Linux-Hardware Digest #83, Volume #9 Fri, 1 Jan 99 18:13:27 EST
Contents:
Re: banshee vs. TNT ("B. Joshua Rosen")
Re: New MB (Abit Bx 6, Celeron 300A) - won't boot (Doug Kelly)
Re: Ether16 LAN Card and Ethernet 5-Port Workgroup Hub (JunkDTectr)
Re: Install New Hardare (Gary Momarison)
Re: banshee vs. TNT (Prasanth Kumar)
Re: Lilo (BootLoader) Installation ("Alan D. Wilcox")
Re: banshee vs. TNT ("Oded Arbel")
Re: Which dirvers for Riva TNT & SB128? ("Oded Arbel")
Linux won't recognize CDROM (Rampagin Beagle)
Re: ATI Charger: Xconfigurator problems (Garrick Hays)
Re: Problem with ASUS P5A-B mainboard (Robert Svagera)
Re: Newbie Modem Dial-up Problem (Bill Unruh)
Re: Linux SMP revisited (Jasper Janssen)
Re: cable modem and suse 5.3 problems (T1)
Re: Does Linux work with EZ-Drive? (Gregg Berg)
Re: Ether16 LAN Card and Ethernet 5-Port Workgroup Hub ("Alan D. Wilcox")
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From: "B. Joshua Rosen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: banshee vs. TNT
Date: Fri, 01 Jan 1999 20:19:58 +0000
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I'm running an STB Riva TNT card on a 450 MHz Pentium II using Xfree86
3.3.3. Although I haven't experienced any problems, the performance
is mediocre under Linux, at least compared to Windows where it is
screaming fast. Specifically things like window updates when you
drag a window are visably slow, whereas under Windows everything is instantaneous.
<p>According to a letter from Nvidia that was posted on one of the RIVA
related websites (I don't remember which one, RivaZone or Riva Extreme),
Nvidia isn't interested in any OS except Windows and has no intention of
providing any support for Linux or of providing any documentation
to any Linux developer, commercial or otherwise. Their claim is that that
they don't have the internal resources to provide support to more than
a few select card manufacturers none of whom seem to have any interest
in Linux either. Also there is a note on the Xfree86.org site mentioning
that Nvidia has refused to allow the Xfree86 folks distribute some pieces
of the source code.
<p>I'm guessing that the Linux driver was written without Nividia's management's
knowledge and that when they found out about it they allowed it to be rolled
into Xfree86 3.3.3 but then stopped further development. I hope I'm wrong,
but I suspect that there isn't going to be a better driver available any
time soon.
<p>Josh
<p>p.s. Is there a graphics benchmark available for Linux? It would be
nice to have some real data about Linux graphics performance instead of
relying on subjective opinions.
<br>
<br>
<p>Nico Fritschi wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>Hi,
<p>I'm in the process of buying a new graphics card. I know that the Nvidia
<br>Riva TNT chip is supported under the new XFree86-3.3.3. How about the
<br>Banshee? I saw that it is possible to let it run over a frame buffer
<br>device. But how well does that work. Isn't there any other possibility?
<br>What are the experiences with the X support for the Riva TNT? What
are
<br>the experiences with the banshee cards?
<p>I appriciate any help.
<p>Nico Fritschi
<p>--
<br>Variables don't; constants aren't.</blockquote>
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Date: Fri, 01 Jan 1999 13:22:04 -0700
From: Doug Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: New MB (Abit Bx 6, Celeron 300A) - won't boot
The problem was discovered between the chair and the keyboard. I only
installed 64meg to test out the MB, but had mem=96M in my lilo.conf.
Giving it a full complement of memory solved the problem.
