Linux-Hardware Digest #942, Volume #13 Sun, 26 Nov 00 00:13:04 EST
Contents:
mounting FAT32 disk so user can write to it ("Jack Kaufmann")
Re: lilo doesn't install on large disk with W2K... (Robert Kiesling)
X-WIndows Configuration Problem ("Randall Holobaugh")
Configuring X-Windows for New Monitor ("Randall Holobaugh")
Configuring New Monitor for X Windows ("Randall Holobaugh")
Re: Configuring X-Windows for New Monitor (Joseph Nagy)
ATI TV Wonder VE under Mandrake 7.2?? (Paul L)
Re: Wooooo Hooooo! Got it!!!!!! (bob_more)
Re: presario HCF miniPCI modem or the miniPCI ethernet NIC? ("Eric")
Re: Is USR 5695 a real modem? (Bill Unruh)
Re: Technical Hardware Question for Windows & Linux (Joseph Nagy)
Re: Configuring X-Windows for New Monitor (spicerun)
Re: mounting FAT32 disk so user can write to it ("D. Stimits")
Re: mounting FAT32 disk so user can write to it (hac)
Re: Partitioning ("James Stewart")
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From: "Jack Kaufmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: mounting FAT32 disk so user can write to it
Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2000 01:14:19 GMT
This is probably a dumb newbie question. I have put a command line in
/etc/fstab so that my windows hard drive partition is mounted at startup,
but a user can only read but not write to it. Root can write to it. I have
tried changing the options to specifically include "user" but it doesn't
work, and I think that option refers to the user being able to mount the
drive rather than write to it. Am I missing something? Thanks.
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Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.slackware,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: lilo doesn't install on large disk with W2K...
From: Robert Kiesling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2000 01:42:43 GMT
"James Stewart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Robert Kiesling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> >
> > "The infamous \"Brian\"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > > Installed Slackware Current on 30 gig Maxtor /dev/hda4 (last 5 gig) and
> > > can't lilo to install.
> > >
> > > Anybody have any idea what the problem is?
> > >
> > > Is lilo just broke and can't get up?
> > >
> > > Is it time for a new bootloader?
> >
> > Nope, sorry. LILO needs the boot or root filesystem partition
> > (depending) in the first 1k cylinders. This is a hardware (BIOS)
> > limitation. If it's a recent BIOS has extended boot partition support
> > (the name of which escapes me right now), the newer LILO versions
> > allow the root or boot file system's partition anywhere on the disk.
> >
>
> Yea, but only if you have the "right" kind of BIOS. It is explained in the
> newer LILO's Documentation. Otherwise you'll have to do the separate boot
> partition withing the first 1k cylinders. You may also have to use the
> "linear" mode switch in your lilo.conf because who knows what your BIOS is
> reporting to lilo since a 30 gig drive far exceeds the 8 gig size limit that
> the old cyl/hd/sec type addressing has.
And the right kind of drive, I assume, to map the disk space into
something that a standard device driver can cope with.
I would have to RTFM to answer specifically. It's never been
an issue here. All of my systems use pre-resizable partitions.
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From: "Randall Holobaugh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,linux.redhat,linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: X-WIndows Configuration Problem
Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2000 20:29:39 -0600
I am running Gnome in Red Hat 7. I have a problem with configuring
my video card and monitor for X-windows (Gnome). My video card is Diamond
Viper
V770 with 32Mb of RAM (Ultra TNT2 RIVA chip). The monitor I am using is
from an
E-machine; it's an EMC SA-560. On the back of the monitor it says 50/60Hz.
I tried to find out the exact vertical and horizonal refresh rates so I
could
manually enter them, but I was unable to find them.
When I run Xconfigurator, my monitor is not listed. I was able to select
"custom monitor" and choose the first range (50-70Hz). The only resolutions
that it will accept are 8 bit: 640x480, 800x600, and 1024x768. I know my
video
card and monitor can use 16 bit because they work in Windows 2000. After I
exit
Xconfigurator and start up X, I do have video. However, the resolution is
640x480
and all the boxes are acting like the resolution is 1024x768. Everything
runs
off the screen. I tried "Ctrl Alt +" to change resolution but nothing
happened.
Any suggestions or comments would be greatly appreciated.
