Linux-Hardware Digest #402, Volume #10 Thu, 3 Jun 99 17:13:31 EDT
Contents:
Re: "Kernel size too large" ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Windows easy to install? BULLSHIT! (Neil Cerutti)
Re: Riva TNT only in 256 colours. ("Gene Heskett")
Re: Redhat 6.0 and Zip Plus (Dominic Mitchell)
Okidata Okipage 6e (resubmit) (Todd Hurt)
Re: Matrox Millenium G200 ("David Graham")
Re: botting from SCSI on gigabyte MB (bios problem) (Craig McFarlane)
Re: How do you install LNEPCI2 Ethernet drivers? (Randy)
Re: Asus Motherboard (Marc Mutz)
SoundBlaster 16/PCI (David Boosalis)
Re: "Kernel size too large" (Bernd Huebenett)
Need advice on what InkJet printer to buy. (Denis)
Re: boot problems with Yamaha SCSI CD-RW (Mike Cico)
Re: Dual Celeron's and SMP Performance Problems (CB)
Memory Flush (chris)
Re: Scanner & SANE with 2.2 Kernels - anyone managed it?
Re: Linux support for WD8003E/A? (PS/2 NIC) (Dave Weis)
Re: Dual Celeron's and SMP Performance Problems (CB)
PCI problems ("Moors, ing. E.W.J.")
Mouse Problem wont go away ("Dr Death")
Re: Cyberpower UPS (Stephen Hammond)
Re: Switch or Relay Output Cards under Linux? (Eric Wampner)
aix7xxx.c driver: Tagged Queueing (Jim Y. Kwon)
Re: AMD K6-2 Problems (Bryan Scott)
Re: Allied Telesyn NIC drivers? (Bryan Scott)
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,aus.computers.linux
Subject: Re: "Kernel size too large"
Date: 3 Jun 1999 18:11:14 GMT
In the sacred domain of comp.os.linux.hardware didst Craig Sharpe
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> eloquently scribe:
: Or does anyone know were to find xconfig lists that display the drivers
: installed and produce a working kernel?
Instead of make zimage, you should use make bzimage.
It allows the kernel to be larger that 1/2 a meg, otherwise, LILO will
complain and refuse to boot from it...
: thanks for your time.
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.linux.setup
From: Neil Cerutti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Windows easy to install? BULLSHIT!
Date: Wed, 2 Jun 1999 08:44:51 -0400
James Stafford wrote:
> I just upgraded my Linux hardware which was quite a painless process. I added
> a new SCSI card and hard drive. Since I was using a older SCSI controller for
> my Windows box I decided to put the old PCI SCSI card from my Linux box on the
> Windows box. In linux all I have to do is make a new boot disk for the New
> SCSI card. In Windows how do you make a new boot disk? It took me days of
> copying files from the CDROM to the hard drive (Windows won't let you use your
> CDROM drive in safe mode, how stupid!!! How is one supposed to load drivers to
> fix problems!?!) I finally got Windows running. In the meantime I was surfing
> the web downloading and installing new programs and updates with my Linux box.
> I've said it before and I'll say it again, I don't know how MS has fooled
> everyone into using their piece of crap OS.
It is a great idea to copy the contents of the win98 directory from your CD
onto your hard-drive. This will save you from mad dives into the CD-ROM bin
to get your CD whenever you need it, and also allows you access to
un-installed drivers while in safe-mode.
It also makes installation a hell of a lot easier.
I don't know if it violates the license on win98. Do it at your own legal
peril.
Neil Cerutti
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Date: 03 Jun 99 00:20:00 -0500
From: "Gene Heskett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Riva TNT only in 256 colours.
Reply to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Gene Heskett sends Greetings to ren ;
> I've managed to get a 300X200 screen using SVGA server, RivaTNT
> server, and Viper 500
> I will try startx -- -bpp 32
> To see if I can change the resolution. I've got the correct
> horizontal and vertical settings specified for my monitor so.....
