Linux-Hardware Digest #434, Volume #10 Mon, 7 Jun 99 17:13:39 EDT
Contents:
Re: DNS problem. (Chris Aiken)
Re: Backup recommendations? (Abdullah Ramazanoglu)
Exabyte 8500XL freezes my system! ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: boot problems with Yamaha SCSI CD-RW (Mike Cico)
Re: Six Rack AS/400 ("Kent Rankin")
Re: AGP only at 8bpp?! (Alexander Skwar)
Compaq easy-access-keyboard-buttons? (Pankaj Pant)
Re: Cannot setting the Modem on Linux Redhat 6.0? (Henrik Carlqvist)
Re: SupraExpress 56i modem driver? (Henrik Carlqvist)
Re: Best AGP Card for Linux / XFree86 [was Re: AGP only at 8bpp?!] (Andrew Comech)
Powering off problems (Ryan Lovett)
scanners for linux? (Peter Bismuti)
Re: about SB AWE64 ISA (Henrik Carlqvist)
Re: K6-II/400 and Signal 11 while compiling Kernel (Henrik Carlqvist)
Re: Backup recommendations? (Marc Mutz)
Re: Riva TNT Drivers for Linux (Vagelis Blathras)
Re: Riva TNT Drivers for Linux (Vagelis Blathras)
Re: Backup recommendations? (killbill)
Re: ASUS SC875 scsi card w/Linux? (Martin Lorenz)
good motherboard for K6-2 450 and 350 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Backup recommendations? ("Thom Caldwell")
Re: Can't mount my floppy disk. Plz HELP ME, LINUX DRIVE ME CRAZY (M. Buchenrieder)
Re: What can it be? Help needed (M. Buchenrieder)
Re: K6-II/400 and Signal 11 while compiling Kernel (Dominic Mitchell)
FS: Six Rack AS/400 ("Kent Rankin")
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From: Chris Aiken <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: DNS problem.
Date: Mon, 07 Jun 1999 10:03:41 -0400
You have to put your ISP's addresses in your
/etc/resolv.conf file. I believe the format is:
nameserver xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
...cwa
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I just installed Linux (RedhHat 5.2) last weekend and am still trying
> to get connected to my ISP without success. I have a USR 56k external
> faxmodem that will dial and connect if I load the interface at boot.
> It will disconnect and then redial again continually as long as I'm in
> Linux. Allof my PPP info is correct. When I open Netscape and try to
> connect to a URL I always get the same error: "Netscape:error.
> Netscape is unable to locate the server. The server does not have a
> DNS entry." In linuxconf I have added the DNS correctly to no avail.
> Any help would be much appreciated! Is there a web site with
> extensive info on configuring Linux to connect to the net?
>
> Thanks.
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From: Abdullah Ramazanoglu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Backup recommendations?
Date: Mon, 07 Jun 1999 21:30:02 +0300
Hi,
Since high volume backup solutions are expensive, and low volume ones
are proprietary and have bad cost/benefit, my strategy is simply using
CD-RW for backups up to around 5 GB (uncompressed).
If my needs exceed several CD's per backup run, I can upgrade to a 24MB
DDS-3 drive.
This is what I can work out for a reasonably cost/benefit balanced
backup strategy. I'm also interested in other opinions.
Regards.
Aaron Dershem wrote:
>
> Does anyone out there have a recommendation for a good, cheap, IDE tape
> backup solution for Linux? I have a little server at home that I'd like to
> keep backed up.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Aaron Dershem
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Exabyte 8500XL freezes my system!
Date: Mon, 07 Jun 1999 15:33:36 GMT
Hello,
I have an Exabyte 8500XL attached to my linux box with an old adaptec
1502 scsi board.
I have a problem with my backups. Quite often, will backuping, my system
freezes and I have to power off. I found no message in my logs.
I have the feeling that it occurs when the amount of data to save is
large, but I cannot quantify this. The problem showed with tar and with
dump. Any idea ?
In addition, my tape drive already broke several tapes by crumpling
them. What is the reason for this ? Should I try to clean the drive ?
Thanks for any help,
Christophe
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From: Mike Cico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: boot problems with Yamaha SCSI CD-RW
Date: Mon, 07 Jun 1999 12:38:48 -0400
I got an answer that worked perfectly from [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
>I had exactly the same problem with Red Hat 6.0 and a Yamaha
>SCSI CD-RW drive. It was fixed by entering the SCSI bios and
>disabling the "wide negotiator" setting for the CD-RW (SCSI
>device 3 on my machine). Installation proceeded normally
>after this fix.
