Linux-Hardware Digest #111, Volume #10 Tue, 27 Apr 99 22:14:55 EDT
Contents:
Re: Hardware recommendation for Samba server... (David Ripton)
Re: mirroring with slakware? (Rod Roark)
FA: BT-958D Differential Board ("Patrick St. Jean")
Re: 3DFXBanshee (David Huff)
4th message: PLEASE HELP -->AVA1502 SCSI card <-- (Ernesto Mottola)
Re: IDE CRW (Mem 1622) ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: SB 16 *PCI* (Jeff McWilliams)
Problem with CD Rom and PlexWriter on the same SCSI ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Hardware recommendation for Samba server... (Rod Roark)
How to disable BlackList on generic K56 modem? (Ernesto Mottola)
Re: ASUS P5AB ("Andre Malafaya Baptista")
More info on SB 16 *PCI* (Simon Holgate)
2 video devices (Dan Perl)
Re: Adaptec 2940U2W (Dan Cook)
Re: Seagate STT38000 tape backup (Pat)
Re: How to backup 18GB web server? (Dan Cook)
DTC SCSI Card Problems (DV8MCSE)
Awe64 problems! (Jesper Ekberg)
3Com MegaHertz (3CXE589ET) and RH52? ("Henrik Jensen")
Re: Linux Kernel and PnP ("Tiamat")
Problems with Fritz ISDN card (PCI) (Ralfkoeper)
Re: Setting up the modem (John Stankiewicz)
Re: restoring keyboard repeat (garv)
Re: Hardware recommendation for Samba server... (bgeer)
Re: Setting up the modem (Rob Clark)
Re: Hardware recommendation for Samba server... (Daniel Tremitiere)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Ripton)
Subject: Re: Hardware recommendation for Samba server...
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 16:15:33 GMT
In article <7g4f50$ett$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Daniel Tremitiere <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I'd like to apologize in advance for the basic nature of these questions...but
>then, if I knew the answers, I wouldn't be asking.
>
>I'm setting up a network for a small, and certainly not rich, elementary
>school; although they need Windows to run educational software on the client
>machines, I plan on using Linux and Samba for the server end of things. The
>server will be used to provide home directories for students and faculty, and
>to maintain Windows profiles. It will occasionally be used to standardize the
>software distributions on the client machines, but speed isn't important in
>this (it'll likely be done at night.) I don't anticipate running programs off
>the network.
>
>My question is this: what are the minimum hardware requirements for acceptable
>performance in a system like this? The network will be 10base-T at first,
>but will be upgraded to 100Mbps as soon as it's feasible. I have my ideas as
>to what might be an appropriate configuration, but I'd really appreciate any
>input on the subject.
10 Mbps will probably be plenty. Doesn't sound like you'll be hitting the
network very hard. I run programs over NFS every day on a 10 Mbps network,
and I don't even notice the lag. I have 100 Mbps at home, and the only
place I really see a difference is when ftping big files. (Even then, the
100 Mbps LAN is only 2-3 times as fast as the 10 Mbps LAN, not 10 times.)
You said the school is small, so I'm guessing your network has less than a
dozen machines on it. And you won't be using the server for really
intensive tasks. This is cake. A 486 would probably do CPU-wise, but you
want solid PCI for the NICs and a BIOS new enough to handle big drives
seamlessly, which means at least a Pentium-class box.
I think a Pentium 133 with 32 MB, a $20 10/100 PCI card (Netgear FA310TX
or equivalent), and a big fast IDE drive would do nicely. Anything you'll
find still for sale new will of course be much faster than that; sub-$1000
machines now feature 400 MHz Celerons or K6-2's and 64 MB. A big hard
drive pays for itself because you don't have to waste as much time policing
your users' disk usage. By all means get a backup device and a UPS.
(Neither needs to be very expensive; a Quantum Bigfoot in a machine on the
other side of the building is an easy 99% backup solution, and the smallest
Linux-supported UPS you can find will do.)
