Linux-Hardware Digest #512, Volume #9 Sat, 27 Feb 99 05:13:34 EST
Contents:
Is AVA1505 I supported by Linux ? (pigli)
Compaq P50 HEADACHE!!! ("Igor Raznatovic")
Linux on SPARCstation 10.
Re: SB16 Vibra... ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
CS4232 sound problems. ("Austin Skyles")
zip drive question.. (Steve)
Re: ATI All-in-Wonder Pro setup woes ("Jeraimee")
Portable Linux?? ("Falky")
Re: Linux on Emachine? ([EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul E Larson))
Re: Ethernet chip set (John)
i686 (Pierre Scotney)
Re: Using linux and win95 on same box ("Tom Emerson")
Re: Does Cyrix support linux (rob)
Re: Small pump for liquid cooling... (Gary Momarison)
Re: Scanner help (Gary Momarison)
Where can I buy Tyan Tomcat IV? (L/R)
Mainboard Monitoring (Patrick Bertholon)
Re: Does Cyrix support linux (Gary Momarison)
Re: Elite Linux machines (was Re: Is there a FAQ concerning the (Ian Tester)
LUG in Brisbane. Australia? (Guy)
I`ve problems with a realtek 8139 ("A Neef")
Linux laptop and external hard drive: what problems would come up?
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
[summary] RedHat and HP NetServer LH3 (Igor Sobrado Delgado)
Trust 3D Sound Expert on Linux ("Steven King")
Re: Windows & Linux File Transfer ? (Mats Berndtson)
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From: pigli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Is AVA1505 I supported by Linux ?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 11:32:32 GMT
Does anybody know if the AVA 1505I card is suppoerted by the Linux
kernel (I cheked the Linux SCSI list,and the external version is
supporte, via the AHA 152x driver, but found no reference to the
internal one; is there any difference between the two).
Thank you very much,
Mircea
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From: "Igor Raznatovic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: ahn.tech.linux,alt.os.linux,de.comp.os.unix.linux.misc
Subject: Compaq P50 HEADACHE!!!
Date: Sat, 27 Feb 1999 00:07:44 -0600
I am trying to set up my monitor for several days, but I guess i didn't try
good enough BECAUSE ALL I GET IS A HEADACHE!!!
Compaq P50
=========================
Bandwith: 108
Horizontal: 30-69
Vertical: 47.5-125
I tried entering these values in xf86config, XF86Setup and Xconfigurator,
but all I got was a blank screen or at most 640x480. I tried the predifined
standard monitors and the best I could get was 800x600 @ 56 and 1024x768 @
87 interlaced. I messed with XF86Config file, read HOWTO's and browsed
hungreds of pages on internet. NOTHING!
>>>>>>>>>> I just ask for monitor lines in XF86Config<<<<<<<<<<<<<
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ()
Subject: Linux on SPARCstation 10.
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 21:33:34 GMT
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.
If anybody has any pointers regarding this, let me know.
--
Michael Chisari
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: Re: SB16 Vibra...
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sat, 27 Feb 1999 06:29:25 GMT
According to Led <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> My sound card is a SB16 Vibra(etc.) but, It seems that it's configured
> half...
I have one of the SB16 Vibras (there are probably several versions)
that seems to work just fine in my linux box. I had to do some hand
tweaking, but eventually I got it to work. Here are my config files:
--- /etc/isapnp.conf ---
(READPORT 0x0203)
(ISOLATE PRESERVE)
(IDENTIFY *)
(CONFIGURE CTL00f0/-1 # ANSI string -->Audio<--
(LD 0
(INT 0 (IRQ 5 (MODE +E)))
(DMA 0 (CHANNEL 1))
#(DMA 1 (CHANNEL 3))
(IO 0 (BASE 0x0220))
(IO 1 (BASE 0x0330))
(IO 2 (BASE 0x0388))
(ACT Y)
))
(CONFIGURE CTL00f0/-1 # ANSI string -->Game<--
(LD 1
(IO 0 (BASE 0x0201))
(ACT Y)
))
(WAITFORKEY)
--- /etc/conf.modules ---
alias sound sb
alias midi opl3
options opl3 io=0x388
options sb io=0x220 irq=5 dma=1 mpu_io=0x330
--- snip ---
Best o' luck!
-p.
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From: "Austin Skyles" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: CS4232 sound problems.
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 13:55:46 -0700
After upgrading to the new kernel 2.2.2 my sound has been vastly
reconfigured due to the new sound stuff in 2.2, and I get a horrible popping
sound when ever the sound device is opened. So at the beginning of every MP3
or other sound i get a SNAP! Does any body have a possible work around or
patch?
