Linux-Hardware Digest #212, Volume #14 Sun, 21 Jan 01 05:13:06 EST
Contents:
Re: VIA KT133A support? . . . horror stories ("CJ Hinkle")
Re: zip drives on linux ("Ruediger Arp")
Can't RE-install software RAID on Red Hat + Proliant 2500R after CPUs (Thomas
Cameron)
Re: Instalation APC Smart-UPS (Chris Elvidge)
PlexWriter 12/10/32S (Anthony Ewell)
Re: RedHat7.0 can't see 1024MB memory ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Installing linux 6.1 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Sony External USB CDRW Drive CRX100E/X ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: How does "Tom's Hardware PC" sound for Linux? (hac)
Re: Promise Ultra100 and kernel 2.2.14-5.0 (bjrosen)
Mandrake & keyboard ("HRC")
Re: Processor Temperature (%20@%20.com)
Re: Installing linux with an ATA/100 controler ("Peter T. Breuer")
FastPage RAM (Michael)
sharing IRQ for serial port (Damien Mattei)
Re: CD-RW info and recommemdations needed (Eric P. McCoy)
Re: SMP with Pentium > 800 MHz, SLOT 1, on OR840 (Eric P. McCoy)
Please tell me your motherboard name if it works properly in Linux (Jerry Wong)
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From: "CJ Hinkle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: VIA KT133A support? . . . horror stories
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 21:10:51 -0600
Ben wrote in message
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>You want horror stories? Mine's too long to go into, but I made
>the sad mistake of trying to build a RH 7 server using an ABIT
>KT7-RAID . . . and now am reduced to trying to get Win98 to
>run on it, so I can use my desk machine, a very stable Epox-KII-500
>based unit instead. At present, I'm very pleased to have reduced system
>crashes on the Abit to only once ever 2 - 3 hours and this is after
>30+ hrs of OS installs and reinstalls, poring over newsgroup postings
>and FAQ's and so on.
Sorry to hear that, the abit is really picky about mem timing. I have the
KT7Raid w/ Ubid special
Hyundai pc133 7.5ns 256mb, running full bore, cas2/turbo.
Installed linux(slack) using the ata100.1 boot disk, make sure to enable
both of the via controllers, for some reason the boot disk only sees the
first device on the hpt controller as hde??
The only card that give any problems is the bt878 based vid capture card,
also have a tnt2, and sblive. The machine is very stable, short of losing
the video from the capture card sometimes.
>
>Never could get either RH7 or Linux to install, and had to go to
>beta Via and Abit BIOS to get Win98 to be reasonably stable. May
>have a bad SIMM as well, and the Matrox G200 video is a
>nightmare all on its own.
>
>My recommendation? Find a system that someone else has that
>is working 100% . . . and then buy EXACTLY the same mobo,
>video and MEMORY they have.
>
>Also, check out the relevant newsgroup for the mobo you settle
>on: the Abit board has gleaned glowing reviews all over the web,
>but if you check the newsgroup, you'll find it full of folks who haven't
>even been able get an OS installed . . . and of folks who've achieved
>'success' after 20, 30, 50 hours of 'tweaking'. Wasn't the way I'd
>planned to go.
>
>Good luck!
>
>Ben
>
>
CJH
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From: "Ruediger Arp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: zip drives on linux
Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2001 06:13:51 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Ding de Villa"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> ive finally gotten linux on my system and all my hardware is working
> except for my zip drive. . is there a driver out there? help!
Hi,
I'm having a parallel zip100. Below are the two lines I added to /etc/fstab. Also,
the "imm" module must be loaded (for older drivers it was "ppa", I believe)
/dev/sda /zip ext2 rw,noauto,user,exec 0 0
/dev/sda4 /winzip vfat rw,noauto,user,exec 0 0
HTH,
Ruediger
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From: Thomas Cameron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.setup,alt.sys.pc-clone.compaq.servers,alt.comp.linux,alt.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.admin
Subject: Can't RE-install software RAID on Red Hat + Proliant 2500R after CPUs
Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2001 05:06:28 GMT
Howdy all -
I have a customer who had a Compaq Proliant 2500R with dual Pentium Pro
200's and 1GB Compaq RAM running Red Hat 6.2 set up with software level
RAID across seven 9GB drives in an external drive enclosure.
