Linux-Hardware Digest #89, Volume #9 Sat, 2 Jan 99 16:13:28 EST
Contents:
Re: Help w/ PPP and Bellsouth (Henry Wong)
Re: Want to do direct install of Redhat 5.2 via FTP since I have Cox@home but am
stuck in the DUNGEONS OF DOOM !!! SO HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELP !!!
Re: adaptec 2902 PCI scsi cards (Bob Foulger)
Re: PLEASE HELP !!! PLEASE HELP !!! (Marc)
Re: HP Colorado 5GB Tape Drive ATAPI interface error message on RH 5.2 (Henry Wong)
Re: Want to do direct install of Redhat 5.2 via FTP since I have Cox@home but am
stuck in the DUNGEONS OF DOOM !!! SO HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELP !!! (DG)
Re: PLEASE HELP !!! PLEASE HELP !!! (DG)
Re: Does Cardinal 3440 work? ("Adrian Martinez")
ATA Disk Controller in Linux??? ("Ray Caruso")
Partition Software - Partition Magic, Bootit, Boot Manager or Ranish Partition
Manager ("Chris Peek")
Re: Adaptec 1510 support (Marco Rocchetta)
G200 and L2300 ("arix")
Linux and Hayes Accura v.90 modem (Cray Lim)
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From: Henry Wong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help w/ PPP and Bellsouth
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1999 14:59:17 -0500
I'm not a BellSouth ISP user, but have connected to several different
ISPs. The problem is that you have to figure out or get the information
from their technical assistance people what kind of authentication they
are using.
Many large ISP's use some form of login and password challenge. You
have to figure out what that is and script your program accordingly.
The way I use to figure that out is by using some sort of dumb
terminal and connecting to the modem and dialing the telephone number
for the ISP and seeing what comes up.
Some other ISP's don't use login and password in ASCII, but instead
immediately goes into PPP mode and authenticating using one of the
PPP authentication mechisms. The one that I've encountered most
often is PAP authentication. To use that you have to set up PAP
authentication on your PPP software. Others use CHAP authentication.
Again, that would have to be set up in your software. Small local
ISPs that are based on Windows NT servers may require Windows based
authentication. I had to drop that ISP since AFAIK Linux doesn't
support that.
In any case, use the terminal emulator program to make the connection
and see what appears. If it is readable, it is the login and password
authentication. If it isn't, it probably is PAP authentication or
possibly CHAP authentication.
I hope that I've given you enough pointers to find the problem. Good
Luck and Happy New Year!
Henry
Evan R. Battle wrote:
>
> If anyone else is using Bellsouth as ISP please give me advice. I am able
> to dial up but I cannot connect. Please Help
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ()
Crossposted-To:
linux.redhat.install,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Want to do direct install of Redhat 5.2 via FTP since I have Cox@home
but am stuck in the DUNGEONS OF DOOM !!! SO HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELP !!!
Date: 2 Jan 1999 16:51:32 GMT
On Sat, 02 Jan 1999 15:13:09 GMT, DG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On Fri, 01 Jan 1999 21:21:22 -0500, "L. Dwayne Sudduth"
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" wrote:
>>
>>> LISTEN HERE, SH**FACE !!! I AM POSTING A PROBLEM TO WHICH I WANT A
>>> SOLUTION, NOT IRRELEVANT BULLSH** !!! GOD KNOWS WHEN YOU'LL GET THAT
>>> THROUGH YOUR MF BRAIN !!! BESIDES, NOT EVERYONE IS LIKE YOU, PAYING
>>> FOR EVERY THING !!! I'M SURE THERE HAVE BEEN PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO HAVE
>>> BEEN ABLE TO DO IT WITHOUT HAVING TO PAY !!! I READ YOUR ENTIRE SH**
>>> POST-REPLY BY THE WAY AND ALL YOU GIVE IS NOTHING BUT IRRELEVANT
>>> BULLSH** !!! HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO KEEP TELLING A DUMBF*** LIKE
>>> YOU THAT I AM NOT INTERESTED IN OTHER UNIX/LINUX OPERATING SYSTEMS !!!