> fZZZZZZZZZZZZ ouch! :)
I saw a note on slashdot where the TNT and TNT2 drivers had been made PD
or some such. Check it out.
Cheers, Gene
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Subject: Re: Redhat 6.0 and Zip Plus
Reply-To: Dominic Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: Dominic Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 03 Jun 1999 01:08:31 -0400
Just be cautious with Iomega products. The reason is that there is
an issue with their warranty and Linux. I had to fight to
have them honor the warranty on a tape drive.
They did not want to honor the warranty as I did not have M$ installed
to use their software to test the drive while online with them. So I
had to go to a friend place and install the drive on his computer
and call Iomega technician.
They have received many letters since last week from Iomega Linux users
to have Iomega revise their position. Basically the point is support
and warranty are two distinct issues. Not to support Linux actively
is on thing, but to deny a warranty because you use the device with
is totally another thing. Here is their email address
Iomega <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cheers,
Dominic.
>>>>> "jb" == Jonathan Bowman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
jb> I would like to have a Zip Drive that I can use both as a SCSI (for
jb> speed on my own computer) and Parallel (to lend to friends and family),
jb> and I have been looking into purchasing a Zip Plus for this reason. My
jb> question however, is how does this drive do with RedHat 6 or any other
jb> Linux 2.2 distro as a SCSI Zip Drive (I do not need its Parallel
jb> compatability with Linux). Any thoughts on and experiences with this
jb> drive would be much appreciated . Thanks.
jb> Jonathan Bowman
jb> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Todd Hurt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Okidata Okipage 6e (resubmit)
Date: Thu, 03 Jun 1999 11:21:00 -0700
I'm having trouble getting my Okidata Okipage 6e printer to work under
Redhat Linux 5.1. I've tried to configure it with the
Redhat printtool. It appears that the computer sends data to the printer
because the printer light will blink, and sometimes the printer drum
turns, but it never advances a page and actually prints it. In the
Redhat printtool, I have selected the 'send EOF' option, but that didn't
help.
Any suggestions?
Thanks
Todd Hurt
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From: "David Graham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Matrox Millenium G200
Date: Thu, 03 Jun 1999 00:39:44 GMT
With XFree 3.3.3
Ibrahim Haddad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi all,
> Does anyone have any idea if the Matrox Millenium G200 video
> card (8 MB) works with Linux (X Windows)?
> Please email me back if you have any information.
> Thank you very much.
>
> -- ibrahim
>
> <signature was omitted>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Craig McFarlane)
Subject: Re: botting from SCSI on gigabyte MB (bios problem)
Date: Thu, 03 Jun 1999 16:17:50 +1100
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, James Stafford
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> >Has anyone had this type of problem? Am I going to be stuck booting from
>> >a floppy -- ugly but workable.
>
>When your system boots go into your SCSI card BOIS and check there. On my
>Tekram card I can chose which drive to boot from, from drive 0 to 15 (I
>think it goes up to 15).
I had the exact same problem as the original poster. My GigaByte was the
GA-6BXDS with the dual-channel UW SCSI (revision 1.7). It refused to boot
too. I tried every possible variable (including drives from different
manufacturers). It all became clear when I took the board back and it was
replaced with the revision 1.8 board.
No problem since. I suspect that the 1.7 board has problems booting (I
had two of them - both refused to boot). The hardware revision number
(*not* the BIOS version) is in the corner with the ISA slots.
cya
Craig.
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From: Randy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How do you install LNEPCI2 Ethernet drivers?
Date: Thu, 03 Jun 1999 19:06:31 +0000
This sounds like the same card I have... try tulip.o. Works with the
LinkSys and NetGear cards just fine (for me).
jaydub wrote:
> This card can be used using the generic PCI NE2000 driver.
> Compile the NE2000 driver into your kernel or alternatively, run
> the NE2000 kernel module (I think it is called ne2k-pci.o). What
> distro are you using?
>
> Jeff
>
> On Tue, 1 Jun 1999 01:15:44 -0400, "Xaragon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
> >This is my first time installing linux and I've got linux installed but i
> >haven't been able to find how to install my ethernet card. I have a p.o.s.
