Linux-Hardware Digest #477, Volume #9 Sun, 21 Feb 99 13:13:31 EST
Contents:
Re: Problem mounting a 'newer FAT32' filesystem Linux5.0 (Michael Trausch)
Re: ZIP Parallel Port Under Red Hat 5.2 (Michael Trausch)
Re: Riva TNT and X, Can anybody help me???? (Andri Saar)
Re: ISA video card recommendation (Marc D. Williams)
Re: Midi MPU-401 not working! (Marc D. Williams)
Partitioning crashes HD? (Hans Kingma)
Intel EtherExpress 10 ISA with RedHat 5.2 (Jeff Javits)
WaveLAN IEEE 802.11 ("Ricardo Canani")
Re: 486DX2 - BIOS - Big HD ("Paul Wilson")
Getting the xserver for the Diamond Fire GL 1000 Pro to work. (Timothy Heimerl)
Re: Partitioning crashed HD? (Hans Kingma)
Partitioning crashed HD? (Hans Kingma)
Re: X and diamond stealth II S220 video card (C. C. McPherson)
APM, Power Management, BIOS (Markus Stoye)
Re: _Good_ (support 5+ systems) Monitor/Mouse/Keyboard switch for pc... (Yan Seiner)
Re: How to low-level format a harddrive ("Torsten Jenkner")
Unable to mount CD(SB32/CD820E)-Help! (5texasgs)
Re: just making sure (diff between cua2 ttyS2) ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: PCI modems in linux? ("Bob Stickel")
Re: _Good_ (support 5+ systems) Monitor/Mouse/Keyboard switch for pc... ("Frank
Sexton")
Re: How to low-level format a harddrive ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: LinkSys EtherFast 10/100tx & Linux 2.2 (John Strange)
Re: ps2 mouse prob (Laurent Bacha)
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From: Michael Trausch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Problem mounting a 'newer FAT32' filesystem Linux5.0
Date: Sat, 20 Feb 1999 02:03:59 -0500
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Ummm, try
mount /dev/hda1 -t vfat /mnt/mount-point-here
- Mike
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Michael B. Trausch [EMAIL PROTECTED]
V: (419) 838-8104 F: (815) 846-9374
"Curiosity is the very basis of education and if you tell me that
curiosity killed the cat, I say only the cat died nobly."
- Arnold Edinborough
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On Thu, 18 Feb 1999, Paches wrote:
> I am using Linux 5.0, kernel 2.0.36. I cannot mount my windoze
> drive (hda1) FAT32 filesystem. It seems that this filesystem isn't
> supported. I know it should be, but is it possible that there is some
> newer FAT32 that is not recognized by the kernel?
> A friend of mine logged into my system remotely and found the
> kernel to be fine, so it's got to be something we don't know about.
> HELP!!!!
>
> If I use:
> mount -t msdos /dev/hda1 /doze
> I get:
> VFS:cant find a valid msdos filesystem on dev 03:01
>
> Also about 3 lines of numbers come up like fs=32,etc.......
>
> -Paches
>
>
>
>
>
>
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From: Michael Trausch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: ZIP Parallel Port Under Red Hat 5.2
Date: Sat, 20 Feb 1999 02:16:59 -0500
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Do you have an "autodetect" cable, or a Zip Plus drive? If so, you're
SOL, you'll have to get the imm driver. I got it with the Kernel
2.2.1.... *neither* of my Zip drives would work (my Parallel Zip Plus nor
my internal SCSI Zip Drive) until I upgraded my kernel. The SCSI card
that I have, though, is really flaky, and the 2.2.1 support works better
for it, anyway.
- Mike
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Michael B. Trausch [EMAIL PROTECTED]
V: (419) 838-8104 F: (815) 846-9374
"Curiosity is the very basis of education and if you tell me that
curiosity killed the cat, I say only the cat died nobly."
- Arnold Edinborough
If you do not have my public PGP key, you are encouraged to obtain it
from my website at http://www.wcnet.org/~mtrausch/mt_pgp_key.gz. You
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On Sat, 20 Feb 1999, Bill Polhemus wrote:
> The following is from the Red Hat 5.2 Installation Guide:
>
> [QUOTE MODE ON]
>
> E.9.8.1 Question
>
> How do I use my parallel port zip drive?
>
> E.9.8.2 Answer
>
> Here's something you can try: edit /etc/conf.modules and add
> the following line to the others:
>
> alias scsihostadapter ppa
>
> If you need to send the ppa driver any options about which
> LP is being used etc, you would add the line:
>
> options ppa ppa=<options go here.>
>
> [QUOTE MODE OFF]
>
> Now, this just begs a few more questions:
>
> 1) when I pull up /etc/conf.modules, I get a BLANK PAGE! In
> other words, there's nothing there! Is this "normal"? And
> if so, can I just go ahead and try to add the line as stated
> (even if it will be the ONLY line in the file)?
