Linux-Hardware Digest #386, Volume #10 Tue, 1 Jun 99 20:13:30 EDT
Contents:
Re: Linux hwclock does not work on an IBM PS/2 PC? (Jonathan Hankins)
Re: Warning against Announce Communications web hosting (Brian McCullough)
Re: still no LP device in kernel 2.2 (bryan)
5687-02 3COM ISA PNP MODEM (Feet Duck)
Re: new cheap Linux box advice wanted (bryan)
botting from SCSI on gigabyte MB (bios problem) (Eric Hegstrom)
Re: Cloning a Linux box (bryan)
Linux can't find floppy controller on Abit BH6 (Matthew Stoodley)
Re: video config - i740 (BLKnight)
Re: Hot Horny Young Teen ("Hugh Saunders")
Changing printer options (HP 5Si MX)??? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Redhat 6.0 and Zip Plus (Jonathan Bowman)
Re: Seagate CTT8000-S scsi drive ruining my tapes! (CB)
Re: (Q) NT + Linux (Jacques Abada)
Re: Logitech FirstMouse+ (wheel) (Mohd H Misnan)
Bus Speed ("Scott T. Bruining")
Re: Is it possible to build a sub-$500 Linux machine? ("Lee Sharp")
Re: botting from SCSI on gigabyte MB (bios problem) ("Tony Platt")
Re: choosing an OS for a retired Sun -- no BSD? (Manuel Bouyer)
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From: Jonathan Hankins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware
Subject: Re: Linux hwclock does not work on an IBM PS/2 PC?
Date: Tue, 01 Jun 1999 15:12:20 -0500
Hey George,
I posted on comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware about this previously, but
eventually wound up contacting the authors of the util-linux suite.
hwclock's misbehavior is fixed in util-linux version 2.9r, which I got
from ftp.win.tue.nl /pub/linux-local/utils/util-linux. It is also in
Debian's unstable branch right now. I never filed a bug report against
the util-linux Debian package...sorta forgot about it :-)
Looks like it happened on systems without the enhanced RTC support built
in, because hwclock would fall back to the 'direct ISA' method of
accessing the RTC, and the PS/2 CMOS stores a checksum in one of the
bytes of the RTC (century, I think), which direct ISA mode was
clobbering. There is a comment mentioning it in
util-linux-2.9r/clock/cmos.c.
Georg Schwarz wrote:
> Now when I boot either machine I get an error code that the date and time
> setting is incorrect. I have to use the IBM config disk to set date and
> time to make the PC boot again.
-Jonathan Hankins
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|Jonathan Hankins | [EMAIL PROTECTED] |
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From: Brian McCullough <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Warning against Announce Communications web hosting
Date: Tue, 01 Jun 1999 11:19:14 -0500
Not that this is the place for this question. If your name is on the
internic paperwork
as the owner of the domain you need to call internic directly. They will
giver you
a tracking number, and require you to fax them on official business letter
head your
request to change their database information. I have been though this
before (former
ISP systems administrator). The guy is just trying to soak you for another
$70.
A word of advice to anyone who wants a domain; Do not have any of the
contact
email address point to any of the domains hosted by the the site you are
using to
host your domain. Instead get a account off site and point the email
addresses there.
This will most likely piss off a number of hosting sites, but oh well. That
way you
can move you sight when you want and not at the will of the people at your
hosting
site. If a domain hosting sight will not let you setup YOUR domain this
way, then
think twice about it. If they really want your business they will cave on
the issue,
because it is not really an issue.
agner wrote:
> Since Allen Hoffman of Announce Communications has announced his web
> hosting business here I feel it is appropriate to warn you about my bad
> experiences with this business.
>
> The business is cheap, but service is extremely poor. Severe errors are
> only fixed after many complaints, and less severe errors are never fixed
> at all. Most E-mails are never answered. But worst of all: if you are
> dissatisfied and want to move to another service provider, you may not
> be able to transfer your domain name.
>
> My story is:
> I have bought a domain web site at Announce Communications. In april my
> site went down because mr Hoffman failed to pay the Internic bill. All
> my complaints remained unanswered. After a month I decided that I had to
> move my domain to another ISP. Only after he learned that I was moving
> the domain did I hear from mr Hoffman. Do you think it was an apology?
