Linux-Hardware Digest #502, Volume #9 Fri, 26 Feb 99 00:13:35 EST
Contents:
Re: zip drive question.. (Kyle Dansie)
Re: RAID solutions for Linux... (Eric Lee Green)
Re: Linux on SPARCstation 10. (Frank Sweetser)
Re: Portable Linux?? (Kyle Dansie)
Re: USB Microsoft Natural Keyboard (Kyle Dansie)
Soundblaster Pro clone and kernel 2.2.1 (Anatol Quabach)
Re: Overclocking (was: Re: K6-2 and Linux, Are there any Bug?) (Frank Hale)
Re: Linux & SPARC (James McBoyle - Sun Ireland - SunSoft ELC [Student])
Re: settle a CPU debate (Eric Lee Green)
Re: Midi with SB AWE64 ISA ? (Daniele Bernardini)
Parport Iomega Zip with imm module, kernel 2.2.1 (Anatol Quabach)
X Windows 320-480 resolution problem (Jeff Javits)
Modem connection ("Ivo Mendon�a")
Re: Booting without a keyboard (Phil Snowdon)
Re: Why am I unable to run X in 800x600 or higher res? (Linux Newbie) (chris cross)
Re: Lexmark 1100 Color Jetprinter & Redhat 5.1 (Mark Bratcher)
Printtool doesn't see /dev/lp1 (Mark Bratcher)
Re: BIG TEST PENTIUM 3 ("james collins")
Re: Can Linux use 36-bit Xeon addressing? (mike burrell)
Eicon Diva pro and linux ("Ludovic Paumier")
HDD errors: RH5.2/Maxtor Drive/Tyan S1590S/AMD K6-2 (Prentice Bisbal)
RAID solutions for Linux... (Bill Dossett)
ATX Power Off problem (star)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 19:23:34 -0700
From: Kyle Dansie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: zip drive question..
Steve wrote:
>
> OK, this is for you Linux gurus out there..
>
> I am using one of the original IDE ATA zip drives in my computer.
>
> Linux recognizes it as a hard drive (in my case hdd).
>
> The drive, as far as i can tell, is indeed working under Linux.
> However! Here is my question (or rather my problem)...
>
> How can I make the drive read and write the various types of file
> systems, more specifically msdos and ext2 formats on the zip disks?
>
> When I stick a regular msdos formatted disk in the zip drive, it will
> mount and run fine, although I am limited to the 8.3 filename
> limitation. If I stick an ext2 formatted zip disk in the drive, the
> computer upchucks and won't mount the disk, saying that is cannot see
> an msdos "superblock" or some such wording.
>
> Now I am almost certain this has to do with setting up the fstab file
> properly, and right now I have it set up as default for the file
> system type. I have tried changing it to the various options including
> ext2 but it seems to be hung on only wanting to see a dos formatted
> disk.
>
> If I may also say this, there was one point in time not long ago that
> I was able to copy unix type filenames onto a dos formatted disk, and
> it did work! But I don't know how I did it or why it worked then.
>
> Can anyone out there advise me on any suggestions for editing the
> fstab file to make the drive accept at least these two type of file
> systems reliably? If you think it's not an fstab issue then any
> thoughts?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Steve
First you need to have vfat compiled into the kernel. You need vfat for
the long file names to work. msdos type gets you 8.3. Then modify your
fstab.
There are lots of different ways to do this, but this is what mine
looks like
==================================================================
/dev/hdb3 / ext2 defaults 1
1
/dev/hdb2 swap swap defaults 0
0
/dev/hdc /cdrom iso9660 ro,noauto,user
0 0
none /proc proc defaults 0
0
# End of YaST-generated fstab lines
/dev/sda1 /zip ext2 noauto,rw,user,nosuid,sync
/dev/sda4 /zipdos vfat noauto,rw,user,nosuid,sync,mode=0777
=======================================================================
Now you can mount a windows type disk with
mount /zipdos
Notice the numbers used on /dev/sda as in 1 or 4. Iomega disks come
with number 4.