The CPU fan's grimed up and seized, and the server wound up corrupting
the entire RAID array. We blew the machine away, and started to
re-install Red Hat 6.2. The install failed (the RAID array came up at
the first boot missing a drive), and I figured maybe I'd cooked the
CPUs. So, I replaced the CPUs and resintalled. Same problem. After
several re-install attempts, I keep getting NCR SCSI controller errors
(error is similar to: "SIR 17, CCB done queue overflow"), from various
drives at various times.
I have run the latest Compaq diagnostics against the server twice, and
they come back fine. So does anyone have any idea why all of a sudden I
can't install Red Hat on this box? I am stretching here, but is it
possible that when the CPUs were overheated, they could have sent
instructions to the drives that actually damaged the drives? I can't
see how this would be possible, but the system itself (including the
SCSI controller) tests fine.
If convenient, please cc: me directly with any responses.
Thomas Cameron
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From: Chris Elvidge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Instalation APC Smart-UPS
Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2001 09:57:13 +0400
"Marek Novotn�" wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I`ve tried installing daemon for APC Smart-UPS, but installation script of
> Powerchute (SW) ends with error. Have anyone experience with installation of
> Powerchute?
>
> Marek Novotny
On Slackware: Create directories rcX.d in /etc/rc.d where X is 2 - 6 and
init.d (if it's not there already).
Having done that, it installed and loads the daemon at boot (see
/etc/rc.d/rc.M). But I still can't get the client to see the server! It
looks for servers on the network, but that's as far as it gets.
HIH
Chris
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Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 22:04:24 -0800
From: Anthony Ewell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: PlexWriter 12/10/32S
Hi,
Is anyone running Plextor's PlexWriter 12/10/32S
(scsi-2) CD-RW drive? And, do you have any
opinions on it?
Many thanks,
--Tony
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: RedHat7.0 can't see 1024MB memory
Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2001 06:03:06 GMT
I am using RH7 on a Compaq Proliant 2500R with a gig of RAM, and it sees
it just fine.
The Archimage
Preklizka wrote:
>
> I previously used RedHat 6.2 with kernel 2.2.16-3smp on my server
> without problems. Due to adding the Adaptec RAID 2100S card and problems
> with getting the right version of drivers a reinstalled the server with
> RedHat 7.0 kernel 2.2.16-22smp. Everything seems to be all right only kernel
> says on booting "Warning, only 896MB will be used" and I really can't see
> the whole memory. I tried append="mem=1024M" in lilo.conf, but it didn't
> help.
> Is that any limitation in that version of kernel? Can anybody help with
> this problem? I probably won't be able to recompile my kernel, because of
> the RAID card driver.
> Thanks beforahand
> Z.P.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Installing linux 6.1
Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2001 06:07:17 GMT
Yeah, the system BIOS (NOT linux) has a limit of 1024 cylinders for the
bootable partition (which is either / or /boot). If your machine does
LBA, this still equates to about 8.3 gigs. That means that the kernel
has to be in the first 8.3 gigs of drive space. You said that the
existing partitions are 5, 6, and 5 gigs. That means that the last 2
gig partition starts at 16+ gigs. Won't work.
The Archimage
Marty friedman wrote:
>
> Hi all,
> I am trying to install linux 6.1 with the following problems:
> I have a multiple partitions(5,6,5 gigs) and a last one (2 gigs) for
> linux.However when it comes to partitioning the HD with linux, i get "the
> partition is too big" for the / mounting point.Same applies for /boot mount
> point.
>
> Any help anyone?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Sony External USB CDRW Drive CRX100E/X
Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2001 06:18:19 GMT
Hi all. I'm brand new to trying to write a CDR or CDRW on Linux.
I've RH 7.0 (2.2.16-22) on a Celeron 400. Attached externally via USB
is my Sony CDRW drive, model CRX100E/X.
Can anyone point me to a FAQ or HOWTO on this particular unit? Or
better yet, offer your own personal insight? My system doesn't seem to
see it at all, though it sees my USB mouse fine.
