Linux-Hardware Digest #433, Volume #9 Mon, 15 Feb 99 00:13:39 EST
Contents:
Help 4Comports & Mouse conflict ("Brian or Wayland")
Re: CD-RW Problem - Help Please!! (Jim Zubb)
Re: Large drive problem with 2.0.36 (Raphael Clifford)
Re: Linux & overclocked CPU ("Steve D. Perkins")
Refresh Rate Utility ("Hans Smith")
Re: Q (NIC): Linksys 100TX?? ("John Edwards")
Problem to config. my sound card (Lucifer)
Re: ImageAccel 2 video card (Cornerstone Imaging) ("John Edwards")
Re: Sound Blaster AWE 32 in Kernel v. 2.2.1 ("David J.V. Brown")
Can't mount vfat (FAT32) partition under 2.2.1 ("David J.V. Brown")
Re: 56k modems. (Yaye)
Is more money needed for DVD? (Kyler Laird)
DIEGO RAMOS ("Fans club de Diego Ramos, \"Loquitas por Diego\"")
Adaptec AHA-3985 RAID ("miked")
help! recovery advice needed ("Christopher J. Mark")
DTC 3520a SCSI Adapter ("William J. Erickson")
Adaptec 1542B help required... (Rob Speed)
Re: Linux & overclocked CPU ("Randall E. Williamson")
annoying scsi drive problem. ("gc")
Re: URGENT: Dead Pixels on Active Matrix Laptops ("David")
Can't put modem to work :( ("M�rio Gamito")
Re: help! recovery advice needed (Andrew Heckerling)
Re: Large drive problem with 2.0.36 ("Charles Sullivan")
Re: Linux & overclocked CPU (Tim Moore)
Anyone figure out how to get a Trio3d working yet? ("LingDragon")
Adaptec SCSI 7896 (Johnny Stork)
Re: GTE flamed linux for BillG (Dumouchel Clermont)
Diamond Viper 550 Riva TNT ("Jack Knife")
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From: "Brian or Wayland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Help 4Comports & Mouse conflict
Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 20:00:30 -0700
I have 4 comports on my Linux machine (ttyS0-S3). My serial mouse is on
ttyS0. When I have my serial board in that controls ttyS2-S3 then my mouse
does not work under Xwindows. I think there is some conflict. How would I
fix this problem becuase I need to have all of the comports. Any info is
good.
Brian
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From: Jim Zubb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: CD-RW Problem - Help Please!!
Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 19:12:14 -0500
Christophe KUMSTA wrote:
>
> Roundeye wrote:
> >
> > I would just like to know how you got the 8100 to both write and be
> > mountable... :-)
> > I'm using the new 2.2.1 kernel and can either mount the 8100 (but can't
> > write to it), or can reconfigure the kernel to be able to write CD-R's
> > but then I can't mount them. It is an interesting dilemma.
> > Rick
>
> hi all,
>
> ??? Perhaps has-it changed since 2.2.0 but I have a TEAC CDR55S and
> I can burn CDs using (xcdroast , which uses cdrecord ...) and I can
> mount
> it as /dev/scd0 ... without recompiling the kernel !
>
> For the multi-session , I havn't tried it up to now ...
> But I think that xcdroast is able to do that ... perhaps can you
xcdroast doesn't do multisession yet, you can use the
command line cdrecord to make multi session discs.
--
Jim Zubb
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From: Raphael Clifford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Large drive problem with 2.0.36
Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 14:06:02 +0000
Thanks again. I think it's clear now but just a final query. Here is the
result of hdparm -i
[root@scholes2 /root]# hdparm -i /dev/hda
/dev/hda:
Model=Maxtor 91296D6, FwRev=GAS54112, SerialNo=A603BLWC
Config={ Fixed }
RawCHS=25113/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=29
BuffType=3(DualPortCache), BuffSize=512kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=off
DblWordIO=no, maxPIO=2(fast), DMA=yes, maxDMA=2(fast)
CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=16514064, LBA=yes, LBAsects=25313904
tDMA={min:120,rec:120}, DMA modes: mword0 mword1 mword2
IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:120,w/IORDY:120}, PIO modes: mode3 mode4
Now, the number of heads is 16 and LBAsects seems to be the right number
(assuming 512 byte sectors) so according to the theory everything should be
happy? However it isn't, as the fdisk output earlier shows an 8gB drive full
to capacity. In order to get the drive to work to full capacity I have to run
fdisk with the number of cylinders being 25313904/(255*63) rounded down =
1575. I just thought that fdisk could make this calculation for me :) saying
as the conditions are fixed. Does the head > 16 problem for fdisk refer to the
real number of heads or the funny number you get from hdparm -g? Does fdisk
2.9i work and do this all correctly for 2.0.3x?