>>> SINCE NOTHING GETS THROUGH YOUR HEAD, HERE'S MY ADVICE TO YOU: EAT MUD
>>> !!!
>>
Behave, learn some manners and most importantly grow up. With this kind of
attitude few people are likely to "waste" their time helping a "pissed-off"
teenager like yourself. You, like most "pissed-off" "lamers" are of no use
to Linux and never will be since you lack skills, both social and
technical, and you seem to feel like the rest of Linux'ers owe you something.
As a sign of good spirit take this advice; download the RH stuff to your hd
and then install from the hard drive. If you are uncapabble of doing so then
order a cd from CheapBytes and leave everyone here alone. Actually if you
already have problems (before install) you should quit now. I don't want to
hear you infentile whining later.
>>Dear Sir:
>> I regret to inform you that my 3 year old has better behaviour and manners than
>you do.
>>When I first started experimenting with UNIX, the typical response to an insolent,
>>loud-mouthed individual such as yourself would have been RTFM. Or, in other words
>(since you
>>probably don't understand the acronym) Read The F****** Manual.
>>
>>The alternative is to ask @home network for assistance. Or, follow the advice given
>by sane
>>individuals in this newsgroup. such as purchasing Red Hat from such places as
>CheapBytes.com.
>>CD-ROM.com, etc.
>>
>>Dark Nemesis
>>
>
>You dumb f***. The @home service does not support operating systems
>other than Win95/98. I read the f****** manual but no help. Your
>f****** 3-yr old kid is mentally retarded just like you you f******
>pr***. I don't have to pay sh** if I don't want to. Now get the f***
>outta here !!! Somebody oughtta f****** pulvarize you.
As stated previously, GROW UP, FAST!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Foulger)
Subject: Re: adaptec 2902 PCI scsi cards
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1999 16:00:30 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 01 Jan 1999 13:54:53 +0000, Lee Bennett
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Does anyone know if the adaptec 2902 scsi card is compatilable with
>Linux (I don't mind what kernel version I need as long as it's above
>2.0.35). Please note this is a different card from the adaptec 2920.
Runs OK in my system with a Phillips CDD3660 connected, identified as
Adaptec 294X at boot. Running RH5.1 and kernel 2.0.35.
--
Cheers
Bob
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From: Marc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
linux.redhat.install,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: PLEASE HELP !!! PLEASE HELP !!!
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1999 20:20:28 GMT
You asked for help, and we tried to give you help. If you want to think that we are
"stupid idiots" then that's your problem, but just remember who asked who for help and
who cannot get it working in the first place.
please try to remember that we are NOT experts (well mabye some of us..I'm not) we are
all learning,,if somoene gives you an answer thatis not correct then move on to the
next answer or rephrase the question!
Good luck!
*******************ARROWOFTHEMORNINGSTAR********************
DG wrote:
> Fine, I'll take it there then. I ask a question and end up with most
> people giving mentally retarded answers in return but that's o.k. The
> world's full of stupid idiots.
>
> On Sun, 03 Jan 1999 03:25:00 +0900, Mike Thoreson
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" wrote:
> >
> >> Hi. i do apologize if my message sounds a bit too long but at least
> >> you all will be able to figure out the sticky problem I'm stuck with
> >> and may even know how to help me out of it. I currently am running
> >> Windows 98 on one hard disk. However, since it is 7.5 GB and it's
> >> 32-bit, Linux won't recognize it when I first install Linux... <snip>
> >
> >> P.S:
> >> PLEASE DO NO TELL ME TO USE ANOTHER VERSION OF UNIX SINCE I KINDA AM
> >> USED TO RH LINUX. ALSO, PLEASE DO NOT TELL ME HOW TO PARTITION MY HARD
> >> DRIVE SINCE MY 75. GB HARD DRIVE IS NEARLY FILLED UP... <snip>
> >>
> >> Please post a reply to this message. I've had to switch ISPs in the
> >> past due to people spamming and framing my acount(s).
