Linux-Hardware Digest #526, Volume #10 Fri, 18 Jun 99 19:13:40 EDT
Contents:
Re: Adaptec 2940UW and IBM 9ES headache ("SCSI Cable Guy")
Re: Ensoniq AudioPCI ??? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Recommend a low-end SCSI adapter? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: zip drive ("Duncan Hurwood")
Re: HP PhotoSmart Digital Camera (original) ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Promise Ultra66 and SCSI? (Anon)
modem/NULL-modem (Shawn Pringle)
Re: <Q>Logitech bus mice setup (Stefan Schneider)
Digital LCD ("Michael Vachon")
Re: making linux go away (frank)
Hard Drive Repair ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Configuring my PCI modem (Hans Peter Hagblom)
Re: Windows easy to install? BULLSHIT! (Rod Roark)
Re: RAID for Linux / Unix apps (bryan)
Re: Newbie--RH5.2--make--Promise UDMA/66--PPP ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: any driver for IntelEthernetExpressPro/10+ PNP (Howard Mann)
Q (modem) ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Can no one help me with interrupt problems? (Moritz Moeller-Herrmann)
Re: Serial console - Sys msg, but no login! (Paul Anderson)
Re: Modem blues (Jacques Fortier)
Native ESS 1688 driver specs? (Shaun Noonan)
Re: advanced question on mkfs and use of -c (Yves Bellefeuille)
Re: Configuring my PCI modem (Mircea)
Re: Recommend a low-end SCSI adapter? (Mircea)
Re: How to access Dos/Windows files under linux? (Mircea)
Floppy ("Michael Vachon")
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From: "SCSI Cable Guy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.periphs.scsi
Subject: Re: Adaptec 2940UW and IBM 9ES headache
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 13:57:39 -0700
You you have the "auto-spin" jumper enabled?
--
http://www.cablemakers.com
SCSI Wonderland.
Johan Groth wrote in message
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>I've bought an IBM 9ES (DDRS 9130D) which turned out be the
LVD-version.
>I've already two 2ES 4.5 GB (single ended) connected to the
adapter's
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,comp.os.linux.questions,linux.dev.sound
Subject: Re: Ensoniq AudioPCI ???
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 19:27:31 GMT
In article <sBna3.669$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Dariusz Goi�ski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Greetings form Poland !!!
>
> I have Ensoniq AudioPCI sound card, but I can't configure it. Is there
any
> source code or driver for Linux. I'm using RedHat 6.0
>
> Please send answers to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Thank YOU :-)
>
>
Try logging in as root and typing
# sndconfig
or, if that didn't work, provide more detail on
what you tried, and what happened.
-A
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Recommend a low-end SCSI adapter?
Date: 18 Jun 1999 13:37:13 -0700
A common theme seems to be "I got an xyz SCSI adapter with my
scanner/Zip-drive/whatever and Linux doesn't work with this
adapter!"
I have an application for a low-end SCSI adapter: dumping audio
samples to/from an Emu ESI-4000 sampler (a SCSI-1 device). I want
to develop a Linux app using the generic SCSI interface to move the
samples via SMDI, an obscure standard for moving audio samples over
SCSI. I've already written a Linux app that does this over MIDI
but it's way too SLOW.
I want to spend less than $80 on the adapter. An Adaptec 2906 looks
promising but there seems to be no Linux support whatsoever for this
device.
Can anybody suggest a low-end SCSI adapter that's reliable and works
with Linux?
Thanks.
--
skibo@
Thomas Skibo juniper.
Juniper Networks, Inc. net
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From: "Duncan Hurwood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: zip drive
Date: Sun, 13 Jun 1999 10:48:30 +0100
What sort of zip drive is it - internal, or external? Give a bit more
information...
Duncan Hurwood.
Zheng Xie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi, Can I get my zip drive to be read by linux and how?
> Thanx.
> Sachin
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: HP PhotoSmart Digital Camera (original)
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 19:35:59 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
John Cavan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have the original HP PhotoSmart digital camera, but there doesn't
seem
> to be any support under Linux for it. Is anyone aware of compatible
> software? Or what chipset it uses for alternatives?
