Linux-Hardware Digest #601, Volume #10 Sat, 26 Jun 99 22:13:26 EDT
Contents:
PROBLEM SOLVED! cdrecord and HP7500e ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Looking for vendor for a Linux box ("T.J. Weber")
Re: Looking for vendor for a Linux box ("Adam H. Kerman")
Re: Creative Labs 3DBlaster Banshee (voodoo2) ("Eirik Wilberg")
Re: Zip PPA - can't read partition table ("Eirik Wilberg")
Re: HELP formatting a ZIP disk ("Eirik Wilberg")
Re: Help with modem! ("Nam,Kie Hang")
Re: Monitor dies while installing Redhat 5.2 ("Eirik Wilberg")
Re: Can someone tell me what this means (HardDrive error) (Gergo Barany)
Re: Can someone tell me what this means (HardDrive error) ("Eirik Wilberg")
Re: Creative Labs 3DBlaster Banshee (voodoo2) (Van Tully)
problem with a Quantum Fireball ST HDD ("Martin Herzig")
Re: Creative 3Dfx Banshee In SuSE 6.1 (Van Tully)
Re: Looking for vendor for a Linux box ("Adam H. Kerman")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: PROBLEM SOLVED! cdrecord and HP7500e
Date: Sun, 27 Jun 1999 00:06:55 GMT
Hi,
I just burned my first CD-RW under Linux with cdrecord 1.8a22 and a
HP7500e and I want to share the solution with you all.
Cdrecord was getting from the command structure only the bytes that
needed to be sent to the device according to the group the command
belonged to. Since "inquiry" belongs to group zero only six bytes were
used to form the CDB and the rest were garbage. The patch I am
attaching to this message sends the right amount of bytes from the
command structure but then fills up the rest of the CDB with zeros.
There might be other problems, I don't know that much about CDBs and
ATAPI and have not found pointers to that type of information on the
net. Maybe zeroing the rest of the CDB is a poor idea. Anyhow, *IT
WORKS*!
Just unpack the source and 'patch -p0 < patch-cdrecord-1.8.a22.txt' from
the main directory (cdrecord-1.8).
Have fun!
Bye, Eduardo.
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--- libscg/scsi-linux-pg.c.orig Sat Jun 26 20:41:47 1999
+++ libscg/scsi-linux-pg.c Sat Jun 26 20:42:04 1999
@@ -293,8 +293,11 @@
whp->dlen = sp->size;
whp->timeout = sp->timeout;
- for(i=0;i<sp->cdb_len;i++)
- whp->packet[i] = sp->cdb.cmd_cdb[i];
+ for(i=0;i<12;i++)
+ if (i < sp->cdb_len)
+ whp->packet[i] = sp->cdb.cmd_cdb[i];
+ else
+ whp->packet[i] = 0;
i = WHSIZE;
if (!inward)
==============EE19DAE08F0FC4162929487B==
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From: "T.J. Weber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: chi.general,chi.internet
Subject: Re: Looking for vendor for a Linux box
Date: Sat, 26 Jun 1999 19:23:32 -0600
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dusty Rhodes wrote:
>
> 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.
Dell has offices in Illinois and by law is required to charge sales tax
on computer shipments to Illinois.
--t.j.
--
T.J. Weber | Providing your business with COMPLETE
CEO, Interplanetary Media | computer & Internet solutions!
phone: 847.205.5200 | ----- SARRZY INTERNET SOLUTIONS -----
fax: 847.205.5201 | web: http://www.ipmedia.net
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electroencephalographically / silent. Anything you say will
challenged. / be misquoted and used against you.
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From: "Adam H. Kerman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: chi.general,chi.internet
Subject: Re: Looking for vendor for a Linux box
Date: Sun, 27 Jun 1999 00:14:10 GMT
Jerome Jahnke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>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.
The net tax is simply greed, nothing more.
You've got a few things confused. A buyer never pays sales tax. The seller
pays it. This is an important distinction because, technically, Illinois
has no sales tax. We have a Retailers' Occupation Tax (ROT) as sales taxes
were unconstitutional when it was enacted. Illinois custom does allow retailers
to itemize it on the invoice for the customer's information, but the customer
has no recourse if he believes the store made a rounding error which likely
won't be made when it's time to pay the tax.
All retailers, whether in state or out-of-state, pay ROT on sales to Illinois
customers if they have a nexus in the state, like a shipping point. Not every
office of a company counts as a nexus, though.
Dell's a big company and they probably have a nexus in many states.
Only when a company does not have one would the buyer be required to pay
a tax. That would be a use tax, not a sales tax.