--
David Ripton [EMAIL PROTECTED]
spamgard(tm): To email me, put "geek" in your Subject line.
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From: Rod Roark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: mirroring with slakware?
Date: 27 Apr 1999 16:51:17 GMT
Bob Bevins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Rod Roark wrote in message <7fv5bc$j0c$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>>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.
>thanks
>>
>>But don't plan on this being an alternative to backups. It's not.
>Why is it not an alternative for backups. If I am writing to two discs the
>same thing and the first one fails
>then i could just boot off the second one no?
Mirroring protects only against disk failure. There are plenty of
other ways to hose your system (power failure, bad memory, software
bugs, operator error, theft, etc.) which are more likely.
-- Rod
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From: "Patrick St. Jean" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: FA: BT-958D Differential Board
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 16:58:47 GMT
Hi everyone,
I've got a Mylex/BusLogic BT-958D PCI SCSI-Differential adapter for
sale at:
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=96211771
Pat
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Programmer & Systems Administrator +1 713-977-4177 x115
Larson Software Technology http://www.cgmlarson.com
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From: David Huff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 3DFXBanshee
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:58:56 -0500
Carlos Jes�s wrote:
>
> Hello, I need a server to Creative Blaster 3DFX Banshee
> not based on glibc, or somebody explain me how configurate
> this PCI-board with XF86Setup.
The only X server for the 3DFx Banshee that I know of can be found at:
http://glide.xxedgexx.com/
Don't know if it needs glibc or not.
Good luck,
--
_
__| |_ David P. Huff | "Linux: Because reboots
\_ _} [EMAIL PROTECTED] | are for upgrades."
\_( Texas Instruments, Inc. |
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From: Ernesto Mottola <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: 4th message: PLEASE HELP -->AVA1502 SCSI card <--
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 15:09:57 +0200
I have a Iomega Zip Plus on a Iomega Zip Zoom SCSI card; it is an
Adaptec AVA-1502, which should work with aha152x driver. I give:
modprobe aha152x aha152x=0x140,9,7
and get:
1 controller detected [.....] probing software interrupt: 9: software
interrupt lost, maybe wrong. [.... ] SCSI 0 hosts
SCSI detected total (!!)
But it correctly works under Windows 95 with IO=0x140 and irq=9. I am
using kernel 2.2.6, what else can I do? Some people has managed to mke
the card work, and I've followed their instructions....
Thanks to anyone can help
Ernesto Mottola
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 12:12:07 -0500
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: IDE CRW (Mem 1622)
PAILOTT wrote:
> Can someone tell me what program to use to operate an IDE CD writer (memeorex
> 1622). I have 2 IDE harddrives, an ide cdrom, and an ide crw. I have also a
> scsi card running a zip drive. I read the CDRECORD documentation, but can not
> figure out what to do to use my cdwriter ?? Is that the recommended s/w, and if
> so how do i use it ??
>
> Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Thanks in advance
What Kernel are you using? If it is 2.0.35 I can help you.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jeff McWilliams)
Subject: Re: SB 16 *PCI*
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:21:11 GMT
In article <7g45k9$e4d$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Andre Malafaya Baptista wrote:
>If it's PnP, you need to set it up first.
>In Linux:
>
>type 'pnpdump >/etc/isapnp.conf'
>open the file '/etc/isapnp.conf', find the lines that regard your sound
>card, uncomment the lines with the resources you want (IO0, IO1, IO2, IRQ,
>DMA1, DMA2) and uncomment the line ACT Y.
>Type 'isapnp /etc/isapnp.conf' and you should be set.
>Then you should add the previous command to the startup scripts.
>
>HTH,
>Andr�
>
WRONG WRONG WRONG. Read his post, it's a PCI card. isapnptools
is NOT for PCI devices!
Jeff
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Problem with CD Rom and PlexWriter on the same SCSI
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 16:43:28 GMT
Hi,
i have been having problems mounting both cdrom's at the same time.
