Linux-Hardware Digest #615, Volume #9 Wed, 10 Mar 99 01:13:35 EST
Contents:
Re: LINUX and IBM PS/2 (wizard)
Re: Powerdown with Linux #2 - HELP (Gary Momarison)
Re: Buying a new computer for linux (Allen)
Re: Speed..Speed..Speed (wizard)
Make command isnt there.. (Kevin)
Re: Which SMP Motherboard? (Allen)
Re: ATX Power Off problem (Miguel Cruz)
Re: RedHat 5.2, Enscript and HP LJ 5L ("Cheng C. Yeh")
Re: Serial mouse on laptop ("teknokr@t")
Re: RedHat 5.2 installation VIDEO PROBLEMS (Allen)
Sync rates for Unysis SVG-250-COL? (PSH)
Linux & Adaptec 3950U2 Ultra2 SCSI Controller (Karl Schuster)
Re: Linux DSL (BL)
Re: Couldn't install Redhat 5.2 ("Cheng C. Yeh")
Re: For all you Nicrosoft lovers (Miguel Cruz)
Re: Is there something I could use besides chat? ("Don Pyers")
Re: help me choose hardware for my new Linux box (Allen)
Installing from Win 3.1 C: drive (Daryl Lee)
Re: Can Linux use 36-bit Xeon addressing? (brian moore)
Re: newbie: RivaTnT support for xfree86 3.3.3 ("gm")
Re: Disk > 8.4 Gbytes with Redhat 5.2 (Eric Lee Green)
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From: wizard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: LINUX and IBM PS/2
Date: Tue, 09 Mar 1999 20:32:02 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Andy Hering wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have an old IBM PS/2 that I'm not using. I was wondering if I could
> use Linux on it instead of Windows. It is a 386/20, so it is not super
> fast. Can someone tell me if this is feasible to do? I only want to
> play around with Linux; I don't have any immediate plans for it.
>
> Thanks,
> Andy
Hi Andy;
Just a couple of suggestions before jumping to far into it.
1. Determine if the hardware is supported, I would suggest looking at
RedHats site and finding there compatiability list. Your machine may
not be on the list but that does not mean that Linux would not work on it.
2. Most likely you will need to scrounge up a harddisk as even a
minimal installation will require a bit of disk space.
3. Most likely running X on this machine would be a waste of time.
That doesn't meant that you won't have a uesfull machine Just don't expect
excellent X windows support. In any event find out what chipset drives
the video and check to see if it is supported by SVGAlib.
Consider to that once you get Linux running on this machine it would have
potential usages that it could never of handled with dos. It could be
used as a print server in the home, or any of a multitude of possibilities
as a node on a home network.
Dave
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From: Gary Momarison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Powerdown with Linux #2 - HELP
Date: 09 Mar 1999 17:35:56 -0800
"Keith A. Folske" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> OK,
>
> I have installed and compiled the new kernel (2.2.2) with APM support and
> downloaded and installed the new halt(8) binary.
>
> I execute halt -p and the system halts but will not shutdown.
>
> Anyone have ANY ideas what I am doing wrong?
When you say it "will not shutdown", do you mean it "will not shut down"
or it "will not power down"? And in what run level are you doing this?
>From a normal run level, "halt" calls "shutdown" and so might not be
doing the "-p".
You probably should put the "halt -p" in a script like
/etc/rc.d/rc0.d/S00halt and shut down with "shutdown -h now".
--
Look for Linux info at http://www.dejanews.com/home_ps.shtml and in
Gary's Encyclopedia at http://www.aa.net/~swear/pedia/index.html
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Allen)
Subject: Re: Buying a new computer for linux
Date: 10 Mar 1999 00:45:25 GMT
I think most of this has been covered, so I'll try not to beat a dead horse and
still add a few pointers from a fellow "newbie" who just recently jumped into
the Linux pool:
On Modems...
Warning!: If your modem is a PCI one, it probably won't (ever) work under Linux.
check the list before you buy at : http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html ,
or you'll probably be sorry. (The cheaper "Software" modems only have software
available for windows platforms, they have a higher profit margin-so the vendors
tend to push them or carry them exclusively, often not even properly labeling
them as a "winmodem", "softmodem","Host Based", "Host Controlled", "HCF",or
"Controllerless", and manufacturers have steadfastly refused to release
hardware info necessary to write Linux drivers)
Beside the performance hit you'd get from having your CPU emulate a UART isn't
really worth the difference in the price of a real modem.
