Linux-Hardware Digest #252, Volume #9 Sat, 23 Jan 99 20:13:34 EST
Contents:
Re: partitioning woes ("Debs")
lexmark 2050 (root)
Re: Please help - can setup 3Com 3C905B-TX on RedHat 5.2 ("Tony K. Lawrence")
Re: Linux keyboard? (For emacs use) (Ian Collier)
Re: RH 5.2 on a 486 Compaq, worth the time? (M. Buchenrieder)
Re: Beware buying from House of Computers (Jason Christianson)
Re: Does linux support Dual CPUs? (Michael Meissner)
Re: help ATI 3D EXPRESSION, RAGE II (Aaron and Hifumi)
Re: RH 5.2 on a 486 Compaq, worth the time? (Miguel De Buf)
PCI support people alive ?! (Tabman)
problem with /dev/lp1 ("Daniel Marques")
Re: Linux keyboard? (For emacs use) ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Linux keyboard? (For emacs use) ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: help ATI 3D EXPRESSION, RAGE II ("Brett Hansen")
Re: Sound on Toshiba 4000 CDT ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Avance logic ALS 100+ sound/redhat 5.1 (Nicolas Kisselhoff)
OPL3-SA3 soundboard question (root)
Re: RH 5.2 on a 486 Compaq, worth the time? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Cable Modem US Robotics VSP Plus ("VTR News")
Re: Newbie Question (marc-paul lee)
dcdcdcdc ("Alfred Tan")
How to send an EOF to the printer (HP DJet 682C/RH 5.1) (Carlos Amaya)
Help needed. ("Alfred Tan")
Re: dec multia ("Richard Payne")
Re: SCSI - Is it worth it? (John Burton)
Re: Tape Compatibility - DittoMax - NOT! ("Christopher Cox")
Req. info on Qume Terminals (Martin Ledoux)
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From: "Debs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: partitioning woes
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 21:51:42 -0000
as far as I know if you are using fat32 then this is the 2nd copy of the fat
Jeff
Aaron Birkland wrote in message <78csvv$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>I am sorry to post what is probably a very basic question on this
>newsgroup, but I am soon going to attempt to install Linux (of the Debian
>persuasion) on its own partition on my hard drive, which right now is one
>large 6.4 GB FAT32 partition. I would have loved to defragment the drive
so
>that I have a continuous block of free space which I could split with FIPS,
and
>then format and play with as I like. There is one caveat, however. As it
>turns out, Win98 has been putting something on the last cylinder of the
drive
>that it does not want moved. I have no idea exactly what it is or why it
is
>there, but I sure don't like it there. So far, I haven't been able to find
an
>answer, although I stumbled across one theory that if you get rid of the
hidden
>and system file attributes, Defrag will move the data off the last
cylinder. I
>haven't actually done that yet, but am working on a batch file that would
take
>away the attributes, and another one to restore them once the deed is done.
>
> If changing the attributes doesn't work (and many people have said that
>it wouldn't), I will probably be faced with the task of wiping out
everything
>and starting from scratch (I don't want to shell out for something like
>partition Magic). Has anybody out there dealt with a similar situation?
and
>if so, is there a way to create the partition nondestructively?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Aaron Birkland
>
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From: root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: lexmark 2050
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 21:55:40 +0000
Hi i am a linux newbee and have got ppp , sound , and all the other
stuff
working ok (after about 4 weeks!)but can't get my printer working.
It is a Lexmark 2050 - is this a windows only printer or is there a
driver out there somewhere ?
Thanks Gary Millman
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From: "Tony K. Lawrence" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Please help - can setup 3Com 3C905B-TX on RedHat 5.2
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 08:52:37 -0000
Thanks for everyone who responded. I finally got the problem fixed. I had
to search the docs as when using the 3c59x detected a ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
hardware address. Causes for this are:
1. Warm-booting from Win95 OSR1 or Win98 (that's me!)
2. "PnP OS" is set in the PCI BIOS Setup (that's me!)
3. Broken PCE BIOS
2/3 aint bad
Having changed those (powered of at mains (ATX case)) and disabled the PnP
OS the detection worked.
Thanks again,
Tony
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ian Collier)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.misc,comp.emacs,comp.editors
Subject: Re: Linux keyboard? (For emacs use)
Date: 23 Jan 1999 21:40:12 GMT
Rick Onanian entertained comp.editors with the following story:
>It's entirely possible that I'm wrong (but not likely), I though that MS Windows
>Kernel Toys won't work too well in Linux. Just a thought.