> >>
> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> >This may not be the complete solution, but it is something to consider. The first
> >issue is your vfat32 partition. That is a kernel issue and not RedHat specific. I
> >have read that kernel 2.0.36 is able to access a vfat32 partition. I can't verify
> >that, but I am using a development kernel 2.1.132 which has no problem with my
> >Win98 vfat32 partition. Your problem as I see it, is that the basic kernel image
> >you have downloaded isn't set up to handle a vfat32 partition. I know with your
> >wining personality you could find someone who can build you a custom kernel image
> >with the necessary modules built in so that it can access your vfat32 partition.
> >Then use windows to download everything you need, to your 7 GB drive. Oh and you
> >need loadlin. There's HOWTOs available via HTML on how to use loadlin. Reboot to a
> >dos prompt and boot linux from your vfat32 partition using loadlin and the
> >customized kernel image. This would get around your ethernet card problem, until
> >you have a full Linux system running.
> >
> >Also I would think you need more then just 2 floppy disks. You would need the
> >entire base system on floppys. That way you would have all the basic drivers
> >available, such as the ethernet drivers, vfat driver and a basic ftp application.
> >I might be wrong, but on kernel versions before 2.0.36 the vfat driver allowed you
> >to access a win95 partition with its long file names. Starting with kernel 2.0.36
> >it is able to access a vfat32 partition. I'm sure that would require more then 2
> >floppy disks. For example, with Debian, it requires a total of 6 floppy disks. But
> >what do I know
> >
> >For what it's worth - Good Luck
> >
> >--
> >Mike Thoreson
> >[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> >
> >
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From: Henry Wong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HP Colorado 5GB Tape Drive ATAPI interface error message on RH 5.2
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1999 15:20:07 -0500
HI Again,
I would also be interested in finding out if anyone else has one of
these tape drives working on some LINUX version RH or otherwise.
The reason I want to know is that looking at the source for RH 5.2
(2.0.36 Kernel) and the source for the LINUX 2.2.0-prel Kernel, I
found differences that looked like they were based on different
branches of the source for ide-tape.c rather than just an update
of the 2.0.36 source.
Again, any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Henry
Henry Wong wrote:
>
> HI,
>
> I recently bought a HP Colorado 5GB tape drive with an ATAPI (IDE) interface.
> I attached it to my machine running RH 5.2 (2.0.36 kernel). When I put in a
> new Travan 5GB preformatted cartridge (3M Imation) and attempt to access it
> I get errors. The messages that I see are:
>
> ide-tape: Block location is unknown to the tape
> Aborting request
> ide-tape: Rewinding tape failed
> /dev/ht0: Input/output error
>
> This was in response to
>
> mt -f /dev/ht0 status
>
> When using the drive under Windows 98, it appears to be working O.K.
>
> Any ideas what I may be doing wrong or overlooked?
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Henry
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (DG)
Crossposted-To:
linux.redhat.install,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Want to do direct install of Redhat 5.2 via FTP since I have Cox@home
but am stuck in the DUNGEONS OF DOOM !!! SO HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELP !!!
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1999 17:41:45 GMT
SHUT THE F*** UP MAN !!! I GOT A RIGHT TO INSTALL LINUX THE WAY I WANT
!!! I DON'T HAVE TO FOLLOW ALL YOUR CRAPPY ADVICES ABOUT DOWNLOADING
LINUX TO MY HARD DRIVE AND PARTITIONING SH** !!! BESIDES, I AIN'T GOT
MUCH FREE SPACE AND I AIN'T PAYING SH** FOR LINUX SINCE BY THE TIME
YOU BUY IT, ONLY A FEW MONTHS LATER THEY COME UP WITH A MORE STABLE
VERSION !!! CAN'T YOU ALL GET THIS THROUGH YOUR F***** UP BRAINS.
