Linux-Hardware Digest #567, Volume #10 Wed, 23 Jun 99 17:13:31 EDT
Contents:
Re: reading solaris DAT tar under linux (Peter Hill)
Re: Anyone ever have trouble with S3 chipsets? (J.Poincheval)
Re: Mounting SUN disks on Intel/Redhat 5.2 (Kent Perrier)
linux 2.2.5 and Jazz drive (Hannu)
Re: Hardware Questions... (Martin Gelfand)
Mounting SUN disks on Intel/Redhat 5.2
Re: Windows easy to install? BULLSHIT! (Alex Lam)
Re: help! permedia 2 card! (Dan LaPine)
time problem (Ibrahim Haddad)
Re: Compatible Modems for Linux (w8tn4g0d0t)
Re: Help with RedHat 5.2 initrd.img file (Steve Pacenka)
Re: Soundblaster 128 PCI (jammer)
Re: Looking for vendor for a Linux box (Starvey)
Tecra 8000 hardware config ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Slow Sounds ("bv")
Re: Plextor UW SCSI CDROM ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Problems reading CD created under Win9x ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Mustek Cameras and Linux (vernon levy)
Re: Linux Installation Questions (Donovan Rebbechi)
Overclocking under linux? (John Miller)
Logitech FirstMouse+ Unable to Scroll ("Andrew J. Norman")
Re: Mounting SUN disks on Intel/Redhat 5.2 (Marc Mutz)
Re: RAGE LT PRO AGPx2 - HELP PLEASE!! (Marc Mutz)
Re: XCDRoast and PE Logic 1600 - help (Marc Mutz)
Re: X and ATI 3D RAGE LT Pro AGP (Marc Mutz)
suse install: error unpacking on file null ("Rainer Cartarius")
XCDRoast and PE Logic 1600 - help (Andre-John Mas)
Re: Windows easy to install? BULLSHIT! (Tsmanlyman)
MX300 in SBPro mode? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Viper 550 AGP (peter verver)
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From: Peter Hill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: reading solaris DAT tar under linux
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 18:35:24 +0100
In article <7kl687$7db$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes
>I save two files (one 600 MB and one 51 B) using tar on a DAT/DDS1 under
>a Sun/Solaris computer and try to read this DAT with the same DDS drive
>on my linux 2.2.9 box.
>
>I can read the first file, but this file is corrupted and no second file
>... (the second file is the md5sum of the first, this explain the
>size...)
The problem is with the block size - a common problem.
Use the command -
mt -f /dev/st0 setblk 0
BEFORE attempting to read the tape.
Then use the tar or cpio command (or whatever) to read the tape.
Peter
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (J.Poincheval)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: Anyone ever have trouble with S3 chipsets?
Date: 23 Jun 1999 14:28:17 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Goodell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> > I'm looking into buying a new video card to replace my old 256k trident
>> > and I want >4Mb of RAM. There seem to be a lot of S3 cards out there
>> > and I'm wondering if that's because they're faulty somehow. If anybody
>> > has any information about that could you post here? Not just the S3,
>> > but the ViRGE also.
I've got trouble with an S3, but it's a very special setup:
the video card is integrated on a digital pc5100 motherboard.
X displays with glitches, and the text consoles are
corrupted after leaving/switching from X.
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From: Kent Perrier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: redhat.config,redhat.hardware.arch.intel
Subject: Re: Mounting SUN disks on Intel/Redhat 5.2
Date: 23 Jun 1999 13:57:59 -0500
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> We believe SCSI disks are SCSI disks, and the LINUX system shouldn't
> care where they came from. Does anyone know why the hardware/software
> should behave in this manner, and/or how to "fix" it?
>
Did you repartition and create new filesystems? I believe that Linux can
be configured (in the kernel at configuration time) to mount UFS filesystems
but in a readonly state.