I just allways fdisk my ext2 disks using number 1. What number you use
is personal choice, just be consistant with the numbers.
Cheers,
Kyle Dansie
--
========================================================
Linux Rules Iomega Zip Drive Mini - HOWTO
-
http://njtcom.com/dansie/zip-drive.html
or
http://metalab.unc.edu/mdw/HOWTO/mini/ZIP-Drive.html
========================================================
------------------------------
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eric Lee Green)
Subject: Re: RAID solutions for Linux...
Date: 26 Feb 1999 02:21:30 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, 25 Feb 1999 12:32:16 +0000, Bill Dossett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Can anyone recommend any hardware RAID solutoins
>for Linux... DPT, Adaptec? Mylex... do any of these
>have Linux drivers? Any pointers/urls would be much
I like the ICP-Vortex GDT line (http://www.icp-vortex.com). Every one of
their cards works with Linux, with drivers that they themselves wrote and
that have been in the kernel since Linux 1.3 days. Plus their RAID utilities
run natively under Linux -- they even have separate libc5 and libc6 versions
(same utility compiled against different libraries). They go all the way
from a simple 1-channel controller to 5-channel Ultra-2 and 2-channel
Fibre Channel (2-channel Fibre-Channel is actually more bandwidth than the
5-channel Ultra-2).
>appreciated. Also, is is there any any type of
>clustering available with Linux, Red Hat in particular.
For Internet clustering (e.g. web servers), use "rsync" to sync your server
farm off of your "master" server and then use a rotating DNS entry to
rotate access between the various machines in the farm. For scientific
applications, "Beowulf" clustering (PVM/MPM) works quite well. There are not
yet general purpose clustering solutions for Linux similar to what
DEC's VMS OS had back in 1984.
--
Eric Lee Green [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux-hw.com/~eric
"I don't mind Microsoft making money. I mind them having a bad
operating system." -- Linus
------------------------------
From: Frank Sweetser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux on SPARCstation 10.
Date: 25 Feb 1999 20:21:57 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] () writes:
> I have a Sun SPARCstation 10 dual-processor that I bought from ebay, and
> it came with a *really* bare installation of Solaris 7. Now, since I don't
> have a license to the operating system, to reinstall I'd have to pay however
> much it is for a Solaris 7 license. What I'm wondering is if I can put
> SPARC Linux on it instead. Especially because this is a *really* powerful
> machine, and I'd hate to waste any of it's speed on Slowlaris. :)
>
> Can I install Linux via FTP or NFS? Preferrably Redhat Linux? I don't
> have a cd-rom drive on the sparc-station, so I'd have to install it via
> a network.
yes.
> If anybody has any pointers regarding this, let me know.
http://www.redhat.com/
--
Frank Sweetser rasmusin at wpi.edu fsweetser at blee.net | PGP key available
paramount.ind.wpi.edu RedHat 5.2 kernel 2.2.1 i586 | at public servers
echo "ICK, NOTHING WORKED!!! You may have to diddle the includes.";;
-- Larry Wall in Configure from the perl distribution
------------------------------
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 19:34:18 -0700
From: Kyle Dansie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Portable Linux??
Falky wrote:
>
> I would like to put Linux on my laptop but I have heard that it doesn't run
> so well on a portable. Is this true? Can Linux be run on a laptop, and if
> so what kind of problems should I expect if trying to install it on high
> quality, but relatively no-name computer?
>
> --
>
> Remove the 'nospam' to reply:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have Linux working on a Toshiba 4000CDS and it works great. You can
buy these from the mail order houses for about $1200. or less now. Check
out
http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/linux-laptop/
Later,
Kyle
--
========================================================
Linux Rules Iomega Zip Drive Mini - HOWTO
-
http://njtcom.com/dansie/zip-drive.html
or
http://metalab.unc.edu/mdw/HOWTO/mini/ZIP-Drive.html
========================================================
------------------------------
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 19:38:55 -0700
From: Kyle Dansie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: USB Microsoft Natural Keyboard
Jeraimee wrote:
>
> What? Where? Give a link oh USB-King...
