Linux-Hardware Digest #264, Volume #10 Tue, 18 May 99 15:13:33 EDT
Contents:
Re: New cable modem means I have a lot to learn (David Kennedy)
Analog to digital capturing board setup ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
4 port pci serial card recommendation (Brian Servis)
Re: removing cooling fans--how dangerous? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: RedHat Linux 5.2 Deluxe Operating System (Henry Kammler)
Re: IDE-Harddisk problem (Eric Fierke)
Re: removing cooling fans--how dangerous? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Please HELP: 3c905b-tx NIC does only transfer about 2,5MByte/s ("Matthew Coene")
Re: Winmodem (Johan Kullstam)
Re: ISDN (alpine)
Re: Build or buy? (killbill)
PC/104 DAQ ("Patrick Riphagen")
Re: All the current OSes are idiotic (was Re: Is Windows for idiots?) ("Jon A.
Maxwell (JAM)")
Re: Cloning a Linux box ("Ben")
Re: NIC and Modem Coordination (killbill)
New cable modem means I have a lot to learn ("Steve Snyder")
Re: RedHat Linux 5.2 Deluxe Operating System (TS Stahl)
USB printing on Linux? (AK)
Re: DDS-3 DAT drive (Per Steinar Iversen)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Kennedy)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: New cable modem means I have a lot to learn
Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 16:10:09 GMT
It is actually not that hard. There are many good websites describing
similiar setups.
<<--some peices sniped-->>
The server does not provide Internet access to the clients.
Perhaps it should. As was pointed out you do want to firewall your
internal lan.
I have the same deal (cable modem, linux box, NT workstation clients)
The linux box provides internet access to the clients (linux box is
running a caching name server, I point NT's DNS and default gateway to
the linux box. bam, I am on the net)
>
>I do not intend to run any additional local services (mail, Web, news, etc.)
>at this time. I just want my LANs server to pass packets between the client
>machines and the cable modem.
you might want to disable them from the /etc/inetd.conf to prevent
them from being exploited.
>0. My ISP will provide a dynamically-allocated IP address. Does that mean I
>need to configure my server for DHCP? All the client system will continue
>to have static addresses.
(lets not have the arguement here about this OK??)
It appears that @home's preferred method is DHCP, however, some cable
companies (down to the district level) have some flexibility.
You should be prepaired to use DHCP (either now or in the future) but
it is possible you will get a static IP.
You need to be careful about what version of DHCPCD you use. I think
(correct me if I am wrong) 0.7 was for 2.0.x kernels.
>
>2. IP Masquerading?
>
>3. Firewall? Up to now I haven't had to think much about security, since
>the LAN doesn't have direct Internet access. Now that we'll be constantly
>connected, I'm wondering if I need a firewall. I have an older machine that
>I could use solely as a firewall if needed.
>
Your "linux server" with two NIC's can do both.
Again, I can't remember the URL's but there are some good websites
which describe how to build the rc.firewall file.
>Any information, or pointers to info, on these topics would be gratefully
>received.
>
>Thank you.
>
>***** Steve Snyder *****
>
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Analog to digital capturing board setup
Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 16:35:10 GMT
Hi,
I have three years old video capturing board (e.g. Qmotion 200 PCI)
chips are:
Philips SAA 7110 WP
316170 dfd9444v1x 94'
Philips SAA 7187 WP
k5l785 hfd9540v0y 94'
Altera EPM 7032lc44-15t
bd9525
AMCC PCI MATCHMAKER
PARADIGM PDM41256SA15S0
ZORAN
ZR36055PQC29.5
and
ZR36050PQC
Could someone help me to find drivers for this card under linux. I
checked the linux4video web page, but I am not sure that
any of the drivers will work for me. Looks that someone has drivers for
ZORAN chip, but is this is all I need.
I am not shy to start writing a driver for this card, but I need some
pointers and help.
Thanks much
/s
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From: Brian Servis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: 4 port pci serial card recommendation
Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 11:27:04 -0500
I am in need of more serial ports. What is a good, cheap, pci based
4 port serial card that works with the 2.2.x series of kernels.
