Linux-Hardware Digest #98, Volume #10 Sun, 25 Apr 99 16:13:36 EDT
Contents:
Best Dual (Slot 2?) Motherboard Needed (NS)
Re: HELP...2 ethernet cards not working..out of ideas ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Linux Box waiking up on ring??!!! (Igor Raznatovic)
Re: LILO and large hard disk (eisme@theoldsameplace)
Re: Linux Box waiking up on ring??!!! (Robert Schiele)
Re: Programmers are gods ("John Hall")
Re: 3c515 w/2.0.34 kernel - getting SCIOADDR error (Tom and Stacy Georges)
Re: 3Com EtherLink III ("Walter Harms")
Re: Spontaneous reboots on a PII (James Stevenson)
Re: Winmodems and Linux (Russell Nelson)
Monitor Specifications? (Bill Kierstead)
Re: mirroring with slakware? (Rod Roark)
Re: Monitor Specifications? (Gary Momarison)
Re: 3Com EtherLink III (Ramesh Dharan)
Exabyte 8200 issues (Trevor Bradley)
Re: mirroring with slakware? (Robert Schiele)
Adeptec AHA-1535A adpater (BradStewrt)
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From: NS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
intel.motherboards.pentium_ii,alt.comp.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Best Dual (Slot 2?) Motherboard Needed
Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1999 02:52:34 -0700
x-no-archive: yes
I want to buy a dual-processor motherboard which is cheap and will
offer me an upgrade path to futher Intel processors (Pentium III, so on)
-
which to me means supporting Slot 2 (and the GX and NX chipsets).
Somehone have motherboard recommendations, or am I stupid to think
that I can get a motherboard like this? Your advice is welcomed.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: HELP...2 ethernet cards not working..out of ideas
Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1999 10:29:10 +0000
Douglas A Miller wrote:
> I am running Slackware 3.6 with kernel 2.0.35. i am trying to get my
> box to ip masquerade but i can't get both cards detected. I can detect
> both cards individually though. they are on different io's (220 and
> 280) and different irq's (3 and 11) i have tried the append eth0,0,0,0
> eth1,0,0,0 (sorry if that looks wrong but i can't remember he correct
> way, though i know i did it right when i tried. ) and adding alias eth0
> ne
> alias eth1 ne
> options ne io=0x280,0x220
> to conf.modules... the cards are kingston isa cards and running in a
> 486 w/ 16 meg ram. if anyone can help i would gladly appreciate it.
> thanks in advance
At work we setup a linux box to manage our internet connexion (I think
that's what you want too!).
Our config is a 486 66Mhz 8Mo with 2 ne2000 cards running red hat 5.2 and
kernel 2.2.6. To get my two ethernet cards detected I put support for
ne2000 isa cards into the kernel (I don't try with module) and add the
correct "append" line into my lilo.conf, run lilo and reboot.
for your config, it seem you shall try something like :
append="ether=3,0x220,eth0 ether=11,0x280,eth1"
and don't forget to setup a minimalist firewall !
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From: Igor Raznatovic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux Box waiking up on ring??!!!
Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1999 06:40:44 +0000
Well, I gotta little problem with my Linux box. When its shut down, it
waiks up when someone calls me on the telephone. WHY?
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From: eisme@theoldsameplace
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: LILO and large hard disk
Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1999 09:22:21 GMT
On Sat, 24 Apr 1999 07:23:45 GMT, "Paul Pop" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I have a Fujitsu 8.4Gb hard disk on my system with an Asus TX97-E
>motherboard. For some reason the BIOS does not recognize the full size of
>the hard disk if I use LBA. The only option that works is NORMAL. With this,
>however, the number of cylinders is 16,383. When I run Linux' fdisk it warns
>me that the number of cylinders exceeds 1024. This is what the partition
>table looks like:
>
>Device Boot Begin Start End Blocks Id
>System
>/dev/hda1 1 1 1020 514048+ 6
>DOS 16-bit > =32M
>/dev/hda2 * 1021 1021 15359 7614432 83
>Linux native
>/dev/hda3 15360 16129 16383 128520 82
>Linux swap
>
>My problem is that Linux does not boot from the hard disk (it boots fine
>from the floppy made during installation). I've installed LILO in theboot
>record of the root file system. I've used the "append = hd=16383,16,63" in
>the /etc/lilo.conf file. When I run lilo at the prompt I get the following
>message:
>
>geo_comp_addr: Cylinder number is too big (3119 > 1023).
