Linux-Hardware Digest #591, Volume #10 Fri, 25 Jun 99 21:13:43 EDT
Contents:
Re: ARCHIVE VIPER 150 Streamer + Linux 2.2.x (B'ichela)
Re: Zoom PCMCIA modem in laptop with internal winmodem (Joceli Mayer)
ISDN TA for RH5.2 ("Jason Thompson")
Re: CT MediaGX motherboards and Linux (Herwig)
Re: Monitor dies while installing Redhat 5.2 (Barry Smith)
Re: Newbee needs help (diahedrial)
Re: Linux Raid problem (Marc Mutz)
Joystick support.... (Equinaux)
Re: How do I find out how much disk space is free (John Quinn)
Re: PCI Modem (Johan Kullstam)
Re: PCI Modem (Mircea)
Re: SupraExpress 56i modem driver? (sthl)
Re: help with SAMBA pwds (Courtney Thomas)
Can someone please help?? ("Ryan Castaldi")
Re: help with IRQ assignments for PCI card (LML33 frame grabber) ("alex amo")
Re: Recommendation needed for Tape Backup drive (Clarence Riddle)
Re: Help with RedHat 5.2 initrd.img file (Richard Bumby)
Re: help with SAMBA pwds ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Linux Buying Advice Wanted.... (Ben Walton)
Re: Can someone please help?? ("alex amo")
Re: Problems with 486 PC and 44x UDMA CDROM (Monte Phillips)
Re: Win98 FDISK no longer works after Linux install ("alex amo")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (B'ichela)
Subject: Re: ARCHIVE VIPER 150 Streamer + Linux 2.2.x
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 18:49:46 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Holger Hetterich wrote:
>1542-Adaptec-SCSI-Controller. I compiled SCSI Tape support into the
>kernel and it gets recognized correctly. Also a device /dev/st0 is
>created.
>Now, when I try some tests using "mt" e.g.:
>mt -f /dev/st0 rewind
>and the only message is:
>/dev/st0 : Input/Output error
Ok, first of all /dev/st0 is for self-rewinding. Meaning you do
this to archive and handle scsi tapes (based on my Wangtek 5150es scsi
drive
for this you might want to try with a small directory
for this lets use /etc
cd /etc
tar -cvf /dev/st0 *\
it will make a tar on the /dev/st0 drive. it will then REWIND it
automatically.
lets see what we got
tar -tvf /dev/st0
up comes our tape drive. it pumps data into tar which shows us the
contents. when its done it rewinds again by itself.
Now for the use of the Nst0 device.,, for this get the newest Ftape
package. it has the nicest mt package of all. of course there is a Mt in
the gnu cpio package too. but no matter. I wil mention the generic commands
here now you had made a dinky tar on your tape. and now you want to add Another.
ok out comes /dev/nst0! You need to skip over the first one to add the
second archive do this
mt -f /dev/nst0 fsf 1
Note the /dev/nst0 file here? its important. the fsf 1 means Skip one
volume ahead. it is not the same as asf 1 on the newer mt program that
is availiable in both the cpio package or the ftape package that means\
>From the beginning of this tape. skip one volume and go to new volume 2.
Now you are at volume position 2 do this for this example we will archive
using more fancy way of pathnames the entire /usr/bin directory tree
tar -cvf /dev/nst0 /usr/bin
Now we have to rewind so our tape drive tables are updated on tape.\
mt -f /dev/nst0 rewind
your tape should whirr a bit and then automatically stop rewinding. For
more details look at the cpio package from
ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/gnu/cpio*
the * is beause I forgot the revision it is now. a new mt program is in
there that is a nice packge. also get the ftape 3.04d package or whatever
version it is. that ftmt program IS scsi tape compatible although some
commands are for floppy tapes only.