Thanks,
--
Brian
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Purdue University http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~servis
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.hardware,alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,alt.comp.hardware.overclocking
Subject: Re: removing cooling fans--how dangerous?
Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 16:06:30 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Actually, IIRC, the more *surface area* a heat sink has is what makes
> or breaks a given heat sink, not the size. So, if I am right, and I
think I
> am, a smaller heatsink with more surface area (i.e. more 'fins') will
work
> better than a large block of heat sink metal that has no fins. There
is a
> reason there are so many fins on a sink.
Just what I thought. Moreover, I guess that if the cpu is on a
vertically mounted motherboard then the sink should be placed so that
the fins are vertical instead of horizontal, so that the hot air between
them can rise, right?
> In any case, I don't see why people complain about noisy fans and
> computers. I'd rather have a noisy but cool system than a quiet one
that looks
> like it was made by Dali. :-) I'm become so used to hearing my fans
and
> drives spinning, if I had a real quiet system, I would wonder what was
wrong.
>
> I guess this makes me a real geek, eh?
It sure makes you superman with X-ray vision! Personally, I could care
less for the looks of a processor, which is inside the computer case,
which in turn may be inside another wooden case or other furniture,
which in turn may not even be stared at all the time.
And given the choice between two systems that look exactly the same to
me, one quiet and one noisy, I prefer the quiet one. Doesn't everyone?
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From: Henry Kammler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: RedHat Linux 5.2 Deluxe Operating System
Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 16:19:22 +0200
> I am a newbie to the Linux/unix envrionment
Is that why you crosspost to 10 forums?
> and interested in becoming more
> knowledgeable. But lately for some reason whenenver I install a copy of
> RedHat's Linux 5.2 Deluxe OS during the install it wants me to specify the
> types of drives or something like that for the partitions. If you know
> anything about this then please e-mail me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] What are
> the specific drive names?
A *little* reading is due even before doing the super easy install procedure of
Red Head (it's all in the readmes and howtos).
Depending on how many partitions you have you may want to call them
/root (1st)
/usr
/var
Don't forget to define your mount points for dos-partitions if you want to use
them under LINUX (as /mnt/dos_C or something).
> Also what is the command for mounting a CDROM
> drive?
mount /mnt/cdrom (if your drive is /mnt/cdrom)
you unmount it with
umount ...
> and is there any GUI copmression utlility for Linux that is similar
> to Winzip or Aladdin?
yep
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From: Eric Fierke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: IDE-Harddisk problem
Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 10:32:00 -0400
Defective controller.
Eric
> Dear All,
>
> We have an important problem with IDE-HD:
> We use RedHat 5.2 with Western Digital (8.4Go) or Maxtor HD (6.4 Go).
> Since 3 months, we have already broken 4 HD under linux (or we get bad
> sectors after a while...)
> I am use to do several partitions with fdisk (between 4 and 8) during
> the linux install.
>
> Any idea?
> Thanks
> Francois
>
> --
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> ----------
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> 1, rue des Louvels
> 80 037 Amiens Cedex 1
> France
> ----------
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>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.hardware,alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,alt.comp.hardware.overclocking
Subject: Re: removing cooling fans--how dangerous?
Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 16:27:10 GMT
In article <37378d90$0$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Sean Medina" <medina AT NOSPAM .best.com> wrote:
> What kind of processor? Pentium-133? 486-66?
> Pentium-III / K6-3?
Pentium-200, not overclocked. Several inches of space above it; enough
for a tennis-ball size heat sink.
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From: "Matthew Coene" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Please HELP: 3c905b-tx NIC does only transfer about 2,5MByte/s
Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 13:17:40 -0400
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Hello!
>
>I were very glad about, if you could help me. I'm not very familier
>in linux.
>
>I have bought 2 3c905b NIC's. One of them I installed on my NT4-Server
>and the other I installed on my linux-box.