>
> :)
>
> Jeraimee
>
> Inaky Perez Gonzalez wrote in message ...
> >
> >>USB is not yet supported in Linux.
> >
> > It is ... beta, but kbds work.
> >
> >
http://peloncho.fis.ucm.es/~inaky/uusbd-www/news.html
--
========================================================
Linux Rules Iomega Zip Drive Mini - HOWTO
-
http://njtcom.com/dansie/zip-drive.html
or
http://metalab.unc.edu/mdw/HOWTO/mini/ZIP-Drive.html
========================================================
------------------------------
From: Anatol Quabach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup,linux.debian.user
Subject: Soundblaster Pro clone and kernel 2.2.1
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 21:44:31 +0100
I posted this one before and I can't believe I get no
response, so I'm giving it another try: I just upgraded my
kernel to 2.2.1, upgrading wasn't quite as
smooth as I'd expected. Now pcmcia services are up again
(hello world!), next step: sound.
There's a ESS1788 sound chip in my notebook (running Debian
hamm, kernel 2.2.1, sound compiled into the kernel), that's
the plug'n'pray version of the 1688 and a 100% Soundblaster
Pro clone. Basically, the bios does handle the
initialization alright, but it uses a shared IRQ for both
the mixer/audio and the midi device. Guess what happens ;)
I had found a workaround for the 2.0.35 kernel, I used the
Soundblaster driver for audio and a separate MPU401 driver
for midi, deactivating the MPU401 interface of the SB
driver. It used to work (don't ask me why) until I upgraded
to 2.2.1.
Any ideas how to deal with the shared IRQ under Linux? Or
did anybody make an ESS1788 work with the new kernel? Since
this chip really is 100% Soundblaster Pro compatible, I
would be interested in some comments from SB Pro users and
users having problems with shared IRQs as well, I don't
think this problem is specific.
TIA.
--
Anatol Quabach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
------------------------------
From: Frank Hale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux.slackware,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Overclocking (was: Re: K6-2 and Linux, Are there any Bug?)
Date: 26 Feb 1999 02:20:20 GMT
> you can overclock it it will run hotter and finally burn out like all chips
> that are over clocked it is a gamble
> do it aown risk
So a Pentium II at 400 mhz will last longer than a Celeron overclocked
to 400? Whats the difference? Since Celerons are made from the same core
as a PII 400 why would this suggest it will burn out quicker?
I have a Celery 300A at 450mhz w/100 FSB and I had to take precautions
for the amount of heat it generates but my system temp is pretty low
even cooler than my old pentium II 266 with all the fans and stuff I got
in my new box. I had to bump the CPU voltage to 2.3 to get Linux fully
stable but other than that why do you suggest that it will burn out
quicker than a comparable Pentium II at the same speed?
--
From: Frank Hale
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ICQ: 7205161
Website: www.franksstuff.com - my webhost has vanished mysteriously
"Knowledge only takes you so far, Determination takes you the rest of
the way"
------------------------------
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (James McBoyle - Sun Ireland - SunSoft ELC
[Student])
Subject: Re: Linux & SPARC
Date: 24 Feb 1999 13:48:54 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Braun) writes:
>In article <7at2j8$535$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Scott Statland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>wrote:
>>I was told that SPARC Processors will only run Solaris & Linux. Can anyone
>>tell me what version of Linux runs on a SPARC and where I can get it?
>>
>>
>
>I know that Red Hat makes a SPARC-flavored version.
>
>www.redhat.com
>
>You can buy RH at Best Buy now, but I'm not sure if that distribution includes
>the SPARC stuff or only the x86 flavor.
>
>Paul
There is also a Debian distribution being worked on, which they hope to
release with 2.1 which is coming out next month.
Have Fun
Jim
--
James McBoyle
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
...the Goddess could not spend all Her time persuading the Kings and Queens of
the world of the idiocy of war. Therefore She invented tacticians...