The 'mount' command shows this:
usbdevfs on /proc/bus/usb type usbdevfs (rw)
Thanks in advance!
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From: hac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How does "Tom's Hardware PC" sound for Linux?
Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2001 06:44:50 GMT
Yeechang Lee wrote:
> System Memory
> 256MB PC133 SDRAM
> $83.00
>
Add more RAM. 256MB is good for now. But when the time comes to
replace this system, you will want to use it for some other purpose,
such as a server of some sort, and you will always wish that you had
more RAM. And the world will have moved on to some new memory
standard, and the cost for the then-obsolete stuff will have gone
through the roof. Buy it now, and you'll be in good shape for next
year's bloated O/S, GUI, or application.
--
Howard Christeller Irvine, CA [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: bjrosen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Promise Ultra100 and kernel 2.2.14-5.0
Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2001 06:41:18 GMT
If your BIOS is FLASH based you should be able to update it which will
allow you to use your drive with the on board controller.
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Nat Goodspeed wrote:
> >
> > I have a 1997 Gateway 2000 P133 that I want to convert to a Linux
> > server. For that purpose, I bought, and had the store install, a
27GB
> > Maxtor drive as a second drive. There's still a 2GB disk on the
onboard
> > controller as the primary drive.
> >
> > The store told me that the (controller? BIOS?) was too old to be
able to
> > utilize the full capacity of the new drive, and that I'd need a new
> > controller. So now I have a Promise Ultra100 controller, to which
the
> > new drive is connected. This worked fine under Win95, but of course
I
> > wasn't interested in using it with Win95.
> >
> > I installed Red Hat Linux 6.2 from the CD. It installed fine, but to
my
> > distress, it wasn't even aware of the existence of the bigger drive.
> >
> > I have not been able to empirically confirm the existence of Promise
> > tech support. So far they've ignored three e-mail messages, two to
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] and one to [EMAIL PROTECTED] And when I
> > called the tech support number (during the stated hours of
operation) it
> > rang and rang with no answer whatsoever.
> >
> > The store, of course, knows nothing about Linux, and doesn't want
to.
> >
> > I'm a Linux newbie. I can handle a CD install, and have tinkered
with a
> > previous Linux system, but frankly I'm daunted by the prospect of
> > patching/rebuilding/reinstalling the kernel.
> >
> > I've reviewed all 67 recent comp.os.linux.hardware posts that
mention
> > the Ultra100 -- twice. I've tentatively concluded that for the
2.2.14
> > kernel, although I would need a patch to run the drive at UDMA 100
> > speed, it should *work* to just notify the vanilla kernel of the
port
> > addresses -- just slower than what the hardware is theoretically
capable
> > of achieving. But to tell the truth, I'd plug it into the onboard
IDE
> > controller if I thought I could access the drive that way! Again,
> > though, the store led me to believe otherwise.
> >
> > Anyway, I tried rebooting the initial install with override
parameters
> > at the lilo: prompt:
> >
> > linux ide2=0xfff0,0xffe6
> >
> > -- based on the first two I/O addresses shown under the controller's
> > /proc/pci entry, as noted earlier in this group. I was pleased that
this
> > override did allow the kernel to "see" the controller and the drive
--
> > although I couldn't mount it; at that point the drive was still
> > formatted as FAT16.
> >
> > But this encouraged me to rerun the CD install, using the same
> > parameter-override line at the boot: prompt. The graphical
server-style
> > install apparently formatted the big drive, and I think selected it
as
> > the drive to use for the / filesystem. But when it had finished
> > installing the default set of .rpm packages from the CD, the
installer
> > just hung.
> >
> > I reran the install with the same override, just in case it was a
fluke
> > -- but no, it hung again at the same point.
> >
> > Then I thought: well, the install's just about over anyway, maybe I
can
> > boot normally from here? But when I do, this is what I get on the
> > screen:
> >
> > Partition check:
> > hda: hda1 hda2 < hda5 >
> > hde: [PTBL] [3330/255/63] hde1 hde2 < hde5 hde6 hde7 >
> > <<<This last is encouraging to me because again, the installer
> > obviously saw and formatted the drive.>>>
> > autodetecting RAID arrays
> > autorun ...
