Linux-Hardware Digest #323, Volume #10 Tue, 25 May 99 15:13:32 EDT
Contents:
Re: IDE faster than SCSI UW? ("Tony")
Re: Addressing SCSI Controllers?? (Johannes Niess)
Re: data acquisition, please help me run away from windows (Johannes Niess)
Re: Best tape drive? (Johannes Niess)
Re: How do u install an LS-120 ("Lee Sharp")
Re: SB 128 again (Thierry Michalowski)
Re: Problem routing from cable modem (was "Can't communicate with 2nd NIC") ("Tony")
Re: DLT 7000 performance problem under linux (Johannes Niess)
Re: Temperature Probe (Johannes Niess)
Help! Can't get DEC 4mm DAT to work (Jeff McWilliams)
How can I configure opl3-sa3 by direct kernel in? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: With dual-processor system, is SCSI a must or is Ultra-DMA enough? (Johan
Kullstam)
Re: What happened to fdformat (Neil Zanella)
Re: How do I move linux? (Thierry Michalowski)
Re: linux not supporting my Network card? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: How do you know if you have a WinModem? (Justin The Cynical)
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From: "Tony" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: IDE faster than SCSI UW?
Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 00:56:42 +1000
<snip>
>I'm getting an occasional "hickup" when accessing the CD-ROM. I've got
>the system loaded; UMAX 1220s scanner, Toshiba 32x CD, Yamaha 4260t
>CDRW, and the IBM and Viking 4.5g drives. I can get the actual settings
>for the devices if necessary (Guesstimate: all devices have disconnect
>enabled though the bus speeds differ (40mbs/drive, 10mbs/CD,
>??mbs/scanner. Except for ID 0 (Viking), the other devices are placed
>in on IDs 1-6 in no specific order.).
Don't tell me you have all these devices connectd one the one SCSI channel
????
Because don't forget the old rule,
ALL SCSI DEVICES WILL RUN AT THE SLOWEST DEVICE SPEED.
If that scanner only runs at 5Mb/s , ........wellll..........
Tony
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Johannes Niess)
Subject: Re: Addressing SCSI Controllers??
Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 16:23:31 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>I have two SCSI Controllers in a Dell 410 Wkstn.
>One is an onboard controller aic7890/aic7880 and
>the other is an Adaptec 2940AU. Both use the
>AIC7XXX driver. Apparently, because of a shared
>interrupt on the onboard controller, the second of
>two SCSI drives I have connected to this
>controller cannot be seen if any device is
>connected to the secondary port. I have relocated
>all of the devices on the secondary controller to
>my 2940AU and they function correctly their. I
>can see both disks on the on board controller.
>The only problem is that Linux is recognizing the
>adapters in the reverse order from what I would
>like. The 2940AU is SCSI0 and the onboard
>controller is SCSI1. This results in
>inconvienient addressing for my SCSI disks. The
>JAZ drive and the zip drive I have connected to
>the 2940AU are /dev/sda and /dev/sdb respectively.
>The two hard drives are /dev/sdc and /dev/sdd.
>This would be OK, except the BIOS apparently only
>recognizes two boot drives and as a result, LILO
>will not boot from the partitions on either drive.
>I can boot successfully from diskette but would
>like to boot directly from Sys. Commander.
>Is there some way that I can get Linux to reverse
>the detection order for the two SCSI controllers?
>I have investigated devfs, but don't understand it
>well enough to try it. I believe that if the
>onboard controller was scsi0 and the 2940 was
>scsi1, all would be well with the drive
>addressing.
>I'd welcome any suggestions or pointers to the
>info that explains how to correct the problem
>Jan Julian
Jan,
There is a reversed scan option for the aic driver. You can find more
info in /usr/src/linux/driver/scsci/README.aic7xxxx.
Johannes Niess
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Johannes Niess)
Subject: Re: data acquisition, please help me run away from windows
Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 16:27:07 GMT
"aZZa amarela" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>hello
>i can't find a pcmcia card to do data acquisition of a 24 bit digital signal
>under linux.
>i've searched .. and searched ... with no luck at all.
>the card manufacters still keep forget linux, i wonder if someone knows of a
>card i could use.
>if i can't find a suitable card i will have to go back to windows.
>any help is welcome.
What about National Instruments and Labview? But they don't write
drivers for linux (yet). AFIK only the NI LabPC+ is supported under
Linux.
