Linux-Hardware Digest #181, Volume #9 Fri, 15 Jan 99 06:13:41 EST
Contents:
Re: Winmodem or no?? (Tim Chipman)
Overclocked celeron and Linux ("Clyde Bumgardner")
Re: Red Hat installation problem - newbie ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Still can't get it to boot (subject altered) (James B. Stevens)
Re: Windows only Printer with Linux ?? (Jim Hill)
2 NICs in PC can't coexist. (Christian Brideau)
Re: Turtle Beach Montego supported on Linux? (Troy Carter)
Linux and Teac 8* 6 cd changer? (Bill Broadley)
Re: modem fails under Linux... (Albert Koelmans)
video card ("Jaehong Kim")
Re: Damn ethernet card.... (Timothy Cahill)
Re: Sound problems with OPTi 82C930 ("Hasse H�ljeskog")
Re: Sound Blaster Live! (Jamison Stepan)
Re: kernel: lp1 at 0x0378, (polling) (Paul Dias)
SCSI-timeout (ub1r)
Re: modem fails under Linux... (Moritz Moeller-Herrmann)
Re: System too big (Christian Brideau)
Re: Logitech Cordless Wheel Mouse & RedHat 5.1 (Christian Brideau)
Advice Needed... video card.. etc (Gord Baker)
Re: Red Hat installation problem - newbie (Edmon)
Re: Linux fails to boot after dual-booting Windows 95;Reinstall LILO and (Phoenix)
Re: Red Hat installation problem - newbie (Troy Carter)
Re: Soundcard - Turtle Beach Montego - any luck configuring it? (Troy Carter)
Funny error from 3COM 905B on warm boot (Brett Wilson)
Re: Printing graphics? (Sjoerd Krol)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tim Chipman)
Crossposted-To: comp.modems,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Winmodem or no??
Date: 14 Jan 1999 16:13:59 GMT
Well, I've been corrected and I'm glad to learn that somebody out there
(ie, MultiTech) actually has the sense to put full hardware features on a
PCI modem.
BTW, I am in fact aware of the difference between winmodem, HSP, DSP,
WinTel and the like - but wanted to offer a *simple* general rule that has
been quite useful for me. I started on the prowl for an internal 56k modem
a few months ago and it took quite a bit of wading around in vague and
ambiguous spec. sheets to learn that
(1) most modems do NOT explicitly state if they are "soft" modems at all,
usually they only give hints such as "pentium CPU required" or if you are
lucky, "Win95/98 required". (of course, the early Rockwell RPI modems
which are early soft-modems didn't need pentiums - they were 14.4 era
modems for use with Win 3.x 386 / 486-grade systems - and I'm pretty
certain that unless RPI drivers were released for Linux, the same
soft-modem constraints apply to them as well.)
(2) Many folks who work in "computer stores" (at least in my experience -
see caveat below*) these days don't have the faintest idea what the
difference is between a "soft" and "hard" modem and certainly are not
capable of telling you which modems they sell are actually "100% hard"
modems. *However, those knowledgable folks working in computer stores who
do know what a hard modem is also have trouble b/c it has become common
practice (it seems) for modem manufacturers not to bother clearly stating
what the damn thing is that they sell.
It is of course not suprising that softmodems are so popular - given that
Windoze rules the roost, most users don't give a rat's ass about what is
inside their computer so long as they can surf the web with iexplore /
netbloat and maybe play some nifty games on the side. It is however quite
annoying for people who do care to see that soft modems are saving such a
paltry sum compared to hard modems. Madness.
-Tim
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From: "Clyde Bumgardner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Overclocked celeron and Linux
Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 01:39:18 -0500
Has anyone had any success overclocking the new celeron 300A and 333 and
getting them to work with Linux ? The motherboard I want has jumpers to
select 100Mhz or 66 Mhz clock speeds, but no jumper to select voltages. Did
you have to change the voltage to overclock the Celeron ? Which the 300A or
333 is best for overclocking to 450Mhz ?