It's trivial (well, almost) to remap the keyboard in Linux, but someone
in this thread was wondering whether it was possible in other operating
systems. Hence the mention of the said MS toy.
--
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====== http://www.comlab.ox.ac.uk/oucl/users/ian.collier/imc.html
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (M. Buchenrieder)
Subject: Re: RH 5.2 on a 486 Compaq, worth the time?
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1999 08:32:47 GMT
"Richard J Graner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>Would it work in the first place with Compaq being so proprietary? I have a
>ProLinea 4/50 slimline desktop. 32MB, 340MB HDD, everything else built on
>motherboard I would expect.
The ProLinea series should work, but you'll perhaps need to play some
tricks to get around the proprietary Compaq BIOS settings. Be aware
that getting additional add-on cards to work in a Compaq can be a really
tough project.
Michael
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From: Jason Christianson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
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Subject: Re: Beware buying from House of Computers
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 16:35:50 -0600
Tony Romano wrote:
> Just a warning to anyone who might be buying equipment from a company
> called House of Computers (www.hoct.com, located in California,
> 800-400-922)!!!
>
I have worked for a company that sells ham radio equipment via mail
order for 3 years and I have heard many stories from my customers-which
has made me very leery of these little "fly by night" companies. I
couple of good ones I have found are MicroPro (www.mpipc.com) and
CompSource (www.c-source.com). Neither of them are always the low ball
on price-but I have always gotten exceptional customer service out of
both of them. When there has been a problem with an item I have had to
pay return shipping to them (one of the dangers of mail order) but I have
not had to pay shipping on the replacement item. Plus, CompSource offers
free shipping on orders over $200 if you place the order via the
internet.
Just thought I would give some credit where it was due- nice to hear
about the scumbuckets and the good ones.
Jason
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From: Michael Meissner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Does linux support Dual CPUs?
Date: 22 Jan 1999 08:37:32 -0500
"Daryl Stultz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hello, I've got a dual Pentium Pro system with redHat 5.2 on it. Does this
> support dual processors? Is this a function of the kernal or do apps need to
> be written with dual in mind?
> I've got a 3D rendering program that doesn't seem to be taking advantage
> of the second processor.
Yes Linux provides dual cpu support, but you need to rebuild the kernel. For
2.0.xx kernels, you need to uncomment the '#SMP = 1' line in the kernel
Makefile. For 2.2.0 pre-release kernels, it is now a config option. On 2.0.xx
systems, the kernel uses a single lock (ie, only one processor can be doing
kernel code at a time). Also, the CPU time accounting is messed up (time on
the second processor isn't properly accounted for). For 2.2.0, the locks are
more fine grained, and you can get utilities that show how much time is spent
on each cpu.
You might want to check out:
http://www.irisa.fr/prive/mentre/smp-faq/smp-faq.html
--
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4th floor, 955 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
[EMAIL PROTECTED], 617-354-5416 (office), 617-354-7161 (fax)
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From: Aaron and Hifumi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: help ATI 3D EXPRESSION, RAGE II
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1999 07:04:40 -0800
Robert D'Attilio wrote:
> Randy:
>
> Just out of curiosity, what colour depths are you running at? I have
> the same card and can't run higher than 16-bit colour under X (under
> WinNT no problem to run 24-bit).
My expression+ with 4 megs of ram has no troubles running 1078x768 at 32 bpp.
Now if only my monitor could take more, I'd be a happy camper.
Aaron
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From: Miguel De Buf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: RH 5.2 on a 486 Compaq, worth the time?
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1999 13:46:41 +0100
I have a ProLinea 4/66, 340 MB HDD and I run RH5.2 happily. So, go on...
Miguel
Richard J Graner wrote:
> Would it work in the first place with Compaq being so proprietary? I have a
> ProLinea 4/50 slimline desktop. 32MB, 340MB HDD, everything else built on
> motherboard I would expect.
>
> Thanks
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tabman)
Subject: PCI support people alive ?!
Date: 23 Jan 1999 23:44:28 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Well, are these folks alive or not ? A few weeks ago, I reported a
bunch of PCI devices which weren't supported by the latest kernel at the
time, and I still haven't gotten any response from them. Not even an
automated response ( as Xfree86 sends to acknowledge the receipt of your
message. )
I would just like to know if they received my message or not. Some of
the devices I reported still aren't supported in the pre9 kernel, and I
would like to know if the lack of support is because they're unaware of
these devices or because they're just really busy and haven't had time to
add the support.
