Linux-Hardware Digest #592, Volume #9 Sun, 7 Mar 99 14:13:40 EST
Contents:
Re: modutils for 2.2.2 (Joachim Feise)
Re: 230k+ serial support? (Greg Tesch)
Re: Adding a second CD-Rom drive (David Utidjian)
Re: Can Linux use 36-bit Xeon addressing? ("David A. Frantz")
Re: Need a 16 meg Video card recommendation w/RedHat 5.2 support. (GBP)
Re: Need a 16 meg Video card recommendation w/RedHat 5.2 support. (GBP)
Re: AIC-7895 in RedHat 5.2 (David Utidjian)
Re: STB Velocity 4400 / Red Hat 5.1 ("Michael W. Ryder")
Does anyone know a web site which obviously mensions about AGP video card
compatibility for Linux? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: 3COM 3c509b PROBLEMS (fwd) (Grant O'Rielly)
Re: Need a 16 meg Video card recommendation w/RedHat 5.2 support. (Frank)
Re: Panasonic printer?? (Ronald Mugamu)
Re: One Linux "system" bootable on two different machines? (Buckaroo Banzai)
Re: Is this a good modem? (Amber)
Re: PPP problem with diald ("Glen Parker")
Re: Linux killed the drive? Coincidence? (Wildman, the Cuberstalker)
Re: Dumb terminal (angelo genovese)
Re: APC Smart UPS under Linux - Setup (Maurice Janssen)
Re: PCI modems in linux? ("Bob Stickel")
Re: Hard Disk Size Problems... ("Charles Sullivan")
Re: mem=128M hangs system (David Fox)
Re: Is this a good modem? ("Charles Sullivan")
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From: Joachim Feise <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: modutils for 2.2.2
Date: Sun, 07 Mar 1999 08:04:30 -0800
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
yhauser wrote:
>
> I've installed kernel 2.2.2 successfully just for module support (marked
> ENABLE LOADABLE MODULE SUPPORT and KERNEL MODULE LOADER). My modutils
> are 2.1.85 - they run with my old kernel 2.0.33, but they fail with
> 2.2.2.
> Can anybody give me a hint?! yves
You need modutils 2.1.121. Available at
ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.1/modutils-2.1.121.tar.gz
-Joe
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Greg Tesch)
Subject: Re: 230k+ serial support?
Date: Sun, 07 Mar 1999 01:09:52 GMT
On Thu, 4 Mar 1999 18:17:38 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Holger Petersen) wrote:
>Mickey Stein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>>the baud_base # should be set to the maximum speed that the chip is capable
>>of which is ? ( maybe 460800? with luck) on a 16550?
>
>The Baud-Base is (on most mother- and daugther-boards) the value of the
>externel crystal-oszillator (mostly 1.843200 MHz) divides by 16. That's
>where those 115200 Baud maximum comes from...
>
>You can change that with a soldering-iron (and a better crystal) only
>on those Cards, that have the 1.84 Mhz crystal in place.
>
>On _some_ motherboards, you may have luck with SHS17.ZIP from
>
>http://www.yk.rim.or.jp/~gigo/over115K/index_e.html
>
>
>
>Yours, Holger
Mickey,
I have a 16750 UART which runs at 92160 and that's the setting I use.
Apparently Holger here doesn't know about the setserial program.
Greg Tesch
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From: David Utidjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Adding a second CD-Rom drive
Date: Sun, 07 Mar 1999 11:17:25 -0500
I would try swapping HDD and HDC... that is just make the other one slave and the
other one master.
Then see what dmesg gives you. Also check :
cat /proc/devices
cat /proc/interrrupts
cat /proc/ioports
What does all that tell you?
-David Utidjian-
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From: "David A. Frantz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Can Linux use 36-bit Xeon addressing?
Date: Sat, 6 Mar 1999 23:20:43 -0500
Robert Krawitz wrote in message ...
>"David A. Frantz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> I think you hit on one problem at the very least and that is if you want
to
>> get away from I386 you have only one other mass produced platform and
that
>> is Apples Mac. When dealling with software I do not think binary
>> compatablity is s big deal for Linux users. After all if you want to
run
>> something you can just recompile it.
>
>For better or for worse, the latter statement is not true, and it's
>becoming less and less true. If your goal is to run Oracle, Informix,
>DB/2, Sybase, or what have you, binary compatibility is essential.
Yes this is true in the context of shrinked wrapped applications. However
the application, as I understood it, involves largely custom code so a
recompile should not be a big thing. Even if I misunderstand the usage a
bit, the requirements for the machine seem to demand a dedicated processor
so the chance of using shrinked wrapped software on it is slim.
