Linux-Hardware Digest #641, Volume #10 Thu, 1 Jul 99 13:13:32 EDT
Contents:
Re: 6gig HDD thinks it's 2.4gig. (gus)
Re: HiSax for TELES.SO/16.3c Plug & Play ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: HP 720C doesn't print (Moritz Moeller-Herrmann)
Re: Windows easy to install? BULLSHIT! (Shashank)
Re: Max file size with EXT2? ("Gene Heskett")
Which TNT2 board to buy? (Ryan S Warner)
Secondary HDD on Tecra 730CDT (Giuseppe Catastini)
Re: Socket 7 MOBO recommendation (Vincent Cunniffe)
Dell Inspiron compatibility? What is best laptop? ("David J. Topper")
Re: Dual cpu question ("Andrew J. Norman")
Re: Abit BP6 (dual Celeron) ATA66-Controller? ("Andrew J. Norman")
Davicom DM9102 NIC 2.2 Level Driver ("Karl McMurdo")
Re: WHAT KIND OF LANGUAGE IS THAT ? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: UDMA-4, U/66 performance (Mike Frisch)
Re: Drivers for NeoMagic? (Alex Lam)
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From: gus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 6gig HDD thinks it's 2.4gig.
Date: Thu, 01 Jul 1999 14:41:46 +0100
chris wrote:
>
> I used Partition Magic back when I had a windows partition to, well,
> manage partitions. I no longer have a windows partition, but, and I
> think this happened just before I finally got rid of it, I screwed up
> somehow and fdisk, PQMagic, and even the BIOS think I have a tiny HDD
> when I actually have a somewhat non-tiny HDD. I realize this cannot
> possibly be enough information, so I'm hoping a question or two will be
> posted to help me refine the problem.
>
> I _can_ completely reinstall linux; all my large shit is on zipdisks. If
> the answer just points me to wiping and reusing the HDD, cool. I should
> note that I've already tried a DOS and a Linux fdisk wipe to no avail.
> They wipe what they see to be what's available, 2.4G.
>
> thanks,
> chris
Assuming this is an IDE and not SCSI disk ... ;-)
Visually inspect the disk, looking for details like:
Manufacturer
Model
Cylinders / heads / sectors.
If the Cylinders / heads / sectors (c/h/s or disk geometry) are not
displayed on the disk, try to find the details on the internet with a
search on the manufacturer and model.
Once you have these details do the following ... back up what
information you want on that drive to another physical disk.
Reboot, and enter your BIOS Setup system. Where it lists the IDE hard
disks, see what it uses for the c/h/s/settings. If it describes the disk
as either LARGE or LBA, then change it to "NORMAL".
Compare the c/h/s the BIOS thinks the disk is, to the c/h/s your
research says the disk is.
If they are different, then try to auto-detect the disk (one of the
options on most modern BIOS main menus). If the autodetection "detects"
the same geometry as before, then double check your research!
If there are still differences, then manually change the disk settings
to match your research.
Having done this, very little will be able to "see" your disk, and it
will apprear "broken" to many programs other than fdisk.
Reboot in to Linux.
fdisk the disk, delete any partitions currently displayed.
Repartition to your liking.
All the best.
There would be some useful details in the large-disk-HOWTO.
gus
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,de.comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: HiSax for TELES.SO/16.3c Plug & Play
Date: Thu, 01 Jul 1999 16:07:20 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:14:05 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I have been unable so far to install HiSax on my PC, which runs Linux
>2.0.36. The steps followed in a series of unsuccessful attempts are
>indicated below. Has anyone else experienced similar problems with this
>module?
>Any input would be most appreciated!
You might want to switch to the kernel 2.2.x line. It supports the ISDN hardware
much better. When I installed the 2.2 kernel the first time, it supported my
Teles card without problems.
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Answers please in this newsgroup!
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Moritz Moeller-Herrmann)
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,at.linux,comp.os.linux.setup,nl.comp.os.linux.installatie
Subject: Re: HP 720C doesn't print
Date: Thu, 1 Jul 1999 10:53:40 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, 01 Jul 1999 00:43:56 -0400, Daniel Connelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Try using an hp with the closest number to your printer, I have an hp 870cxi
>and i use hp 650c and it works fine.
