Linux-Hardware Digest #600, Volume #10 Sat, 26 Jun 99 20:13:27 EDT
Contents:
Re: What's the best graphics card for X (Michael Meissner)
Creative Labs 3DBlaster Banshee (voodoo2) (Jeremy Fincher)
Re: trouble with CS4232 sound card (John Hong)
Re: Laser Printer & Wordperfect (Darrell Wright)
Re: Overclocking CPU (Tim Moore)
ECC on SDRAM matter w/Linux? (Jenni G)
Re: Best PCI Soundcard? (Tim Moore)
corrupted partition table ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Modem speed measurement (Tim Moore)
Re: Mounting Troubles (jik-)
Problems: Iomega Ditto EZ 3200 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Talking with my modem? (Darrell Wright)
Re: RH 6.0 & 3C905C TXM Problems ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Looking for vendor for a Linux box (Jerome Jahnke)
Re: Talking with my modem? (Darrell Wright)
More or fewer drives better for RAID ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Need advice on modem (John Westerdale)
Re: SCSI controller for scanner (John Westerdale)
Re: Zip PPA - can't read partition table (wizard)
Re: ECC on SDRAM matter w/Linux? (Chris Mauritz)
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Subject: Re: What's the best graphics card for X
From: Michael Meissner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 26 Jun 1999 15:41:53 -0400
Johan Kullstam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> "Robin Shuff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED],no.spam> writes:
>
> > I'm looking at building a basic Linux workstation and would like to know
> > what the best 8mb or similar graphics card to use is. One that is fully
> > supported and has GPL drivers etc. Is the ATI Xpert98 any good?
>
> i have a matrox millenium ii. it works great. prices should be
> reasonable these days.
Given a Millenium-II is two video card generations old, yeah prices should be
reasonable assuming you can find it anywhere (like a flea market). It was an
ok video card.
--
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] (Jeremy Fincher)
Subject: Creative Labs 3DBlaster Banshee (voodoo2)
Date: 26 Jun 1999 19:26:26 GMT
Has anyone had success with this card? What linux distros support it? What
drivers can I use and where?
Thanks a bundle,
Jeremy Fincher
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If i ever forget to capitalize a proper noun, forgive me. i'm a big fan of ee
cummings
My ICQ # is 28153190. My AIM/AOL name is either jemfinch02 or Cassius80.
Have a good day, and good luck in your endeavors!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hong)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: trouble with CS4232 sound card
Date: 26 Jun 1999 20:28:25 GMT
LittleElmo ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: Installed drivers:
: Type 21: CS4232
: Type 22: CS4232 MIDI
: Type 1: OPL-2/OPL-3 FM
There should be something else here, like /dev/audio or /dev/dsp,
make sure that is installed, too. Remove the OPL-2/OPL-3 entry.
: Card config:
: (CS4232 MIDI at 0x330 irq 9 drq 0)
: CS4232 at 0x530 irq 7 drq 1,0
Change thr 530 address to 534, and make the IRQ 5 instead of 7.
: Also, I don't have an /etc/conf.modules or and /etc/modules.conf
: file. How do I generate one????
After make bzImage, do a make modules and make modules_install.
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From: Darrell Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Laser Printer & Wordperfect
Date: Sat, 26 Jun 1999 15:41:34 -0400
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
You can also point wordperfect at Postscript Passthough...using your
printer (lp?)...this works for me...
Al wrote:
> I am looking for a Laser Printer that will work with wordperfect. Part
> of
> the problem I am having is that only older models are supported. It is
> difficult finding a company that is selling an older model.
>
> Thanks
>
> Al
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Date: Sat, 26 Jun 1999 13:34:38 -0700
From: Tim Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Overclocking CPU
> In your case, the 83 MHz front side bus is causing the PCI bus to run
> outside of normal specs. Since your IDE controler is most likely linked to
> this bus, the errors you recieved indicated that it was unable to handle
> the higher frequency. The ultimate result was that it corrupted the
> drive's data beyond the point where the normal maintance routines could
> repair it.
Well stated. From my experience with both onboard Intel PIIX4 and
Promise U/33 controllers, neither was stable even at +12% over spec
(75MHz). "Unstable" in my case was not catastrophic corruption as the
original poster, but rather infrequent retry timeouts for linux, and
random registry/system file corruption on w9x. There were never memory,
graphics or network issues so my assumption is that EIDE is the most
intolerant PCI-attached subsystem (Maxtor & IBM DMA2 drives).