Raphael
Charles Sullivan wrote:
> kernel v2.0.36 _doesn't_ know the correct size, and won't believe you if
> you tell it the correct size, if the number of heads is > 16 as would
> usually be the case with LBA enabled. (Ref: Large-Disk mini HOWTO
> and my own experience.) kernel v2.2.0 and higher are OK in this regard.
>
> fdisk gets part of its info from the kernel and part directly from the
> drive.
> fdisk v2.8 (shipped with RH5.2) gets confused with LBA large drives.
> fdisk v2.9i fixes the problem.
>
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From: "Steve D. Perkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Linux & overclocked CPU
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 03:20:37 +0000
This may sound ignorant, but I've been seeing alot of posts lately about
"overclocked CPU's". Do you know of any good web links or resources for
explaining what this is and how it works? Thanks!
Steve
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From: "Hans Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.caldera
Subject: Refresh Rate Utility
Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 09:56:14 -0500
Does anyone know of a good utility to adjust the refresh rate of your
monitor in the non-GUI side of LINUX. When I am in KDE, it is fine, but
everywhere else, I need a higher refresh.
Thanks Hans
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From: "John Edwards" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Q (NIC): Linksys 100TX??
Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 10:10:46 -0500
I've setup a number of machines using the NetGear NIC. No problem. Just
use the Tulip drivers.
Dae wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Is anyone using the Linksys EatherFast 10/100 PCI LAN card?
>
>http://www.linksys.com/products/fast/lne100tx.htm
>
>I'm looking for a low cost 10/100 NIC for a soon to be Linux Box. My
>plan is to get a cable modem hook up to it ans use it as a server
>(internet gatway) to connect an addition Win 9x box and 2 Mac's.
>
>What do you think of this card (setup, compatibility)? Is this a decent
>choice or should I look at something else (I've seen a Netgear FA310TX
>cheap at a local store also) ?
>
>BTW, what I mean by cheap is under $30 USD.
>
>TIA- Dae/MD
>Phat Fish Website
>http://www.attach.net/users/webster
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lucifer)
Subject: Problem to config. my sound card
Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 14:50:25 GMT
Hi!
Ok, I have a Creative Sound Blaster 16 PNP. On Windows98, it uses,
IRQ 5, DMA 1, 5, and I/O 220.
To install my sound card, i used the "sndconfig" command. ( I have
RH5.2).
Then it says a PNP card was found and later, it says "a sound sample
will now be played...", but it failed.
I get "The following error occured running isapnp program....LD
setting veriry failed"
"Error occurred executing request 'LD4' on or around line 382.."
What should I do? I know my sound card works on win98.
Please, I need some help.
Thanks.
Eric.
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From: "John Edwards" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ImageAccel 2 video card (Cornerstone Imaging)
Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 10:16:42 -0500
It's been about 4 years since I ported an ImageAccel to X. As I recall it
was tough cause we had to use port I/O exclusively to get data to/from the
card. Anyway, I would start by trying the standard SVGA lib (hopefully they
have an decent VGA core). Other than that, some good supported cards can be
had for < $30.00US (Trident 9750 based cards come to mind). I would also
check to see if someone, maybe the folks at S.u.S.E., have ported that card.
Good luck!
Ron wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>I've got an ISA ImageAccel 2 video card (cornerstone imaging) with a
>CL-GD5420-75QC-C chip(cirrus logic)
>It has 2 Mb memory.
>Im trying to set it up in Xconfigurator but I cant figure out what drivers
>to use. It doesnt work correctly with the CL-GD5420 chipset drivers, as a
>matter of fact when I run idchip.exe( a cirrus logic chipset diagnostic
>tool) it replies ' does not appear to be a cirrus logic chipset' Does
>anybody have any experience with this card, or can you provide any info on
>its proprietary nature and how it can be set up if it is compatable. Ive
>checked various info but non has shed any light.