> Or an offer to refund what I had paid for a faulty service? No - you
> can't guess it. It was a demand that I pay him 70$ for releasing my
> domain! My question is now: is it possible to move the domain without
> his permission? The internic record has my name as registrant, and his
> name as administrative contact.
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From: bryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: still no LP device in kernel 2.2
Date: Tue, 01 Jun 1999 16:27:25 GMT
Andr� Malafaya Baptista <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: Bryan,
: In kernel 2.2.x, most probably the latter lp1 is now lp0. Try setting it up
: to lp0 and see if it works.
I did try both - but I needed that /etc/conf.modules entry to do the
trick (see my followup).
: HTH,
: Andr�
: bryan wrote in message ...
: >I read the parport.txt file, etc, etc. I tried to follow its
: >instructions. but I still can't get /dev/lp1 to work.
: >
: >afaik, if it doesn't show up in /proc/interrupts then it wont work, right?
: >
: >I assigned the printer port to standard io and irq (0x378,7) yet its
: >not in /proc/devices or interrupts.
: >
: >I did the insmod thing and this came out on /var/log/messages:
: >
: >May 31 11:56:25 Bryan kernel: parport0: PC-style at 0x378, irq 7
: [SPP,PS2,EPP]
: >
: >
: >so what else do I have to do? lpd is running just fine. I can stop
: >and restart the lpd daemon but that doesn't help. files just keep
: >building up in the queue and not printing.
: >
: >and I never see anything good about lp1 in 'dmesg'.
: >
: >help!
: >
: >--
: >Bryan
--
Bryan
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Feet Duck)
Subject: 5687-02 3COM ISA PNP MODEM
Date: 1 Jun 1999 15:27:17 GMT
Hello!
I've been trying to set up my 5687-02 3COM ISA PNP MODEM with ISAPNP. However,
I get error messages similar to this [when I do a isapnp /etc/isapnp.conf)
Board 1 has Identity 1c b1 b7 83 b2 31 30 72 56: USR3031 Serial No2981594034
[checksum 1c]/etc/isapnp.conf:84 -- Warning - IRQ2 is not a valid selection,
changingit to IRQ9 (See clarifications 4.6.2)/etc/isapnp.conf:84 -- Fatal -
resource conflict allocating IRQ9 (see pci)/etc/isapnp.conf:84 -- Fatal - Error
occurred executing request 'IRQ 2'--- further action aborted
Has anyone experienced this before? Does anyone know how to fix this?
Thanks for your assistance in advance!
Feet Duck
[Also, please Email me the reply]
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From: bryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: new cheap Linux box advice wanted
Date: Tue, 01 Jun 1999 21:51:07 GMT
Alan Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: I am finaly ready to build a cheap Linux box, but I have some
: remaining questions. Low cost is very important, but I don't want to
: compromise on floating point performance. This will be for single
: user home use, but with some intensive engineering and multiprocessing
: use.
for an extra $100 you can get a tyan tiger 100 ($199) and be capable
of dual processing. since you said 'multiprocessing' you might want
to spend that extra $100 for the mobo and $100 for the cpu (also a
celeron 300a) and run 2*450.
: I have tentatively decided on:
: Celeron 300A overclocked to 450M (assuming I get one at a decent
: price)
: ABIT BH6 MB
: 64M PC100 ECC RAM (does anything really need 128M?)
: 6.4-8.6G UDMA/33 HD (or UDMA/66)
: ATX tower case.
: I am convinced that UDMA will provide adaquate HD performance at low
: cost.
adequate, yes. for lots of processes running and doing disk i/o, you
can really see the diff with scsi. but start with ide and see if it
gets you enough perf. the seagate 7200rpm udma drives are quite nice.
Howver, I know that I also want SCSI to run my Zip drive and
: other SCSI devices. I know that I can get a PCI SCSI controller for
: as little as $40, but I would like the SCSI controller built into the
: MB to free up a PCI slot. 10 Mhz SCSI-II performance would be fine.
: I'm not going to pay an additional $100 or so for a built in SCSI
: controller.
check out tekram cards. you can get them for very little (less than
adaptec) and scsi3 will be a good compromise. it will run the wide
and narrow devices.
: Do you have any other MB recommendations?
asus and tyan. supermicro as a 3rd, but try asus or tyan first.
: Finally, I need a new Linux distribution. I'm partial to Slackware.