> >Linksys Ethernet PCI 2 card in the machine and i'd like some help, thanks...
> >
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Date: Thu, 03 Jun 1999 20:41:54 +0200
From: Marc Mutz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Asus Motherboard
Daniele Bernardini wrote:
> For me it works all right.
> don't know about udma because I have a scsi adapter ;)
> But I guess I saw an ali chipset in the kernel config...
The same for me. UDMA is supported only via patches (see article in this
newsgroup) or in the 2.3.x kernels.
Marc Mutz
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From: David Boosalis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: SoundBlaster 16/PCI
Date: Wed, 02 Jun 1999 17:46:40 -0700
I just installed Redhat 6.0,. It apears that it does not support the
SoundBlaster 16/PCI
Does anybody know otherwise.
Any help most appreciated.
David Boosalis
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Date: Thu, 03 Jun 1999 08:34:40 +0200
From: Bernd Huebenett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: "Kernel size too large"
Hello Craig,
had the same problem. Use "make bzImage" and "make bzlilo" (if you use
lilo) instead of the normal commands. In my case the AIC-78xx SCSI driver
took a lot of kernel memory.
Bye,
Bernd
Craig Sharpe wrote:
> Hi
>
> I'm in the process of configuring my own kernel. I'm using RedHat 6 and
> need to reconfigure the kernel to suport scsi, parallel ports, and zip
> drivers so that I can install my zip 250 parallel drive.
>
> I've selected the options I want in xconfig .. and have typed "make
> dep", then "make clean" and then "make zImage" but then after it has
> looked at the sectors of my HD it comes up with two error messages
> saying " Use bzImage or modules". I took the advice and ran "make
> xconfigure" with very few y options and after the rest of the procedure
> the error message came up again. It takes about a whole morning to do
> the process and so I was wondering if it was possible to see the amount
> of bytes used in the kernel by the different drivers.. and hence know
> how much I can add without going over the kernel size limit??
>
> Or does anyone know were to find xconfig lists that display the drivers
> installed and produce a working kernel?
>
> thanks for your time.
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From: Denis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Need advice on what InkJet printer to buy.
Date: Thu, 3 Jun 1999 15:34:51 -0400
I looked on the Internet, but can't find info on what is a good choice for a
printer as far as compatibility is concerned. I have RH5.1, and want to buy a
nonexpensive InkJet printer. Every company I looked so far (lexmark,
cannon, hp, epson) (I mean web pages) offeres drivers only for windows.
Anybody can tell me about it?
Thanks a lot.
Denis
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From: Mike Cico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: boot problems with Yamaha SCSI CD-RW
Date: Thu, 03 Jun 1999 14:24:09 -0400
Gale L McMurray wrote:
> DEAR MIKE:
>
> IT IS THE NEW KERNEL AS YOUR YAMAHA WORKED WITH RH 5.2.
actually, I wasn't able to boot 5.2 either...I installed 5.2 before I used 6.0.
I thought 6.0 might fix whatever problem I was having.
I have gotten one suggestion so far, I just haven't got around to trying it
yet...I'll let you know how it works out...
Mike
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Date: Thu, 03 Jun 1999 08:17:12 -0700
From: CB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.comp.hardware.overclocking,csu.unix.linux
Subject: Re: Dual Celeron's and SMP Performance Problems
And a post-note:
Dual celeron systems can be a cost-effective way to harness quite a bit
of CPU horsepower - these chips, while inexpensive, are of good quality
and design. There are always limitations to any hardware setup.
Understanding the strengths and limitations of a particular arrangement
can lead to more efficient use of the available resources - and to a
more effective system.
Totally Lost wrote:
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> CB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> [bulk of extensive interrogation deleted]
A wise choice as you had no specific information to provide.
>
> > I am perfectly willing to entertain the possibility that some of your
> assertions
> > may be on the money - but you really didn't offer more than some
> general
> > theoretical arguments and cautions. Well, I don't have a Linux server
> to run
> > through the paces, so I'm not much help either...