I am sure there is an ftape-howto somewhere even though your tape
drive. (like mine) is scsi. some of the suggestions using the nonrewinding
and rewinding device files would be usefull. btw I also Do have a iomega
800 Travan TR-1 drive on my floppy controller so I do understand and use
both. sometimes to convert from one tape format to the other!. Just for the
curious heres how its done. you use dd
dd if=/dev/st0 of=/dev/qft0 bs=20b
note for this example I did not use the non-rewinding tape devices. if you
need the rewinding. just use those devices in place of the non-rewinding
device names above.
--
A pearl of wisdom from the y2K newsgroups:
=========================================================================
Y2K appears to be the Baby Boomers mid-life crisis, and it has the
potential to be a dandy.
-- Anonymnous --
==========================================================================
B'ichela
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From: Joceli Mayer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Zoom PCMCIA modem in laptop with internal winmodem
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 19:11:27 +0000
charles anderson wrote:
> I am trying to setup a Zoom Telephonics 56K LT Datafax, PCMCIA modem
> in my Dell Latitude LT, but am running into problems. Using cardctl
> ident I see that the card is recognized, but minicom won't work on any
> of the ttyS*. I'm thinking one of my problems is that the laptop has
> an internal winmodem that is interfering. Is this true?
If you have an internal winmodem, you should consider to disabling it. I
disabled mine through the BIOS, so it wouldn't eat any interrupt and
conflict it my PCMCIA. In my case, disabling it was the only way to let
the PCMCIA to work. Check if your BIOS menu has an option to ports
assignment.
Have fun!
> How can I
> disable the winmodem, other than with wire cutters?
>
> Thanks for any suggestions.
>
> Chuck ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: "Jason Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: ISDN TA for RH5.2
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 13:08:14 -0600
I'm looking for advice on an internal ISDN TA that supports TA type
commands. Specifically, I'm looking for a card that I install just as
easily as an analog modem, that doesn't require me to rebuild the kernel, or
rewrite my chat/pppd scripts (other than changing some AT initialization
strings), create or install different drivers, or even deal with the
isdn4linux utilities and drivers. Does such a thing exist?
Requirements:
Internal card
RH5.2 - the 2.0.36 kernel out of the box
Thanks for any suggestions (other than "get DSL" or "get an ISDN router" or
"get a life" :)
Jason
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From: Herwig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: CT MediaGX motherboards and Linux
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 22:44:27 +0200
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Howdy folks,
>
> Anyone have experience or even second hand rumors
> of the GCT MediaGX motherboards working with
> Linux?
I use the soundblaster module (sb)
Works fine except for mp3
There are ticks in the sound and audio becomes really bad on
heavy system load. I tried several mp3 players.
mp3 does work ok on same machine under windows
Curious if anybody knows solution for that problem. I have been
looking on the net for a while, but did not find anything useful.
Herwig Bogaert
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From: Barry Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Monitor dies while installing Redhat 5.2
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 19:21:49 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks for your long answer. The problems are: I don't have a spare
video card; I don't want to buy one as I intend to buy new kit soon, and
just wanted to practice the installation; and I don't know how to turn
off the video on the mother board.
And no one has provided an explanation of why a video card is needed.
What does it matter whether the video electronics and RAM is on a
separate board, or on the main board?
On Fri, 25 Jun 1999, Andrew J. Norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>Okay here's the deal.......you have an old S3 video card right? Most
>likely a Diamond Speedstar or similar....
>These cards (I have one in an old machine myself) typically have a bank of
>dip switches on the back of the card (poking through a hole next to the
>video output) These control the way that the card syncs and addresses
>memory and bios.....ahh memory and bios you say (lightbulbs go on all over
>the place)......yes!
>
>Reading from my own manual......on the page marked "DIP Switch SW1
>Settings" (note you will want to use your own manual since the chances of
>us both have the exact same ten year nine year old card are slim to none)
>
>1 Turbo display memory access (ON)
>1 Normal display memory access (OFF)
>2 Turbo display memory access (ON)
>2 Turbo display memory access (OFF)
>3 16-bit bios access (ON)
>3 8-bit bios access (OFF)
>.
>.
>.
>yadda yadda........
