders �quist)
Re: Did i killed my hard disk? ("Toby Coleridge")
Re: Best qual. sound card w/ optical output (rcaetano)
ASUS CUBX based system has MAJOR linux problems! Desperate plea for help... ("Warren
Postma")
Creative SB PCI128 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Did i killed my hard disk? (Dances With Crows)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Aki M Laukkanen)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: Re: 2 GB File size limit?
Date: 1 Jun 2000 08:45:03 GMT
In article <ZciZ4.138618$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Christopher Browne wrote:
>ext2 permits (and has, for a couple years now) file sizes up to 2TB,
>but is throttled, on 32 bit platforms, to 2GB, because the file
>descriptor format used, by default, in virtually all applications, is
>limited to 32 bits on 32 bit platforms.
May I just point out that this is no longer true in 2.3. Also atleast RedHat
packaged the kernel with the LFS (Large File Summit) patches applied in RedHat
6.2.Presumably other distributions might have done the same thing in their
latest incarnations. So 64-bit file sizes for your favourite applications are
just a recompile (with -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE) away.
--
D.
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From: "Paolo Scaffardi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Network Drivers: How to write them?
Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2000 10:42:21 +0200
I have to write a network driver for Linux that works on a proprietary NIC
interface, but i dont know how to develop it. I looked the
/usr/src/linux/drivers/net/skeleton.c example, but it is not sufficient to
me.
I'd like to find any simple network driver source... for example for a
NULL-MODEM 3 pin cable... but i dont know where to find it!
Is there any starting point on internet or any network drivers developer's
bible?
Can anyone help me?
Bye,
Paolo ([EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED])
--> MAY THE PINGUIN B WITH U! <--
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From: "robbe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Did i killed my hard disk?
Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2000 12:04:12 +0200
I just tried to install redhat linux 6.1, and first, i got an error saying
that my memory was too low and that an SWAP partition will be made
immediatly. Then I got another error and i had to reboot my system.
Next, I got a bios error: ERROR C-DRIVE.
When I staeted the installation program, I got this error: HDA NOT READY FOR
COMMAND.
Next, a bit farther, ERROR READING PARTITION TABLE FOR THE BLOCK DEVICE HDA
: INPUT/OUTPUT-ERROR.
I pressed on skip drive, then i got this: NO DRIVES FOUND
NO VALID DEVICES WERE FOUND IN WICH TO CREATE NEW FILESYSTEMS
Even windows wont recognise my hd, but my bios will.
(This hd was just new, there is no windows or another os on it.)
Please help.
Is my hd broken?
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Mathew Frank" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 5 ethernet ports on the same Linux Box
Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2000 20:25:33 +1000
I think you need to recompile the kernel. There is a limit you need to
change on how many
NICs it handles - that you need to change.
Sylvain Le Briero <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:6e9W4.546$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hello,
>
> Is anyboby here as managed to confiigure up to 6 ethernet cards on a
single
> host in order to make a firewall ?
>
> Thanks.
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Volker Apelt)
Subject: Re: Why does my VXA-1 tape only hold 14GB?
Date: 1 Jun 2000 12:49:37 +0200
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bryan K. Wright) wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> Thanks for all the help, but if this is truly the problem, I think
> it's hopeless.
I still can't believe a P75 with an AHA1542 can't sustain 3 MB/sec.
Could you test these, please?
## 64k * 1600 = 100 MB 100 MB / 3 MB/sec = 33.3 sec
## raw through put of your kernel
time dd bs=64k count=1600 if=/dev/zero of=/dev/null
## raw through put to disk ( /tmp or any other harddrive )
time dd bs=64k count=1600 if=/dev/zero of=/tmp/delete_me
## is there any disk on this SCSI-II channel ?
## raw through put to SCSI disk
time dd bs=64k count=1600 if=/dev/zero of=/somewhere_on_scsi/delete_me
Thanks.
Volker
--
Volker Apelt Group of Prof. Dr. Ch. Griesinger
Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universitaet
Frankfurt am Main (Germany)
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From: "Ingvar Hagelund" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: modem
Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2000 11:06:22 GMT
Jeff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> skrev i <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> How do I set up my modem in fstab?
You don't!
