Linux-Hardware Digest #57, Volume #10 Sun, 18 Apr 99 16:13:43 EDT
Contents:
Re: Ideal Linux Box? ("Dinesh Pannu")
Re: Fireport 20 == which option in the Linux 2.2.6 kernel configuration? (Thomas
Dorris)
hallo (Mark Izendooren)
Re: Suse 6.1 beta (Thomas Zajic)
Adaptec AHA2930u2w (Semir)
Configure 2 ethernets SMC Elite 16( WD8013) with RH 5.2 (Younes Yajoud)
IDE-CDROM SAMSUNG SCR 3232 (Achim)
Re: DLT tape driver (Timothy Riehle)
IDE-CDROM SAMSUNG SCR 3232 (Achim)
ATI All in Wonder PCI 8MB Card-Can only get standard vga display in Linux (Joe
Bonanno)
Re: Sound Blaster Live and linux (Simone Piccardi)
Re: Why, you'll need a PCI modem someday soon was Re: Suggestions from PCI linux
modems (Johan Kullstam)
Re: Non-destructive HD repartition? (Charles Ritchie)
Re: Please Help! -> Adaptec SCSI AVA1502 <- (Simone Piccardi)
Where can i get i740 AGP chipset driver???? (Tracy Leung Wing Yee)
Re-partioning Extended partion ("James Bradley")
Re: Hardware conflicting - give me a hand, please (Jacob Mull)
Re: Creative Ensoniq AudioPci64 ("Michael Schmeing")
Re: Moving and resizing partition under linux ("Charles Sullivan")
Re: Fireport 20 == which option in the Linux 2.2.6 kernel configuration? (Do-Hoon
Kwon)
win98 & redhat5.2 on separate drives (Harry Slaughter)
CMI8330 sound card problem on Linux :-( (Jiri Eger)
Re: All the current OSes are idiotic (was Re: Is Windows for idiots?) (Anthony Ord)
Multivolume archives DDS (2) streamers (Matthias Kilian)
Re: "mt" doesn't work on DDS-3 tape Drive (Matthias Kilian)
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From: "Dinesh Pannu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Ideal Linux Box?
Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1999 16:43:24 +0800
Ho there.
Craig M Lambert wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Hard drive: large UDMA > 10gb (not sure what make)
Take a look at IBMs 14GXP series. Models include, 9GB, 10.1GB, 12GB and
14.4GB. All drives at 7200RPM, extremely fast, very high reliablity and
overclocking friendly.
Quantums are cheap but i've had sveral fail on me recently.
>Graphics card: AGP possibly ATI xpert 98/99 or ATI Xpert @
> work 8/12mb (must be compatible with Linux)
ATI is known for having poor support under linux for some of their cards.
Consider a better supported card like the Matrox G200 series or G100 series.
>CDROM: >=40x IDE (possibly Panasonic/Creative - compatible
> with Linux)
>
>Floppy disk: Generic
>
>Mouse: 3 button Microsoft - serial port
PS/2 port mouse may be a better idea.
>Keyboard: win 95 (104)
>
>Box: ATX power supply, with 2, 5.25" drive
> bays and 2, 3.5" bays
Try to get a powersupply that is at least 250W, 300W being the ideal.
-KKK
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From: Thomas Dorris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.periphs.scsi
Subject: Re: Fireport 20 == which option in the Linux 2.2.6 kernel configuration?
Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1999 12:20:45 +0000
limits wrote:
> What do I need to use for the Fireport 20? Its not listed...
This is what my configuration looks like under 2.0.36... Haven't
upgraded to 2.2.6 yet, but I hope this helps. Also, keep in mind that I
have a FirePort 40, so the MHz field is gonna be 20 for you.
<*> NCR53C8XX SCSI support
[*] detect and read serial NVRAMs
[ ] enable tagged command queueing
[ ] use normal IO
(4) maximum number of queued commands
(40) synchronous transfers frequency in MHz
[ ] not allow targets to disconnect
[*] assume boards are SYMBIOS compatible
Thomas Dorris
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark Izendooren)
Subject: hallo
Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1999 12:27:26 GMT
Everyone ok
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From: Thomas Zajic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Suse 6.1 beta
Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1999 12:34:36 GMT
folkert meeuw wrote:
> I installed with a friend today Suse 6.1 beta.