>
you can always try gPhoto (www.gphoto.org). the camera models to try it
against would probably be the epson photopc, and the HP C20/30. if you
have any success, be sure to contact us ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Scott Fritzinger
scottf(at)unr(dot)edu
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From: Anon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Promise Ultra66 and SCSI?
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 15:49:44 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I use a pair of WD Experts on a Promise Ultra33 with RH5.2 with no
problems. Currently there is no support for the Ultra66 that I know of.
Realistically, you are not going to see an improvement with the Ultra66
other than
in memory burst speeds (from 30-56MB/s). The sustained rates will remain
at 17MB/s with slow 13ms access times.
My Ultra33 does not support drives larger than 8GB, and I do not want to
pay Promise for a new BIOS chip. Luckily, after some tweaking, Linux
allows me to define the physical CHS of the disk and format all 18GB
even though the card can't see it. I had the fdisk not take a couple of
times, but finally it worked and has been stable. Also, I was unable to
format the disks with less than 64MB of RAM.
Ultra33's go for around $20 now days.
M
eil L wrote:
>
> I think I'm in a bit over my head, but here's what I'd like to do.
>
> I have a Gateway P166XL, 48 MB Ram, etc, that I am using as a file and print
> server. I recently bought a Promise Ultra66 card, on the naive assumption
> that it would work under RH6.0. After reading the mini-HOWTO, it looks like
> it might not be a no-brainer after all.
>
> Anyway, I am going to TRY to get a pair of WD 18GB Expert drives connected
> to the Promise card, and then into a RAID 0 arrangement, with perhaps a
> basic 1 GB drive to boot from. I also have a pair of Conner tape drives
> connected to and Adaptec SCSI card.
>
> Anybody see any major DOH!'s on the horizon? I currently have the machine
> set up with RH 5.2 and a pair of antique 2.0GB hard drives on the primary
> IDE controller. The SCSI works fine right now.
>
> TIA
> Neil
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From: Shawn Pringle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: modem/NULL-modem
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 13:55:08 -0700
Is it possible to use a regular modem as a NULL-modem.
I have a couple of 486s I want to network together, they
both appear to be hayes compatible modems.
Shawn Pringle B.Sc. Mathematics Honors
mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
3749 Shelbourne st.
Victoria, BC, Canada
V8P 5S2
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From: Stefan Schneider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: <Q>Logitech bus mice setup
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 22:53:22 +0200
Hi,
I have a problem with my Logitech Cordless Desktop, which
consists of a cordless mouse with three buttons and a cordless keyboard.
I get no response at all in X-windows(SaX).
Please send help
Thanks
Stefan
Martin Collins schrieb:
> On Wed, 9 Jun 1999 15:19:33 -0700, Ling Liu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
> >I tried to use Logitech bus mice on my Linux PC. I used to have serial
> >mouse and it works fine in X Window. The port I used is
> >/dev/mouse->/dev/ttyS1. I tried and this port didnt work out. I want to
> >know what's the correct dev port I should use for Logitech bus mice.
>
> There is a bus-mouse HOWTO. Off the top of my head though, if you
> actually have a PS/2 mouse like mine rather than a genuine bus mouse
> you should link /dev/mouse to /dev/psaux.
>
> Martin
> _________________________________________________________________
> We see here a curious instance of that frequent mental phenomenon
> :- the precise inversion of the truth by a superficial view.
> Benjamin R. Tucker 1899
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From: "Michael Vachon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Digital LCD
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 20:46:12 GMT
I have a Silicon Graphichs Digital Flat Panel LCD Monitor and a Number Nine
Revolution IVFP Graphics card with 32MB RAM, I think it has a
"ticket-to-ride" chipset....
I can I get this to work well with Linux?
Sincerely,
MV
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From: frank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.caldera,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: making linux go away
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 21:49:49 GMT
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Joe Pfeiffer wrote:
> "John Sowden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > I read the responses, just flames. The problem is you are asking a valid
> > question. I also need to know how to remove Linux from a hard drive, as I
> > am installing a new copy (caldera) and it doen't discuss in the newbie part
> > about installing over an existing linux os.