To set up a modem, try a ready-to-use package, like wvdial, rp3 or kppp,
eg: If you are on a RedHat or Debian system, log in as root and try the
following command:
wvdial /etc/wvdial.conf
and then edit the file /etc/wvdial.conf with your favourite text editor to
add phone number, username and password.
> And how do i make it so any user can access my cdrom?
Check that the cdrom is mounted (with the command mount) Then, as root,
change the rights on the directory where your cdrom is mounted, eg:
chmod o+rx /mnt/cdrom
Good luck!
Ingvar
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From: "Ingvar Hagelund" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Network Drivers: How to write them?
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2000 11:12:52 GMT
"Paolo Scaffardi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> skrev i <8h590t$id3$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> I have to write a network driver for Linux that works on a proprietary
> NIC interface, but i dont know how to develop it. I looked the
> /usr/src/linux/drivers/net/skeleton.c example, but it is not sufficient
> to me.
>
> Is there any starting point on internet or any network drivers
> developer's bible? Can anyone help me?
There is a book you should check out:
"Linux Device Drivers" By Alessandro Rubini. It's an O'Reilly book.
Check http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/linuxdrive/
or your local bookstore.
Good luck
Ingvar
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Subject: Re: onboard sound prob - via chipset
From: Doug Alcorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2000 11:25:26 GMT
Darren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> EP-KXA Mb
> Kernel 2.2.15 options
> - sound compiled in
> - oss modules compiled in
> - persistant dma buffers compiled in
> - via 82C686 Codec compiled in
> - pci quirks enabled
>
I think the general consensus is that the alsa drivers for this
chipset are far superior to the kernel drivers. Make the sound stuff
a module and then compile the alsa
modules. http://www.alsa-project.org.
--
(__) Doug Alcorn (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.lathi.net)
oo / Win a 66GB capacity tape drive. Help me win too!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christopher Browne)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: Re: 2 GB File size limit?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2000 12:50:35 GMT
Centuries ago, Nostradamus foresaw a time when Aki M Laukkanen would say:
>In article <ZciZ4.138618$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>Christopher Browne wrote:
>>ext2 permits (and has, for a couple years now) file sizes up to 2TB,
>>but is throttled, on 32 bit platforms, to 2GB, because the file
>>descriptor format used, by default, in virtually all applications, is
>>limited to 32 bits on 32 bit platforms.
>
>May I just point out that this is no longer true in 2.3. Also atleast RedHat
>packaged the kernel with the LFS (Large File Summit) patches applied in RedHat
>6.2.Presumably other distributions might have done the same thing in their
>latest incarnations. So 64-bit file sizes for your favourite applications are
>just a recompile (with -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE) away.
If you are running an application that has not been explicitly recompiled
to make use of the LFS extension, then you remain with a 2GB limitation.
Note that that sentence makes no mention of kernels, which means that
it isn't purely a _kernel_ dependancy.
--
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Microsoft: The Scientology of Computing
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From: Anders �quist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Did i killed my hard disk?
Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2000 13:01:05 GMT
Whats your hardware ?
On some external IDE controllers you need to 'optimize' the controller
BIOS's settings to match certain drives. You may have to use LBA
settings on your IDE drive in comps BIOS.
On Thu, 1 Jun 2000 12:04:12 +0200, "robbe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
something like:
>I just tried to install redhat linux 6.1, and first, i got an error saying
>that my memory was too low and that an SWAP partition will be made
>immediatly. Then I got another error and i had to reboot my system.
>
>Next, I got a bios error: ERROR C-DRIVE.
>When I staeted the installation program, I got this error: HDA NOT READY FOR
>COMMAND.
>Next, a bit farther, ERROR READING PARTITION TABLE FOR THE BLOCK DEVICE HDA
>: INPUT/OUTPUT-ERROR.
>
>I pressed on skip drive, then i got this: NO DRIVES FOUND
>NO VALID DEVICES WERE FOUND IN WICH TO CREATE NEW FILESYSTEMS
>
>Even windows wont recognise my hd, but my bios will.
>(This hd was just new, there is no windows or another os on it.)
>
>Please help.
>Is my hd broken?
>
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
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From: "Toby Coleridge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Did i killed my hard disk?
Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2000 14:22:23 +0100
You may have got your hardisk in an unuasable state as it is however there
are programs (try www.winfiles.com) to write zeros to a hard drive basically
hard formatting the drive this requires to be put onto a windows startup
disk and then running. I think this is the only way to make your hard drive
useable again
Toby.