>
>(If people want to argue that that should not be the case -- that
>everything should be GPL'ed and Linux should provide no help to either
>authors or users of proprietary software -- that issue can be argued
>on its own merits. However, that is not the current state of affairs,
>and even as far as existing Linux distributions go, support for
>platforms other than the x86 is spotty. For example, to the best of
>my knowledge I cannot get SuSE for the Alpha.)
>
>--
>Robert Krawitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.tiac.net/users/rlk/
>
>Tall Clubs International -- http://www.tall.org/ or 1-888-IM-TALL-2
>Member of the League for Programming Freedom -- mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>"Linux doesn't dictate how I work, I dictate how Linux works."
>--Eric Crampton
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From: GBP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x,linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Need a 16 meg Video card recommendation w/RedHat 5.2 support.
Date: Sun, 07 Mar 1999 12:08:29 -0500
IO suggest one of the matrox g200 based cards.. read the review in
http://tomsharware.com
anway its on the list of cards that work.
Jazzy_one wrote:
>
> Hello,
> I am looking for a great video card with 24bit color support for RedHat
> 5.2 and XFree86-3.3.3-1. I really want a 16 meg or a 32 meg card but I want
> something supported.
> Any suggestions? What are you currently using?
> Please e-mail me back @ scobee(NOSPAM)@home.com. Just remove the nospam from
> the e-mail address.
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From: GBP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: Need a 16 meg Video card recommendation w/RedHat 5.2 support.
Date: Sun, 07 Mar 1999 12:09:37 -0500
"Chan, Siu-Kei" wrote:
>
> I agree on what you say. I will personally go for the Matrox Millennium G200
> (8MB SGRAM version).
> >___________________________
Good choice but he can get that card with more RAM now... 16 i think
maybe 32.
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From: David Utidjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: AIC-7895 in RedHat 5.2
Date: Sun, 07 Mar 1999 12:26:53 -0500
matthew.r.pavlovich.1 wrote:
> Yeah, no matter how good linux is it can't boot from a device that is a
> module that is located on a disk that is attached to the device you are
> trying to load the driver for.
>
> Don't modularize ext2 filesystem, HDD controller, etc.
>
Ummm... that is not entirely correct. Most distributions use a very generic
modularized kernel for installation and then snap in the neccessary modules for
running it on the hardware you have. RedHat 5.2 is an example. That is how they
work out of the box... otherwise they would have to have a very large number of
boot images to install at all tailored for all the possible SCSI controllers.
If you do a "box-stock" RH5.2 install on the system in question and don't
recompile the kernel you will see that when you do an lsmod you will get a
response like this....
.
.
eepro100 11456 1 (autoclean)
aic7xxx 86448 4
As you can see, I have the controller support as a module (also my ethernet
card). You may wonder how can the system boot from a SCSI disk that it can't even
see until the module for the controller is loaded. This is where "initrd-X.X.X-x"
where X.X.X is usually your kernel/module version. This file is created by
"mkinitrd" (see the man page). "initrd..." lives in /boot, there is a line in
/etc/lilo.conf looks something like this....
.
.
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.1
label=linux
root=/dev/sda1
initrd=/boot/initrd-2.2.1.img
read-only
.
.
When you run "/sbin/lilo" it will know that a set of modules will have to be
loaded.... It is kind of wierd, kinda like the chicken and egg thing .... but it
works.
The obvious advantage to this arrangement is that the distributions can make a
simple generic kernel that will run on most everything. The advantage is similar
for the end user.... if they build a new kernel and make their SCSI controller as
modular then they can use the same kernel on a system with say a Buslogic
controller. All they will have to do is edit /etc/conf.modules, do an mkinitrd,
and they will have a system that will work with a different controller. This
would not be possible if one built the kernel with support for the SCSI
controller compiled in for the Adaptec. Another advantage is it makes the kernel
smaller and easier to troubleshoot.
This is an interesting and important subject for Linux. It is why it works so
well out of the box on so many systems and why it is now rarely neccessary to
build a new kernel... just use the stock one and snap in the modules your system
needs... even as you add new hardware. If you are building kernels I suggest you
read up on it, there is plenty of documentation on your dist CDs or installed on
your system. It is the cause of much confusion... and many kernel panics...
usually because someone didn't read the docs. I have definitely had all these
problems... but you read and learn ;-)
Yes, you will need SCSI support.
Yes, you will need SCSI disk support.
Yes, you will need ext2fs support.
No you don't have to compile in support for your controller...BUT you will have
to make it modular and do the mkinitrd thing.