External modems are not only a safe bet, but if you need to reset the modem, you
can do so without rebooting your system. If you need/want internal, stick with
ISA cards, and preferably ones with jumpers, not PnP.
On Video cards:
The newer Riva TNT chipset based cards and the Matrox Gx00 cards are only
supported by Xfree86 versions 3.3.3 and up. RH ships with version 3.3.2, and
they recommend that everyone upgrade for a security bug fix. I'm not sure, but
S.us.e. 6.0 may ship with version 3.3.3.1 (I'm running RH 5.2, so check for
yourself before you buy)
On Hard drives (and maybe CDROM drives too):
Check with www.tjt.com for some of the best prices I've found on the net so far
for the Maxtor 8.4 Gb UDMA--about $145 USd; it is often as cheap to get it from
them with Fed-X delivery as it would be to get it from somewhere else and pay
surface rates-though I don't know if they handle foreign sales orders? The
website will probably say, but that's a detail I've not needed to bother with.
Any ATAPI compliant CDROM drive will work well, and it won't matter much about
the differences between them, besides, I doubt anyone really notices the
difference between a 24x and a 40x?
On sound cards, you will probably not notice anything more advanced than a SB16,
even under windows, unless you use MIDI, are a musician using your sound card
for that purpose and/or you are running M$'s DirectX 6.0 or better. I play a
lot of windows based games, and I'd say, save your money-the GENUINE SB16 is
both hard to beat, and is usually the programming model for popular programs,
even the non-games, like internet phone and such, and will usually provide fewer
headaches getting anything like that to work...
BTW, after you get all this assembled, one tip that apparently hasn't yet made
it to the HOWTO's on compiling your kernel:
The steps are listed as:
0. BACKUP EXISTING CONFIGURATION AND MAKE AN EMERGENCY BOOT DISK!
(optional, but may save hairloss)
1. "make config"
2. "make dep"
3. "make clean"
4. "make zImage"
5. check image with rdev to make sure it's pointing to the right
partition (optional, but good idea)
6. make another bootdisk with the new kernel
7. update your LILO configuration (if using LILO)
8. re-install LILO
9. reboot and try it out.
Caution: Step 4 may be outdated, and need to be replaced with "make bzImage",
and if you want to enable SMP in any 2.0.x kernel, you'll also have to manually
edit the top level makefile (found in /usr/src/linux?) to change the "# SMP=1"
to "SMP=1" (uncommenting it). Kernel versions 2.2.x don't have this problem,
and will prompt you for it in the "make config" step, but don't yet ship with
any current distributions.
It seems that the newer kernels are larger, and the make zImage process
will fail with a "kernel to big error", and the FAQs and HowTo's (Didn't yet)
say. I've spent the last 2 weeks on this stumbling block, as there is often a
lag between the most up-to-date published material, especially printed form, and
the actual steps required to run/configure/install the newest software.
Don't give up, and keep reading.
On Tue, 9 Mar 1999 17:38:44 +0000, Gerard Thornley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I'm in the process of selecting parts for a new computer. I'm planning on
>building it myself, so no problems as far as being able to get a
>particular configuration, but I don't know what bits of hardware have
>drivers written for them, etc...
>I have no previous experience of linux, so sorry in advance for any stupid
>mistakes.
...snip...
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.)
PC/hardware Guru, and Linux Newbie--(how DO you exit vi?)
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From: wizard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.lang.fortran
Subject: Re: Speed..Speed..Speed
Date: Tue, 09 Mar 1999 21:09:09 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Jim Moser wrote:
> Am currently running a K6-2 300Mhz processor with 128Mb of 100 Mhz
> memory and considering
> upgrading to a faster board and processor. I am pursuing a project which
> will require scads of floating point
> calculations on large arrays..the results of which are written back out
> to disk..about 500 Mbytes worth.
> So I'm looking at the new high end processors..PII/PIII and discover
> this PII Xeon chip.