Kent
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From: Hannu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: linux 2.2.5 and Jazz drive
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 19:14:34 GMT
Is there a setup to use an Iomega 2 gig jazz drive with Linux 2.2.5?
I also have a AcerScan 6205 (SCSI) scanner, would be nice to use it with
Linux.
Thanks in advance!
Hannu
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From: Martin Gelfand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Hardware Questions...
Date: 23 Jun 1999 18:30:54 GMT
Steve Kowski wrote:
>
> I am kinda new to the Linux thing... I am enjoying it and have learned a
lot
> just by reading the News Groups, so I figured i would ask away in here.
I
> am running RH 6 and I am having a modem problem. I have an old USR
> Sportster 33,6 that has jumpers for Com and IRQ's. I have it set to IRQ5
> (which is unused on computer) and Com1. Linux doesn't find it. I read
> somewhere that some of the Sportster series isn't supported, mostly the
ones
> that have Voice, which mine does not. Any suggestions on getting this one
to
> work or can someone reccomend a inexpensive modem that is known to work
with
> Linux.
>
> Thanks for any help in advance...
>
> Steve Kowski
>
Have you looked at the setserial command? Quoting from its man page...
During the normal bootup process, only COM ports 1-4 are
initialized, using the default I/O ports and IRQ values,
as listed below. In order to initialize any additional
serial ports, or to change the COM 1-4 ports to a non�
stadard configuration, the setserial program should be
used. Typically it is called from an rc.serial script,
which is usually run out of /etc/rc.local.
Making the appropriate one-line config-file change should do the
trick. Or change the modem's IRQ to 4 and disable the corresponding
serial port on your MB (assuming your bios allows this and you're not
using the port for anything).
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: redhat.config,redhat.hardware.arch.intel
Subject: Mounting SUN disks on Intel/Redhat 5.2
Date: 23 Jun 1999 18:30:53 GMT
Folks,
I recently had a SPARC/Solaris box "die" on me, and had to transfer
the disks to another working server. They (the disks) eventually ended up
on another Solaris box, but we'd really like them on a LINUX box. A
colleague tried to move them to the following configuration:
Intel/Redhat 5.2
Tyan S1692DL Motherboard (Intel 440LX chipset)
Symbios 8751SP Ultrawide SCSI Controller
The system would have none of it, and after an hour of fighting, finally
put the drives on the Solaris server.
We believe SCSI disks are SCSI disks, and the LINUX system shouldn't
care where they came from (assuming a valid label on the drive). Does
anyone know why the hardware/software should behave in this manner, and/or
how to "fix" it?
Thanks,
Judy Gallagher
Staff Programmer
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From: Alex Lam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Windows easy to install? BULLSHIT!
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 11:40:26 -0700
Michal Jaegermann wrote:
>
> Brian Hartman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
>
> : In the first place, you need to be a *lot* more unlucky to find a company with a
>bad
> : Windows driver.
>
> Oh yeah! And a mail client which can wrap lines like it should!
>
> I have to be one of those "unlucky" people which run into problems
> with Windows all the time. Karma - I guess.
>
> I remember quite vividly how my "Windows wizzard" friend spent quite
> long evening rescuing my 'doze installation because we had to switch
> a graphics card for one reason or another and this was not a pretty
> sight to watch. On Linux side I had to replace one server with another
> one and switch one or two links. I was up and running with a full
> graphics under five minutes.
>
> The same friend had also tons of fun after my son was installing some
> game from Microsoft, not some third party manufacturer, (this what these
> Windows are nearly exclusively for) and hit "OK" after confronted with
> a dialog "Should I update this or that .dll for you?". He confirmed,
> naive and innocent, and all the hell broke loose; booting doze was
> quite a challenge after that.
>
Heck. You should consider yourself lucky... on my Win98 box, it decided
that I have added new hardware, and decided to update all the things for
me without having me to click "OK", then, it went into its own freeze
and rebooted, after that, my LAN was as dead as the chicken I had for
dinner the night before, and when I click on shut down, it'll just hangs
there for hours... the only way to shut off was to turn the power
off.....