>TIA
>
>
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From: "David J.V. Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Sound Blaster AWE 32 in Kernel v. 2.2.1
Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 09:40:22 -0600
Caleb Land wrote:
> Hi,
> Using the default kernel which comes with RH 5.2 I can play MP3 files,
> but after I upgrade to 2.2.1, I cannot play them. The computer locks up
> when I attempt to listen to an MP3 file.
> In both kernels, however, I can `cat meepmeep.au > /dev/audio`, and `cat
> meepmeep.au > /dev/dsp` successfully.
> I used sndconfig to set up the sound card in 2.0.36, and the sample file
> plays correctly.
>
> Any input would greatly be appreciated,
>
> -Caleb
> ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Caleb:
If you are trying to play the mp3 files with x11amp, you can't until x11amp
gets fixed -- kernel 2.2.1 exposes a flaw and breaks it. If you run x11amp
from the bash prompt, you'll see that you get a socket error.
If you're not using x11amp... well... I dunno! Once I found my x11amp was
broken, I tried kjukebox (I use KDE 1.1) and it plays the mp3's fine... though
the list creator still suffers from a really annoying floating point
exception...
Hope this helps.
David
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: "David J.V. Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Can't mount vfat (FAT32) partition under 2.2.1
Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 10:13:19 -0600
Hey all...
I've run into a problem getting my fat32 partition to mount recently,
and was told you might be able to steer me in the right direction. I'll
make this as brief/to the point as possible.
Background:
* Was using Linux kernel 2.0.36 with modular vfat support (RedHat 5.2
distribution).
* Compiled 2.2.1 kernel source with gcc 2.8.1 and glibc, no problems.
* Compiled vfat support into the kernel (not as a module).
* /dev/hda1 is a large (6GB) FAT32 partition.
* Linux and all ext2 fs partitions are on /dev/hdb
* Using mount version 2.9i
* linear addressing specified in lilo.conf
* Reconfigured LILO and everything seems to be working fine, EXCEPT...
Problem:
* Whenever I try to mount /dev/hda1 (e.g. mount -t vfat /dev/hda1
/win98), my session becomes unusable. By that I mean that it "hangs" --
it accepts input from the keyboard and echoes it to
the screen, but I never get a shell prompt back.
Supplemental Info:
* Logging in to a second virtual console and doing '# ps' shows me the
mount process, but attempts to kill it fail silently.
* /proc/filesystems lists vfat as installed.
* uname -a reports the correct kernel version and build time.
* fdisk reports the correct info for /dev/hda
(e.g. Device Boot Start End Blocks Id
System
/dev/hda1 * 1 784 6297448+ c Win95
FAT32 (LBA)
)
* examination of /var/log/ reveals the following, much of which I don't
understand:
...kernel: [MS-DOS FS Rel. 12, FAT 203,
check=n,conv=b,uid=0,gid=0,umask=002,bmap]
...kernel:
[me=0x5e,cs=0,#f=13,fs=0,fl=0,ds=0,de=43596,data=0,se=63542,ts=16842945,ls=0,rc=0,fc=4294967295]
...kernel: Transaction block size = 512
...VFS: Can't find a valid MSDOS filesystem on dev 03:00.
However, the MSDOS filesystem is intact. I can still boot Win98 (but
why? hehe) with no problems from the C: (/dev/hda) drive.
Whew. Well, I missed the mark on keeping it brief, but I think I
managed to include most things that might help you point me in the right
direction on this.
Thanks in advance for any advice you can offer!
David Brown
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Yaye)
Subject: Re: 56k modems.
Date: 14 Feb 1999 16:14:41 GMT
I second the Zoom 56K Dualmode ( ISA, not PCI ) model 2919. I'm using on my
Linux machine. It has jumpers and the box states that it supports DOS.
Ian
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kyler Laird)
Subject: Is more money needed for DVD?
Date: 14 Feb 1999 15:24:32 GMT
I was just reading
http://www.rpi.edu/~veliaa/linux-dvd/
and thinking about the encrypted DVD support. A
couple of us have pledged $1100 for DVD support
http://visar.csustan.edu/bazaar/bazaar_list.html#kernel
but I'm wondering if more would make a difference.
Is the problem with DVD support simply a matter
of resources? If we threw a few thousand dollars
at it, would it get solved? Could an Internet-
wide (distributed) crack of the encryption be
performed?
What would it take? Someone give me a realistic
number. Is there a small (cooperative) hardware
manufacturer that would be interested in this?
I'd be interested in paying for an intern to work
on Linux support for a DVD drive if the results
would be open.