I like mandrake. they do nice work. small stuff is nice, like when I
built a kernel (as a test) I found the error messages from gcc
(warnings with line #'s) were IN COLOR. nice touch guys! ;-)
if you send me a blank cdr or two and return envelope all postage
paid, I'll burn the latest mandrake 6.0 for you and drop it back in
the mail. email me if you want to do this.
--
Bryan
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From: Eric Hegstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: botting from SCSI on gigabyte MB (bios problem)
Date: Tue, 01 Jun 1999 15:15:33 -0700
Hi all:
OK I must be missing something here.
I just got new PIII/450 on a Gigabyte GA-6BXC motherboard. I dropped in
my Adaptec 2940 UW card and installed a removable drive rack for my HD
with RedHat 5.2 on it. It will not even attempt to boot off the SCSI. It
is obviously a bios thing because this exact same setup works fine from
a
couple of other computers I have. If I disable the IDE drive w/Winblows
'98 on it I get a message that no boot media was found. The Adaptec
bios appear to load just fine and I set it up to load from that drive
(ID #2) and seems to sees it OK as it works fine on other systems with
the same controller and different motherboard.
I have mucked about with the MB bios about boot order (SCSI, A, C),
etc..., but I am of the understandin this is where it looks FIRST and
should find the SCSI eventually if nothing else.
Also something called DMI (Desktop Management Interface?) seems to load
out of the bios right before it scans for a boot disk. Could this be
causing problems? I will try disabling it if I can.
Has anyone had this type of problem? Am I going to be stuck booting from
a floppy -- ugly but workable.
Peace,
Eric
(oh yea, please include my email on relies since our mail server only
drops important posts! :) )
--
Eric Hegstrom .~.
Senior Software Engineer /V\
Sonoran Scanners, Inc. // \\ L I N U X
[EMAIL PROTECTED] /( )\ >don't fear the penguin<
520-617-0072 x402 ^^-^^
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From: bryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Cloning a Linux box
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Date: Tue, 01 Jun 1999 21:45:57 GMT
In comp.os.linux.hardware Michael Perry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: On Sat, 22 May 1999 23:57:32 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: >I read a post in comp.os.linux.networking about using Ghost to clone an
: >ext.2 disk to a DOS partition on a second disk. My copy of Ghost doesn't
: >see my non-DOS partitions. Does anyone know how this is done?
: >
: >Joe
: >
: Hi-
: We are using the version of ghost (perhaps 5.0h?) which is on symantec's
: website and have cloned drives with no problems. You may want to download
: the latest version and see if that helps.
but why use a windows/dos program when you already HAVE all you need in linux.
find and cpio:
% cd /source
% find . -print | cpio -p /target
where /source and /target are the obvious places to copy from/to.
it works. and its all you need other than making the partitions,
which fdisk (linux) can do very easily.
--
Bryan
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From: Matthew Stoodley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Linux can't find floppy controller on Abit BH6
Date: Tue, 01 Jun 1999 16:34:28 -0500
Help!!!!
I have an Abit BH6 motherboard and linux can't find it on boot up, which
is funny beause i used the floppy for original install. This has
happened with both RedHat 5.2 and Caldera OpenLinux Lite 1.3. Under
Caldera the boot log says " Floppydrive(s) : fd0 is 1.44m reset set in
interupt, calling 001762d0 floppy0: no floppy controllers found"
When I try to mount the floppy I get the message " Mount: the kernel
does not recognize /dev/fd0 as a block device (maybe 'insmod driver'?)
The /dev/fd0 is in my /etc/fstab.
Anyone have any suggestions???????????
please email me back or post reply
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: BLKnight <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: video config - i740
Date: Sat, 29 May 1999 09:21:30 +0300
Eric Veiras Galisson wrote:
>
> i got a video card based on chipset i740.
> i manage to got a 800x600 resolution but i'm still in 8 bpp so in 256
> colors and i would like to be in 16 bpp (and millions colors :-) )
>
> did someone get the solution, and can he help me ?
>
> thanx
>
> --
> Eric -- Licence d'Informatique -- IFSIC Rennes
> mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> to browse : http://www.distributed.net/rc5/
> to join NOUX : http://rc5stats.distributed.net/pjointeam.php3?team=13953
Just put following line in your XF86Config (Screen section)
DefaultColorDepth 16
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From: "Hugh Saunders" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.m68k,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.lynx,comp.os.mach,comp.os.magic-cap
Subject: Re: Hot Horny Young Teen
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1999 05:21:15 +0100
Is this a request for a HOWTO?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Changing printer options (HP 5Si MX)???
