Linux-Hardware Digest #516, Volume #10 Thu, 17 Jun 99 19:13:30 EDT
Contents:
Re: 3c905C-TX installation failure ("Terry Fielder")
Re: ABit BH6: 4 PCI cards (Peter F. Curran)
Re: Windows easy to install? BULLSHIT! (Rod Roark)
Re: The ultimate backup program for any OS? (John Hong)
Re: Is Linux capable of clustering ??? (Mark Cooper)
seeking sound advice (Jonathan Kilgour)
Sound failure (Jamie Labonte)
New Linux Website (Kent Kling)
Re: Dual Celerons, is it possible? (Chris Harshman)
Re: dvd burner with linux? (Chris Harshman)
Re: [Q] IBM ServerRaid is it supported ?? ("atoch")
Re: Riva Tnt's and x windows... (Michael Meissner)
Re: USB Zip Drive
Re: OSS/free , where to get?
Re: Recommended SCSI scananer? (peter)
Re: Windows easy to install? BULLSHIT! (Gerald Willmann)
Webramp on Linux (Dick Jammer)
Soundblaster 128 PCI (Ryan Masters)
Problem with Iomega Zip (Luca Satolli)
Re: The ultimate backup program for any OS? ("Bryan Kelly")
scsi tape backup ("Bryan Kelly")
Re: Windows easy to install? BULLSHIT! ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Can I probe my video card to get Dot Clocks? (John Miller)
RAID for Linux / Unix apps ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: RAID for Linux / Unix apps (bryan)
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From: "Terry Fielder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: 3c905C-TX installation failure
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 19:29:05 GMT
3C905's work good in 5.x
3C905B's work in 5.x, but sometimes only go into 10Mb mode (This is only
deadly if your hub is 100Mb only, not dual speed or 10)
3C905B's are fully supported and work good in 6.0. I have used all
combinations above personally, and speak from experience...
Terry Fielder
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Jonathan Epstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>Hi,
>
>I have a brand-new dual-PIII dual-boot (NT/Linux) system. Its network
>card is identified by NT as "3c905C-TX". When configuring Redhat 6.0
>(CD-ROM), it fails to autodetect my card (I select 3c905 at install time
>or 3c59x later with "netconf", but neither seems to work). The card is
>working fine under NT.
>
>RedHat says that because of these trailing letters "C-TX" the card is
>not supported, although this sounds pretty bogus to me.
>
>In any case, do others have experience with this card? Any suggestions
>with diagnosing a potential IRQ conflict, etc.?
>
>Alternatively, I have another system currently running Win95 which I
>will shortly upgrade to NT, but don't plan to install Linux. This
>system's network card is identified by Win95 as "3Com Fast EtherLink XL
>10/100Mb Ethernet Adapter (3C905-TX)". Note that there is no "C" in its
>name. Since I don't need to run Linux on this system, I'm thinking of
>swapping the two network cards. Do people have more positive experience
>on Redhat with this 3C905-TX card?
>
>TIA,
>
>- Jonathan
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter F. Curran)
Subject: Re: ABit BH6: 4 PCI cards
Crossposted-To: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.abit
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 19:11:41 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Roland Olsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
[snip]
It sounds as if you may not have enough IRQs or DMAs available for
the PCI bus. Try manually disabling "Legacy" IRQ/DMA assignments
and perhaps onboard COM,PRN, USB and IR ports to see if it fixes the
problem.
--
Peter F Curran
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
dough knot male: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Use address in Organization line, finger
for PGP key. Antispaam test in progress.
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From: Rod Roark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Windows easy to install? BULLSHIT!
Date: 17 Jun 1999 20:40:11 GMT
Brian Hartman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Working with Linux is *much* more difficult than working with Windows for
>an install...
Um, no. Just this past weekend I tried to install Win 98 on a machine for
dual boot with NT 4.0. '98 would not work with the ATI video card (except
in 640x480 16-color), with or without the vendor-supplied drivers. Also
somewhere in the course of the install it lost the ability to see the
(standard ATAPI) CD-ROM drive.
Even worse, it trashed the NT installation, and NT after that could
not even be reinstalled until after I finally figured out that the
active-partition flag had to be re-set (the NT install made no provision
for this, I had to do it via Linux fdisk). It seems Win95 had silently
changed it.