BTW, my system is working fine, but I'm somewhat concerned about the
"unknown PCI device" warning messages I've been getting.
'later...
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Tabman You may answer in | thinking, they will love you; if you
english, french, german | make them think, they will hate you."
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From: "Daniel Marques" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: problem with /dev/lp1
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 18:38:54 -0500
Hi. I had a fully functional SUSE 5.2 (double boot with win) system and was
using the standard lp print spooling stuff fine with my LaserJet. Then I
bought a new harddrive, copied windows to the new drive, changed the jumpers
so that the new drive was the master (and set the old one as the slave) and
changed lilo, fstab and other stuff accordingly. I also added and removed
some packages.
Then I tried to print something (using enscript) and nothing happened.
"lpq" had a message stating something to the effect that the printer was
offline.
I thought that perhaps the print spooler was working incorrectly, put the
command "cat file >/dev/lp1" returned an error.
"dmesg" had the following message:
"lp:driver configured but no interfaces found"
Does someone know what is wrong and how I can fix it?
Thanks
Dan
If you would reply by email, remove "no.spam." from my address.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.misc,comp.emacs,comp.editors
Subject: Re: Linux keyboard? (For emacs use)
Date: 22 Jan 1999 15:42:31 +0100
Ilya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> The problem with remapping is that sometimes the Caps lock key
> toggles, that is it is on and off.
Hm? What did you do to get a Control-Lock key?
Under X11 the trick is to assign the Control keysym to the keycode of
the Caps-Lock key, rather than adding Caps-Lock to the keysym list of
the ctrl modifier.
For the Linux console, the emacs2.map seems to work well.
kai
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.misc,comp.emacs,comp.editors
Subject: Re: Linux keyboard? (For emacs use)
Date: 22 Jan 1999 15:48:25 +0100
"Mark A. Flacy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Your redundancy isn't. Your lack of capitalization would imply
> that you're unlearned, but I really don't think that you give a
> flying f**k what I think.
In what way does use of capital letters or lack thereof imply anything
about being `unlearned'?
kai
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From: "Brett Hansen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: help ATI 3D EXPRESSION, RAGE II
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 19:14:20 -0500
I just installed Red Hat Linux and tried to setup the video card the same
way as you are doing and I get the same problem!!!!
I'm trying to figure out why. I'm trying to run the XF86_Mach64 server and
I get this funny ripple down the screen. Almost like the Freq isn't right.
I've downloaded all the specks on my Video card and Monitor and they all
seem fine. Any help would be great!!!
Brett
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Robert D'Attilio wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Randy:
>
>Just out of curiosity, what colour depths are you running at? I have
>the same card and can't run higher than 16-bit colour under X (under
>WinNT no problem to run 24-bit).
>
>Thanks
>Robert
>
>Randy Cooper wrote:
>>
>> The ATI 3D Expression RAGE II runs fine with any version of XFree86 that
>> is release 3.3.1 or newer using the XF86_Mach64 server. Here is an exerpt
>> from my XF86Config file that you might find useful.
>>
>> # **********************************************************************
>> # Graphics device section
>> # **********************************************************************
>>
>> # Any number of graphics device sections may be present
>>
>> Section "Device"
>> Identifier "ATI 3D Expression+"
>> VendorName "ATI"
>> BoardName "3D Expression+"
>> # Chipset "tvga9000"
>> # VideoRam 512
>> # Clocks 25 28 45 36 57 65 50 40 25 28 0 45 72 77 80 75
>> EndSection
>>
>> As you can see you should NOT specify anything for Chipset, VideoRam and
>> Clocks as the XF86_Mach64 server will determine this.
>>
>> I hope this helps. Good Luck!
>>
>> Reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mail checked week nights and weekends).
>>
>> On Wed, 20 Jan 1999, MICHAEL ROBERTSON wrote:
>>
>> > HELLO:
>> > can anyone tell me how they got X to run with this card???
>> > I am using xf86config
>> >
>> > X runs but there is a huge wavy ripple through the screen
>> >
>> > TNKs
>> > B!
>> >
>> >
>> >
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Sound on Toshiba 4000 CDT
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1999 14:35:34 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Philipp =?iso-8859-1?Q?R=FCfenacht?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Has anyone succeded in configuring sound on a Toshiba Satellite 4000
> CDT? I managed to
> be able to play audio CDs (with the 'Toshiba Satellite Sound module' OSS
> driver) - but
> somehow couldn't find any good solution for other sound output (WAV,
> MIDI etc.).