-David Utidjian-
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From: "Michael W. Ryder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: STB Velocity 4400 / Red Hat 5.1
Date: Sat, 06 Mar 1999 18:09:41 -0800
I am using this card (I think the RAM should be 16 Mb by the way) with
no problems. I am able to get up to 1600x1200 by 32bpp resolution. I
am using the 3.3.3.1 version of XFree86 and SVGA. I then used XF86Setup
to configure the card as a Riva TNT (the chip set for the card) and
configured the mouse, keyboard, and monitor and had everything work with
no problems.
Michael W. Ryder
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Mats Danielsson wrote:
>
> I'm trying to configure my Velocity 4400 (8Mb RAM) for Red Hat 5.1, but
> no success so far. I was recommended by STB to download drivers from
> www.d128.com, but I can't get the drivers to work. When I choose
> 'Unlisted Card' and then 'SVGA' in Xconfigurator (after replacing the
> XF86_SVGA with the downloaded version), the software can't determine the
> amount of RAM etc. Nor can I run X. I'm new in the world of Linux, so
> I'd really appreciate if anyone with the same card could give me some
> hints about how to install it. I am getting sick of the VGA16 mode...
>
> cheers
> Mats
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Does anyone know a web site which obviously mensions about AGP video card
compatibility for Linux?
Date: Sun, 07 Mar 1999 17:43:53 GMT
Does anyone know a web site which obviously mensions about
AGP video card compatibility for Linux?
I am going to buy a cheao PC.
That PC uses intel i740 8mb AGP video card.
I checked redhat.com and linux howto.com,but I found
no mentionings about AGP cards.
Some people on #Linux on some IRC server kindly told me that
some AGP are supported,and some are not.
and they told me that they turned off the AGP feture in
order to use AGP card on Linux kernel.
I need more information in order to decide I can buy that
intel i740 8mb AGP card for Linuxor not.
thanks
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Grant O'Rielly)
Subject: Re: 3COM 3c509b PROBLEMS (fwd)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Date: Sun, 07 Mar 1999 17:51:08 GMT
Justin C Miranda ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: I've been attempting to configure my 3com 3c509b network card for about
: three weeks now with no success. I have literally tried everything....
.
.
.
: University Computer Society IPX 0.34 for NET3.035 IPX Portions Copyright
: (c) 1995 Caldera, Inc. Appletalk 0.17 for Linux NET3.035 eth0: 3c509 at
: 0x300 tag 1, BNC port, address 00 a0 24 d8 69 a1, IRQ 10. 3c509.c:1.16
!!!^^^^!!!
: 2/3/98 [EMAIL PROTECTED] eth0: Setting Rx mode to 1 addresses.
: ARP: arp called for own IP address ARP: arp called for own IP address ARP:
: arp called for own IP address eth0: Setting Rx mode to 0 addresses.
This is part of your problem, the NIC is using the BNC port, but
you are connected to the RJ-45 port. You need to use the 3COM DOS setup
utility to change this to use the 10BT port. I suspect the rest will
fall into place after that -- I assume you have already checked for IRQ
conflicts and such.
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From: Frank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Need a 16 meg Video card recommendation w/RedHat 5.2 support.
Date: 7 Mar 1999 15:31:36 GMT
I got the V4400 to run under X (3.3.3.x) but low color modus
if any1 know how to use 16-bit or higher, pse let me know...
John Leopold wrote:
>
> I have an STB Velocity 4400, and while I didn't install it in a
conventional
> manner...it works quite well now.
>
>
> Chris Leahy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> >Charles and Deborah Tewksbury wrote:
> >>
> >> Has anyone tried n STB card?
> >
> >Diamond Viper 550 w/RivaTNT Chipset works great for me
> >--
> >Real World Computer Services Phone(250)364-9965
> >2151 Daniel St Fax (250)364-9965
> >Trail, BC [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Ronald Mugamu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Panasonic printer??
Date: 7 Mar 1999 16:31:37 GMT
Barry wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I have just installed Redhat 5.2, during installation, setup didn't
> seem to have the driver for my Panasonic KPX-6300 Laser Printer. Does
> anyone here using the same printer as well? I would appreciate it if
> someone can kindly advice me on how to configure linux to work with this
> printer.
>
> Thank you very much indeed.
Hello Barry,
Assuming you mean't *KXP* 6300, then the answer isn't too pleasing.
this is a windows only printer isn't it? Well, according to your manual (I
hope) there should be info about what sort of printer your can emulate. My
guess is the HP LaserJet IIP or something. Look through your doc. and see
if/how you can change from GDI to PCL mode. That is a vital step towards
using that printer.
I have a KX-P 6100 myself, and I haven't lived to see my dream yet. I will
though...
