Linux-Hardware Digest #616, Volume #10 Mon, 28 Jun 99 15:13:35 EDT
Contents:
Re: Millenium Video and Sony Monitor problem ("R.K.Aa")
Re: SuSe on Asus AMD K6-2 450Mhz 128K system (John Hagen)
Re: WHAT KIND OF LANGUAGE IS THAT ? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Dell laptop X-server problems (Andreas Ortmann Jaunsen)
Re: CREATIVE LABS _SLOW_ SBLIVE DRIVER DEVELOPMENT (mj)
Modem (Plug & Play ) (Kengere Kibwage)
Re: Which components for a very cheap linux-machine (David H. Copp)
Re: HELP: scsi error ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: MB for Dual Processors (Suran)
Re: Mounting a SCO OpenServer 5.0.2 Filesystem in Linux? (Bartek Golenko)
Re: Modem and kppp (Cesar Mateus Conceicao)
Re: Quantum Fireball+ KA (Andrew Comech)
Re: Camera for Video Conferencing (Andre Ramos)
Re: Socket 7 MOBO recommendation (Greg Leblanc)
Re: modem connection speed. (Henrik Carlqvist)
Re: Exabyte Systems with Linux? ("Frank Bures")
Re: problem with NFS installation (Henrik Carlqvist)
Re: GRAVIS PC GAMEPAD (Henrik Carlqvist)
Re: ne1 get Dlink EtherPCI Lan II to work? (Henrik Carlqvist)
Re: TXPro UDMA Support ? (Chris Harshman)
Best modem for linux (tivoli)
Backup on DAT autoloader : does it work ? ("Andre Patrouillie")
Help w/ Zip Zoom Scsi adapter + Zip100 ("EddieC")
Abit BP6 (dual Celeron) ATA66-Controller? (Suran)
Re: WHAT KIND OF LANGUAGE IS THAT ? ("Shamsuddin, Amir")
Re: Best modem for linux (Matthew Pound)
Re: ne1 get Dlink EtherPCI Lan II to work? (Jon Kee)
Re: Backup recommendations? (Rod Smith)
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From: "R.K.Aa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: Millenium Video and Sony Monitor problem
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 18:10:35 +0200
Boris Shor wrote:
> I use a resolution of 1024X768 with a 85hz non-interlaced refresh rate.
>
> In installing Linux, Xconfigurator detected my video card fine, and my
> monitor was listed by name. I selected them both, checked off the
> appropriate resolutions and color depths, and everything seemed fine.
> When I booted into linux, however, I discovered I was getting an
> interlaced screen (the refresh was a strange 76hz that I'd never seen
> before): flickering and all.
>
> By the way, Linux had a problem detecting the "clockchip" or whatever
> that is, so I selected the "no clockchip" option as advised by the
> install program.
>
> I tried re-installing Linux and manually entering the refresh rates from
> the Sony manual, but the outcome was just the same: a flickering
> display.
>
> What can I do to get the high refresh rate that I am used to?
Did you use Xconfigurator and then set up the monitor manually from
*within*
Xconfigurator?
It offers to probe your settings - let it, and then it alerts if
something
is wrong so you can "keep trying" till you have an ok result.
Start it as root, of course.
K.
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Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 09:09:36 +0000
From: John Hagen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SuSe on Asus AMD K6-2 450Mhz 128K system
Peter Christy wrote:
>
> I'm running a K6-2 350 overclocked to 400 on a P5AB without problems - triple
> boot, Win98, OS/2 and Suse Linux 6.0. I've upgraded the kernel to 2.3.5 as it
> supports the Ali chipset, but it worked fine on both 2.2.x and 2.0.35 (though
> without DMA!)
>
<snip>
I'm interested to know how you tell if DMA is operrational with my setup. I've
got an AMD K6-2 400 sitting on an ASUS P5A. Is there command line utility that
shows you this?
>
> On Sun, 27 Jun 1999, Patrick van Beem wrote:
> >Hello,
> >
> >Today, I tried to install the SuSe 6.1 on my new Asus P5a mobo system
> >running an AMD K6-2 450Mhz with 1M L2 cache and 128M SDRam. With no
> succes......