Here is the report from dmesg
(scsi0) <Adaptec AIC-7890/1 Ultra2 SCSI host adapter> found at PCI 6/0
(scsi0) Wide Channel, SCSI ID=7, 32/255 SCBs
(scsi0) Downloading sequencer code... 407 instructions downloaded
scsi0 : Adaptec AHA274x/284x/294x (EISA/VLB/PCI-Fast SCSI) 5.1.10/3.2.4
<Adaptec AIC-7890/1 Ultra2 SCSI host adapter>
scsi : 1 host.
Vendor: QUANTUM Model: QM39100TD-SW Rev: N1B0
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Detected scsi disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
(scsi0:0:0:0) Synchronous at 80.0 Mbyte/sec, offset 31.
Vendor: PLEXTOR Model: CD-R PX-R412C Rev: 1.04
Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Detected scsi CD-ROM sr0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 4, lun 0
(scsi0:0:4:0) Synchronous at 10.0 Mbyte/sec, offset 8.
Vendor: TOSHIBA Model: CD-ROM XM-6401TA Rev: 1009
Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Detected scsi CD-ROM sr1 at scsi0, channel 0, id 6, lun 0
(scsi0:0:6:0) Synchronous at 20.0 Mbyte/sec, offset 16.
sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 12x/12x writer cd/rw xa/form2 cdda caddy
Uniform CDROM driver Revision: 2.54
I can mount plextor and read and write to it. Toshiba is visible, but I can't
mount anything on it.
I would like to read from Toshiba and write to plaxtor.
xcdroast see both things but would not work with Thishiba.
Any suggestions how to overcome this?
/s
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From: Rod Roark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Hardware recommendation for Samba server...
Date: 27 Apr 1999 17:55:45 GMT
Daniel Tremitiere <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I'd like to apologize in advance for the basic nature of these questions...but
>then, if I knew the answers, I wouldn't be asking.
>
>I'm setting up a network for a small, and certainly not rich, elementary
>school; although they need Windows to run educational software on the client
>machines, I plan on using Linux and Samba for the server end of things. The
>server will be used to provide home directories for students and faculty, and
>to maintain Windows profiles. It will occasionally be used to standardize the
>software distributions on the client machines, but speed isn't important in
>this (it'll likely be done at night.) I don't anticipate running programs off
>the network.
>
>My question is this: what are the minimum hardware requirements for acceptable
>performance in a system like this? The network will be 10base-T at first,
>but will be upgraded to 100Mbps as soon as it's feasible. I have my ideas as
>to what might be an appropriate configuration, but I'd really appreciate any
>input on the subject.
You don't need much for this, but for future expansion I'd suggest
either a Super 7 system with a low-end CPU (e.g., K6-2/266) that can
be upgraded later to a K6-3, or a Slot 1 system with a Celeron 333.
32M RAM should be fine to start.
A 10/100 Ethernet card is not much more than 10 Mbps, so you might as
well get one of those; I like the Linksys Etherfast cards.
-- Rod
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http://www.sunsetsystems.com/ and Custom Software
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From: Ernesto Mottola <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How to disable BlackList on generic K56 modem?
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 15:06:24 +0200
I have a compatible V90 - K56Flex external modem; when I find a busy
number, it refuses to dial again (it seems like it stops responding to
AT commands).
Is there an AT sequence in the initialization string to prevent this
behaviour??
Thank you
Ernesto
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From: "Andre Malafaya Baptista" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ASUS P5AB
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 12:22:40 +0100
The question was not for me but here it goes:
http://www.dyer.vanderbilt.edu/server/udma/
Regards,
Andr�
Peter Stein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:7g2rmj$hnd$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Paolo Molaro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >On 20 Apr 1999 12:17:14 GMT, Rod Roark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> I'd suggest the FIC VA503+. The P5A-B is a good board but I don't
think
> >> Linux has UDMA support yet for the ALI chipset. With the MVP3 chipset
you
> >> get UDMA support in the 2.2 kernels, or with the so-called "jumbo
patch".
> >
> >I have a P5A-B with the udma patch for kernel 2.2.5 and hdparm
> >reports 12.55 MB/s on a Quantum disk (8.1 without the patch).