>
>^
>
>(Where does this come from?)
>
>I ran lilo -l and it told me that it added both the Linux and the DOS
>partitions. However I still can't boot from the hard disk (system just hangs
>with no messages, I do not even get L.). In the DOS partition I have WinNT
>and it sees the entire disk. Any help is greatly appreciated.
>
>Best regards,
>Paul Pop
>
>
Try making your root partition within the first 1024 cylinders. I
would make sure the mbr is within the first 1024 also. (same with the
swap)
You can extend your file partitions to the ends of the drive, if you
keep your kernel and swap within the first 1024.
Try redhat 5.2 if you want to setup linux quick. (free with Linux
Unleashed for Redhat about $40 US)
so I've heard
__
eisme
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From: Robert Schiele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux Box waiking up on ring??!!!
Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1999 09:45:26 +0200
Igor Raznatovic wrote:
>
> Well, I gotta little problem with my Linux box. When its shut down, it
> waiks up when someone calls me on the telephone. WHY?
This is an ATX feature. On most systems this feature can be turned off
in bios setup.
Robert
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From: "John Hall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.lang.java.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Programmers are gods
Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1999 10:00:29 +0100
Chris Costello wrote in message ...
>> >> That's why I code the beginning and end before filling in the
blanks.
>> >> That way, I know my braces are matched. :-)
>> >
>> > vim (Vi Modified, http://www.vim.org) does a great job at
>> >handling this also.
>>
>>
>> How do you get vim to match braces?
>
> I don't know; turn on syntax highlighting.
>
> <ESC>:syntax on
I know that, but you were talking specifically about brace matching
which I don't think it does do.
john
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From: Tom and Stacy Georges <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linunx.questions
Subject: Re: 3c515 w/2.0.34 kernel - getting SCIOADDR error
Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1999 09:38:33 -0400
Just to clarify this, the error is (when booting):
SIOCADDRT: Invalid Argument
Delaying eth0 initialization
I didn't have this in front of me when posting.
Tom
>
> If anyone can help me with this, I'd be grateful.
>
> I've recompiled my kernel (RH5.1 2.0.34) for 3c515 (I used a driver file
> referred to
> in the FAQ), but upon boot I get SCIOADDR error - delaying ethernet
> installation.
> What is the problem?
>
> Also - how do I check my kernel to see if I was successful in adding
> this driver?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Tom Georges
> BellSouth Telecommunications
> Atlanta, GA 404-332-2178
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Walter Harms" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 3Com EtherLink III
Date: 25 Apr 1999 13:44:49 GMT
Tom Hua <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi all,
> I've got a 3Com EtherLink III 3C509B installed in an old 486DX2 and
>am having problem obtaining an IP connection from the DHCP server. Does
>anyone know a way round? Any help would greatly appreciated. Thanks.
>Tom
check you dhcp server, i have installed a lot of these cards with no
problems (some on 486).
walter
--
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"If they should break through, run as if something very nasty were after you,
because something very nasty will be after you."
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (James Stevenson)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: Re: Spontaneous reboots on a PII
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1999 13:17:17 +0100
Hi
does the file
/proc/sys/kernel/panic
contain something other than 0
try to set it to 0 if it does
its for use with watchdog support and if watchdog does not tell the kernel
every thing is ok the machine will reboot
read /usr/src/linux/Documentation/proc.txt for more info on this file
cya
On Sat, 24 Apr 1999 20:13:50 +0000, Rowin Andruscavage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi, I'm having problems with spontaneous reboots on my friend's new PII
>350. Every so often while running under Linux, it will reboot just as
>if someone hit the reset button : no kernel panics, no log entries, just
>a blip and the BIOS comes up. It's not very reproducible either... It
>can stay up for as long as an hour doing things like compiling kernels
>and running vmware, but usually goes down in 5 minutes, especially while
>doing things that are I/O intensive. The reboots happen much more often
>if the sound modules are installed and we're moving lots of things
>around in X, though sometimes I can be swinging things all over the
>place in Enlightenment with pixmap themes and have everything work fine.