>hope this helps
>root wrote:
>> Dear reader,
>> I've a HP 720C colour deskjet and I have SuSE 6.1 runing on my computer.
>> During instalation of the OS I had to choose a printer. Because HP 720C
>> isn't on the list, I've tried other printers (like cdjet550) on /dev/lp0
>> but neither will print.
>> The solution may be quite simple (I hope so) but being a newbie, things
>> are not that easy to me
>> Tank you in advance !!
Isn't the hp720C a Winprinter? There is a rudimentary driver out tor it . Do a
websearch at www.deja.com and look for ppa and your printer.
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From: Shashank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Windows easy to install? BULLSHIT!
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 1999 19:21:20 -0500
I bought my pc over two years ago, and after about a month of Windows,
decided fdisk /dev/hda was the only way to fix my problems (using UNIX
computers on a daily basis at work, this mad a lot of sense). I had a dual
boot system for about another 8 mos, then decided I needed the extra disk
space and nuked the OS I didn't use- Win95. In the last two weeks, I've had
to go back and reinstall Win95 because my boss in the lab I work in now uses
Windows everything.
In a few words- what a #*@&^$@# nightmare. I've installed Linux _many_
times, Win95 maybe half a dozen times on several computers with variety of
configs for friends, family. When the Win95 install goes, it is remarkably
easy (as easy as Linux installs are for me, which speaks volumes as that is
what I am familiar with). It didn't, and the subsequent trauma lasted maybe
about eight evenings. There was no way to diagnose what the problems were,
there was sparse documentation to be found. Tech support was amusing beyond
all belief: 'now, you should see the progress bar'... 'I get BSOD'....
'That's probably because of defective hardware.'... <laughing, followed by
crying>... 'I recommend buying a new computer.'
The problem appears to be that my SCSI card has drivers that don't like my
sound card or graphics card. The MS mouse geeks out on me because I am
running three serial devices, and Win95 is convinced that the UPS is my
mouse, my mouse is my modem, and my modem is ??? (a non plug-n-play ISA
device, which might be a problem for Win?). Having no mouse is one thing- I
can deal with that. When the pointer has seizures of motion and clicking,
this is serious. Ended up installing using an ATAPI cdrom from work,
disconnecting my UPS. Now, I get either the UPS or the modem, but not both.
It isn't a problem with the hardware cuz linux works; it is the drivers. In
case you were wondering, that IS a major portion of any OS. This is
something I remember people complaining about a lot a few _years_ ago when
many were switching from dos to win95. I find it tremendously amusing that
the same problems that are stereotypical (at least from reading this
newsgroup) for Linux newbies accosted me, a Windows newbie.
My point is this- Win95 is great running on 'out of the box' situations.
Guess what- Linux is too (well, at least VA Research boxes). When Win 95
doesn't have driver problems, it is easy; linux is very rapidly getting to
this level. When Win95 has problems, you're up a creek. When Linux has
problems, you can solve them.
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Date: 01 Jul 99 09:02:41 -0500
From: "Gene Heskett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Max file size with EXT2?
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Unrot13 this;
Reply to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Gene Heskett sends Greetings to Rowan Hughes;
RH> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Ron Holt wrote:
>>What is the largest partition size supported by EXT2?
RH> Big...terabytes. Depends on your fs block size.
>>What is the largest file support on such a partition?
RH> Unfortunately 2Gigs. 2^31 bytes which is unsigned long
RH> on a Pentium. Two words could be used giving 2^63 bytes
RH> but it means a substantial slowdown doing the cross-multiplies
RH> of the mantissas (mantissae ???).
RH> I regularly create files over 10GB on workstations, but this
RH> obviously isn't on linux with ext2. I remember reading about
RH> a Reiser filesystem that used a fat tree as its basis and could
RH> create much larger files than 2GB. There was an alpha status
RH> module for 2.0.X kernels , but I can't find the web address now.
ISTR seeing a reference to that someplace in the last day or so,
freshmeat, linuxapps? It looked interesting.
Cheers, Gene
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From: Ryan S Warner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Which TNT2 board to buy?
Date: Thu, 01 Jul 1999 08:18:31 -0500
Any suggestions on which TNT2 based board to buy? I think the most
promising ones appear to be ASUS AGP-V3800, Diamond VIPER V770 (OEM), or
the Guillemot Maxi Gamer Xentor (16 or 32, is the price worth the extra
memory?).