Randy Holobaugh
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From: "Randall Holobaugh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux
Subject: Configuring X-Windows for New Monitor
Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2000 20:30:52 -0600
I am running Gnome in Red Hat 7. I have a problem with configuring
my video card and monitor for X-windows (Gnome). My video card is Diamond
Viper
V770 with 32Mb of RAM (Ultra TNT2 RIVA chip). The monitor I am using is
from an
E-machine; it's an EMC SA-560. On the back of the monitor it says 50/60Hz.
I tried to find out the exact vertical and horizonal refresh rates so I
could
manually enter them, but I was unable to find them.
When I run Xconfigurator, my monitor is not listed. I was able to select
"custom monitor" and choose the first range (50-70Hz). The only resolutions
that it will accept are 8 bit: 640x480, 800x600, and 1024x768. I know my
video
card and monitor can use 16 bit because they work in Windows 2000. After I
exit
Xconfigurator and start up X, I do have video. However, the resolution is
640x480
and all the boxes are acting like the resolution is 1024x768. Everything
runs
off the screen. I tried "Ctrl Alt +" to change resolution but nothing
happened.
Any suggestions or comments would be greatly appreciated.
Randy Holobaugh
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Randall Holobaugh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Configuring New Monitor for X Windows
Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2000 20:34:03 -0600
I am running Gnome in Red Hat 7. I have a problem with configuring
my video card and monitor for X-windows (Gnome). My video card is Diamond
Viper
V770 with 32Mb of RAM (Ultra TNT2 RIVA chip). The monitor I am using is
from an
E-machine; it's an EMC SA-560. On the back of the monitor it says 50/60Hz.
I tried to find out the exact vertical and horizonal refresh rates so I
could
manually enter them, but I was unable to find them.
When I run Xconfigurator, my monitor is not listed. I was able to select
"custom monitor" and choose the first range (50-70Hz). The only resolutions
that it will accept are 8 bit: 640x480, 800x600, and 1024x768. I know my
video
card and monitor can use 16 bit because they work in Windows 2000. After I
exit
Xconfigurator and start up X, I do have video. However, the resolution is
640x480
and all the boxes are acting like the resolution is 1024x768. Everything
runs
off the screen. I tried "Ctrl Alt +" to change resolution but nothing
happened.
Any suggestions or comments would be greatly appreciated.
Randy Holobaugh
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Joseph Nagy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Configuring X-Windows for New Monitor
Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2000 21:11:46 -0600
Randall Holobaugh wrote:
> I am running Gnome in Red Hat 7. I have a problem with configuring
> my video card and monitor for X-windows (Gnome). My video card is Diamond
> Viper
> V770 with 32Mb of RAM (Ultra TNT2 RIVA chip). The monitor I am using is
> from an
> E-machine; it's an EMC SA-560. On the back of the monitor it says 50/60Hz.
> I tried to find out the exact vertical and horizonal refresh rates so I
> could
> manually enter them, but I was unable to find them.
>
> When I run Xconfigurator, my monitor is not listed. I was able to select
> "custom monitor" and choose the first range (50-70Hz). The only resolutions
> that it will accept are 8 bit: 640x480, 800x600, and 1024x768. I know my
> video
> card and monitor can use 16 bit because they work in Windows 2000. After I
> exit
> Xconfigurator and start up X, I do have video. However, the resolution is
> 640x480
> and all the boxes are acting like the resolution is 1024x768. Everything
> runs
> off the screen. I tried "Ctrl Alt +" to change resolution but nothing
> happened.
>
> Any suggestions or comments would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Randy Holobaugh
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Yes, info would be nice as I am also having this same problem and I am running
RH6.2 on a machine with 1024KB video ram (onboard video by S3 Trio (an S3 Trio
64V+ to be exact)) and I CAN find my refresh rates for my monitor (digital
monitor), but I can't get the virtual resolution set up properly (app's acting
like I'm at 1024x768 when I'm at a much lower resolution), Ctrl-Alt-+ and
Ctrl-Alt- - (minus) do not work for me either.
Dark Knight Radick
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul L)
Subject: ATI TV Wonder VE under Mandrake 7.2??
Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2000 03:12:09 GMT
I have an ATI TV Wonder VE. I just bought the card, and I have not
gotten the TV Tuner function to work correctly in Windows 98. Is
there software to make it work under Linux? I am running Mandrake
7.2. I want to see if the card itself is bad, or if the problem is
just Windows crap. Thanks!
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Subject: Re: Wooooo Hooooo! Got it!!!!!!