It frustrates me that hardware manufacturers have
been so uncooperative with potential customers.
--kyler
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From: "Fans club de Diego Ramos, \"Loquitas por Diego\""
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.m68k,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.ms-windows.win95.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.win95.moder
Subject: DIEGO RAMOS
Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 22:22:09 -0300
Si te gusta el actor Diego Ramos y queres asociarte a un fans club, queres
cambiar datos o tenes alguna informacion personal de el, escribinos a
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Gracias. Angie
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From: "miked" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Adaptec AHA-3985 RAID
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 03:49:51 GMT
Has anyone successfully setup any flavor of Linux on Adaptec AHA-3985. Any
help or a pointer in the right direction would help. I've checked SUSE, Red
Hat and Caldera Linux, but there are no explicit how-tos. I don't need a
general outline; I'm looking for the step-by-step method in first setting up
the software RAID, then installing Linux.
miked
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From: "Christopher J. Mark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: help! recovery advice needed
Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 11:26:45 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Due to a change in hardware, my Linux HD has changed from hdb to hdc,
and now Linux (SuSE 5.3) will no longer boot. I have changed the fstab
and lilo.conf to reflect the new location, but since I can't get it to
start, I haven't been able to run /sbin/lilo even with the -C option.
The boot sequence gets about halfway through, then starts freaking out
with messages about bread and going past the end of the device. It ends
with a kernel panic.
How can I recover without doing a complete re-install?
--
Christopher J. Mark
Mathematician, Tutor, and Webpage designer
http://www.math.umd.edu/~cjm
"Time flies like an arrow, but fruit flies like a banana."
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From: "William J. Erickson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: DTC 3520a SCSI Adapter
Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 10:43:49 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
If anyone has successfully installed a DTC 3520a SCSI Host Adapter,
request your secret to success.
All the Best, William Erickson.
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From: Rob Speed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Adaptec 1542B help required...
Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 16:22:44 +0000
Can someone give me a little assistance with a small problemette?
I'm just cobbling together a backup server out of spare parts
(not always a good idea I know...)
The problem is this;
I'm using an AHA-1542B with a 500MB Conner CP30540, a 1GB Quantum
(TM type) Fireball and a Panasonic CR504B CD-ROM.
When I try to load ASPI4DOS.SYS I get 'Installation Failed' everytime.
Everything is stock (on the card) - so IRQ 11, DMA 5, 330 I/O port
address and DC00 base address.
The only thing I've done is to disable the floppy.
The devices are configured thus;
Device 0 - Conner
1 - Quantum
2 - CD-ROM
7 - 1542B
with the terminators on the 1542 and the CDROM (end of cable).
As I can't load ASPI4DOS I therefore can't load the CD driver
(I've tried using ASPICD and one from Panasonics' Web site but to no
avail (in fact I've tried quite a few - just to see - nothing)),
If I go into debug and startup the diagnostics s/w (DC00:0009) it card
passes all the tests performed.
I know all the bits work as I've tried a 2940 out of the main server.
So the problem must be with the card somewhere...
Possibly.
The only cards in the machine are the 1542 and a PCI S3 (Cirrus) VGA
card.
Oh, and another thing I can't do is CTRL A on bootup, yet the BIOS is
not disabled.
Anything you think I might have overlooked or not thought of would
be of great help.
--
Rob Speed
Vitesse Systems Laboratories.
Leeds, Yorkshire, England.
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Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 22:55:36 -0500
From: "Randall E. Williamson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Linux & overclocked CPU
Tom's Hardware Guide (www.tomshardware.com) is invaluable for this and other
information.
Look for "Overclocking" at the bottom.
"Steve D. Perkins" wrote:
> This may sound ignorant, but I've been seeing alot of posts lately about
> "overclocked CPU's". Do you know of any good web links or resources for
> explaining what this is and how it works? Thanks!
>
> Steve
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From: "gc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: annoying scsi drive problem.
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 04:04:25 GMT
This may also happen with IDE drives as well, bbut only an issue with this
box in front of me with a scsi drive.
Every 11 seconds the drive does "something". this thing can sit idle for an
hour...and yet every 11 seconds "click-click" from the drive.
ANybody have any idea what is going on? There are no processes causing
this..meaning, let it go click-click 25 times, between doing ps-aux and the
process list only increments for ps.
It is starting to drive me crazy.