>
>Linux-Box:
>2xP166
>Tyan Tomcat III MPS
>Maxtor IDE Drive (UDMA2).
>Redhat 5.2
>Kernel 2.2.1
>Date of file 3c59x.c 7/5/1999
>
>I set both cards to Full-Duplex 100MBps. Then I compiled the kernel
>and modules with the option 'CPU is to slow to handle full bandwith'
>to get the maximum network performance.
>
>Well, I thought this is all and expected a tranfer rate about 7-8
>MByte/s.
>But instead of I only get about 2570 kBytes/s. This realy sucks! Then
>I changed the network cable with no results.
>I transfered a 470MByte-file and then I checked with 'ifconfig' my
>eth1: Only few (about 50 from maybe about 80000) Rx-errors.
>
>Ping stats (all values are ca.):
>to eth0 (3com 3c900, gateway, 10MBits/s, 10BaseT, IRQ12): 0,3ms
>to eth1 (3com 3c905b, local, 100BaseT, IRQ10, PROBLEMCARD): 6,2ms !!!
>to eth2 (Realtec 8029, local, 10Base2, IRQ11): 0,6ms
>
>What I tried until now:
>-changed BIOS for 'No pnp' -> nothing happened
>-changed Cable to a shorter one -> only about 5kBytes/s difference
>-changed Adapter SLOT (though I know that all PCI-slots are BUSMASTER)
>-used another 100MBit-NIC on my NT4-box -> no changes
>-read NET3-HOWTO/Hardware-HOWTO/Modules-HOWTO
>-checked Donald Beckers page for support (hmmm...)
>-read mailing lists -> but not understood all (especially, those
> depends on my problem :(
>
>If you need *any* information additionally, then let me know!
>
>I realy don't know what to do now. Again: Please help me!!!!!!!!!!
>I'm interested in EVERY opinion/suggestion.
>
>Thanx in advance!
>Yours sincerely
> Erkan
>
>PS: If you reply, then please send a copy to my email adress, too.
Are you running straight between the two systems via cross-over cable or
through a hub???
The first thing I would try is resetting the cards to half-duplex.. Most TX
cards don't do a good job of full duplexing.. And further, practically no
hubs or routers will do it unless they are way higher end than the stuff the
average "joe home-user" can afford.
I used to have significant troubles of the same nature, before I realized
our 3com hubs were only half-duplex, as was our Cisco... Once the NIC's
were set to half-duplex all the problems went away...
Regards,
Matt.C.
-Systems Admin.
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From: Johan Kullstam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Winmodem
Date: 18 May 1999 09:56:55 -0400
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> I've got Zoltrix 56k V.90 (internal) modem. It's a Winmodem.
> Does it works under Linux (RedHat 5.2) ?
no. the manufacturer refuses to support linux with driver or specs.
--
johan kullstam
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From: alpine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ISDN
Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 12:49:27 -0400
i have been looking for approximately 2 months for a internal isdn
modem
that would work under linux and windows nt both
the usrobotics courier I modem seemed to be the solution to this
but unfortunately it is not available anymore
so my search continued
i found the multi tech systems modems
and the mt128ISA modem will work under linux and win nt
WITH TECH SUPPORT FOR BOTH
this may help you out as this is the only solution that i found to
my problem
although there were several other modems on the market that were
external
one of my specifications was that the modem was internal
the modem is due to arrive around the 25 of may if you are still
looking at that time
i would be glad to report any problems or challenges encountered
when i go to install
the modem
multi tech home page
www.multitech.com
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From: killbill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Build or buy?
Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 13:55:04 GMT
In article <7hrdho$vun$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> In article <7hq79m$6pa$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > NOW (which is why I was instructed to go out and buy a new machine).
> > What if I bought a bunch of parts and it took me 2-3 weeks to
> > get them all working right? Such a delay would be _EXPENSIVE_.
>
> For an experienced person, a couple of hours should be
> sufficient to assemble a PC. But if you are not experienced
> and get into problems, you
> may require weeks to correct it.