Woe is me! My 3 month old P5A only has 512 K of L2 cache! ;-((
Cheers,
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: WHAT KIND OF LANGUAGE IS THAT ?
Date: 28 Jun 1999 14:37:00 GMT
Jeremy Fincher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> did eloquently scribble:
= >Note: PORTUGUESE is the language spoken in Brazil and after English and
= >Spanish is the third European language in the world.
= That's strange. Considering that French or English is used in all diplomatic
= circles, I didn't know that Spanish and Portugese were second and third.
I would've thought Chinese was 2nd and 3rd... Or even 1st and 2nd....
(On a purely population basis)
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From: Andreas Ortmann Jaunsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Dell laptop X-server problems
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 15:43:53 +0200
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Hello,
I've tried to get RH-6.0 and SUSE-6.0 installed
on a Dell Latitute CPt laptop with a
NeoMagic MagicMedia 256ZX (AGP) graphics card.
This does not seem to work, because the server
does not start (messy error message) and
complains that 'chipset unknown'. Infact I can
not see it listed in the XFree86 v.3.3.1 docs
so I'm assuming it is not yet supported, anyone
know when it might be ? or other solutions ?
Cheers,
Andreas
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<pre>I've tried to get RH-6.0 and SUSE-6.0 installed</pre>
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<pre>NeoMagic MagicMedia 256ZX (AGP) graphics card.</pre>
<pre></pre>
<pre>This does not seem to work, because the server</pre>
<pre>does not start (messy error message) and</pre>
<pre>complains that 'chipset unknown'. Infact I can</pre>
<pre>not see it listed in the XFree86 v.3.3.1 docs</pre>
<pre>so I'm assuming it is not yet supported, anyone</pre>
<pre>know when it might be ? or other solutions ?</pre>
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<pre>Cheers,</pre>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mj)
Subject: Re: CREATIVE LABS _SLOW_ SBLIVE DRIVER DEVELOPMENT
Date: 28 Jun 1999 13:50:08 GMT
hi,
This are my thoughs about the new Software Sound card generation:
I read in a (WIN)PC Magazine that the SBlive uses a 100% Software sintheziser
(using up to 32MB of system RAM). I would say that, if all that is true, that
the SBLive is absolutly a "WinSoundCard". Being a 99% Software card, the
driver development obviously is ver y hard ! I would never buy a SB Live.
I have a SB16 with a Yamaha DB50 XG Midi Module (all 100% Hardware), and i'm
very happy about it. The SB16 is a little noisy, but its full compatible with
everything. The Yamaha DB50 XG Rocks (Its absolutly not a toy; i use for
musical composition). Why should i buy a SB Live ?? (my sb16+wavetable is
cheaper than a SB Live)
bye.
>>that they get requests for Linux drivers all the time. Management
>>doesn't think the Linux community is big enough to warrant devoting
>>man-hours to developing Linux drivers. I was surprised when I heard
>
>Nor do they think that the NT community is large enough to warrant
>devoting enough man-hours to making stable drivers. I still get tons of
>blue screens with my AWE32 card whenever I have to boot into NT just to
>use a few apps that won't exist under Linux.
>
>>about the beta drivers. I wasn't even expecting that much. One of the
>>engineers probably convinced management to let him work on drivers on
>>his own time.
>
>Yes, considering their difficulties in even delivering working NT drivers,
>I can only imagine how badly they'll botch the Windows 2000 drivers..
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Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 12:47:49 -0400
From: Kengere Kibwage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Modem (Plug & Play )
I have a plug and play modem for which I have not had much success in
configuring in Red Hat Linux 5.2. Can anyone help.
Thanks
Kengere
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Subject: Re: Which components for a very cheap linux-machine
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David H. Copp)
Date: 28 Jun 1999 12:40:11 -0500
Be careful before you buy a machine with an AMD K6-2. The RedHat hardware
compatibility list reports that some K6 mother boards do not correctly restart
from the HLT instruction.
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
>
>On Sun, 27 Jun 1999 11:31:08 +0200, Bert Konstantin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>wrote:
>>I would like to assemble a *very* cheap linux machine.
>>
>>Which components should I take?