> We had at first a problem with the NIC, a NE2000 compatible Card.
> Booting the System it always put the message, that the ne NE*000 i/o = 0*300
> was not found. We tested with ping the functionality, but the card will not
> work.
> Then I build a new Kernel with a monolithic part for NE2000 NICs.
> But the card will not work. Then I changed the i/o to 0*02df, and the system
> wasn't comming up after reboot, it stops when loading the NIC.
> And then the PC-Bios switched. No bootdisk will get the system up.
> It switched always to the defect Linux Installation.
> Any suggestion here, what was going wrong ?
> MfG Folkert Meeuw
I guess that they call it _BETA_ for a reason ...
Thomas
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From: Semir
Subject: Adaptec AHA2930u2w
Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1999 14:05:50 GMT
How can I install suse linux 6.1 with an adaptec 2930U2w (same chipset
as 2940u2w but different PCI dev. ID 0011h insteead of 0010h)
I am a linux novice so a very basic step by step instruction would be
appreciated
Semir
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Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1999 16:10:50 +0200
From: Younes Yajoud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Configure 2 ethernets SMC Elite 16( WD8013) with RH 5.2
2 ethernets SMC Elite 16( WD8013) with RH 5.2
Hi I have cable modem intenet access and I have RH 5.2 with this
configuration:
Server Linux:
RH 5.2
Processor : Pentium 90 MHz
RAM : 40 Mo
Hard Disk SCSI : Seagate 1 Go
IDE : Conner cp 100 Mo
CDROM SCSI : Sony
Graphic adapter : ATI mach 32
SCSI adapter : Adaptec AH 2940 PCI
Network Card :2 SMC Elite 16( WD8013) i/o =280; IRQ= 3 ;
RAM=D0000
i/o=300; IRQ=10; RAM= CC000
Mouse : 3 butons ms-compatible
3 Clients working with Windows.
The probleme is my linux doen't recognise my 2 Networks Cards and my
mouse doesn't work in X.
I have only 3 posibilities to configure my NIC:
1) i/o =280; IRQ= 3 ; RAM=D0000
2) i/o=300; IRQ=10; RAM= CC000
3) by software( in windows)
I need help to configure this server.
Thanks for any help
Sorry for my english is not good, my mother tongue is french.
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From: Achim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: IDE-CDROM SAMSUNG SCR 3232
Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1999 16:11:16 +0200
hello,
I using this CD-Rom on my Linux System and can read ISO-FS CD's. But I
don't succeeded in installing xmcd/cda properly. After installing per
configure.sh in /usr/lib/X11/xmcd and "cda on" the program hangs and
tells later that it cannot read packages from CDROM. Can somebody help
me to find out who to play audio-CD's with the 3232?
Achim
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From: Timothy Riehle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: DLT tape driver
Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1999 12:24:23 -0500
The generic SCSI tape driver works just fine with DLT drives.
Load it (if you have it as a module) and use the device file
/dev/st0 (or /dev/nst0 ) to access the drive.
Tim
On Sun, 18 Apr 1999, Simone Piccardi wrote:
> Does anyone know what driver to use for a DLT tape?
> Thanks
> --
> Simone Piccardi
> Microsoft is NOT the answer. Microsoft is the Question.
> The answer is: "NO!"
>
>
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From: Achim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: IDE-CDROM SAMSUNG SCR 3232
Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1999 16:10:52 +0200
hello,
I using this CD-Rom on my Linux System and can read ISO-FS CD's. But I
don't succeeded in installing xmcd/cda properly. After installing per
configure.sh in /usr/lib/X11/xmcd and "cda on" the program hangs and
tells later that it cannot read packages from CDROM. Can somebody help
me to find out who to play audio-CD's with the 3232?