>
> 2) Under <options go here.>: What options? If I'm using
> the DOS LPT1:, what is the corresponding device name in
> Linux that I should use? Anything else?
>
> Believe me, folks, I've spent about four hours this evening
> poring over web pages, and I STILL can't get a good answer
> to the question: How do I get Linux to recognize my Zip
> Parallel Port drive? There's GOTTA be more clarity than
> this!
>
>
>
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Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1999 13:56:25 +0200
From: Andri Saar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Riva TNT and X, Can anybody help me????
Upgrade to XFree86 3.3.3.1 if you still haven't.
Earlier versions of XFree do not support the Riva TNT chip.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Marc D. Williams)
Subject: Re: ISA video card recommendation
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 21 Feb 1999 12:45:12 -0800
On Fri, 19 Feb 1999 14:53:10 GMT, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>>Can anyone suggest an ISA video card that supports 800 x 600 x 16bit?
>>
>AFAIK ther is no such card as the ISA bus video cards will only go to
>8 Bit color, screen sizes may vary though.
>
I have X running at 1024x768x16bpp using a Diamond Speedstar64 ISA (2MB)
on a 32MB 386DX-40 (one of these days I'll get the money to move up
from this Survival PC). Chipset is Cirrus 5434.
I mentioned the linear addressing thing earlier as that's how I was
able to get 16bpp. Whether or not that's even possible with the 5420
I don't know.
--
>>ANIME SENSHI<<
Marc D. Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.agate.net/~tvdog/internet.html -- DOS Internet
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Platform/8269/ -- Windows 3.x Makeover
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Marc D. Williams)
Subject: Re: Midi MPU-401 not working!
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 21 Feb 1999 12:45:12 -0800
On 19 Feb 1999 03:25:27 -0800, Marc D. Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>With playmidi use the `-e'
>parameter for an external midi device.
> playmidi -e bluejam.mid
>It should send to the Roland IPC card.
>If not maybe the /dev/ stuff is setup properly. Not sure.
>
Er, I meant _isn't_. :-)
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From: Hans Kingma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Partitioning crashes HD?
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1999 13:59:19 +0100
Hi there,
I'm using the SuSe 5.1 distribution CD set. After setting up a
partitioning scheme my first harddisk (containing the part table) is
offline, even the BIOS doesn't recognises it anymore. Is this a possible
mistake of a MBR write action? Or is it just a mere coincedence that my
WD31200 crashed while doing the boot initialisation? Any ideas of how to
revive the harddisk?
Any help is welcomed.
hans
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jeff Javits)
Subject: Intel EtherExpress 10 ISA with RedHat 5.2
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1999 03:39:33 GMT
During RedHat 5.2 Linux install, everything goes fine except the
network setup. Whether I use DHCP or a static IP address, it's as if
the card is just not there. It seems to find it OK during the install
process, but upon restart can not get any networking working. DHCP
fails to get an IP address, and it doesn't work with a static mapping
either.
The card is set for IO address of 0x300 and IRQ 10. When I installed
Windows 95 on the machine just to test, it found the card and
networked away with no difficulties.
Help!
Jeff Javits
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Ricardo Canani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: WaveLAN IEEE 802.11
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1999 10:57:44 -0300
Does anybody know about a driver for Lucent's WaveLAN IEEE 802.11 PC
Card ?
_______________________________
Ricardo Canani
Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil
http://www.nh.conex.net/user/canani
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From: "Paul Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 486DX2 - BIOS - Big HD
Date: 21 Feb 1999 14:13:51 GMT
Frank Hahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in article
<7ao1lc$ar2$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> On Fri, 19 Feb 1999 21:07:40 -0600, Internet Real Estate
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Newbie here ... trying to get a box ready to install Red Hat on. Got a
486
> >DX2 66mhz, and am junking the 540 megHD and adding a Western Digital 8.4
> >gig. I know the BIOS will have to be updated.
> >
> >So my questions are:
> >
> >1) What is the best place to find the new BIOS file? I have heard too
many
> >stories of chips being fried by running the wrong update file.
Personally, I'd go the SCSI route -- I've got a 486DX100 with a pair of
SCSI drives which does a sterling job as a database development server.
With IDE drives you'd have to get an add-in IDE controller card 'cos the
BIOS isn't going to be happy with multi-gigabyte drives.