>
> I thought it was heat-related, so I disabled all the BIOS APM things
>and the CPU fan controller, so CPU fan should be running all the time.
>No luck.
>
> We installed from RedHat5.2, and added GNOME and linux 2.2.6 . He has
>a Matrox G100 AGP card and some OPL3SA2 sound card. I've upgraded to
>XFree86 3.3.3.1 without much effect (besides, it's even rebooted under
>the console once, though admittedly I was using the linux FB console at
>that time). My current theory is that it has something to do with the
>motherboard, which appears to be a BX something (windoze reports 82443BX
>controllers). I've tried different combinations of kernels(2.0.36,
>2.2.3, 2.2.6) with and without support for MTRR, different
>windowmanagers (WM and E), with and without GNOME, and with various
>system loads. What next?
>
> It could be that it's not the best hardware, since he got some generic
>machine from a custom NYC vendor. He told the guy at the shop that he
>wanted to run Linux of it (and of course the guy says "Yep, sure thing"
>and immediately turns around and bolts in a WinModem :P ). I've never
>seen any of this happen on any other computer, like my K6 200 that's
>running essentially all the same software. Windows 95/98 runs as usual
>on his computer... it crashes occasionally, but not by spontaneous
>reboots.
>
> This thing is really temperamental... and really perplexing me. Does
>anyone have any leads? Or at least pointers on how I can get this rig
>to work more reliably? TIA!
>
>--
><8X- Rowin Andruscavage http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/rwa2
>Human beings were created by water to transport it uphill.
--
Check Out: http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/james/
E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Russell Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Winmodems and Linux
Date: 25 Apr 1999 09:15:14 -0400
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chris Lee) writes:
> In article
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
> >
> >
> >I wonder how much damage the incompatibility of host-controller modems,
> >ie winmodems, with Linux is having on the credibility of Linux with new
> >or potential Linux users. Most new and recent PCs have these cheap PCI
> >devices, which under Windows provide a high degree of functionality
> >with data, fax and voice capabilities but with Linux are currently
> >useless. Lets hope that http://linmodems.org gets lots of support.
> >
> >Just a thought...
>
> Nobody who doesn't own a Winmodem is going to bother with this site, and why
> should they? It NOT like any of us who don't own a winmodem are going to
> purchase this junk for any reason, let alone write drivers for it
Obviously you're speaking from prejudice, because you must not have
read the site. http://linmodems.org. Linmodems -- not just for
lusers!
--
-russ nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://crynwr.com/~nelson
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Potsdam, NY 13676-3213 | +1 315 268 9201 FAX | cause of world peace.
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Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1999 07:59:16 -0600
From: Bill Kierstead <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Monitor Specifications?
I am preparing to install Linux for the first time. I bought a couple
of beginners books about Linux; both of them state that I need to take a
complete inventory of my system including my monitor frequencies.
I have all of the specs except for the monitor. It appears to be an off
brand ( I bought it at a used computer parts store) and I have no
documentation. I do however have the documentation for the video card
which lists the frequencies it is capable of at different resolutions.
My questions:
1. Is there hardware database somewhere that might provide the
information I am looking for about this monitor?
2. When installing Linux, can I select custom and specify the
frequencies listed for the video card?
Thank you for your help
Bill
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From: Rod Roark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: mirroring with slakware?
Date: 25 Apr 1999 13:29:16 GMT
Bob Bevins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>IS there a way to mirror a drive? So the system writes to both drives at the
>same time or close to the same time?
Sure. See http://metalab.unc.edu/mdw/HOWTO/mini/Software-RAID.html.
But don't plan on this being an alternative to backups. It's not.
-- Rod
======================================================================
Sunset Systems Preconfigured Linux Computers
http://www.sunsetsystems.com/ and Custom Software
======================================================================
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From: Gary Momarison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Monitor Specifications?
Date: 25 Apr 1999 10:10:50 -0700
Bill Kierstead <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> My questions:
> 1. Is there hardware database somewhere that might provide the
> information I am looking for about this monitor?
Links in http://www.aa.net/~swear/pedia/displays.html
>
> 2. When installing Linux, can I select custom and specify the
> frequencies listed for the video card?