>
> Does anyone have any experience with this chip? It very expensive..about
> $900. A dual Xeon board from
> SuperMicro with both processors runs over $2000. So how much faster is
> this chip? Intel's web site
> says it has a 512K L2 cache (even more expensive versions have 1Mb and
> 2Mb cache) which runs
> at PROCESSOR SPEED .. 400 Mhz in this case. The comparable PII-400 chip
> has a smaller(?) L2 cache
> which runs at 1/2 chip speed. The comparable AMD K6-2 400 chip has a 1Mb
> L2 cache but it is off chip
> and accessed by the 100 Mhz bus.
>
> So there you have it. Is the Xeon really worth double the PII price or
> triple the K6-2 price?
> As far as I can see.. the main difference is the L2 cache speed. Has
> anybody seen any benchmarks
> on this chip vis-a-via "comparable chips?
>
> Jim M.
Jim;
If you intend to develope and run this software under LINUX then why are
you even looking at a Intel chip. Simply put NONE of the Intel chips are
floating point standouts. If your seriously considering chips in the
XEON line, then a Alpha is not out of the price range, nor would a PowerPC
based machine. You might even be able to find a SPARC in this price
range. Start looking for Alpha powered units from Microway, ASPEN or
DCG to name just a few.
The nice thing about a totally open system like Linux is the freedom to
choose the hardware of you choice.
Dave
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kevin)
Subject: Make command isnt there..
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 05:09:45 GMT
what do i need to install to get the command
"make' work?
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
kevin.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Allen)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Which SMP Motherboard?
Date: 10 Mar 1999 02:19:21 GMT
From what I've read in these news groups, the Ultra2SCSI may still be a
little "Bleeding edge" to have mature support under Linux yet (much of the newer
RAID stuff may fall into this category too?), and if you don't really need the
Ultra2 support, you may find that the price/performance ratio better with a Tyan
1836 DLUAN, which doesn't have built-in video, but does have the Intel
EtherExpress Pro 100 (82558), and AIC-7895.
(from Tyan's website?) w/apologies...
New! 32-bit AGP!
100MHz SDRAM Support!
Dual Intel Pentium� II Support
Maximum Memory Capacity to 1GB RAM
Six PCI, 1 ISA, 1AGP Slots
Onboard Creative Vibra 16XV Audio
Onboard LM79/LM75 system management
Onboard Dual Channel Ultra Wide SCSI
(AIC-7895)
Onboard Ethernet (10/100 Intel)
Power Recovery After Interrupt
PC98 compliant ES modes
The Intel board is a dual-Xeon board that will support up to 2 Gb of RAM, but if
you are going to to be pushing that limit, then you might wish to start
considering a 64 bit platform any way? Linux will support up to 2 Gb of RAM (3
w/ a kernel kludge), but Linux makes more efficient use of hardware than
anything from Microsoft, so it will probably still be faster on a dual slot 1
system than NT on a dual Xeon. Their server management software doesn't list
Linux among it's compatibles, but maybe the SCO Unix version is binary
compatible?
BTW, I'm running an old dual PPro supermicro w/ (only) 256 Mb of ram for
light/educational use, but no hardware problems :-)
If this is to replace an existing system, then profile it and find out
where your bottlenecks are/will be before you spend the $$, and lurk--new driver
support is comming out for Linux constantly.
On Mon, 08 Mar 1999 15:23:32 +0000, Hefin James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>Hi all,
>
>I'm currently specifying a machine for a major Linux based server
>project.
>Has anybody using the Intel L440GX+ motherboard?
>It has a Adaptec AIC7896 U2W and UW channels, and a graphics card on
>board, which is supported by Linux.
>
>It also has Intel EtherExpress PRO 100+ chip onboard but it uses the
>Intel 82559 chip which is not mentioned in the eepro100.c driver. Has
>anybody else got this card? and more importantly does it work?
>
>What SMP motherboard you running?
>
>Cheers,
>Hefin
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.)
PC/hardware Guru, and Linux Newbie--(how DO you exit vi?)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Miguel Cruz)
Subject: Re: ATX Power Off problem
Date: 10 Mar 1999 02:18:02 GMT
The Seventh Sign~ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> GET AN UPS!
> Modem wake is leaving a door open for hackers!