> Just as a bit of trivia I'll give you a table of some of the processors
> that I tested and the Maxium speeds that they attained under both Linux and
C300A (slot1, 2.2v) 4.5x103MHz linux, OSR2 stable
C300A (slot1, 2.2v) 4.5x105MHz linux unstable > ~10 minutes
PII/266 2.5x133MHz linux, OSR2 stable
PII/266 3.5x100MHz linux stable
ASUS P2B-F, v1, 1009 BIOS
2.0.37 kernel
Notes:
- [EMAIL PROTECTED] will boot, but freeze/bluescreen after ~8 minutes. A
significant investment in additional cooling would probably stablize,
but my guess is without exotics, this is about the natural limits of the
chip.
- [EMAIL PROTECTED] is unstable in OSR2 after ~10 minutes. The lexan
case has been removed and a 2nd heat sink added to the back. The L2
cache chips have spacers front and back to connect them to the heat sink
backing plates.
FRONT
| | | | XXXXXXXXXXX | | | | fan
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | heat sink fins
=========================== backing plate
==== XXXXXXX ==== spacer i686 spacer
xxxx XXXXXXX xxxx L2 L2
=========================== PCB
xxxx XXXXXXX xxxx L2 L2
==== XXXXXXX ==== spacer 82459AB spacer
=========================== backing plate
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | heat sink fins
| | | | XXXXXXXXXXX | | | | fan
BACK
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jenni G)
Subject: ECC on SDRAM matter w/Linux?
Date: Sat, 26 Jun 1999 20:58:15 GMT
I want my server to be as robust as possible. Anyone know if the ECC
memory is beneficial in a Linux environment?
Thanks!
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Date: Sat, 26 Jun 1999 13:40:16 -0700
From: Tim Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Best PCI Soundcard?
Ensoniq AudioPCI
Bus 0, device 9, function 0:
Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq AudioPCI (rev 0).
Slow devsel. IRQ 5. Master Capable. Latency=32. Min Gnt=12.Max
Lat=128.
I/O at 0xd000.
With 2.0.36 kernel:
CONFIG_SOUND=y
CONFIG_SOUND_ES1370=y
CONFIG_SOUND_OSS=y
With 2.0.37 kernel:
CONFIG_SOUND=y
CONFIG_AUDIO=y
W9x also.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: corrupted partition table
Date: Sat, 26 Jun 1999 20:52:25 GMT
Help! I recently installed a large 17Gb disk, installed Win98 and Linux
onto it and all was well. Until I decided to redo the partitioning. I
deleted the Linux partition from Linux's fdisk (booted up from another
disk), and then created new logical partitions in an extended partition.
The mke2fs went well in the new logical partitions as did all the file
copies into the new file systems. But at the end, I got an error message
that there was no room. Anyway, now I can not view the partition table
with Linux's fdisk at all. I can still boot into the Win98 installation
for some reason (it is the first partition on the disk), but the DOS
fdisk can not view the partition table either. Partition Magic says its
corrupted. I know that Win98 uses cyls 0->636. Is there any way I can
rebuild the partition table without losing the Win98 installation? Is
there any way I can repartition the disk at all? I need some utility
that can open the partition table, in whatever state its in.
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Date: Sat, 26 Jun 1999 13:46:21 -0700
From: Tim Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Modem speed measurement
> just use a smart ftp program like ncftp which can tell you the speed
> of the download.
Or just plain old stupid ftp:
ftp> get pilot-link-devel-0.9.0-3.i386.rpm
local: pilot-link-devel-0.9.0-3.i386.rpm remote:
pilot-link-devel-0.9.0-3.i386.rpm
200 PORT command successful.
150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for
pilot-link-devel-0.9.0-3.i386.rpm (256840 bytes).
##########################################################################################################################################################################################################################################################
226 Transfer complete.
256840 bytes received in 50.4 secs (5 Kbytes/sec)
ftp>
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From: jik- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Mounting Troubles
Date: Sat, 26 Jun 1999 14:11:51 -0700
"Jaysus!" wrote:
>
> Eh? I don't even have /dev/fd0u1440. Are you sure you didn't mean fd0h1440?