>>
>>What about:
>>Mainboard: Gigabyte 5AA AGP AT 100MHz
>>CPU: AMD K6-2 350 3D CPU
>>Memory: 128MB (2x 64M-168P SDRAM 100MHz)
(snip)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: HELP: scsi error
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 16:10:21 GMT
> > i recently received the following error message:
> > (host name) kernel: scsi: aborting command due to timeout : pid
> > (###), scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 Write (6) 06 2a dd 02 00
>
> > what could be the cause of this and what should i do to prevent this
> > error from happening again.
>
> You should tell us about your kernel version, the SCSI driver (and
which
> parameters), the SCSI hostadapter you're using, the devices that are
> connected to your hostadapter.
kernel: 2.0.3 (linux)
adapter: adaptec 7890
dev: seagate cheetah 9.1G UW2
let me know if these are insufficient
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From: Suran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: MB for Dual Processors
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 19:14:48 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Robert Kaiser wrote:
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Chris Mauritz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > "JANA" <nest(nospam)> wrote:
> > For those on a budget, Abit has just released the BP6. It's a dual socket370
> > board. You can run a pair of PPGA celeron chips for a budget dual processor
> > system.
>
> I would be __very__ interested in hearing any success/problem stories
> from people who are running Linux on a BP6 -- Anyone ?
>
> It seems the board is not yet available here in Germany, I hope
> that changes real soon.
Has anyone experience/erpertise about the ATA66-interface on it?
At least the name of the controller-chip?
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> Robert Kaiser email: rkaiser AT sysgo DOT de
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bartek Golenko)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.sco,comp.unix.sco.misc,comp.unix.sco.programmer
Subject: Re: Mounting a SCO OpenServer 5.0.2 Filesystem in Linux?
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 15:02:42 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Paul Sherwin wrote:
>On Mon, 28 Jun 1999 01:39:21 GMT, "Binesh Bannerjee"
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>>Hi,
>> My question is regarding the System V filesystem support available in
>>Linux. I currently am running SCO Openserver 5.0.2, and I'd like to boot
>>Linux on an alternate drive, but be able to access the SCO drives from Linux,
>>I tried enabling CONFIG_SYSV_FS on the Linux box, but it still doesn't
>>recognize the drive... Is it perhaps that SCO Openserver doesn't use
>>"UFS"?
>>
>I've never been able to get SCO Openserver disks to mount either. I
>built a kernel with _all_ filesystem types supported but still
>couldn't mount the partition. Does anybody have any suggestions?
Thats because Linux 2.0.x could not recognize SCO division table on a
partition - you could always mount SCO floppies. There is an option in 2.2.x
that will probably allow you to do this.
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From: Cesar Mateus Conceicao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Modem and kppp
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 13:59:47 -0300
AHHH............
Manda mais informacoes !!! P/ q te ajude melhor !!!
OS ? Kernel ? Config do Modem ? Etc ...
[[ ]],s
On Mon, 28 Jun 1999, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>I'm Going to write to Cesar in Portuguese...
>�i C�sar,
>Ser� que voc� pode me dizer como se insere esse parametro para que o
>modem funcione?
>Antonio
>
>
>/In article <7l5iba$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> "C�sar Mateus Concei��o" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> I put the modem worked ... with a hand of my friend ... he gaves me
>this
>> paramater !!!
>>
>> /bin/setserial /dev/ttyS2 [COM 3] irq 5
>>
>> And works good ... but now i have to automate thee.
>>
>> best regards
>>
>> barnacle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>> news:7l4kdk$1fqa$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>> > In article <7kp4va$fdf$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Laine Walker-
>Avina"
>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> > >i'm using kppp for a dialer, and when i try to use my modem on
>/dev/ttyS2
>> it
>> > >says its busy. I have OpenLinux. My modem is also a PnP.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > Just been through this loop (as a complete newbie) and kppp setup
>showed
>> all
>> > tty ports busy with a generic pnp modem. however it works fine if I
>select
>> > cua1 as the device...
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > barnacle
>> >
>> > http://www.nbarnes.easynet.co.uk
>>
>>
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrew Comech)
Subject: Re: Quantum Fireball+ KA
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 28 Jun 1999 12:47:24 -0500
On 24 Jun 99 18:35:55 -0500, Gene Heskett wrote:
> Gene Heskett sends Greetings to Andrew Comech;
...