Date: 1 Jun 99 10:23:10 CST
Howdy,
I have a HP 5si MX I am trying to print from using my linux with standard
bsd lpd. My problem is that the printer has both legal and letter paper,
and I would like to tell the printer which type of paper to use (postscript
mode
is prefereable)
Please help, thanks,
Jan
PS Email is preferable, as my newsgroup client bugs out alot
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From: Jonathan Bowman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Redhat 6.0 and Zip Plus
Date: Tue, 01 Jun 1999 18:38:08 -0400
I would like to have a Zip Drive that I can use both as a SCSI (for
speed on my own computer) and Parallel (to lend to friends and family),
and I have been looking into purchasing a Zip Plus for this reason. My
question however, is how does this drive do with RedHat 6 or any other
Linux 2.2 distro as a SCSI Zip Drive (I do not need its Parallel
compatability with Linux). Any thoughts on and experiences with this
drive would be much appreciated . Thanks.
Jonathan Bowman
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: Tue, 01 Jun 1999 08:20:21 -0700
From: CB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Seagate CTT8000-S scsi drive ruining my tapes!
Most tapes I've seen have a "lifetime" guarantee. We've had problems
with a couple of Imation ones (TR4) and sent them back - got
replacements without hassle.
Seagate recommends SCSI ID 6 for the tape, and setting the transfer rate
in the SCSI BIOS as low as it will go (1.5MB/s) I believe, and enabling
disconnects and sync negotiation. They also offer a utility to check
the drive hardware on their site.
Had trouble with a ZIP Plus drive connected as a SCSI device causing
backups to fail - the fix was to make sure this device was disconnected
before booting to run backups. SCSI bus time-out errors occurred with
the device connected that stalled the backup.
I have found Seagate tech support to be helpful and relatively prompt
with replies to questions.
CB
Jeffrey Sutherland wrote:
>
> I know this isn't Linux's fault because it happens on the NT4.0 side as
> well. Anyone seen this before and have a solution? The tape drive is a
> Conner (AKA Seagate) CTT8000-s Rev. 1.17:
>
> 1. Tape works OK when running at full speed (no compression, backing up
> stuff on local drives using tar, or on NT using the brain dead NT backup
> utility.)
>
> 2. Tape will automatically adjust its speed (or is it the backup
> software that does it???) downward a couple of steps (sounds like an
> octave each time) in response to reduced throughput (data from nfs
> mounts or through a compression mechanism like in Taper) and will speed
> back up as data transfer rate improves.
>
> 3. When running at slow speed for an extended period of time (10-15
> minutes) at some point the drive will lock up and the backup will fail.
> I have an identical model drive on another machine at the office (our
> server) and it does exactly the same thing.
>
> Now, it's bad enough that my backups are failing once in a while, but
> when this happens, there's a 50/50 chance that the tape will be ruined
> as well, as something dings the format of the tape at the point where
> the error occurred. Anyone seen this before? :
>
> May 31 16:51:17 Aragorn kernel: st0: Error with sense data: Current
> error st09:00: sense key Medium Error
> May 31 16:51:17 Aragorn kernel: Additional sense indicates Medium format
> corrupted
> May 31 17:55:53 Aragorn kernel: st0: Error with sense data: extra data
> not valid Current error st09:00: sense key Medium Error
> May 31 17:55:53 Aragorn kernel: Additional sense indicates Medium format
> corrupted
> May 31 17:56:00 Aragorn kernel: st0: Error with sense data: extra data
> not valid Current error st09:00: sense key Medium Error
> May 31 17:56:00 Aragorn kernel: Additional sense indicates Medium format
> corrupted
> May 31 17:56:00 Aragorn kernel: st0: Error on write filemark.