Not trying to start a flame ware here... but the first estimate (2-3
weeks) sounds WAY high, and the second estimate (2 hours) sounds WAY
low.
Think about it... Just getting the motherboard out, putting it together
with your case (including all the connectors for hard drive lights,
power saver switches, and reset buttons), running the cables, and
screwing the whole mess together is probably going to take two hours on
it's own, even for an experienced individual. I know, I just replaced
my case and power supply last Thursday. I took a completely operational
system, move all the parts from my old tower case to my new tower case,
and reconnected everything. It was over 2 hours, just to move the
hardware.
To get windows to even have a chance of reliably setting up plug and
play devices, I generally install windows with minimal hardware, get it
working reliably, then start layering in new peripherals (with a at
least two reboots per peripheral installation). Once windows is stable
with all my doo-dads connected and configured, I can write down all the
IRQ and addresses and get Linux installed and working. I do windows
first because it is the least deterministic, especially as hardware is
being added.
Getting windows "right" with non trivial hardware and a reasonably full
featured software installation (office, netscape, networking, etc) is
usually at least an additional 4 hour job by the time it is done. Linux
requires about the same amount of time for a fresh installation, but I
can easily reproduce an existing system (unlike windows) in much less
time if appropriate.
My estimate would be that you will probably spend 2-3 normal work days
getting a home built system together and really humming under both
windows and Linux.
I suspect you could get the factory system customized and humming along
under both Windows and Linux in about 1.5 days. Both systems will need
to be adapted to your environment, and will need time spent on
configuration, especially if you will be connecting to a LAN.
All in all, IF YOU ENJOY BUILDING SYSTEMS, I think it ends up about a
wash between rolling your own and buying a prebuilt system. Rolling
your own costs time, but gains knowledge of your system and great
flexibility.
The Dell system you spec'd out had a win-modem... make sure you ditch
that and get a "real" modem so that it can be used with Linux.
Also, I would take a look at Gateway. Whenever I check, they seem to
have a minor edge over Dell in terms of cost, and every one of their
systems that I have taken apart have always used good standard
components, and had great cases, keyboards, etc. Most of the Dell's I
have pulled have had good standard parts, but a few of them have had
some proprietary bios's, motherboards, and non-standard cases. Nothing
you can't work around in a pinch, but nice to avoid if you can.
Both companies make great systems at great prices, it's a great time to
be a customer.
--
Bil Kilgallon ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
--"I believe, what I believe, has made me what I am. I did not make
it, It is making me, it is the very truth of God, not the invention
of any man". Rich Mullins, quoting G.K. Chesterton.
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From: "Patrick Riphagen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: PC/104 DAQ
Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 16:54:57 +0200
Are there any device drivers for linux for a PC/104 data acquisition card?
(For example a locamation AX10424 DIO Module)
I'd like to build a single board PC with digital IO possibilities and a
timer on the PC/104 card.
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From: "Jon A. Maxwell (JAM)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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: 18 May 1999 14:56:17 GMT
Mike Bartman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: (comp.lang.java.advocacy)
[Mach as an example of]
|> an OS built of small, replaceable components. Bugs will be fewer,
|>and cost would be lower due to the competition (vendor
|>independence). Also, if
|
| In Windows we have a large OS, true, but we also have many of the
| "modules" that make it up (device drivers, services, etc.)
| provided by 3rd parties. We *know* how stable this arrangement
| is...it's "crash-o-matic"...and you have no good way of
| determining which party is guilty and has to make a fix...you just
| get a freezup or a BSOD and you reboot...over and over again.
True, but Mach is not written by Microsoft. Also I believe that
these components in Mach run in the user space as processes, so
identifying the culprit should not be a problem.
| On the other hand, OpenVMS is a large, monolithic OS produced by a
| single company. It has very few crash problems...and what it
| *does* have is nearly always device-driver related...usually
| device drivers produced by third parties.
To me that just says have your modular OS designed by Compaq.
