Linux-Hardware Digest #343, Volume #10 Thu, 27 May 99 16:13:38 EDT
Contents:
Re: Attempted RedHat install kills HDD ("Robert C McDougle")
How do you set up 2 network cards? (Matthew Hanselman)
Epson Styulus Color 400 and WordPerfect 8 for Linux ("Toni")
Cardbus problems on various machines... (Dennis Heimbigner)
Re: new sblive driver is perfect (Matija Grabnar)
Re: Support for ESS Maestro sound card on Dell I7K Laptop (Barry Flanagan)
Grand Junction FastNIC 100 EISA -- linux support? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Ati Rage Fury 128 ("Dan")
Re: Dell PowerEdge Expandable RAID Controller 2/SC And Linux ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
big tape drive for linux (Hongyu Zhang)
Re: Backup solution for a single linux box with about 10Gig drive. (killbill)
Promise ATA/66 Card (The Halls)
Re: Ati Rage Fury 128 ("Dan")
Setting up the X server: Problem with the my sreen! (Eric)
Re: FDD Tape Drive--The Sequel (M. Farrenkopf)
Re: AMD 5x86/133Mhz (Warren B. Hapke)
Re: How to get multiple replies quickly (Rob Clark)
Re: RH 6 and Ultra66 ATA (TS Stahl)
kernel driver - forcing a useless read (Eric Wampner)
AGP versus PCI ("D. Wade")
Re: new sblive driver is perfect (Mike)
Re: Caldera 2.2 and Compaq 3200 RAID controller ("Laith Suheimat")
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From: "Robert C McDougle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Attempted RedHat install kills HDD
Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 10:54:30 -0400
Thanks for your response...
Unfortunately, part of my problem is that I can no longer even boot from a
floppy. I haven't tried booting from the CD, but it seems that I should be
able to boot from a DOS boot disk...???
Thanks again, all help appreciated,
--
R C McDougle
rcm Arch Design
Curt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:Smc33.98$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
> It seems that most of the systems I've installed RH5.0,5.1.5.2 on have
> failed the
> last step of writing to the boot sector. I have had to boot from a
floppy,
> mount the
> drive and run lilo by hand. This always has fixed the problem.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Robert C McDougle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:7ii2pq$l3j$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > I just tried to install RedHat 5.2 to my Tyan 1563D with 1 p133
processor
> > and a WD 2.5g HDD. The drive was recognized fine by the BIOS prior to
the
> > install and could be hit by FDISK on a win98 boot disk. After
attempting
> > the Linux install (which seemed to go fine), the boot fails with the
> message
> >
> > "not found any [active partition] in HDD
> > DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER"
> >
> > pressing enter just gets me to a repeat of the message.
> > Now that this message has occurred, I can't even boot from a floppy. I
> > changed the boot sequence in the BIOS to A, C, SCSI but even with a
> > previously working boot disk only get to the same message.
> >
> > Does anyone know what is going on???
> >
> > --
> > R C McDougle
> > rcm Arch Design
> >
> >
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matthew Hanselman)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: How do you set up 2 network cards?
Date: 27 May 1999 15:00:20 GMT
Anybody know how to get 2 3Com Etherlink XL cards to work in the same box?
I can't seem to force Linux to put the 2 cards on different IRQ/ports.
The cards come up on IRQ 9 base 0xb800; This append does nothing:
append="ether=5,0xb800,eth0" (eth0 will still be on irq 9)
Or, if I put this into conf.modules, eth0 will never come up:
options 3c59x irq=5
Playing around with the BIOS to force a PCI slot to a particular IRQ has
yielded nothing...
Any ideas?
- Matt
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From: "Toni" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Epson Styulus Color 400 and WordPerfect 8 for Linux
Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 23:51:02 +0200
Does anybody know how I can use and install my Epson Stylus COlor 400 in
order to
make it work within Word Perfect 8. My Linux distribution is SuSE 6.0 and
my printer works all right with SuSE, but I don't know how to use it with WP
8.
Thank you in advance for your help.
Toni
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.portable
Subject: Cardbus problems on various machines...
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dennis Heimbigner)
Date: 27 May 1999 09:12:13 -0700
I too am having trouble getting a cardbus card
(a 3COM 3CCFE575BT 10/100 LAN card) to work on
my IBM TP600E. I gather that this is a problem on
other brands of machines as well.
