Linux-Hardware Digest #683, Volume #10 Tue, 6 Jul 99 14:13:38 EDT
Contents:
RH6 upgrade and 8mm tape (David Lukens)
Re: Celeron, what's the catch? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Travan streamer + DC390 + (Kernel > 2.0.32) = problem (Jan Hildebrandt)
Re: Celeron, what's the catch? ("Suleyman Karabuk")
Re: 3D Blaster Banshee on Linux? (Whiplash)
Advice on accessing CD-ROM changer disks from Samba? ("Steve Snyder")
Re: Which SCSI Adapter (Stuart R. Fuller)
Re: DMX 3181 LE - SCSI-treiber - existiert einer? (Franz Walter)
Re: ZIP drive and printer at the same time ? (Joceli Mayer)
Re: Celeron, what's the catch? ("Gene Heskett")
Re: modem mystery (M. Buchenrieder)
Re: Celeron, what's the catch? (Jeffrey Karp)
Re: Monitor dies while installing Redhat 5.2 ("Gene Heskett")
Re: IDE CDR Writer with RedHat 6.0 (Roy Matthieu)
Re: PAS16: how?? (Piotr)
Re: To RAID or not to RAID? -that is the question... ("Art S. Kagel")
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From: David Lukens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RH6 upgrade and 8mm tape
Date: 4 Jul 1999 17:51:18 GMT
OK, so I recently upgraded from rh5.2 to rh6. All well and good except for
one problem. My 8mm tape drive (scsi) doesn't want to function any more.
It is recognized at bootup at st0 and the scsi/st code is compiled into
the kernel. Whenever I try to talk to /dev/st0 it failed with a message
of "/dev/st0: Device not configured." Assuming this message means
something, how do I configure the drive? What do I have to do to get
it to work?
Thanks.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips,comp.sys.intel
Subject: Re: Celeron, what's the catch?
Date: 6 Jul 1999 11:10:36 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (kls) writes:
>In article <7lrrtr$hgc$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
>>
>>In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (kls) writes:
>>>& you have a ver poor ability of looking up benchmark results.
>>
>>
>>Where are your benchmark results by the way?
>
>not MY benchmark results. Where are YOURS? Couldn't find any eh? That
>poor look up ability of yours I suppose...
>
>>You have not yet answered my other question on your ratios of K6 vs. PII
>>FPUs.
>
>benchmarks, hardware & programming sites. That & I own a dog of a cpu(k6-2
>300. old core: .55 p2 fpu). On a personal note, if the performance were so
>ubar compared to p2's, as you keep on insisting, my frame rate wouldn't drop
>to 16-9fps in warbirds when things get even slightly heavy. I must be
>dreaming eh?
>
I gave you an example in one post (you can check
http://www.combatsim.com for their K6-III review.)
Here is another:
Computer Gaming World, July 1999 issue.
Page 114.
Winbench 99 FPU Mark
K6-III 450 1520
PIII-450 2280
How does that look like .55, huh? This is more like a .66 ratio at
least, and this is right on the spot of most other observations of the
K6 FPU vs. the PII FPU, which is about 33% or 1/3rd advantage for the
PII.
The 3DGameGauge (a benchmark composite of several games) has the K6-III
450 even higher:
K6-III 450 508.8
PIII 450 462.2
Rgds,
Chris
>
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From: Jan Hildebrandt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Travan streamer + DC390 + (Kernel > 2.0.32) = problem
Date: 6 Jul 1999 14:30:54 GMT
I've got a Tekram DC 390 SCSI-II controller in my Linux box (using
the Tekram driver for Tekram DC390/Am 53c974, v2.0d).
There's a HP Colorado T4000s Travan streamer connected to it.
Before updating from SuSE Linux 5.2 (kernel 2.0.32 I believe)
to SuSE 6.1 (kernel 2.2.5) I had no problems using that streamer
for backups (using GNU tar).
After the update it didn't work anymore (I/O error). I even could not
read the tapes I've written before the update! Arrrghh...
Writing a tape also doesn't work anymore.
Then I tried to install kernel 2.0.36 which also didn't work.
Finally I managed to read my old tapes using kernel 2.0.32.
This is of real importance for me - does anyone of you know
if there were major changes in the Tekram or SCSI tape driver?
How could I work arouind this problem? I'd really like to do backups
again. Any hints?
Help would be greatly appreciated.
You can send me an email if you got an idea: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks in advance!