> From the more recent stories - after waisting tons of time an effort we
> had to replace in a customer laptop a good ethernet card, Cardbus type,
> with a less capable one because '98 had a disconcerting habit of locking
> up totally after more that 1 MB was transferred through this interface.
> This after applying some non-obvious registry tweaks suggested by
> this card manufacturer; without these the card simply did not work
> at all. '98 had also a nice habit of forgetting that this card is
> there and "installing" it multiple times; after that things could not
> be uninstalled leading to tons of Registry fun. The same card, after
> initial installation challanges (pcmcia-cs package had to be updated to
> the latest version) did work like a clockwork under Linux (this is a dual
> boot laptop) but the customer insisted, for inscrutable reasons, that
> he wants something which works under '98 as well even if it is slower.
> Oh, well....
>
Try to use Windoze 98 for some really cpu and memory intensive stuff.
It'll sure freezes up.
Alex Lam.
> Most people do not see such horror stories because they buy machines
> preinstalled. Than the installation is really easy. You want the same
> ease for Linux - do the same. Buy preinstalled and with warranties.
> Simple.
>
> Michal
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From: Dan LaPine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: help! permedia 2 card!
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 14:21:36 -0500
"K.O.Wai" wrote:
> how to set it?
Either RedHat 6.0 or Caldera OpenLinux 2.2 with XFree86 3.3.3
have drivers for it. If your specific model isn't found, try using
"Diamond Fire GL Pro 1000" as the card.
Dan LaPine
lapine @ uiuc edu
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From: Ibrahim Haddad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: time problem
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 10:48:21 -0400
Hello all,
I have red hat 6.0 and the time of the machine keeps to
change!! Although on the Win NT partition time is
always correct.
Any ideas on how to fix that?
Thanks.
- Ibra
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (w8tn4g0d0t)
Subject: Re: Compatible Modems for Linux
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 19:07:09 GMT
A Zoom Dualmode w/ Lucent chipset 56k/v90 has
worked for me under SusE 5.2, Caldera, Debian and Slackware.
On Wed, 23 Jun 1999 01:02:14 -0500, Earl Beck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>Am wondering if anyone can recomend a not too expensive modem for Linux.
>I have a WinModem (even though its not officially) that will not work
>due to hardware controllers. Any help is appreciated.
>
>
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From: Steve Pacenka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help with RedHat 5.2 initrd.img file
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 15:33:19 -0400
Leslie Smith wrote:
>
> Dose anyone know how to make a the initrd.img file, also could
> anyone tell me what is in the file ?
>
> Regards
>
> Leslie...UK:-)
>
Regarding what's in it, decompress it with gunzip and mount the
uncompressed file using the ``loopback'' device with a command like:
mount -o loop -t ext2 /home/me/initrd /mnt/tmp
assuming that you have a free mount point "/mnt/tmp" and that the
uncompressed file is named "/home/me/initrd". Then you can ls or less
or whatever the files inside.
Discovered this in the PCMCIA Howto, of all places.
-- SP
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (jammer)
Subject: Re: Soundblaster 128 PCI
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 17:18:08 GMT
how about mixer?
i don't see any mixer enabled
in /proc/sound
On Mon, 21 Jun 1999 01:50:46 GMT, Jeremy Buhler
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Quoth Ryan Masters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>> Should I even attempt to get this working under linux? Just need some
>> insight...
>
>Use the included es1370 driver in 2.2 kernels. It doesn't do hardware
>MIDI synthesis, but it's fine as a wave device and CD player, or for
>playing MIDI and MODs using a software synthesizer.