>
>Point is that newer kernels (by that I mean the 2.x series) seem to have a
>problem with certain combinations of "turbo" access both to memory and
>bios. Additionally if you bios are cached you might have a problem (or if
>you are trying ot cache the video memory, which some new boards allow)
>
>FYI this also occures in a more dramatic way with an older model (well one
>of last summer's) of Creative Labs Graphics Blaster Extreme, except with
>it, the bios issue a jump (which I am assuming mistakenly goes to
>0xFFFF:0000 when the bios are cached) and the whole machine reboots. Best
>solution in that case was to give the card to my brother (it plays Quake
>rather well) and get a cheap VT420 terminal....don't ask....some of us like
>amber.
>
>In this case however you should be able to tweek the dips (or jumpers if
>you don't have dips) and get the card to work by turning off the turbo
>modes or reducing access to 8-bit modes (yes this will be slow but you're
>using an old card to begin with). Note: this is a video card problem not a
>monitor problem. The fact that your monitor goes blank is only an effect
>of it loosing signal from the video card. Should all else fail you can
>pick up a new (an probably much nicer) card for some where in the
>neighborhood of $20-$30 mail order.
>
>If you have more problems let me know and I can probably give you the
>setting that I finally set my card to.
>
>Barry Smith wrote:
>
>> I have posted this on other groups, but have had no solution.
>>
>> I am trying to install RedHat 5.2 on a very old but much upgraded Dell
>> computer. The BIOS is Phoenix, vintage 1993, and not upgradeable. I am
>> using the free distribution which came from the magazine PC Plus, and
>> created the boot disk. I have tried booting from the install floppy in
>> default and expert mode but each time the monitor dies, and the light
>> that indicates connection with the PC extinguishes. This happens soon
>> after I press ENTER from the welcome screen. I see "Loading initrd.img";
>> the monitor dies, but the disc keeps busy for a while.
>>
>> The computer uses ordinary system memory for display, and in Windows 9x
>> it runs as a default S3 type. I have searched the documentation but
>> can't find the parameter to define my display type in expert mode.
>>
>> Someone suggested fitting a video board. I don't see what difference
>> this would make and is not really a viable option. Others have suggested
>> twiddling X-Windows, but the monitor dies long before X-Windows is
>> loaded. Oddly enough, the same thing happens when I boot SuSE 5.2 from
>> the floppy. However, when I boot SuSE from Linload, everything looks
>> fine, and I have got as far as the point where you partition the disc.
>>
>> What can I do?
>>
>> --
>> Barry Smith
>> Email: sax (at) wychcraft.demon.co.uk <-- I don't want ANY spam!
>
>--
> Andrew J. Norman
> Dept. of Physics
> College of William & Mary
>_____________________________________________________________
>"I am afeard there are few die well that die in a battle;
> for how can they charitably dispose of any thing,
> when blood is their argument?" -- Williams
> Henry V--Act 4 Scene 1
>_____________________________________________________________
>
>
>
--
Barry Smith
Email: sax (at) wychcraft.demon.co.uk <-- I don't want ANY spam!
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From: diahedrial <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Newbee needs help
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 14:44:32 -0700
Just wondering, does "/mnt/win" directory exist? if not, create it
first.
Eric Sandvik wrote:
>
> If you are trying to mount /dev/hda1 that's your problem unless you are running
> your linux partition on another device. Just checking the most obvious things
> first, if you are running linux on hdb or another partition on hda ignore this.
>
> Gerald Ruiter wrote:
>
> > Some problems I have encoutered:
> >
> > I have tried mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /mnt/win to mount my windows partition,
> > but now I get the following message: wrong fs type, bad option, bad
> > superblock on /dev/hda1, or too many mounted file system.
> >
> > I have downloaded XFree86-3_3_3_1-1_src.rpm under Windows 98. I copied the
> > file to my ZIP drive. Next, I've tried to install the file using the command
> > rpm -if XFree86-3_3_3_1-1_src.rpm . I get the following message unexpected
> > query source. Can somebody explain to me what this means.
