Linux-Hardware Digest #126, Volume #14 Thu, 4 Jan 01 04:13:06 EST
Contents:
Re: unable to format floppy [ide-floppy] (Paul Bristow)
Re: boot sector corrupt...maybe? ("Clark")
Re: boot sector corrupt...maybe? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
PPPoE router (Linksys BEFSRx1, Netgear RT31x) with Linux? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Compaq SVGA HorizSync ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: boot sector corrupt...maybe? ("Clark")
HSF modem + OLITEC DRIVERS ("Taken Takenowski")
Travan Tape Drive Trouble on Linux (John Orren Battle)
Re: boot sector corrupt...maybe? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Please Help me with XPERT 98 Video card and Redhat 7.0 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: PPPoE router (Linksys BEFSRx1, Netgear RT31x) with Linux? ("lobotomy")
Re: adaptec 29160 and linux (Mark Post)
To use USB Modem in Linux (cskian)
Netgear FA410TXC and Red Hat 7 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Alternatives to Intel Processors (Michael Marano)
Re: CD Burner ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Common accounts on Windows 2000 and Linux ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Sound Help in Corel ("Dan White")
Re: please help me get my modem working (Ross Wonderley)
HELP!: Abit KT-7 RAID & Mandrake 7.2 problems!!! ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: Paul Bristow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: unable to format floppy [ide-floppy]
Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2001 00:19:32 +0100
Ken (no name) wrote:
> I am a linuxnewbie and I just recently managed to get Linux RH7.0
> installed. I have a Promise Technology ATA66 controller card and I had to
> use the UDMA66 "mini howto" in order to work around this and install
> linux. By doing so my floppy (LS-120 Superdisk) is dev/hdd. I am able to
> mount and unmount the floppy just fine and have no problems reading and
> writing data to and from 1.44Mb floppies as well as 120Mb Superdisks.
> However, If I try to format a floppy disk I get the error message "unable
> to format floppy - device not a floppy device dev/fd0". Does anyone know
> of a workaround for this???
Hi Ken,
I am the maintainer for the ide-floppy driver. I suspect from your post
that you are trying to format the disk using a floppy formatter as /dev/fd0
is the "standard" floppy drive. You should format this disk using the
/dev/hdd device and then things should be OK. If not zap me an email.
--
Regards,
Paul Bristow
ICQ #11965223
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From: "Clark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.comp.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: boot sector corrupt...maybe?
Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2001 17:37:44 -0600
If it will boot using Linux but not windows, I might suspect a virus. If
not, then why would it not boot from a valid windows boot disk. Do you have
boot A,C, CDRom or something like that enabled?
Clark
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:92vqnt$fjq$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I have an HP Pavilion which has been running Windows 98SE and RedHat 7.0
> for some time now. Suddenly, it will no longer boot from the hard
> drive. It also will not boot from either the windows cd or a windows
> boot floppy disk. It WILL boot from the RedHat install disk and from a
> RedHat boot floppy. Once it has booted, I can see that the data is
> still on the disk and it looks like its ok.
>
> I am guessing this is a bad boot sector on my disk, but I can't
> understand why a bad boot sector on the HD would keep a windows floppy
> from booting the computer.
>
> Has anyone seen this before? Is there any solution which does not
> involve buying a new hard drive?
>
> Thanks
> James
>
> Please reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
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Crossposted-To: alt.comp.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: boot sector corrupt...maybe?
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2001 23:37:35 GMT
"Clark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> If it will boot using Linux but not windows, I might suspect a virus.
Can't be. I doubt the 98SE CD shipped with a virus on it, which is
the only way it could have one. Read-only medium, you know.
--
Eric McCoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
"Luckily I have the fashion sense of a colorblind street pimp
freebasing cocaine through a gunpowder funnel, so it all works out."
- Something Awful, 12/19/2000
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: PPPoE router (Linksys BEFSRx1, Netgear RT31x) with Linux?