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From: "Eirik Wilberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Creative Labs 3DBlaster Banshee (voodoo2)
Date: Sun, 27 Jun 1999 00:16:43 +0200
http://developer.soundblaster.com/linux
choose the 3d blaster banshee linux drivers
Jeremy Fincher skrev i meldingen
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Has anyone had success with this card? What linux distros support it?
What
>drivers can I use and where?
>
>Thanks a bundle,
>Jeremy Fincher
>
>
>----------------------------------
>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: "Eirik Wilberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Zip PPA - can't read partition table
Date: Sun, 27 Jun 1999 00:21:01 +0200
ddi you have to rekompile yer kernel to support the drive when you installed
it with rh5.1?
(i don't have much experience with this, but its worth a try, right?)
try to rekompile yer kernel, adding support for the filesystem available...
Sean Mullen skrev i meldingen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>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]
>
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From: "Eirik Wilberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HELP formatting a ZIP disk
Date: Sun, 27 Jun 1999 00:27:31 +0200
weird, if it is recognized by the zipdrive you should be able to create a
NEW partition on it
Wendell Craig skrev i meldingen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Darryl Bryant wrote:
>>
>> Wendell Craig wrote:
>> >
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > I munged up a ZIP disk so badly that I figured I'd bulk erase it and
>> > re-format. Now I can't get the cussed thing to even be recognized
>> > enough for a low-level format!
>> >
>> > Any tips?
>>
>> personally, considering their cost, I would turn it into a coaster and
buy
>> a new one, But if you want to try... do you want it in dos or linux
format?
>>
>> I bought my zip drive to use with my Amiga, so reformated some disks to
>> the amiga file system, that works fine, later I built a pc, bought it a
>> scsi card and used the zip drive on that, now I use linux after being
>> pissed of having to put up with windoze.
>>
>> ok. I reformated one of the Amiga zip disk in windows, it worked fine -
in
>> windows!, the Amiga or linux could not read it, because windows formated
it
>> with different block size hmmm, so reformated it as a ex2fs linux disk,
>> great!.
>>
>> I wanted it to see if I could get it back to a standard zip format disk,
>> one that could be read on everything.
>>
>> in linux fdisk
>>
>> go fdisk /dev/sda or whatever your zip drive is.
>
>BINGO!!! That's the problem - the zipdisk has been bulk erased, leaving
>no data on the surface whatsoever - no bits, no bytes - nuthin' but bare
>oxide. Therefore, no partitions to be deleted. I even booted into W95
>(first time in 6 weeks!) figuring I could dos format it then re-format
>in Linux - but no go! Win95 puked. Tried straight 1980's style DOS6.20
>- same result.
>
>Perhaps a coaster will be its final use - but it pisses me off to have a
>healthy-looking, mechanically perfect rotating random access magnetic
>disk and a machine to use it in - and not be able to use it! I paid
>about eight bucks for it, too!!
>
>Thanks for you suggestions, though. I'll keep trying 'when I get
>everything else done'. :)
>
>>
>> delete all partitions on the disk, use the extended commands and print
the
>> partition table, you will see 4 primary partions, if you want a linux
disk
>> you use partition 1, if you want a dos disk you must use partition 4, do
a
>> create new partition, select p for primary and 4 for the partition number
>> (for a dos zip disk).
>>
>> set the bootable flag to "ON", set the partition type to 6 which should
be
>> dos fat16 >=32 meg, write this to the disk and you should have
>>
>> Disk /dev/sda: 64 heads, 32 sectors, 96 cylinders
>>
>> Nr AF Hd Sec Cyl Hd Sec Cyl Start Size ID
>> 1 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00
>> 2 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00
>> 3 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00
>> 4 80 1 1 0 63 32 95 32 196576 06
>>
>>
>> Disk /dev/sda: 64 heads, 32 sectors, 96 cylinders
>> Units = cylinders of 2048 * 512 bytes
>>
>> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
>> /dev/sda4 * 1 96 98288 6 DOS 16-bit >=32M
>>
>> then exit fdisk, do a /sbin/mkfs.msdos /dev/sda4 (in redhat 5.2) or
mkdosfs
>> /dev/sda4 ,
>>
>> for linux just do mke2fs /dev/sda1 <--- note the difference in the device
>> name.
>>
>> hope that helps
>>
>> dAz
>
>--
> Wendell Craig - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>The box said 'WIN95/98 or better.' so I installed LINUX!
> HEAR MY VOICEOVER DEMO AT http://www.anncrman.com
> OR BY TELEPHONE AT (212)595-0314
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From: "Nam,Kie Hang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: Help with modem!