Achim
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Joe Bonanno)
Subject: ATI All in Wonder PCI 8MB Card-Can only get standard vga display in Linux
Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1999 14:19:46 GMT
I downloaded the lastest xfree86 namely 3.3.3.1 with the latest mach
64 driver but cannot get more than the standard vga display 640 x 480
which is not adequate for x.
I even downloaded the commercial demo from Xi graphics, and installed
it, and this only brings up a blank screen.
When I use the X server and when I run XF86Setup and configure it for
the card and the driver for even 800 x 600 display, when it brings up
the screen in x, it is totally unusable, it flickers and sometimes the
screen is split into sections. I have tried all different
combinations including trying to use the SVGA instead of the mach 64
all to no avail. The only display that works is the standard vga.
I would appreciate any input on this and if someone perhaps has this
card and has gotten it to work, I would like to see the config file.
The monitor I am using is a multi frequency monitor with the range of
30-64 and 50-110 which is what I enter when running XF86Setup. I have
tried the presets for the monitor and these bring up no screen at all.
The ATI card has built in ramdac and built in clock speeds, so no
settings are supposedly required when running XF86Setup, but I am
wondering if there are some settings that must be manually entered to
make it work and take advantage of its capabilities instead of being
limited to standard vga in Linux x.
There has to be something wrong since even the commercial server
doesn't work which I would consider purchasing if it worked.
Thanks for any help
Joe
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From: Simone Piccardi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Sound Blaster Live and linux
Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1999 16:09:11 +0200
I agree with you, but what are the alternatives? (I'm searching for a
sound card supporting surround).
Bye
--
Simone Piccardi
Microsoft is NOT the answer. Microsoft is the Question.
The answer is: "NO!"
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Subject: Re: Why, you'll need a PCI modem someday soon was Re: Suggestions from PCI
linux modems
From: Johan Kullstam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 18 Apr 1999 08:17:33 -0400
Edward P Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Well, don't write-off the ISA bus too soon.
i am not writing it off. i am ignoring it. all my modems (and i've
had a few) have been external. i've had nary a problem with them and
used them with both my PC and a dumb terminal i picked up in the
university hallway junk pile back when i was too poor to afford a
computer. macs, suns, dec vt420s - none of these have isa buses. why
restrict yourself?
> I, as well as many others,
> still need a simple but fast enough interface (several M bytes/sec) for
> something quick and dirty. USB and PCI are too complicated and expensive
> for low volume custom interfaces.
rs-232c. it sucks but does work for low volume (read POTS modem -
even 56k is piddling compared to what the computer can do)
interfaces.
> I prefer MBs with more ISA slots, even
> if i have to pay a little bit more. Long live the ISA bus, despite the
> effort of I? and M$.
i prefer to use serial ports. long live blinkenlights!
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J o h a n K u l l s t a m
[[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Don't Fear the Penguin!
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From: Charles Ritchie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Non-destructive HD repartition?
Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1999 06:36:27 -0700
4Season wrote:
> What's the best way to repartition a hard drive, without disturbing the data
> on it?
>
> I goofed and only allocated maybe 10 megabytes to /OPT, only to find that
> the first two packages I installed both wanted it, and ran out of space!
>
> Nothing too complicated about the hard drive: A brand-new 8.4G Maxtor,
> containing Linux, and only Linux (another drive contains all of my Windows98
> stuff)
PartitionMagic 4.0 (by PowerQuest) supports Linux ext2 ans swap partitions as
well as many others (NT, Win98, etc.). I was able to resize and move several
Linux partitions, including the root partition, non-destructively. It took
maybe 15 minutes, not including the installation time for PartiionMagic
itself. I ran PartitionMagic under Win98 on a dual-boot machine and pointed it
to my dedicated Linux drive -- it sounds like your setup is similar to mine.
I'm not sure whether you can use this product on a machine that doesn't also
have a copy of DOS or Windows (NT, 95 or 98). However, a recent announcement
about Caldera OpenLinux 2.2 noted that PowerQuest partitioning software is
included. It wasn't clear whether this was PartitionMagic or a similar product
from the same company.