>
> Could you email where you obtained this patch? I don't suppose there's
> a version for the 2.0.36 kernel?
>
> Peter Stein
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
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From: Simon Holgate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: More info on SB 16 *PCI*
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 19:03:53 +0100
Just as a follow up, the IRQ=1 on the MPU is strange because it is
actually set to -1 in the config file (as the config itself suggests)
because I don't have a Jazz16 (or the other cards mentioned which I
can't remember). So I don't know while the driver compilation sets this
as 1 or whether it is important.
I did notice this in dmesg though. I don't know enough about PCI to
know whether it's important:
POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX
PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xfb480
PCI: Using configuration type 1
PCI: Probing PCI hardware
PCI: 00:38 [1106/0586]: Work around ISA DMA hangs (00)
Activating ISA DMA hang workarounds.
Linux NET4.0 for Linux 2.2
I'm not sure what the ISA DMA hangs implies. I also get (later on)
ttyS00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
ttyS01 at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A
pty: 256 Unix98 ptys configured
Sound initialization started
Sound initialization complete
VP_IDE: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 39
VP_IDE: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
ide0: BM-DMA at 0xe000-0xe007, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:DMA
ide1: BM-DMA at 0xe008-0xe00f, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:DMA
hda: Maxtor 90845D4, ATA DISK drive
which is the relevant bit about it not finding the sound card.
Cheers,
Simon
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From: Dan Perl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: 2 video devices
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 14:29:28 -0400
I added a new video card to my NEC PC (yes, I know, my fault) with
Red Hat 5.2.
The new card is an ATI Xpert@Work, so it's supported. However, because
the
original video chip set is integrated on the mother board, I have in
fact 2 video
devices installed. Solaris accepts that, Windows accepts that too
(can't live with
them, can't live without them). Linux, however, recognizes the card in
xf86config, but when it gets to startx, the server complains that it
cannot detect
the device.
Is this problem because of the combination of two devices? Is there a
solution?
Dan Perl
Ottawa, Canada
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dan Cook)
Subject: Re: Adaptec 2940U2W
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 03:06:10 GMT
On Fri, 23 Apr 1999 20:56:25 GMT, Aaron Kulkis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>TURBO1010 wrote:
>> How do I install Linux 1.3 on this card? I can't seem to get the module
>> loaded. Any help on this would be apprecitated. Thanks.
You'll likely never get a Linux 1.x Kernel to work with an
Adaptec AHA-2940-U2W. Try Linux 2.0.36 and up or 2.2.1 and up.
- Dan
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From: Pat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Seagate STT38000 tape backup
Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1999 20:09:28 -0700
Hi,
I'm very intersted in this (though I don't have any advice at the moment). I
have a Seagate STT20000A ATAPI tape drive (it's on a Dell machine that I just
bought) and I would like to know if you found out how to mount your drive on
your machine. Any advice?
thanks,
pat
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi,
>
> We have a Seagate STT38000 tape backup and RedHat 5.2 and it s our first
> experience with backups and linux. We found drivers for QIC-80. But our drive
> support read-only for those formats.. or the doc says so. We were unable to
> mount the drive with ftape anyway.
>
> It supports QIC-3080 and QIC-3095 too. We found no information on those. Does
> anybody has a clue?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Martin Hamel
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dan Cook)
Subject: Re: How to backup 18GB web server?
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 03:12:22 GMT
On Fri, 23 Apr 1999 16:00:52 -0700, Dan Poynor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Thanks for all the great info!
>> Assuming 2:1 hardware compression, any DDS-3 DAT
Be sure to use 125M DDS-3 tapes, not 120M DDS-2 or 60M/90M DDS-1.
You'll only get the high speed and high capacity in DDS-3 mode
with the DDS-3 tapes.