The Diamond and Guillemot have higher clock speeds, but the ASUS has
video input. Good question here would be, is there any support for
using video input/capture under Linux. If not, that will likely rule
out the ASUS.
Thanks,
Ryan
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From: Giuseppe Catastini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Secondary HDD on Tecra 730CDT
Date: Thu, 01 Jul 1999 16:54:10 +0200
Hy,
I've just installed a Slackware 4.0 (kernel 2.2.6) on a Toshiba Tecra 730CDT laptop.
The OS works fine on the first HDD, which is an EIDE 2.0GB, with geometry
automatically recognized, 528,128,63.
We have a secondary HDD, 2.0GB, which can be located in the same bay of the CD-ROM;
when we use the
secondary HDD (instead of the CD-ROM) we obtain the message:
hdb not IDE hdd;
A second message appears later saying that the geometry may be not true: the
recognized geometry is
528,128,63,
which is exactly the same geometry of the primary HDD, but the number of physical
heads, 128, does
not appears to be true (the message is
"... 128 physical heads?"
I have not forced the OS to use that geometry, and actually I have tried also to pass
a hdb=... with 16 instead of 128, but in this case I obtain other errors.
I have "studied" the Secondary disk, but the geometry does not appear on it ....
There is only a serial number plus the type of the disk, PA2660U.
I have tried to look for this PA2660U on the network, but I did not find the geometry
of the disk, and more toshiba claims this is an Eide disk...
May anyone help me?
Thank you in advance,
Giuseppe Catastini
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From: Vincent Cunniffe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Socket 7 MOBO recommendation
Date: Thu, 01 Jul 1999 14:39:44 +0100
Greg Leblanc wrote:
>
> 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
I have a Tyan S1590 running a K6-2 300, 256MB of memory, etc. Never had
a single crash with it, and it got top marks for stability in a series
of tests that Anandtech ran.
Highly recommended from me.
Vin
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From: "David J. Topper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.portable,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Dell Inspiron compatibility? What is best laptop?
Date: Thu, 01 Jul 1999 11:50:27 -0400
Hello all,
I've run Linux on desktop machines since kernel 1.0.x. I also use it in
our lab. The time has come, however, to explore laptop issues. My
employer has a deal with Dell, which offers competative discounts for
laptops. I must say that the Dell Inspiron line looks pretty good!
I'd love to hear comments / get input from folks. I've already
contacted the OSS folks about audio support, but have yet to hear. I'm
of course concerned about support for various components like the 3com
combo 56k + 10/100 that comes with the Dell. DVD? PCMCIA? Video Card?
Email responses preferred.
Thanks very much,
DT
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Programmer Analyst - School of Arts and Sciences
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From: "Andrew J. Norman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Dual cpu question
Date: Thu, 01 Jul 1999 15:45:40 GMT
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First off you asked about a mounting kit for the celerons. I am asumming
that you are purchasing 433a-PPGA celerons (not slot-1 celerons as I hope
you are not planing on drilling holes in the PCB etc..) In this case you
will need a "Slocket" (socket370 -> slot-1 adapter) For dual operation you
will most likely want the MSI MS6905 Dual. This baby has a jumper to
enable SMP operation, and has core voltage selectors...in all a sweet
little board. You can pick them up at "ComputerNerd"
(http://www.computernerd.com) although you may find a better price else
where on the net.
As for stable OC speeds for the celeron family.....in general the core
tops out in the high 470-500 range. Past this you will need either
an extremely well made part (which you really can't bank on) or exotic
cooling or both.
- From experience, I can routinely get the celeron to be stable at 464
(4.5x103MHz) but have never been able to stabilize them above that (I am
referring to the 300a variant of course) Post at the higher speeds is
possible as is limited operations, but nothing approaching the level of
stability that I would desire and by that I mean that I normally run a
series of 30-40 kernel recompiles (actually I run an infinite loops of
recompiles waiting for an error to occur and keep a counter of each
success) This will normally spot trouble either in the cpu, memory, or
buses.
Frankly with the 433 I would try the 75Mhz fsb (for a final speed of
492ish), but beyond that I think you will probably have trouble.