-george c
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "David" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.portable
Subject: Re: URGENT: Dead Pixels on Active Matrix Laptops
Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 10:55:36 -0600
I've owned three TFTs, and this is the first I've seen with no dead pixels.
It's very nice, but we can't insist on it. One reason these screens cost
"only" $2g is the dead-pixel allowance ... we'd pay a helluva lot more for
our machines if none were allowed.
Question for the gurus: is it not true that dead pixels in TFTs tend to
happen during the manufacturing process, and that it's very unusual for them
to die during its lifetime?
Finally, depending on the store's return policy, you may not NEED a reason
to exchange it, if it really bothers you. But the odds are not great that
you'd get one with none, or even fewer, dead pixels. You stand a much
better chance of getting a machine with some other mechanical problem.
Really, just ignore it. ("There are children starving all over the world,
and we're griping about one dead pixel on a $3000 computer!")
Ian Payne wrote in message ...
>>This laptop is still under the 30 day return policy, and I would like to
>>know if it's worth it to return it, and ask for another one, or is it true
>>that the standard is 3 or 4 dead pixels in a square inch before it's
>>considered bad?
>
>
>Many companies don't consider a single dead pixel a defect, they require
>some minimum, say 5, before they consider a screen defective.
>
>
>
>
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From: "M�rio Gamito" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Can't put modem to work :(
Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 16:18:59 +0100
Hello!
I'm new at Linux.
I'm trying to put have SuSE 6.0 running, but i am not able to put my
modem to work. I wonder if you can help me with this. I'd appreciate.
I have a SupraExpress 56i SP (intl). It's an internal modem, ISA, PnP.
And i also have a genius Netmouse. I have no other PnP card or "strange"
hardware.
In windows, i use to have mouse on com2 and modem on com3. They both
worked perfectly. Currently i only have Linux in my HD.
In my BIOS setup i used before to have the following information:
COM1 : 3f8
COM2 : 2f8
Now, with Linux i can only install my modem (with pnpdump and isapnp) if
i set COM1 disabled in BIOS. Otherwise i get an error while running
isapnp.
So, in the end, i still get mouse on com2 and modem on com3, just like
on windows.
Next step, if i open kppp in kde and test the modem, i get the message
"can't open modem".
If i then set link /dev/modem to com3, i will instead have the message
"modem busy" on kppp.
I've searched several docs, ngs and books and i didn't manage to solve
the problem.
will someone help me, please? I'd really like to become a Linux user,
but i also want to put this thing to work.
Thanks in advance.
M�rio Gamito
Portugal
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From: Andrew Heckerling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: help! recovery advice needed
Date: 14 Feb 1999 17:14:12 GMT
All you need is some way to boot your system from disks and re-run lilo.
If you don't have an emergency root/boot disk set, I would recommend
"tomsrtbt" which can be found at www.toms.net. It is a disk image which
fits on a 3.5 floppy formatted to 1.722 meg, and it can be written to
disk from either a win or a linux system. Once you have booted linux from
the disk, you just need to mount your root file system and run lilo (probably
with some option that specifies the root directory as the mount point of the
root filesystem).
Christopher J. Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: Due to a change in hardware, my Linux HD has changed from hdb to hdc,
: and now Linux (SuSE 5.3) will no longer boot. I have changed the fstab
: and lilo.conf to reflect the new location, but since I can't get it to
: start, I haven't been able to run /sbin/lilo even with the -C option.
: The boot sequence gets about halfway through, then starts freaking out
: with messages about bread and going past the end of the device. It ends
: with a kernel panic.
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From: "Charles Sullivan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Large drive problem with 2.0.36
Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 12:26:37 -0500
Heads > 16 refers to the LBA number (255). I suspect this was built
into the pre-v2.2.0 kernels before the LBA scheme came along, as a
safety measure to keep sys admins from shooting themselves in the
foot and heads > 16 was considered unreasonable for any drive.
fdisk v2.8 doesn't use the LBA geometry when doing a verify, so
reports overlapping cylinders when cyl >1024. (All partitions above
that look like they start and end on cyl 1023.) fdisk 2.9i does use
the LBA geometry for verify but gets that info from the kernel,
so you've got to get both the newer kernel and newer fdisk for the
various complaints to go away.
If you have a newer kernel and the latest fdisk and print the partition
table from the expert menu, it still shows the cylinders maxing out at
1024. I asked the author about that; his answer was that this listing
is (by design) what fdisk actually reads from the partition table on the
drive. The correct LBA cylinders are shown in the printout from the
fdisk main menu.
