Linux-Hardware Digest #355, Volume #10 Fri, 28 May 99 15:13:31 EDT
Contents:
Re: ASUS P2BD vs. SuperMicro P6DBE (bryan)
DDS1 device driver?? ("Frager, David (EXCHANGE:RICH2:2I33)")
Logitech Pilot Wheel ("Heffels")
Re: /dev/virtualcom ... Minor and Major numbers ? (Henrik Carlqvist)
Re: Cheap external modem (Henrik Carlqvist)
Re: How do you Change the video Driver? (Henrik Carlqvist)
Re: choosing an OS for a retired Sun -- no BSD? (Philip Brown)
Re: choosing an OS for a retired Sun -- no BSD? (Michael Pederson)
Mylex BT-950 Flashpoint SCSI Adapter ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Sony SDT9000 Compression (Chris Mauritz)
additional info ("Brian Zhou")
Re: choosing an OS for a retired Sun workstation (Manuel Bouyer)
Re: Best tape drive? (Tom Herman)
NeoMagic video chipset supported on linux?? (Phil Jones)
Re: External storage support! (wang)
RedHat 6.0 and DPT PM2022A/9X ("Peter V. Kohut")
Re: 28 SCSI drives (Jens Kristian S�gaard)
Re: NTFS, FAT32, ext2 multi-boot possible with Partition Magic4.0? (George Torralba)
Re: Configure sound card give with M726 mainboard ? ("Patrick")
Re: Newer Zip drive doesn't work under Linux (Richard Bumby)
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From: bryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ASUS P2BD vs. SuperMicro P6DBE
Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 15:22:06 GMT
David Fox <d s f o x @ c o g s c i . u c s d . e d u> wrote:
: bryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
: > David Fox <d s f o x @ c o g s c i . u c s d . e d u> wrote:
: > : bryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
: >
: > : > David Fox <d s f o x @ c o g s c i . u c s d . e d u> wrote:
: > : > : Maxim Bazhenov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
: > : >
: > : > : > I am planing to buy a dual P-III system to use with Linux (RedHat) and
: > : > : > I am deciding now
: > : > : > between two motherboards: ASUS P2BD and SuperMicro P6DBE. It looks like
: > : > : > they have pretty
: > : > : > similar features, however P6DBE is less expensive (by about $70). Are
: > : > : > these two motherboards
: > : > : > both compatible with Linux? Does anybody has any good/bad experience
: > : > : > with any of them
: > : > : > while running Linux? Thanks a lot for any advice.
: > : >
: > : > : I've had a great experience with the ASUS, it replaced an unstable
: > : > : Tyan Tiger 100 and its solid as a rock.
: > : >
: > : > what was wrong with the tyan? I'm running both (tyan is only a week
: > : > old) but it seems stable enough..
: >
: > : It is hard to say. It would just freeze up now and then, usually when
: > : the IDE disks were under heavy load. Probably just a bad board.
: >
: > strange. are you using the EXACT same setup (same disks, cards, etc)
: > in your new board?
: >
: > I've seen some vendor interoperability issues before (on drives) but
: > not on the BX chipset, and both the asus p2b and tyan tiger 100 use
: > the same chipset..
: I am using the same setup. IDE drive and the graphics board that
: comes with the SGI 1600SW monitor, I128 X server, 3c509 ethernet,
: Turtle Beach Fiji sound card, BusLogic 958 SCSI controller with
: nothing connected to it at the moment. I suspect the Tyan board was
: defective, or not as tolerant of the (supposedly PC100) memory I am
: using.
my tyan manual did mention sensitivity to certain kinds of ram. I
assumed it was a CYA move. the stick of ram that I use in my tyan was
the same I used in the asus, but maybe I just got lucky.
I always buy ram locally from a store I trust. there are just TOO
many grade-outs of ram; and mailorder places - just to get the lowest
price/rank in pricewatch - might not be selling the units that are
good enough for the timing assumptions in the tyan.
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From: "Frager, David (EXCHANGE:RICH2:2I33)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: DDS1 device driver??
Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 12:13:26 -0500
I have a DDS1/DDS2 drive, but I need to be able to force it to write
DDS1 format.
In HP-UX, I am able to create a DDS1 device driver under SAM. The
device driver
that is currently available to me linux (/dev/st0) is writing in DDS2
format.
Does anyone know how to create a DDS1 device driver in linux??
Thanks
--
David Frager
Nortel GSM Design
External: (972) 685-2383 ESN: 445-2383
FAX: (972) 684-3779
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From: "Heffels" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Logitech Pilot Wheel
Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 19:22:14 +0200
Does anybody know where I can get a Linux drivers for this ?