Chuck Ritchie
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From: Simone Piccardi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Please Help! -> Adaptec SCSI AVA1502 <-
Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1999 15:57:48 +0200
Probably you missed the IRQ number. Mine is working with 11. I think you
have to try some different values. With PnP not always what windows says
is right.
Ciao
--
Simone Piccardi
Microsoft is NOT the answer. Microsoft is the Question.
The answer is: "NO!"
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From: Tracy Leung Wing Yee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Where can i get i740 AGP chipset driver????
Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1999 23:00:42 +0800
I am using Rehat5.2, i am looking for a driver for 8 meg AGP i740
chipset video card. Where can i get it???
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From: "James Bradley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re-partioning Extended partion
Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1999 19:50:15 +0100
Reply-To: "James Bradley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Hi all,
My apologies if this is not entirely on-topic - please feel free to push
me in another direction if you wish. I would like to know what would happen
in this situation:
Current hard disk configuration:
Device Start End
/dev/hda1 1 261 Win 95 Primary (C:)
/dev/hda2 262 1022 Extended
/dev/hda5 262 522 Win 95 (Logical) (D:)
/dev/hda6 523 783 Win 95 (Logical) (E:)
/dev/hda7 784 1022 Win 95 (Logical) (F:)
What if I now use Linux's fdisk (or cfdisk) to change the bounds of the
enclosing extended partition - ie: change /dev/hda2 to start at 262 and end
at 783? Would this leave D: and E: intact (including all their data), and
then exclude what used to be F: from the extended zone so that I can now
reformat it (as a Linux partition, say, or a Solaris one)? Or (more likely I
guess) will changing /dev/hda2's size just trash D: and E: (and F:)? Any
thoughts are much appreciated.
James.
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From: Jacob Mull <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Hardware conflicting - give me a hand, please
Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1999 14:57:34 -0400
Sounds like you need to play detective and find out where the conflict/s are
comming from.
You can do this buy browsing through the resources in /proc, or by using an
aftermarket
utility like Checkit.
It would make sense to turn the "PnP OS" option in your CMOS off. I dont think
Linux does
PnP very well. Although, there is an option in the 2.2 kernel config to search
for PnP devices.
Maybe you should try turning this on.
]
dpc wrote:
> I'll try this one more time, and then linux gets thrown out the window :)
> (probably not, actually)
>
> Over the past three weeks, I have installed the different flavors of RedHat
> 5.9, Debian 2.1, and SuSE 6.0. I've had problems with all, but I think I've
> settled on SuSE. Nevertheless, all have generally given me the same problem
> with no way to solve it.
>
> Overview of problem:
> I cannot get my AWE64 isa PnP, pci ethernet card, and pci Promise Ultra66
> add-on card working all at the same time. If I get sound to work - I can
> use my ethernet or my add-on card, _but not both_. When sound doesn't work,
> then I can get both ethernet and my add-on card to work. Alright, now the
> gory details as to WHY this happens.
>
> Detailed info:
> The way I get my sound card to work is by disabling a setting in the
> BIOS. That setting is "PnP OS installed". So when that is set to no - my
> sound card works. After enabling that setting - my sound card doesn't work.
> All that comes up on boot is Sound init started and Sound init completed. I
> believe I'm assuming correctly in that this is an IRQ conflict, but why the
> hell does changing that setting render my sound card useless? And is there
> a way to solve this WITHOUT buying OSS. OSS works and all, but I would
> rather get this working without any of those additional drivers.
> I'm running Kernel 2.2.6 (Also tried this on 2.0.36 and 2.2.5) with Sound
> card support compiled into the kernel. Please somebody help me, as I am
> getting VERY desperate. I would LOVE to use linux as my primary OS, but
> this one little obstacle stands in my way and I will leave The Dark Side and
> join your forces if someone who browses these newsgroups can aid me in
> getting everything working. Thank you very much!
>
> dpc
> Remove _NOSPAM_ to e-mail me directly - My apologies for any inconvenience.