Please send reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
thanks,
Clyde
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: Red Hat installation problem - newbie
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 16:21:33 GMT
In article <77jhf8$rk8$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> When I try to partition my disk for Linux, it only lets me add one other
> partition, 3Gb in size, which I thought would be great for my Linux area. But
> apparently Linux wants a swap partition as well, and for some reason my system
> won't let me have more than four, [C: for DOS, d: for Win98, e: for NT 4.0, /
> for Linux]. I have 128Mb of RAM and had planned on just using filesystem swap,
> and hence would not need an additional swap partition. Are there any solutions
> or do I go Linux-less or trash my machine.
That's because you're adding primary partitions, and only four are allowed
(for twisted, historical reasons derived from MS-DOS). If you want more than
the statutory 4 partitions, you designate one of your primary partitions as
"extended". This extended partition can contain several logical partitions.
Linux can use logical partitions for filesystems and swap. It makes no odds.
So long as your boot loader doesn't mind booting Linux from this, of
course... Extract (from Lilo manual):
* Most FDISK-type programs don't believe in booting from an extended
partition and refuse to activate it. LILO is accompanied by a simple
program (activate) that doesn't have this restriction. Linux fdisk also
supports activating extended partitions.
So you probably need a decent boot loader.
Good luck,
~ Casper Boden-Cummins
Webmaster, www.icheme.org
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (James B. Stevens)
Crossposted-To:
linux.redhat.install,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Still can't get it to boot (subject altered)
Date: 14 Jan 1999 16:24:55 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I had the same problem booting my system from the floppy
drive. It seemed to work fine at first. I made several
attempts to format my hard drive & load the software--which
I had to abandon because of hardware incompatability
issues--but after a while when I re-started from scratch
I would get the nothing but the noxious "BOOT FAILED" message.
I finally made it work by changing my system BIOS & SCSI controller
BIOS to force my system to boot from the SCSI CD drive.
>
>I've done the rawrite on several formatted and scandisked disks. In all
>cases the boot shows the intro screen and related help screens f1 through f6
>all call up nicely. I've tried using the "expert" mode and just the regular
>mode, every time it hangs on the initrd.img
>I also tried running the boot before the diskmanager loads and it comes up
>"boot failed", not even the linux welcome screen shows then.
>
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| James B. Stevens |
| Advanced Photon Source |
| Controls & Computing Group |
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jim Hill)
Subject: Re: Windows only Printer with Linux ??
Date: 15 Jan 1999 06:58:06 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In <77lr21$6j5$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Niels Christoffers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Recently I bought a HP DeskJet 710C. But this is a Windows-Only-Printer.
>Apearently there must be a way to use it also on a Linux-System.
No, there musn't be. And there doesn't be. When HP says Windows-Only,
they mean it...
Jim
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From: Christian Brideau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: 2 NICs in PC can't coexist.
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 11:42:28 -0500
I have that 386 machine that I want to configure as a masquerading
machine for an ADSL connection. I want to install 2 network cards:
GVC NE2000 compatible io=300 irq=5
Genius NE2000 compatible io=280 irq=10
Distro: S.u.S.E. 5.3
The ne module can only initialize one of them. The GVC will always be
enabled if present. The Genius will only be enabled if the GVC is not
present.
My conf.modules looks a bit like this:
alias eth0 ne
options eth0 io=0x300,0x280 irq=5,10
alias eth1 ne
options eth0 io=0x300,0x280 irq=5,10
I tried multiple permutations of this and the results is always the same
(I tried to list only one card in the options statement, to reverse
them, etc...)
When booting, only eth0 is detected. When the system tries to setup
eth1, it gives me a bunch of PCI_**** errors. (On a 386?)
I try to bring it up with ifconfig, but it does not work.
The Genius is a plug and play card, but you can configure it via
software and disable the PnP thing. The GVC is software configurable
and is not PnP.
Both cards work. I tried them separately.
An idea that I have is that I could install another isa card that is not
NE2K, so it would require another module so it would be initialized.
I'm thinking to buy an el cheapo 3com card at a used part store.
Please, Linux collective, give me words of wisdom!