Jan Hildebrandt
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From: "Suleyman Karabuk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips,comp.sys.intel
Subject: Re: Celeron, what's the catch?
Date: Tue, 6 Jul 1999 12:10:26 -0400
Himm, this discussion inspired me to find the *critical* problem size at
which PII takes over Celeron (using CPLEX). I am going to begin with a very
small problem size and increase it until I hit the *critical* point. I will
post my results in a few days...
> No I'm not talking particularly about MIP models - believe me, there are
> many LP models being run in the 4K and less equations. Quite a few use
> SLP (Sequential LP) methods to handle non-linearities.
>
> I agree that the PII is probably a better choice for scientific work.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Whiplash)
Subject: Re: 3D Blaster Banshee on Linux?
Date: Tue, 6 Jul 1999 09:11:18 -0700
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
>
>
> Spaceman Spiff wrote:
> >
> > I'm having difficulties installing the 3D Blaster Banchee on Redhat 6.0
> > during the installation process. I contacted Redhat and they said that they
> > do not support it. Need anyones help.
> >
> > ICQ - 36629974
>
> Go to the 3Dfx web site (they're the folks that make the chipset
> used on the Banshee boards). They did not write drivers for Linux,
> but they have cooperated with a programmer who has, and you can get
> the drivers by going there.
>
> -Tim
>
The link is:
http://glide.xxedgexx.com/3DfxRPMS_vb_glibc.html
Dana
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From: "Steve Snyder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: "Steve Snyder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Advice on accessing CD-ROM changer disks from Samba?
Date: Tue, 06 Jul 1999 16:15:03 GMT
I've got a 5-disk CD-ROM changer that I'd like to access via Samba v2.0.4
on my Linux (RedHat v6.0) system. I already have Samba up and running
well, but I haven't had to deal with the CD changer until now.
The kicker, of course, is while there's 5 disks, there's only 1 read
mechanism. That means that the accessing of any given disk may mean first
selecting that disk to be under the laser.
I'm sure that someone on this ng has already addressed this problem, so
I'm writing to solicit suggestions. For example:
0. I'd prefer not to call the shares CDROM0, CDROM1, etc. Is there any way
to automatically make a volume label a share name?
1. I assume I need to run a preexec command/script when a given disk is
accessed. Is there any reason for a postexec command/script as well?
2. Recommended share parameters? I would think that "lock=no" is needed
since any given disk can be changed without warning. Anything else?
3. I'm anticipating a horror show when the Win98 clients on this LAN open a
Windows Explorer (WE) window. (For those not familiar with Win9x, WE is
the file manager.) WE wants to examine every drive available on the
system, including shared drives. My fear is that this will force the slow
change operation to be done 5 times, creating a significant delay to the
user. Is there a way around this, or I am I just being a worrywart?
I would appreciate any sharing (no pun intended!) of your experiences with
Samba and a CD-ROM changer under Linux.
Thank you.
***** Steve Snyder *****
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stuart R. Fuller)
Subject: Re: Which SCSI Adapter
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 06 Jul 1999 16:00:04 GMT
Jackson C. Allen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: I have been able to obtain 3 SONY SDT-5010 4mm tape drives at a real
: good price, $0. I have search the WEB and found a little information
: about, general specs and jumper settings. I was told they single ended
: but have not found anything that states that is true. I want to hook one
: of the up on a system running RedHat 6.0 and another on a system running
: Windoze 98. I also want to hook up a scanner on the Windoze 98 system. I
: need a PCI adapter because both systems have a limited number of ISA
: slots and they are in use, sound card, network cards.
:
: Now my questions:
:
: 1) Which SCSI adapter would you recommend. I know about Adaptec and some
: of the other well know adapters. Most of them cost over $100. I am
: looking for something in $50 to $75 range. Performance is not my biggest
: need. I have seen one for about $50. I had not heard of the brand until
: I started looking and noticed several PC stores around me are selling
: them. It is a Kouwell 801 Symbios. I have not been able to find out a
: lot about the adapter. I don't want to buy it and then find out it will
: not work.
:
: 2) If the Kouwell 801 Symbios adapter will work, does RedHat 6.0 support
: it. It may come with drivers for Windoze 98. I have tried looking
: through the supported hardware list and did not find an exact match. So
: it may be a copy of another well know SCSI adapter or the company bought
: another company, etc.