Date: Sat, 26 Jun 1999 18:26:11 -0500
Winmodems do not work under Linux. They are controlled by software within
Win95/98 rather than by hardware.
Andrey wrote:
> I recently installed Redhat 6.0 on my dell machine. Modem that I have is
> PCI Win modem, so no questions here. However, I've got ISA slot and I have
> ISA USR 56K modem. Problem is I cannot install ISA under windows 98. Dell
> support gives me some reasons i cannot use ISA slot for the modem, which
> sounds like bull. Why have two ISA slots on the board if I cannot use them
> for a modem?
>
> So, my question is -- can i use ISA modem under Linux and PCI modem under
> windows and how would I configure my ISA modem under Linux?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Andrey
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From: "Eirik Wilberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Monitor dies while installing Redhat 5.2
Date: Sun, 27 Jun 1999 00:42:28 +0200
Well.. on my 486 i have a 11 year old monitor (if not older), it had no
problems when i installed redhat, cuze i DIDN'T use the autoprobe, my
message is as follows: DO NOT EVER USE THE AUTOPROBE FOR X, NEVER EVER DO
THAT!
btw, set the monitors refresh and such manually in XF86Config file, in
addition to set it up during the install
Donovan Rebbechi skrev i meldingen ...
>On 25 Jun 99 03:02:08 -0500, Gene Heskett wrote:
>>Gene Heskett sends Greetings to Donovan Rebbechi;
>>
>> DR> On Thu, 24 Jun 1999 16:41:05 -0700, Alex Lam wrote:
>>>>Dump Redhat.. Redhat killed one of my monitor before during installation
>>>>probing. I mean totally killed it.
>>
>> DR> killed it ? The monitor shouldn't die unless you sync it out of spec
>> DR> ( and even then, it should be able to shut itself down when it's
>> DR> overdriven )
>>
>> DR> I'd suggest you return your monitor for a prompt refund.
>>
>>From a tech:
>>
>>A plumb well thought out response, NOT. What if the monitor is already 5
>>years old? Or more?
>
>Flame away, of course his monitor could be older, but most linux users
>have relatively new hardware, and monitor warranties can be quite
>generous ( 3 years isn't uncommon ).
>
>--
>Donovan
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Gergo Barany)
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: Can someone tell me what this means (HardDrive error)
Date: 26 Jun 1999 21:53:26 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Joel Sloan wrote:
>QnJpYW4gRGF2aXMgd3JvdGU6DQoNCj4gSGksDQo+ICAgICBJIGhhdmUganVzdCBpbnN0YWxs
>ZWQgYW4gb2xkIGhhcmQgZHJpdmUgKFdlc3Rlcm4gRGlnaXRhbCAxNzBNQiBJREUpIHRoYXQN
>Cj4gSSBoYWQgbGF5aW5nIGFyb3VuZCBpbnRvIG15IExpbnV4IGJveC4gIFRoZSBkcml2ZSBp
>cyB0aGUgc2Vjb25kIGRyaXZlIGluIHRoZQ0KPiBzeXN0ZW0sIGFuZCBpcyBwcm9wZXJseSBz
>ZXQgdG8gYmUgdGhlIHNsYXZlIGRyaXZlLiAgVGhlIG1hc3RlciBkcml2ZSBpcyBhIFdEDQo+
<SNIP the rest>
Hi Joel, believe it or not, there are some people whose newsreaders
display the above junk where I'm sure there should be a very meaningful
response. Please turn off the special encoding and only post in 7-bit
ASCII.
Gergo
--
We may not return the affection of those who like us, but we always
respect their good judgement.
GU d- s:+ a--- C++>$ UL+++ P>++ L+++ E>++ W+ N++ o? K- w--- !O !M !V
PS+ PE+ Y+ PGP+ t* 5+ X- R>+ tv++ b+>+++ DI+ D+ G>++ e* h! !r !y+
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From: "Eirik Wilberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: Can someone tell me what this means (HardDrive error)
Date: Sun, 27 Jun 1999 00:50:28 +0200
Gergo Barany skrev i meldingen ...