Then I had to reinstall the ATI driver for NT. Well it didn't work there
either, and I finally found out from ATI's web site that you have to
upgrade to Service Pack 3 before it will work (the included instructions
did not mention this little detail). God only knows what you have to do
to get it working with '98. And I can't count the number of times I had
to reboot the machine in the course of the above.
This "easy to install" MS Windows myth is indeed, as the title so
eloquently states, bullshit. It's only easy if you're doing just what
MS thinks you should be doing, nothing more.
By the way I'm no newbie; I've been developing software (including for
MS Windows) for 25 years.
-- Rod
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Sunset Systems Preconfigured Linux Computers
http://www.sunsetsystems.com/ and Custom Software
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hong)
Subject: Re: The ultimate backup program for any OS?
Date: 17 Jun 1999 20:36:59 GMT
Brad Ball ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: > There is one...it's called Drive Image by PowerQuest. However,
: >it is only for removeable media. It doesn't support tape drives since
: >they don't have an assigned drive letter.
: Cool! I didn't realize Drive Image would do all that. They didn't have a
: demo available to download so I grabbed Ghost (from Symantec) instead.
: Excellent product! Does exactly what I described above (except burning
: directly to CDR). I guess I should have read those 5 million posts re Ghost
: before posting.
Yep, basically in order to go to CDR you'd be setting the size
specifically of how large the multi-volume are (ie. 650 MB). It can
handle FAT, VFAT, FAT32, HPFS, NTFS, plus Unix file systems (and
NetWare). However, it primarily supports the first five. For the later
it can work but PQ offer support for it though. Basically what Drive
Image does is scan the size of your partition, then will look at what is
actually on it (ie. a 2 GB HPFS partition with only 500 MB being used).
What Drive will do is simply backup the 500 MB of data. But, when it
comes to Unix, Linux, and Netware it is more limited so if your Linux
partition is 2 GB (but only has 1 GB of data on it), it will backup the
entire 2 GB. So, Drive Image isn't perfect, but it will do what you
asking for.
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From: Mark Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Is Linux capable of clustering ???
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 16:40:47 -0400
Crossposted-To: linux.sources.kernel
On Wed, 16 Jun 1999, Ton Nijkes wrote:
>On Wed, 16 Jun 1999 07:58:51 -0500, Brian McCullough wrote:
>> Tom Frank wrote:
>> > (..) I would like to know if
>> > it is possible to make a Cluster configuration as an fail-over
>> > with Linux as with other Unix-variants and NT.
>> >
>> > In a real workable Cluster-configuration (in my opinon) are following
>> > nessessary:
>> > Heartbeat network
>> > Shareable disc-arrays among server-cluster
>> > Resource-handling on disc
>> > Cluster-package (application) fail-over facilities to move a
>> > from one cluster-server to an other. application
>> > Virtual TCP/IP configuration.
>>
>> In other words you are saying;
>> "Is there a free linux clone of the VERITAS cluster server?"
>> http://www.veritas.com/products/csrv/
>> As far as I know there is not one yet.
>
>Check out the High-Availability Linux Project at
>
> http://www.henge.com/~alanr/ha/
>
>It also has some links to commercial products. The one called RSF-1 seems
>to fit the bill...
>
>Greetings,
>
>Ton.
>--
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> //
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What About Beuwolf cluster. They are still around I think.
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From: Jonathan Kilgour <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: seeking sound advice
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 16:58:49 GMT
I have a new Dell laptop which "features" the new NeoMagic chipset
MagicMedia 256ZX. I'd like to get sound going under Linux.
Having got around the X-windows problem by using framebuffers (thanks to
readers of this group!), and thereby by-passing the chipset issue, I am
now banging my head on the audio wall. The audio device claims to be
"SoundBlaster Pro compatible" with 16 bit conversion. It identifies
itself as "NeoMagic MagicMedia Audio 256" under Windows95 and says it
uses IRQ 11.
I have tried OSS and ALSA without success, but I probably don't have the
right /etc/conf.modules settings I guess... has anyone got this working?
Can I find out the rest of the required information for conf.modules
from Windows? Anywhere else?
Thanks,
Jonathan Kilgour.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jamie Labonte)
Subject: Sound failure
Date: 17 Jun 1999 19:56:14 GMT
I tried the mixer button on my desktop and it said cannot find mixer try
ESD. So I did run ESD and it said Esound failure.
Why can't I run my mixer, cdplayer and other sound toys?
"The secret to flying is knowing how to throw yourself at the ground and
miss"- Arthur Dent
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kent Kling)
Subject: New Linux Website
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 19:40:44 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.economite.com
We are looking for feedback on the website, people who want to write
Linux tips, answer questions and basically promote Linux.