Thanks
ChrisB
Ottawa, Ontario
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From: Troy Carter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Turtle Beach Montego supported on Linux?
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 11:55:07 -0500
The URL is http://www.se.opensound.com - I just sent them e-mail asking
when the TBS Montego would be supported, they said between April and
June 99, but that there might be a beta released in March. I also have
a Dell with a TBS Montego, but I don't have USB speakers - that might
present a problem, but there are people working on USB support for
linux. Check out http://peloncho.fis.ucm.es/~inaky/USB
John Ericson wrote:
>
> I have a Turtle Beach Montego too, and you wont get it working with any
> stable kernels yet. But drivers are under construction, for more info go
> to "www.opensound.com". Im not 100% at the URL, it maybe was .org or
> something like that.
>
> Jorrit Tyberghein wrote:
> >
> > The subject says it (almost) all.
> > I have a DELL with a Turtle Beach Montego and ATS Lansing speakers
> > (via USB connector).
> >
> > Can this setup work on Linux? I think it can't with the latest stable kernel
> > but maybe there are patches or maybe the development kernel supports
> > this driver?
> >
> > Greetings and thanks in advance,
> >
> > --
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Jorrit Tyberghein ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
> > Project Manager of Crystal Space, a free and portable 3D 6DOF portal engine.
> > More info at: http://crystal.linuxgames.com
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> --
> / John
> UIN: 7325429
> E-MAIL: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> URL: http:/hem2.passagen.se/highlndr
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From: Bill Broadley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.cd-rom
Subject: Linux and Teac 8* 6 cd changer?
Date: 15 Jan 1999 08:21:44 GMT
Can anyone confirm that linux works well with the Teac 8* 6 cd changer?
Part Number: CD-C68E/KIT
I'm hoping to play audio, install software, and of course get the
changer to change.
Any experiences? Or suggestions for a similiar <= $150 changer?
--
Bill Broadley
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From: Albert Koelmans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,aus.computers.linux,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.protocols.ppp
Subject: Re: modem fails under Linux...
Date: 15 Jan 1999 08:29:33 GMT
"ochre small" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>Jan 14 21:41:17 reddwarf chat[1583]: send (ATZ^M)
>Jan 14 21:41:17 reddwarf chat[1583]: expect (OK)
>Jan 14 21:42:02 reddwarf chat[1583]: alarm
>Jan 14 21:42:02 reddwarf pppd[1581]: Connect script failed
Your modem is clearly not responding. Have you enabled it in your isapnp.conf
file?
Albert
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From: "Jaehong Kim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: video card
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 23:13:32 -0800
hi, I have a video card, which is joytech, Chromatic Research, Inc
if anyone can help me on this, please let me know
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From: Timothy Cahill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Damn ethernet card....
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 17:14:49 GMT
It sounds like you are accessing the network properly (at least you haven't
said that you're not) Have you tried increasing the timeout settings for the
card?
On Mon, 11 Jan 1999, Scallica wrote:
>Hey,
>
>I installed Redhat Linux 5.2 and it found the network card nicely. However,
>when I am logged in, i keep getting a message every 5 min that sez:
>
>eth0: transmit timed out, Tx_Status 00 status 2000 Tx FIFO room 1488
>
>How can I get rid of this? Thanx....
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From: "Hasse H�ljeskog" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Sound problems with OPTi 82C930
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 17:23:38 +0100
I've found it myself!
I now use the OSS/Free package (found at
http://www.physics.mun.ca/~jwoodfd/files/ossfree38s6-linux20x.tar.gz ) and
it works just fine !
/Hans
Hasse H�ljeskog wrote in message <77f7ga$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Hi everybody!
>
>I can't my HOT-235 sound card (with OPTi 82C930 chip) to work with Linux
>kernel 2.0.34. It is supposed to be compatible with Windows Sound System,
>Soundblaster Pro, AdLib, MPU-401, OPL-3 etc..
>
>Does anyone have a clue what to do? I've tried the OSS/Linux trial package
>and that works fine but I want the driver to be compiled with the kernel.