Date: 03 Jan 2001 18:19:19 -0500
Does anyone know if these simple routers:
Linksys BEFSR11 (1 port), BEFSR41 (4 port)
Netgear RT311 (1 port), RT314 (4 port)
work with Linux.
I have a PPPoE connection (Sympatico HSE with Bell Canada).
I've heard that these routers can do PPPoE in hardware and just
give me something that likes like normal ethernet port(s).
Do I just configure them with a standard web browser? If so, what
IP addresses would I use for the Linux side.
Thanks for any help!
Richard
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Compaq SVGA HorizSync
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2001 01:26:31 GMT
Hi,
I installed Slackware on a Presario 660 to show some kids Linux.
Linux works fine, but the video could be better <g>. I set it
to 800 x 600 @56 mhz. The monitor, circa 1994, was also sold by
Compaq. It says "SVGA" in front and model 472P in the back.
Does anyone know if this monitor can:
1) show more than 256 colors?
2) run at a higher speed?
I could not find any info about it on Compaq's ftp site and I
don't want to screw it up.
Thanks alot for your help,
Mitch
--
Mitchell D. Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.bestpages.com/homepage/
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From: "Clark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.comp.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: boot sector corrupt...maybe?
Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2001 19:37:58 -0600
Have you ever booted with the Win 98 SE CD-ROM? If it is an upgrade, it may
not be bootable.
Clark
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> "Clark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > If it will boot using Linux but not windows, I might suspect a virus.
>
> Can't be. I doubt the 98SE CD shipped with a virus on it, which is
> the only way it could have one. Read-only medium, you know.
>
> --
> Eric McCoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> "Luckily I have the fashion sense of a colorblind street pimp
> freebasing cocaine through a gunpowder funnel, so it all works out."
> - Something Awful, 12/19/2000
>
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From: "Taken Takenowski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: HSF modem + OLITEC DRIVERS
Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2001 03:30:58 +0100
Hello i have got it Zoltrix Cobra HSF 56600 PCI and i have got it problem..
I install modem on the driver from olitec. I Have got it now Mandrake 7.0
but i Use RH and Slackware and noting...
I use for call pppd script
and... when i dial modem connect.. ver. login&password.. and.. nothing..
cant link to ppp0
This is log from pppd
darkstar:~# ppp-go
darkstar:~# Serial connection established.
darkstar:~#
and nothing.. i don`t know how.. but i use other modem on this same scripts
<only change modem in scripts> all is oki...
darkstar:~# Serial connection established.
Using interface ppp0
Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS15
local IP address 213.241.8.37
remote IP address 192.168.1.5
Local: 213.241.8.37 -> Remote: 192.168.1.5 ppp0
So... My HSF modem can`t using interface ppp0 or connect to ppp0 i dont
know.. Please help me.. maybe i do something wrong. But i don`t know what ?.
if anybody know what i do smething wrong please send me mail to
[EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thank You
Taken.
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From: John Orren Battle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Travan Tape Drive Trouble on Linux
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2001 03:28:08 GMT
I am running Red Hat Kernel 2.2.12-20 and have installed an HP 4-8Gig
Travan IDE Tape Drive for backup purposes. I have a Windows-95 boot on
the machine as well, and I am able to use the drive perfectly using the
Windows App supplied by the manufacturer. Under Linux, I set the
environment variable TAPE=/dev/nht0 and also made a link from
/dev/tape->/dev/nht0 and then tried to use mt to rewind and retension
the tape successfully. I was even able to write single files and small
directories to it using the command tar -cvf /dev/tape * or by copying
the file to /dev/tape. However, when I attempt larger directories, it
writes a few files and then gives me the message: tar: Cannot write
to /dev/tape followed by tar: Error is not recoverable, exiting now.
The files it writes are on the tape and can be copied back to the hard
disk, but it seems to be overrunning a buffer or something and
choaking. Any help will be greatly appreciated. If anyone can suggest
any appropriate experiments to get further information I will happily
try them. Thanks in advance.
John Battle (N4OE)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.comp.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: boot sector corrupt...maybe?