>
I was able to play WAV ("My name is Linus Thorvalds, and I pronounce ...") on
my 4000CDT. Requires some adjustments, though. I got hints from different
pages about other Toshiba notebooks I accessed via the Linux
Hardware-Compatibility-HOWTO. I have RedHat 5.2; I do not have the non-free
OSS. Neither sndconfig nor the OPL3SA2 "driver" worked for me. But I got
sound with Soundblaster-16 and Microsoft Sound System drivers.
(If anyone knows a more elegant or better way, please tell me!)
First Step: With te DOS TSETUP utility, change sound card interrupt to 7.
(Necessary because the ad1848 module will not load with preconfigured IRQ 5).
Make sure the sound modules ad1848.o (or sb.o) are available.
(In RedHat 5.2, sound drivers are configured as modules. If you have another
distribution, the settings below should also work with normal drivers).
Add lines to /etc/conf.modules:
options ad1848 io=0x530 irq=7 dma=1 dma2=0
options sb io=0x220 irq=7 dma=0 dma16=1 mpu_io=0x330
I have heard that the sb module gives only 8 bit sound for the Yamaha sound
chip, therefore I have mainly used ad1848. When loaded with modprobe, it says
"IRQ conflict?", although I couldn't find any (maybe someone can help??),
but it loads and plays sound.
I didn't get autoloading of sound modules right so far, but that's because
I didn't really try.
I have no experience with MIDI on Linux (no experience whatsoever with MIDI,
actually).
Good luck,
Martin
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From: Nicolas Kisselhoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Avance logic ALS 100+ sound/redhat 5.1
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1999 15:36:05 +0100
Christophe MICHEL wrote:
>
> hello world
> ---------------
>
> Anyone succeeded in correctly configure IRQ/DMA for Avance logic ALS
> 100+ sound card with linux ?? What values dit you choose ????
>
> I have tried to put the same values as window's but unsuccessfully.
>
> This card worked fine with redhat 5.1 on a spacewalker tx Chipset with
> an AMD K6 233 but my new IWILL XA100+/AMD K62 350 has made changes to
> available irq's and DMA's and I can't figure which ones are the good ones. I
> have tried almost every configurations in xconfig without any success.
>
> Someone has heard about a program that could test available values for
> sound cards and /or every ISA/PCI devices hooked onto the motherboard ????
Salut Christophe,
le programme dont tu parles n'est pas sndconfig qui est en standard sur
RH 5.1 et 5.2 ?
Nicolas.
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From: root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
linux.redhat.development,linux.redhat.misc,alt.os.linux,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: OPL3-SA3 soundboard question
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 23:35:33 +0000
If anybody out there knows how to configure Yamaha OPL3-SA3 soundboard
on linux (RedHat 5.2), please help. I tried to insmod the opl3-sa module
but it gives me the device or resource busy message, in any case it
suposed to be a supported chip. Thanx in advance Sergio (Florence,
Italy) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: RH 5.2 on a 486 Compaq, worth the time?
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 00:11:29 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On Fri, 22 Jan 1999 00:04:45 -0600, Richard J Graner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> >Would it work in the first place with Compaq being so proprietary? I have a
> >ProLinea 4/50 slimline desktop. 32MB, 340MB HDD, everything else built on
> >motherboard I would expect.
>
> I think your biggest problem would be fitting it on that HD, actually.
Nah, just be carefull about which packages are going to be installed.
In the last year I have implemented a number of intranet/mail server
for cash strapped companies using dusty old 486 machines. Got a no
name 486 with 16M memory, a 340HD, two Stallion IO cards running a
dial in POP server for 100 clients :)
Good luck,
Mark.
>
> --
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> Fight spam - http://www.cauce.org/
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From: "VTR News" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,de.comp.os.linux.hardware,de.comp.os.linux.misc,de.comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Cable Modem US Robotics VSP Plus
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1999 19:36:38 -0400
I have a Cable modem US Robotics VSP Plus on my computer. I can't find the
driver that works. The modem part of my Cable modem is a Winmodem, so I
think it will not work. However I only need to setup the Network adapter
part of the cable modem and use another modem to get connected.
Is there someone able to help me ?????????
thanks,
Alain Mazoyer R.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (marc-paul lee)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.development.system,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Newbie Question
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 23:44:13 GMT
On Thu, 21 Jan 1999 21:21:06 -0600, "Charles Riley"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I can't get my modem to work in Linux...(I just started installing today...)