Positive.
Ill-Logic:~$ ls -l /dev/fd0u*
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 84 May 14 1996 /dev/fd0u1040
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 88 May 14 1996 /dev/fd0u1120
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 28 May 14 1996 /dev/fd0u1440
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 124 May 14 1996 /dev/fd0u1600
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 44 May 14 1996 /dev/fd0u1680
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 60 May 14 1996 /dev/fd0u1722
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 76 May 14 1996 /dev/fd0u1743
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 96 May 14 1996 /dev/fd0u1760
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 116 May 14 1996 /dev/fd0u1840
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 100 May 14 1996 /dev/fd0u1920
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 32 May 14 1996 /dev/fd0u2880
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 104 May 14 1996 /dev/fd0u3200
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 108 May 14 1996 /dev/fd0u3520
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 12 May 14 1996 /dev/fd0u360
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 112 May 14 1996 /dev/fd0u3840
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 16 May 14 1996 /dev/fd0u720
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 120 May 14 1996 /dev/fd0u800
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 52 May 14 1996 /dev/fd0u820
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 68 May 14 1996 /dev/fd0u830
Ill-Logic:~$ ls -l /dev/fd0h*
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 8 May 14 1996 /dev/fd0h1200
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 40 May 14 1996 /dev/fd0h1440
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 56 May 14 1996 /dev/fd0h1476
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 72 May 14 1996 /dev/fd0h1494
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 92 May 14 1996 /dev/fd0h1600
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 20 May 14 1996 /dev/fd0h360
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 48 May 14 1996 /dev/fd0h410
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 64 May 14 1996 /dev/fd0h420
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 24 May 14 1996 /dev/fd0h720
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 80 May 14 1996 /dev/fd0h880
Ill-Logic:~$
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Problems: Iomega Ditto EZ 3200
Date: Sat, 26 Jun 1999 14:16:30 -0700
All,
I did a search of the newsgroup at Dejanews re. this problem without
finding a post with any useful info. I am submitting my problem here in
hopes of getting some useful info.
I have dual boot Win95 & Caldera OpenLinux (kernel 2.2.5) box with an
Iomega Ditto EZ 3200 tape drive connected to a Ditto Dash accelerator
card installed. The card is addressed to the following params (I used
them because they were suggested in the ftape HOWTO for this tape unit):
I/O base=370H
IRQ=6
DMA=2
The tape drive runs great under Win 95; I cannot get it to run under
Linux. I am using the ftape 3.04d module that came with the Linux
distribution CD. I tried updating to ftape 4.02 but ran into multiple
errors when trying to compile (something I also would like to get fixed,
but we digress).
The ftape modules load at boot just fine. So I tried to test the tape
drive using the cmd "tar -cvf /dev/qft0 /root" and I got an I/O error. I
am appending the dump from /var/log/messages that I got as a result:
Jun 26 13:23:04 duke kernel: [041] ftape-read.c
(ftape_decode_header_segment_R08b665ef) - Tape parameters inconsistency,
please report.
Jun 26 13:23:04 duke kernel: [042] ftape-read.c
(ftape_decode_header_segment_R08b665ef) - reported =
4/1122/50/55/254/128.
Jun 26 13:23:04 duke kernel: [043] ftape-read.c
(ftape_decode_header_segment_R08b665ef) - required =
4/1122/50/54/254/128.
Jun 26 13:23:04 duke kernel: [044] zftape-read.c
(zft_read_header_segments) -
ftape_read_header_segment_Ra2b14b3c(zft_hseg_buf) failed: -5.
Jun 26 13:23:04 duke kernel: [045] zftape-write.c (check_write_access)
- zft_read_header_segments() failed: -5.
Jun 26 13:23:04 duke kernel: [046] zftape-write.c (_zft_write) -
check_write_access(req_len, &volume,&zft_pos,zft_blk_sz) failed: -5.
Jun 26 13:23:11 duke kernel: [047] ftape-ctl.c
(ftape_disable_R7b52f04b) - == Non-fatal errors this run: ==.