Thanx...
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From: Henrik Carlqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: /dev/virtualcom ... Minor and Major numbers ?
Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 22:41:17 +0200
FX wrote:
> I would like to create a virtual device such as /dev/virtualcom, that
> can be used by PPPD for example !!!!
> To do this I must use mknod, and use minor and major numbers ....
> What are theses numbers, and what numbers should I use for my purpose
> ??
This is explained in the kernel hackers guide and in
/usr/src/linux/Documentation/devices.txt
It would probably be best to use 42, 60-63, 120-127 or 240-254 for your
major number and any number you want for minor numbers. A good
suggestion would be to use 64 and up for minor numbers as COM1: has
minor number 64.
regards Henrik
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From: Henrik Carlqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Cheap external modem
Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 22:49:46 +0200
Johan Kullstam wrote:
> "Joshy George" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > Try Filand 56K Fax external modem.
> > I'm using it. Also note that it won't work on ttyS0, but on ttyS1
> > it's alright.
>
> that's odd. being an external modem, how would it know it what ttySn
> it was hanging off of? is there some asymmetry in the linux serial
> drivers or hardware difference between your serial ports?
I would guess that he has some other device that shares IRQ 4, like
something connected to ttyS2.
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From: Henrik Carlqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How do you Change the video Driver?
Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 23:02:02 +0200
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Linux starts up, no problem, all the words seem fine. If I go to X
> Windows everything is still fine, even in XTerm. But once I exit
> from X Windows, all the words on the screen are "garbled" up. The
> letters are out of order but linux is still working fine. If I type
> telnet or startx, those respective programs run fine.
To upgrade the "driver" means downloading and installing the latest X
server from www.xfree86.org. However, this might not be a work for a
newbie.
Maybe you could start by trying to run xf86config or XF86Setup again.
Before that you might want to run SuperProbe to check your new graphics
card. You should also make a backup copy of your /etc/XF86Config before
running xf86config again.
It could also be worth a try to type "reset" when the screen is garbled.
I don't mean the reset button, just type reset at the prompt and press
enter. This does a reset of the terminal, sometimes this is needed when
the terminal is in astrange state after printing a binary file containg
terminal commands. For more info, se "man reset".
regards Henrik
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Philip Brown)
Crossposted-To:
comp.unix.bsd.openbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.sys.sun.hardware,comp.unix.solaris,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: choosing an OS for a retired Sun -- no BSD?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 28 May 1999 17:44:51 GMT
On 28 May 1999 14:33:18 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>...
>I just posted a high rating of OpenBSD 2.5 on my Sparcs. Lean, mean and
>runs like a striped arsed ape, even on 12 meg ram running X.
that is too vague. say WHAT you are running now.
For example, I bet you're not run any of:
fvwm
CDE
emacs
netscape
[.. other popular, large apps]
saying "runs well" is misleading, without giving an idea of the limitations.
I could set up solaris on the same box with no graphics, and claim it
"runs well" :->
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Crossposted-To:
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Subject: Re: choosing an OS for a retired Sun -- no BSD?
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael Pederson)
Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 16:48:27 GMT
In article <1wx33.10520$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Mikhail Teterin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>In article <eri33.10405$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mikhail Teterin) writes:
[...]
>The responses so far:
>
> . Solaris would be way too slow on this machine (perhaps, some
> tweaking is possible?)
Slowloris?
> . Linux (RedHat) is happy, but may need tweaking to run Netscape
> successfully
I haven't tried Linux on a Sparc; it's been okay on a PowerBook for me
but not exactly stable.
> . not a word from the *BSD world :( Did I make a mistake of
> mentioning Open and Net BSDs in one sentence?
Nope, I just haven't checked Usenet for a few days; I've been getting
a workstation set up for my mother (it'll be her first computer).
>=The requirements are to be stable (of course), have PPP software, and
>=run Netscape... I'd prefer to set the disk up at home, using my
>=FreeBSD/i386 machines, but I'm not sure I can make it bootable by a Sun
>=box.
>
>Seems, like Linux is going to be the choice... Oh, well...
I've got a pair of Sparc IPC boxen that have NetBSD 1.4 installed at
the moment - they've been doing okay so far, but X has been a tad
touchy. (I see Xsun.core appear way too often.)
The older of the two boxen (galaxy) started out with NetBSD 1.3.2,
upgraded to 1.3.3 and was rock solid with both of those versions
(it only went down for hardware and/or kernel changes). It's
running 1.4 now with a serial console. When it had its own display,
and was running X, I thought it performed well with its 48 Mbytes.