> > ... autorun DONE.
> > attempt to access beyond end of device
> > 03:08: rw=0, want=2, limit=0
> > dev 03:08 blksize=1024 blocknr=1 sector=2 size=1024 count=1
> > EXT2-fs: unable to read superblock
> > attempt to access beyond end of device
> > 03:08: rw=0, want=33, limit=0
> > dev 03:08 blksize=1024 blocknr=32 sector=64 size=1024 count=1
> > isofs_read_super: bread failed, dev=03:08, iso_blknum=16, block=32
> > Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:08
> >
> > I tried rebooting again, specifying the same ide2 override as
earlier,
> > but produced the same kernel panic.
> >
> > I'm distressed that I've gone from a functional Linux system that
> > ignores most of my disk space, to one that no longer boots at all. I
> > would be happy to defer optimizing the disk access speed for later,
if I
> > could just USE it!
> >
> > Is it essential to patch (or upgrade) the kernel to get past this
point,
> > or is there something else I can tweak that would let me get by?
Thank
> > you for your help.
>
> It appears to me that the easy solution here would be to attach the
new
> drive to the second on board slot (hdb) and install linux there.
>
> I have fiddled with Promise quite a bit lately. The latest ide patch
> (12/21) for the 2.2.18 kernel is the best combination I have found.
Not
> only does it see the controller, it will actually boot it from the mbr
> (dev/hda). The current 2.4 kernel fails that test, but will boot it
> from floppy.
>
> When you're ready to recompile and get all your hardware functional
take
> a look at the kernel how-to, then ask some questions in this group for
> the finer points.
>
> --
> Rinaldi]$
> "Defeat may serve as well as victory, to shake the soul and let the
> glory out." --Poet Edwin Markham (c. 1898)
>
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From: "HRC" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Mandrake & keyboard
Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2001 07:25:00 GMT
I have a pieced together AMD 133MHz PC on a PCI/ISA bus motherboard. It
still uses the old AT style keyboard connector. I have a functional
keyboard attached, and PhatLinux 3.0 installed (which is Linux Mandrake).
The keyboard stops functioning when the login prompt comes up for Linux.
The keyboard works fine until that time. The keyboard tests out just fine
in DOS - I can type my butt of with no problems in DOS, but no dice for
Linux. I also used the same keyboard on another AT connector (ISA bus only)
motherboard with a 486/66 with the same PhatLinux install (I swapped over
the hard drive to the 486) and it works fine.
Any ideas, hows/whys on the PCI board? Please reply to newsgroup.
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From: %20@%20.com
Subject: Re: Processor Temperature
Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2001 02:30:22 -0800
Kenneth R�rvik wrote:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> >I am wondering if anyone has had this experience with their system.
> >
> >I have a 486 system which I've upgraded with an AMD 586 133 MHz
> >processor. The processor has a heat sink, but no fan. When I boot to
> >DOS, the processor quickly heats up, and after several minutes the heat
> >sink is too hot to touch. This happens even when the system is sitting
> >idle at the command prompt without running MS Windows.
> >
> >However, if I boot to Linux and even run X Window System, and run X
> >Window clients and do other things, after many minutes of operation, the
> >heat sink on the processor only gets barely lukewarm.
>
> Linux makes CPU "idle calls" when the CPU is "just sitting around",
> DOS/windows do not. That's why your CPU runs so much cooler under Linux.
>
> --
> Kenneth R�rvik 91841353/22950312
> Nordbergv. 60 A [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 0875 OSLO home.no.net/stasis
Thank you (and Sven Bovin) for the replies. Pardon me if I venture off topic
here for a moment. I have a screen saver which turns off the monitor that I
manually invoke while using DOS/Windows. I was thinking of modifying it to let
the processor cool down while it runs by executing a halt instruction on the
processor, if that's equivalent to what Linux does. However, I will need to
disable a few interrupts to keep the processor halted (except IRQ1 to allow me
to turn it off). If I disable IRQ0, the system clock will not be updated,
is that correct? I heard that Linux only updates the time every eleven minutes
or so. Is it because it has disabled the clock interrupt?