Jun 26 13:23:11 duke kernel: [048] ftape-ctl.c
(ftape_disable_R7b52f04b) - fdc isr statistics:
Jun 26 13:23:11 duke kernel: id_am_errors : 0
Jun 26 13:23:11 duke kernel: id_crc_errors : 0
Jun 26 13:23:11 duke kernel: data_am_errors : 0
Jun 26 13:23:11 duke kernel: data_crc_errors : 0
Jun 26 13:23:11 duke kernel: overrun_errors : 0
Jun 26 13:23:11 duke kernel: no_data_errors : 0
Jun 26 13:23:11 duke kernel: retries : 1.
Jun 26 13:23:11 duke kernel: [049] ftape-ctl.c
(ftape_disable_R7b52f04b) - ecc statistics:
Jun 26 13:23:11 duke kernel: crc_errors : 0
Jun 26 13:23:11 duke kernel: crc_failures : 0
Jun 26 13:23:11 duke kernel: ecc_failures : 0
Jun 26 13:23:11 duke kernel: sectors corrected: 0.
Jun 26 13:23:11 duke kernel: [050] ftape-ctl.c
(ftape_disable_R7b52f04b) - tape motion statistics:
Jun 26 13:23:11 duke kernel: repositions : 1.
Any help someone can provide in troubleshooting this will be greatly
appreciated. Please reply via email as well as to the group.
Cheers.
C.A. 'Duke' Fleming
I/T Manager
AlliedSignal Inc.
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From: Darrell Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Talking with my modem?
Date: Sat, 26 Jun 1999 17:09:34 -0400
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
You should be able to use a program called minicom...it should be included
with most linux distros...
it is the equivalent of telix for DOS...
Stefan Holmstr�m wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I can use tip hardwire or HyperTerminal in unix/ windows to communicate
> over the serial cable.
> How do I go about doing the same thing in linux?
> If I feel like communicating with my modem or mobil phone how do I get a
> two way communication up?
> I guess echo AT > /dev/ttyS1 would work(or?) but how or where do I get
> the OK to a terminal?
>
> Thanks for any instructions/suggestions
>
> /sthl
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: RH 6.0 & 3C905C TXM Problems
Date: Sat, 26 Jun 1999 06:36:41 GMT
Sorry, I meant to say "Cyclone" and *NOT* "Boomerang" in my previous
article.
In article <7l1rvj$pfs$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> We just purchased some Dell Dimension machines and they come with the
> 3Com 3C905C TXM NIC cards. RedHat claims that these cards are not
> supported and neither are the Netgear FX310 TX nor the 3C905B TX. They
> claim that the best card to buy is the 3Com 3c595. Unfortunately, I
> can't find this card at our local computer stores.
>
> I tried the Boomerang drivers from
> http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/vortex.html
> and those don't seem to work either.
>
> This is getting frustrating. After spending $78.00 for "support", I
> don't feel that I'm getting my money's worth.
>
> Any ideas for getting the 3Com 3C905C TXM cards working? When I try to
> do an insmod 3c59x, I get an error message that the "device or
resource
> is busy." When I try to specify 3c59x during the install of RH6.0, I
> get an error message that it can't find the card.
>
> Thanks in advance for your help.
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jerome Jahnke)
Crossposted-To: chi.general,chi.internet
Subject: Re: Looking for vendor for a Linux box
Date: Sat, 26 Jun 1999 18:24:50 -0500
In article <oK9d3.92309$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Dusty Rhodes"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Andy Lester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:7krara$del$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > 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.
>
> Dell will allow you to custom build your Linux box online. They build
> great machines. Odds are the shipping will be a lot less than what you'd
> pay in sales tax.
You do realize that you are supposed to pay the sales tax, in Illinois
there is a form on your state taxes where you itemize all the stuff you
bought and then pay the tax on it. The fact that people are NOT doing this
is what is leading the gubbiment to create a net tax.
Jer,
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From: Darrell Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Talking with my modem?
Date: Sat, 26 Jun 1999 17:09:16 -0400
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
You should be able to use a program called minicom...it should be included
with most linux distros...
it is the equivalent of telix for DOS...
Stefan Holmstr�m wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I can use tip hardwire or HyperTerminal in unix/ windows to communicate
> over the serial cable.
> How do I go about doing the same thing in linux?
> If I feel like communicating with my modem or mobil phone how do I get a
> two way communication up?