>
>If the 1370 driver doesn't work, try the 1371 driver.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Starvey)
Crossposted-To: chi.general,chi.internet
Subject: Re: Looking for vendor for a Linux box
Date: 23 Jun 1999 19:14:46 GMT
There's more thana few good ones that don't impose the MS tax on you..
www.varesearch.com
and my current favourite:
www.thelinuxstore.com
and for Sub-$500 Linux boxes:
www.tcu-inc.com
All great vendors.
Andy Lester ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: I'm looking to buy/build a barebones box to run as a Linux server. I'd
: order from trusty old Gateway, but everything always comes with Win98 and
: Office and all that stuff that's going to get erased anyway.
: So I figure I just need a Pentium-ish system, but no graphics, no sound,
: or any of that hoohah. It's just gonna be a server sittin' there.
: Anywhere in the Chicago NW 'burbs you can point at? Or good mail order
: places?
: Thanks,
: xoxo,
: Andy
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Tecra 8000 hardware config
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 19:16:49 GMT
Like many others I am having problems with the Tecra and the included
hardware. I am very new to Linux so some of these problems may be
easily solved but I haven't seen an answer yet. I am running Redhat 6
1) I cannot get sound to work. The internal speaker is fine but the
soundcard does not work. I have been to the Linux on laptops site and
they don't even mention this as an issue.
2) I have read that these laptop modems will not work. Is this true?
3) I have the infamous 3c574 ethernet card. I have added the module to
the conf.module file and running a modprobe shows that it is there but
it also shows a strange entry reading "alias eth0 off" Where is it
getting this info?
thanks.
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From: "bv" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Slow Sounds
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 21:28:04 +0200
I have gravis ultra sound pnp. I installed it with oss. MOst things work:
X11Amp and quake. But snes9x-sound is about 100 times to slow (really) and
the k-media-player plays waves at almost zero-speed (or however you wanna
cal it)
any help please?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Plextor UW SCSI CDROM
Date: 23 Jun 1999 18:58:32 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb
am 21 Jun 1999 20:16:05 +0900 in comp.os.linux.hardware:
opl> Greetings,
opl> I've been trying to get Plextor UW SCSI CDROM to work,
opl> but so far no luck. Anybody with success?
opl> Below describes what happens at boot sequence...
opl> ncr53c8xx: at PCI bus 0, device 9, function 0
I use the bsd driver, you find it in newer kernels.
This works fine with that drive.
mfG
Jojo
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Problems reading CD created under Win9x
Date: 23 Jun 1999 18:47:20 GMT
R Potts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb
am Tue, 22 Jun 1999 09:48:53 -0300 in comp.os.linux.development.apps:
RP> I recently donwloaded a 140MB file and had some one copy it to a CD for me
RP> under Win95. When I look at the CD under Linux I can see 68MB of the file
RP> but when I look at it under a Win95 macine I can see the whole thing.
RP> What's up with this and how can I see the whole file. I don't have access
RP> to a CD-RW under Linux or another UNIX OS.
Bill Gates' company kicked in ass of the iso organisation. They changed
the CD Filesystem in their Windows environments.
I think you got a MS-Joilliet formated filesystem. Ouch. Some CD Writer
tools have the MS-Joliet as Standard CDFS.
The Solution is to use a 2.2.x kernel and enable the MS Joiliet extensions
for the iso9660 filesystem.
mfG
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From: vernon levy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Mustek Cameras and Linux
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 20:37:29 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Has anyone had any joy getting a MUSTEK camera (VDC300 or
even a VDC 100 for that matter)) to work with Linux. SANE
does not work I have scanned all the HOWTO's that I can find
and have scoured Linuxapps.com.
I suspect that it may use the innards and protocols of some
other proprietary camera but have not really got a clue on
wher to find if this is true.
Can anyone help?
regards
Vernon
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Donovan Rebbechi)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Linux Installation Questions
Date: 23 Jun 1999 20:31:58 GMT
On Wed, 23 Jun 1999 17:19:49 GMT, Anthony Ord wrote:
>On 21 Jun 1999 03:46:09 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>(Donovan Rebbechi) wrote:
>>You can run Netscape in linux. If you want to use your bookmarks file
>>from windows, you need to copy the file into your linux installation.