Jam (address rot13 encoded)
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Reply-To: "Ben" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "Ben" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Cloning a Linux box
Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 11:00:10 -0400
The best, easiest, and simpeest way is to simply do a kikstart install.
Read the man pages and head over to www.redhat.com and check out the help
files there too.
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:hZ0%2.14153$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> In comp.os.linux.hardware Brian Kell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> : Scott M. Grim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> : news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
> :> You could simply tar the entire contents of the drive and pipe it back
> :> through tar to extract it to the other drive. Then you'll need to run
> : LILO
> :> on the new drive to write the master boot record.
>
> : What about the /dev directory? Won't tar try to copy all of those
special
> : files? And if you leave that out, then how do you get the new disk to
have
> : enough of a /dev directory in order to boot?
>
> I have used various systems, one of which was using tar.
>
> it went something like this.
>
> umask 0; rsh othersystem tar cf - / | tar xfv .
>
> You have to work things out so that you are root on both systems, but
> it works fairly well. Sometime you divide things up and do it directory
> by directory.
>
> Another system which has worked (but I would warn you against), works like
> this:
>
> rsh otherssystem cat /dev/hda > /dev/hda
>
> Assuming your disks are exactly the same and nothing is really running on
> the first system, it works.
>
> But it is not for the faint of heart.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Stephen Jenuth
> ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
>
> Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur.
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From: killbill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: NIC and Modem Coordination
Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 17:56:37 GMT
In article <7hqio8$e3l$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I've recently arrived home from college and have
> a question about how to disable my ethernet card
> (as it takes approx. 4 minutes to fail on boot)
> now that I am no longer connected to my campus
> network, such that I can later reactivate it.
If no one else posts the solution to this, I will
look when I get home. It should be simple... I just
don't have a linux installation here at work where I
can look and see what /etc file fires up this interface...
It is right on the tip of my tongue...
I don't know about RH6.0, but I _think_ 5.2 has a option
within the linuxconf script to disable an interface
without deleting it from your system.
What is probably slowing you down is not the existence of
an unconnected ethernet card, but rather some sort of
dynamic IP address request to a DHCP or similiar server.
This is what you probably want to turn off to speed things
up. If this is DHCP, it is probably in /etc/samba.conf,
but I am going from memory, so maybe not. I think linuxconf
will also allow you to disable the DHCP (I think RH6.0 uses
something different now). Just set a static IP address for
the card if you are going to leave it in.
>
> Also, I need to now buy a modem to utilize my
> families ISP account. If anyone has can point
> me to a model that works particularly well with
> Linux it would be much appreciated.
>
> System: RedHat 6.0
There are plenty of good ones. A critical thing
to look for is that it is not a win-modem. A nearly
critical thing to look for is that the modem that uses a
UART chip that Linux recognizes. A handy thing to look
for is one with jumpers that allow you to override the
plug-n-pray randomness of win95.
A 56K V.90 ISA internal modem that meets all of
the above requirements is the ModemBlaster (see
www.modemblaster.com)... I forget the exact model,
but it should be pretty obvious from looking at the
box. I got mine from Best Buy for about $68, a decent
(but not great) deal. The modem works great under
Linux and Windows.
There are other great modems out there as well, just
avoid winmodems. This one works well for me, is
readily available, reasonably priced, and has everything
necessary to work well with Linux.
--
Bil Kilgallon ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
--"I believe, what I believe, has made me what I am. I did not make
it, It is making me, it is the very truth of God, not the invention
of any man". Rich Mullins, quoting G.K. Chesterton.
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From: "Steve Snyder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: New cable modem means I have a lot to learn
Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 10:03:07 -0400 (EST)
Reply-To: "Steve Snyder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
The good news: after years of dithering my cable TV provider is providing
Internet access. The bad news: I need to quickly get up to speed on
everything needed to provide Internet access to my whole LAN via the cable
modem.
My simple LAN consists of a server running RedHat v5.2 (updated to kernel
v2.2.x and glibc v2.1) and 10 clients (running Win95, Win98 and OS/2) all
running on the same subnet. Name resolution is done via an identical hosts
file on each system. The server does not provide Internet access to the
clients.