Sorry to waste the bandwidth
Doug Kelly wrote:
>
> I'm attempting to upgrade my old PPro system with a new MB - Abit BX6,
> with a celeron 300A. It is being installed into a previously working
> RedHat 5.1 system. There seems to be a problem with the IDE drive
> setup/detection. I have a Fujitsu 1.7 GB as the primary on IDE0, and a
> WD 2 gig drive as the primary on IDE1 (scsi cdrom not installed at the
> moment.) The first hint of trouble is that the bios autodetect will only
> sporadically find the second drive. After setting the parameters to
> 'NORMAL' for both drives, the system will POST, but will pause for about
> 2 minutes after the BIOS memory check, and before showing the drive/card
> configuration. LILO will boot, but after detecting the drives and
> mounting / readonly, it reports
>
> hda: irq timeout : status-0x58 {DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest}
> hda: disabled DMA
> ide0: reset: sucess
>
> and then hangs.
>
> Removing/disabling the second drive reduces the length of the pause
> after bios initialization, but doesn't alter the behavior on boot.
>
> Has anyone run into this type of problem before? At first I thought it
> was hardware, but now I'm not so sure, given the reproducibility of the
> hang across different configurations. Any help greatly appreciated.
>
> Doug Kelly
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (JunkDTectr)
Subject: Re: Ether16 LAN Card and Ethernet 5-Port Workgroup Hub
Date: Fri, 01 Jan 1999 22:12:49 GMT
I didn't have to load the driver. As I understand it (not all
that well) it's supported under the existing kernel and it's just
a matter of selecting it.
I'm not at my office now but /etc/conf.modules should contain
something like :
alias eth0 ne
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
> Mike,
>
> I assume you're referring to Linksys Ether16 ...
>
> Here's *part* of the solution: I called the company and fussed: they
> said to turn off the plug-n-play (I didn't think it'd go on, but it
> does).
>
> Do this:
> Boot DOS. On the Utility disk, run the setup program. Select the
> adr/irq you want. I used 0x300 and irq 10. Now it's not PnP anymore.
>
> They said use the NE2000 driver with Linux. They said their board runs
> Linux, but they didn't provide the driver. Thanks, Linksys! 'ne.o' is
> the NE2000 driver in the RedHat 5.2 package, so that's what I used.
>
> *NOW I NEED HELP* --- ne.o gets errors when I try loading it up.
> Typical messages about 'unresolved symbol ei_open' etc. Looks like
> it's not compiled right or something. How can I rebuild it or get
> a new copy? (The board itself works fine under Win-NT4.)
> What to do?
>
> Alan ( [EMAIL PROTECTED] )
>
> Mike Zizek wrote:
> >
> snip
> >
> > I have a P100 and installed a Either16 Lan Card to connect to Ethernet
> > 5-Port Workgroup Hub. I have installed the card, connected it to the HUB
> > (get green lights) 10BaseT port. However, when I try to configure the PC for
> > LAN connection, it cannot find the card. I have tried automatic
> > configuration, manual configuration with all the suggested I/O (280,300,320
> > and 3240), IRQ (3,5,310,11) and everything that I can think of including
> > NE2000 Compatible setting. Still no luck.
> >
> > If anyone has any suggestions I would greatly appreciated it. Thanking you
> > in advance.
> >
> > Mike Z.
> >
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
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From: Gary Momarison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Install New Hardare
Date: 01 Jan 1999 11:31:10 -0800
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> I'm looking for some help installing new hardware to a RedHat Linux 5.1 box.
> Can anyone recommend a book, web site, or anything at all that would help me?
>
> Specifically, I have a brand new SMC EZ 10/100 SMC1211TX network card that I
> need to install. I have two choices:
>
> 1) Reinstall Linux.
> 2) See if I can find a book on installing new hardware for Linux.
>
> Actually, reinstalling Linux and using the Autoprobe didn't work. Probably
> because the drivers didn't come with the Linux CD-ROM. So I'll have to try
> option 2.
>
> Any help is greatly appreciated.