- Dan
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From: DV8MCSE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: DTC SCSI Card Problems
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 19:02:08 GMT
I've got a DTC 3510A SCSI card that is supposed to be compatible with the
AHA152x mod. I've tried adding append="aha152x=0x340,10,7,1" to the
lilo.conf, I've tried passing the same thing in at boot time (although I'm
not sure I did that correctly), and I've combed through everything I can
find. DTC tech support says that it will work, I just have to add the above
to the LILO.CONF or pass it at boot time. I've checked everywhere to see if
I can find any IRQ conflicts and can find none. This is the error that I'm
getting..
Aha152x: Bios test passed, detected one controller
Aha152x0: vital data; PORTABASE=0x340, IRQ=10, SCSI ID =7, reconnect=enabled,
parity=enabled, synchronous=disabled, delay=100, extended translation=disabled
Aha152x: Trying software interrupt, lost.
Aha152x: Irq10 possibly wrong. Please verify
SCSI0: Adaptec 152x scsi driver; $Revision 1.18$
Any help at all would be SORELY appreciated!!! I'm going CRAZY with this one..
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jesper Ekberg)
Subject: Awe64 problems!
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 19:14:16 GMT
Hi!!
This is probably not the first time someone asks this, but how do I
get my AW64 pnp to work with my linux.??
Running kernel 2.2.1 recompiled for my computer. (Debian dist.)
Have configured the kernel to use Soundblaster 16 compatible HW with
correct IRQ, I/O, LDMA and HDMA.
During bootup I see messages about Sound system initialization
starting and then on next line stating that it was started OK..
/jesper
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From: "Henrik Jensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: 3Com MegaHertz (3CXE589ET) and RH52?
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 13:26:38 +0200
2 Questions:
1. Has anyone managed to get the 3Com MegaHertz 10Mbps (3CXE589ET) PCMCIA
card working in RedHat 5.2?
2. If so, does it use the 3c589_cs driver or do I have to get and compile a
driver from somewhere else?
Henrik Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: "Tiamat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux Kernel and PnP
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 21:24:25 +0200
Christopher Weslay Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a �crit dans le message :
7g2grn$[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> I am wondering when will the detection and configuration of PnP devices
> will be apart of the Kernel. I think this is what is holding many people
> from running linux. I know there is the isapnptools but I want something
> simpler.
Try the latest kernels : I use kernel 2.2.5, and I've plugged an Adaptec AVA
1505AE, it's been automagically detected at bootup.
CYA
Tiamat
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ralfkoeper)
Subject: Problems with Fritz ISDN card (PCI)
Date: 27 Apr 1999 19:31:46 GMT
Hi!
I've got problems with my ISDN card, an AVM Fritz PCI.
According to the guys at AVM, SuSE and documentation
on the kernel this should work fine cause there's HiSax
chip on it.
The card works fine with Windows (IRQ 9 and io f400). But
Linux does not recognize the card. I compiled everything as
modules and load slhc, ppp and isdn modules. Then I try
to load hisax with parameters "io=0xf400 irq=9 type=5".
That should be fine according to kernel documentation. Still,
I get an error message about "wrong hscx address" and the
module is not loaded.
Can anybody help?
Thanx a lot, Ralf
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From: John Stankiewicz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Setting up the modem
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 15:23:23 -0700
Hi, I also have a similar problem (PCI device not recognized at all, and this
must be the modem). Mine is an ACER/AOPEN FM56-P 56K DataFax Speakerphone PCI
modem. I presume, since it works under Windows just fine that it's PnP. So
do you think it is not possible to disable the PnP feature? Maybe I could
leave it in for Windows 95 and buy another one that's not PnP and install that
for Linux? (maybe an external one would be best in this case).
js
"M. Buchenrieder" wrote:
> [Non-existant col.questions removed, F'Up set]
>
> "Ramtin Mahboubian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> [Compaq 56K-DF modem not working]
>
> >hi,
>
> >I have same problem and I think its the plug and play modem that are not
> >fully suported by linux yet.
>
> No. The modem is question is a 100% WinModem and absolutely unuseable
> outside of a MS Windows operating system. You have been screwed.