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Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 19:26:18 +0200
From: Marc Mutz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux Raid problem
richard wrote:
>
> I have inherited a Linux system with a RAID device
> on bootup I get the message:
>
> md:09:00 raidarray not clean -run ckraid
> an error occurred during RAID startup
> when I run ckraid it says it is o.k.
> when I try to mount the RAID it says it is not running!
>
Have you updated the raid tools? That's the only fault I can currently
think of. Or maybe the md dev. was built with newer versions of the raid
tools...?
Sorry, not much help...
Marc
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Equinaux)
Subject: Joystick support....
Date: 25 Jun 1999 23:02:29 GMT
How do I enable joystick support for Red Hat 6.0? If it helps the joystick I'm
using is a gravis PC gamepad and it has been configured using isapnp, because
my sound card is plug and play...
Thanks,
Equinaux
PS> Please reply to by e-mail...
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Quinn)
Subject: Re: How do I find out how much disk space is free
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 23:18:56 GMT
Reply-To: n/a
On Fri, 25 Jun 1999 18:42:50 -0400, Richard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>John Quinn wrote:
>>
>> I am running Suse 6.1. Could any one tell me what is
>> the command to find out how much disk space I have
>> free. I am unable to install any packages and I think I
>> have used all the space available, but I do not know
>> the command to find out how much free space on
>> the hard disk I have free.
>>
>> thanks.
>>
>> john
>>
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>du and df commands. man these commands.
Cheers
john
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Subject: Re: PCI Modem
From: Johan Kullstam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 25 Jun 1999 18:47:49 -0400
Bart�omiej Niechwiej <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi,
> I had a 33600 modem which worked perfectly with Linux (it was Zoltrix
> ISA modem - not a PnP modem).
> I sold it and bought Zoltrix Spirit 56K PCI PnP modem and I'm not able
> to configure my Linux box to support it.
looks like you bought a winmodem.
> When I look at /proc/pci I see
> unrecognized pci device (and I know this is my modem) using IRQ 5. When
> I try manually
> setserial /dev/ttyS2 irq 5 io 0x3e8 etc. it doesn't work (when I later
> use minicom I can't talk to the modem). What should I do?
return the thing. buy a good old external rs-232c style modem.
> Does anybody
> know what to do with PCI PnP devices?
if they're modems, you return them and complain loudly.
> Is any pcipnp (like isapnp)
> program which could help?
windows?
> Bartek Niechwiej
hope this helps.
--
J o h a n K u l l s t a m
[[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Don't Fear the Penguin!
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From: Mircea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: PCI Modem
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 18:43:24 -0400
I'm afraid you gave up your perfectly good modem, for a crappy winmodem.
AFAIK, 99.9% of the PCI modems are winmodems, a no-go in Linux. Check
the list at:
http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html
MST
Bart�omiej Niechwiej wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I had a 33600 modem which worked perfectly with Linux (it was Zoltrix
> ISA modem - not a PnP modem).
> I sold it and bought Zoltrix Spirit 56K PCI PnP modem and I'm not able
> to configure my Linux box to support it. When I look at /proc/pci I see
> unrecognized pci device (and I know this is my modem) using IRQ 5. When
> I try manually
> setserial /dev/ttyS2 irq 5 io 0x3e8 etc. it doesn't work (when I later
> use minicom I can't talk to the modem). What should I do? Does anybody
> know what to do with PCI PnP devices? Is any pcipnp (like isapnp)
> program which could help?
>
> Bartek Niechwiej
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From: sthl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SupraExpress 56i modem driver?
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 23:45:14 GMT
Hi,
I was just about to throw out my SupraExpress when I saw this.
But I'm curious, is your modem ISA or PCI ?
PNP CONFIG is this a piece of software I need to download from somewhere?
BR/ Stefan
">Ross Craig Wonderley" wrote:
> I can say for certain that it's not a WinModem. because mine works. You
> need to tell your BIOS that you have a non -PNP operating system (ie
> Linux) and you need to use PNP CONFIG and ISAPNP. Make sure you set up
> the correct serial port also.
>
> I can't help much beyond this. I do know I had a lot of grief getting my
> modem going, but I can't remember exactly what I did beyond the above.