(Diane Duane, The Door into Shadow)
------------------------------
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eric Lee Green)
Subject: Re: settle a CPU debate
Date: 26 Feb 1999 02:25:13 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 24 Feb 1999 22:33:36 -0500, arav <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I am putting together my first Linux system. I want to use the Celeron
>300A as the CPU, but a friend said that it isn't supported. I say it
>is, because its based on the Pentium II architecture, only with 128K of
>L2 cache instead of 512K. I say "Linux doesn't care about the L2
>Cache!"
> Am i right?
At 1998 Las Vegas Comdex we displayed a 6-node Beowulf cluster with five
compute nodes and one controller node. The controller node was in a micro-ATX
chassis and had a Celeron 300A in it. We laughingly referred to it as the
world's fastest Celeron 300A.
In other words, yes the 300A works with Linux. We've sold enough of them
to know :-).
--
Eric Lee Green [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux-hw.com/~eric
"Microsoft will compete ... by adding features" -- Ed Muth, Microsoft
------------------------------
From: Daniele Bernardini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Midi with SB AWE64 ISA ?
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 13:09:36 +0100
Vardan Akopian wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> Did someone success to have midi played with SB AWE64 ISA and kernel
> 2.2.1?
> I used isapnp and I can play wav files, but not midi.
>
> Please, replay also by email.
> Thanks.
>
look in
/usr/src/linux/Documantation/sound/AWE
bye,
Daniele
--
********************************************************************
Daniele Bernardini
Sektion Theoretische Physik, LMU Muenchen
Theresienstr. 37, 80805 Muenchen DEUTSCHLAND
Tel: +49 (89) 23944378
e-mail address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
********************************************************************
------------------------------
From: Anatol Quabach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Parport Iomega Zip with imm module, kernel 2.2.1
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 21:54:33 +0100
I'm having trouble getting the imm module for the iomega zip
drive to work. A "modprobe imm" gives me a device or
ressource busy error msg. If I try a "modprobe ppa" right
afterwards, the ppa module is loaded and I can mount the zip
disk. I'd prefer using the faster imm module, though.
The scsi drivers a copiled into the kernel. Any ideas? TIA.
--
Anatol Quabach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
------------------------------
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jeff Javits)
Subject: X Windows 320-480 resolution problem
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 03:38:23 GMT
Using RedHat 5.2 with an SiS video card and XFree86 3.3.3.1, I can not
get 640x480 or 800x600 screen resolution.
Suggested solutions on the XFree86.org site (commenting out the
"virtual" line, which is already commented out) are useless.
I've found this with two different video cards. There is no question
asking me about whether I want a virtual desktop, although the
resolution is wrong anyway.
Help!
Jeff Javits
San Francisco, CA
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
------------------------------
From: "Ivo Mendon�a" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Modem connection
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 14:42:37 -0000
Hi . My connection to the internet by slip ou ppp doen�t work
when the password is being Verified the modem disconnects
I�m working whith RH5.2
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
------------------------------
From: Phil Snowdon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Booting without a keyboard
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 14:52:41 +0000
> >
> >I don't want to have to plug in a keyboard everytime the system is
> >rebooted. System keyboard entry in bios is disabled. Any Ideas?
>
> You need to change the bios defaults on your box so that
> the post does not halt on errors. If the bios setup
> does not offer such an option you are going to have to
> put a dummy in the keyboard socket.
>
All of the bios settings are set to ignore errors, not to wait on "F1"
etc.
The bios post seems quite happy, as does LILO, which loads linux off
hda1. its only after loading and before uncompressing that everything
stops. Are there any boot parameters that would be useful, or would
using an uncompressed kernel help?
Thanks
------------------------------
From: chris cross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: Why am I unable to run X in 800x600 or higher res? (Linux Newbie)
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 09:48:35 -0500
Jorge,
I'm just getting started as well and found the XF86Config file had a generic
monitor section that didn't go with my monitor specs. It took me awhile to
figure that out using "X -probeonly" and there is no substitute for reading
/usr/lib/X11/doc/VideoModes.doc .