>
> Michael
>
> Please, add your text below the cited one. There's not much sense in
> having to go down to the original text first, just to find out what you're
> commenting on.
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From: garv <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: restoring keyboard repeat
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 13:01:36 -0700
Phil Howard wrote:
> When I disconnect the keyboard and connect it back, the repeat rate
> changes to slower. Simply doing a soft reboot (e.g. Ctrl-Alt-Del or
> "shutdown -r now") will, when the system is back up, restore the full
> keyboard repeat rate.
Do a man kbdrate to see the details.
I'm a gimpo and use an alias in .bashrc to keep the keyboard
from running away:
alias key='kbdrate -r 5'
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (bgeer)
Subject: Re: Hardware recommendation for Samba server...
Date: 27 Apr 1999 14:04:34 -0600
Daniel Tremitiere <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>I'm setting up a network for a small, and certainly not rich, elementary
>school; although they need Windows to run educational software on the client
>machines, I plan on using Linux and Samba for the server end of things. The
>server will be used to provide home directories for students and faculty, and
>to maintain Windows profiles. It will occasionally be used to standardize the
>software distributions on the client machines, but speed isn't important in
>this (it'll likely be done at night.) I don't anticipate running programs off
>the network.
How many Windows workstations total?
A recent zdnet.com article shows a Linux server to be more reliable,
stable, & faster then NT with more than 10 workstations. & you get
Apache, SQL databases, & all the other stuff for which NT versions
cost a lot.
I don't understand what you mean by "I don't anticipate running
programs off the network" - do you mean "not running programs on the
server" or do you mean "all programs will be installed on the
workstations".
I am supporting 8 Win95 workstations & 2 printers using a 686-PR233
with 32Meg ram & a 2gig UltraDMA disk drive. The workstations have
Win95 installed on small drives & use old ISA 10BaseT network cards.
All applications - word processor, spreadsheet, database application,
specialty apps - are installed only on the server. The difference
between loading the word processor from the network vs. from a local
disk is perceptible but insignificant.
>My question is this: what are the minimum hardware requirements for acceptable
>performance in a system like this? The network will be 10base-T at first,
>but will be upgraded to 100Mbps as soon as it's feasible. I have my ideas as
>to what might be an appropriate configuration, but I'd really appreciate any
>input on the subject.
A quick look at ebccomputers.com prices shows mid-level K6's are quite
affordable, as well as 100MHz capable motherboards, sdram, PCI
100baseT cards & UltraDMA disk drives. While fast-wide SCSI disks are
faster, they cost a lot more. Extra ram in the server means more disk
cache so the UltraDMA's should do just fine. & don't forget - use a
cheap video card because an honest-to-gosh server doesn't need video
performance...:-)
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Subject: Re: Setting up the modem
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rob Clark)
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 20:21:18 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
John Stankiewicz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi, I also have a similar problem (PCI device not recognized at all, and this
>must be the modem). Mine is an ACER/AOPEN FM56-P 56K DataFax Speakerphone PCI
>modem. I presume, since it works under Windows just fine that it's PnP. So
>do you think it is not possible to disable the PnP feature? Maybe I could
>leave it in for Windows 95 and buy another one that's not PnP and install that
>for Linux? (maybe an external one would be best in this case).
Your AOpen FM56-P is also a controllerless modem:
http://www.aopenusa.com/products/modem/
so it will not work without the Windows software. (It just happens that
the vast majority of PCI modems are also software modems of some kind.
There are at least two PCI/PnP modems that have all of the modem hardware
on-board.)
Rob Clark, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html
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From: Daniel Tremitiere <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Hardware recommendation for Samba server...
Date: 27 Apr 1999 19:45:46 GMT
Sorry about omitting the number of client machines...it'll be startin out around ~15
machines. Hopefully that number will be going up in the future, but it'll probably be
far
enough ahead that it'll make more sense to either upgrade or augment this server
later...planning ahead that far (at least a year, probably two, and maybe never)
doesn't
make too much sense.
Thanks for all the responses, though!
Dan
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