These kernel-source files:
/usr/src/linux/drivers/net/smc-ultra.c
/usr/src/linux/drivers/net/smc-mca.c
mention SMC EtherEZ (but not 1211TX), so it sounds to me like you should
just try rebuilding your kernel and look for some kind of SMC ethernet
module to make part of the kernel while config'ing it (eg xconfig).
If you've never made a kernel: download the kernel tarball, untar it
into /usr/src (after renaming an old /usr/src/linux if any) and the
read /usr/src/linux/README. Find more help via Gary's Encyclopedia at
http://www.aa.net/~swear/pedia/kernel.html
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From: Prasanth Kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: banshee vs. TNT
Date: Fri, 01 Jan 1999 19:32:08 GMT
B. Joshua Rosen wrote:
>
> I'm running an STB Riva TNT card on a 450 MHz Pentium II using Xfree86
> 3.3.3. Although I haven't experienced any problems, the performance
> is mediocre under Linux, at least compared to Windows where it is
> screaming fast. Specifically things like window updates when you drag
> a window are visably slow, whereas under Windows everything is
> instantaneous.
>
> According to a letter from Nvidia that was posted on one of the RIVA
> related websites (I don't remember which one, RivaZone or Riva
> Extreme), Nvidia isn't interested in any OS except Windows and has no
> intention of providing any support for Linux or of providing any
> documentation to any Linux developer, commercial or otherwise. Their
> claim is that that they don't have the internal resources to provide
> support to more than a few select card manufacturers none of whom seem
> to have any interest in Linux either. Also there is a note on the
> Xfree86.org site mentioning that Nvidia has refused to allow the
> Xfree86 folks distribute some pieces of the source code.
>
> I'm guessing that the Linux driver was written without Nividia's
> management's knowledge and that when they found out about it they
> allowed it to be rolled into Xfree86 3.3.3 but then stopped further
> development. I hope I'm wrong, but I suspect that there isn't going to
> be a better driver available any time soon.
<snip>
No, I think they were aware of the development of the driver and even
provided the information for it but just before it was to be released,
they have a change in plan that certain key portions of the code had
to be obfuscated a bit by having it run through the cpp preprocessor
so it is harder to reverse engineer. The XFree group balked at this
but decided to include the driver anyway given the short notice.
I think part of the problem is that the video card industry is very
competitive right now and companies don't want to provide any info on
their cards which could assist their competitors in any way or maybe
even indicate an unknown patent violation or such.
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From: "Alan D. Wilcox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.caldera,alt.os.linux.slackware,comp.linux,comp.linux.os,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.development,comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.ne
Subject: Re: Lilo (BootLoader) Installation
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1998 15:43:44 -0500
System Commander sure does make life a lot simpler though.
I've used it for years, and haven't had any grief dealing
with boot issues. My S-C menu selection for Linux runs LILO
which then boots the system.
Alan
G-der wrote:
>
> It was my understanding that NT did make some changes in the MBR to point to the
> loader, even if the loader itself is not in the MBR. I could be mistaken though
>
> Gene
>
> Mantikor wrote:
>
> > This is not true...
> >
> > The NT boot loader sits on the boot sector, not the MBR. You can
> > safely install LILO on the MBR, and set it up to boot linux and an
> > alternative partition (your current bootable one). If you select this
> > alternate when LILO boots, it will start up the boot loader, and you
> > can choose between Win98 and NT.
> >
> > On Tue, 29 Dec 1998 21:40:31 -0700, G-der <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > >I would say the first boot record of teh Linux parrtition. If you install it to
> > >the master boot record it will wipe out the NT loader, which as far as i know is
> > >required to load NT.
> > >
> > >The boot.ini for NT can be edited to point to LILO to boot Linux, but I would
> > >recommend a boot manager like System Commander. It will automaticly detect both
> > >NT and Linux and set up boot entries for them, but it only works if LILO has not
> > >been installed to the master boot record.