The other box (constellation) is still in the setup phase, I've
been playing^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hworking with getting everything set up
and running, but given the current situation with X, it'll probably
be running NetBSD 1.3.3 (or 1.4.1, depending) when I introduce my
mother to it. :-)
Both Netscape Communicator and Navigator are in the NetBSD packages
collection (for i386 and Sparc). The Sparc version requires some
sunos libraries to install and run though (see compat_sunos(8)).
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Mylex BT-950 Flashpoint SCSI Adapter
Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 17:52:10 GMT
Sorry for the long post...
I need some help with this one. I have obtained this adapter, as well
as an HP T4000s Tape Drive, an NEC SCSI CD-Rom Drive, and a SCSI Zip
Drive. I am attempting to install the Host adapter on a Redhat 5.2
machine with kernel 2.0.36. I am trying only one device at a time right
now to try and get it to work.
I recompiled the kernel to include support for BusLogic devices and SCSI
tape and CDROM support (NOT MODULAR).
I cannot get it to work. I am not passing the driver any parameters
because I think the defaults should work.
All devices are internal, and I have tried three cables, and both the
tape drive and the cdrom drive (I currently don't have the Zip with
me). I have included several bits of information below.
Please help if anybody has any insight on this, or if you have
suggestions for things to try. Thanks in advance...
========================INFORMATION=================================
KERNEL OUTPUT ON BOOT
*********************************************
.
.
.
md driver 0.36.3 MAX_MD_DEV=4, MAX_REAL=8
scsi: ***** BusLogic SCSI Driver Version 2.0.15 of 17 August 1998 *****
scsi: Copyright 1995-1998 by Leonard N. Zubkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
scsi0: Configuring BusLogic Model BT-950 PCI Wide Ultra SCSI Host
Adapter
scsi0: Firmware Version: 5.02, I/O Address: 0x7000, IRQ Channel:
12/Level
scsi0: PCI Bus: 0, Device: 10, Address: 0xFE00F000, Host Adapter SCSI
ID: 7
scsi0: Parity Checking: Enabled, Extended Translation: Enabled
scsi0: Synchronous Negotiation: FFFFNFN#FFFFFFFF, Wide Negotiation:
YYYYNYN#YYYYYYYY
scsi0: Disconnect/Reconnect: Enabled, Tagged Queuing: Enabled
scsi0: Driver Queue Depth: 255, Scatter/Gather Limit: 128 segments
scsi0: Tagged Queue Depth: Automatic, Untagged Queue Depth: 3
scsi0: Error Recovery Strategy: Default, SCSI Bus Reset: Enabled
scsi0: SCSI Bus Termination: Both Enabled, SCAM: Disabled
scsi0: *** BusLogic BT-950 Initialized Successfully ***
scsi0 : BusLogic BT-950
scsi : 1 host.
scsi0 channel 0 : resetting for second half of retries.
SCSI bus is being reset for host 0 channel 0.
scsi0: Resetting BusLogic BT-950 due to Target 2
scsi0: *** BusLogic BT-950 Initialized Successfully ***
scsi : detected total.
Partition check:
hda: hda1 hda2 < hda5 hda6 hda7 >
hdb: hdb1 hdb2 hdb3
hdc: hdc1 hdc2 < hdc5 hdc6 hdc7 hdc8 >
.
.
.
OUTPUT OF "cat /proc/scsi/scsi"
***************************************************
attached devices: none
OUTPUT OF "cat /proc/scsi/BusLogic/0"
***** 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: 0x7000, IRQ Channel: 12/Level
PCI Bus: 0, Device: 10, Address: 0xFE00F000, Host Adapter SCSI ID: 7
Parity Checking: Enabled, Extended Translation: Enabled
Synchronous Negotiation: FFFFNFN#FFFFFFFF, Wide Negotiation:
YYYYNYN#YYYYYYYY
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: Both Enabled, SCAM: Disabled
*** BusLogic BT-950 Initialized Successfully ***
Current Driver Queue Depth: 255
Currently Allocated CCBs: 28
DATA TRANSFER STATISTICS
Target Tagged Queuing Queue Depth Active Attempted Completed
====== ============== =========== ====== ========= =========
Target Read Commands Write Commands Total Bytes Read Total Bytes
Written
====== ============= ============== ===================
===================
Target Command 0-1KB 1-2KB 2-4KB 4-8KB 8-16KB
====== ======= ========= ========= ========= ========= =========
Target Command 16-32KB 32-64KB 64-128KB 128-256KB 256KB+
====== ======= ========= ========= ========= ========= =========
ERROR RECOVERY STATISTICS
Command Aborts Bus Device Resets Host Adapter Resets
Target Requested Completed Requested Completed Requested Completed
ID \\\\ Attempted //// \\\\ Attempted //// \\\\ Attempted ////
====== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== =====
External Host Adapter Resets: 0
Host Adapter Internal Errors: 0
Thanks in advance,
Bill
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From: Chris Mauritz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Sony SDT9000 Compression
Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 16:31:47 GMT
Ken Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I've recently installed a Sony SDT9000 DDS3 Tape drive, but have been
> unable to get compression to work. Effectively, the tape drive is
> acting like a DDS drive.
