Linux-Hardware Digest #906, Volume #10 Mon, 2 Aug 99 05:13:29 EDT
Contents:
Re: Linux and IDE CDRW drive ("William B. Cattell")
Re: LILO and a 10GB disk??? ("Charles Sullivan")
Re: Large Drives without LBA Support (Mike Frisch)
Re: Best mobo for Linux ? (Vincent Fox)
Diamond Monster Sound ("David Brown")
Re: Let's build a perfect Wintel-free PC ("Anthony de la Rosa")
pogo stuff ("Kevin M. Clark")
Re: pogo stuff (Daniel Walker)
Re: SCSI vs. IDE (Jeremy Fincher)
Re: SCSI vs. IDE (Richard Steiner)
Re: CHMOD command ("Bobby D. Bryant")
Diamond A50 (SiS 6326AGP) Help (Shaggy4833)
Starne ATAPI ZIP Problems (Joerg Paysen)
Re: SCSI vs. IDE (Jeremy Fincher)
Re: ZIP ATAPI FLOPPY DRIVE (Jochen Eggemann)
Re: Linux Training ("joe")
Re: HELLLLPPPPPP !!! I just installed RedHat 6.0 - I have a Voodoo 3000 AGP....
("Piet Blommaart")
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From: "William B. Cattell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Linux and IDE CDRW drive
Date: Mon, 02 Aug 1999 03:14:53 GMT
Alan Liu wrote:
>
> You might start by reading appropriate documentation on the subject. LDP is
> your friend.
>
> metalab.unc.edu/LDP
In particular there's a CD-Writing-HOWTO that you should
look at. Start there. If the drive is supported then
you'll be in good shape.
Bill
>
> Alan
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> : I have a HiVal IDE CDRW drive (manufactured by JVC for HiVal) that I would
> : like to get working under linux so I can burn CDs... Any ideas on how I
> : might be able to set this up?
>
> : --
> : David H. Calvarese
> : "To thine own self be true."
> : http://www.well.com/~dhcalva/
> : ICQ #:5068465
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From: "Charles Sullivan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: LILO and a 10GB disk???
Date: Mon, 2 Aug 1999 00:21:54 -0400
Michel Catudal wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Charles Sullivan wrote:
>>
>> Michel Catudal wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>> >Phil Cox wrote:
>> >>
>> >> RH 5.2
>> >> Maxtor Ultra 10GB
>> >> I am having problems getting LILO to write to the boot sector. I get
the
>> >> following error:
>> >>
>> >> Warning: device 0x0302 exceeds 1024 cylinder limit
>> >>
>> >> Any pointers or help?
>> >>
>> >> Phil
>> >
>> >If LBA is turned on the 1024 limit is around 8.4G, if not it is
>> >512MB. You can't boot anything past the 1024 cylinder. Make sure
>> >that anything that is to be bootable doesn't cross the 1024 cylinder
>> >boundary, this includes any logical partitions (your extended partition
>> >must not cross the boundary)
>> >
>> >A likely valid installation would be
>> >this
>> >
>> >1- Winblows 98 of whatever size
>> >2- Ext2 of 15M for /boot
>> >3- Extended partition with logical partition(s)
>> >4- Ext2 of 3-4G
>>
>> There's actually no problem with the extended partition
>> itself crossing the 1024 cylinder boundary, so long as the
>> /boot logical partition contained therein is entirely below
>> this boundary.
>
>Have you tried it?
>On my PC it would not boot. I put a primary partition at the end
>and it booted.
That's the way my current installation of RH 6.0 is partitioned,
and the same with a previous installation of RH 5.2. I have
had no problem booting from LILO in the MBR with either.
I have a 10 Gb drive, which with LBA enabled in my bios looks
like C/H/S = 1240/255/63. I have a 7 Gb Win 98 primary partition
with the remaining 3 Gb devoted to Linux as /boot, swap, /home, and
/(root) logical partitions in an extended partition, in that order.
Note: I did have a problem booting with LILO when I originally
installed RH 5.1. I had thought it was just my inexperience, but
perhaps it was something more after all.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mike Frisch)
Subject: Re: Large Drives without LBA Support
Date: 2 Aug 1999 03:45:51 GMT
On Sun, 1 Aug 1999 19:43:21 -0400, Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I have a Intel Premiere/PCI ED motherboard that only supports upto 2gb hard
>drives and I was trying to get my Mixture 11.5 gb hard to work with it. I
>was wondering if linux has built in software overlay support or if there are
>any programs that support overlay with linux. Many of the programs for
>overlay, including the one by maxtor only work with ms products.