The site is continually under construction, give it a look!
K. Kling
economite.com, Inc.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Chris Harshman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Dual Celerons, is it possible?
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 12:21:59 -0500
The short answer is "Yes, but..." See:
http://askey.net/dualcelery/
Spider Man wrote:
>
> Tony Enriquez wrote:
>
> > Are there motherboards that support dual celeron processors? Is this even
> > possible?
>
> I'm pretty sure that you can with any of the boards that support dual
> p2/p3.
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From: Chris Harshman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: dvd burner with linux?
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 12:23:45 -0500
DVD-RAM drives (which use a cartridge-based DVD media) are
hovering at around $500 (Creative Labs has one, but you
have to dig for it). DVD burners proper (as in, the device
you'd use to master an industry-standard DVD disc) are
$16,000USD (Pioneer makes one), and require special licensing
to own and operate.
- chris
"Chris L." wrote:
>
> Last time I saw DVD writing hardware it was in the $5000 (US) and up range.
> Not quite what I'd call cost effective. Plus the disks were ~$30.
> Chris L.
> Stefano Ghirlanda wrote in message ...
> >Hi,
> >we have to buy some backup equipment for our lab. I would like to know if
> >DVD is a better alternative to CD... e.g. in terms of storage space,
> >reliability, price.
> >
> >Any info or pointers appreciated,
> >Stefano
> >
> >--
> > Stefano Ghirlanda, Zoologiska Institutionen, Stockholms Universitet
> > Office: D554, Arrheniusv. 14, S-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
> >Phone: +46 8 164055, Fax: +46 8 167715, Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Support Free Science, look at: http://rerumnatura.zool.su.se
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From: "atoch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [Q] IBM ServerRaid is it supported ??
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 22:12:24 +0200
You can use IBM Serveraid as primary storage.
Email me for more details [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Quick guide :
* Install RedHat 6.0 on Ide or Adaptec.
* Patch the kernel with the statical version of the driver.
I had to make a small correction in the ips.h file : \ continuation
caracter were faulty.
* boot the new kernel.
* fdisk the logical disks created with the Hardware guide for Serveraid.
Note disk geometry for lilo use.
* mkfs
* mount the newly formatted partitions (mount /dev/sda1 /mnt; mount
/dev/sda2 /mnt/boot; ....) .
* tar the ide (adaptec) system to serveraid disks.
* modify /mnt/etc/fstab
* modify /mnt/etc/lilo.conf vi disk information (see lilo documentation).
* run lilo -r /mnt
* shutdown.
* remove ide (adaptec) disk.
* You are done.
Tony Platt a �crit dans le message ...
>Thanks for the reply Bernard
>
>Tony
>
>Bernd Huebenett wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>>Hello Tony,
>>
>>there are beta drivers for Red Hat 6.0 from IBM. At the moment the
>ServeRAID is
>>only useable as a secondary storage device. ServeRAID II = Adaptec
>AHA-3985.
>>
>>Regards,
>>Bernd
>>
>>
>>Tony Platt wrote:
>>
>>> SCSI-2 Fast / Wide ServeRAID PCI RAID Controller, FRU P/N 76H6875
>(06H9334)
>>>
>>> Is it supported under linux
>>>
>>> Picture
>>>
>>> http://www.computercable.com/ecom/76h6875.jpg
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Tony Platt
>>
>
>
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Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Riva Tnt's and x windows...
From: Michael Meissner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 17 Jun 1999 12:21:16 -0400
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> "George Holt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > Hi... I'm having problems configuring my nvida riva-tnt (16mb) to work with
> > my distribution of Red Hat 5.1 and X windows...
> > the card will work fine in text mode and in Windows 98....
>
> Get Xfree86 version 3.3.3.1. That will support it. Also, if you wish,
> after getting that, go to nvidia's site and download their X server. I
> hear it's faster.
Though I found the nvidia server to be buggy when using emacs (it didn't
display the text cursor properly in some places). YMMV. I tried to report the
bug to nvidia and got an email bounce.
--
Michael Meissner, Cygnus Solutions
PMB 198, 174 Littleton Road #3, Westford, Massachusetts 01886
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: 978-486-9304 fax: 978-692-4482
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ()
Subject: Re: USB Zip Drive
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 10:23:34 -0700
On 17 Jun 1999 16:50:23 GMT, Eric Penne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>not yet. They are still working on it in the kernel. but you can always
>get on the mailing list for the kernel and help out.