BTW, how do you toggle video modes? README.Config says ctl-alt-keypad+ but that
doesn't work on my machine.
thanks,
chris
Jorge Padron wrote:
> My "Nanao SF-15" monitor works great at 1024x768 or 800x600 under Windows
> 95, 98 and NT 4. However, when I run RH Linux 5.2 X, I only seem to be able
> to get 640x480 which is just horrible on X or any GUI. BTW, My monitor is
> not included in the Xconfigurator list so I'm currently using the Generic
> MultiSync setting. When I switch to 800x600 or 1024x768, X freezes so I
> have to kill it with Ctrl-Alt-Backspace.
>
> My video card is a (supported) #9 GXE-64 PCI with 2MB memory, not a great
> card but it does a very good job under Windows 98, so I suspect it could
> work as well under Linux/X if I just get the damm X configuration right.
>
> I guess my question is whether the fact that I can only run 640x480 is
> because I have the wrong video card settings or is it because of I'm using
> the Generic MultiSync monitor setting instead of the "custom" setting?
>
> Thank you in advance,
>
> Jorge Padron
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> --
------------------------------
From: Mark Bratcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Lexmark 1100 Color Jetprinter & Redhat 5.1
Date: 24 Feb 1999 14:55:14 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Hi All:
>
> I've installed Redhat 5.1 on my PC. I recently purchased the Lexmark 1100
> Color Jetprinter. Judging from several postings in this and other newsgroups,
> Lexmark does not provide drivers for Linux (Fat chance!!), and Linux (RedHat,
> Debian, Suse, etc.??) does not support Lexmark printers. However, the
> printer's manual does say that it is compatible with HP Deskjet 500C drivers.
> This is listed in Redhat's printer compatibility list. So, I installed the HP
> Deskjet 500C filter. But, I am still unable to print anything. Either a blank
> page gets printed or the printer head(??) prints everything on the same spot
> (leaving a big messy blot on the paper). Is there anybody out there with more
> experience with this type of problem? Should I set something in the CMOS
> setup (Bidirectional printing??), or maybe disable PostScript printing, or
> install it as a plain, old text-only printer?
>
> Any hints would be appreciated.
>
Lexmark's home inkjets (1100, 3200, 5700) don't directly support DJ 500C
emulation. This can only be done from a DOS _window_ from within
Windows.
Unfortunately, there appears to be little motivation for Lexmark or
anyone else to delve into developing some kind of special driver under
Linux for these printers because there is little pay-back for the
effort. Each "winprinter" is potentially different and would require a
different driver.
Mark
------------------------------
From: Mark Bratcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Printtool doesn't see /dev/lp1
Date: 24 Feb 1999 15:09:31 GMT
Hi.
I have to printer ports, one at 0x3BC and one at 0x378. On Windows, they
come up as LPT1 and LPT2 respectively. On Linux (RH 5.2) I expect to see
/dev/lp0 and /dev/lp1, respectively.
/proc/ioports shows both lp's at the expected I/O addresses. I can copy
a text file to /dev/lp0 or /dev/lp1 and see results on the attached
printer.
However, when I run printtool to add a printer, it only shows /dev/lp0
as detected. It does not 'detect' /dev/lp1. Why not?
Other possible clues: lp0 is ECP, lp1 is 'standard' (SPP). Don't know if
that's the issue or not.
Any ideas why printtool doesn't detect /dev/lp1?
Please email responses... :-)
Mark
------------------------------
From: "james collins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.hardware,alt.comp.hardware.homebuilt,alt.comp.hardware.homedesigned,alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,alt.computer.hardware,comp.forsale.hardware,comp.hardware,comp.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.publish.cdrom.hardware,comp.sy
Subject: Re: BIG TEST PENTIUM 3
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 19:56:08 -0800
he and you all are all wasting my time!!! axe the site webmaster
------------------------------
From: mike burrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Can Linux use 36-bit Xeon addressing?
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 15:57:35 GMT
In comp.os.linux [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
| Intel Xeon processor + NX chipset can support up to 8GB DRAM. Is there any
| Linux support for this? If not, does anyone know if it's in the works?
AFAIK, Linux has a 4GB virtual RAM limitation at the moment. Sorry.