"robbe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:8h5cht$7lt$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I just tried to install redhat linux 6.1, and first, i got an error saying
> that my memory was too low and that an SWAP partition will be made
> immediatly. Then I got another error and i had to reboot my system.
>
> Next, I got a bios error: ERROR C-DRIVE.
> When I staeted the installation program, I got this error: HDA NOT READY
FOR
> COMMAND.
> Next, a bit farther, ERROR READING PARTITION TABLE FOR THE BLOCK DEVICE
HDA
> : INPUT/OUTPUT-ERROR.
>
> I pressed on skip drive, then i got this: NO DRIVES FOUND
> NO VALID DEVICES WERE FOUND IN WICH TO CREATE NEW FILESYSTEMS
>
> Even windows wont recognise my hd, but my bios will.
> (This hd was just new, there is no windows or another os on it.)
>
> Please help.
> Is my hd broken?
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
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From: rcaetano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.audio.minidisc,alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Subject: Re: Best qual. sound card w/ optical output
Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2000 13:30:03 GMT
I have a SB Live! 1024 Platinum and on the back there is a digital output
connection. In the manual it shows that you can connect a MP3 player to
this connector or any other sort of digital sound equipment. It does also
come with the Live! Drive I but it does not have a digital connection on
it but I think that the upgrade Live! Drive II does. There is also a
daugther board for this card that has additional digital connections.
Topher Cawlfield wrote:
>
> rcaetano wrote:
> >
> > Take a look at the Sound Blaster Live! 1024. It has a digital output on
> > the card and you can get an additional interface with another digital
> > output. It also has SPDIF output as well as AC-3 5.1.
> >
>
> I have the older SB Live value card in one computer, and an SB Live X-
gamer
> in the other. Neither of these have an *optical* digital output,
although
> the SB Live X-gamer does have an electrical (?) digital connector. I
have
> no idea what good this is, since I've only seen optical ditital
connectors
> on other audio equipment. The down-side to it is that to make room, they
> squeezed the other connectors closer together, which forced me to buy a
> couple new cables with skinnier plugs.
>
> I believe that the only difference between the SB live X-gamer, MP3+, or
> 1024 is the software that is included. If you're only using Linux, you
> don't need any of their software, and you might be able to get a cheap
OEM
> version somewhere.
>
> The SB Live Platinum comes with their "Live Drive" that fits into a 5.25"
> drive bay, providing various connectors. That's nice, but they have two
> versions of this (version I and II), and the *optical* connectors are
only
> found on the Live Drive II. I don't think this comes with the SB Live
> Platinum, so that one's useless. Creative also sells a seperate Optical
> I/O card (which used to come with the original SB Live sound card).
>
> So, if you go with an SB Live card, you'll want to get the cheapest one
you
> can (maybe a Live value card if they are still sold), and either the Live
> Drive II, or the optical I/O card. I also think some other company makes
> an optical card that works with the SB Live, and is cheaper. I forget
who
> sold this, but if you do a lot of digging around I'm sure you can find
it.
>
> As for it working under Linux, well, it will work, but it's not
necessarily
> a cake walk. I was able to get the SB Live value working on one computer
> without too much suffering (I had to downlaod, compile, and install a
> recent driver). But just last night I installed RH Linux 6.2 on my newer
> computer and noticed that the SB Live card was detected, but doesn't work
> yet for some reason. I haven't even begun to try to get it to work, I'm
> just saying that it didn't happen automagically with that Linux
> distribution.
>
> I have no idea whether or not these two "accessories" which provide the
> optical output will work under Linux or not. They might require special
> software, and if so it's a good bet that it won't work under Linux yet.
> Creative does have prople working on Linux drivers in general, but they
are
> years behind the Windows drivers.
>
> Check out the creative.linux newsgroup on news.soundblaster.com if you're
> interested. I personally like these sound cards a lot, but I use them
> under both Windows and Linux. In Windows I excersize the 3D effects and
> MIDI SoundFonts, etc. In Linux I'm just happy to hear sound.
>
> And one last side note about digital audio and optical cables: I'm sure
> that the whole digital optical craze is founded on snake oil and nothing
> else, as is much in the audio electronics industry. Fiber optic
> connections are perfectly justifiable for extremely high-bandwidth
> networking, but digital audio is very, very low bandwidth by comparison.