Regards,
Charles Sullivan
Raphael Clifford wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Thanks again. I think it's clear now but just a final query. Here is the
>result of hdparm -i
>[root@scholes2 /root]# hdparm -i /dev/hda
>
>/dev/hda:
>
> Model=Maxtor 91296D6, FwRev=GAS54112, SerialNo=A603BLWC
> Config={ Fixed }
> RawCHS=25113/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=29
> BuffType=3(DualPortCache), BuffSize=512kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=off
> DblWordIO=no, maxPIO=2(fast), DMA=yes, maxDMA=2(fast)
> CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=16514064, LBA=yes, LBAsects=25313904
> tDMA={min:120,rec:120}, DMA modes: mword0 mword1 mword2
> IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:120,w/IORDY:120}, PIO modes: mode3 mode4
>
>Now, the number of heads is 16 and LBAsects seems to be the right number
>(assuming 512 byte sectors) so according to the theory everything should be
>happy? However it isn't, as the fdisk output earlier shows an 8gB drive
full
>to capacity. In order to get the drive to work to full capacity I have to
run
>fdisk with the number of cylinders being 25313904/(255*63) rounded down =
>1575. I just thought that fdisk could make this calculation for me :)
saying
>as the conditions are fixed. Does the head > 16 problem for fdisk refer to
the
>real number of heads or the funny number you get from hdparm -g? Does fdisk
>2.9i work and do this all correctly for 2.0.3x?
>Raphael
>
>Charles Sullivan wrote:
>
>> kernel v2.0.36 _doesn't_ know the correct size, and won't believe you if
>> you tell it the correct size, if the number of heads is > 16 as would
>> usually be the case with LBA enabled. (Ref: Large-Disk mini HOWTO
>> and my own experience.) kernel v2.2.0 and higher are OK in this regard.
>>
>> fdisk gets part of its info from the kernel and part directly from the
>> drive.
>> fdisk v2.8 (shipped with RH5.2) gets confused with LBA large drives.
>> fdisk v2.9i fixes the problem.
>>
>
>
>
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Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 19:55:51 -0800
From: Tim Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Linux & overclocked CPU
> - ABIT BX6 MB + Celeron300A CPU. Overclocked to 450.
> - Linux 2.0.36 won't boot up after overclocking. It goes through all
> initialization stuff at startup, and then, just when it's supposed to
> display "login" prompt, it would reboot the 'puter. If I take the speed back
> to 300Mhz, everything works. NT and w98 work perfectly on overclocked
> computer..
>
> I suspect it's the memory. I have 96M, 32 of which is non-100Mhz. Could this
> be the thing? Maybe I should adjust smth in BIOS setup?
Assuming you use lilo and your PC100 memory is in slots 0 & 1, when the LILO
prompt comes up type 'linux mem=63M'. It might boot. Either get rid of the
PC66 memory or keep your memory bus below 100MHz. Bad policy even if Wxx gets
away with it.
--
[Replies: remove the D]
"Everything is permitted. Nothing is forbidden."
WS Burroughs.
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From: "LingDragon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Anyone figure out how to get a Trio3d working yet?
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 04:30:43 GMT
I have a 4mb Trio3D AGP card. Anyone have an xwindows solution for this
card yet?
Dave
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From: Johnny Stork <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Adaptec SCSI 7896
Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 20:37:02 -0800
I have just decided to upgrade to a Gigabyte dual cpu, dual SCSI UW2
mother board but it looks like the Adaptec 7896 chipset is not supported
in the 2.2.1 kernel. Does anyone know if it will work, or if anyone is
going to do a driver??
_______________________________________________________________
Johnny Stork, Msc Candidate
UNBC Psychology Program
Prince George, BC
Home Page: quarles.unbc.ca/psych/gradstudents/stork/johnny.htm
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Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 07:01:48 -0600
From: Dumouchel Clermont <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: GTE flamed linux for BillG
I believe that almost all ISP are using Unix flavor software.
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From: "Jack Knife" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Diamond Viper 550 Riva TNT
Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 19:19:07 +0100
Can anyone help me with the answer to my problem (or where I can find the
answer ??). I am trying to run xwindows but whatever graphicscard I choose
it only results in a screen resolution of 320X200.
I am quite new to Linux...but I am enjoying it....
I use a Diamond Viper 550 Riva TNT
Thanks,
Ed.
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