It occurs to me to see if we all share the same
cardbus controller as the possible source of the problem.
My TP600E appears to have (according to Win98)
a "Texas Instruments PCI-1251 CardBus Controller".
Anyone else who has this problem should check and report
on your controller.
=Dennis Heimbigner
Computer Science Dept
University of Colorado
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matija Grabnar)
Subject: Re: new sblive driver is perfect
Date: 27 May 1999 15:16:51 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
patrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>hi all
>
>i downloaded the new soundblaster driver at creative
>http://developer.soundblaster.com/linux/
> ftp://ftp.soundblaster.com/pub/creative/beta/sblive-0.2b.tar.gz
>
>wav files are no longer clutered up and quake 3 works perfect now, still
>only front boxes that work, but hey keep up the good work creative
>
>patrick :)
>
I must be making some beginners mistake: both 0.1 and 0.2 refuse to load for
me: depmod complains about unknown symbols. (I am using kernel 2.2.5)
--
"My name is Not Important. Not to friends.
But you can call me mr. Important" - Not J. Important
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Barry Flanagan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Support for ESS Maestro sound card on Dell I7K Laptop
Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 17:51:30 +0100
Kevin Haines wrote:
>
> Anyone know how to configure the kernel to support this (or if it's
> possible)? I'm currently at v2.2.9.
>
> TIA
>
> Frankie.
Hi,
This card is not yet supported. Pity, as it is the only thing on the
i7000 I have not got working perfectly (DVD movies aside).
There is a commercial OSS driver available in Beta for a cost of (I
think) US$25, but it requires you to boot Windows to initialise the
card, and then boot Linuix through loadlin.
--
-Barry Flanagan
Creative & Technical Director
DigiServe Ltd. Dublin, Ireland
Tel: +353 (0)1 855-4321
Fax: +353 (0)1 817-0643
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Grand Junction FastNIC 100 EISA -- linux support?
Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 17:16:24 GMT
Does anyone know if a driver for linux exists for this card? or perhaps
a driver for any OS.. i cant seem to find any information on it at all,
other than that its a 100BT card with 1meg of network buffer, i have a
pair of them i'd like to use to build a linux router..
I dont check the newsgroups often so if anyone has any further info
please email me privately.
Thanks
Dave
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From: "Dan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.windows.x.i386unix,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: Ati Rage Fury 128
Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 10:58:38 -0400
Have you tried this URL:
http://www.0wned.org/~cain/ragefury.htm
there's been several threads about getting the ATI 128 cards (doesn't really
matter if it's the Magnum, Expert 128, Expert 99 [128 VR chipset], or the
AIWonder 128).
The framebuffer allows the card to work by relying on the VESA modes (with
which every card made in the last 3-5 years is compatible), bypassing native
routines and calls of the card.
I've copied the relevant details of my XF86Config file from the above web
page.
NOTE! to get your system running with X requires more than just hacking the
XF86Config file. You'll also have to edit /etc/lilo.conf, install/compile
the FrameBufferDevice.
Check that webpage - it'll help solve your problems.
Here's another page with very similar details:
http://ruff.cs.jmu.edu/~beetle/ragefury.htm
good luck
dan
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>On Wed, 26 May 1999 12:59:53 -0400, "Dan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>>I've gotten my Expert 128 AGP (which is the 16MB card with the 128 GL
>>chipset) to work according to the docs...
>>
>>However, I can't get 1280x1024 to run non-interlaced.
>>
>>BTW: I'm running Linux 2.2.5 (started from Redhat 5.2 packages).
>>I'm running XFree86.
>>
>>Is there anybody that know how to force X to run non-interlaced (I've been
>>hacking the XF86Config file for a while now, too).
>>
>>thx,
>>
>>dan
>>
>>Toffol Oliver wrote in message <7hulfj$qm2$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>>
>>[snip]
>>
>>>2) The XF86Config they give seems to be bad.
>>>
>>>The best thing is to use the XF86Config you made with Xconfigurator, even
>>>with a wrong server, but with good mouse, monitor, and so on.
>>>
>>>Then you must add these lines:
>>>
>>># Frame Buffer server
>>>
>>>Section "Screen"
>>> Driver "FBDev"
>>> Device "My Video Card"
>>> Monitor "My Monitor"
>>> Subsection "Display"
>>> Modes "default"
>>> EndSubsection
>>>EndSection
>>>
>>>To make these line, start from another server (vga, svga...), and modify
>>>the Driver line, and respect the names of your Device and your Monitor.