> > >
> > >Gene
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From: "Oded Arbel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: banshee vs. TNT
Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1999 21:55:46 +0200
B. Joshua Rosen wrote in message
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
I'm running an STB Riva TNT card on a 450 MHz Pentium II using Xfree86
3.3.3. Although I haven't experienced any problems, the performance is
mediocre under Linux, at least compared to Windows where it is screaming
fast. Specifically things like window updates when you drag a window are
visably slow, whereas under Windows everything is instantaneous.
Nico Fritschi wrote:
Hi,
I'm in the process of buying a new graphics card. I know that the
Nvidia
Riva TNT chip is supported under the new XFree86-3.3.3. How about
the
Banshee?
I appriciate any help.
Nico Fritschi
I'm using a RivaTNT by ASUS with XFree 3.3.3 and it works fine. not
as fast as in windows, but pretty fast. almost no delay when dragging around
windows. as far as I know , RivaTNT takes banshee up one handedly,
especially on an AGP port, which 3DFX still don't know what it is (as proven
by various benchmarks - see tom's hardware - the only support banshee has
for AGP is that it has a connector that fits an AGP port). as for Linux
support, I don't have much experience, but I don't know how to setup a
banshee card (although I heard it is possible) while setting RivaTNT using
XF86Setup is almost as easy as setting it up in windows. since you probably
not gonna do any hardcore 3D gaming in Linux, better get a card from a
manufacturer who has some experience in 2D (banshee is the first chip from
3DFX that does 2D).
Oded
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From: "Oded Arbel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Which dirvers for Riva TNT & SB128?
Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1999 21:46:59 +0200
gradste wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
I'm a newbie too, but I played with it a litle and maybe i can help. here's
what i found out :
>I am brand-new to Linux and want to get the latest drivers for my hardware
>before loading the OS. A few questions from you experienced ones:
the best way, is first install Linux, and then start to juggle hardware &
drivers around. most things are supported internally by linux, so you'll
probably have problems only with the sound and video.
>
>Can I download files via Windows NT and them be able to read tem from a
floppy and load via Linux 5.1?
I guess so, I usually downloaded things throught the windows 98 before I got
X to run normally, you just have to mount the msdos file system from linux,
and remember that you wont get any long file names, so make sure all the
files are downloaded with easy to recognize 8.3 names.
>
>There are a huge number of files available at xfree 3.3.3 ftp site for
>Linux. How do I know which are the right ones?
know what type of system you are running - RedHat is linux-glibc. and
genrally download everything from that dir. you may skip the PC98 dir if
you're not japanes or somthing. you may also skip some file in the base dir
for the same reason, and most files in the 'servers' dir (view RELNOTES for
details) if you can spare the bandwidth and your not sure, just d/l the
entire thing.
>
>Does Linux support SoundBlasterPCI128?
I don't know, I use an SB AWE32 (non PnP) and it works great. I think your
soundcard should atlest be backward comaptible to an AWE32 PnP which I know
is easyly supported. just run sndconfig and tell it what's your IRQ, base
address and DMA settings, and it should do all the rest by itself.
>
>Yes, I know these all sound like idiot questions. As long as you can supply
>answers, you can think of me as anything you want. Thanks in advance.
>
no worry. everybody has those question in the start. these are legitimate
questions. the question that come after that (the phase I'm in now) are the
idiot questions, like:
what's Linux's equvilent of AUTOEXEC.BAT ???
Oded
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Rampagin Beagle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux won't recognize CDROM
Date: Fri, 01 Jan 1999 16:30:42 -0600
I'm running Debian Linux 2.0.2 on my PII 333. When I install it, it
recognizes my CDROM perfectly. (Which should be expected since I booted
off the CDROM.) However, once I boot into Linux normally, it doesn't
recognize my CDROM as being connected. When Linux is loading, it even
says that the device on /dev/hda is not connected. Anyone know any way
to get it to recognize the drive? Any help would be greatly
appreciated.