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.slackware,comp.os.linux.setup
From: bob_more <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2000 22:14:15 -0500
"The infamous \"Brian\"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hey Again!
The infamous "Brian" wrote in message ...
>There must be a way!
>I believe it has more to do with W2K than problem with
>+1024 cyls. Lilo is unable to find W2K boot app.
I got it!
It was a W2K thing after all! "lilo" couldn't find the the fscking W2K
bootloader so would bail!
What I did was use liloconfig and did a manual install WITHOUT W2K, just
Linux. It installed without a problem! I rebooted and was faced with a
single "lilo" prompt so hit <enter> and Linux loaded, no problem!
Next, got W98 emergency disk and booted that, then ran "C:\fdisk /mbr" an=
d
rebooted, this time straight into W2K.
Next, boot into Linux with boot floppy and reran liloconfig and selected
simple and BANGO - it installed.
Now when I boot it shows that cool little boot graphic where you can sele=
ct
DOS or Linux with the cursor keys and <enter>.
I bet Bill and his buddies worked months to foul up the MBR so it wouldn'=
t
work - Bastards!
Now I can run identical services on both installs and see what's what! Th=
ose
Redmond Bastards!
Oh well; All's well that ends well.
Best regards,
Brian
Not to discourage you, but fdisk /mbr is an old windows trick, and I'll a=
dd my
own, when in doubt and ya wanna be sure, I use fdisk /mbr and then a low
leveler called maxllf which kills all partitions on a hard disk, if you w=
ant a
clean disk to install on. extreme but it works. Otherwise partition magic=
is
your friend.
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From: "Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: presario HCF miniPCI modem or the miniPCI ethernet NIC?
Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2000 22:28:41 -0500
"Donald Becker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:8vjja6$vpi$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Bruce R Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Eric wrote:
> >> Thanks...I'll call compaq and see if I can get the info (why oh WHY
don't
> >> they ship hardware documentation with there computers?)
> >
> >I'll be surprised if you can find someone who understands the question,
> >let alone will admit to the answer.
> >If you *DO*, then *PLEASE* post it back here.
> >
They told me it was a conexant chip set (I don't think that's right
though...I think it's MADE by conexant, with some as yet unknown chip set,
until someone heeds your cry to open it up). So...I gave up on it and
bought a supported PCMCIA NIC on ebay.
> >FWIW, I have a Presario 1700 with the combo miniPCI card. Both
> >the modem & nic are "conexant" (which apparently was formerly
> >rockwell???)
> >But that's as far as I could get. There is a conexant web site, but it
> >seems to be completely targeted at manufacturers, rather than users.
>
> We just purchased a Presario 1700.
> I was expecting a 3Com or Intel NIC, but it appears to be using a new
chip.
> The new chip is Tulip-like, but it's not a known variant.
>
> If anyone has opened their machine, please report the chip part number to
> the me or the Tulip mailing list. I'll announce any progress on a driver
to
> that mailing list as well
> http://www.scyld.com/network/tulip.html
> ftp://www.scyld.com/pub/network/tulip.c
>
Yes...they just switched from the intel chip.
I look forward to the driver...writing one is certainly way out of my
league.
Eric
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Crossposted-To: comp.protocols.ppp
Subject: Re: Is USR 5695 a real modem?
Date: 26 Nov 2000 03:41:03 GMT
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Clifford Kite <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
]Anthony Ewell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
]> Hi Clifford,
]> Thank you for the links! They are now bookmarked.
]> Unfortunately, the 5695 is not on the list.
]Have you checked the 3com web site for specifications?
Actually 3com has I believe gone out of the modem business and Usr has
been bought out by a bunch of employees. So it is back to
www.usr.com
Their site says the 5695 is a winmodem.
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From: Joseph Nagy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Technical Hardware Question for Windows & Linux
Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2000 21:49:09 -0600
"David M. Butler" wrote:
> Greets. This is just a curiosity type question for anyone that knows. I
> recently installed a new motherboard and processor (both were manufactured
> by the same companies as my last CPU & MB). As usual, I made backups of my
> Win98 and Linux drives, then replaced the innards of my computer. And, as
> usual, Windows got goofy after about half an hour. Yes, I know yer not
> supposed to just throw a new MB in and expect windows to work flawlessly,
> but I always try just to see if it will. Anyway, I completely reinstalled
> Windows, as was expected. However, when I booted up Linux and played
> around waiting for the instability to come, it never did... not even two
> weeks later after running most of the time. What I was wondering is what's
> the technical difference that causes Windows to barf on itself when it sees
> a new motherboard, but allows Linux to keep on truckin' like nothing
> happened?