>
> Check your news feed -- you aren't getting everything. Variations on
> this question seem to be asked roughly every two weeks, and (in
> amongst the jokes) somebody always responds with
>
> 1) lilo -u
> 2) fdisk /mbr
> 3) partition magic
> --
> Joseph J. Pfeiffer, Jr., Ph.D. Phone -- (505) 646-1605
> Department of Computer Science FAX -- (505) 646-1002
> New Mexico State University http://www.cs.nmsu.edu/~pfeiffe
To INSTALL the caldera version over the old linux is the easiest.
The install program gets to a point of asking you which disk or partition
do you want to install to. Select it graphically & it will prepare the drive.!
Done.
Good luck with Caldera, I have it too, NOT friendly ! You've been warned.
Frank
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<p>> I read the responses, just flames. The problem is you are asking
a valid
<br>> question. I also need to know how to remove Linux from a hard
drive, as I
<br>> am installing a new copy (caldera) and it doen't discuss in the newbie
part
<br>> about installing over an existing linux os.
<p>Check your news feed -- you aren't getting everything. Variations
on
<br>this question seem to be asked roughly every two weeks, and (in
<br>amongst the jokes) somebody always responds with
<p>1) lilo -u
<br>2) fdisk /mbr
<br>3) partition magic
<br>--
<br>Joseph J. Pfeiffer, Jr., Ph.D.
Phone -- (505) 646-1605
<br>Department of Computer Science
FAX -- (505) 646-1002
<br>New Mexico State University
<a
href="http://www.cs.nmsu.edu/~pfeiffer">http://www.cs.nmsu.edu/~pfeiffe</a></blockquote>
To INSTALL the caldera version over the old linux is the easiest.
<br>The install program gets to a point of asking you which disk or partition
<br>do you want to install to. Select it graphically & it will prepare
the drive.!
<p>Done.
<br>Good luck with Caldera, I have it too, NOT friendly ! You've been
warned.
<p>Frank
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Hard Drive Repair
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 17:48:27 -0400
I made the mistake of not properly unmounting my ext2 partition. Now my
ext2 reports the free space incorrectly. Does anyone now of a repair
tool that I can use? Any help would be appreciated
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From: Hans Peter Hagblom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Configuring my PCI modem
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 22:53:55 +0200
Hi!
I have an internal 56k PCI modem from Rockwell... but i don't know how
to install it properly under linux.. i have RedHat 5.2
Please msg me
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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: 18 Jun 1999 21:22:40 GMT
Brian Hartman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>How often have you had to partition anything in order to get Windows
>installed? You can install Windows on a clean hard disk with one partition
>with absolutely no fuss, just going through the steps. By contrast, in order
>to install Linux, you have to deal with Disk Druid and partitions and mount
>points and swap files. You can't seriously tell me this is less difficult
>than Windows, can you??
As a professional who understands the basics of both OS's, I sure can.
If your needs are complex and the installation tools are simplistic, then
it's worse than difficult.
>In the first place, dual-boots are always a lot harder to set up than
>plain-vanilla installs. Secondly, the problem you seemed to be having isn't
>with Windows, but with ATI. There are plenty of badly-written drivers out
>there for both platforms. And NT's support for hardware isn't much better
>than Linux's (particularly because Win9x drivers access the hardware in ways
>NT doesn't allow).
Fault is irrelevant. MS *could* have written the ATI driver but didn't.
ATI for whatever reason couldn't get it quite right. The bottom line for
the user is, Linux is easier to install.
>I've had numerous problems with my 95/NT dual-boot system. Generally, the
>way it works is this: Install 95 first, then install NT from within 95.
Sure. But I already had NT installed and running long before. Doing it
all over just to get 98 running is *not* my idea of an easy install.
>That's always worked for me without a hitch. Again, once you actually get
>things installed is when the real fun begins. At the very least, if you knew
>your video card supported SVGA, you should have been able to select standard
>SVGA drivers for the install and gotten it up and running fine in 1024x768.
I did, and only got 640x480 support.
>...
>None of this is really meant to say that Linux is a bad operating system. In
>general, I like Linux, and would probably recommend it to anyone I knew that
>could handle setting it up. I'm just pointing out that it's not as easy to
>install.as Windows, your charming little anecdotes to the contrary. ;)
BTW have you ever tried upgrading your motherboard with Windows 95
already installed? I have. It's not pretty....