Rampagin Beagle
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Garrick Hays)
Subject: Re: ATI Charger: Xconfigurator problems
Date: 1 Jan 1999 22:34:31 GMT
Art:
I upgraded to XFree86-3.3.3 because it is supposed to support the RAGE IIC
chip in the ATI Charger, and it seemed like the better solution. After trying
stuff like putting my old Trident back in, and installing the SVGA server to
see at least it work again, I renamed the XF86config file to something else,
and it still worked!? Problem was I HAD A COPY OF XF86config IN MY HOME
DIRECTORY, and XFree86 would read it first! No matter how I edited the file in
/etc/X11, it didn't make any difference! Duh!
So after I got my screen sized, when I changed the Depth from 8 to 16 in the
"Screen" section, I got this when I tried startx:
Fatal server error:
No "Display" subsection for default depth 8
After reading DejaNews, I added "DefaultColorDepth 16" to the "Screen"
section, and it worked. Finally I can startup color intensive X programs
without the screen flashing colors when I move my mouse between windows!
I'm glad that somebody responded, though. Thank you for your reply Art.
In article <76idri$cjn$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
says...
<
<Garrick-
< I too have an ATI charger in my linux box with the IIc chip. I
<came across an aritcle that solved the problem. First, run "XF86Setup" and
>choose a Rage II with internal RAMDAC for your card. Then click on "detailed
<setup" (in the card section) and make sure "internal" is selected for RAMDAC
<and then add the line "ChipId 0x4755" (the "0" is zero) in the "devices"
<section of xf86config, you can do that at the same window, and it should
<work fine. Failing that, I can try to get you a copy of my xf86config file.
<Let me know if this works for you, it did for me.
<
<Art Armfield
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]
<remove the obvious........
<Garrick Hays wrote in message <76gtvi$3q2$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
<>
<>Using RH 5.1, and upgraded to XFree86-3.3.3 when I got my ATI Charger (PCI)
<>with Rage IIc chip this morning. Xconfigurator says it is a "Mach64 Pro".
<>And "startx" fails with message something like, "Must have "Screen" section
<>with at least one "accel" entry", or something like that. In
<>/etc/X11/XF86config the Screen entry is there with the "accel" part just
<like
<>it wants, but it is not seeing it. Anybody lick this problem? Is
<Xconfigurator
<>mistaken about what card I have?
<>
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<>Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Robert Svagera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Problem with ASUS P5A-B mainboard
Date: Fri, 01 Jan 1999 19:42:07 +0100
Naoki Takebayashi wrote:
> check your /proc/ioports. P5A uses 0x02?? (you can find exact address in
> your mobo manual) for internal hardware diagonosis, so make sure none of your
> cards are using that space. In my case ethernet card WD8013 was using that
> space, so occasionally the alert came on whenever WD8013 write some
> information on that address. I solved it by moving the address
> of WD8013 to 0x0300.
> Naoki
>
I had exactly the same problem. The IO-space of my WD8013 (SMC Elite16 EP)
was set to 0x280-0x29F. The onboard hardware monitor of my ASUS P5A-B uses
0x290-0x29F. After moving the WD8013 to 0x2A0-0x2BF the problem seems to be
solved.
Thank you very much for helping,
Robert
ps: BTW, concerning the onboard hardware monitor: Asus supplies a program
to monitor CPU temperature, voltages and fan status for Win95.
Is a comparable program available for Linux?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux.dial-up,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Newbie Modem Dial-up Problem
Date: 1 Jan 1999 21:54:15 GMT
>Robert J. Hansen wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>>> P.S. The modem is a CPI Viva 56LC-SM (K56 flex) modem.
>>
>>Unless I miss my guess, that's a Lucent Winmodem. It won't work with
>>Linux, and they're fairly brain-damaged in the first place.
>>First: anything you can do in hardware you can do in software, just
>>usually with a performance hit.