> I guess echo AT > /dev/ttyS1 would work(or?) but how or where do I get
> the OK to a terminal?
>
> Thanks for any instructions/suggestions
>
> /sthl
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: More or fewer drives better for RAID
Date: Sat, 26 Jun 1999 22:39:10 GMT
Hello,
I am about to build a server for my website. I need plenty of disk
space. I want to implement the best disk array I can within budget.
I am planning on getting the DPT SmartRAID V Decade PM1554U2 SCSI RAID
controller.
I was planning on getting 3 36.4gb Quantum Atlas IV hard drives.
Would getting 6 18gb drives be better?
What kind of performance impact would this have?
With three drives I was planning on doing raid 5.
With 6 drives I could two sets of three mirrored?
Would on be better than the other? I am only learning about RAID now.
Any assistance greatly appreciated.
Jimmie Houch
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From: John Westerdale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Need advice on modem
Date: Sat, 26 Jun 1999 21:20:33 GMT
I have a Viking 56K internal (ISA) modem running right now.
No complaints! (check box.... says DOS compatible!).
JDW
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From: John Westerdale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SCSI controller for scanner
Date: Sat, 26 Jun 1999 21:33:51 GMT
VL,
I have tried an ISA SCSI card with my HP 4C, and had thruput
problems. I switched over to a ncr 53C810 PCi one, and it
works great. GIMP/Sane rocks!
JDW
Vinh Le wrote:
>
> What is the cheapest PCI slot SCSI controller I can
> get for running a scanner? I've noticed PCI cards
> from as low as $50 to upwards of $200 for UW SCSI-2.
> I just want a cheap controller to run a scanner.
> Would those with scanners on their system mind
> divulging their SCSI controller model and price
> paid? ( I've already looked at the SANE-SCSI page.
> I need more options! )
>
> Thanks!
>
> Vinh Le
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: wizard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Zip PPA - can't read partition table
Date: Sat, 26 Jun 1999 19:52:08 -0400
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sean Mullen wrote:
> I really didn't want to post this ...
>
> I have a zip parallel (years old ...) that was working fine with ppa
> under redhat 5.1 ... last night wiped the system to start fresh with
> Mandrake 6.0 and now the drive will not work.
>
> loading ppa gives the following:
>
> ppa: Version 2.03 (for Linux 2.2.x)
> ppa: Found device at ID 6, Attempting to use EPP 32 bit
> ppa: Communication established with ID 6 using EPP 32 bit
> scsi0 : Iomega VPI0 (ppa) interface
> scsi : 1 host.
> Vendor: IOMEGA Model: ZIP 100 Rev: C.18
> Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> Detected scsi removable disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 6, lun 0
> SCSI device sda: hdwr sector= 512 bytes. Sectors= 196608 [96 MB] [0.1
> GB]
> sda: Write Protect is off
> sda:SCSI disk error : host 0 channel 0 id 6 lun 0 return code =
> 27010000
> scsidisk I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
> unable to read partition table
>
> ... Which tells me that the drive is fine (It was fine yesterday as
> well ...) but the disk can't be read for some reason (It was fine
> yesterday too!) ... when I try it with a windows disk that does work on
> my windows machine, I get the same results.
>
> If I try to mount my backup disks (formatted ext2) using 'mount -t
> ext2 /dev/sda /zip' I get '/dev/sda - invalid block device' or something
> like that ... same with /dev/sda1 and /dev/sda4 with a windows disk ...
> any ideas how to fix this?
>
> Thanks,
> Sean Mullen
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sean
You might want to try "imm" this is the driver I use on my Redhat 6.0
system which is installed on my laptop. You may also be missing a SCSI
module, not being familiar with Mandrake this is just a guess. Even
though you are using a parrallel port the disk is seen by the system as a
SCSI device. I'm not at my laptop at the moment but I seem to remember
loading something prior to imm myself.
Apparently you are already aware of the need to look for the fourth
partition on the Mdos disks so thats not your problem.
Best of luck
dave
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From: Chris Mauritz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ECC on SDRAM matter w/Linux?
Date: Sat, 26 Jun 1999 21:55:34 GMT
Jenni G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I want my server to be as robust as possible. Anyone know if the ECC
> memory is beneficial in a Linux environment?
> Thanks!
ECC error correction is transparent to the operating system.
C
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