-- Rod
======================================================================
Sunset Systems Preconfigured Linux Computers
http://www.sunsetsystems.com/ and Custom Software
======================================================================
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From: bryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RAID for Linux / Unix apps
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 20:52:28 GMT
Mike Frisch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: On Fri, 18 Jun 1999 04:30:21 GMT, bryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: >you can't argue that the pci bus bandwidth is still faster than scsi
: >channel speeds. and, do they even make ultra2 -> ultra2 raid boxes?
: I'm confused... why does the PCI bus enter the picture when the speed of
: the SCSI bus is the determining factor in RAID array performance?
here's my thinking: pci is a much higher bandwidth channel than say
scsi3. if you pump data thru pci directly to a raid card, then that
card writes (quickly) to a raid array several times faster than a
single scsi3 channel (since it can use several scsi drives and, in
theory, write to them all, all at once). so lets assume that the raid
array can write to scsi drives in zero-time (just assume for the
moment). then the bottleneck here is the pci bus.
in the other scenario, you have to go from pci -> scsi -----> scsi ->
raid controller -> drives. in this case, the thinnest pipe between
the cpu and the raid controller is scsi. which is obviously slower
than pci. even keeping the raid->drives assumption of zero-time
writes.
of course raidcontroller->drives isn't zero, but its common to both
scenarios, so that cancels out. you're left with
cpu->pci->scsi->scsi-> or cpu->pci->raid. clearly the latter has the
potential to be faster.
: A
: SCSI-SCSI RAID controller makes a bunch of disks look like one to a host
: adapter. If the RAID controller has sufficient horsepower, there's no
: reason why it'd be slower than something PCI based.
: Give me facts and figures... I don't buy your argument.
I don't have the hard data to give you - but I bet the vendors can. I
think I even read something like this on a vendor's website - maybe
DPT, maybe mylex, not sure. perhaps even in the raid-HOWTO. but the
concept is vendor-neutral, that's for sure - the issue is bus
bandwidth and which pipe is the thinner one, along the way to the
drives.
--
Bryan [at] Grateful.Net
http://www.Grateful.Net
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To:
alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup,linux.act.kernel,linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc,linux.redhat.ppp
Subject: Re: Newbie--RH5.2--make--Promise UDMA/66--PPP
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 15:03:22 -0700
Communications Committee wrote:
>
> Whoa is me. I have had some success but many failures. I have purchased a
> number of brighty colored manuals from large book store chains. I am
> learning but slowly.
>
> I have RH5.2 on an Abit BX6 mobo, 64 meg, Celeron 300a stable at 450mhz.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Maybe yes, maybe no. Always double-check at 300 MHz before reporting
problems.
> Promise UDMA/66 card WD 41800 18gig HD udma4 on primary master, 3 gig WD
> udma2 on primary slave. Matrox Mellinia G200 AGP 8 megs. CDrom and HPRW on
> mobo controller.
>
> Used the Mini Howto to enable the drives on the Promise card by passing
> (ide2=0xb000,0xb402 ide3=0xb800,0xbc02) to the kernel while booting off a
> floppy. Then was able to install and am running Linux now using this method.
http://www.dyer.vanderbilt.edu/server/udma/ is your friend! There is a
patch against 2.0.37pre12 which includes support for the Promise Ultra66
(PDC20262). It will probably patch cleanly against 2.0.37 final, if not
it shouldn't be hard to fix.
Also be sure to upgrade to the latest & patched hdparm if you dare to
fiddle with it.
> Am using 2.0.36-7 kernel but cannot get to any config to enable or patch to
> recognize Promise card, hell I don't know enough to determine exactly what I
> have to do to get it working so LILO will dual boot with win98.
LILO 2.1 ought to understand the ide2/ide3 channels once you've got the
kernel configured happily. If necessary upgrade to a current LILO from
contrib.redhat.com (if there's a package) or metalab.unc.edu.
> I dnlded
> 2.0.37 but when I use the make program I get
> "`No targets. Stop.'
Please read the documentation! At the least check out the Kernel HOWTO -
http://metalab.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/Kernel-HOWTO.html.