Andrew J. Norman
______________________________________________________________
Dept. of Physics Phone: 757-221-3571
College of William & Mary [EMAIL PROTECTED]
"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly;
what is essential is invisible to the eye" -The Little Prince
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On Wed, 30 Jun 1999, Brian McCullough wrote:
>
> If I get the following;
> 1 - Asus P2B-D - Dual PII, ATX, 440BX
> 2 - Celeron 433 128K cache
>
> Do I need anything to put the CPUs on the mainboard?
>
> IF need some kind of kit? What is it called and where can I get it?
>
> Does anyone have a list of what the known stable over clocking
> speeds are per CPU speeds?
>
>
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From: "Andrew J. Norman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Abit BP6 (dual Celeron) ATA66-Controller?
Date: Thu, 01 Jul 1999 15:48:22 GMT
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Thank you for the info!
Oh just a bit of triva, you've probably heard that Intel is planning on
releasing the P-III's in a 370 package later this year....so even if they
do disable the pin on the celerons the Abit board will still be a good
investment!
Andrew J. Norman
______________________________________________________________
Dept. of Physics Phone: 757-221-3571
College of William & Mary [EMAIL PROTECTED]
"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly;
what is essential is invisible to the eye" -The Little Prince
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On 30 Jun 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Andrew J. Norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> : Hummm....where did you find a BP6? I've been looking for one but can
> : seem to find a place that carries them yet.
> : If you could let me know I would really appricated it.
>
> Well, actually quite a few online vendors had already started
> shipping the baby, either the mother board alone or in combos
> with 128MB RAM and SMP Celeron 300A running at 450MHz. The
> board alone is about $150, and the combos are around $450.
>
> You can find them at Azzo (http://www.azzo.com/) or Dallas
> Memory (http://www.dallasmemory.com/) or Outside Loop Computers
> (http://www.outsideloop.com/). You have probably also heard
> the AN15 disable rumor, so move fast.
>
> -- Chuan-kai Lin
>
>
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From: "Karl McMurdo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Davicom DM9102 NIC 2.2 Level Driver
Date: Thu, 1 Jul 1999 10:15:13 -0600
Has anyone come across a a driver for this Network Card(Chipset, whatever) I
have a driver that works reliably with a 2.0.35 kernel, but when I try
compiling it under 2.2 I get a few errors (dev_tint, dev_kfree
incompatabilities) after examining a couple 2.2 drivers I was able to make
the changes to get it to compile and it works, but it is far from reliable
causing system crashes whenever network traffic gets too high. I tried
changing the mode from Full Duplex to Half Duplex with no better results.
It's been years since I did any device driver programming, and that was for
speech synthesis not networking so any help would be appreciated.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: WHAT KIND OF LANGUAGE IS THAT ?
Date: 1 Jul 1999 16:06:42 GMT
Martin Graiter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> did eloquently scribble:
= call the language American as English. Being a non-anglo I prefer the
= american which is clearer and easier to hear and comprehend. It also appears
= to lack much of the overemphasized social markings which seem to be an
= important component of british speech.
What do you mean by "Overemphasised social markings"?
= PS. To all of you who replied about Chinese being first or second language,
= note that the poster speaks of EUROPEAN languages in the world!
*sigh*
I know, I know....
I already posted an "ooops".
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mike Frisch)
Crossposted-To: asus.support.english.mainboard.p2bx,alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus
Subject: Re: UDMA-4, U/66 performance
Date: 1 Jul 1999 16:18:25 GMT
On Thu, 01 Jul 1999 08:41:23 +0200, Joachim Klein
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>But expect one significant advantage: with a Promise controller you have
>EIDE busmastering directly after booting your machine. The onboard
>chipsets often report "Drive xxx at UDMA 33" or something similar but do
>not really activate DMA mode before W9x / NT4 is loaded and has started
>the busmaster driver. Promise cards have the the busmaster drivers for
>DOS / Win3.xx already in their BIOS...
Uh, where are you getting this false information?
Mike.
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From: Alex Lam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Drivers for NeoMagic?
Date: Thu, 01 Jul 1999 09:14:59 -0700
Gilles Gravier wrote:
>
> Hi!
>
> I've got a Toshiba Libretto 100CT and am desperately looking for
> X11. Can anyone give me pointers?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Gilles.
>
SuSE-Linux have NeoMagic support. I believe.
http://suse.com/
Alex Lam.
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