>
>Can't you symlink it?
I guess so. You need to mount the dos partition with the right arguments
though ( out of the box, users can't write to it. )
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Donovan
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From: John Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Overclocking under linux?
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 18:08:29 -0500
Just a thought... Since linux is more efficient with system resources,
and I've heard it works the hardware more than windoze, will an
overclocked system which is stable in windoze (as stable as anything can
be at least) be more prone to problems under linux?
-John
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From: "Andrew J. Norman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Logitech FirstMouse+ Unable to Scroll
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 20:25:44 GMT
Here's the deal......I have a two PS/2 Logitech FirstMouse+ (humm what
would be the plural of firstmouse+...."firstmice+"....not terribly
elegant) The first is on my home machine and is a retail boxed version
and carries a M-C48 part number. It works perfectly. The scroll is
registered as buttons 4/5 like it should.
The second mouse is on the machine in the office. It's partnumber is
M-S48 (no OEM listing on the part label but it came bundled with a Dell
machine that we just purchased so it is obviously a pseudo OEM part)
This little guy refuses to register buttons 4/5 as any type of X-event.
Now I've gone through Colas's page
(http://www.inria.fr/koala/colas/mouse-wheel-scroll/) on wheel mice and
recognize that the logic board in my misbehaving rat is different from
that of my retail mouse. What's surprising is that the mouse body does
have the "color logo" which is normally the criterion for telling
whether it will work with X....so the question is whether anyone knows
of a method to either "initialize" this version so that the buttons
register or to modify the X11/gpm setup to properly interpret these/
Notes on System:
Mouse: Logitech FirstMouse+ PS/2 (M-S48)
OS: RH5.2
X11: XFree 3.3.3.1
Graphics: ATI Rage Pro (Mach64 Server)
Thanks for your input.....
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Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 21:30:39 +0200
From: Marc Mutz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: redhat.config,redhat.hardware.arch.intel
Subject: Re: Mounting SUN disks on Intel/Redhat 5.2
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Folks,
>
> We believe SCSI disks are SCSI disks, and the LINUX system shouldn't
> care where they came from. Does anyone know why the hardware/software
> should behave in this manner, and/or how to "fix" it?
>
They are, but disklabel is not disklabel. Compile your kernel with suns
disklabels enabled.
Marc
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Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 20:56:31 +0200
From: Marc Mutz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RAGE LT PRO AGPx2 - HELP PLEASE!!
Michael Searle wrote:
>
> I hvae a Rage LT PRO AGPx2 Video card in my laptop anyone know of a driver
> that works?
http://www.marc.mutz.com/X/
Marc
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Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 21:37:46 +0200
From: Marc Mutz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: XCDRoast and PE Logic 1600 - help
Andre-John Mas wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I have installed Redhat Linux 6.0 and I have a SCSI card that is
> not in the standard install list. To be specific the card is a
> PE Logic 1600, used to drive a Richo CD-RW. What should I be
> doing to get this thing working with XCDRoast.
>
Look at the card and try to determine which controller chip it uses, or
raed the doc. that came with it. Then select the appropriate driver.
Most likely there will be one, because there are not many SCSI
controller chips out there.
The driver will tell you whether it knows the card/chip or not, if
unsure, try all that are candidates. It will not do any harm.
Marc
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Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 21:44:05 +0200
From: Marc Mutz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: X and ATI 3D RAGE LT Pro AGP
Sam Deleu wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I am using a Compaq Armada 1750
> with a ATI 3D RAGE LT PRO AGP 2X (A2U2) video card.
>
> I would like to run X on the LCD panel, but except for a
> small line I am not able to get the configuration correct.
>
> Has somebody already tried this and even more has somebody already had
> some success ?