>
>Thanks
>/Hans
>
>
>
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From: Jamison Stepan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: Re: Sound Blaster Live!
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 11:23:50 -0600
Check http://www.opensound.com they are working on an SBLive driver. No
solid date yet though.
Jamison
Peter Samuelson wrote:
> [ncc1701d <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>]
> > I was just wondering if anyone using any version of Linux has sound
> > working with the Sound Blaster Live! sound card?
>
> Probably not. SBLive! only came out, what, last summer? Linux hasn't
> caught on yet as a gaming platform, so gaming hardware generally
> doesn't get as much priority from developers as other hardware (SCSI
> adapters, for example) considered more essential to a system.
>
> And yes, I believe Creative Labs redesigned the SBLive! with only its
> own native API, so you can't really retrofit it with an existing driver
> to a similar chipset.
>
> > So the next question is.... Anyone working on it?
>
> Dunno. Check on comp.os.linux.hardware (I'm crossposting), or ask
> Creative Labs. It sounds odd to expect driver support from hardware
> manufacturers (what are we, Microsoft?) but the Linux bandwagon is
> getting bigger and bigger these days; it's only a matter of time before
> a given vendor will start to figure out just how many of us take the
> Hardware-Compatibility-HOWTO seriously, and start wanting to be on it.
>
> --
> Peter Samuelson
> <sampo.creighton.edu!psamuels>
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From: Paul Dias <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: kernel: lp1 at 0x0378, (polling)
Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 10:04:15 +0000
Ronald BAL wrote:
> Had this evening the problem for the second time after trying to send a
> man-file to the printer. It sends a file named seq in the spool directory
> which can't be removed with lprm! Emptying the printqueue alone didn't
> work. You have to remove all files in /var/spool/lp0 and to reboot then.
> Good Luck !
Thanks for pointing me at the printing system - it seems I had a printer with
an incorrect remote host, but obviously no-one had used it before. When a job
was sent to the misconfigured printer, the messages started appearing.
I had assumed this was some kind of hardware problem, because the message
came from the kernel and had a hex address in it!
Cheers,
Paul.
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From: ub1r <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: SCSI-timeout
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 18:35:59 +0100
Hi,
I think I found the problem, atleast with my own system:
After testing a few things about an hour ago, I found the trouble is
connected to only one of my SCSI-devices, namely an Quantum Atlas 2GB
wide-SCSI.
The solution to the problem is that I had set a too high maximum
transfer speed in the BIOS of my Adaptec.
After setting the speed down to 5MB/sec everything worked fine again.
I hope this solves your problem too. Please send me a mail, if it worked
on your system too.
bye
Levin
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Moritz Moeller-Herrmann)
Crossposted-To:
alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,aus.computers.linux,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.protocols.ppp
Subject: Re: modem fails under Linux...
Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 10:53:04 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Try using minicom first to see if the modem works. Only then I�d try to use
pppd.
(Check out kppp(KDE) or ezppp, they make configuring all that a lot easier)
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From: Christian Brideau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: System too big
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 12:38:52 -0500
Ruben Decrop wrote:
> I try to recompile to kernel in order to include sound support. I
> include the sound system as a module. When I do a 'make zImage' the
> resulting kernel is 521K but I get a complaint that the system is too
> big.
>
> I have seen already kernel images that are much bigger (>700 K). Why do
> I get this complaint, and how can I resolve it?
>
> Ruben Decrop
People will tell you to use make zImage or make bzImage, which is correct,
but in addition to that, I would like to share my experience. I thought
that the kernel was sitting in /usr/src/linux. Well this is the non
compressed one. It caused me a lot of problems. A friend told me that the
compressed image was sitting in /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot instead. If
I made that mistake, you can make it too! :)
CB
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From: Christian Brideau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Logitech Cordless Wheel Mouse & RedHat 5.1
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 12:41:14 -0500
"Michael C. Brown" wrote:
> Has anyone tried using a logitech cordless wheel mouse & RedHat 5.1? I
> was given one recently and while it will be difficult to put away my
> Kensington, I would like to at least try it.