I do not intend to run any additional local services (mail, Web, news, etc.)
at this time. I just want my LANs server to pass packets between the client
machines and the cable modem.
With the imminent arrival of my cable modem I quickly need info on:
0. My ISP will provide a dynamically-allocated IP address. Does that mean I
need to configure my server for DHCP? All the client system will continue
to have static addresses.
1. Supporting a 2nd NIC in my server. Having Linux recognize both NICs is
a no-brainer, but how do I configure it to communicate only with the cable
modem? (The 1st NIC will remain connected to the hub, of course.)
2. IP Masquerading?
3. Firewall? Up to now I haven't had to think much about security, since
the LAN doesn't have direct Internet access. Now that we'll be constantly
connected, I'm wondering if I need a firewall. I have an older machine that
I could use solely as a firewall if needed.
Any information, or pointers to info, on these topics would be gratefully
received.
Thank you.
***** Steve Snyder *****
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From: TS Stahl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.development,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.misc,linux.redhat.devel,linux.redhat.development,linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.rpm
Subject: Re: RedHat Linux 5.2 Deluxe Operating System
Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 09:02:40 -0500
Jik offered some excellent advice. If you are really this new to the game,
then I would suggest finding a mentor. If a mentor is not available, then try
one of the many commercial books dedicated to Linux. Red Hat linux unleashed
is a good start, and it comes with RH 5.2.
Those partitions the install wants you to create are the home of the file
system. You will be just fine defining two partitions: one called / (yes,
just slash /), and one swap partition. The swap partition should be twice your
memory size, but not more than 128 meg. The / partition should be as large as
you want linux to have. Six hundre megs or so is a good start for a dual boot
learning box.
Happy computing.
Andrew Meyer wrote:
> I am a newbie to the Linux/unix envrionment and interested in becoming more
> knowledgeable. But lately for some reason whenenver I install a copy of
> RedHat's Linux 5.2 Deluxe OS during the install it wants me to specify the
> types of drives or something like that for the partitions. If you know
> anything about this then please e-mail me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] What are
> the specific drive names? Also what is the command for mounting a CDROM
> drive? and is there any GUI copmression utlility for Linux that is similar
> to Winzip or Aladdin? And please if you could help me with the C source
> code compiling it would mean a great deal to me!!!
>
> Thanks
> Andrew Meyer
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Scott Stahl
MIS Asst.
Illinois Housing Development Authority
401 N. Michigan Ave. Ste. 900
Chicago, IL 60611
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (AK)
Subject: USB printing on Linux?
Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 17:57:11 GMT
Has anyone ever successfully configured a USB printer on Linux. Is it
possible (outside of LinuxPPC)? I have Red Hat 6.0 and I'm interested
in giving it a try, if the possibility exists.
AK
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Per Steinar Iversen)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: DDS-3 DAT drive
Date: 18 May 1999 18:42:18 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 18 May 1999 15:59:16 GMT, Chris Mauritz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>What's the secret to getting a DDS-3 DAT drive to work with linux?
>I've tried reading/writing tapes with Redhat 5.2 and Redhat 6.0
>using an HP and a Seagate drive without success.
>
>When I try to read/write tapes, I get:
>
>tape read error: Input/output error
>
>I've compiled SCSI tape support into the kernel (tried both 2.0.36 and
>2.2.9) and made sure the device files (/dev/nst0 /dev/st0) exist.
>
>Anyone have any suggestions?
In the case of reading tapes this could be due to different block lengths
between the drive that wrote the tape and the reader.
Assuming that a tape contain a tar-image, then one can make linux figure
out the blocksize:
mt -f /dev/st0 setblk 0
tar xf /dev/st0
The trick is to use "mt setblk" with an argument of 0 - this seems not
to be documented in the mt man-page, but it works well though.
I have a handful of DDS-3 DAT tapes running with linux, they work
very well, both Sony and HP.
-psi
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