Johannes Niess
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Johannes Niess)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Best tape drive?
Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 16:31:40 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Brian Bergstrand) wrote:
>I need some advice on a good tape drive. We are ordering two Compaq
>Prolinea 1600's,
>one will be running Caldera 1.3, kernel 2.0.35 (NDS Client requires this,
>bleh) and the dual
>proc one will be running Slackware 4. I want to be able to backup both
>boxes, preferably to
>the Slackware box, but if needed, I will get a tape drive for both boxes.
>The boxes have
>an integrated UW-3 SCSI board, and therefore I will need a SCSI tape drive.
>Both
>boxes will have a single 9.1GB drive (although future expansion is
>possible).
>I need a tape drive that has great Linux support.
>Thanks for any help,
>Brian
Brian,
Because SCSI is a good standard, any SCSI tape drive will do the job.
Get informations about the different technologies (DDS, DLT, AIC?) to
name a few.
Use amanda (www.amanda.org) as a backup program for both servers (and
any client).
Johannes Niess
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From: "Lee Sharp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How do u install an LS-120
Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 17:29:44 GMT
Gene Heskett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in article
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> Reply to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Gene Heskett sends Greetings to John Hong;
> JH> Gene Heskett ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> JH> The newer 2x LS-120 models are faster and also (big bonus)
> JH> quieter!
> Thats nice to know. However, locally, sales were miniscule at best, and
> almost matched by returns. This one works great on a pc controller, but
> I was never able to make it work on the Amiga's Buddha IDE, even after
> the controller chip itself, a MACH, was replaced, and thru several
> revisions of the driver. Its problem from the gitgo was that it sent
> the first int written to each sector into a black hole, left format info
> as the last int of the sector, EXCEPT for the last sector of a file,
> which was written correctly. Obviously driver problem, and the authro
> sent me several 'fixes' none of which did. I guess I was the only one
> in the world trying to use one on an Amiga. :-)
I love the drives, and have several. However, I also never got it to
work on my Amiga 4000 with factory IDE. I didn't go as far into why, but I
did try. :-) That makes 2 of us. I am sure there are more, because one
thing certan about the Internet, is that there are more freaks like you
<whatever freak you may be> there. :-)
I also still have trouble with them as single drives under NT, Solaris,
and Linux. I have made NT work, but the rest...
Lee
--
SCSI is *NOT* magic. There are *fundamental technical reasons* why it is
necessary to sacrifice a young goat to your SCSI chain now and then. *
Black holes are where God divided by zero. - I am speaking as an
individual, not as a representative of any company, organization or other
entity. I am solely responsible for my words.
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From: Thierry Michalowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SB 128 again
Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 20:03:18 +0000
Try compiling your kernel with support for the Ensoniq AudioPCI chip...
that's what in the SoundBlaster 128 ...
Hope this helps...
Claude Chaudet wrote:
> >-->Try loading the oss emulation.
> >-->snd-pcm1-oss
> >-->
> >-->This should take care of the problem
>
> I did it but it solved nothing...
>
> Claude.
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From: "Tony" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Problem routing from cable modem (was "Can't communicate with 2nd NIC")
Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 00:41:56 +1000
Steve Snyder wrote in message ...
>Thanks to all who responded to my post "Can't communicate through 2nd NIC".
>I actually *can* communicate through the 2nd NIC; it's the routing of
>packets through it to the cable modem that's screwed-up.
>
>In that original thread I passed along some bad information. I claimed
>that the IP address of the cable modem (a 3Com USR CMX) was 24.4.162.173.
>In fact, according to @Home's tech support:
>
> 10.71.5.44 = The IP address of the cable modem itself.
> 24.4.162.173 = The IP address assigned to me for use by my NIC.
>
>Given those numbers, what, if anything, is wrong with this configuration:
>
># /sbin/ifconfig -a
>-------------------
>eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:10:4B:9A:82:E5
> inet addr:192.168.0.12 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:1650 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:1047 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
> Interrupt:11 Base address:0xe400
>
>eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:60:97:C8:01:C8
> inet addr:24.4.162.173 Bcast:24.4.162.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:1391 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:1043 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
> Interrupt:10 Base address:0xe800
>
># cat /etc/sysconfig/network
>----------------------------
>NETWORKING=yes
>FORWARD_IPV4=false
>HOSTNAME="corona.snydernet.lan"
>DOMAINNAME=snydernet.lan
>#GATEWAY=
>#GATEWAYDEV=
>GATEWAY=24.4.162.173
>GATEWAYDEV=eth1
Think of it as a normal network
Now for your Linux box to get anywhere it needs to go thru a router / gatway
device, the router is NOT your network card or or anything like it.