>
> p.s. When sound card works and I enable my ide add-on card - I receieve the
> following error from my 3com 3C905B-TX
> SIOCSIFFLAGS Resource Temporarily unavailable - Ring a bell anybody??!
--
In an insane society, a sane man must appear insane -- Star Trek
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From: "Michael Schmeing" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Creative Ensoniq AudioPci64
Date: 18 Apr 1999 13:06:09 +0200
Carlo Scarfoglio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> [...]
> I have too an SB PCI 64 (same chip Ensoniq 1371) and it works well with the 1371
> driver under kernel 2.2.5. No /dev/sndstat, I do not know why. Not supported
> anymore by the kernel ?
> [...]
To me it rather seems that this particular driver does not support it
(maybe the other NON-OSS as well). I had a SB16-clone at first (a
cheap card that choose to die) and has /dev/sndstat with it even under
2.2.x, but when I switched to the SB 64 PCI (with Ensoniq 1372)
/dev/sndstat gives me:
cat: /dev/sndstat: Operation not supported by device
when I try a cat /dev/sndstat.
When I compile OSS/free-support it just reports that that it has no
drivers compiled in and therefor nothing configured althought the card
works well. Remember that the card does not belong to OSS/free, it
just has a very similar API.
Michael
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Michael Schmeing, Artillerieweg 46, D-26129 Oldenburg
e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
www: http://www.Informatik.Uni-Oldenburg.DE/~michae2
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From: "Charles Sullivan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Moving and resizing partition under linux
Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1999 11:05:21 -0400
You don't mention the versions of kernel and fdisk, but with fdisk v2.8 you
can go
into its 'expert' menu and change the number of cylinders fro 1024 to the
correct
value for your drive. Then return to the main menu and you'll be able to
create
partitions above cyl 1024. There's no provision for resizing or moving
however -
you'd have to delete and re-create.
Valerio Farruggio wrote in message
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Hi, I've a ibm 10,1GB where i've installed WinNT, Win98 and Linux. The
>distribution installed is Mandrake, but it allow only to make partitions
under
>the 1024th cylinder, why? Now I have the remaining cylinders unused and I
can't
>make partitions of any type with the space avalaible. Does anyone have a
Linux
>program similar to Partition Magic able to move and resize partitions or
help me
>in other ways ( write me how make a new linux partition and move the
contents
>of the first boot into it). I really need and help.
>
>Reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ThankZ
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From: Do-Hoon Kwon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.periphs.scsi
Subject: Re: Fireport 20 == which option in the Linux 2.2.6 kernel configuration?
Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1999 15:41:55 -0400
limits wrote:
>
> What do I need to use for the Fireport 20? Its not listed...
Hi,
Read help files for the kernel configuration for ncr53c8xx and
sym53c8xx drivers and read /usr/src/linux/drivers/scsi/README.ncr53c8xx.
A cook book answer is try ncr53c8xx driver. sym53c8xx driver will also
work for you if your sym53c810a chipset revision is >=0x10.
Do-Hoon Kwon
"Would you entrust your heart regulator to an OS from M$?"
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From: Harry Slaughter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: win98 & redhat5.2 on separate drives
Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1999 12:41:00 -0700
i know there are tons of simlar posts on the various linux groups (and i
believe that i've read them all : ) but after trying various lilo
configurations, i still can't get this problem fixed. i know the solution
is probably very simple, but i can't find it, or i didn't recognize it
among the other posts %^P
i've got redhat5.2 on a 7G maxtor drive as the ide1 primary master.
i've got win98 installed on a 4G fujitsu drive and is the ide1 primary
slave.
linux boots up fine via lilo, but when i try to boot windows, it hangs.
probably relevant: i disabled the win98 drive when i installed linux on the
other drive so that it wouldn't mess it up. i'm assumming this means that
lilo misconfigured itself when it installed, not knowing about win98.
if i disable the linux drive in bios, windows fires right up.