I was given one too. Works great. Look for a small program called
imwheel to activate the wheel, and to also make it a button 2. Don't know
the site, but you should be able to find it on freshmeat.
CB
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From: Gord Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Advice Needed... video card.. etc
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 17:12:21 +0000
Hello everyone.
I'm in the process of building a new machine and would like a little
advice on some of the toys I can toss into the thing.
I have an ASUS P2B motherboard with 4 PCI and 3 ISA slots in addition to
the AGP.
Video Card.
I have been looking for a Matrox Millennium G200 AGP and SGRAM.
No one in this neck of the woods seems to carry or can get one.
Are there any other reccomendations as a suitable replacement to this IF
I can't lay my hands on one. Something with similar performance and
price.
3D Accelerators
Considering a Creative Labs Voodoo2 . Yes/NO
After all... I have to play once in a while.
Ethernet Card
Would like to stay with a well known brand even if it does cost a few
extra pennies. It will be used for a Cable connection to the net and
thats about it. So PCI/ISA concerns are not all that high ( I think ).
Correct me if I'm wrong, but do the cable speeds really need a full PCI
card. If they do, so be it.
Sound
I recently read a message about the Soundblaster Live! It seems that
Creative will be looking into writing, or having written for them,
drivers for Linux. I can hold out for a while with no sound waiting for
this. Is there something better/similar that is already supported?
SCSI Card
Go with Adaptec? Or some other manufacturer. It will be used to drive a
scanner, tape, CDROM burner and possibly a couple of other non critical
devices.
Hard Disks
What should I stay away from? I have had a few WD caviars that died on
me, so I'm not overly fond of them as you can imagine. I'll use IDE
drives, getting SCSI drives here is almost unheard of, no stores carry
them and those that will entertain the prospect of ordering them are not
the speediest of places.
That should about do it.
Thank for the input.
Gord
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.install
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Edmon)
Subject: Re: Red Hat installation problem - newbie
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 17:45:46 GMT
In article <77jhf8$rk8$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I am currently battling to install Linux on my laptop. Due to current
business/ support applications, I need to be able to dual boot Windows 98 and
NT - I would like to also be able to boot Linux. In order to do the above I
have a small DOS partition, I am informed that I need this because NT can't
read the Windows 98 FAT 32 filesystem and Windows 98 can't read an NTFS.
When I try to partition my disk for Linux, it only lets me add one other
partition, 3Gb in size, which I thought would be great for my Linux area. But
apparently Linux wants a swap partition as well, and for some reason my system
won't let me have more than four, [C: for DOS, d: for Win98, e: for NT 4.0, /
for Linux]. I have 128Mb of RAM and had planned on just using filesystem swap,
and hence would not need an additional swap partition. Are there any solutions
or do I go Linux-less or trash my machine.
Thanks in advance (hopefully),
David
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David,
You need to create on extended partition for linux, within that several
logical partitions can be inserted. Only four primary partitions are allowed.
Cheers
Edmon
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Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 11:49:08 -0600
From: Phoenix <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Linux fails to boot after dual-booting Windows 95;Reinstall LILO and
Eric Hardwick wrote:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chris) wrote:
>
> >Is your Win95 partition FAT or FAT32? There is a known bug in Linux (as
> >of 2.0.36) which *may* cause the kernel to crash if you mount a defective
> >filesystem. To the FAT12/16 code, a FAT32 filesystem *is* defective.
> >Next time you get a successful Linux boot, edit the fstab file so that the
> >Win95 filesystem does not auto-mount. You may find that this cures the
> >problem.
> >
>
> Yes it is FAT32. I just tried your suggestion. It seemed to work the
> first time I booted win95 and then Linux. Linux booted correctly all
> the way through. So I tried it again...Booted windows then Linux. No
> go. Same problem. One thing was different the first time, might mean
> nothing. I used 'rmmod' to unload the vfat module, then rebooted into
> windows, then Linux. This worked. Another round of reboots and Linux
> *doesn't* boot. I don't really think this is the cause but can someone
> tell me how to prevent the vfat module from loading during boot up? Is
> it a config file I need to edit?