IT is the cable modem> and it's IP address
So the Cable modem IP address is the gateway, and it happens to be connected
to one of your network cards (eth1), that has an IP address of 24.4.162.173
If your gateway is yourself, how to you get thru the gate????
All other machines connected to your Linux box <to surf say> can use the
Linux box as their gateway, but the Linux box cannot use it's self as the
gateway for it's self.
Tony
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Johannes Niess)
Subject: Re: DLT 7000 performance problem under linux
Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 16:41:17 GMT
hvergonet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Dear Linux users,
># cat files | cpio -ocav | dd bs=32k of=/dev/st0
>24478883 blocks # cpio (output) 512 byte blocks
>0+3336377 records in # dd (output)
>0+3336377 records out
>results in a 12.5GB (1G = 10^9) backup and uses 7h30, or 28 Meg per
>minute. The DLT 7000 specs. state that the drive is capable of a
>sustained data transfer of 600 MB per minute (with compression). During
>backup the drive continuously spins up and down, maybe we are unable to
>feed the drive with enough data.
Looks like it.
>Please is there someone who could you help us in determining the
>problem, is it a Linux problem ? Is there a way to boost the backup
>speed ? Does anyone have experience with DLT 7000 drives ?
I recommend using amanda as a backup program. It is network capable
and uses a holding disk to buffer processed output before writing it
to the tape in one run.
It is very reliable and convenient for me. More info is at
http://www.amanda.org
Johannes Niess
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Johannes Niess)
Subject: Re: Temperature Probe
Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 16:45:40 GMT
"Carey Barnett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Does anyone know of any software, or commentary on how to write software,
>that will probe the BIOS/Mainboard sensors? I want my server to monitor its
>own mainboard temperature so I can check it remotely, or have the server
>page me.
There is a programm called lm-sensor on sunsite.
Johannes Niess
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jeff McWilliams)
Subject: Help! Can't get DEC 4mm DAT to work
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 18:38:55 GMT
Hi, I've been trying, unsuccessfully, to get a DEC TLZ06 SCSI DAT drive
to work. So far no luck. System is a Celeron 366 CPU on a Intel LX
chipset based motherboard. SCSI card is an Ultra-Wide Buslogic KT-950,
drive is connected externally.
Kernel is Debian Linux 2.0.36
Here's what the kernel reports in syslog during boot:
May 25 14:47:23 agamemnon kernel: scsi0 : BusLogic BT-950May 25 14:47:23
agamemnon kernel: scsi : 1 host.
May 25 14:47:23 agamemnon kernel: Vendor: DEC Model: TLZ06 (C)DEC
Rev: 0435
May 25 14:47:23 agamemnon kernel: Type: Sequential-Access
ANSI SCSI revision: 02
May 25 14:47:23 agamemnon kernel: Vendor: IBM Model: DDRS-34560W
Rev: S97B
May 25 14:47:23 agamemnon kernel: Type: Direct-Access
ANSI SCSI revision: 02
May 25 14:47:23 agamemnon kernel: Detected scsi disk sda at scsi0, channel 0,
id 6, lun 0
May 25 14:47:23 agamemnon kernel: scsi0: Target 3: Queue Depth 3,
AsynchronousMay 25 14:47:23 agamemnon kernel: scsi0: Target 6: Queue Depth 28,
Wide Synchronous at 20.0 MB/sec, offset 15May 25 14:47:23 agamemnon kernel:
scsi : detected 1 SCSI disk total.
May 25 14:47:23 agamemnon kernel: SCSI device sda: hdwr sector= 512 bytes.
Sectors= 8925000 [4357 MB] [4.4 GB]
*******************************************************************
the scsi tape drive is loaded as a module, here's what it reports when
loading:
May 25 14:47:23 agamemnon kernel: Detected scsi tape st0 at scsi0, channel 0,
id 3, lun 0
*******************************************************************
I ran ./MAKEDEV st0 from /dev ... doing a ls -l on /dev/st0 reveals:
agamemnon:/home/jjmcwill# ls -l /dev/st0
crw-rw---- 1 root tape 9, 0 May 25 13:26 /dev/st0
agamemnon:/home/jjmcwill#
which, according to /usr/src/linux/Documentation/devices.txt is the proper
major,minor for this device.