Gale L McMurray wrote:
> DEAR MIKE:
>
> I TOO, HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. NEITHER RH 6.0 OR SUSE 6.1 WILL BOOT WITH THE
> YAMAHA 4416S. I HAVE ASKED RED HAT FOR AN EXPLANATION, AS IT IS SUPPOSED TO
> BE "HARDWARE COMPLIANT". I HAVE INSTALLED BOTH WITH A PLEXWRITER WITH
> SUCCESS, BUT ONCE THE YAMAHA IS PUT INTO THE SCSI CHAIN, IT FREEZES. PERHAPS
> IT IS THE NEW KERNEL AS YOUR YAMAHA WORKED WITH RH 5.2.
>
> LET ME KNOW PLEASE IF YOU FIND AN ANSWER. I WILL FORWARD ANYTHING I
> DISCOVER.
>
> GALE MCMURRAY
>
> Mike Cico wrote:
>
> > As the subject implies, I have a Yamaha CD-RW SCSI drive on a Dell
> > Optiplex GX1.
> >
> > I upgraded from RH 5.2 to RH 6.0 (actually using the "upgrade" button),
> > and during the first attempt it froze up. I re-booted, and this time it
> >
> > went fine...or so I thought.
> >
> > Whenever I boot now, I get a "kernel panic" during SCSI detection and my
> >
> > CD-RW locks up -- I can't even open the tray, and I have to power off to
> >
> > get it to work again.
> >
> > Anyone have any ideas what might be going on? I have a SCSI HD at id 0,
> >
> > and my CD-RW factory default is id 3 (don't know if that helps, but
> > there it is anyway).
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Mike Cico
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Kent Rankin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.folklore.computers,comp.sys.ibm.as400.misc,misc.forsale.computers.workstation
Subject: Re: Six Rack AS/400
Date: Mon, 07 Jun 1999 17:38:53 GMT
And, by the way, I can send some pictures that I have of it if they
would help.
-Kent Rankin
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From: Alexander Skwar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.sources.kernel,linux.dev.kernel,de.comp.os.unix.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: AGP only at 8bpp?!
Date: 7 Jun 1999 16:25:54 GMT
In comp.os.linux.hardware Koder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The problem is completely solved! My friend was wrong indeed, it was not the
> kernel. I just forgot to use startx -- -bpp 24! If you use these parameters,
> and your XFree86 is configured correctly, it will run on most cards!
If you want to start X all the time with truecolor, edit your XF86Config
(/etc/X11). Goto the screen section, and add the line "DefaultColorDepth
24".
Alexander Skwar
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From: Pankaj Pant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Compaq easy-access-keyboard-buttons?
Date: 07 Jun 1999 11:28:07 -0400
Hello,
We bought a Compaq recently, and the keyboard has buttons for controlling
the speakers, etc. We have a dual-boot W98/Linux setup and the buttons don't
work under Linux. After trying for a week (even searched for answers in
dejanews) we are hoping that someone can point us in the right direction.
Since the speakers don't have any volume controls on them, the only way
right now is to use software.
Thanks - Pankaj.
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From: Henrik Carlqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,hk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Cannot setting the Modem on Linux Redhat 6.0?
Date: Sun, 06 Jun 1999 20:48:18 +0200
Raymond Yung wrote:
> I use the "setserial /dev/ttys0 irq3" to enable this device, but
> the console will prompt an error message "/dev/ttys0: Input/Output
> error".
> My modem is connected to COM1 == ttys0.
You are almost right, try ttyS0 instead.
regards Henrik
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From: Henrik Carlqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SupraExpress 56i modem driver?
Date: Sun, 06 Jun 1999 21:08:15 +0200
David Rais wrote:
> I have problem with instalation of SupraExpress 56i internal pci
> modem. My RedHat 5.1 distribution seems not to support it.
Go to dejanews and do a search on the word "winmodem". Unfortunatley you
don't have any modem. You own an AD/DA-converter which sits between your
CPU and phone-line expecting software loading your CPU to make it
emulate a real modem.
My only advice is to buy a real modem.
regards Henrik
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrew Comech)
Crossposted-To: linux.sources.kernel,linux.dev.kernel,de.comp.os.unix.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Best AGP Card for Linux / XFree86 [was Re: AGP only at 8bpp?!]