Linux implements it's own LBA outside of the BIOS. The trick is, though,
that on your 11.5GB disk, you either have to boot from a floppy or a
partition which resides under the 1024 cylinder barrier (504MB). Once
Linux is booted, you'll be able to access the entire disk, even though
your BIOS doesn't directly support it.
Mike.
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Mike Frisch Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Northstar Technologies WWW: http://saturn.tlug.org/~mfrisch
Newmarket, Ontario, CANADA
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Vincent Fox)
Subject: Re: Best mobo for Linux ?
Date: 2 Aug 1999 04:51:45 GMT
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Slawek Zak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>** "CM" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> CM> What is the best motherboard for Linux ? Specifically Redhat
> CM> 6.2 and SuSe 6.2 ( with NOTHING "onboard",
> CM> viz. graphics,sound,modem...etc.) This will be for a home
> CM> workstation, so single CPU AMD/Intel is good enough.
>Try Asus, it's good for everything, not just Linux.
Well, I personally like my Abits, but Asus is just as good.
I have an Abit BP6 as the main work machine, and now one at
home also. Fine little board for a toy machine.
However, if price is no object, there's no question that
one of the SuperMicro boards with onboard UltraII SCSI is
the way to go. VERY stable boards, great for servers.
--
"Who needs horror movies when we have Microsoft"?
-- Christine Comaford, PC Week, 27/9/95
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From: "David Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Diamond Monster Sound
Date: Sun, 1 Aug 1999 23:39:13 -0700
I have a Diamond MX300 Monster Sound card with the Aureal chip in it. I am
interested to know if this card can be made to work with Linux. If so, can
some one help me on my way?
Thanks.
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From: "Anthony de la Rosa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,alt.comp.hardware.homebuiltalt.comp.hardware,comp.sys.be.help
Subject: Re: Let's build a perfect Wintel-free PC
Date: Mon, 02 Aug 1999 03:26:02 GMT
Dont forget Newton!!!
anthony
>> The ARM has one of the nicest hardware designs I've ever seen.
>> Especially compared to the register-impaired x86 series :-)
>Does anything use Arm except that Corel thingy? It seems ideal for
>laptops--small, low-power. Hell, anything's better than PII that's
>currently burning my lap.
>-ckm
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From: "Kevin M. Clark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: pogo stuff
Date: Mon, 02 Aug 1999 06:17:13 GMT
http://www.buypogo.com
i'm almost a total newbie (some previous unix experience), looking for a
linux box to toy around with... no spare hardware lying around the
house, and not a whole lot of cash available. opinions on these in
general would be appreciated (mainly, is the software gonna be stable
out of the box?)
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From: Daniel Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: pogo stuff
Date: Mon, 02 Aug 1999 06:20:20 GMT
Any email replys go to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
thanx
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jeremy Fincher)
Subject: Re: SCSI vs. IDE
Date: 02 Aug 1999 06:23:28 GMT
Can I have some more information on this IDE RAID 0 thing? I haven't seen much
on it, but it seems interesting.
Thanks,
Jeremy
==================================
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] (Richard Steiner)
Subject: Re: SCSI vs. IDE
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 02 Aug 1999 00:12:32 -0500
Here in comp.os.linux.hardware, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jeremy Fincher)
spake unto us, saying:
>How much of a difference is there between the two interfaces?
I have four hard drives and a CD-ROM drive connected to the Adaptec
2940U SCSI controller I have in this box, and they all take one IRQ.
That's the main practical advantage I see. Lots of devices. :-)
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-Rich Steiner >>>---> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>---> Bloomington, MN
OS/2 + Linux + BeOS + FreeBSD + Solaris + WinNT4 + Win95 + DOS
+ VMWare + Fusion + vMac + Executor = PC Hobbyist Heaven! :-)
"Too much of a good thing is wonderful." <Mae West>
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From: "Bobby D. Bryant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: CHMOD command
Date: Mon, 02 Aug 1999 01:02:48 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I am having difficulty convertiny a binary file to execute file
> using 'chmod +x file'. Is there any other way of making the conversion?
> Am I doing it wrong with chmod command? Am new to Linux.
Try 'chmod a+x file'. However...