A ZIP specific driver might be needed as well. The USB driver
has been functional for some time now. It's just that the
various devices or class of devices all need their own drivers.
USB kernel support is only the first part of the problem...
[deletia]
--
bash: the power to toast your registry in style... |||
/ | \
Seeking sane PPP Docs? Try http://penguin.lvcm.com
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ()
Subject: Re: OSS/free , where to get?
Date: 17 Jun 1999 20:20:47 GMT
On Thu, 17 Jun 1999 15:03:58 +0200, Gero Quasten
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>i want to use my ESS-soundcard under linux, it should go with the
>OSS/fre drivers, which came not mwith my linux... :-(
>
>anyone knows where to get that?
http://www.opensound.com
http://www.4front-tech.com
but better yet:
use the ALSA drivers!
http://www.alsa-project.org
it's curious that your Linux did not include the OSS drivers... did you
look under /usr/src/linux/drivers ?
hth
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (peter)
Subject: Re: Recommended SCSI scananer?
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 16:34:31 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
> Can somebody recommend a low-end SCSI scanner that works well with the
> available software in Linux? I currently have a Mustek parallel port
> scanner that is tied to Windows (bleh) and I am looking to replace it.
> Does anybody have experience with the UMAX 610S or 1220S? The prices are
> right, but how is the compatibility? On that note, what is a decent
> scanning software package?
>
I use the low-end agfa snapscan 310 which comes with a cheap adaptec
1502AE-scsi-card (up to 2 devices) and is VERY fast (a4-preview in less
then 8 seconds, a4-scan in about 30seconds) and has fair quality.
its costs were about 225$ here in austria about 2 years ago.
peter
=================
pilsl@
ANTISPAM
goldfisch.atat.at
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From: Gerald Willmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Windows easy to install? BULLSHIT!
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 12:59:15 -0700
On Thu, 17 Jun 1999, Brian Hartman wrote:
> Working with Linux is *much* more difficult than working with Windows for
> an install.
I disagree - the last two times I built PCs for a friend and my father
respectively I did not succeed in installing Win95. First time the old
Win95 version I had would not recognize the 4 Gb hd while the second
time around the windows install/setup program would not read from the
32x Cdrom (too fast??) although DOS gave a directory listing no problem.
Both times I installed Linux instead to see whether the hardware was ok
and both times no problem at all.
For one thing, Windows plug and play (while it's hardly
> stellar) is much further along than Linux, so you don't have to manually
> configure as much hardware.
you must be kidding - plug and pray
Secondly, in a Windows environment, you don't
> have to worry about mounting and unmounting. Your drives are just
> there.
neither do you have to under linux - try some automounter if you like
Thirdly, hardware support for Linux is way behind that for
> Windows.
kidding again - does windows run on sparc, powerpc, ...?
Gerald
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From: Dick Jammer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Webramp on Linux
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 03:17:50 +0530
Hi there,
Can anybody enlighten me regarding setting up webramp on Linux so I can
use two ISDN lines and share it over our intranet.
Thanks
Regards
Khader
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From: Ryan Masters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Soundblaster 128 PCI
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 15:42:47 -0400
Should I even attempt to get this working under linux? Just need some
insight...
--Ryan
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From: Luca Satolli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc,linux.redhat,linux.scsi,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Problem with Iomega Zip
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 21:57:38 +0200
I've a paraller port Iomega zip.
It works good with Linux Red Hat 6.0, I've just to do modprobe ppa and
then to mount the zip disk.
I also have an AVA1505 used to drive my Scanner (Agfa 1236s). It also
work fine after 2 days of hard work.
The problem is that when I exec modprobe ppa the scanner don't work!
When I exec rmmod ppa the scanner works fine.
Why happens these? Is possible to make work both scanner and Zip?
Thanks a lot & Best Regards
Luca Satolli
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From: "Bryan Kelly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: The ultimate backup program for any OS?
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 18:23:24 -0400
>There is one...it's called Drive Image by PowerQuest. However,
>it is only for removeable media. It doesn't support tape drives since
>they don't have an assigned drive letter.
That's cool, but not great. We need one that does mount and use a tape
drive. Any further suggestions?
Bryan
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From: "Bryan Kelly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: scsi tape backup
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 18:30:59 -0400
At a local computer show, I took a chance on a PCI SCSI-2 adapter board for
my 486 system running Red Hat version 3.