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 7 Jun 1999 14:45:27 -0500
On Mon, 07 Jun 1999 06:55:00 -0400, David R. Bergstein wrote:
>With this thought in mind, I am interested in moving to an AGP graphic
>card for my Linux system. Can any one provide some recommendations on
>particular models that are known to work well with XFree86, i.e., for
>compatibility & performance? I was hesitant before this because of all
>the prior negative reports.
>
>Thanks in advance!
Hi David,
"Best AGP Card" really depends on the definition of "the best".
The one which just _works_ is ATI Xpert 98, ATI 3D Rage Pro Turbo
chipset, 8MB, 2x AGP (around $40).
No need for special things and tricks with both Xfree86 3.3.2
and 3.3.3.1
The one which not only works but are also _considered_ the best
is Matrox Millenium G200 card:
...Makes extensive use of the graphics accelerator. This server is
very well accelerated, and is one of the fastest XFree86 X servers.
(see http://www.xfree86.org/3.3.3.1/MGA3.html#3)
This one costs $20 more, but everybody would tell you, "You got a right
videocard, man!"
Best,
a.
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From: Ryan Lovett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus
Subject: Powering off problems
Date: Mon, 7 Jun 1999 12:02:48 -0700
I've got an Asus P2B-D inside of an Inwin ATX case. When I soft shutdown
from Windows, the box turns off. When I shutdown -h now from linux, I wait
till init finishes and then I press the power button on the front of the
case. The problem is that as soon as the machine turns off, it powers back
to life again. I have to flip the power switch on the back to safely turn
everything off.
What about Linux and/or my mobo/case is causing this to happen? Is it
possible to get Linux to turn off the power in the same fashion as
Windows? If not, is there any way to prevent immediate power cycling? Any
info is appreciated!
Ryan
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter Bismuti)
Subject: scanners for linux?
Date: 7 Jun 1999 18:04:51 GMT
Are there any scanners that work *very well* with Linux??
Thanks!
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From: Henrik Carlqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: about SB AWE64 ISA
Date: Sun, 06 Jun 1999 20:44:43 +0200
chunfuyu wrote:
> I want to install redhat 6.0 and my sound card is Sound Blaster Awe
> 64 bit ISA interface. Is that ok to 6.0?
I don't have any Awe 64 and I haven't run RedHat, but I think it should
work. You might have to recompile your kernel or load a module to make
it work.
> Besides, can I use my SCSI hard drive as the boot disk?
This is a bios limitation which depends on your scsi card and your
motherboard. LILO is only able to boot from disks which your bios is
able to boot from. If you are able to boot any other OS from scsi-drives
with your scsi-card you should be able to boot Linux too.
regards Henrik
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From: Henrik Carlqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: K6-II/400 and Signal 11 while compiling Kernel
Date: Sun, 06 Jun 1999 20:57:29 +0200
Konstantinos Agouros wrote:
> I just installed a K6-II/400 in my P55T2P4S and it does not look so
> good.
> In trying to compile the kernel I get a signal11 very fast
Signal 11 while compiling kernel usually means a hardware problem. You
could try to replace your simms if you don't have parity or you could
try to disable the cpu cache. If you have parity memory you could search
your syslogs for NMIs, if there are NMIs you will know that the simms
should be replaced.
However, if this happened when you installed a new CPU I would suggest
that you try to replace the CPU.
regards Henrik
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Date: Mon, 07 Jun 1999 20:36:22 +0200
From: Marc Mutz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Backup recommendations?
Thom Caldwell wrote:
>
> I backup to a second hard drive also. An added advantage is that you can
> quickly put it into service replacing the first drive with very little
> effort.
>
If you really mean to *backup* your system then don't do it on a second
hard drive. If your PC gets cooked by a lightning strike or the like,
both HD will be killed.
Use tape drives. Get yourself a used DAT and you have an open upgrade
path and a very good power-per-dollar (I even saw simple new DAT's (no
hw compression) for around 250$).
Marc
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From: Vagelis Blathras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Riva TNT Drivers for Linux
Date: Mon, 07 Jun 1999 22:49:09 +0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> nVidia package. This means OpenGL Quake, Quake II, but not Quake III,
> according to their documentation. Have a look at their site. They answer
The nice thing is that Quake III will work ok with the release of Xfree 4. I
have not used it yet, but it seems to me, that on a powerfull system, it will
work ok even now.