> If hdparm says you have dma, then either *your* drivers do it by
> default, or you've checked that first option. On my 1590, with a VIA
> chipset at least, it must be checked or I'm down to about 3 m/s.
> [...]
> AC> I told you, kernel compiles _do_ become faster (1-2%), it is
> AC> _hot_ air indeed (not just as if from a fan ;-).
>
> Mmmm, here, I'd say a kernel compile is done in half the time when [DMA] is
> working. Its done when I get back from the fridge. I think the correct
> caveat is YMMV here. And I didn't intend to come off as a grouch, but I
> am ATM, a bout with electrocution 6 weeks back trigger a bout with
> shingles. Can you define miserable? I can. but its not reportable
> *here*. :-)
I figured I want to post yet another followup:
If you are saying that with doubled drive speed you can compile
kernels in half the usual time, then you must be swapping hard onto
the hard drive. Is it that you have 4MB of RAM?
Best,
a.
PS. Do get more memory!
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From: Andre Ramos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Camera for Video Conferencing
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 18:16:52 +0100
Hello Matthew
as i read your message i was thinking " i could have wrote this myself"
i feel just like you
i would like to buy a webcam and use it with linux
but no hardware being sold today seems to be supported
is linux ready ?????
aparently not
i guess i must keep my windows partition, for now ....
Matthew Cheng wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm looking for a camera for video conferencing/multicasting on Linux
> platform (Red Hat 5.2 or Linux 2.0.36). I know Connectix/Logitech
> Quickcam/Quickcam 2 and Panasonic Eggcam w/ PCI video capture card should
> work. But two problems:
> 1) Quickcam/Quickcam 2 is so old that I can't even find it anywhere and the
> new versions of Quickcam don't work with the VC/MC applications.
> 2) I need a camera for a laptop and therefore the Panasonic one is no good.
>
> Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks a lot.
>
> Matthew
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From: Greg Leblanc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Socket 7 MOBO recommendation
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 18:02:32 GMT
I don't know what the prices are like anymore, but I have a Microstar
(MSI) motherboard, and it's really nice. They are some of the most
stable boards available (better scores than asus or abit) but not quite
as fast. Later,
Greg
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Bob Ollerton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Can anyone recommend an inexpensive socket 7 mobo for a Linux server?
I
> want to use SAMBA and IP-masquerading to make better use of my cable
> modem.
>
> I also have an extra 300 MHz AMD K6-2, 64 MB of 100 PC RAM, and a 4.3
MB
> WD caviar drive I'd like to use.
>
> Has anyone tried the SOYO SY-5STM w/ SiS 5598 PCI bus Chipset?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
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From: Henrik Carlqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: modem connection speed.
Date: Sun, 27 Jun 1999 20:07:19 +0200
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> The modem is an internal sportster at /dev/ttyS2 (ati3:
> "U.S. Robotics Sportster 56000 Voice V4.3.172", ati0: "5601", ati1:
> "11B1").
>
> The connection speed is too slow for the boss. He wants to connect
> at 56k.
With a 56k modem it is possible to call up a modem pool which have a
digital connection and get a speed of 56kb/s. However, this speed is
only in one direction, from the modem pool. The speed from the modem to
the digital connected pool is only 33kbp/s.
It is not possible to get 56kbp/s in any direction when both ends are
ordinary 56kbps modems.
> I believe it is now connecting at 24k (I haven't connected in with
> ppp, but dialing in (and answering) with minicom, the connect string
> on the server side says CONNECT 24000).
You should be able to get 33.6kbps. However, if you have a bad phone
line or a bad modem in any end of the connection you will get slower
speeds.
> My boss instructed me to search now (a year after the server's
> inception) to see if that driver is available. I haven't found
> anything on redhat.com or 3com.com on linux sportster driver info.
Ther is no driver necessary for a modem. The only driver neccesary in
the kernel is the one for the serial port. The modem is only handled
with init strings.
> The current setup in /etc/rc.d/rc.local is "/bin/setserial /dev/ttyS2
> auto_irq skip_test autoconfig spd_vhi". After bootup, "stty -a
> </dev/ttyS2" returns that the speed is at 115200 baud.