But there were absolutely no tape drives there.
I need a tape drive that I can also use in my Windows 98 PC (I bought two
identical boards). Any suggestions?
Not to pipe dreams, can I get a tape drive with the connector exposed on the
back. Then I can run a cable from the controller to the tape drive external
to the case. this can could be unplugged from tape drive and one from the
Win-98 computer plugged into the tape drive.
Or even better, just leave them linked together to make a network via SCSI
bus.
Thanks for your time,
Bryan
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Windows easy to install? BULLSHIT!
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 20:42:28 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
James Stafford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >
> > I've been a Windows 95/NT user for a long time, now I am
experimenting
> > with Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD. I've installed Windows 95 on the
> > strangest machines as long as you have the proper drivers, it should
> > work. So you're saying Linux installed right out of the box? ... I
see,
> > after you "recompiled the kernel". Try telling this to a novice
user
> > and they might think it is some kind of a midnight popcorn snack.
Don't
> > blame the software because strange hardware require strange
> > configurations regardless of what operating system you are using.
> >
> > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> > Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
>
> Actually Linux does work right out of the box. After you install Linux
you
> restart the computer and it boots right up. You recompile the kernel
so
> that you can configure Linux . You compile certain drivers as modules,
> compile in certain drivers you want, compile drivers out that you
don't
> need... It's a pretty straight forward process as long as you can
answer
> some questions. Heck... I had an eighth grade education the first time
I
> installed Linux. The most computer experience I had was with my ol'
trusty
> Apple IIGS.
>
> Now here is a little project for you: Take two old computers exactly
the
> same, say they are a EISA bus. On one of the computers you have Linux
and
> on the other you have Windows. In these two computers you have a EISA
SCSI
> card, a SCSI II hard drive, a SCSI II CD-ROM drive, and a EISA video
card.
> Now what you want to do is take the hard drives that have the OS's
> installed out and put them in two exactly the same Pentium boxes
*without*
> having to reinstall the OS. You also want to transfer the CD-Rom
drives to
> the new computers. In these Pentium computers you have a PCI SCSI card
and
> a PCI video card (remember all the cards are identical). I guarantee
you by
> the time you are done clicking here and clicking there, editing here
and
> editing there, and cussing here and swearing there. I'll have Linux up
and
> running and have downloaded (just for the heck of it, since I really
> wouldn't have to) the latest kernel and compiled it plus all the
latest
> libraries and updates to all of my favorite programs.
>
> jamess
>
>
Amen!!! And I'm an MCP who won't use their product at home.
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
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From: John Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Can I probe my video card to get Dot Clocks?
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 17:29:43 -0500
I have a trident 3DImage 985 video card which linux recognizes and
supports. When I run xf86config, I am told NOT to probe the clocks.
Here is the problem that I'm having:
If I use the modelines that are written into the XF86Config file, my
monitor shuts off. Only by reducing the horizontal scan rate to 35kHz
(where the actual upper bound is 55KHz) will I even be able to run the
680x400 mode. By commenting out modelines with high Dot clocks (over 65
which is the bandwidth of my monitor) I'm able to get 1024x768 at 60hz
using a 65 MHz dot clock. Unfortunately, the screen experiences interference when
the hard drive is accessed or when the mouse is moved. The problem is
even worse, for some reason, when I use the 50 Mhz dot clock for the
800x600 resolution.
Here is what I think is the solution:
Since the monitor will run 800x600 under win95 without interference, there
must be a dot clock which is stable between 50 and 65. Getting this info
will let me also run 800x600 under linux. But I need to know what dot
clocks the 9850 chipset uses.
Can I probe the clocks without damage to find out which ones it uses?
Or, does anyone have a better idea what is going on here?
Thanks for your help.
-John Miller
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RAID for Linux / Unix apps
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 21:43:08 GMT
I have been getting alot of calls, specifically
from Linux users, but also other Unix users, that
say it has been difficult to find RAID for their
systems. I do work for the company below, but I
am trying to help point people to a possible
solution.
Didnt mean for this to be an advertisment, more
to help frustrated people.
Thanks, Leon.
http://www.raidionsystems.com
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
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From: bryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RAID for Linux / Unix apps
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 23:06:36 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
: I have been getting alot of calls, specifically
: from Linux users, but also other Unix users, that
: say it has been difficult to find RAID for their
: systems.
not difficult at all. DPT, mylex, icp-vortex - maybe others - all
make raid that linux can use.
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