Good luck,
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From: Buckaroo Banzai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x,comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: One Linux "system" bootable on two different machines?
Date: 05 Mar 1999 02:20:33 -0800
"Norm Dresner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I need to create a Jaz disk that can be booted to linux on two different
> machines with two different motherboards, video cards, ... The only
> constancy I can count on is that the SCSI Jaz drive will be the boot drive
> for both machines.
>
> I assume I can create two different kernels and choose which one to boot
> thru LILO -- an alternate would be to boot to DOS with a floppy which then
> uses the OS loader to load the right kernel. Has anyone done this before?
>
> As for the video, I need to run X-window on both computers. Can I reliably
> write a program which would look at the hardware and then copy/rename the
> right set of configuration and server files for the appropriate computer?
>
> Thanks for any hints, suggestions, etc.
>
> Norm
I dunno, man. This sounds a bit tricky from my limited experience, so I'm
just going to add a little optimistic noise to this group.
Aren't Jaz disks minimum 1GB? I just hear rumors about these things.
Obviously you could just do two full installations. Make four partitions:
swap some size, you tell me
chunk for system 1 ~250->400 Megs
chunk for system 2 ~250->400 Megs
shared stuff (users) ~(200->500)-swap Megs left
Have LILO sit in its own little world somewhere and on boot you can instruct
LILO which image you want to run.
Boo, hiss, spit on the quick-and-dirty solution. You MUST be able to do a
much more elegant, albeit possibly more confusing, job by reusing the
standard paradigm for top-level, system-level, machine-level setups,
i.e. /, /usr, /usr/local. There're all kinds of user level programs that
could care less what the hardware is that don't need to be copied into
both worlds ... throw these in /usr. If you have programs that query
specific motherboards (but not setup) or somesuch, throw them in
/usr/local.
Maybe you'll end up with five or six partitions on one Jaz disk? Big deal
as long as you're recycling bits.
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Date: Sun, 07 Mar 1999 14:05:03 +0000
From: Amber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Is this a good modem?
Jonathan Bowman wrote:
>
> I'm thinking of getting a 3COM/U.S. ROBOTICS 56K V90 EXT FAXMODEM for my
> RedHat 5.2 Pentium 166 system. Is this modem Linux compatible? My old
> Boca (I think it may have Rockwell problems, I don't know) always
> appears "busy" to Linux. Thanks for any response.
As far as I can see all of the EXT USR modems work well under linux.
My only little prob is with voice modems eg lack of software sup.
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From: "Glen Parker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: PPP problem with diald
Date: Sat, 6 Mar 1999 18:27:41 -0800
>Mar 6 14:54:09 modprobe: Can't locate module ppp0 <<<<<<<<<<<<<
There is no module ppp0. Either fix your diald config setup, or stick an
alias for ppp0 in /etc/conf/modules, like this:
alias ppp0 ppp
Maybe that will help?
Glen
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Wildman, the Cuberstalker)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Linux killed the drive? Coincidence?
Date: 7 Mar 1999 18:16:10 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sat, 06 Mar 1999 15:26:18 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I installed Linux last weekend onto my master drive, which went smoothly
>enough; however, after the install was complete my slave hard drive (an 11
>month old Western Digital Caviar 5.1 AC35100L) went south.
>
>It now reports S.M.A.R.T. status as bad on boot up, and scandisk can't
>read/repair the "end" of the drive.
>
>Does this seem like an extremely unfortunately timed coincidence, or could
>any part of a Linux install cause something like this?
>
>I'm sure it's the former, but thought it's worth asking, just in case...so
>I don't fry another drive. <g>
>
I must be the luckiest SOB on the planet. I never have a problem with my WD
HD, but everyone I know has a horror story about theirs.
Yeah, just a coincidence.
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From: angelo genovese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Dumb terminal
Date: Sun, 07 Mar 1999 12:44:39 -0500
Jamie Harris wrote:
> 93 wrote:
>
> > Jay Hall wrote in message <7beqta$ch4$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> > >We are currently looking at various options for our company to deploy
> > >applications. LINUX has been brought up as a valid option. Our question
> > >is, can LINUX be loaded from a floppy disk on a workstation with minimal
> > (no
> > >hard drive) hardware?
> > >
> > >If this is the case, we could load LINUX from floppy and then run X Windows
> > >from the server and the users would be in an environment they are familiar
> > >with.
> > >
> > >Are we on the right track?
> >
> > Go through the link members.home.com/nickoljt/ and find the links page.
> > You'll see a number of links to small linuxes that can be loaded from floppy
> > disk.