Well some harware is necessary. What Winmodems remove is the specialised
processor with firmware on board the modem. That CAN be replicated in
software. But Why???
>>Second: modems have a lot of very specialized hardware on them that
>>costs a fair bit.
I woudl be surprised if the CPU/firmware cost more than about 25 cents.
Most of the modem cost is the packaging I suspect.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jasper Janssen)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Linux SMP revisited
Date: Fri, 01 Jan 1999 18:46:23 GMT
On Wed, 30 Dec 1998 18:56:22 -0800, "Earl Malmrose"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>You'll be yawning all right, after you stay up late trying to get the
>modifications to work correctly without toasting your CPUs. Not exactly an
>easy thing to do. Have you done it?
No, I don't have the cash for even a single celeron, let alone two. I
just bought a second-hand cdr drive, ans scsi controller, that pretty
much sapped my budget for a while. But I have faith in my abilities, I
think I'd be able to do it.
As for the *yawn*, I wasn't feeling too good at the time, iirc. Sorry.
On a side note: Happy New Year!
*sings: We're gonna party like it's 1999!!* :)
Jasper
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (T1)
Subject: Re: cable modem and suse 5.3 problems
Date: Fri, 01 Jan 1999 22:47:36 GMT
Make sure you turn off PnP on your ethernet card. Then reboot for
change. Let me know if you need anymore help by posting a reply.
On Thu, 31 Dec 1998 17:01:07 GMT, "Dave&Dawn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I'm having problems getting my cable modem working with suse 5.3 ...i got
>the ethernet card recognized at eth0 irq 10.....and i downloaded and
>installed dhcpcd 0.70-2.i386.rpm.........used dhcp -h (computer name) to
>start dhcp but when i type ifconfig i get
>
>lo link encap:local loopback inet addr: 127.0.01
>bcast:127.255.255.255 mask:255.0.0.0
> up broadcast loopback running
>
> mtu:3584 metric:1 rx packets:1 errors 0 dropped 0 overruns
>0
>
> tx packets:1 0 0 0
>
>
>
>eth0 link endcap 10mbps ethernet hwaddr 52:54:00:df:d8:b2
> inet addr:0.0.0.0 bcast addr:255.255.255.255
>mask0.0.0.0
> up broadcast no trailers running mtu:1500 metric:1
> rx packets:31 errors:0 0 0 0
> tx packets:2 0 0 0
>0
> inerrupt:10 base address:0x6800
>
>
>
>dummy 0 THIS IS SAME AS ABOVE...............................
>
>
>
>
>ALSO HOW DO I KNOW DHCP IS WORKING?????????????????????????
>
>on my sheet from cable co. gives me primary and secondary dns server
>address , subdomain address , ip address , dns name
>
>what goes where in my network config. example:which one is
>the name server???????????????????? host?????????????
>
>
>
>
>
>THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
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From: Gregg Berg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Does Linux work with EZ-Drive?
Date: Fri, 01 Jan 1999 20:22:47 GMT
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James Donovan wrote:
> Hi,
> Unless WD has changed something since I installed a Caviar drive EZ drive
> does not work with Unix based OS's
> Jim
>
> Adrian R Cook wrote:
>
> > Hello folks,
> >
> > I am trying to install a new 4.3 GB Caviar hard drive on my machine, and
> > apparently I need to use a piece of software called EZ-Drive to allow my
> > machine to see the whole drive. (It seems that my machine's BIOS doesn't
> > know how to deal with disks bigger than 2 GB: it's an old 486.) The Large
> > Disk Mini-HOWTO doc seems to say that Linux is compatible with EZ-Drive,
> > though only after kernel version 1.3.18 or something like that.