Once you get the hardware sorted, Linux will just eat it up of course. You
can still do serious work on a 'low spec' machine.
Paul
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From: Timothy Heimerl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Getting the xserver for the Diamond Fire GL 1000 Pro to work.
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1999 09:17:00 -0600
Hello all!
I have a Diamond Fire GL 1000 Pro card that I want to get to work for
Xwindows. I have found a X server, but need to know how to get the
setup software to know it is there. Any help would be greatly
appreciated!
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Hans Kingma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Partitioning crashed HD?
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1999 16:27:54 +0100
Hi Robert,
Drive spins up alright, only my BIOS fails to recognize it. I heard something
of a MBR signature. There was something strange, though, just before the
"crash". I changed a singe 1 Gig partition on the drive to two seperate
partitions one for "/" and one for "/usr". When initialising (formatting) the
first partition (/dev/hda7 as a matter of fact) is was only for a blink of an
eye the next partition (/dev/hda8) took a "normal" amount of time. What I
thought was that formatting the first partition somehow corrupted the MBR
and/or Partition table rendering the disk unavailable. Is this possible?
hans
Robert Schiele wrote:
> Hans Kingma wrote:
> >
> > Hi there,
> >
> > I'm using the SuSe 5.1 distribution CD set. After setting up a
> > partitioning scheme my first harddisk (containing the part table) is
> > offline, even the BIOS doesn't recognises it anymore. Is this a possible
> > mistake of a MBR write action? Or is it just a mere coincedence that my
> > WD31200 crashed while doing the boot initialisation? Any ideas of how to
> > revive the harddisk?
> >
> > Any help is welcomed.
> >
> > hans
>
> It shouldn't be possible to crash a harddisk with a simple write
> command!
>
> Does the drive spin up? If no: check power connection!
> Else check data cable.
> You could also test the drive in an other system. If it does not work
> there, let's hope the data was not that important. :-(
>
> Greetings,
> Robert
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From: Hans Kingma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Partitioning crashed HD?
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1999 13:57:51 +0100
Hi there,
I'm using the SuSe 5.1 distribution CD set. After setting up a
partitioning scheme my first harddisk (containing the part table) is
offline, even the BIOS doesn't recognises it anymore. Is this a possible
mistake of a MBR write action? Or is it just a mere coincedence that my
WD31200 crashed while doing the boot initialisation? Any ideas of how to
revive the harddisk?
Any help is welcomed.
hans
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (C. C. McPherson)
Subject: Re: X and diamond stealth II S220 video card
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1999 09:24:25 -0500
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
> In article <7ahvcc$bc7$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
> > I just started linux with redhat 5.2 and I have a problem getting x windows
> > to work.
> > Anyone already tried to configure a Diamond Stealth II S220 video card for
> > usage with X windows ?
> > I'v tried a lot of configurations. None of them seem te work. The best I get
> > is VGA (not even fitting properly on my screen).
> > Alex
> >
> >
> >
> I have the same problem, and it appears we need XFree86 version
> 3.3.3, other NG's say that the S220 is supported under this
> version.
>
>
>
The new XFree86 version 3.3.3 does support the S220, but I had to
use the Xconfigurator to do so, since the regular configuration
utility produced errors when I ran startx. Also remember that the
S220 has to use the XF86_SGVA server. So when you download the
current version of XFree86 be sure to get the Xconfigurator
update. Here's a list of rpm's I grabbed (I hope I got them
all, since I am new to this RPM stuff):
XFree86-3_3_3_1-1_i386.rpm
svgalib-1.3.0-3.i386.rpm
Xconfigurator-3.89-1.i386.rpm
XFree86-100dpi-fonts-3.3.3.1-1.i386.rpm
XFree86-SVGA-3_3_3_1-1_i386.rpm
XFree86-XF86Setup-3_3_3_1-1_i386.rpm
XFree86-75dpi-fonts-3.3.3.1-1.i386.rpm
XFree86-libs-3.3.3.1-1.i386.rpm
fvwm2-2.0.46-12.i386.rpm
fvwm2-icons-2.0.46-12.i386.rpm
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Date: Sat, 20 Feb 1999 14:29:05 +0100
From: Markus Stoye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: APM, Power Management, BIOS
Hi,
when I set up my kernel to turn off the power on shutdown, I get a
Protection Fault with Processor register dump etc.
Windows95 doesn't have problems with this.
What are the correct settings when compiling the kernel for APM-BIOSes
if I want to use all power saving features my board offers ?