> >
> > CB
>
> It seems pointless to respond.
But you did anyway ;-)
> I offered some seasoned caution, the
> concerns should be explored by anyone that is considering using a
> Celeron as a production server, or with other than small footprint
> applications. This guy appears both hostile, and doesn't even have
> a stake in the outcome.
>
> We are continually offered advise, some must personally experience the
> pain before they are convinced of negative outcomes. The Darwin awards
> exist for a reason :)
As the cost of the equipment is low, the financial risk of
experimentation is also low. Gigantism has been generally repudiated by
evolution. Innovation and experimentation do not have to be confined to
those with unlimited hardware budgets.
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
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From: chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Memory Flush
Date: Thu, 3 Jun 1999 02:10:15 -0500
I got tired of listening to my HDD thrash, so I added 128MB to my 64. Now, on
"free", the swap partition is always clean, and everythings much faster (KDE,
Netscape, Quake3, etc). The thing is that I can watch my used memory slowly
creep up from 86MB to 136 and on and on, and even if I close all my apps, the
memory is still occupied. I guess I'm looking for a mem-flushing app. Or am I
doing something wrong?
Chris
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ()
Subject: Re: Scanner & SANE with 2.2 Kernels - anyone managed it?
Date: Thu, 3 Jun 1999 12:46:41 -0700
On Thu, 03 Jun 1999 19:03:53 GMT, Phillip Deackes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>In article <7j1h7q$qk7$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>>Confirmed here. I have a Snapscan 600, with a AHA2940, which used to
I run a Umax off of a Mylex board using kernel 2.2.1.
I haven't had any 2.2 related problems with my scanning.
>>work like a charm under Windows. But since I don't use this @$#$#$%%
>>excuse for an OS anymore, I'd like to get it to work under Linux. So far
>>I've tried 2.2.6 and 2.2.9, on a RedHat 6.0, and don't get it to work.
>>
>>Output of scanimage -L:
>>
>>[root@betelgeuse sane-1.0.1]# scanimage -L
>>device Snapscan:/dev/sgb' is a AGFA SNAPSCAN 600 flatbed scanner
>>
>>So it finds the thing.
[deletia]
Is this problem only occuring with a particular brand
of scanner or brand of SCSI card?
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From: Dave Weis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware
Subject: Re: Linux support for WD8003E/A? (PS/2 NIC)
Date: Thu, 3 Jun 1999 14:22:29 -0500
No, it doesn't. It shouldn't be too difficult to put that in, though. You
would need to insert your code at the beginning of the probe routine and
further down set ei_status.word16 to 0 instead of 1. There may be some
other little things but that's the main part.
djweis
On 3 Jun 1999, Georg Schwarz wrote:
> Does Linux support the WD8003E/A MCA ethernet card?
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Date: Thu, 03 Jun 1999 07:45:30 -0700
From: CB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.comp.hardware.overclocking,csu.unix.linux
Subject: Re: Dual Celeron's and SMP Performance Problems
Totally Lost wrote:
>
> It seems pointless to respond. I offered some seasoned caution, the
> concerns should be explored by anyone that is considering using a
> Celeron as a production server, or with other than small footprint
> applications.
Fair enough
CB
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From: "Moors, ing. E.W.J." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: PCI problems
Date: Thu, 3 Jun 1999 07:22:39 GMT
Hello to you all,
The problem that I have is two PCI-cards that use a PLX9060 bridge-chip
for the PCI interface of which I can't get the modules inserted as two
independed modules. (This is required, because the driver uses some
global
variables to check for the mode the card is in i.e. reading or writing)
I know that the modules can be inserted independently, because on
another
PC (the same type DELL GXpro {I know,I know don't use DELL}) it does
work
correctly. The output of the lsmod command on that PC is:
Module Pages Used by
tsio0 3 0
tsio1 3 0
The output of the lsmod command on my PC is:
Module Pages Used by
tsio1 3 0
tsio0 3 [tsio1]0
If you know what's causing this problem,(or how to solve it)
please let me know.