>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Joel Sloan wrote:
>>QnJpYW4gRGF2aXMgd3JvdGU6DQoNCj4gSGksDQo+ICAgICBJIGhhdmUganVzdCBpbnN0YWxs
>>ZWQgYW4gb2xkIGhhcmQgZHJpdmUgKFdlc3Rlcm4gRGlnaXRhbCAxNzBNQiBJREUpIHRoYXQN
>>Cj4gSSBoYWQgbGF5aW5nIGFyb3VuZCBpbnRvIG15IExpbnV4IGJveC4gIFRoZSBkcml2ZSBp
>>cyB0aGUgc2Vjb25kIGRyaXZlIGluIHRoZQ0KPiBzeXN0ZW0sIGFuZCBpcyBwcm9wZXJseSBz
>>ZXQgdG8gYmUgdGhlIHNsYXZlIGRyaXZlLiAgVGhlIG1hc3RlciBkcml2ZSBpcyBhIFdEDQo+
><SNIP the rest>
>
>Hi Joel, believe it or not, there are some people whose newsreaders
>display the above junk where I'm sure there should be a very meaningful
>response. Please turn off the special encoding and only post in 7-bit
>ASCII.
>
>Gergo
>
>--
>We may not return the affection of those who like us, but we always
>respect their good judgement.
>
>GU d- s:+ a--- C++>$ UL+++ P>++ L+++ E>++ W+ N++ o? K- w--- !O !M !V
>PS+ PE+ Y+ PGP+ t* 5+ X- R>+ tv++ b+>+++ DI+ D+ G>++ e* h! !r !y+
This is what he wrote:
Hi,
I have just installed an old hard drive (Western Digital 170MB IDE) that
I had laying around into my Linux box. The drive is the second drive in the
system, and is properly set to be the slave drive. The master drive is a WD
340MB ide. I get the following errors whenever the system tries to access
the recently installed drive:
hdb: irq timeout: status=0x80 { Busy }
ide0: reset timed-out, status=0x80
hdb: status timeout: status=0x80 { Busy }
hdb: drive not ready for command
ide0: reset timed-out, status=0x80
hdb: status timeout: status=0x80 { Busy }
end_request: I/O error, dev 03:40, sector 0
hdb: drive not ready for command
hdb: status timeout: status=0x80 { Busy }
hdb: drive not ready for command
FAT bread failed
ide0: reset: success
What do these series of errors mean? What is causing them? I can't do
anything to the disk in Linux, no fdisk, no mount, nothing. I know the
drive works fine, because I have no problem using it in Windows.
Thanks in advance,
Brian
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From: Van Tully <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Creative Labs 3DBlaster Banshee (voodoo2)
Date: Sat, 26 Jun 1999 20:18:09 -0500
Hi Jeremy, got to Creatives web site, they have a module for the banshee posted
there.
Van
Jeremy Fincher wrote:
> Has anyone had success with this card? What linux distros support it? What
> drivers can I use and where?
>
> Thanks a bundle,
> Jeremy Fincher
>
> ----------------------------------
> 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: "Martin Herzig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.install
Subject: problem with a Quantum Fireball ST HDD
Date: Sun, 27 Jun 1999 03:32:52 +0200
Hi!
I have a Quantum Fireball ST6.4S USCSI harddisk which is not detected by the
linux kernel. All other devices on the SCSI bus are decteced by the kernel!
There is no problem under dos/windwos with the fireball drive! I also see
the Quantum drive listed in the SCSI bios at startup!
I tried the disk on two different scsi controller (adaptec 2940 and
tekram-symbios lvd). The bus is terminated and set up correctly and the
Fireball disk is listed in the SCSI Bios and I also can use the drive under
DOS/Windows without any problem!
I tried Suse and Redhat linux... I also tried to boot with the EIDE boot
disk and load the correct SCSI modul... again the Fireball drive is not
recognized by Linux!
Any ideas? Should I try to lowlevel format the drive?
Thanks!
Martin
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From: Van Tully <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Creative 3Dfx Banshee In SuSE 6.1
Date: Sat, 26 Jun 1999 20:13:28 -0500
Hi Kyle, Creative is offering a module for the banshee, not sure of the exact
address but check the Creative site for linux support.
Van
Kyle Hittle wrote:
> i have a creative labs sound blaster 16 mg banshee. i need to know if it is
> usless with my new copy of SuSE LiNUX 6.1. any help is appreciated. thanx
>
> kyle
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From: "Adam H. Kerman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: chi.general,chi.internet
Subject: Re: Looking for vendor for a Linux box
Date: Sun, 27 Jun 1999 01:15:22 GMT
Dusty Rhodes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I just went through the entire online order process using my persoanl
>account with a Chicago purchase and delivery address. I don't know or
>care what the State of Illinois says, but I do know Dell does NOT charge
>sales tax on shipments to Chicago. That doesn't mean they don't pay
>sales tax, but they are not passing it on if they do.
Illinois doesn't require the merchant to itemize the tax. It is an interesting
question. A buyer has no actual way of knowing if a retailer has a nexus in
Illinois and pays ROT and whether he's supposed to pay use tax.
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