>
http://www.marc.mutz.com/X/
gosh! I like that new short version. Before it read:
http://www.fachschaften.uni-bielefeld.de/physik/leute/marc/X/ (puh!)
Marc :-)
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From: "Rainer Cartarius" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: suse install: error unpacking on file null
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 21:52:40 +0200
Hi,
installing suse 6.0, i have the following problem:
- Pentium Celeron mit 433 MHz
- Bigfoot 12.8GB
partitions (in this order):
- 2GB Win98
- 1GB Win95
- 128MB linux swap
- 1 cylinder /boot (about 15MB) (log drive)
- 1GB /opt (log drive)
- 512MB / (log drive)
- 2GB /usr (log drive)
- 800MB /home (log drive)
Yast reports after installing some packages:
...error reading...cannot be installed....
Installation aborted.
I changed the RAM, the CDROM and even tried it with
suse 6.1 - without any success.
Then i loaded bios default values and now i get the following
error when YAST has reached the second CD:
error unpacking archive <modulname>.gz on file null
I had lots of free space on all partitions!
Has anybody any suggestions?
Thanks
Rainer
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From: Andre-John Mas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: XCDRoast and PE Logic 1600 - help
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 14:46:13 GMT
Hi,
I have installed Redhat Linux 6.0 and I have a SCSI card that is
not in the standard install list. To be specific the card is a
PE Logic 1600, used to drive a Richo CD-RW. What should I be
doing to get this thing working with XCDRoast.
Thanks in advance
AJ
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tsmanlyman)
Subject: Re: Windows easy to install? BULLSHIT!
Date: 23 Jun 1999 20:30:44 GMT
Here are the steps that I followed to recompile my first kernel after 2 weeks
of experience with linux:
make menuconfig
make dep clean zlilo modules modules_install
reboot
Add 2 steps prior to that for a complete upgrade:
get source
unpack source
I did this 2 weeks after my very first Linux install. What took YOU so long?
My windows installs went like this:
1. Realize you don't have a dos disk that will talk to your cd rom
2. Get one from a friend (note that if you don't have any friends, you cannot
install windows.)
3. re-write your config.sys and autoexec.bat files because your friend has a
different computer (if you don't remember dos or never knew, you cannot install
windows.)
4. Once the CD can be accessed, type setup at the prompt. Pray that it does
not crash.
5. Answer all questions, pray that it does not crash (if it does, try again
and hope that it does not crash)
6. ooo I forgot. Hope that you have the CD key (without this you cannot
install windows.)
7. reboot (again, pray that it does not crash.. this one happened to me twice
in a row on a single 98 full install on a clean hard drive.)
8. If you crashed, do it again.
My first linux install went like this:
1. Place CD in drive, turn on.
2. Answer questions concerning partitioning (at least it asked me!!!); follow
recommendations in the manual (if no manual, go with one big partition)
3. answer question concerning MY computer.. not the one windows assumes I
have
4. select everything install (for redhat anyway)
5. reboot when it sez to
There ya go. My first install of windows was MUCH more problematic than my
first install of linux. Why? The CDs are usually bootable, and they don't crash
during install. I don't understand why so many ppl claim to have so many
problems installing linux.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: MX300 in SBPro mode?
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 14:53:42 GMT
I realize this is a strech.............
Is it possible to run the MX300 in SBPro emulation
mode and get it to work in linux? I would guess
if this was an ISA card it may be any easier task.
Just a thought...
Thanks!
Lon
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From: peter verver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Viper 550 AGP
Date: 23 Jun 1999 20:30:56 GMT
Scu News wrote:
>
> Does anyone know how to get the Diaomond Viper 550 (Nvidia TNT Chipset)
AGP
> Card to run X under Redhat 5.2? I can't even get it to run in the
simplest
> VGA mode. Also, does anyone know of any 3D drivers for it?
> Thanks
> Cam
>
>
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