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From: Vagelis Blathras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Riva TNT Drivers for Linux
Date: Mon, 07 Jun 1999 22:47:21 +0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> > Thanks Jimmy,
> > Did you use the Xfree driver?
The new Xfree Server appears to have better 2D acceleration, and it seems
ok to me.
The GL drivers seem ok too, I tested in with various Mesa 3.0 demos, and
with Quake2 (in GL mode) and results were satisfactory.
But, when I run Glinfo from Mesa demos, it reports to me, that there are
no GL extentions. Is this true? Should I rebuild the glx module for my
system?
I use the static glx version of the Xserver, and a libGL that I built for
my system, since I had problems with it (my system is somewhat not a pure
one according the libraries - a mix of glibc and libc 5 exist around). (In
the near future, I plan on purifying it)
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From: killbill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Backup recommendations?
Date: Mon, 07 Jun 1999 18:05:40 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Abdullah Ramazanoglu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
> Since high volume backup solutions are expensive, and low volume ones
> are proprietary and have bad cost/benefit, my strategy is simply using
> CD-RW for backups up to around 5 GB (uncompressed).
> If my needs exceed several CD's per backup run, I can upgrade to a
24MB
> DDS-3 drive.
> This is what I can work out for a reasonably cost/benefit balanced
> backup strategy. I'm also interested in other opinions.
> Regards.
>
Ahhh the perfect lead it to a shameless plug :)
I faced the same question, and arrived at the same solution (CDRW). I
wrote a package (backburner, see www.freshmeat.net) that allows you to
capture any stream from any unix utility (generally either tar, dd, or
dump piped to gzip or bzip) to any arbitrary sequence of media, and then
recreate the stream at any later date to the original stream (for
restoration). It is a small package of perl scripts, and I am getting
good reports from my huge installed user base (all 20 of them :)).
That being said, if you simply want to perform automated backups for
disaster recovery, I think it would be hard to beat an additional hard
drive. The CDRW ( or tape for that matter ) approach would be better
for keeping a permanant or semi-permanant history of your system, but
would likely require manual media changes and would both be pretty slow
relative to a disk drive. On the other hand, you can keep an n-1 copy
of the entire backup at a seperate location from your server, and have a
lot more security in the event of fire, flood, or theft.
And a tape drive or hard drive solution won't let you make portable
copies of all your (legally owned and personally ripped) music on MP3's.
Full disclosure: Having used both tape and CDRW for automated server
backups, the only reason to use CDRW is if you really want a CDRW drive
anyway, and are looking for an excuse to get one. A CDRW will do the
backup job well, but has some inherit headaches that you have to work
around.
That being said, if you can live with some of the hassles of CDRW
backups (your system gets tied up for 30 minutes at a time while the
image is burning, and you must switch media every 600 to 1.5 gigabyte of
archive), a CDRW drive offers great archive bang for the buck, probably
has the best expected media life of any archive (measured on the order
of centuries instead of years), has unbeatable portability to other
machines, and comes in handy for a thousand other unrelated purposes.
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From: Martin Lorenz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ASUS SC875 scsi card w/Linux?
Date: Mon, 07 Jun 1999 17:47:02 GMT
Paul Grebenc wrote:
>
> I recently acquired an ASUS SC875 scsi card, and I have been having
> problems getting it to work with my 2.0.34 kernel on an ASUS P2B
> motherboard. Although I've got the NCR53c{7,8}xx driver compiled into
use the ncr53c8xx driver
works fine for my 53c860 card
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: good motherboard for K6-2 450 and 350
Date: Mon, 07 Jun 1999 18:01:45 GMT
Any suggestions on a decent mobo for my K6-2? I'm getting a 350 and a
450 to build 2 systems.
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From: "Thom Caldwell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Backup recommendations?
Date: Mon, 7 Jun 1999 11:16:28 -0700
I backup to a second hard drive also. An added advantage is that you can
quickly put it into service replacing the first drive with very little
effort.
rsync does a good job of keeping the drives synchronized.
Rod Roark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:7jgnt2$21i$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Aaron Dershem <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Does anyone out there have a recommendation for a good, cheap, IDE tape
> >backup solution for Linux? I have a little server at home that I'd like
to
> >keep backed up.