>
> Anyone know if it is possible to increase this speed? Is there some
> special driver for this? Let me know.
It is a good idea to have the serial port at a higher speed than the
speed of the modem as the modem is able to compress data. However
115kbps should be enough and a standard 16550A serail uart is unable to
handle higher speeds.
regards Henrik
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From: "Frank Bures" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Exabyte Systems with Linux?
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 14:06:52 -0400 (EDT)
Reply-To: "Frank Bures" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
On Mon, 07 Jun 1999 09:06:08 +0200, David S. Stephenson wrote:
>has anyone got experience with using an Exabyte Eliant
>or Mammoth with a PC running Linux?
>I've been using an Exabyte 8200 successfully for several years,
>but now I need to store more data faster.
>--
I have been running both on DELL PowerEdge4300 on the internal narrow SCSI.
No problem with the Eliant 820. Go to the Exabyte Website and read their
document titled "Integrating an Exabyte Tape Drive into a Linux System".
Basically, there are no compressing drivers available, so if you want
compression, you have to do
mt -f /dev/st0 setdensity 140
on Eliant 820 before running tar or dd. Set block size to variable
mt -f /dev/st0 setblk 0
Of course you can MAKEDEV nstx for non-rewiding tapes.
MAMMOTH LT is quite amazing. The tapes are a bit on the expensive side
(CDN$100 a piece), but it runs well. The only problem is that there is no
compression available as yet with the current 'mt'. I've been using tar
-z, but if I backup a remote machine with a slow processor, the z option
makes the whole thing crawl. I filed an option request with RedHat to
include the MAMMOTH LT support with the next version of 'mt'.
The only problem I had was when I tried to run large remote backups during
normal business hours when our Ethernet is very heavily loaded, I was
intermittently getting kernel errors "write command not a multiple of block
size" or something to that tune. The problems disappeared when I moved the
backups to cron and 2:00 am.
If you have any additional questions, E-mail me at your convenience.
Frank Bures, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (use this address for replies)
http://frank.chem.utoronto.ca/electronics
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From: Henrik Carlqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: problem with NFS installation
Date: Sun, 27 Jun 1999 20:50:16 +0200
Guy Roydor wrote:
> I didn't manage to mount the cdrom during the installation of Suse
> 6.1 via NFS.
> I tried with TLan (I saw it was yhe best solution in a site).
> It didn't match. I tried with a 3Com too, but there is always the
> same result.
Download the Slackware NFS installation boot disk from ftp.cdrom.com and
boot from that one. It is able to autodetect most network cards. Then
you will know which driver to use with SuSE.
regards Henrik
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From: Henrik Carlqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: GRAVIS PC GAMEPAD
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 23:30:52 +0200
ben wrote:
> -- but then it could not detect my joystick,
> its plugged into the back of a PCI sound blaster -- could
> these be the problem?
Maybe thats your problem... I've also got a Soundblaster PCI 64. That
card is used with ALSA on the 2.0.33 kernel. When I do
cat /proc/asound/card1/audiopci
I find the following:
Ensoniq AudioPCI ES1371
Joystick enable : off
Joystick port :
This probably explains why I couldn't get a joystick to work, but I
haven't found out how to enable the joystick port on this card.
regards Henrik
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From: Henrik Carlqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ne1 get Dlink EtherPCI Lan II to work?
Date: Sun, 27 Jun 1999 20:18:31 +0200
Jon Kee wrote:
> Hate this card, works great with microsucks products though, now
> isn't that a kick in the butt.....
Did you try to boot with the Slackware NFS installation boot floppy?
That one is able to autodetect most network cards.
regards Henrik
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From: Chris Harshman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: TXPro UDMA Support ?
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 13:18:05 +0000
The i430TX? It's supported natively by Kernel 2.2.x,
as is the i430VX.
Matteo Brancaleoni wrote:
>
> Hi there !
>
> Does anyone knows if there's any patch to enable UDMA with the TXPro
> Motherboard ?
> Or any development kernel supports it?
>
> My system is a RH 6.0 with kernel 2.2.9.
>
> Thanks in advance, Matteo.