Thanks, Markus
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From: Yan Seiner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.admin.networking,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.video,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.misc
Subject: Re: _Good_ (support 5+ systems) Monitor/Mouse/Keyboard switch for pc...
Date: Sat, 20 Feb 1999 06:48:25 -0500
Try cables to go (really). They have all kinds of switches, from the good ole
mechanical ones to software control.
On the web www.ctg.com (I think).
Yan
Man wrote:
> I currently have a two-computer vga/serial/kb switch that is made by PC
> Concepts that I purchased from Fry's Electronics for ~$35. Now, I am
> looking to add another computer and would still like to have control over
> all three boxen from my single monitor, mouse, and keyboard. Could anyone
> suggest a better one than the one I have now, possibly one that just just
> push a soft button instead of turning a large (0.5") switch for each
> computer...
>
> Thankx in advance to anyone who can help =)
>
> p.s. - I didn't know which NG was the exact one approprate to post to, so I
> posted to all the ones I thought could help, considering I use a Linux box
> and an NT box (workstation)...
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From: "Torsten Jenkner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: How to low-level format a harddrive
Date: 21 Feb 1999 16:09:59 GMT
sorry, my Message was wrong. the ATA specifications proclaim that you can
low-level format any normal (new) EIDE drive. Older ones are damaged by
low-level formatting. So don't low-level drives lower than 500 MB. First ask
your Drive-manufacturer if you can low-level format these ones.
Torsten Jenkner
Torsten Jenkner schrieb in Nachricht <7an32r$35r$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>with modern harddrives it is impossible to low-level format them. If you do
>so, you would destroy the drive completely. The question is what problems
>you have exactly. Are there any problems on hardware? Are there any tracks
>unreadable and/or not writeable? give us more information.
>
>Torsten Jenkner
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From: 5texasgs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Unable to mount CD(SB32/CD820E)-Help!
Date: Sat, 20 Feb 1999 08:19:35 -0600
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Config:
RH5.1; Kernal 2.0.34; SoundBlaster CD820E piggybacked(slave)
with HD(master) on same ide port; 486/33 Intel.
Install:
During INSTALL, autoprobe fails to identify my CD,
so I first boot DOS6 (with drivers) and then
successfully install RH5.1 from CD.
Problem:
mount /dev/cdrom -t iso9660 /mnt/cdrom
gives "/dev/cdrom is not a valid block device".
In fact, I can't even open CD player to insert
a CD (works fine if boot from DOS).
Other vital stats:
/proc/devices includes...
Block Devices
1 ramdisk
2 fd
3 ide0
9 md
/proc/filesystems...
ext2
msdos
nodev proc
/etc/fstab includes...
/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,ro 0 0
ANY HELP WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: just making sure (diff between cua2 ttyS2)
Date: Sat, 20 Feb 1999 14:16:11 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Clive DaSilva) wrote:
> hi
>
> ;))) go to options and options.demand in /etc and change /dev/cua2 to
> /dev/ttys2
>
> :)
Hmm, i will do that! thank you!
-Gaiko
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> >Hi, i run linux slackware and recently upgraded (well backed up formated
> >reinstalled restored ;> ) to slackware 3.6.0 and it all went smoothly. but
> >when i setup ppp and then tried the ppp-go script it gave me this:
> >
> >tty_io.c: process 109 (pppd) used obsolete /dev/cua2 - update software to use
> >/dev/ttyS2
> >tty_io.c: process 109 (pppd) used obsolete /dev/cua2 - update software to use
> >/dev/ttyS2
> >tty_io.c: process 112 (pppd) used obsolete /dev/cua2 - update software to use
> >/dev/ttyS2
> >tty_io.c: process 115 (pppd) used obsolete /dev/cua2 - update software to use
> >/dev/ttyS2
> >tty_io.c: process 118 (pppd) used obsolete /dev/cua2 - update software to use
> >/dev/ttyS2
> >
> >now i just went to the /dev/ dir and mv'd /dev/modem -> /dev/modem.bak and
> >made a sym lnk modem file linked to /dev/ttyS2 and everything *seems* to be
> >working ok... my question is: IS this fix too half ass? I have had fixes in
> >the past that really <so i have been told> shouldn't have worked.
> >
> >Last question: wht is the diff between cua and tty ? they seem to be the
same
> >but the computer seems to think otherwise.
> >
> >
> >thank you,
> >
> >
> > -Gaiko
> >
> >
> >Gaikokujin Kyofusho
> >Student Extraordinare & UN*X Guru Wannbe
> >[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> >-----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==----------
> >http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own
>
> Clive DaSilva CMA
> Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Homepage: http://www.Geocities.com/Broadway/2207
>
Gaikokujin Kyofusho
Student Extraordinare & UN*X Guru Wannbe
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Bob Stickel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: PCI modems in linux?