Basically you need to first configure the kernel - I like 'make
menuconfig' for its nice, simple menu interface. Then you must run 'make
dep', and _then_ you can compile the kernel itself in one of a variety
of ways (my preference is 'make bzImage', then I copy the resulting
kernel image into the appropriate location and tweak my LILO config).
> I have got PPP to dial and logon to my provider but I cannot access any of
> the web using ping or Netscape etc. Its like no DNS servers are configured
> but as far as I can tell they are.
Could be a routing problem - run 'route -n' and make sure your ppp
connection is showing up in there. Also double-check that the ppp
network device is up - 'ifconfig ppp0' should give some clues. Check
/etc/resolv.conf to make sure DNS servers are configured.
-- brion vibber ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: Howard Mann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: any driver for IntelEthernetExpressPro/10+ PNP
Date: 18 Jun 1999 21:30:50 GMT
Thomas Fvrtsch wrote:
>
> Does anybody have a driver for intel nics? I can't find any for my
> card. It' s SuSE Linux 6.0
>
> Thanks Thomas
Peruse : http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/
Cheers,
Howard Mann.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Q (modem)
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 20:44:59 GMT
Hi,
I am trying to figure out whether my modem Aztech MD6802-U (AZT4029)
is a winmodem (ie, can I use it with Linux). I couldn't find any
info in the list http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html.
Thanks for any hints,
-Jordan
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Moritz Moeller-Herrmann)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Can no one help me with interrupt problems?
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 23:22:46 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 18 Jun 1999 07:09:59 +0100, Robin Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>> I have posted this problem before. My Adaptec 1640 PC card SCSI
>>> controller and PC Card Ethernet controller are sharing the same interrupt.
>>> NOTHING I have tried will make them use different interrupts.
>>what did you try already? which interrupt do they use? is linux the only
>>os on this machine? is the bios informed that your os is NOT PNP?
>Currently both the Adaptec and Ethernet PC cards grab irq 9.
>The were both grabing irq 3 but i disabled that irq in
>/etc/pcmcia/config.opts hoping they would then go for different irqs each.
>As they are if I copy large files to the scsi attached idks I get console
>messages along the lines of unexpected interrupt whan iterrupts masked.
>If I swop the cards around they both still grab the same irq but when
>copying a big file I get some kind of catastrophic failure on the SCSI
>card.
>I am not really a PC person (I mainly use a Mac) so do not understand all
>these bios and irq issues, they simply do not happen on a Mac.
>The machine does still have Windows95 on another partition but have no clue
>how to get in to the bios.
>For clarity the machine is an IBM Thinkpad 560.
To get into bios press DEL or F1 during boot. It should be possible to assign
an IRQ to a PCI slot there somehow...
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Get my public pgp / gpg key from # Open Source(TM)
http://webrum.uni-mannheim.de/jura/moritz/pubkeymoritz # but also
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From: Paul Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Serial console - Sys msg, but no login!
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 20:44:01 GMT
In article <7k9led$2gk$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Cokey de Percin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> dpc wrote:
> >
> > OK. Let me calm down for a sec, <g>
> >
> > I'm trying to set up a serial console. First I'll go over
approximately
> > what I've done so far.
> >
> > Have a null-modem cable from com2 on NT box to ttyS1(com2, of
course) on
> > linux box.
>
> Hmmm... Null modem? As I remember, the serial port is a DCE device
and
> a modem is a DTE device. You're connecting two DCE devices and I
don't
Actually, you have it backwards. The PC ports are DTE (Data Terminal
Equipment) and the modems are DCE (Data Comm Equipment).
> believe a null modem cable will work. I believe you need a serial
cable
> with some crossed lines; can't remember which ones at the moment. I
On 25-pin, they would be:
2---------3 RX
3---------2 TX
4-- --4 RTS
| |
5-- --5 CTS
6---------20 DTR
|
8-- --6 DSR
|
20---------8 CD
You may get by with fewer connections, but to be absolutely sure, I
always wire them up this way - no sense worrying about anything when
you have a full set wired up.
If you have two 9-pins or a 9-25, substitute the appropriate pin
numbers as necessary.
> think that for serial to serial communication such as laplink will
work.
>
> > Enabled serial console support in the kernel and recompiled.