Why? They're going to turn on his computer while he's trying to install a
new fan, and chop his fingers off? What possible risk is there? It's just a
signal that tells the power supply to get the show on the road. Nobody said
anything about answering the phone.
miguel
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Date: Tue, 09 Mar 1999 22:30:35 -0500
From: "Cheng C. Yeh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: RedHat 5.2, Enscript and HP LJ 5L
After further testing, I am able to determined that the problem only occured
if I use the -E option to turn on pretty print of source code.
The command I use is as follow.
** This command works fine. The pages are printed and eject properly.
enscript -MLetter -C -G -T4 -2r -j <filename>
** These commands print and format the output with syntax highlight but does
** not properly eject the page. I only get the first page out.
enscript -MLetter -C -Ecpp -G -T4 -2r -j <filename>
or
enscript -MLetter -C -E -G -T4 -2r -j <filename>
Does anyone have any ideas?
Thanks,
Cheng
"Cheng C. Yeh" wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I was wondering if anyone had ran into this problem and found a
> solution. I have a perfectly good running system based on Red Hat 5.2
> with SMP, 2.0.36 kernel; recently upgraded to 2.2.2 kernel.
>
> I have an HP LaserJet 5L printer connected to /dev/lp0 and I am using
> the LaserJet 4/5/6 printer filter. Everthing works fine, I can print
> with lpr and stuff. However when I tries to print with enscript, the
> printer doesn't eject the page. I can see that data are being sent to
> the printer because the light is flashing but no matter how many pages I
> print, I don't get any output. After print job is complete, I press the
> form feed button and all I get is one page, the first page.
>
> Has anyone else ran into this probem?
>
> Thanks,
> Cheng
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From: "teknokr@t" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: Serial mouse on laptop
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 15:38:37 +1300
David Heddle wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have RH5.1 running on a DELL Inspiron 3000. The touchpad works just
> fine under X. Recently I purchased a serial mouse (Microsoft "basic"
> mouse) and would like to get it to work simultaneously with the touch
> pad (as it does under Windows). Does anyone know how to do this?
>
> Let me thank you in advance for any help.
>
> David Heddle
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
try this - you may have to change the -t ms to something elseread the
docs on gpm to find out what it all means, its pretty straightforward
gpm -t ps2 -m /dev/psaux -g 1 -B123 -M -t ms -m /dev/cua0 -3 -R
You will also have to play around with the pointer setings in your
XF86Config
file to get this to work in X.
Let me know if this doesn't work and I'll send you send you some more
detailed instructions.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Allen)
Subject: Re: RedHat 5.2 installation VIDEO PROBLEMS
Date: 10 Mar 1999 02:42:55 GMT
Respond in Kind? Please give all the info on your hardware?
On Sat, 6 Mar 1999 20:56:31 -0800, "Scott Sullivan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I am trying to install RedHat Linux 5.2 and after I select my monitor type
>it goes on to do some video testing...it says the "screen may flciker a few
>times...that is normal"
>My problem is the screen flickers once and then blank screen and the whole
>installation process halts and i have to reboot. I've tried re-installing
>many times with the same outcome. Please give me any info at all on this.
>
>Thanks
>Scott
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
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.)
PC/hardware Guru, and Linux Newbie--(how DO you exit vi?)
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From: PSH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Sync rates for Unysis SVG-250-COL?
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 18:22:01 +1300
I have the above monitor and a S3 trio64+. I would like to try and run X
in 800x600.
It's a second hand monitor and I dont have the manual. So I would be
greatful if someone could suggest the sync rates to use.
Thanks
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Crossposted-To: linux.dev.scsi,comp.os.linux
Subject: Linux & Adaptec 3950U2 Ultra2 SCSI Controller
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Karl Schuster)
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 02:45:11 GMT
Greetings,
Has anyone got their hands on the Adaptec Dual Channel
Ultra 2 SCSI Controller (Adaptec Model # 3950U2)? I'd
like to hear any accounts of what it took to get working.
TIA.
Email response preferred.
Regards,
Karl Schuster
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From: BL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux DSL
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 03:09:03 GMT
Colin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: BL wrote:
: > but after all those charades, we finally got it going. 1.5meg-6meg in and
: > 384k out. nice... ;-) and $200/mo is reasonable enough for this kind of b/w.