>
> Ross
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From: Courtney Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: help with SAMBA pwds
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 23:58:46 GMT
"..Luca T.." wrote:
> Hi,
> i'm trying to set up a linux server in my office, using SAMBA, to connect 4
> windows boxes and to provide them the internet access. I setted up the
> smb.conf and also the windows boxes. These ones recognize the server
> (because when i shut the server down a message like that appears "unable to
> locate a server for the domain ecc. ecc.") but the password seems to be
> wrong.
> Now i used the same names, the same group of my linux users and i also
> synchronized the smb and linux passwords.
> I read in some newsgroups that there may be some prblems with the windows
> registrers but i really don't know where the problem may be, also because i
> made an error installing linux and i started the NIS service without setting
> it out without knowing how to disable it and if it may cause problems with
> samba.
>
> Thanx
>
> Luca Tamburrano (webmaster)
You will probably get some help in "comp.protocols.smb" newsgroup.
Good luck !
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From: "Ryan Castaldi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Can someone please help??
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 15:24:09 -0400
hi, I just recently installed caldera's open linux 2.2 and I am having a few
harware errors. First I have a cable modem with Mediaone who recently just
switched to Road Runner and I can't get it to work. Second I have a usb
speakers and my sound won't work. Third I use the same hard drive for linux
and windows, how do I get to the other partition. And finally I have a Canon
BJC4300 printer that I can't get to work.
I am very new to linux and if anyone could help me I would really sppreciate
it, thankyou
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "alex amo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: help with IRQ assignments for PCI card (LML33 frame grabber)
Date: Sat, 26 Jun 1999 01:38:57 +0200
try to disable the parameter "assign irq for vga" in bios
maybe the nearest card will change its irq to the free new one
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From: Clarence Riddle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.inux.admin,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.redhat
Subject: Re: Recommendation needed for Tape Backup drive
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 13:35:08 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I use old SCSI archive 150 and 525 meg internal drives with tar. Works
great and is cheap at flea markets.
cgr
"William B. Cattell" wrote:
> Martin Kiely wrote:
> >
> > I'm planning to co-locate an Intel box running redhat 6, can someone
> > recommend a tape drive and software combination.
> >
> > Thanks
>
> I'm using a Tecmar (Wangdat) 3400 and tar. Works for me.
>
> Bill
> --
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> http://members.home.com/wcattell
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> Park not thy Harley in the darkness of thine garage, that it
> may collect dust for want of being oft ridden. Ride thy
> Harley
> with thy brethren, and rejoice in the spirit of the road.
> --------------------------------------------------------------
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard Bumby)
Subject: Re: Help with RedHat 5.2 initrd.img file
Date: 25 Jun 1999 15:46:32 -0400
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Timothy Murphy) writes:
>Steve Pacenka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>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.
>That's really useful, thanks.
>But what exactly is the point of initrd?
>I notice that RedHat-6.0 comes with it,
>but it doesn't seem to make the slightest difference
>if one removes it from /etc/lilo.conf .
>In fact, how can one tell it is being used?
>There doesn't seem anything in dmesg about it.
There should me more information about this in the documentation. I
looked through the how-to's with the words "boot" or "kernel" in their
title and found only the briefest mention. These groups have a lively
discussion on this topic; I hope someone is collecting material for
future documentation. With this in mind, I will share my ignorance.
I hope these comments are not too far from the mark, and someone will
finish the job.
First, if you change lilo.conf without running lilo, you haven't changed the
way your machine boots. This file is used only to handle the human
interface. The lilo program encodes it into things that the computer
can read at boot time.
When I tried to boot my (Caldera 2.2) system without its initrd, I got
a message saying that the kernel was unable to mount /. Since I have
an all-SCSI system, and the SCSI support is compiled as a module, the
ram disk may be necessary to allow the kernel to learn how to find a
filesystem on the disk.