Yes, but there is some chance of destroying your monitor. With no
specs, the best you'll probably just have to be conservative and
take your chances. If you know what you're monitor has done before
(like under another OS), use that. You can take a guess at matching
your monitor with one that does have specs. Look in
/usr/X11/lib/X11/doc for some more specs.
--
Look for Linux info at http://www.dejanews.com/home_ps.shtml and
Gary's Encyclopedia at http://www.aa.net/~swear/pedia/index.html
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From: Ramesh Dharan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 3Com EtherLink III
Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1999 09:51:49 -0400
First, you need to disable PnP mode on the card - you can do this in DOS with
the drivers package (disk 2 I believe) off the 3com webpage...
Then, you need to make sure you're using the right dhcp package - the one that
comes with RedHat > 5.1 will work for sure.
Walter Harms wrote:
> Tom Hua <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Hi all,
> > I've got a 3Com EtherLink III 3C509B installed in an old 486DX2 and
> >am having problem obtaining an IP connection from the DHCP server. Does
> >anyone know a way round? Any help would greatly appreciated. Thanks.
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From: Trevor Bradley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Exabyte 8200 issues
Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1999 18:34:04 GMT
I've got a linux server and have recently aquired an old Exabyte 8200 drive,
a "MaynStream 2200HS" and a number of used 112m 8mm tapes. I've been trying
to get this tape drive running under linux with limited success. I can
access the tape drive fine, but I occasionally get "Hardware Errors". These
errors appear to show up more quickly on some of the tapes than others, so
I'm trying to determine if its a problem with the drive, or with old tapes.
Sometimes, the drive just seems so fed up with the tapes, it just spits them
out after I attempt to insert them, and then I have to power cycle the drive
to get it to work... Does the drive need to cool down a bit? :) SCSI
devices probably don't like their power being cycled. Should I reboot my
server as well?
How reliable are old tapes? Do you loose bits or big chunks? The one
sucsessful "tar zdf" I did showed no differences, but it was with a tape I
suspected was better than the rest.
I've been using the followin gprocedure for backup:
mt -f /dev/st0 rewind
cd / ; tar zcf /dev/st0 *
mt -f /dev/st0 rewind
To restore:
tar zxf /dev/st0
And to test:
tar zdf /dev/st0 *
Should I be using another device, like nst0? What's the difference? Where
would I find out which to use? Should I be using ftape instead?
Here's a sample of the errors I've been getting:
In all instance, with each tape operation I've been performing, I get the
following:
st0: Error 25040000 (sugg. bt 0x20, driver bt 0x25, host bt 0x4).
Is bt bitrate? Is the drive misconigured somehow?
If the drive is getting really cranky I'll see the following:
st0: Error with sense data: Current error st09:00: sense key Hardware Error
tar (grandchild): Cannot write to /dev/st0: I/O error
tar (grandchild): Error is not recoverable: exiting now
st0: Error with sense data: extra data not valid Current error st09:00:
sense key Hardware Error
st0: Error on write filemark.
st0: Error with sense data: extra data not valid Current error st09:00:
sense key Hardware Error
Broken pipe
This tape drive is behaving rather crotchety. I may be able to excange it
for another. Shoud I do this?
Can anyone help?
Thanks!
--
Trevor Bradley Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.arbutus.cx/
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From: Robert Schiele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: mirroring with slakware?
Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1999 21:29:04 +0200
"LOMBARDO, MICHAEL" wrote:
>
> Yep,
>
> Raid level 0, not sure about what the command is but it is there.
Raid level 0 is striping. Mirroring is raid level 1.
>
> Bob Bevins wrote:
>
> > IS there a way to mirror a drive? So the system writes to both drives at the
> > same time or close to the same time?
>
Robert
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (BradStewrt)
Subject: Adeptec AHA-1535A adpater
Date: 25 Apr 1999 15:30:20 GMT
I have this old 486 computer that a friend sent me so I could play around with
RedHat 5.2. I have been unsuccessful getting RedHat to recognize my cd-rom.
It appears that Redhat supports a handfull of Adpatec's products, but this is
an older ISA Adaptec AHA-1535A adpater. I have contacted Adaptec, and they
have given me the old "we are currently re-evaluating or position with the
Linux community."
Anyway, if there is anyone who might have any suggestions on this, I would be
greatly appreciate it.
Brad Stewart
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