: Two hundred dollars a month?!? Holy s*&t! That's expensive!
: We can get it for CDN$65/month including modem rental! ($100 - $200
: installation fee, though)
you can get a full T1 download and 384k upload at $65CDN a month? where??
I'm not saying you're lying, but it sounds WAY too cheap for that much b/w.
...and I thought pachell was blowing out b/w at the price they're quoting me.
btw, what are folks paying for an actual switched T1 line per month? just
curious...
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Date: Tue, 09 Mar 1999 22:44:37 -0500
From: "Cheng C. Yeh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Couldn't install Redhat 5.2
My friend has a Premediea II chipset card and he found a solution at the
XF386 site in a form of document for the chipset as well as a new X
Server and XConfig file.
I think his solution was to download a new version of the XF86_ binary.
Cheng
steve wrote:
> Please tell me the answer that I couldn' install redhat 5.2 as the
> screen flash(many and many time and so rapid) when I install.
> My config is Display card (Iwill adventure) PremedieaII chipset.
> thank!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Miguel Cruz)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: For all you Nicrosoft lovers
Date: 10 Mar 1999 02:51:59 GMT
Markos Berndt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> What you need here is one good class-action lawyer.
>
> Is Jackie available "Kramers attorny in Seinfeld" :)
You installed Linux on that machine? Who told you to install Linux? I didn't
tell you to install Linux! Did I tell you to install Linux?
miguel
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From: "Don Pyers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Is there something I could use besides chat?
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 00:03:38 -0500
For connecting to the Internet via Xwindows, I use X-isp found at"
http://users.hol.gr/~dbouras/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Allen)
Subject: Re: help me choose hardware for my new Linux box
Date: 10 Mar 1999 01:39:48 GMT
On Mon, 08 Mar 1999 16:25:46 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eldad) wrote:
>In a couple of days, I'll order my new Linux machine. It will be used
>mostly for internet stuff, a little development and a lot of
>emulation. I plan to install Red Hat 5.2.
>
>Questions:
>
>64 or 128 MB? I know how pathetic little NT machines groan when they
>only have 64MB, but is there any reason for 128MB of memory unless I
>run some exceptionally demanding apps (rendering? compilation of huge
>projects?)
Not really needed, but it sure is fun! (Dual PPro 200 w/256 Mb RAM compiles
kernel in about 2 minutes and 52 seconds, +/- :-)
>
>Modems: Which ones won't I have any trouble with?
>
On Modems...
Warning!: If you get a PCI one, it probably won't (ever) work under Linux.
check the list before you buy at : http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html ,
or you'll probably be sorry. (The cheaper "Software" modems only have software
available for windows platforms, they have a higher profit margin-so the vendors
tend to push them or carry them exclusively, often not even properly labeling
them as a "winmodem", "softmodem","Host Based", "Host Controlled", "HCF",or
"Controllerless", and manufacturers have steadfastly refused to release
hardware info necessary to write Linux drivers)
Beside the performance hit you'd get from having your CPU emulate a UART isn't
really worth the difference in the price of a real modem.
External modems are not only a safe bet, but if you need to reset the modem, you
can do so without rebooting your system. If you need/want internal, stick with
ISA cards, and preferably ones with jumpers, not PnP.
>Display adapters: This is the difficult one. I really don't do
>anything 3d. But I would like, if possible, to be able to get a
>TV/cable image on the monitor. If that isn't bad enough, I live in
>Israel, so European (PAL) hardware is needed. Do I have any options?
>If not, what would be good 'normal' cards?
Matrox Millenium, original, or II is well supported and has good 2D performance
Many of the older ATI Mach64 based cards are same, but if you go with the
newe(r|st) chipsets, then you will need to upgrade your Xfree86 to version 3.3.3
or better for support of them.
>
>Partitions: anything special I need to know besides what the installer
>will tell me? I have installed Linux before, but back then disks were
>less than 1GB...
RH 5.2 seemed to handle large hard drives well (no problems yet?) when I
installed it, but there are no other partitions on that machine
>
>Last question: Will DOS games (well, emulators) work well with DOSEMU?
>or should I create a different freeDOS partition?