> > I've got CRT open in NT waiting on com2.
> >
> > Modified /etc/inittab and added a line for the serial port, i.e.
> > S1:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty ttyS1 57600 vt100
> > I have tried many variations of this such as getty -h and DT38400
for the
> > speed, and agetty, etc. None have worked.
> >
> > Also found I didn't have a /etc/gettydefs file, so I added the
appropriate
> > lines to that.
> > I also type Linux console=ttyS1,<SPEED> at the boot prompt...
(Could that be
> > locking up the port so it's not able to open it for a login??) The
> > suggestion doesn't seem to be the case as even when I don't add
anything at
> > the boot prompt, I still get no login prompt on the serial.
> >
> > In any case, I usually get the error message INIT: Id "S1"
respawning too
> > fast: disabled for 5 minutes. but other than that, I can't recall
any other
> > one. But if I hit Alt+F9 I believe it is, I see an error message
(I think
> > this is with agetty, pardon me for being vague, I'm losing
braincells here)
> > with the tail end looking like "ioctl Input/Output Error".
> >
> > Alright, I'm spent - I think that's all the info I can give. If
anybody can
> > give me any pointers here, I will deeply appreciate it. This is
driving me
> > nuts! hehe Thanks again!
> >
> > dpc
> >
>
> PS - Don't forget to put the serial option in your lilo config so you
> can see the boot messages....
>
> Best
>
> Cokey
>
> --
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
> Cokey de Percin, DBA Email:
> Policy Management Systems Corp. Work - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Jacques Fortier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Modem blues
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 17:18:42 -0700
Just an update:
When I put my old modem back in, and left the new one in as well, the
old one wouldn't respond, and the new one still did the same old.
Taking out the new one causes the old one to work just fine (too bad
it's a 14.4). Weird, eh?
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From: Shaun Noonan <shanoo@_don't_spam_me_shore.net>
Subject: Native ESS 1688 driver specs?
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 22:24:44 GMT
Has anyone contacted ESS Tech about getting specs for writing a driver for
the AudioDrive chips? What as their attitude on it?
Thanks,
-Shaun
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Yves Bellefeuille)
Subject: Re: advanced question on mkfs and use of -c
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 18:20:41 -0400
Reply-To: Yves Bellefeuille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
On 18 Jun 1999, Kyle Petersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 1) Is "-c" (map out bad blocks) any use with (E)IDE hard disks? I read
> one thing that said it wasn't, because the drive does it. I wander if
> the mkfs tests might be more comprehensive than the drive's and so
> should be done even though it adds much time to mkfs.
I tried to answer by E-mail, but your address is incorrect.
Please post again, using your real E-mail address. Sorry, but I'm
against address munging. I hate spam as much as you do, but transferring
the problem to me isn't the solution.
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From: Mircea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Configuring my PCI modem
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 18:19:21 -0400
First, check it against the list at
http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html
to make sure it's not a winmodem ('cause if it is, it's a no-go with
Linux). Then, there is some info at:
http://www.math.sunysb.edu/~comech/tools/PCImodems.html
Hope that helps.
MST
Hans Peter Hagblom wrote:
>
> Hi!
>
> I have an internal 56k PCI modem from Rockwell... but i don't know how
> to install it properly under linux.. i have RedHat 5.2
>
> Please msg me
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From: Mircea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Recommend a low-end SCSI adapter?
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 18:22:13 -0400
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
(..)
> Can anybody suggest a low-end SCSI adapter that's reliable and works
> with Linux?
Adaptec 1540/1542 support is fine, but they're ISA. They work well as
low-end, though.
MST
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From: Mircea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to access Dos/Windows files under linux?
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 18:26:24 -0400
Mount your W98 partition(s) in Linux: make a subdirectory of /mnt, e.g.
/mnt/fat-c, then mount your windows patrition there as vfat:
mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /mnt/fat-c
(I assumed here your W98 partition is the first one on your first IDE
HD)
MST
PS: get a real modem, it's worth it!
Harry Li wrote:
> (..)
can I copy files from windows file system to
> linux?
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From: "Michael Vachon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Floppy
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 22:26:32 GMT
I do I open a file from a floppy disk from the BASH prompt?
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