Austin Skyles
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve)
Subject: zip drive question..
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 21:22:19 GMT
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
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From: "Jeraimee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: ATI All-in-Wonder Pro setup woes
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 09:35:14 -0500
or 3.3.3 duh....
Jeraimee
Jeraimee wrote in message ...
>I have the EXACT same card...
>
>runs GREAT under Red Hat 5.2 - I tried RH 5.0 and .1 and neither picked up
>the card correctly.
>
>The newest version of X is 3.3.1 ( www.xfree86.org )
>
>Upgrade and you'll be fine...
>Mach64 X server running @ 1024x768 32bpp
>
>Jeraimee
>
>Richard G Norman wrote in message <7b1p0n$mqk$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>>I am a newbie to Linux and am finding it impossible to setup my hardware
>for
>>X. Can anyone help, please?
>>
>>I use an ATI All-in-Wonder Pro card with 8MB which runs fine under Windows
>>NT at 1024*768 on my Dell monitor at a refresh frequency of 75Hz. NT
>reports
>>the chip type as ATI 3D RAGE PRO PCI (GT-C2U2) and the DAC as an ATI
>>Internal DAC with BIOS information of 113-41503-101.
>>
>>No matter what settings I select in xf86config and Xconfigurator in RedHat
>>5.1, when I start the X server the monitor reports that the signal is out
>of
>>scan range. I have even tried the standard VGA and SVGA modes with the
same
>>results.
>>
>>Does anyone have any ideas about how I can get this combination to work,
>>please?
>>
>>Thanks in advance.
>>
>>Richard Norman
>>e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>
>>
>
>
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From: "Falky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Portable Linux??
Date: 24 Feb 1999 16:26:23 GMT
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?
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From: whistler<blahblah>@twcny.rr.com (Paul E Larson)
Subject: Re: Linux on Emachine?
Date: Sat, 27 Feb 1999 07:03:36 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (chris
torlinsky) wrote:
>
> Has anyone had any good results with
> the cheap-o eMachine systems? the "eTowers"
> Any problems with any particular problem?
> All the boxes are based on varios chips like
> Cyrix, Amd and intel (celeron)...
>
> I'm thinking about getting one of them as a cheap ass
> server running Linux.
>
For a cheapo server.... no good.. just not built well. We have 4 at work
running 24/7 as call in boxes for the last 3 weeks. I have no idea how long
they will last, but one has a power supply fan problem that is getting worse.
If you want a inexpensive box for a server try -
http://necxdirect.necx.com/cgi-bin/auth/oclist_q?nonce=guest
and look at the Compaq PPro's that they are selling, specifically the one with
32mb. It is a better box compared to the eMachine and only marginally more
expensive. Would they be good for a first time computer user who wants
something for email and a little surfing, sure, but not as a server.
Paul
Get rid of the blahs to email me :}
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From: John <{news}@i-zone.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Ethernet chip set
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 07:26:40 +0000
Reply-To: John <{news-reply}@i-zone.demon.co.uk>
In article <7b1skh$coj$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Olav Tanberg
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>
>I'm trying to set up an old, rather peculiar 486-33 machine (as a print
>server), and I'm trying to figure out if the ethernet network card (build
>in) on the motherboard is supported.
>
>The numbers on the main chip is WD90C31A. Anyone know what this is?
>
>I thing the machine is built by Intel, and used by Reuters (financial
>information provider).
>
>Any hints appreciated!
>
>
>Olav Tanberg
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
Hello Olav
On my machine, (486 sx 25 ALR) this chip is on the (onboard) video. It
is recognised as a Paradise (512k) video by Xfree86... I doubt it's part
of the built in card
John
Reply-to is broken. Please use news-reply (at) i-zone
dot demon dot co dot uk if you wish to reply via email.
You have spammers to thank for this. Sorry.
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From: Pierre Scotney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: i686
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 09:49:29 -0800
Hi!
Would there be much improvement in overall system performance if I was
to completely recompile a Linux set-up (kernel, X, et al.) with the i686
flag on a new PII-450?
Regards
Pierre.