The Kouwell 801 adapter uses the Symbios 810 PCI-SCSI chip, and it works quite
well with various versions of Linux that I've used over the years, including
RH6, and with Win95. I have one in each of my 4 systems, running disks, tapes
and CDROM drives.
Stu
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Franz Walter)
Crossposted-To: de.comp.os.unix.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: DMX 3181 LE - SCSI-treiber - existiert einer?
Date: Tue, 06 Jul 1999 16:22:56 GMT
Am Tue, 6 Jul 1999 11:14:47 +0200 schrieb "Andreas"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
:
>Sagt mal, kennt jemand die SCSI-Karte "DMX3181LE" (ISA) , welche im
>Mustek12000SP mitgeliefert wurde ???
>
>Diese w�rde ich gerne in meinem Linux 2.2.3'er S.U.S.E - System integrieren.
>Z.B. als Modul. Hab allerdings nur einen dtc3180-Treiber als Modul gefunden.
>
>Kann mir da jemand helfen ?
generic NCR5380, als Parameter ncr_addr=0x0340 und dtc_3181E=1
--
Mfg
Franz Walter [[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
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From: Joceli Mayer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ZIP drive and printer at the same time ?
Date: Tue, 06 Jul 1999 07:54:48 -0700
Jam wrote:
> Can I use a printer and a parallel zip drive at the same time or do I
> have to change the drivers all the time ?
>
> Thanks
> Christoffer
> --
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> http://listen.to/theultimatemp3
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>
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> Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
I can, using RH6.0 and fixing a little problem with my aladdim chip set
...
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Date: 06 Jul 99 09:39:54 -0500
From: "Gene Heskett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Celeron, what's the catch?
Unrot13 this;
Reply to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Gene Heskett sends Greetings to FM ;
[...]
> Fourth, I've already
> developed a strong passion towards Dartmouth (amazing, isn't
> it?).
> Dan.
This does tend to put the situation in a much better light Dan, Maybe I
was poking my nose into something that wasn't really my business, and if
so, my apologies are hereby tendered.
FWIW, Dartmouth hasn't been one to generate rumors in that vein, and I
was extrapolating, reading between the lines if you will, and probably
reading more than was writ. I could probably justify it by saying I was
looking at it from a distant view, many years removed, but thats a poor
excuse. You obviously have researched your options well.
Just curious, are you staying, or going home eventually, and if so,
where is home?
Cheers, Gene
--
Gene Heskett, CET, UHK |Amiga A2k Zeus040 50 megs fast/2 megs chip
Ch. Eng. @ WDTV-5 |A2091,GuruRom,1g Seagate,CDROM,Multiface III
|Buddha + 4 gig WDC drive, 525 meg tape
|Stylus Pro, EnPrint, Picasso-II, 17" vga
RC5-Moo! 690kkeys/sec isn't much, but it all helps
email gene underscore heskett at iolinc dot net
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (M. Buchenrieder)
Subject: Re: modem mystery
Date: Tue, 6 Jul 1999 11:29:53 GMT
Kenneth Been <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>I just bought a Viking 56K external modem. I tried it with a friend's
>computer, with win95, and it worked ok. On my Linux box, it is very
>slow to even respond to commands, like the connect command or various AT
>commands that I try sending it from kermit.
>For example, I try this command (from the Serial-HOWTO):
>ATE1Q0V1
>and it takes probably 15 seconds or more just to echo the command back
>to the terminal.
Classical IRQ conflict. You can not have two ISA devices (or an ISA and
a PCI device) sharing one IRQ on est. 95% of today's PC mainboards.
You'll have to assign a separate IRQ to all serial lines you want to
use.
See the Serial-HOWTO for details.
Michael
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From: Jeffrey Karp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips,comp.sys.intel
Subject: Re: Celeron, what's the catch?
Date: Tue, 06 Jul 1999 12:31:27 -0400
chrisv wrote:
>
> On Sat, 03 Jul 1999 12:35:31 -0400, Jeffrey Karp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
> >It sounds like a K6-3 450 system would be your best choice. Many of
> >these are quite affordable. If you can stretch your budget, and wait a
> >month or so, the AMD Athlon(K7) is awesome.
>
> Get a job. The K7 MIGHT be "awesome", but it will be much longer than
> "a month or so" before it will be practical to buy one.
Perhaps it will take longer to get just a CPU and motherboard, but
systems with K7 should appear in about a month.
>
> I mean, you want to be first in line for one of these contraptions?