> P.S. At the risk of offending some, the file I am trying to convet is
> IE5
If you're trying to get your Windows software to run under Linux, you're
probably out of luck. *Some* of it may work under WINE, but by no means
everything. But without running WINE *or a commercial equivalent), Windows
software simply won't run under Linux (and vice versa). Nor have I heard
of anyone getting IE working even with WINE.
See http://www.winehq.com/ for more info on WINE, if you are still
interested.
Good luck,
Bobby Bryant
Austin, Texas
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Shaggy4833)
Subject: Diamond A50 (SiS 6326AGP) Help
Date: 02 Aug 1999 06:57:22 GMT
X Configurator (RedHat 6.0) will not recognize the Diamond A50 even though it
is listed as supported. Only getting noise when X Windows runs. Any help
would be great!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Joerg Paysen)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Starne ATAPI ZIP Problems
Date: 2 Aug 1999 06:20:38 GMT
Hi,
I have some problems with my Iomega internal ATAPI ZIP drive.
Whenever I try to mount a disk formatted with MSDOS filesystem
I am not able to do this. When I call fdisk I get the following
output. (I use the SCSI emulation, but it is the same when I
use the plain IDE floppy driver (CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEFLOPPY))
When I create an ext2 partition all works fine...
...but when I insert the ext2 disk into an Iomega external
SCSI ZIP drive on another computer under Linux it recognizes
the disk as MSDOS formatted on partition 4 ???????
(I use Kernel 2.2.10-ac12 on both machines)
Any help??
Joerg
[root@ing ]# fdisk /dev/sdb
Command (m for help): p
Disk /dev/sdb: 64 heads, 32 sectors, 95 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 2048 * 512 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 ? 937477 1203315 272218546+ 20 Unknown
Partition 1 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?):
phys=(356, 97, 46) logical=(937476, 3, 15)
Partition 1 has different physical/logical endings:
phys=(357, 116, 40) logical=(1203314, 30, 19)
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary:
phys=(357, 116, 40) should be (357, 63, 32)
/dev/sdb2 ? 649505 912677 269488144 6b Unknown
Partition 2 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?):
phys=(288, 110, 57) logical=(649504, 0, 11)
Partition 2 has different physical/logical endings:
phys=(269, 101, 57) logical=(912676, 1, 10)
Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary:
phys=(269, 101, 57) should be (269, 63, 32)
/dev/sdb3 ? 263179 945973 699181456 53 OnTrack DM6 Aux3
Partition 3 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?):
phys=(345, 32, 19) logical=(263178, 26, 16)
Partition 3 has different physical/logical endings:
phys=(324, 77, 19) logical=(945972, 51, 15)
Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary:
phys=(324, 77, 19) should be (324, 63, 32)
/dev/sdb4 * 680971 680981 10668+ 49 Unknown
Partition 4 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?):
phys=(87, 1, 0) logical=(680970, 34, 16)
Partition 4 has different physical/logical endings:
phys=(335, 78, 2) logical=(680980, 61, 8)
Partition 4 does not end on cylinder boundary:
phys=(335, 78, 2) should be (335, 63, 32)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jeremy Fincher)
Subject: Re: SCSI vs. IDE
Date: 02 Aug 1999 06:21:41 GMT
>In my home computer, I have both IDE and SCSI devices.
>My HD is IDE, and I have an IDE CD-RW. For SCSI devices, I have a zip
>drive, and a CD-R. I've also been known to hook up an external CD juke-
>box, and external scanners from time to time. If I was going to buy a
>new system, I would get IDE, because it would have a fast enough CPU to
>be able to handle the stress from all of the drive access.
Ok, I was planning on having a similar setup: scsi and ide. A large IDE hd for
storage that shouldn't have to be accessed all that often, and later, when I
can afford it, a scsi drive to store my OSes and mirrors of CDs for writing.
How will IDE be on a dual celeron system? Will Linux know enough to take
advantage of the other celeron when IDE needs it?