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Dr Pierre Scotney
St. Vincent's Institute of Medical Research
University of Melbourne
Australia
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From: "Tom Emerson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Using linux and win95 on same box
Date: 25 Feb 1999 22:32:53 GMT
Other than the fact they went belly-up, I have had success booting from
Syquest "Syjet" drives (1.5gig) so long as you can boot from the device
(you'll have better luck with SCSI for this), you should be able to do
this. Note that with these systems, the "boot" device, although
technically removable, probably cannot be removed "in practice", so a
shutdown-to-halt is required to change OS's (only a tad worse than
shutdown-to-reboot)
The other alternative(s) are:
standard LILO multi-boot; LILO comes as a part of Linux, and can be used
to select and boot multiple OS's, and in the case of OS/2 and Linux, they
can reside on drives other than C: (/dev/hdc)
commercial multi-boot products: system commander and IBM's boot manager;
boot manager comes with OS/2 and the (older) partitiion magic (up to
version 3, I believe); pmagic 4 has a new boot loader that doesn't take up
a partition like boot manager does [not sure if system commander takes a
partition or not -- I think I've heard that it doesn't, but don't quote me]
Paul Sian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in article
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> Here's a question:
> I am in the process of building a box mainly for linux. Now if I wanted
to
> use win95/98 every now and then would it be feasible to use some sort of
> removable drive (like 2GB Jaz drive) as the main drive and just simply
> swap out the disks?
> One disk with linux and the other with win95/98?
> Anything special I would have to do?
> Thanks
>
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From: rob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Does Cyrix support linux
Date: Sat, 27 Feb 1999 01:57:42 -0700
I ran linux on a pr233+mmx for a while without any problems.
rob.
Kishore wrote:
> Hi Folks,
> I fear,
>
> And Is it easy to load on Cyrix does it have any problems?
> Thanks for the input.
> -Kishore
>
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> http://www.searchlinux.com
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From: Gary Momarison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Small pump for liquid cooling...
Date: 27 Feb 1999 00:16:02 -0800
douglas shawhan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I am scouting around for a small dc pump for a liquid-cooled cpu project.
> The water jacket and radiator are trivial to build... but most fishtank
> pumps are too big and don't like to have their speed varied.. 8-/
>
> Any sources? My linux box begs for this useless add-on!
There's a couple water-cooling sites that might have info on that at
http://www.aa.net/~swear/pedia/cooling.html
You might investigate the water pumps for those fountain-in-a-bowl gizmos
that I've seen in many stores. They are just for decoration and to make
nice gurgling sounds. My pump is about 1.5 cubic inches.
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From: Gary Momarison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Scanner help
Date: 27 Feb 1999 00:18:26 -0800
John Garrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I have a scanner from back in my windows days and never configured it
> for linux. Can I use a SCSI Module to access my scanner? I really
> don't want to have to re-compile the kernel, but need access to my
> scanner again. I tried insmod and modprobe-ing the 'sg.o' 'scsi_debug'
> modules but 'scanimage --list-devices' doesn't show up my scanner. I
> added a modprobe of those modules to my init script and it found a
> nonexistent device everywhere possible and I still couldn't access my
> scanner. I read that if it finds devices in every slot then you have to
> reconfigure the jumpers on your scsi card. Is this true? I don't know
> if I even still have the manual to my scanner/scsi card. The scanner
> used TWAIN if that makes any difference.
There are some links to scanning resources at
http://www.aa.net/~swear/pedia/scanning.html
Start with the SANE home page. It supports most SCSI scanners.
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From: L/R <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Where can I buy Tyan Tomcat IV?
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 01:31:30 +0100
I need to buy Tyan Tomcat IV MB but in Europe isn't still available.
Can you help me?
Thanks
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From: Patrick Bertholon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Mainboard Monitoring
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 01:51:35 +0100
Hello,
I have an Asus P5A-B Motherboard, on which you can monitor the CPU
temperature, some voltages, and the fan rotation speed.
I think that the chip which does this is a lm75.
Does anyone know where to find a program to get and to display such
informations, under windowmaker if possible.
Thank you,
Pat
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From: Gary Momarison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Does Cyrix support linux
Date: 27 Feb 1999 00:26:48 -0800
Kishore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi Folks,
> I fear,
>
>
> And Is it easy to load on Cyrix does it have any problems?
> Thanks for the input.
With a Cyrix CPU from the last year or two and a kernel newer
than about 2.0.35, no problems. Some pre-MX CPUs had some
problems. See this Cyrix HOWTO:
http://www.tux.com/~balsa/linux/cyrix
And you might want to investigate the "set6x86" package which
allows you to tinker with some of the Cyrix's special config
registers. One nice one causes the CPU to power-down to almost
nothing whenever the OS is in the "idle" mode (which is most
of the time, on most systems). Get it at MetaLab/Sunsite. (?)