Date: Sat, 20 Feb 1999 09:26:34 -0500
I have purchased Aopen PCI 56k modems that are either PNP or manual jumper
settings but are not Winmodems...they're inexpensive and they work fine..
Bob
=====================
Eugene wrote in message ...
>AFAIK all PCI modems are winmodems
>
>Doug wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>>Can a PCI modem be used in linux? If so how? Something called a modem
>>enumerator is installed in windows along with the modem itself and i
>>dont know what that is. Its creative modmeblaster DI5630 v.90. Its
>>being used as PnP right now but there are jumpers on it I dont have the
>>manual so im trying to find out if com and irq can be hard set..
>>Thanks for any help and please email me a response if possible at
>>ratchet at tir dot com
>>Doug
>>
>
>
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From: "Frank Sexton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.admin.networking,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.video,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.misc
Subject: Re: _Good_ (support 5+ systems) Monitor/Mouse/Keyboard switch for pc...
Date: 20 Feb 1999 06:32:02 PST
Try http://www.raritan.com/
They specialize in these switches. But be warned... even a two machine
switch box including cables will cost about $700! I use 'em at work.
They're great.
-Frank
Man <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:01be5c9f$40870ae0$240b5e18@workstation...
>I currently have a two-computer vga/serial/kb switch that is made by PC
>Concepts that I purchased from Fry's Electronics for ~$35. Now, I am
>looking to add another computer and would still like to have control over
>all three boxen from my single monitor, mouse, and keyboard. Could anyone
>suggest a better one than the one I have now, possibly one that just just
>push a soft button instead of turning a large (0.5") switch for each
>computer...
>
>Thankx in advance to anyone who can help =)
>
>p.s. - I didn't know which NG was the exact one approprate to post to, so I
>posted to all the ones I thought could help, considering I use a Linux box
>and an NT box (workstation)...
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: How to low-level format a harddrive
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1999 17:19:23 GMT
In article <7annv1$83a$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Allen) wrote:
> I don't know how it is formatted, but if it is high-level
> formatted with anything that win95 can read, then Sprinrite 5.0 by
> Gibson reasearch can accomplish anything that you can do by a
> low-level format, and save your data too. That is a fairly drastic
> sted to low-level format an IDE drive, and not a casual thing to do to
> a SCSI on either. "Are you Sure? Y/N" <g> If it really needs this,
> then you probably really need a new hard drive anyway... :-((
>
> On Thu, 18 Feb 1999 15:37:54 -0500, "A.G." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >Hi all:
> >
> >I suspect I have problems with my harddrive. Can somebody advise about the
> >subj?
> >
> >Thanx for any input,
> >Arcady
> >
> >
>
> Allen
>
> (email addy; user ID portion has a numeral one in place of word
> onespoiler, and of course, delete the bogus secondary domain of nospam.)
> fight spam everywhere!!!
>
> The irony is that Bill Gates claims to making a
> stable operating system and
> Linus Torvalds claims to be trying to take over the world.
>
> Linux; The Official OS of the New Millennium
>
> http://www.linuxlink.com
>
I've used a dos utility called maxllf.exe to low level format in the past
with good results, you'll need to back up your data first, but it works if
you want a clean start, if on the other hand you have bad sectors or
something, get a new hardrive......... save yourself the grief
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Strange)
Subject: Re: LinkSys EtherFast 10/100tx & Linux 2.2
Date: 21 Feb 1999 16:41:12 GMT
You could look here
http://www.linksys.com/support/solution/nos/linux.htm
http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/dirvers has tulip.c 0.90f
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From: Laurent Bacha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ps2 mouse prob
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1999 17:51:03 +0100
I had the same problem. As stranger as it may appear, my solution was as follow:
instead of using /dev/mouse in my XF86Config (section mouse ; /dev/mouse is the
link to
/dev/psaux), I just put /dev/psaux ! And it works fine... Strange isn't it ?
Laurent Bacha
Gareth Lloyd a �crit :
> new to linux, just installed it and seems fine, but my mouse doesn't work in
> x-windows.. it goes to the upper right hand corner and jumps all over the
> place when i try to use it. i have a microsoft ps2 mouse, no rollerball. i
> tried all the ps2 configs in the mouse config utility. any help would be
> greatly appreciated.
>
> btw, i've looked everywhere i can find, dejanews, howto's etc. i haven't
> seen an answer to this exact problem
>
> thanks in advance.
>
> Gareth Lloyd
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