> >
> > Is anyone out there sucessfully using Linux with EZ-Drive? If so, what
> > distribution are you using (and what kernel version)? Did you have to jump
> > through any extra hoops to get it to work? I need to put Windows95 on the
> > disk along with Linux, and Win95 apparently needs EZ-Drive to be installed,
> > so doing away with EZ-Drive isn't an option. Just as an experiment I tried
> > installing an old distribution of Linux that I had (kernel v1.2.13) with
> > EZ-Drive already installed, and the Linux installer seemed to overwrite all
> > or part of EZ-Drive with LILO on the disk's master boot record, putting
> > things into a very weird state. I'm prepared to get a new distribution of
> > Linux, but only if I can be reasonably confident that it will work with
> > EZ-Drive.
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> > Adrian Cook
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
I have Linux working with EZ-Drive. I lucked out though as I had linux
installed on
a seperate drive from the WD drive that EZ-Drive was handling.
I had a problem in that the version of ide.c in my kernel 2.0.35 did not support
the
remap EZ-Drive picked for my system. (i.e. 240 heads/track). As such fdisk
indicated that there was a logical to physical mismatch. I worked up a patch
for
fix this problem and recompiled my kernel. After recompile every thing worked
fine. I am even able to use LILO to boot using MBR.
Several notes.
My patch had to be installed. I had to boot from floppy initially with patch on
floppy version. Then ran LILO setup.
NOTE...
EZ-Drive places a fake partition table and MBR on sector 0 of track 0 of the
drive
which causes EZ-Drive to be booted. EZ-Drive then loads its driver and remaps
sector 1 of track 0 to sector 0 and then boots using the DOS (i.e. LILO)
MBR from
sector 1.
If Linux detects EZ-Drive Partition type it will automatically remap a request
for
sector 0 of track 0 to sector 1 of sector 0. This should allow Linux to
properly
handle EZ-Drive disks.
I have full access to the WD drive (my MS-DOG) partitions and it is set as the
active drive.
Regards,
Gregg Berg
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--- ide.c.sav Sat Jul 11 23:09:44 1998
+++ ide.c Sun Jul 12 13:38:31 1998
@@ -3279,7 +3279,7 @@
int ide_xlate_1024 (kdev_t i_rdev, int xparm, const char *msg)
{
ide_drive_t *drive;
- static const byte head_vals[] = {4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 255, 0};
+ static const byte head_vals[] = {4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 240, 255, 0};
const byte *heads = head_vals;
unsigned long tracks;
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From: "Alan D. Wilcox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Ether16 LAN Card and Ethernet 5-Port Workgroup Hub
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1998 15:24:17 -0500
Mike,
I assume you're referring to Linksys Ether16 ...
Here's *part* of the solution: I called the company and fussed: they
said
to turn off the plug-n-play (I didn't think it'd go on, but it does).
Do this:
Boot DOS. On the Utility disk, run the setup program. Select the
adr/irq you want. I used 0x300 and irq 10. Now it's not PnP anymore.
They said use the NE2000 driver with Linux. They said their board runs
Linux, but they didn't provide the driver. Thanks, Linksys! 'ne.o' is
the NE2000 driver in the RedHat 5.2 package, so that's what I used.
*NOW I NEED HELP* --- ne.o gets errors when I try loading it up.
Typical messages about 'unresolved symbol ei_open' etc. Looks like
it's not compiled right or something. How can I rebuild it or get
a new copy? (The board itself works fine under Win-NT4.)
What to do?
Alan ( [EMAIL PROTECTED] )
Mike Zizek wrote:
>
snip
>
> I have a P100 and installed a Either16 Lan Card to connect to Ethernet
> 5-Port Workgroup Hub. I have installed the card, connected it to the HUB
> (get green lights) 10BaseT port. However, when I try to configure the PC for
> LAN connection, it cannot find the card. I have tried automatic
> configuration, manual configuration with all the suggested I/O (280,300,320
> and 3240), IRQ (3,5,310,11) and everything that I can think of including
> NE2000 Compatible setting. Still no luck.
>
> If anyone has any suggestions I would greatly appreciated it. Thanking you
> in advance.
>
> Mike Z.
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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