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From: Ian Tester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Elite Linux machines (was Re: Is there a FAQ concerning the
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 11:21:55 +1100
On 25 Feb 1999, Tom Emerson wrote:
> Ian Tester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in article
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
[snip]
> > Ever heard of RAID?
> > I'm looking at maybe hooking up two IBM 10.1G drives in a RAID-0 array.
> As
> > long as they are on different channels, they can both be accessed at the
> > same time. I might also have to get a Promise UDMA interface since I
> > already have an IDE disk and CDROM. About AUS$800 for 20.2G (18.8GB :)
> > capable of probably over 20MB/s!
>
> Save your money on the "promise" -- per reports here and on
> REC.VIDEO.DESKTOP (where the Fastrack is in high demand), there "is not now
> nor will there ever be" linux support for the fastrack (as in, "support
> FROM promise" -- I guess you can say they've promised not to support it)
> Specs are closed, and as you mentioned, linux can already do this "in the
> kernel".
Yes, I have heard of the FasTrak, rec.video.desktop, and Promise's
non-support of Linux. But, No, I wasn't referring to the FastTrak. It was
looking really good until I saw posts here in the Linux groups and r.v.d
- I was about to get one! (Apprently most of the 'RAID' is done in the
drivers anyway).
Promise do make other UDMA controllers and that was what I was referring
to. They make a simple PCI UDMA controller with two UDMA/EIDE channels
that is supposedly supported by the Linux Kernel.
> Another alternative is a company called "Medea" -- they make dedicated
> hardware raid-0/5 (?) devices that contain from 2 to 4 (or 5, I guess)
> drives, but since all the "raid" stuff is done at the drive, it looks like
> one very BIG very FAST drive (anyone for a 65gig drive with a sustained
> transfer rate of 36mb/second?)
I think I might have seen this. A while ago I was looking around at
"SCSI-to-IDE" controllers i.e put some cheap-ass UDMA drives into one of
these enclosures and they 'appear' as a single large SCSI drive. But they
cost several thousand US$ (US$3000 => almost AUS$5000 - several times
what I wanted to spend on the drives!) and seem to be geared more towards
storage space (i.e 9 large disks for several hundred gigs!) and
reliablility (RAID-5).
I just want a relatively small but fast RAID-0 array. So two 10.G IBM
DeskStar harddisks + a promise dual UDMA/EIDE controller card + Linux md
driver looks pretty good.
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From: Guy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: LUG in Brisbane. Australia?
Date: 26 Feb 1999 17:15:18 +1000
I need to attend a LINUX USER GROUP (LUG) in Brisbane
Australia because I am starting to seriously learn LINUX.
I have installed it on one of the computer.
I need some specific questions to be answered.
I searched WWW, there is NO.. LUG in Brisbane.
I have checked:
http://www.redhat.com/ - LUG List
-> result nothing in Brisbane
http://www.linuxmall.com/LinuxUserGroup.html k- LUGs
-> result nothing in Brisbane
http://www.nllgg.nl/lugww/ - LUG List Overview
-> result nothing in Brisbane but there is a LUG in Toowoomba
http://basiclinux.hypermart.net/lugs/lugs.html - Linux User Groups Around
the World
-> result HAMBUG. But HAMBUG is clearly dedicated to UNIX.
Please if you know of a LUG in Brisbane or are prepared to share some
LINUX information, please let me know.
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From: "A Neef" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: I`ve problems with a realtek 8139
Date: Sat, 27 Feb 1999 10:29:09 +0100
Please help me,
i use an intel pentium board, an adaptec 2940UW PCI-controller and a
compu-shack pci-nic with realtek 8139 chip, Suse linux 5.1 with kernel
2.0.32. With the transfer of a few megabytes everything works well. But when
I copy more than 10 megabytes, my network hangs until reboot of my linux
server.
What's wrong with my system?
Please answer me, Andreas, Germany.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.portable,comp.os.linux.installation
Subject: Linux laptop and external hard drive: what problems would come up?
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 07:29:50 GMT
Hi! I am going to be buying a laptop soon and want to dual-partition it for
Windows and Unix (would consider MacOS and Unix as well, of course!) The
extra complication is: I may be doing some projects on the Linux side which
will need more than the 2G or so that Linux will get. Therefore, I also want
to have an external HD which I can hook up to, via Linux, with minimum fuss.
So I have some questions re the laptop itself, and some re the hard disk.
Laptop questions first --
(1) (very important!) there any laptops I should especially AVOID for linux?