>>>Also, the subsection Display should only contains Modes "defaut".
>>>
>>>I succedeed with S.u.S.E 6.1 : kernel 2.2.5.
>>>
>>>Of course you cannot zoom (does it matter).
>>>
>>>If you want another resolution than 1024x768 you must choose something
else
>>>than VGA=791 in /etc/lilo.conf
>>>
>>>Let me know, if you succeed. (and other values than 791, i want 1152x864,
>>>which is ok on a good 17").
>>>
>>>Good Bye and good luck !
>
>=============
>
>Hi - I'm having impossible problems trying to get X running under
>RH6.0. I've tried *innumerable* times w/every possible configuration,
>server, etc. The main problem is that I've got an ATI Rage 128GL Pro
>w/16mb video ram, which is not supported under XFree86. I'm currently
>trying to learn how to do something called VESA frame buffer, but the
>learning curve will take me awhile.
>
>I was wondering if you could send me a copy of your XF86Config file,
>and let me know how I could try to duplicate your success in getting
>it running, i.e., which server, which modes, resolutions, etc.
>
>I'd really appreciate any hints - I've done an enormous amount of
>homework, but just need a hand (no applause <g>)..
>
>Thanks,
>
>Chip Rose.
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Dell PowerEdge Expandable RAID Controller 2/SC And Linux
Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 17:24:01 GMT
Yes, Dell has PERC2/SC drivers for Linux. I didn't see them on the
file library on www.dell.com, but tech support had the files. If you
email me, I can forward them to you.
-Mike
In article <7ig3gg$6cd$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Our company is planning on buying a Dell PowerEdge 2300 server
> as a linux server. Dell Poweredge 2300 server is a redhat 6.0 linux
> certified system, but the certified system is without a raid-
controller.
> If anyone has any experiance or knowledge whether the
> Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller 2/SC works with linux or not I
> would like to know about it. Here's the url for specification sheet
> of the raid controller - http://support.dell.com/oti/storage/perc2sc/
>
> thanks in advance to anyone who can help me with this problem!
>
> Olli Ryh�nen
>
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From: Hongyu Zhang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: big tape drive for linux
Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 14:10:04 -0400
Dear all,
Has anyone had experience of installing a big tape drive (over 20GB) for
linux box? I called Dell, but they seemed to have no clue on what kind
of tape drive is compatible with linux.
Appreicate your time.
-- Hongyu
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CARB, University of Maryland | (301) 987-0179 (h) -m( 00 )m-
9600 Gudelsky Drive | Fax: (301) 738-6255
Rockville, Maryland 20850 | Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
URL: http://indigo5.carb.nist.gov/~hyzhang
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From: killbill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Backup solution for a single linux box with about 10Gig drive.
Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 17:26:04 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Gen. Sisyphus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thanks for your complete description. How do I know what CD
> drives are supported by Linux?
See
http://www.fokus.gmd.de/research/cc/glone/employees/joerg.schilling/priv
ate/cdwriters-1.8.html
( I found this by going to freshmeat.net, looking up cdrecord, and
following links on the cdrecord home page).
Linux does not offer native support for writing CD-Roms yet, but it
likely not too far away. You use the cdrecord program, and write a
prebuilt disk image to the CDRW drive. The list of drives supported by
cdrecord is the link I included above.
> I am hoping that after the initial complete dump, I can fit all
> incremental changes on a single CD. That would be wonderful.
They should fit fine, unless you are doing video editing or something
otherwise disk space intensive.
Note that the backburner program I wrote only handles the low level
nitty gritty tasks of capturing a live Unix stream to a sequence of CDR
discs. What you use to generate the stream is your business. Tar,
dump, and dd are all obvious candidates with some help from gzip, but
you still have a little work to do to generate an incremental backup.
I'm sure tar has options built in to make it easy, and I know 'find'
could be easily used to generate a list of changed files, and tar could
be easily used to capture them to CDRW.
It will all work great, but I wanted to warn you that it will take a
little high level (easy) customization on your end to get the
incremental backup strategy working completely.
Sooner or later myself or somebody else will write some sort of high
level gee-wiz gui to wrap around backburner and tar, dd, and gzip and
create a complete gui based disk backup and ghosting package. Until
then, you have to use the command line (which works quite well,
actually).