> 'mt status' returns this:
> SCSI 2 tape drive:
> File number=0, block number=0, partition=0.
> Tape block size 512 bytes. Density code 0x13 (DDS (61000 bpi)).
> Soft error count since last status=0
> General status bits on (41010000):
> BOT ONLINE IM_REP_EN
> However, if I try to force the density to 0x25 (DDS3) or 0x24 (DDS2) I
> get this:
> /dev/tape: Input/output error
> I've also tried 'mt compression' but this didn't work either. No error
> was returned, but 'mt status' returned the same as above. I've tried
> partitioning tapes, erasing them, but nothing I've done get get the
> drive to switch to DDS3 mode.
> The jumper on the back that disables compression has been removed, so
> that's not the problem.
> I'm not real thrilled having spent over $1000 Cdn for this drive and a
> SCSI card to be able to place 1GIG on a tape.
> Help!
I have similar problems with a Seagate DDS-3 DAT drive on an Asus P2B-S
board with integrated Adaptec 7890 controller under both RH5.2 and RH6.0.
C
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Christopher Mauritz
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From: "Brian Zhou" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: additional info
Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 10:07:06 -0700
As one indication of its sleep status, the screen blanked and the power
light of the monitor blinks. As soon as you wake it up (for example by
pressing the shift key), the power light of the monitor turns green.
I wonder this is an apm problem or compaq bios problem.
-Brian
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Manuel Bouyer)
Crossposted-To:
comp.unix.bsd.openbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.sys.sun.hardware,comp.unix.solaris,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: choosing an OS for a retired Sun workstation
Date: 28 May 1999 16:08:16 GMT
Mikhail Teterin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> [...]
>
> The requirements are to be stable (of course), have PPP software, and
> run Netscape... I'd prefer to set the disk up at home, using my
> FreeBSD/i386 machines, but I'm not sure I can make it bootable by a Sun
> box.
>
NetBSD will do it really well on such hardware. It has a working ppp, there is
a package for the SunOS version of netscape. You can use mozilla as well
(there's a package for it too).
I run NetBSD on some sparc servers, and got up to 200 days uptime, without
any troubles.
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
From: Tom Herman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Best tape drive?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 16:13:09 GMT
I'm using a Exabyte Travan-3 tape drive now. Works OK.
My next tape drive is going to be a DAT drive. I hate
paying a lot for tapes. DAT tapes can be found for $3-5 US.
The Travan 3 tapes are $20-30 US. I'll probably look to see
what Exabyte has to offer first. I like Exabyte (IMHO).
HTH
Tom
PS. I do not work for Exabyte.
--
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 Bergstrand
> Systems Programmer
> Northern Illinois University
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Phil Jones)
Subject: NeoMagic video chipset supported on linux??
Date: 28 May 1999 17:32:57 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Phil Jones)
I'm thinking of buying a Sony PCG-F150 notebook that uses
a NeoMagic video chipset (or so I've been told). Does anyone
know if that chipset is supported under linux at this time?
Thanks for any feedback.
Phil Jones
Ottawa, Canada
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every day to comprehend a
little of this mystery.
- Albert Einstein
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From: wang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: External storage support!
Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 10:48:48 -0400
Hi,
I am not familiar with scsi, and the corresponding products, although
the linux scsi-howto specified a lot of what is supported and what is
unsupported, but I am still not sure wether products of a particular
vender can work in linux, say Sun's Unipack external hard disk. I ask
Sun about this, but they suggest me they to buy their system ;-(
So can you give me some popularly used external hard driver for
reference?
Thank you !
-Ju
Jim Henderson ���
> To the best of my knowledge, if the driver for the SCSI card is
> supported, you should be OK with the hard drive setup.
>
> Jim
>
> wang wrote:
> >
> > I am going to install an external SCSI hard driver, any suggestion
> > on the products?
> >
> > Thanks in advance!