I read somewhere -- I thought it was in one of the how-to's, but I
couldn't find it when I scanned them recently -- that there is a limit
to the size of the kernel that lilo can load (I thought it was
something like 512K, but mine is bigger than that). To keep the
kernel size down, modules are used wherever possible. The ram disk
seems to smooth out the differences in hardware to allow a single
kernel to work in different machines. When I first installed
Slackware 3.4 last year, there was a puzzling array of possible boot
disks -- none of which were suitable because I needed support for my
TekrAm SCSI card. TekrAm provided something to get started based on
an earlier kernel, and suggested recompiling the kernel. The Caldera
2.2 distribution had *one* boot disk that worked right out of the box
(except for some difficulty configuring a Permedia 2 based video
card).
--
R. T. Bumby ** Rutgers Math || Amer. Math. Monthly Problems Editor 1992--1996
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ||
Telephone: [USA] 732-445-0277 (full-time message line) FAX 732-445-5530
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Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 19:57:38 -0400
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: help with SAMBA pwds
"..Luca T.." wrote:
> Hi,
> i'm trying to set up a linux server in my office, using SAMBA, to connect 4
You'll do much better asking questions about SAMBA in comp.protocols.smb.
Barry
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From: Ben Walton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux Buying Advice Wanted....
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 20:27:08 -0400
USA_Guy _ wrote:
> I am going to order a low price PC with a Linux OS pre-installed, and I
> need some advice.
> --
> The primary uses will be to surf the internet, and transfer to images
> from my digital cameras to my web-site.
> --
> I have never used a Linux system before. I have a little experience
> with Windows 98..... but most of my experience has been with the Berkley
> "GEOS" operating system on a Commodore 64..... and..... for the past two
> years I have used a WebTV box for my internet connection.
> --
> ****************************************
> My first question is.......
> --
> Which Linux OS should I get...... Caldera or Red-hat ........ or
> something else ??
> --
> I want a simple and clean-looking screen display..... with largest
> possible text and icon options. I want the easiest and most intuitive
> screen interface available.
> --
> *****************************************
> My second question is........
> --
> I see in my research that there are many companies that build PCs with
> the Linux OS installed.
> I would appreciate recommendations of a some of the most reputable of
> these builders.
> --
> *******************************************
> Any other buying tips would also be appreciated. Feel free to email
> me directly if you'd like. Thanks all.
> --
> ~ Guy ~
>
I would recommend Red Hat. It comes with everything that you need...very
little to be done after the install. It comes with KDE and GNOME
(unstable...always gives core dumps)...KDE is very intuitive (point and
click)...for your needs, it will do fine.
-Ben
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From: "alex amo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Can someone please help??
Date: Sat, 26 Jun 1999 02:08:11 +0200
I just finded something....
Your usb speakers maybe are listed in http://www.bcinternet.com/~inaky/
web page dedicated to usb support for linux
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Monte Phillips)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Problems with 486 PC and 44x UDMA CDROM
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 23:54:14 GMT
First thing is that a linux driver will do you no good....got to have
linux already installed to use it. <G>
As to the real problem , I would get on the net go to the manufactures
homepage or drivers.com or some such and DL the win and hopefully DOS
drivers for the thing. If you get DOS drivers you have it licked as
almost all cdroms are supported by linux and auto detected.
g'Luk
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I have an old 486 PC and the slowest CDROM I could get is 44x with UDMA
>(Ultra DMA). When I try to install RedHat 5.2 from the CD, the PC hangs
>and the CD keeps running and nothing happens to the installation
>process. Does anyone know where I could linux device driver for the
>above CDROM and also, do I need to add something to my 486 motherboard
>for it to communicate with the 44x CDROM.
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From: "alex amo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Win98 FDISK no longer works after Linux install
Date: Sat, 26 Jun 1999 02:21:52 +0200
the best thing u kan do is install lilo in the linux partiton and activate
it
then add a line to the lilo to make the win-histeria bootable from linux
mi lilo is...
image = [ blah blah ]
[blah]
[blah]
other = /dev/hda2 [mi win-don't-remenber partition]
label = win
table = /dev/hda
loader = /boot/chain.b
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