LINUX IS EVERCHANGING AND FASTER THAN WITH WINDOWS !!! IT IS FOR THIS
REASON THAT I, UNLIKE YOU MENTALLY RETARDED MFs DON'T BELIEVE IN
PAYING AND WASTING SPACE. IF I HAD A DIALUP CONNECTION, THEN THAT
WOULD BE A DIFFERENT STORY !!! NOW STOP TELLING ME TO BUY SH** OR D/L
TO MY HARD DRIVE AND THEN GO THROUGH ALL THAT HELL AND PLEASE GIVE ME
A FULL FOLLOWUP OF HOW TO DO IT VIA FTP IF YOU KNOW HOW !!! OTHERWISE
DON'T POST !!! GET IT !!!
On 2 Jan 1999 16:51:32 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] () wrote:
>On Sat, 02 Jan 1999 15:13:09 GMT, DG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>On Fri, 01 Jan 1999 21:21:22 -0500, "L. Dwayne Sudduth"
>><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" wrote:
>>>
>>>> LISTEN HERE, SH**FACE !!! I AM POSTING A PROBLEM TO WHICH I WANT A
>>>> SOLUTION, NOT IRRELEVANT BULLSH** !!! GOD KNOWS WHEN YOU'LL GET THAT
>>>> THROUGH YOUR MF BRAIN !!! BESIDES, NOT EVERYONE IS LIKE YOU, PAYING
>>>> FOR EVERY THING !!! I'M SURE THERE HAVE BEEN PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO HAVE
>>>> BEEN ABLE TO DO IT WITHOUT HAVING TO PAY !!! I READ YOUR ENTIRE SH**
>>>> POST-REPLY BY THE WAY AND ALL YOU GIVE IS NOTHING BUT IRRELEVANT
>>>> BULLSH** !!! HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO KEEP TELLING A DUMBF*** LIKE
>>>> YOU THAT I AM NOT INTERESTED IN OTHER UNIX/LINUX OPERATING SYSTEMS !!!
>>>> SINCE NOTHING GETS THROUGH YOUR HEAD, HERE'S MY ADVICE TO YOU: EAT MUD
>>>> !!!
>>>
>
>Behave, learn some manners and most importantly grow up. With this kind of
>attitude few people are likely to "waste" their time helping a "pissed-off"
>teenager like yourself. You, like most "pissed-off" "lamers" are of no use
>to Linux and never will be since you lack skills, both social and
>technical, and you seem to feel like the rest of Linux'ers owe you something.
>
>As a sign of good spirit take this advice; download the RH stuff to your hd
>and then install from the hard drive. If you are uncapabble of doing so then
>order a cd from CheapBytes and leave everyone here alone. Actually if you
>already have problems (before install) you should quit now. I don't want to
>hear you infentile whining later.
>
>>>Dear Sir:
>>> I regret to inform you that my 3 year old has better behaviour and manners than
>you do.
>>>When I first started experimenting with UNIX, the typical response to an insolent,
>>>loud-mouthed individual such as yourself would have been RTFM. Or, in other words
>(since you
>>>probably don't understand the acronym) Read The F****** Manual.
>>>
>>>The alternative is to ask @home network for assistance. Or, follow the advice given
>by sane
>>>individuals in this newsgroup. such as purchasing Red Hat from such places as
>CheapBytes.com.
>>>CD-ROM.com, etc.
>>>
>>>Dark Nemesis
>>>
>>
>>You dumb f***. The @home service does not support operating systems
>>other than Win95/98. I read the f****** manual but no help. Your
>>f****** 3-yr old kid is mentally retarded just like you you f******
>>pr***. I don't have to pay sh** if I don't want to. Now get the f***
>>outta here !!! Somebody oughtta f****** pulvarize you.