> May 31 17:56:00 Aragorn kernel: st0: Error with sense data: extra data
> not valid Current error st09:00: sense key Medium Error
> May 31 17:56:00 Aragorn kernel: Additional sense indicates Medium format
> corrupted
>
> All tapes were known good (that is, had data recorded beyond the error
> point a few times previously). I've ruined enough tapes to pay for a
> new drive, and I'm thinking that's just what to do. At $24-30 a pop I
> can't afford to keep wrecking these Travan-4 cartridges. BTW anyone
> know where to send a Travan-4 tape to get it reformatted? I understand
> from Seagate's web site that formatting is some kind of precision
> process that the drive is not capable of performing. (yet it quite
> nicely writes data and file marks and is quite capable of wrecking an
> existing format >:(
>
> Regards,
> //Jeff
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From: Jacques Abada <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: (Q) NT + Linux
Date: Wed, 02 Jun 1999 01:14:16 +0200
Not difficult: in Linux, type dd if=/dev/sda2 of=/dev/fd0/bootsect.lin
bs=512 count=1
this will create the file bootsect.lin of 512 bytes in floppy (mount a
nt readable floppy, not ext2); then boot under NT, copy file
bootsect.lin from floppy and locate file boot.ini, then edit it and add
this kind of line:
c:\bootsect.lin="Linux" (assuming NT is on C:)
That's all. When you reboot your machine, if lilo is correctly
configured, then you'll be able to run the best os of the world from the
boot menu.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Timothy Murphy wrote:
> >
> > Can I safely install LILO with NT in my first partition
> > (sda1 = 1.1GB) and Linux in my second (sda2 = /boot = 16MB)?
> > I'm worried that I might disable NT,
> > as the LILO documentation says nothing about NT.
>
> I'm still a bit of a Linux newbie, so I'll not address this
> one. I'm pretty *certain* that you can do it though, I've
> heard many times of the 2 of them co-existing on the same
> HD. As a matter of fact, I'm planning on doing the same
> thing this week...
>
> > Also, how would I remove LILO from NT,
> > as it does not appear to have an fdisk command
> > (so I could not say fdisk/mbr).
>
> *This* I can help you with. (I'm assuming that you don't
> have the boot/install floppies that came with the OS.)
> First, before you do the Linux install, gather 3 blank 1.44
> Mb floppies. Once you have them, go to Start/Run & type in
> 'winnt32 /ox' (no quotes). This will re-create those
> floppies, which will allow you to boot from the 1st disk.
> At this point, you'll want to have another blank disk (we'll
> call it disk 4), so that you can back up your current info -
> go to Start/Run & type in 'rdisk /s' (again, no quotes).
>
> Once you have all of these floppies created, you can go
> ahead & install Linux, as your current configuration info
> will have been saved.
>
> You can perform these steps if you decide to remove LILO
> from the boot sector. After you boot from floppy 1, it'll
> then prompt you to load the 2nd disk, at which point you're
> offered a menu. Choose 'R' for repair. It'll then prompt
> you to insert the Emergency Repair Disk (ERD, aka disk 4),
> do so. It should then try to read a file called REPAIR.INF.
>
> When this happens, you'll get a menu, use the up & down
> arrows & the 'Enter' keys to deselect all but 'Verify Boot
> Files'. You should then be able to continue with the
> process & have it restore your boot sector to it's
> 'pre-Linux' configuration.
>
> I would be rather remiss if I did not suggest that you also
> copy essential files such as network & video drivers prior
> to beginning this process.
>
> > I inherited a PC with NT on it,
> > and would like to keep it if possible.
> >
>
> Well, it's not as simple as fdisk /mbr, but it's not *too*
> bad.
>
> (Note to all the Linux purists out there: Sorry for the
> "mostly M$" content of this note - I wouldn't even *know*
> this stuff if my company hadn't decreed that all IS staff
> must get their M$ certification...)
>
> >
> > --
> > Timothy Murphy
> > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > tel: +353-1-2842366
> > s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland
>
> Ireland, huh? You can send a pint o' Guinness to me then!
> ;^)
>
> Best of luck to you,
>
> Tim K.
> CNA, MCP, Segfault/Userfriendly.org addict
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mohd H Misnan)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Logitech FirstMouse+ (wheel)
Date: 1 Jun 1999 15:25:13 GMT
On Tue, 1 Jun 1999 11:08:21 GMT, Vinh Le wrote:
>This setup didn't work. The wheel didn't do anything in netscape.
>
>Okay, here's one thing that may screw me up, my Logitech FirstMouse+
>is an OEM model M-S48 without the Logitech logo on top and white
>in color. I read one webpage that said this OEM model *might* work.