> >
> > Pocket Linux is the best, IMHO, and has the facility to set up network
> > connections at boot time. Most hardware is probed and found at boot time as
> > well.
> >
> > Hope this helps.
> >
> > 93
>
> Is there a special reason why you would want to boot from a floppy? I assume
> that the terminals will be PC based if they have floppy drives. If this is the
> case then you could always just have a boot PROM on the network cards and
> download the system from the server at boot time... This would allow any
> changes made on the server to be reflected the next time the terminal boots.
>
> Just a suggestion... Beware of everyone turning on at the same time thought,
> yawn...
>
> Jamie...
just as a related question, Ive got a "wealth" of old pcs, their all 8088/86 or
286's
is there any way to set them up as dumb terminals? Is there a howto or other
informational document out there somewhere?
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From: Maurice Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: APC Smart UPS under Linux - Setup
Date: 7 Mar 1999 18:27:30 GMT
Till Mommsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: Hello,
: I am trying to install APC Smart UPS 700 on a Linux system. I am using the
: standard RS232 cable that comes with the UPS; it is connected to COM1
: (/dev/ttyS0). When I put the following lines into the inittab:
<snip>
I'm using apcupsd with an APC SmartUPS. Works great.
(sorry, don't have a URL, something with vanderbilt in it).
HTH, Maurice
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| a computer running Windows
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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, 6 Mar 1999 22:03:21 -0500
On the bright side....I will acquiring about 10 to 12 USR 33.6 externals
from an ISP that went Livingston PM3....I think they all have power supplies
as they were all online and working up to the end of January. I'll post my
findings in this thread hopefully by Monday 3/8/99....maybe that will lessen
my previous faux pas about the internal pci....
Bob
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From: "Charles Sullivan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Hard Disk Size Problems...
Date: Sat, 6 Mar 1999 22:10:47 -0500
I assume you have Windows installed in the first 7 Gb or so of the
drive and you want to install Linux on the remainder. I also assume
you have LBA enabled in your BIOS so that your logical drive
geometry will be something like 1250 cylinders, 255 heads, 63 sectors.
I don't know which distribution/version of Linux you are trying to
install, but with RedHat 5.2 (kernel version 2.0.36 and fdisk v2.8)
you can go into the 'expert' menu of fdisk and set the correct number
of LBA cylinders. Then when you return to the main menu fdisk will let
you create partitions up to that new limit.
If you don't know the LBA geometry, download the free DOS program
PARTINFO.EXE from the PowerQuest website: http://www.powerquest.com
you can go into the
PapaTwika wrote in message ...
>Hi,
>
>I Just got a new 10.2 fujitsu Hard Drive, but when I try to make a linux
>partition at the end of the disk, it reports -1077 Mb, as if it could not
>support hard disk with more that 8 GB...
>
> Any Ideas?
>
>yannick.
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
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From: d s f o x @ c o g s c i . u c s d . e d u (David Fox)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: mem=128M hangs system
Date: 07 Mar 1999 07:52:04 -0800
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Justin The Cynical) writes:
> I hate following up on folowups when I want to respond to the original
> posted, but since the original hasn't made it here yet.... :-)
>
> ->Chris Menzel wrote:
> ->
> ->> We have just upgraded a server to a PC-100 Super7 100MHz board with a
> ->> K6-2/350 and 128MB of RAM. There is one SCSI drive with an Adaptec
> ->> AHA-2940 controller. We are running Redhat 5.2. After booting, we
>
> What kernel version is RH 5.2 using? If it's not 2.0.36, I would
> suggest upgrading to that one. it does away with the need for the mem line.
>
>
> ->> noticed that the system was only seeing 64MB of RAM. Accordingly, we
> ->> added append="mem=128M" to lilo.conf, ran lilo, and rebooted. However,
> ->> the system would then hang in the boot process at the point where it is
Try mem=124M instead of 128. You may have a ramdisk.
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David Fox http://hci.ucsd.edu/dsf xoF divaD
UCSD HCI Lab baL ICH DSCU
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From: "Charles Sullivan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Is this a good modem?
Date: Sat, 6 Mar 1999 22:17:38 -0500
If it's external there's no reason it shouldn't work. Only internal modems
can
be the infamous Winmodems, which will work only under MS Windows.
Jonathan Bowman wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>I'm thinking of getting a 3COM/U.S. ROBOTICS 56K V90 EXT FAXMODEM for my
>RedHat 5.2 Pentium 166 system. Is this modem Linux compatible? My old
>Boca (I think it may have Rockwell problems, I don't know) always
>appears "busy" to Linux. Thanks for any response.
>
>Jonathan Bowman
>
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