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2001 03:32:02 GMT
Its a full install disk for winders...and the one I installed from
originally.
I'm thinking virus too, but its got me puzzled. I don't want to risk
something that will reformat and lose whats left on the disk.
Strangest thing I've ever seen.
James
In article <qrQ46.847$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Clark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Have you ever booted with the Win 98 SE CD-ROM? If it is an upgrade,
it may
> not be bootable.
>
> Clark
>
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > "Clark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > > If it will boot using Linux but not windows, I might suspect a virus.
> >
> > Can't be. I doubt the 98SE CD shipped with a virus on it, which is
> > the only way it could have one. Read-only medium, you know.
> >
> > --
> > Eric McCoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > "Luckily I have the fashion sense of a colorblind street pimp
> > freebasing cocaine through a gunpowder funnel, so it all works out."
> > - Something Awful, 12/19/2000
> >
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Please Help me with XPERT 98 Video card and Redhat 7.0
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2001 03:40:41 GMT
Please Help me with XPERT 98 Video card and Redhat 7.0
I got a ATI Xpert 98 Video Card, NEC MultiSync XV17+ Screen and Redhat
7.0 and the best I could get this config to do is 640x480?
Can someone please tell me the best I could get this going and how
Please email me at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "lobotomy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: PPPoE router (Linksys BEFSRx1, Netgear RT31x) with Linux?
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2001 04:31:15 GMT
Most of these are configured by web browsers. They generally use DHCP to
assign IP addresses automatically. Most Linux distributions include a
DHCP client, so this isn't a problem.
However, if you are only hooking this up to one system, or you have some
kind of masquerade/gateway setup already, there is a very good userspace
PPPoE client for linux available at www.roaringpenguin.com. It is
*extremely* easy to configure.
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
> Does anyone know if these simple routers:
> Linksys BEFSR11 (1 port), BEFSR41 (4 port) Netgear RT311 (1 port),
> RT314 (4 port)
> work with Linux.
>
> I have a PPPoE connection (Sympatico HSE with Bell Canada). I've heard
> that these routers can do PPPoE in hardware and just give me something
> that likes like normal ethernet port(s).
>
> Do I just configure them with a standard web browser? If so, what IP
> addresses would I use for the Linux side.
>
> Thanks for any help!
> Richard
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Aristo = Asia Gate = Asiatech = Assa = Atrend = Elpina = Eurone = Fugu =
Fugutech = Hi Sing = Houston = Hsing Tech = H Tech = Matsonic = Minstaple =
PCWare = Pine = Protac = QDI = Warpspeed
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark Post)
Subject: Re: adaptec 29160 and linux
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2001 04:34:19 GMT
On Wed, 3 Jan 2001 18:59:39 +0100, "Udo Ebner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>i'd like to install suse linux 7.0 personal edition, and i can boot the
>system about my scsi-cd-rom drive with the suse cd. but if it starts to load
>the kernel it looses the scsi controller.
>at the homepages from suse and adaptec i could read, that the controller
>will be supported.
>i couldn't find a modul, whith which it runs.
You need the aic7xxx.o module for your SCSI controller.
Mark Post
Postmodern Consulting
Information Technology and Systems Management Consulting
To send me email, replace 'nospam' with 'home'.
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From: cskian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: To use USB Modem in Linux
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2001 05:30:05 -0000
I'm using RedHat 7.0 the system can support USB function
but I'm new in Linux, so please tell me how to install the USB modem on my Linux
System
Thanks,
--
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http://www.help.com/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Netgear FA410TXC and Red Hat 7
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2001 05:32:19 GMT
I installed Red Hat Linux 7 on a Dell Latitude CPx successfully, but my
Netgear FA410TXC PCMCIA card wasn't detected. I upgraded to pcmcia-cs
3.1.23, but that didn't seem to fix the problem.