> Also, is there a way to create a boot CD? That would also be very
> nice.
There is, but I think it is pretty bios dependent, and it relies on
making an image of an existing boot floppy, so you will need to get the
boot floppy working first anyway. The only trouble I have had with
getting boot floppies to work was either bad floppies, or odd poorly
designed proprietary laptop hardware that just would not boot anything
but DOS.
--
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: The Halls <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Promise ATA/66 Card
Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 16:43:33 GMT
Hi,
I'm looking at buying a Promise Ultra66 (ATA/66) card for my new Linux
box. I can find references to the older Ultra33 (ATA/33) model working
with the new kernel, but can't find anything definite about the new
Ultra66. Does anyone know if/how to get this card to work? If it doesn't
work yet, I assume it will work in ATA/33 mode until new drivers are
released? Thanks for the help.
Nick
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From: "Dan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.windows.x.i386unix,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: Ati Rage Fury 128
Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 11:00:49 -0400
Claude Chaudet wrote in message ...
[snip]
>
>By the way, does anybody know if I can get 1600x1200 (even interlaced)
>with frame buffer ? I've tried the VGA = ... line with no success (I can't
>remember the error message). 1280x1024 works but I would like more.
Mind I ask *if* you got 1280x1024 to work Non-interlaced?
check here for 1600x1200 modes:
http://metalab.unc.edu/mdw/HOWTO/mini/Vesafb-5.html
probably VGA=796 through to 799
dan
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eric)
Subject: Setting up the X server: Problem with the my sreen!
Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 18:01:49 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
My problem is that I have this old 15" SVGA PS/1 screen but I don't
have the spec. for it. And my question is how can I get the :
+ Clock frequency in mHz
+ The horizontale display end
+ The start horizontal retrace end
+ The end horizontal retrace value
+ The horizontal total value
+ The vertival display end value
+ The start vertical retrace value
+ The end vertical retrace value
+ The vertical total value.
that I need to set up X.
thank!
--
Eric
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: mattf*@aracnet.com (M. Farrenkopf)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: FDD Tape Drive--The Sequel
Date: 27 May 1999 18:13:20 GMT
On 26 May 1999 21:37:37 GMT, Adam J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Thanks for the info. I installed my Colorado 250MB tape drive, but have
>been unsuccessful in getting anything on the tape. I know I should use tar,
>(the command line I used was "tar -cz /home/* /dev/ftape/hame.tar") but
>whenever I try to use it, I get a bunch of garbage on the screen and my box
>starts beeping at me. Any advice?
Yes. :-)
You're missing a very important option. -f is what allows you to specify
the destination and name of the tar file. Thus, you're telling tar to tar
up /home/* and /dev/ftape/hame.tar.
If you want the file to go to /dev/ftape/hame.tar, then try:
tar -czf /dev/ftape/hame.tar /home/*
(c = create tar file, z = compress, f = filename to use)
I've never tried the f option as anything but the last option since it
requires a filename, so just make sure it is the last option listed and it
should work fine.
Matt
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- Steve Shaw, comp.os.linux.advocacy, on the apparent lack of
fault tolerance in MS Windows-series of OS's.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Warren B. Hapke)
Subject: Re: AMD 5x86/133Mhz
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Warren B. Hapke)
Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 18:17:18 GMT
In a previous article, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hong) says:
>Warren B. Hapke ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
>
>: The potential gains from the kinds of overclocking you're talking about
>: (150 vs 133) don't seem worth it.
>
> Not by that number surely, but regarding the bus speed there is.
Perhaps. I find that if I think a system is "too slow", I will want a
2x to 3x improvement, not a 25 to 33 percent improvement. But maybe
the bus speed change will help you.
AMD has some information on their Web site at
http://www.amd.com/products/cpg/5x86/5x86.html
All the material there indicates that the processor should run on
a 33 Mhz bus. Of course, manufacturers aren't likely to suggest
overclocking.
Warren B. Hapke
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Subject: Re: How to get multiple replies quickly
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rob Clark)
Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 16:27:26 GMT
In article <7ijkiv$n4r$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I have posted several messages in the past but I rarely ever get
>replies. Since I am a newbie my questions are usually straight forwrd
>and to the point. Why don't I get replies? Any advise would be
>apreciated.