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Philips Research Laboratories
Building WY, Prof. Holstlaan 4 (Postbox WY12)
5656 AA Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Phone : +31-(0)40-27 42521
Fax : +31-(0)40-27 44648
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From: "Dr Death" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Mouse Problem wont go away
Date: Thu, 3 Jun 1999 21:03:16 +0100
Mouse Problem wont go away
Firstly thanks for everyones previous advice. Ive now reinstalled Linux (Red
Hat) and have disabled gpm from the start up. But guess what? Mouse still
not cooperating so it seems it isnt down to gmp as everyone keeps
suggesting.
Recap;
Device - Logitech pilot mouse + (3rd button/wheel)serial on com2
Problem - Pointer on screen moves 10 secs after I move the mouse
Solutions Tried - Different options in mouseconfig tried, Kill gmp before
starting X, changed values in X11/XF86Config, and now disabled gmp.
What else in linux is involved in controlling the mouse?
Anyone have any further suggestions or knows a man that does
Thanks Ian
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stephen Hammond)
Subject: Re: Cyberpower UPS
Date: Thu, 03 Jun 1999 20:01:21 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 2 Jun 1999 10:55:13 -0500, "Mark Swope" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>Does anyone have a CyberPower UPS working
>with Linux as a "smartUPS?" I figure, since it
>has a DB-9, that it'll work in "dumb mode."
>However, I'd like to know if anyone has one
>of the UPS utilities working with it - it's supposed
>to report battery conditions, line conditions, etc....
>
>tnx,
>mas
I have several CyberPower UPS', however none of them are setup to work
with a Linux box. But, I wanted to point out that CyberPower's
hardware is a bit on the shabby side. I had an APC 225 connected to
my desktop, and when the power failed, it would run for about 5 mins.
I upgraded to a CyberPower 325 and it ended up blowing the UPS because
the power draw was to great (That's what their stupid tech support
told me). So, I went back to my trusty, smaller APC and everything is
great again. The CyberPower units are cheap, but you get what you pay
for!
Regards,
-Stephen Hammond
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From: Eric Wampner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Switch or Relay Output Cards under Linux?
Date: Thu, 03 Jun 1999 15:50:20 -0400
Art Botterell wrote:
>
> Anyone have any leads or experience on switch/relay output boards under
> Linux? (I know they're used a lot in process-control aps, but that's about
> it...)
If you want relay output boards, you are probably in good shape. You
might look for the Linux in the Lab project, which is into this a bit,
and might have stuff ready to run.
However, if you are a fairly good C programmer you can easily handle the
task of writing a minor kernel module such as this. I would suggest
buying
a ISA based board with jumpered memory locations and a full set of
documentation, and purchasing _Linux Device Drivers_ by Alessandro
Rubini.
(O'Reilly press, ISBN 1-56592-292-1). There are some problems with 2.2
kernels
not being covered by the book, but it works for me. (My driver is
oopsing on
me and I am taking a break :-)
I wrote a driver for a 16 digital output relay board for NT, mainly
consisted
of writing and reading from I/O memory. Very straightforward. If you use
the IOCTL interface for a char driver, it should be a piece of cake.
(well,
give yourself at least a week or two to get something working)
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Systems Administrator fax (407) 366-2721 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jim Y. Kwon)
Subject: aix7xxx.c driver: Tagged Queueing
Date: 03 Jun 1999 00:44:51 PDT
I'll be soon getting an Adaptec AHA-2940U2W SCSI controller, so I was looking
at the linux SCSI driver hoping the support was there. I currently have the
2.0.36 kernel. It looks like it's supported - any comments from people that
have this SCSI controller working under linux?
In the aix7xxx.c driver source there's a #define DEFAULT_TAG_COMMANDS
indicating that the tagged queueing is by default disabled for all
devices. Can anyone tell me why this was done, instead of enabling tagged
queueing for all devices by default? The driver source explains that by
setting DEFAULT_TAG_COMMANDS to a list of zeros, the driver will use its own
algorithm for determing the queue depth. Does this auto-detect whether or not
a device is capable of tagged queueing?