>
>Chip Riley
i'm a newbie, too, and had the same problem with my modem. turns out
it's a "winmodem" and will only work with windows. (apparently it
takes advantage of the windows software to get rid of some chips on
board, thus saving hardware costs). i had to buy a new modem that
will work with any o/s and then everything was fine.
in short, my guess is that you have a winmodem and you'll need to buy
a new one. i found a good deal at egghead.com and compusa on a
cardinal modem. seems 33.6 is ot so popular anymore. : )
good luck!
** mp **
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From: "Alfred Tan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: dcdcdcdc
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1999 17:29:46 +0800
dcdcfdc
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From: Carlos Amaya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How to send an EOF to the printer (HP DJet 682C/RH 5.1)
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 22:38:08 +0000
I'd like to know how to send an EOF signal to the printer (an HP DeskJet
682C) because when it stops printing the orange light keeps blinking
until you push the button and it prints kind of a small diamond and then
it stops...
I'm using redhat linux 5.1 and the postscript.cfg looks like this...
################### postscript.cfg ###################
GSDEVICE=cdj550
RESOLUTION=300x300
COLOR=
PAPERSIZE=letter
EXTRA_GS_OPTIONS=""
REVERSE_ORDER=
PS_SEND_EOF=YES
NUP=1
RTLFTMAR=18
TOPBOTMAR=18
######################################################
By the way... the printer utility that comes with redhat (printtool)
writes an empty postscript.cfg so I had to modify the Generic Postscript
Printer file... I'd like to know if is there a site or something where I
could get information on this kind of file because I've found it kind of
obscure...
thanks...
carlos
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From: "Alfred Tan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Help needed.
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1999 17:31:44 +0800
I'm using the pcnet32 module for networking but gives a
"SIOCADDRT: Invalid arguement" error message.
What is this and how do I work around this?
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From: "Richard Payne" <payner at timken dot com>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: dec multia
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1999 09:30:39 -0500
The Multia is an old design. You get the performance
of about a P90/P100. It will depend on what you are
doing with it. Just remember that it's not upgradeable
and the box is VERY small. If you need large disk
space you'll need to go external.
You can find out more about them from:
http://www.alphalinux.org/docs/udb-multia.html
and you might want to check out comp.os.linux.alpha.
Good Luck, they are a lot of fun to play with.
--
Rich Payne
(Speaking for myself, not my employer)
payner at timken dot com
Looking for Alpha-Linux info?
http://www.alphalinux.org
Eric Melville wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>i was considering buying a dec multia to play with, caus the price is
>right... anyone have any linux experience with those things? in
>comparision with 80x86 stuff, what kind of performance should i expect
>out of a 166mhz dec risc deal?
>
>-E
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From: John Burton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SCSI - Is it worth it?
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1999 15:37:15 GMT
"Thomas T. Veldhouse" wrote:
>
> I would like to invest in a SCSI card and drive for my Linux Box. However,
> I would like to know if it is really worth the cash. I have a 6.4Gig IDE
> (Ultra DMA) drive right now, and it is a good disk. However, I have had
> many failures with IDE drives. Is SCSI more reliable, and assuming the
> answer is yes, by how much? How long can I expect a drive to stay up
> (non-stop) ? with power management?
>
> I can get a lot more disk for the money with IDE, so I am hesistant to fork
> out the dough for SCSI unless I get some promising answers.
>
>From my experience, the primary difference between SCSI and IDE drives
is in the pasticular environment you're running in. IDE is fine for
single user, single tasking environment. If you have a lot of processes
& users doing disk I/O at the sametime, SCSI is better. Reliability is
about the same, typically the main difference between a SCSI & IDE drive
having the same specs & same manufacturer is the interface electronics,
which is typically not the part most prone to failure...
As you've noted, a SCSI drive costs more than an equivalent IDE drive...
John
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From: "Christopher Cox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Tape Compatibility - DittoMax - NOT!
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1999 13:03:12 GMT
Hi,
>
> Are you using the latest version of ftape? (4.03 pre2)
>
Unfortunately I do not know at this moment for I have unloaded the
RedHat5.2 and installed Slackware3.5.
I can let you know soon.
Regards
Christopher Cox
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From: Martin Ledoux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Req. info on Qume Terminals
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 21:02:17 -0500
Hi!
I bought a Qume Text Terminal, model number QVT323EV. I am looking for
informations on key bindings (e.g. how to get to the setup screen, if
there is one). Also, is it normal for a terminal to act strangely (i.e.
do a self test for an hour) when it is NOT wired to another computer? I
didn't buy / make a cable yet, so...
Thanking you in advance,
Martin Ledoux
[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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