I've exactly the same model as yours and sorry.. I couldn't get it to work
either and it was mentioned in the iwheel FAQ too. Upon inspecting inside, found
out that mine is using Zilog chip and the one that works as per the FAQ has
Logitech chip. May be we need to wait for a little while until somebody from
XFree can dig out the codes from FreeBSD (heard that their moused working with
this kind of hw).
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|Mitac 5033/AMD K6-2/300 |We want to take over the world, but we don't have |a|
|Linux 2.2.9 i586 |to do it tomorrow. It's OK by next week - Linus T.|c|
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From: "Scott T. Bruining" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Bus Speed
Date: 1 Jun 1999 18:40:35 GMT
Is there a command or program to determine what bus speed a system is
using? I just got a new box and want to make sure it is running at 100mhz.
Please respond via email.
--
Scott T. Bruining
Computer User Services
Illinois State University
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From: "Lee Sharp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Is it possible to build a sub-$500 Linux machine?
Date: Tue, 01 Jun 1999 17:53:27 GMT
xiangdong shi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in article
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> I am new to Linux. Having heard of how wonderful it is, I want to build
> a sub-$500 PC (not including the monitor) with Linux only. I am thinking
> of a machine on par with the other $500 windoz PC on the market in terms
> of the hardware. A Celeron 366 or AMD K6-2 350, a 100Mhz ATX Motherboard,
> 4mb-8mb Video, a 36xCDROM drive, 56K modem, 4.3Gb HDD, a cheapo-sound
card
> and speaker. Is this possible? Will I run into support problems because I
> picked up cheap components?
The places you will get into trouble are Modem, Video, and Printer. All
three can be unsupported. You best bet is to get an older top line system
at a clearance sale, and install Linux on it. Just saty away form GDI, or
Win modem/printers, and check Xfree.org for video card support.
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: "Tony Platt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: botting from SCSI on gigabyte MB (bios problem)
Date: Wed, 2 Jun 1999 09:00:22 +1000
Try setting the HDD to ID#0 or ID#1
they are the BOOT device ID's for SCSI
Tony
Eric Hegstrom wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>
>Hi all:
>
>OK I must be missing something here.
>
>I just got new PIII/450 on a Gigabyte GA-6BXC motherboard. I dropped in
>my Adaptec 2940 UW card and installed a removable drive rack for my HD
>with RedHat 5.2 on it. It will not even attempt to boot off the SCSI. It
>is obviously a bios thing because this exact same setup works fine from
>a
>couple of other computers I have. If I disable the IDE drive w/Winblows
>'98 on it I get a message that no boot media was found. The Adaptec
>bios appear to load just fine and I set it up to load from that drive
>(ID #2) and seems to sees it OK as it works fine on other systems with
>the same controller and different motherboard.
>
>I have mucked about with the MB bios about boot order (SCSI, A, C),
>etc..., but I am of the understandin this is where it looks FIRST and
>should find the SCSI eventually if nothing else.
>
>Also something called DMI (Desktop Management Interface?) seems to load
>out of the bios right before it scans for a boot disk. Could this be
>causing problems? I will try disabling it if I can.
>
>Has anyone had this type of problem? Am I going to be stuck booting from
>a floppy -- ugly but workable.
>
>
>Peace,
>Eric
>
>(oh yea, please include my email on relies since our mail server only
>drops important posts! :) )
>
>--
>Eric Hegstrom .~.
>Senior Software Engineer /V\
>Sonoran Scanners, Inc. // \\ L I N U X
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>520-617-0072 x402 ^^-^^
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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 -- no BSD?
Date: 31 May 1999 18:32:03 GMT
Bob Keys ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> [...]
>
> Solaris ran well, but was slow! NetBSD I could never get up to what I
> felt was sufficiently stable to make a production box, and I have tried
> everything and every version I can lay hands on. OpenBSD 2.5 betas
Could you be more precise about what versions you tried, and which problems
you had ? I use NetBSD 1.3.3 on both a IPC with 20Mb (handles a few users
ftp'ing or telnetting in, no problems at all, >200 days uptime) and
a ELC with 16Mb (DNS, cvs and an experimental ftp and www server, no problem
either). I also have 1.4 on a IPX, which doesn't do much else than
compilations.
--
Manuel Bouyer, LIP6, Universite Paris VI. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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