I'm asking because I have another machine with a Mylex/Buslogic BT-958 and the
linux driver automatically detects whether or not a device supports tagged
queueing - I don't have to specify any extra boot-time options. If the
Buslogic driver can do it, why can't the Adaptec driver as well? Just
curious...
Does the Adaptec AHA-2940U2W have better performance (under linux) than the
Buslogic BT-958, or should I be ripping that BT-958 into my machine instead?
:) The AHA-2940U2W was attractive because of the simultaneous SCSI connections
it offers (all four connectors can be used).
Thanks in advance for any info.
--
-Jim
merklinATconcentricDOTnet
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Date: Thu, 03 Jun 1999 13:44:34 -0600
From: Bryan Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: AMD K6-2 Problems
NeXuS wrote:
>
> > ->> This sounds like the problem I am getting with a new FIC VA503+ w/ K6-2 350.
>I am booting successfully with a floppy now, but I wish I could get back to the
> > ->> usual way of booting from the hard disk boot partition in /
> > ->
> > ->Linux does _not_ have problems with properly configured K6-2 systems.
> >
> > Nope. It doesn't. This problem may be an issue with the motherboard
> > tho. It seems that the FIC-503+ is very picky about the RAM it will work
> > correctly with.
> >
> > Check the FIC web page under the reports section.
>
> I'm only a newbie if it comes to linux, but I've got a similar system
> running a k6-2/300. If it's a problem with the memory there is a neat
> feature on this board. It uses a via chipset witch allows you, with
> help of jumpers, to run your memory at 66Mhz while your system can still
> use the 100FSB. This way you can still use old edo 72pinns if you want
> to @ a 100 FSB. Maybe you should try that out to see if it makes any
> difference. If your system runs normal with this setting enabled it
> probably is your memory that doesn't work very well with this board.
> It's a good board for a good price but it can be picky :-)
>
> Hope this helps you out
Woo hoo! I just posted about this elsewhere.
I run two boxes using the FIC VA-503+, one at 350Mhz and the other at
450Mhz. Mine (the 350) has 128MB SDRAM, and I used to run it with
varying amounts of RAM, from EDO to two different 32MB SDRAM chips. No
problems at all, as long as my RAM settings were set for the type of
memory I was using. You do need to make sure that the SDRAM settings
are correct.
It sounds more to me like your hard drive's been pulled out of the BIOS
settings, or that lilo botched up the MBR when you ran it last. Do you
have SCSI or IDE in there?
-- Bryan Scott
-- CTR Online Systems Administration
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Date: Thu, 03 Jun 1999 14:02:18 -0600
From: Bryan Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Allied Telesyn NIC drivers?
Amal Phadke wrote:
>
> In article <Ku413.1804$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> "Wayne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > I just got a Allied Telesyn 2500 TX pci ethernet card and was wondering
> > if anyone has successfully installed it under 2.2.7 or any other kernel. The
> > NE200 pci driver doesn't work and the ethernet how-to does not list this
> > particular model.
> >
> > Any help would be appreciated
> >
> >
>
> I have an AT-2400BT PCI card and I use ne2k-pci driver for that. For
> AT2500 try rtl8139 driver.
>
> Excerpts from Ethernet-HOWTO:
>
> AT2500
>
> Status: Semi-Supported, Driver Name: rtl8139
>
> This card uses the RealTek 8139 chip - see the section RealTek 8139.
>
> ---
> Amal Phadke, Ph.D Candidate
> Department of Ocean Engineering, SOEST
> University of Hawaii at Manoa
>
> Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I could never get the AT1700 to work on my MCA machine. Anyone seen
anything for that? I can boot linux on the IBM PS/2 (microchannel
architecture), and it finds everything *but* the card. It's pointless
to install anything on its 60MB drive; I wanted to do nfsroot and have
it act as an Xterminal off my network server. (Two machines for the
price of one!) :)
-- Bryan Scott
-- CTR Online Systems Administration
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