When I insert the card into the slot I hear a high beep and a low beep,
which should indicate that the card is identified, but the configuration
fails. Running ifconfig eth0 brings back good results and KDE's PCMCIA
utility shows "NetGear FA410TXC Fast Ethernet" under Card 0, but
unfortuately I can't use it for some reason.
Brett
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From: Michael Marano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Alternatives to Intel Processors
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2001 00:46:41 -0500
I just read the "Cheap Linux Box" How-to type thing at
http://www.math.sunysb.edu/~comech/tools/CheapBox.html
by Andrew Comech
(I have to thank him for giving me an excellent starting place!)
I am considering building my own box to replace an OLD P100.
I am curious to get some other points-of-views about the strong
reccomendation
Andrew gave against Intel processors. The focus of the document was
CHEAP linux boxes, so I can understand it from that perspective.
He also seems to have done his research, I just wanted to see how the
rest of the community felt.
The linux boxes at work seem to do just fine, and most are run on
pentiums.
I am just beginning research into what hardware to use to build my
own box, so I don't mind a RTFM if someone would be kind enough to
tell me where it is.
Thanks,
Micahel
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: CD Burner
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions
Date: 3 Jan 2001 21:43:21 -0800
In alt.os.linux.mandrake Aulne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Still on the subject, any opinions on having the CD burner positioned
> vertically? My PC tower lays down on its side. Could this cause any problem
> with burning CDs? anyone got experience with this? My CD burner is a TEAC
> CD-W54E.
Most cd-rom drives and burners have little clips on the tray just for that
purpose. You fold them in towards the center to hold the cd in place.
This is only so that it doesn't slip off the tray while loading; when data
is actually being read (or written), the cd is clamped in place and your
drive should work at pretty much any angle.
--carl
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Subject: Common accounts on Windows 2000 and Linux
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2001 05:57:36 GMT
I'm looking for a way to have a single Linux server which has account
information for all users of the network. Users should be able to log
on to a Windows 2000 Professional machine, the Linux server, or any
other Linux box using the same login and password.
There's also going to be shared storage between the computers on the
network. I'd like there to be a way for permissions to carry over
between all the different computers. For example, if I login to a
Win2K box as emccoy and create a file on the (SMB) shared disk, I
should be able to login to the file server and see myself as the
file's owner. I don't need all the security features of NTFS, but I
may need all the security features of e2fs.
The file server is also going to be a Linux box, which probably makes
e2fs the only real choice of file system.
How much of this is possible? (Any of it?)
Thanks.
--
Eric McCoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
"Luckily I have the fashion sense of a colorblind street pimp
freebasing cocaine through a gunpowder funnel, so it all works out."
- Something Awful, 12/19/2000
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From: "Dan White" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Sound Help in Corel
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2001 08:17:45 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Henry Fernandes"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm running Corel Linux (the downloadable version), with a SoundBlaster
> 16 original(ISA). I can't get the sound to work. I have tried
> reinstalling Corel Linux at least 3 times with no success. sndconfig
> tells me there is no PNP or PCI card available. The documentation tells
> me to try installing OSS but it didn't install with the default
> installation. I have tried to download OSS but couldn't get it to work
> either. There are a couple of other things I have tried from the
> console, I can't quite remember the commands now, but it was the one
> where you input your irq's, etc in manually, that did not work either.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Henry
Try:
rm /etc/isapnp.*
pnpdump -c > /etc/isapnp.conf
reboot
Find the values for the sound card by looking in the logs, or in
/proc/ioport, /proc/interrups, /proc/dma
modprobe sb with those values, e.g. modprobe sb io=0x220 irq=5 dma=1
dma16=5
- Dan white
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From: Ross Wonderley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: please help me get my modem working
Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2001 19:45:29 +1100
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>
> << previous � next in search >>
>
> Hi, I'm a linux newbie (there's always one, isn't there?) trying to get
> his modem
> up and running. I've figured out the serial port number, set up minicom
> at pretty
> standard settings, but when I go to the main terminal screen I don't
> seem to be
> able to type anything, including AT. The keyboard hasn't frozen, and
> neither has
> the program-I can still get the help screens up, but still I cant get
> the damn thing
> to respond. I've tried Gnome-PPP as well, and again there seems to be
> no
> response from my modem (Diamond Multimedia SupraExpress 56e/i Pro)-no
> dial tones or anything. Has anyone got any ideas? Thanks
>
>
> Sent via Deja.com
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Is your modem internal or external? I have an internal one of these and it
works fine. (These are not winmodems)
Firstly, check that you are looking on the correct serial port.