> >
> > -Ju
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From: "Peter V. Kohut" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: RedHat 6.0 and DPT PM2022A/9X
Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 14:10:52 -0400
I recently bought the new red hat 6.0 and tried to install it on my
(antique) 486-66MHz intel machine (which currently is running NT4).
However, the install program was not able to recognize my SCSI adapter
which is a DPT PM2022A/9X. I selected the EATA-DMA and also tried the
EATA-PIO, all the Adaptec and some other drivers from the provided list.
Still ... nothing. Always the same message : can't find SCSI card.
I searched the Net and the newsgroups for previous posts on this ...
unfortunatly nothing. Anybody out there who had success?
Any help is greatly appreciated
Best
Peter
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jens Kristian S�gaard)
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: 28 SCSI drives
Date: 28 May 1999 20:21:27 +0200
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> moved from Novell over to a SMB network. I know that the stock install
> does not have enough /dev/sd? entries to handle 28 SCSI cd-rom drives.
> How can I remedy this situation so that I can use all of my CD-ROM's?
Read through /usr/src/linux/Documentation/devices.txt, there you'll
find the major/minor devicenumbers for SCSI cdrom-drives. Afterwards
you can just create those devices with mknod:
% mknod /dev/scd0 b 11 0
% mknod /dev/scd1 b 11 1
% mknod /dev/scd2 b 11 2
etc.
Remember to setup the permissions for these new devices aswell.
--
Jens Kristian S�gaard,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://soegaard.hypermart.net/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (George Torralba)
Crossposted-To:
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Subject: Re: NTFS, FAT32, ext2 multi-boot possible with Partition Magic4.0?
Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 17:32:44 GMT
My win98 intall experience is that it recognizes when you're running
NT's bootloader and will behave properly. It will just make itself
the default boot option but won't overwrite NT's bootloader. And I
use bootpart to create a boot image for my linux partition. Works
everytime.
George
On Sun, 23 May 1999 09:18:18 -0400, "Joshua M. Peters"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I might be wrong on this one, but Ill give it a shot anyway.... What my
>understanding is you can use lilo or ntbootmanager to boot to all three
>oses. The only trouble is, the lilo program has to reside in a fat16 table
>or on a ext2 partition. Windows 98 can boot to either a fat 16 or fat 32,
>and NT can use either NTFS or Fat 16. My suggestion is to create a small
>bootable (50 MBs) boot partition that is formated with fat 16. I would
>recomend installing WIndows 98 first because that will always overwrite your
>MBR, then you can install either linux first to use Lilo or NT to use a
>combo of Lilo and ntboot manager.
>
>I'm somewhat curious about this too but I think this would work for you. If
>anyone has anything to add, or if I'm wrong, Please let me know.
>
>Thanks,
>Josh Peters.
>vancaf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>> I know both Win98, WinNT on FAT16 and Linux on ext2 is a possible option
>for
>> those 3 OS, but I'm wondering if it's possible to multi-boot Win98 on
>FAT32,
>> WinNT4.0 on NTFS, and Linux(Caldera OpenLinux 2.2) on ext2 partition...
>> Would using Partition Magic4.0(and BootMagic) help me making possible? Or
>> is it impossible?
>>
>> If it's possible, could you tell me how to do it?
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>>
>
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From: "Patrick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Configure sound card give with M726 mainboard ?
Date: Sat, 29 May 1999 02:38:32 +0800
sound pro driver,
http://www.cmedia.com.tw/e_dload1.htm
I like PCChips too.....
Jean-Fran�ois MARRONNIER ���g��峹 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>I try to configure Sound Linux.
>The sound card give by windows (excuse me) is C-Media. It was give with
>the Mainboard M726 with the name 3D soud pro.
>
>I have folowed the "Linux Sound HOWTO", without succes.
>
>Thank you for any help.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard Bumby)
Subject: Re: Newer Zip drive doesn't work under Linux
Date: 28 May 1999 14:54:47 -0400
"Dave Black" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>I recently purchased another parallel port Zip drive and discovered that it
>will not work under Linux but works fine in Windows and DOS.
>My older (about 1 1/2 years old) Zip drive works fine under Linux or Windows
>on the same computer.
>I've tried the 2.0.36 and 2.2.5 kernal with the same results.
>Any ideas?
I have seen the claim that all new parallel port Zip drives require
the same driver as the ZipMinus (which Iomega tries to call ZipPlus).
To make it work in linux, you need the imm module. If not part of
your distribution, it should be easy to find from the main linux
sites. To use it, you need to be sure that nothing else (like your
printer) is claiming the port. I found the driver easily, but have
never used it since I had put the printer in the kernel and was
looking for a *better* reason to recompile the kernel.
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