*******************************************************************
However, no tools seem to work...
agamemnon:/home/jjmcwill# mt -f /dev/st0 status
mt: /dev/st0: Input/output error
agamemnon:/home/jjmcwill#
*******************************************************************
agamemnon:/home/jjmcwill# tar -czlvf /dev/st0 /home/jjmcwill
tar: Removing leading `/' from absolute path names in the archive
home/jjmcwill/
home/jjmcwill/.bashrc
home/jjmcwill/.bash_profile
home/jjmcwill/.bash_history
home/jjmcwill/805ship.tgz
tar (grandchild): Cannot write to /dev/st0: Input/output error
tar (grandchild): Error is not recoverable: exiting now
Broken pipe
/proc/scsi/BusLogic/0 looks like this:
***** BusLogic SCSI Driver Version 2.0.15 of 17 August 1998 *****
Copyright 1995-1998 by Leonard N. Zubkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Configuring BusLogic Model BT-950 PCI Wide Ultra SCSI Host Adapter
Firmware Version: 5.02, I/O Address: 0xDC00, IRQ Channel: 10/Level
PCI Bus: 0, Device: 9, Address: 0xFE00F000, Host Adapter SCSI ID: 7
Parity Checking: Enabled, Extended Translation: Enabled
Synchronous Negotiation: FFFUFFF#FFFFFFFF, Wide Negotiation: Enabled
Disconnect/Reconnect: Enabled, Tagged Queuing: Enabled
Driver Queue Depth: 255, Scatter/Gather Limit: 128 segments
Tagged Queue Depth: Automatic, Untagged Queue Depth: 3
Error Recovery Strategy: Default, SCSI Bus Reset: Enabled
SCSI Bus Termination: High Enabled, SCAM: Disabled
*** BusLogic BT-950 Initialized Successfully ***
Target 3: Queue Depth 3, Asynchronous
Target 6: Queue Depth 28, Wide Synchronous at 20.0 MB/sec, offset 15
Current Driver Queue Depth: 255
Currently Allocated CCBs: 35
DATA TRANSFER STATISTICS
Target Tagged Queuing Queue Depth Active Attempted Completed
====== ============== =========== ====== ========= =========
3 Not Supported 3 0 15 15
6 Active 28 0 2944 2944
Target Read Commands Write Commands Total Bytes Read Total Bytes Written
====== ============= ============== =================== ===================
3 0 0 0 0
6 2621 312 9214976 493568
Target Command 0-1KB 1-2KB 2-4KB 4-8KB 8-16KB
====== ======= ========= ========= ========= ========= =========
3 Read 0 0 0 0 0
3 Write 0 0 0 0 0
6 Read 0 1532 97 476 493
6 Write 0 248 40 20 4
Target Command 16-32KB 32-64KB 64-128KB 128-256KB 256KB+
====== ======= ========= ========= ========= ========= =========
3 Read 0 0 0 0 0
3 Write 0 0 0 0 0
6 Read 15 6 2 0 0
6 Write 0 0 0 0 0
ERROR RECOVERY STATISTICS
Command Aborts Bus Device Resets Host Adapter Resets
Target Requested Completed Requested Completed Requested Completed
ID \\\\ Attempted //// \\\\ Attempted //// \\\\ Attempted ////
====== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== =====
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
External Host Adapter Resets: 0
Host Adapter Internal Errors: 0
******************************************************
I have had a DDS 90M tape in the drive during all these tests.
mt -f /dev/st0 rewind fails similarly. Can anyone help me here?
many thanks in advance!
Jeff
--
Jeff McWilliams - Advanced Development Engineer, ACE Technologies
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: How can I configure opl3-sa3 by direct kernel in?
Date: 26 May 1999 00:14:29 +0900
Hi, all I'm using Yamaha opl3-sa3 Chip Card. I can use this device and it's
content chips by moduling like this..
# lsmod
opl3
opl3sa2
ad1848 [opl3sa2]
mpu401 [opl3sa2]
and, I have compiled sound support, oss support with [Y]
general opl3 FM support [Y], Yamaha opl3-sax(2,3) [M] -- this is memorized me. -_-
but, now I want to compile these drivers completely. *with no modules*
While last some hours, I tried for this can possible... I can't.