>
>As stated previously, GROW UP, FAST!
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (DG)
Crossposted-To:
linux.redhat.install,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: PLEASE HELP !!! PLEASE HELP !!!
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1999 17:42:40 GMT
Stuff a pie in your face.
On Fri, 01 Jan 1999 22:44:11 -0600, Frank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>> <snip>
>> DO NOT GIVE ME IRRELEVANT BULLSH**
>> SUCH AS TELLING ME TO PARTITION MY OTHER HARD DRIVE. I WILL CONTINUE
>> TO POST THIS MESSAGE UNTIL SOMEONE HELPS ME FIX THIS PROBLEM !!!
>>
>> Please post a reply to this message. I've had to switch ISPs in the
>> past due to people spamming and framing my acount(s).
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> using umsdos might be your ticket...
>
>i agree with doug 'n darren... the tone of your posts does tend discourage the help
>you're seeking...
>
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From: "Adrian Martinez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Does Cardinal 3440 work?
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1999 12:41:43 -0500
I got one and haven't had a problem under linux. Running Redhat 5.1
Ruven Gottlieb wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>I'm investigating buying a Cardinal 3440 Connecta 56k internal modem
>from Egghead.com.
>
>Saw a post suggesting it *might* work. Has anyone used one under Linux?
>
>I wrote Cardinal, and Egghead and I'll let you know what I find out if
>they answer, but in the meantime, has anyone actually used one
>successfully?
>
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From: "Ray Caruso" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: ATA Disk Controller in Linux???
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1999 13:28:35 -0700
Hey all,
I have a SIIG UltraIDE Pro PCI (Ultra ATA) disk controller that I'd like
to put into one of my servers. Anyone know of a linux driver for this
card?
Please respond via e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] if possible.
Thanx in Advance
Ray
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From: "Chris Peek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Partition Software - Partition Magic, Bootit, Boot Manager or Ranish
Partition Manager
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1999 12:42:44 -0500
I am building a system that will boot between 4 OS' - Win 95, Win NT WS,
Linux, and Solaris. I would like to be able to hide system partitions from
other systems. After doing some research, the 4 partition software packages
seem to be the most common and well developed ones.
I am looking for opinions/feedback/input on the four packages:
Bootit
Boot Manager
Partition Magic
Partition Manager by Ranish
Can anyone recommend one or the other, or provide feedback as to why they
have used one over another?
Thanks, Chris Peek
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From: Marco Rocchetta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Adaptec 1510 support
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1999 21:47:53 +0100
Alan Gauld wrote:
> I'm trying to find the SCSI HowTo
>
> It doesn't seem to be listed on the HowTo index at:
>
> http://metalab.unc.edu/mdw/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX-3.html
>
> I need to know if the Adaptec 1510 SCSI card is usable on Linux
> I'm running Red Hat 5.1
>
> I also have a Symbios SCSI card which came with my HP scanner
> but can't get it recognised either. Any hints and tips?
>
> I really need the scanner and currently its the only thing
> I need to jump into W95 for :-(
>
> Alan G.
I have a AVA 1515 Adaptec (damn) and i tried with slackware and (now)
with Red Hat 5.1 but they didn't recognize it. I read Adaptec will help
the Linux community with the driver but i didn't find them.I' m sorry
about it.
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From: "arix" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: G200 and L2300
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1999 02:02:25 +0800
Reply-To: "arix" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Is there anyone have suggestion on the Martox G200 PCI and Winfast L2300
PCI?
arix
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From: Cray Lim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux and Hayes Accura v.90 modem
Date: Sun, 03 Jan 1999 05:07:39 +0800
Dear All,
I noticed that my hayes accura external modem (v.90 flashed) performed
only about half it's transfer capability as compared to that under win95
(2.7 kbps as compared to 4.7kbps). The connection handshake is clearly
that of v.90.
I hope someone has some idea why this is so.
Thanks in advance
Cray
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