Hi,
this old rant is little off-topic, but maybe it will give you some ideas.
Good luck!
--Rob
>From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat Jan 23 14:15:27 CST 1999
----
Hello folks,
It's cold and miserable out, so I'm going to rant a little on the subject
of "How to Get Help on Usenet" with a special emphasis on Linux. Please
sprinkle <g>'s liberally to taste.
I've been using Usenet for over 11 years now (since the good old days).
There are effective ways to get help, and ways to get *plonk*ed as a
clueless newbie. Being a newbie is okay-- we were all newbies once-- but
being a clueless newbie is bad for your health and others' sanity.
STEP 1:
http://www.dejanews.com - look it up, use it, wear it out. Be sure to use
the "past" achive as well. If you have an error message, type it in
verbatim and search on that. If you have a product name, especially an
unusual one, use it in your search. Don't overspecify, though.
STEP 2:
http://metalab.unc.edu/LDP/ldp.html - home of the HOWTOs. Most of the
HOWTOs are very good and some very knowledgeable people continue to put a
lot of work into them. If you've read, for example, the Printing HOWTO
and still can't solve your problem, then say so in your post, otherwise
you'll get flamed with "RTFM."
STEP 3:
Manuals/Product Literature - okay, maybe this should have been step one.
But I never read the treeware manual; and apparently no one else does
either. But if you didn't read the man page or the README or the INSTALL
or the docs for a piece of software, then you will be roundly chastised
and offered a clue stick for self-flagellation.
STEP 4:
Lurking and the FAQ - before we had dejanews and the web, Usenet depended
more on FAQs. IMHO, we still need FAQs because not enough people seem to
know how to use Dejanews. But writing a FAQ is hard work, and no one
takes the time to lurk in a newsgroup any more. Oh well.
STEP 5:
The Usenet Post!
The players: YOU, the supplicant
EVERYBODY ELSE IN THE WORLD, your audience
The forum is selected by you, the poster. Cross-post selectively.
Limit distribution if you can. For example, I am crossposting to
alt.os.linux and comp.os.linux.questions and limiting distribution to the
USA so that I do not embarrass myself internationally. No one in Europe
cares about your problems with your local ISP, so include them out.
Identify yourself fully and accurately. You are not [EMAIL PROTECTED]
or [EMAIL PROTECTED] If I can't take you seriously, I can't take your
question seriously. If you are using hotmail or dejanews mail, at least
provide your real name. Would you introduce yourself in person as
nETd00d? I think not.
The subject line, the deal maker or breaker:
"HELP!!!!!!!!!!!" in a help newsgroup is pointless and
tags you as a C.N.
Why is this a bad subject line? Because if I have limited time and 500
posts unread, I'll skip yours, no matter how worthy. Plus, I'm not sure I
want to talk to Scooby Doo today.
Also, if I see that someone else has already followed up (probably to say
"We need more information") then I will move on to another post. So you
may only get one chance to get an answer.
Here's a good subject line for a question:
[Q] Newcom 56kifxC modem jumper settings?
Why is this good? It's like a newspaper headline-- if I'm interested or
know something about this modem, I'll read the post. If it's something I
don't know anything about, I'll move on, not having wasted my time.
The body of the message should be like a newspaper column as well. Tell
your story, but not your life's story. The first paragraph could be an
outline of your problem. From there, you can add more detail, including
what you tried to fix your problem and answer your question.
One question per post please!
System information never hurts, but save the nitty-gritty details for the
end of the post, like a newspaper story. Don't forget the distro! Not
_everyone_ uses Redhat, you know.
Include your e-mail address. A real e-mail address, please, not one that
takes a calculator to figure out. We all hate spam, but don't let it
control your life.
Ways to get spanked (lifted from the HappyNet manifesto):
Posting "Please send e-mail, since I don't read this group": Poster is
rendered illiterate by a simple trepanation.
Posting to aus.* from the USA: Poster is deported to Australia after
having a "Kick Me, Mate" sign glued to their forehead.
Excess CAPITALIZATION & PUNCTUATION!!!!!!!!!!!!!: Poster is issued a
new keyboard without capitals or punctuation. The space bar will be
clearly labelled.
*Excess*asterisks*in*.signature*: Poster is hit with one shuriken for
each asterisk.
Articles quoted in followup, but no new semantic content appended:
Poster is forced to watch a "Small Wonder" marathon on cable TV.