I have compiled this=>
sound card support? [Y]
OSS sound modules? [Y]
support for Yamaha OPL3-SA2, SA3, and SAx based PnP cards? [Y]
(3) chipset
(530) opl3sa2 audio i/o base
(5) opl3sa2 audio irq
(0) opl3sa2 audio dma
(1) opl3sa2 second dma
(370) opl3sa2 control i/o base
(330) opl3sa2 midi i/o base
(5) opl3sa2 midi irq
only these 3 items I checked in.
By result, opl3-sax relational drivers and midi driver are installed. but,
AUDIO and SYNTH devices are not configured at that time.
/etc/isapnp.conf:50 -- Fatal - resource conflict allocating 8 bytes of IO at 530 (see
/proc/ioports)
/etc/isapnp.conf:50 -- Fatal - Error occurred executing request '<IORESCHECK> ' ---
further action aborted
my system is mmx pentium(intel) pc, RICHMOND board(atx type), and remove possible
conflict cards.(modem,lan,etc..)
any idea?
Thank you.
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From: Johan Kullstam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: With dual-processor system, is SCSI a must or is Ultra-DMA enough?
Date: 25 May 1999 10:24:18 -0400
cummings@TRY-IT&PAYstingray.net (Matthew P. Cummings) writes:
> In article <7i88h1$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Mark Hahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > or so drives), you will not see better performance from SCSI.
> > buying SCSI at anything lower than Ultra2 is highly questionable,
don't laugh at narrow/slow scsi. there's more than bus speed out
there. with scsi you can connect all sorts of *external* periferals -
not just internal harddrives. cd-rom, cd-rw, scanner, zip-drives,
tape-drives come to mind. some of these, such as scanner, are pretty
much only supported in linux via scsi interface. with these devices,
speed isn't very important. a simpler and cheaper narrow card may be
just the ticket!
--
johan kullstam
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From: Neil Zanella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.debian.user,comp.os.linux.misc,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: What happened to fdformat
Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 15:51:40 -0230
On Tue, 18 May 1999, Paul Payne wrote:
> Type, without quotes, "mke2fs /dev/fd0", if you want an ext2 format
> floppy. Don't know how to get a ms-dos format. If your floppy is not the
> first floppy you will sub the zero with the right number, ie 1 for the
> second floppy. Paul
I think you can make a dos formatted floppy with the mtools (the command
is mformat). You can download mtools from the usual places if you don t
already have it.
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From: Thierry Michalowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How do I move linux?
Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 20:07:15 +0000
Just to add: under Unix, for the same thing I always used some sort of 'dd' or
'dumpfs' command ...
example: dd -if /dev/yoursourcedevice -of /dev/yourdestinationdevice ...
Hope this helps...
Millennium Man wrote:
> (((follow up to my orig post)))
>
> Well thanks to all who replied to my question about cloning a hard
> drive under linux. It got kinda funky in here for awhile with all the
> ideas but here is what I used.
>
> Quarterdeck (now symantec) disk clone.
>
> http://www.symantec.com/region/can/eng/product/diskclone/fullproductinforeg.
> html
>
> Booted with a DOS (argh) disk with the new drive, 2.1 as master and
> the old 850 as slave. Ran the program and it made a cluster by
> cluster copy. It recognized and copied the linux and swap partitions
> to the new drive and left me with 1.6 Gb of free space.
>
> On first reboot I could not get LILO to go further than LI.
>
> I rebooted with my orig slakware boot disk and mounted the /dev/hda1
> as the boot device.
>
> After I got to the command line shell I typed LILO and it made the new
> hd bootable again.
>
> After this reboot I went in to cfdisk, created the partition from free
> space, formated as ext2, added a fstab line to the new partition,
> mounted and we are rockin'.
>
> With all the ideas floating around about what works and not I think it
> may be time for a HDCOPY-HOWTO. There is lots of adding a partition
> and adding a drive info but not a migration.
>
> Thanks for all the input from everyone and some of it I am sure will
> be useful as the Linux adventure continues. Later All.
>
> Jorge JUAN CHICO <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:Pine.SOL.4.02.9905191643420.5799-100000@cnm23...
> > On 19 May 1999, it was written:
> >
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Millinium Man) writes:
> > >
> > > > Is there a safe and easy way to move a working linux to another hard
> > > > drive? I have an 850mb as a file and internet server and I want to
> > > > move to a 2.1 Gb. Is there an easy way to migrate to the new drive?