>
> Thanks for the suggestions.
>
> Eric Hardwick
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
the file is /etc/fstab and yes you need to remove the line mounting
your win95 drive (find it by the VFAT line) or just change the type to
msdos instead of vfat and it should automount fine.
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From: Troy Carter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: Red Hat installation problem - newbie
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 12:18:54 -0500
I would suggest investing in PartitionMagic 4.0, which comes with
BootMagic. This will help you setup the partitions and run all three
operating systems. I use it now on a 10.1 GB drive to run Win98 and
Linux - it works great. (PM4.0 is made by PowerQuest, runs under Win98
- you can find it for a reasonable price at your local CompUSA or
BestBuy)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> In article <77jhf8$rk8$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > When I try to partition my disk for Linux, it only lets me add one other
> > partition, 3Gb in size, which I thought would be great for my Linux area. But
> > apparently Linux wants a swap partition as well, and for some reason my system
> > won't let me have more than four, [C: for DOS, d: for Win98, e: for NT 4.0, /
> > for Linux]. I have 128Mb of RAM and had planned on just using filesystem swap,
> > and hence would not need an additional swap partition. Are there any solutions
> > or do I go Linux-less or trash my machine.
>
> That's because you're adding primary partitions, and only four are allowed
> (for twisted, historical reasons derived from MS-DOS). If you want more than
> the statutory 4 partitions, you designate one of your primary partitions as
> "extended". This extended partition can contain several logical partitions.
>
> Linux can use logical partitions for filesystems and swap. It makes no odds.
> So long as your boot loader doesn't mind booting Linux from this, of
> course... Extract (from Lilo manual):
>
> * Most FDISK-type programs don't believe in booting from an extended
> partition and refuse to activate it. LILO is accompanied by a simple
> program (activate) that doesn't have this restriction. Linux fdisk also
> supports activating extended partitions.
>
> So you probably need a decent boot loader.
>
> Good luck,
>
> ~ Casper Boden-Cummins
> Webmaster, www.icheme.org
>
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From: Troy Carter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Soundcard - Turtle Beach Montego - any luck configuring it?
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 12:14:42 -0500
Support for the TBS Montego is being developed for OSS - go to:
http://www.se.opensound.com
They tell me that TBS will be supported in a release scheduled for April
to June 99 (and a beta version may be available in march).
Tony Faradjian wrote:
>
> Wow, I was just about to post this very question.
> I understand that drivers are available for TB Monterey
> and a couple of other Turtle Beach cards...but Mr. Allen
> and I have the Montego (A3D). Any word?
>
> Thanks,
> Tony
>
> William Allen wrote:
> >
> > As subject says..., has anybody successfully configured the Turtle Beach
> > Montego? Is it hopeless, or just hasn't been done yet?
> > --
> > Bill Allen
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From: Brett Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Funny error from 3COM 905B on warm boot
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 10:08:46 -0800
Hi,
I have two 3C905B ethernet cards in one machine, acting as a gateway. If
I do a warm boot I get this error as Linux comes back up:
eth0: Host error, FIFO diagnostic register 8000
Temporarily disabling functions
The message is printed over and over and won't stop unless I do a cold
boot (in which case everything works fine).
Does anybody know anything about this error?
Thanks,
Brett
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From: Sjoerd Krol <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Printing graphics?
Date: 14 Jan 1999 15:50:17 GMT
root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: This maybe a dumb question but I'vg got to ask. I'm using RH5.1. How
: do you print graphics and html pages. I have a HP dj400 and it prints
: ascii files fine, but when I try to print from Netscape, the printer
: prints "-r must be followed by <res> or <xres>x<yres>". I heard
: ghostscript must be installed, so I did that and it still won't print
: non-ascii files. Am I suppose to config certain files, have certain
: packages installed, or am I just out of luck?
Or install a printer filter program like magicfilter. It works great for a large
amount of different filetypes.
Greetings,
Sjoerd
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