--
m i k e b u r r e l l
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://mikpos.dyndns.org
------------------------------
From: "Ludovic Paumier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Eicon Diva pro and linux
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 14:31:37 +0100
Hi everybody,
Has any1 configure this card under linux
Each time I've look for information on this ccard and linux the result is:
Not Diva PRO :(
Please help
Ludovic Paumier
------------------------------
From: Prentice Bisbal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: HDD errors: RH5.2/Maxtor Drive/Tyan S1590S/AMD K6-2
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 10:32:11 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I recently put together a new system for myself using a Tyan S1590S
Trinity 100AT Motherboard and AMD K6-2/350. The Hard drive is A Maxtor
DiamondMax 5.76GB Drive (Model No. 90576D4). When I try to install
RedHat 5.2, I have a significant hard drive problem.
During the install, I have an error with Disk Druid /fdisk, that I think
I can fix by using expert mode to specifiy C/H/S values to fdisk (fdisk
won't allow me to create an extended parition, even though partitions 3
and 4 are still availalbe). I don't think this problem is that
important, but I thought I'd mention it here in case it is related to my
real problem.
After the install, if I install additional RPMS (KDE for example), I get
the following errors, which I think would happen during any process
involving lots of disk I/O:
hda: write_intr: status=0x51 {DriveReady SeekComplete Error}
hda: write_intr: error=0x04 {DriveStatusError}
The action (installing rpms, etc.) will complete, usually producing this
error a few more times, and things will (appear to) work fine. When I
reboot, fsck will choke forcing me to run it manually. fsck will then
find many errrors - enough to classify my filesystem as "trashed."
Does anyone have any ideas how to fix this? I've booted up by typing
"linux hda=11166/16/63" but had the same problem. Should I select
"normal" (non-lba) mode in my BIOS?
Here are some pertinent specs for my system:
Tyan Trinity S1590S Trinity 100AT Motherboard
(has onboard dual channel PCI IDE PIO, IDE DMA and IDE UltraDMA/33)
VIA Apollo MVP3 AGP Chipset
Award BIOS, updated to v1.14 (latest) using updates from Tyan website.
AMD K6-2/350 MHz processor
64 MB 70 ns SIMMS (not using PC-100 SDRAMS - yet)
Maxtor DiamondMax (DM 2880 family) Drive (90576D4):
5.7 GB
Actual c/h/s = 11166/16/63
UDMA 33
Thanks in Advance
---
Prentice Bisbal
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Princeton Plasma Physics Lab
http://www.pppl.gov
------------------------------
From: Bill Dossett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RAID solutions for Linux...
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 12:32:16 +0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi,
Can anyone recommend any hardware RAID solutoins
for Linux... DPT, Adaptec? Mylex... do any of these
have Linux drivers? Any pointers/urls would be much
appreciated. Also, is is there any any type of
clustering available with Linux, Red Hat in particular.
Thanks
Bill
--
No soup for you!
--
public key -> http://www.bill.co.uk/pubkey.html
------------------------------
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (star)
Subject: ATX Power Off problem
Date: 26 Feb 1999 04:55:00 GMT
Hi everyone!
I have a dual-CPU motherboard with ATX power and it's been used
as a Linux server. I am using 2.0.36 kernel (the new 2.2.1 doesn't
recognize the 2 CPU's) with SMP just fine.
One big problem is that whenever we have a power loss
and when the power is back, the server doesn't power on. I have to
go right ahead to the machine and press the power button to wake it up.
I have play with the BIOS setup and it doesn't have any item
concerning this problem.
This is a big headache to me because I want it to be a 24-hour ready
server.
Is there any software or hardware solution to this problem
or should I drop this motherboard away?
------------------------------
** FOR YOUR REFERENCE **
The service address, to which questions about the list itself and requests
to be added to or deleted from it should be directed, is:
Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
You can send mail to the entire list (and comp.os.linux.hardware) via:
Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Linux may be obtained via one of these FTP sites:
ftp.funet.fi pub/Linux
tsx-11.mit.edu pub/linux
sunsite.unc.edu pub/Linux
End of Linux-Hardware Digest
******************************