> > >
> > > There have been too many replies in this thread to address each
> > > separately, but the following *will* work, it *will* handle symbolic
> > > links and devices without difficulty, it will preserve all
> > > permissions, and it won't try to copy any other mounted or pseudo file
> > > systems:
> > >
> > > % umask 0
> > > % cd /
> > > % tar clf - . | (cd /mnt/newpartition; tar xf -)
> > >
> > > There are ways to use the cp command that work the same, and no doubt
> > > ten other methods as well. You will need to edit /etc/fstab after the
> > > move, and you will need a boot floppy to boot the system the first
> > > time. Then update /etc/lilo.conf for the new device names and start
> > > the system from the new disk. If you're using IDE disks you can make
> > > a boot floppy by dd-ing a kernel image to a floppy:
> > >
> > > % dd if=/boot/vmlinuz of=/dev/fd0 bs=16k
> > > % /usr/sbin/rdev /dev/fd0 /dev/hda3
> > >
> > > The rdev command sets the device that will be used as the root file
> > > system. If this is the only Linux machine within walking distance you
> > > should make boot floppies for the old root partition, the new root
> > > partition, and the device you hope or suspect the new partition will
> > > become if and when you remove the old disk. (I.e., /dev/hdb2 will
> > > become /dev/hda2.)
> >
> > There is a How-To (NewDisk or something similar) that explains the details
> > and gives good advices. I used it to "repartition" a single drive,
> > including moving de root partition and creating one for /usr/local. It's a
> > little risky, but I could do all the stuff remotely, just configuring lilo
> > between reboots. It's incredible what "remote administration" means with
> > Linux.
> >
> > jorge.
> >
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: linux not supporting my Network card?
Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 14:25:22 GMT
In article <7hegc7$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Walter Harms" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> >Hi,
> > I have a compaq prosignia 200 with an onboard netelligence
network
> >card. I'm using redhat linux 5.1 and I can't seem to get the
network
> >card to work. (I'm new to the linux/unix environment) Do I have have
> >settings for it to even notice the network card? or is my card not
> >supported by redhat? If anyone can help I would appreciate it.
>
> i guess you should find out what chip is inside a compaq prosignia
200.
> Distributor sometimes change the chips without notice.
>
> walter
>
> --
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> "It seems that your computers are as stubborn as you are."
> -----
>
The chip inside the Netelligence card is a texas Instruments thunder
lan. DO you happen to know where I can get the Driver for it? ANy help
would be appreciated.
Jimmy
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Justin The Cynical)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: How do you know if you have a WinModem?
Date: 25 May 1999 17:42:13 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Mon, 24 May 1999 02:00:48 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
->Hmmm. I'm having the same difficulty as reported by "Steven". My
->situation is that I have a Diamond SupraMax 56i PCI modem. From windows
->I can determine that its UART is 16550AN as well. Under linux, I can't
->get it to respond. Is it possible that modems whose UART is 16550AN are
->winmodems?
No. The 16550 UART is a Good Thing to have on an internal modem. The
problem with software modems is that the drivers fool windows into thinking
that there is a UART, when there is not.
As for your Diamond SupraMax 56i PCI modem, a quick look at Diamonds'
web page reveal the following:
'The SupraMax 56K faxmodem for Windows...' <- This is bad, OK?
'The SupraMax 56K faxmodem for Windows takes advantage of your PC's processing
power...' <- This is even worse.
'Minimum sys requirements: An IBM-compatible computer (Pentium 133 or higher)
I can just about promise you that this is a winmodem. -^
And from the FAQ:
"I just realized that the SupraMax is a contollerless modem and am not sure how
this affects me.
A controllerless modem uses the computer processor for some of its
functionality. It is an entry level modem for the customer who would like to
have fast access to the Internet in order to browse the Web, download files
and send/receive email. The SupraMax modem performs well for those tasks. For
customers who have more demanding needs such as hardcore (head-to-head) Internet
gaming, Diamond Multimedia offers the award winning SupraExpress modems."
Yep. You have a winmodem. The UART has nothing to do with it. Sorry.
I would junk the thing and get a modem, not a glorified phone cord interface.
Even Diamond says that it's not a serious modem, but a toy.
--
"So does the Leatherman Micra. It has tweezers too but I find that I need
the pliers on the SuperTool in order to deal adequately with my nasal hair."
- Giles Todd, Monk
Justin The Cynical, Bastard of Smaug - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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