Don't bet on it. To be safe, Dos needs to be in it's own little universe
Some may work, and some won't, and you will probably have no luck getting any
DOS game to work that uses a 32 bit extender under Linux? IE. Doom, etc. and of
course no Win95 only games :-)
>
>
>
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.)
PC/hardware Guru, and Linux Newbie--(how DO you exit vi?)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Daryl Lee)
Subject: Installing from Win 3.1 C: drive
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 04:04:24 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have temporarily despaired of solving my CD-ROM problem posted
earlier, and am now attempting to load from my C: drive. I've set up
C:\REDHAT\BASE and C:\REDHAT\RPMS, with all the BASE files and as many
packages as I could stuff in there. The problem is that when I get to
the point in the install program where it asks where they are to be
found, it tells me it can't find an installation tree. Where have I
gone wrong? I have this nagging feeling there may be a case
sensitivity thing going here: linux looking for "RedHat" and I can
only supply "REDHAT".
Any ideas?
Daryl O. Lee
Atlanta, Georgia
"Life is where you get your answers questioned." -- Moyers
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (brian moore)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Can Linux use 36-bit Xeon addressing?
Date: 9 Mar 1999 06:49:58 GMT
On Tue, 09 Mar 1999 01:26:56 -0500,
Tomasz Korycki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> brian moore wrote:
> >
> > > Yes. And Your point, as related to "the last holdout from basing their
> > > systems on Unix concepts is Microsoft" bit? Mind You, if You look deep
> > > enough into NT architecture, You'll see.... VMS!
> >
> > VMS is based on Unix?
> >
> > Very interesting news indeed.
>
> Never said it was. That was just an "aside". And the explicit answer to
> my question? I am a little slow on the uptake, as I can't make it out
> from Your reply....
I didn't think it needed an explanation, since it's clear that IBM is a
Unix vendor despite also selling OS/400. (Heck, they also sell Windows
on Aptivas.) Your argument is a red herring. May as well claim that
Safeway doesn't sell apples because they have milk.
The last holdout is Microsoft: every other major OS vendor (including
IBM, which was unthinkable in 1980, as was DEC) is dealing Unix.
Apple, HP, IBM, DEC: all proprietary and wierd OS's of their own 15
years sgo (remember HP-3000's? or RSTS?). Now with their major OS
investments in Unix.
The exception: Microsoft.
(Again, much of this is due to their non-compete clause that they signed
when they sold Xenix off to SCO, so it's unlikely to change.)
Please trim texts when quoting.
--
Brian Moore | "The Zen nature of a spammer resembles
Sysadmin, C/Perl Hacker | a cockroach, except that the cockroach
Usenet Vandal | is higher up on the evolutionary chain."
Netscum, Bane of Elves. Peter Olson, Delphi Postmaster
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From: "gm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] REMOVE NOSPAM to reply>
Subject: Re: newbie: RivaTnT support for xfree86 3.3.3
Reply-To: "gm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] remove NO_SPAM to reply>
Date: 9 Mar 1999 21:08:07 -0600
> Suggestions on which card to buy would also be welcome!
> Thanks,
> Felix Natter
you can check out a comparison of several RivaTnT cards for
their differences at
http://www.tomshardware.com/
regards,
gm
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eric Lee Green)
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: Disk > 8.4 Gbytes with Redhat 5.2
Date: 10 Mar 1999 03:52:41 GMT
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On Mon, 08 Mar 1999 11:10:21 +0000 (GMT), Philip Nelson <> wrote:
>I've just become the owner of a 13 Gbyte Western Digital 13 Gbyte hard disk.
>
>If I get my BIOS problems sorted out, will Redhat 5.2 be able to use it.
To use a big drive like that with Red Hat 5.2, you have to pass a
"hda=" parameter at the LILO boot prompt that matches the BIOS LBA settings.
For example, when I am first booting and installing Red Hat 5.2 on an 8.4
GB IBM hard drive, the IBM hard drive reports 1027,255,63 (1027 cylinders,
255 heads, 63 sectors, if I recall right). So, when I'm going to boot, I
type
linux hda=1027,255,63
and then when it prompts me for extra parameters needed for LILO, I tell it
hda=1027,255,63
and voila!
--
Eric Lee Green [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux-hw.com/~eric
"First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you.
Then you win." -- Ghandi
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