--
One last thing, if you feel like flaming the newsgroup for not answering
your previous post, just remember that you're the only real human being on
Usenet. Everyone else is just a servile net 'bot designed to answer
questions; and sometimes machines break down.
Now, back to business!
Rob Clark, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html
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From: TS Stahl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.list,redhat.hardware.arch.intel
Subject: Re: RH 6 and Ultra66 ATA
Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 11:20:16 -0500
I am going out on a limb for the world to see here, but ya have ta take
chances. Right?
I do not believe Linux has support for ultra66.
A) because the the standard is to new, and
B) because there is no real standard, standard yet.
By all means, correct me if I'm wrong people.
David Bates wrote:
> Does anybody know if Red Hat v6.0 supports the Ultra66 ATA-66 card from
> Promise Technology? I remember reading about the fact that RH v5.2 did not
> support this because the kernel it was using did not, but now that RH 6 uses
> 2.2, is it supported? I can't get the RH 6 install to recognize it, same
> problem I had with RH 5.2.
>
> Thanks,
>
> David
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MIS Asst.
Illinois Housing Development Authority
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From: Eric Wampner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: kernel driver - forcing a useless read
Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 14:35:40 -0400
Hi, I am writing a kernel module, I have a bit o' hardware that needs to
have
a read done to it, but the value is not important, so I don't want to
keep it.
How do I keep the compiler from optimizing the read away? Right now its
not
a problem (I don't have it turned on), but I am fearing it might come up
in the
future.
Thanks in advance.
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Systems Administrator fax (407) 366-2721 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "D. Wade" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: AGP versus PCI
Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 19:25:01 GMT
I've been running Linux for years, usually on Matrox Miilenium II's,
on PCI bus. It's time to get another machine. It'll be a Linux/NT box.
I'm confused about the AGP vs. PCI support with X11. I'll also be
putting RH6 on the new machine. I've check the XFree86.org site, but
didn't see much about AGP.
The local PC dealer is pushing AGP. like Blaster Riva TNT AGP card.
Is anyone running any of the latest AGP cards?
>From the X11 driver's viewpoint, is there any difference between
the PCI and AGP versions?
Thanks in Advance,
Donovan Wade
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From: Mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: new sblive driver is perfect
Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 14:21:36 -0400
I'm having exactly the same problem. Can you tell me what kernel you are
using?
Matija Grabnar wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> patrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >hi all
> >
> >i downloaded the new soundblaster driver at creative
> >http://developer.soundblaster.com/linux/
> > ftp://ftp.soundblaster.com/pub/creative/beta/sblive-0.2b.tar.gz
> >
> >wav files are no longer clutered up and quake 3 works perfect now, still
> >only front boxes that work, but hey keep up the good work creative
> >
> >patrick :)
> >
> I must be making some beginners mistake: both 0.1 and 0.2 refuse to load for
> me: depmod complains about unknown symbols. (I am using kernel 2.2.5)
>
> --
> "My name is Not Important. Not to friends.
> But you can call me mr. Important" - Not J. Important
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Laith Suheimat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Caldera 2.2 and Compaq 3200 RAID controller
Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 20:27:57 +0100
Thanks for the info Brian. I went for two groups of 3 disks, each in a RAID
5 setup, using a root partition of 250MB.
I have created three primaries and 1 extended (containing two logicals) on
each of the RAID sets and formatted and mounted in RH 5.2 with Compaq array
support obtained from http://www.yps.org/~whorfin/compaqarray/install.html
I am now trying to find out if Caldera supports the Compaq 3200 in COL 2.2,
and if not then I'll buy RH 6.0, which definetly has it included.
Thanks again,
Laith Suheimat
> Raid5 or Raid1? I have linux running on MetaStor 3201, Raid5 across 6 (9
gig)
> disks.
> I am using a symbios 875 scsi card, I had scsi bus reset problems with
the
> 2.0.x
> kernels but were fixed in 2.2.x. I tried an aha-2944w for kicks and got
bus
> resets
> with the 2.2.3 kernel.
>
> IF you are going to have a very large / (root) partion, I suggest that you
> create a
> small /boot partion on /dev/sda1. This will make sure the boot loader
will be
> able to find the kernel and not leave you at a 'LI' prompt or a 'missing
> operating system'
> message.
>
> Brian,
>
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