> The nice thing about digital is that there is no signal degredation,
period
> (provided you have some protocol with the usual error correction, of
> course). You can run 100 Mbps ethernet on simple twisted pair cables,
for
> I think about 100 meters. CD quality audio is 687 kbps, which is about
> 1/1500 the rate of fast ethernet!! DVD quality audio is just over twice
> this bandwidth, still miniscule compared to fast (or slow) ethernet. So
> why use fiber optics for digital audio?
>
> - Topher Cawlfield
--
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From: "Warren Postma" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus
Subject: ASUS CUBX based system has MAJOR linux problems! Desperate plea for help...
Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2000 09:31:24 -0400
I have installed 3 different distributions of Linux on my CUBX motherboard.
I have the same sound card and network card as on my previous system (a
PII-400Mhz) and my new system (PIII-600Mhz, Socket-370 ASUS CUBX
Motherboard,128 Mb RAM) have the following problems:
1. Tulip ethernet card not recognized (dec 21143), worked in redhat 6.1 on
my old system, doesn't work in redhat 6.2 or 6.1 or Storm Linux on my new
system.
2. Both Redhat 6.1, 6.2 and Storm Linux (Rain Release) lock up the keyboard
as soon as X/KDE login prompt starts up. The system keeps running, video is
live, X input cursor is flashing, but both the keyboard and mouse are locked
up.
Can anyone offer me any hope!? The ASUS has a lot of onboard junk: IDE RAID
support, IrDA, 5 USB ports, 2 normal UDMA33 IDE connectors + 2 UDMA66
(Promise CMD ATA66). I have the hard drive connected to the ATA33 connectors
since I know UDMA66 is not well supported in Linux 2.2.x kernels.
I have played with this for four days and I am stuck. I have been using
Linux for 4 years and I'm used to spelunking my way through problems, but
this one has me floored. The irony is my CUBX motherboard has a "Linux
Tested" sticker on the box. Could anyone with a CUBX motherboard please
email me and tell me your configuration so I can keep trying. I am so
frustrated, I could really use a little help. I have even recompiled
kernels and tried various kernel versions, drivers, patches, different
ethernet cards, removed the sound card, tweaked lilo boot options, flipped
around all the hardware in my machine, all to no avail. Any suggestions at
all would be so nice. Thank you very much.
Warren
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Creative SB PCI128
Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2000 13:44:08 GMT
Hello,
I have a question about my sound card. It is a really great sound card,
it works great. Well, the problem is some stupid program said it doesn't
support 16bit recording, whereas the Creative online Specification tells
me it does. Is there any possibility the soundcard's recording
capabilities aren't up to their maximum ? e.g. 8bit recording ?
If so, how can I change this ?
Thanks, Conrado Buhrer.
conspiracy.web@*NOSPAM*bigfoot.com
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Did i killed my hard disk?
Date: 01 Jun 2000 10:03:00 EDT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, 1 Jun 2000 14:22:23 +0100, Toby Coleridge
<<8h5o48$lhd$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>You may have got your hardisk in an unuasable state as it is however there
>are programs (try www.winfiles.com) to write zeros to a hard drive basically
>hard formatting the drive this requires to be put onto a windows startup
>disk and then running. I think this is the only way to make your hard drive
>useable again
Nonsense.
http://www.toms.net/rb/
Tom's RootBoot, a Linux rescue system that fits on a floppy, can probably
do what needs to be done since it includes fdisk, mke2fs, mkswap, and
dd. "Writing zeroes all over the drive" is neither necessary nor
reccommended, since it'll take freaking forever.
Boot the machine from Tom's, then "fdisk /dev/hda" or wherever your disk
is plugged in. Create partitions. Make sure that you have a partition
that's entirely within the 1024-cylinder limit, since no distro ships with
the latest version of LILO just yet. If you want to dual-boot with that
Other OS, make one primary partition of type 0x0c (FAT32 LBA) somewhere.
Good luck....
--
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There is no Darkness in Eternity \##| creative ways of being stupid?
But only Light too dim for us to see \#| Beer is a vegetable. WinNT
(Unless, of course, you're working with NT)\| is the study of cool. --MegaHAL
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