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Installing linux with an ATA/100 controler
Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2001 08:35:31 GMT
Chig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am having difficulty installing any version of Linux at all because each
> time i try to install SuSe, Mandrake,red hat, or Turbo Linux, it won't find
> my hard disk to install onto. I have already made a linux partition in Win
> '98 with partition magik. My system is using:-
> Promise Ultra100 IDE controler (PCD20265)
Well, Stop It t
> VIA Bus Master PCI IDE controler
Well, Stop It Then.
> IBM DTLA 305030 (30 Gbite HD)
> I've looked on the net for drivers, but there aint any. I need some kind of
As you said, there aren't any drivers, at least not at the install
phase! Plug your drive into the ordinary ide cnnectors and do the
install ordinarily.
Peter
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Subject: FastPage RAM
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael)
Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2001 09:06:40 GMT
Hi,
I'm running a debian-server at home, it is a 486, but I have to upgrade RAM
badly (now it is only 8MB)
Someone who knows where I can still get that or someone who has still
FastPage RAM ??
Tnx
Michael
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From: Damien Mattei <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: sharing IRQ for serial port
Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2001 10:09:20 +0100
i have run out of IRQ on my computer and i want to share an IRQ between
the two serial ports under linux. How can i do?
i have try with setserial but it doesn't work.Can i use ports with
setserial if they are disabled in BIOS?
can i do PCI Bus IRQ steering under linux? this will solve indirectly my
problem by freeing IRQ used by PCI for my serial ports or ISA cards.
all advice are welcome
--
Damien Mattei / e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Web page: http://perso.libertysurf.fr/damien_mattei/
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Subject: Re: CD-RW info and recommemdations needed
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eric P. McCoy)
Date: 21 Jan 2001 04:18:25 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alan Jones) writes:
> I can live with slower speed. I favor ultra-reliable, and I think
> Burn Proof is a good thing. I'd like a new Plexwriter 6/5/16s for
> $150. ;) So which 8x SCSI model would you recommend as a best buy?
I have a Yamaha 8/6/24 (W/RW/R), SCSI, which is reasonably nice. The
super nice part is that it causes 0% CPU utilization when burning
CDs. Many people have trouble using IDE CD-Rs when doing something
else.
[...]
> Yes, I think most coasters are due to bad media and/or user error. I
> would like the unit to work reliably in W98 and perhaps other systems
> as well.
One was probably a bad CD, a couple while copying from an unreliable
CD-ROM that couldn't maintain 8X (ouch), and a few recently while the
system was under heavy load. By "heavy load" I mean both CPUs working
full-time, and all disks working constantly.
The drive seems oddly sketchy, but for the moment I think it's a
result of bad software (Adaptec EZ-CD Destroyer 3.5c).
--
Eric McCoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
"Knowing that a lot of people across the world with Geocities sites
absolutely despise me is about the only thing that can add a positive
spin to this situation." - Something Awful, 1/11/2001
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Subject: Re: SMP with Pentium > 800 MHz, SLOT 1, on OR840
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eric P. McCoy)
Date: 21 Jan 2001 04:21:38 -0500
Guy Tel-Zur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I would appreciate comments about using OR840 boards with Linux. I
> had difficulties installing Linux on Intel OR840. First, the
> installation hangs but that was solved by upgrading the BIOS. But,
> later, after completing the installation the system also frequently
> hangs and the performance seems to be poor. It looks that the board
> does not support 933MHz and 1GHz dual processor. Using a single
> processor the computer works just fine. Any ideas how to fix this
> problem?
Linux will support the processor, but maybe not the chipset. The i840
has a different IO-APIC (?) which Linux currently does not support.
You can disable the APIC - I believe by passing the "noapic" option to
the kernel - which will route all interrupts to the first CPU. This
slows things down, especially on an I/O-bound system, but should
dramatically increase stability.
--
Eric McCoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
"Knowing that a lot of people across the world with Geocities sites
absolutely despise me is about the only thing that can add a positive
spin to this situation." - Something Awful, 1/11/2001
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From: Jerry Wong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,tw.bbs.comp.linux
Subject: Please tell me your motherboard name if it works properly in Linux
Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2001 17:26:07 +0800
I want to gather information on the compatibility of Motherboards on
Linux.
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