That is another issue, although with that attitude, you will never
experience leading edge performance.
> Clearly, there will be bugs to work out on the motherboard at
> least....
Perhaps, perhaps not.
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Date: 25 Jun 99 20:46:40 -0500
From: "Gene Heskett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Monitor dies while installing Redhat 5.2
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Unrot13 this;
Reply to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Gene Heskett sends Greetings to Barry Smith;
BS> On Thu, 24 Jun 1999, Alex Lam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>Dump Redhat.. Redhat killed one of my monitor before during installation
>>probing. I mean totally killed it.
>>
>>Alex Lam.
BS> How can that happen?
See my earlier reply, Barry.
Cheers, Gene
--
Gene Heskett, CET, UHK |Amiga A2k Zeus040 50 megs fast/2 megs chip
Ch. Eng. @ WDTV-5 |A2091,GuruRom,1g Seagate,CDROM,Multiface III
|Buddha + 4 gig WDC drive, 525 meg tape
|Stylus Pro, EnPrint, Picasso-II, 17" vga
RC5-Moo! 690kkeys/sec isn't much, but it all helps
email gene underscore heskett at iolinc dot net
--
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From: Roy Matthieu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: IDE CDR Writer with RedHat 6.0
Date: Tue, 06 Jul 1999 18:31:27 +0200
Steven Webb wrote:
> I've got a CD-ROM and a Philips 3610 writer in my PC which works fine with
> Windows for writing CD's but I would like to use them with linux (redhat
> 6.0). With the normal installation I can use the CD-ROM but I need to use
> scsi emulation for writing the CD's. I've tried rebuilding the kernal with
> scsi emulation but when I did I couldn't figure out how to mount my cd's. I
> tried using scd0 ..... but got know where. What do I need to put in the
> /etc/fstab file and are there any other things I have to do.
>
> Any help would be gratefully received.
I use an IDE CD-ROM and an IDE CDR. I use the SCSI emulation for both. You
should have two pseudo-SCSI devices : /dev/scd0 and /dev/scd1
Just mount it the way you did before (eg mount -t iso9660 /dev/scd1 /cdrom)
To enable writing, use the general SCSI driver, /dev/sg0 (or is it /dev/sr0 ?
I don't remember and I do not have access to my machine ...)
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From: Piotr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake,alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.slackware
Subject: Re: PAS16: how??
Date: Tue, 06 Jul 1999 09:51:08 -0700
Terrapin wrote:
>
> Have a look at isapnpfaq under /usr/doc/isapnptools. I got my sound
> card to work using pnpdump and configuring by hand for the parameters
> I found in Windows.
>
PAS16 is not a PNP device, so the above does not apply. But I really
thank you for the other hint, about the boot messages.
>
> Have a look at the end of /var/log/messages (boot messages) to see
> where the problem starts.
I think that the auto-generated option entry about the joystick was
causing the problem. After I took it out the driver started to load.
Now my PAS16 driver is loaded and working, SB part is still not.
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From: "Art S. Kagel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.databases.informix,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.periphs.scsi
Subject: Re: To RAID or not to RAID? -that is the question...
Date: Tue, 06 Jul 1999 12:43:12 -0400
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Now here's a guy I'll have to hunt down!
Art S. Kagel
highend wrote:
>
> In article <7lmaat$gs3$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
> >
> >Hello all,
> >
> >I am trying to set up an Informix database (7.3) on
> >Linux (Redhat 6.0) on an Intel box (dual PII 400).
> >Since this is going to be a production machine, I
> >will be using mirroring of database chunks. I want
> >to get some advice from people who have setup or
> >have considered setting up such a configuration as
> >regards to disk storage: Will I be better off using
> >RAID or should I use dual SCSI controllers and just
> >mirror the database chunks. Does it make sense to
> >mirror the database chunks on a RAID?
> >
> >Lets assume that cost is a not a factor in the decision
> >-I just want to get the best possible setup. I have been
> >considering the Mylex 960 DAC for the RAID and Adaptec
> >2940U2W for the SCSI controllers. Thanks in advance for
> >your time.
> >
> >Sandeep
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> host independant RAID 5 may turn out to be a better option
> "mirroring" is not always the best RAID option
>
> and RAID 5 is just as secure AND sometimes faster
> (certainly cheaper) than RAID 1 (mirroring)
>
> check out the cmd (www.cmd.com) &
> chapparral (www.chaparraltech.com) sites
>
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