>
> e-mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: tivoli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Best modem for linux
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 12:29:19 -0500
What is the best modem to get for linux? I want to make sure the
drivers for it will be there.
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From: "Andre Patrouillie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: de.comp.os.linux.hardware,linux.dev.tape
Subject: Backup on DAT autoloader : does it work ?
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 20:20:34 +0200
Hello,
Do you have any experience in using a DAT autoloader, e.g. HP Surestore DAT
24x6 or Seagate Scorpion 96 in a Linux server ?
What software do you use for network backup ?
I would welcome any advice and suggestions.
Andre Patrouillie
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From: "EddieC" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Help w/ Zip Zoom Scsi adapter + Zip100
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 10:42:37 -0500
I have a Zip Zoom SCSI adapter. I was told that Linux won't recognize it as
a SCSI device. Is there any way to get the card to access in Linux w/ my
Zip100 SCSI drive? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
BTW I am using RedHat 5.2 and the Zip Zoom is my only SCSI adapter.
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From: Suran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Abit BP6 (dual Celeron) ATA66-Controller?
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 19:08:18 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Has someone experience with the ATA-66 Controller on
Abits new dual Celeron-Board?
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From: "Shamsuddin, Amir" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: WHAT KIND OF LANGUAGE IS THAT ?
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 18:45:30 +0100
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Jeremy Fincher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> did eloquently scribble:
> = >Note: PORTUGUESE is the language spoken in Brazil and after English and
> = >Spanish is the third European language in the world.
> I would've thought Chinese was 2nd and 3rd... Or even 1st and 2nd....
> (On a purely population basis)
Not strictly necessary, but refer to the wording of the original post. I
think that Chinese of some sort is in fact 1st.
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From: Matthew Pound <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Best modem for linux
Date: 28 Jun 1999 17:42:31 GMT
tivoli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: What is the best modem to get for linux? I want to make sure the
: drivers for it will be there.
external.
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From: Jon Kee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ne1 get Dlink EtherPCI Lan II to work?
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 14:28:28 -0400
thanks for the info, seems i needed to upgrade my kernal to 2.2.0 from
2.0.something. detected and worked right after a reboot.
J
Henrik Carlqvist wrote:
> Jon Kee wrote:
> > Hate this card, works great with microsucks products though, now
> > isn't that a kick in the butt.....
>
> Did you try to boot with the Slackware NFS installation boot floppy?
> That one is able to autodetect most network cards.
>
> regards Henrik
> --
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Backup recommendations?
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 13:57:10 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[Posted and mailed]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (David E. Fox) writes:
>
> What about timing issues? I've read that if the CDR (or CDRW) doesn't
> get written to consistently enough, the resultant media (especially
> in the case of CDR) is coastered. At least with tape, you can use tar
> (with a reasonably decent buffer size) and go.
True, CD-R and CD-RW are very timing-sensitive. You can improve your odds
of creating a good CD by following some tips, though:
1) Use a recent version of cdrecord (or a package built on it, like
X-CD-Roast). Recent versions of cdrecord use their own internal
RAM-based buffer to help reduce the likelihood that a bottleneck
reading data off the hard disk will cause a buffer underrun.
2) Refrain from doing disk-intensive tasks while burning. CPU-intensive
shouldn't be a problem (at least, up to a point), but disk-intensive
has the potential to create a coaster, especially if it's off of the
same disk as the image file.
3) Use SCSI components, which handle multiple accesses on the same bus
much better than does EIDE.
4) If you must use EIDE, put the CD-R drive and the source hard disk on
separate cables, and if there's anything else on the same cable as the
CD-R drive, don't use that device while burning the CD-R.
5) If you have problems running a drive at full speed, turn down the speed
a notch. For instance, if you find you're burning coasters at 4x
speed, try 2x instead.
All that said, IMHO CD-R and CD-RW have a low enough capacity that they're
not terribly useful for full system backups. They're good for archiving
specific materials, for long-term storage, and maybe for backing up small
systems (a system you use as a dedicated X terminal, say, or if you've got
a network with most of the applications and data files on a server, you
might be able to back up the client systems to CD-R).
--
Rod Smith
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see http://www.channel1.com/users/rodsmith/books.html
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