/dev/ttyS0 = COM1
/dev/ttyS1 = COM2
/dev/ttyS2 = COM3
/dev/ttyS3 = COM4
If it is internal, the plug & play issue might be catching you out. This is
what I do.
In your Pc's BIOS, set the option for plug & play operating system to "no".
This causes the BIOS to set everything and won't bother win95/98 if you
have them.
As the machine boots up, and before the Lilo prompt, you should see a line
appear for each plug and play device. Look at the one where your modem is
detected and note the IRQ. (Mine is IRQ 10 for some reason)
When you have logged in ( as root) type "setserial /dev/ttyS?" (without the
quotes) and substitute the number of the port where your modem is for the ?.
Then if the value given for IRQ is different from the value you noted
previously, you will need to change it. At the Bash prompt, type (as root
again) "setserial /dev/ttyS? irq ?" substituting the correct numbers for
the question marks and again leaving out the quotes.
Try accessing your modem again using minicom. If that doesn't work, nothing
else will either.
Lastly, check to make sure that nothing else is using the interrupt for
your modem by typing "cat /proc/interrupts" at the bash prompt.
For further help, the modem HOWTO and the serial port HOWTO await...
Let me know how you get on.
Ross
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux,alt.comp.mainboards.abit
Subject: HELP!: Abit KT-7 RAID & Mandrake 7.2 problems!!!
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2001 08:54:31 GMT
I'm having difficulty with my new Abit KT-7 RAID machine and Linux
Mandrake 7.2.
I had it working fine, but then I decided to throw a bunch of new
hardware on it.
Now, the machine completely freezes up and I must reset it or power
cycle it.
I suspect that the problem may lie with the HPT ATA-100 RAID controller.
OS and config that stayed the same before and after adding in new
hardware:
Linux Mandrake 7.2, stock install.
Antec SOHO file server case, 300W power supply (sweet case BTW)
Abit KT-7 RAID
Thunderbird 900
768M PC-100 RAM,
Asus V7700 Deluxe Geforce 2 GTS
Pioneer DVD-303 SCSI DVD,
Yamaha 16x10x40 CDRW (secondary master, hdc),
Adaptec 3940UW,
Intel EtherExpress Pro 100
Config before, when it worked fine:
IBM 13G 7200 RPM, primary master (hda) (/boot ext2, / ReiserFS)
Yamaha CDRW (hdc),
Aureal sound card (didn't have it working yet),
After throwing some new hardware in, I'm having problems. The machine
locks up completely and I have to reset. Seems to be when I'm doing
disk access on disks on the HPT ATA controller.
PROBLEM config:
Maxtor 30 gig, 7200RPM on HPT primary master, (hde) hde1 30G ReiserFS
Western Digital 30 gig, on HPT primary slave, (hdf) hdf1 30G ReiserFS
Adaptec 39160 + 2 SCSI disks (RAID0 striped) md0 36G ReiserFS
Creative SB Live audio card (replacing the Aureal. Should I stick
with the Aureal?)
Hauppage BTTV TV tuner / capture card (PCI)
All of this hardware was working fine in other machines.
I've tried a number of experiments to try to isolate the problem and it
does not seem to be the memory or the Adaptec 39160 card.
I suspect that the problem lies with the HPT ATA-100 RAID controller.
I'd like to have this machine useable with all of the hardware that I've
mentioned.
Known problem?
Fixes?
Any suggestions?
Thanks.
-Ralph
rpseguin AT yahoo DOT com
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