>
> An extra hard drive is faster/cheaper than tape, and can also be
> NFS-mounted. But if you really want tape, the Seagate 4/8G Travan
> drives work well.
>
> -- Rod
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (M. Buchenrieder)
Subject: Re: Can't mount my floppy disk. Plz HELP ME, LINUX DRIVE ME CRAZY
Date: Mon, 7 Jun 1999 16:03:53 GMT
"Andrew" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>When I try to mount my floppy disk ( Only one, in dos is A:) I got the
>following message:
>VFS: can't find an ext2 file system on dev 02:00
^^^^^^^
>mount: Wrong fs type, bad opinion, bad superblock on /dev/fd0 or too
>many mounted file systems.
>Plese tell me what I need do, thank you very much in advance.
>(I can mount my cd-rom however).
It's all there :)
A simple mount command will not work, due to the fact that the
floppy certainly doesn't have an ext2 filesystem on it (which is
the Linux default fs). You're probably using a DOS/Win9* floppy.
Try
mount -t vfat /dev/fd0 /mnt
instead.
Michael
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (M. Buchenrieder)
Subject: Re: What can it be? Help needed
Date: Mon, 7 Jun 1999 16:01:10 GMT
Denis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>Lewis, thanks. I will read the HOWTO in the morning, but if you can just
>take a quick look at my server replies to your commands, please:
[...]
>I get:
>[denis@localhost denis]$ nslookup
>Default Server: dukedns1.netcom.duke.edu
>Address: 152.3.250.1
>> mail-db.acpub.duke.edu
>Server: dukedns1.netcom.duke.edu
>Address: 152.3.250.1
>*** dukedns1.netcom.duke.edu can't find mail-db.acpub.duke.edu: Non-existent
>host/domain
[...]
Contact the admin of the dukedns1.netcom.duke.edu machine and tell them
to correct their DNS entries. It should show
Name: kuttner.acpub.duke.edu
Address: 152.3.233.59
Aliases: mail-db.acpub.duke.edu
Presently, the machine name (the alias) can not be resolved that way.
This is uncorrectable from your side; it's their fault.
Michael
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Subject: Re: K6-II/400 and Signal 11 while compiling Kernel
Reply-To: Dominic Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: Dominic Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 07 Jun 1999 14:37:00 -0400
>>>>> "hc" == Henrik Carlqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
hc> Konstantinos Agouros wrote:
>> I just installed a K6-II/400 in my P55T2P4S and it does not look so
>> good.
>> In trying to compile the kernel I get a signal11 very fast
hc> Signal 11 while compiling kernel usually means a hardware problem. You
hc> could try to replace your simms if you don't have parity or you could
hc> try to disable the cpu cache. If you have parity memory you could search
hc> your syslogs for NMIs, if there are NMIs you will know that the simms
hc> should be replaced.
hc> However, if this happened when you installed a new CPU I would suggest
hc> that you try to replace the CPU.
Wrong bios settings can produce these problems though. In fact,
someone tested to different settings with the memory speed
access. Under one setting everything was working fine, but when a
wrong setting immediately produce a signal 11 error.
Cheers,
Dominic.
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From: "Kent Rankin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.folklore.computers,comp.sys.ibm.as400.misc,misc.forsale.computers.workstation
Subject: FS: Six Rack AS/400
Date: Mon, 07 Jun 1999 17:38:04 GMT
The unit is located in Knoxville, TN, 37922-3449.
It is a 9406-based AS/400, and has all of it's cables, cards, etc. plus two
controlling PS/2's, a handfull of terminals, some 9-track tapes, etc.
It is quite a nice machine, with features ranging from lead-acid
batteries for UPS tasks to wonderful system control. I'm a UNIX guy, and to
say that I've come to admire this machine when it's a midrange says a lot.
=) Really, it ranks nicely with a Cray J916 that I was working on a few
days back in the features department(just not in the performance
field<grin>).
Anyhow, should you be interested enough to want to know more, do tell
me, and I'll send it's configuration list on over. To give you a rough
idea, it has 7 hard drives(DASD's in the AS/400 world), a floppy drive, two
tape drives(9346 & 2440), 4 system backplanes, etc.
I'm looking to get $1,500 US for it.
-Kent Rankin
P.S. - It is in perfect running order, including a
copy of OS/400(with passwords). However, to
use it legally, you will need to obtain a
license from IBM(please note how I try to
cover my rear so nicely here<grin>).
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