i know this is an easy one for a lilo guru, and i will be indebted to the
person that helps me out here : )
other info:
root@lyn:~> fdisk -l
Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 912 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 3 24066 83 Linux native
/dev/hda2 4 912 7301542+ 5 Extended
/dev/hda5 4 420 3349521 83 Linux native
/dev/hda6 421 837 3349521 83 Linux native
/dev/hda7 838 870 265041 83 Linux native
/dev/hda8 871 903 265041 83 Linux native
/dev/hda9 904 912 72261 82 Linux swap
Disk /dev/hdb: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 531 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hdb1 * 1 531 4265226 b Win95 FAT32
root@lyn:~>
root@lyn:~> cat /etc/lilo
lilo.1 lilo.conf
root@lyn:~> cat /etc/lilo.conf
boot = /dev/hda
timeout = 50
prompt
vga = normal
read-only
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
image = /boot/vmlinuz-2.0.36-0.7
label = linux
root = /dev/hda8
other = /dev/hdb1
label = win
table = /dev/hdb
root@lyn:~>
thanks
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Harry Slaughter [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Software Engineer Voice: 408.543.6920
Infoseek Corporation Fax: 408.734.9359
http://express.infoseek.com
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From: Jiri Eger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: CMI8330 sound card problem on Linux :-(
Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1999 21:37:49 +0200
Hi,
I'm using RedHat Linux 5.2 (Apollo), Kernel 2.0.36 on an i586.
And I've the sound card CMI8330 but this don't work on my linux :-(
Can someone send me modified driver for this card or tell me how can I set
linux for this sound card ?
Thanks.
Jiri Eger
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
ICQ: 11224567
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Anthony Ord)
Crossposted-To:
comp.lang.java.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy
Subject: Re: All the current OSes are idiotic (was Re: Is Windows for idiots?)
Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1999 13:36:43 GMT
On Fri, 16 Apr 1999 23:20:50 GMT, "Charles R. Lyttle"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Johan Kullstam wrote:
>>
>> "Charles R. Lyttle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>
>> > Now if we can just get all the publishers and textbooks to spell ee
>> > cummins correctly.
>>
>> also usenet postings. i see you've lost the g in ee cummings. ;-)
>>
>> --
>> johan kullstam
>Would you believe that my keyboard is g challenged? I thought not. I
>have two bits by him handy. One quotes E.E. CUMMINGS, one E.E. Cummins.
>I searched on Infoseek and ee cummins got just over 100 hits, ee
>commings none. Also my spell checker insists on Cummins. How did he sign
>his birth certificate?
Very badly one would expect. My writing was atrocious when I
was born too.
Regards
Anthony
--
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| And when our worlds |
| They fall apart |
| When the walls come tumbling in |
| Though we may deserve it |
| It will be worth it - Depeche Mode |
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matthias Kilian)
Subject: Multivolume archives DDS (2) streamers
Date: 18 Apr 1999 12:58:53 GMT
Hi!
Did anyone manage to do multivolume backups on a HP-C1533A (DDS2) with
hardware compression enabled or on any other tape with hardware compression?
If so, how did you configure the tape driver?
On my machine (with linux 2.2.6), the tape driver seems to reports a wrong
(too high) block number at the end of the tape. This can be tested by writing
until the tape is full and then comparing the block number reported by `mt
status' and that reported by `mt tell'. As far as I know, the former reports
the tape driver's idea of the current block, while the latter explicitely asks
the streamer.
Kili
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matthias Kilian)
Subject: Re: "mt" doesn't work on DDS-3 tape Drive
Date: 18 Apr 1999 12:44:14 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Has anyone else had problems with "mt" command and tape drives?
> I have a Dell 4300 PowerEdge server with their DDS-3 12/24GB
> tape drive (Seagate's Scorpion tape drive?). I can't use mt
> to move the tape over filemarks, so essentially I'm stuck with
> a non-rewind version limiting me to one file on the tape. I don't
> see the problem on an HP SureStor24 that I have, so I'm wondering
> if Seagate's drive doesn't support or if I need to manually configure
> the device driver for it (running under RedHat v5.2).
Do you get any error messages when positioning the tape with mt?
Did you try the special SCSI vesion mt-st (should be available at sunsite in
/pub/Linux/system/backup or so).
Kili
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