Rumor is that laptops are a little fussier than desktops when it comes to this
stuff. I might also want to upgrade the RAM or the processor in the future.
(2) Can I get any higher performance out of a Celeron or Cyrix as opposed to
PII or K6? Let's suppose I am not so interested in high-speed video, 3D
graphics, etc.
Hard drive questions --
(1) Fundamentally, how hard is this to do? How much slower will this
arrangement be than using a desktop with an internal hard drive?
(2) What kind of connector do I want to use -- SCSI, IDE, firewire, USB, ... ?
Lastly, should I consider BSD instead of Linux?
Much thanks,
John
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From: Igor Sobrado Delgado <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,comp.sys.hp.hardware,comp.sys.hp.misc
Subject: [summary] RedHat and HP NetServer LH3
Date: 27 Feb 1999 09:34:02 GMT
This is the summary for the post I wrote some weeks ago. Thanks, again,
to all the people help us. I know some of this information is useful
and it is a good idea to post this summary.
Mathias Sodergren sent us some interesting comments: As you may or
may not know, HP does actually support linux on the LPr server.
This box uses the same DAC (symbios logic ...) as the LH3 so it
should be possible.
[of course, it was possible! Thanks Mathias. All the information we
needed was that Symbios Logic 53C895 is supported as an NCR53xx and
as a MegaRAID controller]
Gerard Dijkstra sent us more information: I've installed Redhat 5.2
without problems on a LH3 but without using the Netraid. I know that
there is a beta Netraid driver for Redhat and I also want to try it.
This driver should work fine if you use the Netraid for data but I'm
not sure how it behaves if you try to boot from it.
[Actually we are not sure, but it is possible to boot from a hard
disk drive installed directly on the SCSI controller and, after
that, use the RAID controller for data mounting the filesystems]
Andy Tubor and Hugh M. Smallwood sent us a really detailed guide
to install RAID levels 0,1,4 and 5 under RedHat but this option
is supported at OS level, not hardware level. They said:
If you are trying to do raid at the hardware level I am afraid I
can't help you. I was in the same boat we have a netserver lh3
w 4 18G drives and I needed to run raid5 for the mail portion of
the os this is what we did disabled the netraid controler in the
bios installed linux on a small partition of the first drive
with red hat 5.2 there is raid 0 1 4 5 support in the os
easiest way to get documentation on it is to do a find from root
on raid
cd /
find * | grep raid
there is tons of documentation but not all of it is very clear
first you have to configure the kernel to support md devices
go to /usr/src/linux (i think) and type
make config
when you got to CONFIGURE_DEV_BLK_MD (again I think Just look for
the 0last letters MD) answer y thne it will ask you for the different
levels of raid support you will need to recompile the kernel and
modules (if you don't know how to do that Email me back I have
documentation on it somewhere) once you have booted off the new kernel
image you are ready to start configuring raid setup your disk
partitions edit the /etc//raidtab file (there are examples of the
propper settings for the raidtab file in one of the directories)
read the man pages for raidrun, mkraid, and raidadd these executables
replace mdadd mdrun....(the mdtools) format it and mount it
[I hope Linux supports more RAID levels on hardware with some driver
in future. I am sure it will arrive to Linux world on some months]
Danny Low sent us a _really important_ note. RedHat 5.2 has the
MegaRAID driver bundled with it (it is needed for the LH3 RAID
controller). We cannot use RAID as boot device as is, but we can
make the RAID the boot device with some work.
I hope this helps some people on the net,
Igor.
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Igor Sobrado Delgado (SysOp at condmat03) Physics undergrad student
E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Oviedo
Asturias (SPAIN)
System Manager of the Theoretical and Condensed Matter Physics Clusters
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From: "Steven King" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Trust 3D Sound Expert on Linux
Date: Sat, 27 Feb 1999 09:35:20 -0000
Reply-To: "Steven King" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Hi,
Could someone give me some advice on how to set up a sound card, I'm a
Linux newbie, but not to computers, so don't be afraid to use any tachnical
terms. Please make it foolproof as I don't have much experience of Linux at
all.
Thanks in advance
Steven
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Steven King
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
South Northants,
England.
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From: Mats Berndtson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.linux,comp.os.linux.questions,linux.redhat
Subject: Re: Windows & Linux File Transfer ?
Date: Sat, 27 Feb 1999 10:39:19 +0100
"Burkard B. Kreidler" wrote:
> Are long file names on _Floppy_ Disks possible under windoze at all?
Yes, of course it is!
/mats
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