>
> D. Butler
I would like to know the same, not that I can replace my MB or anything (damn
propriertary cases). :)
Dark Knight Radick
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From: spicerun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Configuring X-Windows for New Monitor
Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2000 03:49:54 GMT
Randall Holobaugh wrote:
> When I run Xconfigurator, my monitor is not listed. I was able to select
> "custom monitor" and choose the first range (50-70Hz).
Look for the "monitor that can do nnnxnnn" settings and try those. I've done
this with my machine and it lets me do 1280x1024 resolution with 24/32 bit
color (My monitor is also an E-machine monitor).
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Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2000 21:46:34 -0700
From: "D. Stimits" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: mounting FAT32 disk so user can write to it
Jack Kaufmann wrote:
>
> This is probably a dumb newbie question. I have put a command line in
> /etc/fstab so that my windows hard drive partition is mounted at startup,
> but a user can only read but not write to it. Root can write to it. I have
> tried changing the options to specifically include "user" but it doesn't
> work, and I think that option refers to the user being able to mount the
> drive rather than write to it. Am I missing something? Thanks.
Does this mean you want non-root to write to it? Or you want it to be
read-only for root also? What is the mount line in /etc/fstab you
currently have?
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From: hac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: mounting FAT32 disk so user can write to it
Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2000 04:48:30 GMT
Jack Kaufmann wrote:
>
> This is probably a dumb newbie question. I have put a command line in
> /etc/fstab so that my windows hard drive partition is mounted at startup,
> but a user can only read but not write to it. Root can write to it. I have
> tried changing the options to specifically include "user" but it doesn't
> work, and I think that option refers to the user being able to mount the
> drive rather than write to it. Am I missing something? Thanks.
Here's the line from my fstab:
/dev/hda1 /dosc vfat uid=501,gid=100,umask=077,quiet
1 0
With those options, my Windows partition is mounted owned by a
particular user and group. Root, of course, can always access it. If
you want more than one user to access the partition, change the
umask. Considering that there are no protections while running
Windows, a umask of 0 is actually reasonable.
--
Howard Christeller Irvine, CA [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "James Stewart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Partitioning
Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2000 21:52:54 -0700
Try this:
Put the linux boot partition on the drive first. Just big enough to hold
the /boot directory plus a couple of extra kernals if desired. Use linux
Fdisk, probably from a rescue floppy.
Then I would put your DOS primary partition, using DOS fdisk if you like
Then I would create an extended partition and place the rest of your DOS
logical drives on it, followed by the rest of your linux root file system.
Then put on your linux swap partition. Maybe you can/need to put this in
the extended partition. But try to put it physically close to the bulk of
your root partition best hard drive access speed.
Then I like to put the lilo boot record on the linux partition instead of
the MBR so that when the linux partition is set active, lilo runs. When the
DOS/Windows partition is active, DOS/Windows runs (and installs/upgrades)
without even knowing about linux and lilo. Of course I then fix up lilo to
boot DOS/Windows directly so that I have the OS choice at bootup.
Make sure that you have "linear" mode selected in your lilo.conf, because
your machine BIOS is likely to confuse lilo with bogus cyl/hd/sec addressing
numbers if you don't.
Tomas Andersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:TbDT5.247$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I am tired of messing up my partitions.. please can someone explain this
to
> me:
>
> I have a 45 Gb Harddrive and want to run Win98 and Linux Red Hat 7.0 on
it.
> I want to have a 5 Gb C: drive, 10 Gb D: drive, 10 Gb E: drive for
windows.
> I want to use the rest for Linux (i.e. 256 Swap + approx. 20 Gb for Root,
> Usr, etc.)
>
> I have tried to install windows first. I made C:, D: and E:.
> When I installed Linux it would not boot because of the limit in sectors
for
> lilo.
> I'm tired of using boot disks.. to much work to compile and update the
> kernel..
>
> So.. therefore I deleted D: and E: to install Linux. This worked nice..
> But when I should reinstall my D: and E: windows partitions I used fdisk
in
> Dos and
> propably overwrote the Linux installation in some kind.. After that
Windows
> wouldn't start
> either.. aargh...
>
> In what order should I do this, and should I use fdisk in DOS?
>
> Tomas Andersen
>
>
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