Thanks,
Jeremy
==================================
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: Jochen Eggemann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ZIP ATAPI FLOPPY DRIVE
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 15:41:14 +0200
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I'm trying to mount my zip drive under Red Hat 6.0. Upon boot up it
> appears to recognize the zip drive that I have installed. The message
> appears below:
>
> ***************************************
> PIIX4: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 39
> PIIX4: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
> ide0: BM-DMA at 0x10a0-0x10a7, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:pio
> ide1: BM-DMA at 0x10a8-0x10af, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:pio
> hda: WDC AC313600D, ATA DISK drive
> hdc: SAMSUNG SC-140B, ATAPI CDROM drive
> hdd: IOMEGA ZIP 100 ATAPI, ATAPI FLOPPY drive
> ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
> ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
> hda: WDC AC313600D, 13042MB w/1966kB Cache, CHS=1662/255/63
> hdc: ATAPI 40X CD-ROM drive, 128kB Cache
> **********************************************
>
> However when I try to mount it I get the following error message:
>
> **********************************************
> [root@ecp epelletier]# mount -t vfat /dev/hdd /mnt/zip/
> mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hdd,
> or too many mounted file systems
> [root@ecp epelletier]#
> ***********************************************
>
> I've tried other filesystem options as well. Any help would be greatly
> appreciated. Could I possibly have to configure SCSI emulation in the
> kernel?
>
> THANKS - ERIK
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
Your trying to mount the whole device. Try /dev/hdd4
Jochen
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From: "joe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.development.apps
Subject: Re: Linux Training
Date: Mon, 2 Aug 1999 03:22:59 -0400
Another one to check is www.linuxtraining.co.uk as they are offering free
downloads of all their training materials.
Enjoy
Joe
Bob Koss wrote in message ...
>"JamesH" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>
>>
>> Can anyone recommend a good Linux Training Organization?
>> Has anyone used or heard anything about Linuxcare or Redhat training?
>>
>
>Learning Tree (www.learningtree.com) offers Linux training.
>
>--
>--
>Robert Koss, Ph.D. | Object Mentor, Inc. | Tel: (800) 338-6716
>Senior Consultant | 14619 N Somerset Cr | Fax: (847) 918-1023
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] | Green Oaks IL 60048 | www.objectmentor.com
>
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From: "Piet Blommaart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HELLLLPPPPPP !!! I just installed RedHat 6.0 - I have a Voodoo 3000
AGP....
Date: Mon, 2 Aug 1999 00:35:41 +0200
Hi , maybe a solution to your problem :
Maybe it isn't the drive for your monitor but your monitor isn't set for
high resolution
(since you can get Xwindows started nothing wrong with the driver.)
If you have set Hsync and Vsync to one frequency and not to a range than you
can have this problem. (I had this problem, not with a Voodoo but Cirrus
Logic card.)
things to do :
-Press "ctrl alt +" or "ctrl alt -" at once.
No change is expected but if you have a better screen display witch is all
right for you read this only if you have a lot of time and Linux is your
hobby.
First read usr/doc/howto/Xfree86-HOWTO file. Especially section 4.2
troubleshooting. (READ THE WHOLE FILE)
(Here you find the probeonly command.)
Read also usr/doc/HOWTO/XFree86-video-Timing-HOWTO file (very technical but
the first sections explain a lot of the Hsync and Vsync, you need this
information).
-Run the probeonlycommand as shown in section 4.2
Now you have created a file witch gives you a lot of information and blabla
If you see lines such as :" (--)SVGA: mode "1152x864" needs hsync freq of
43.27 kHz. Deleted. "
(SVGA can also be MACH64 S3V TGA etc...)
then you can correct this problem of large fonts (and only 8bpps) on the
screen.
-start the computer
-login as root
-don't go to X-windows (keep everything in plain text).
If you go directly in X trie to disable this. (So at every startup after
login in you have to type: startx ,to get in X-windows )
This is to make sure that you can login even if the monitor and graphic card
aren't set right. :-)
If you do so you are in linux but only at the commandline (hopefully I say
this correct,
I'm from Holland so spelling is not my specialty :-) )
-Now start XF86Setup just type this and hit enter.
( note : XF86Setup, Xconfigurator an xf86config are all programs witch set
your graph. card, monitor and etc..)
Here you can set up some input devices and your monitor and Graph. card.
As you see on top you can configure the mouse, keyboard, etc and .. Monitor
and Graph. card.
-chose monitor
above the monitor you can see Horizontal and Vertical.
If you see only for instance Vertical 60 and not Vertical 60-70
then your monitor is set for only Vertical scanning freq. of 60 Hz. (this
is
the Vsync.)
The same is it with the Horizontal (Hsync.)
-Look at the manual witch came with the monitor.
and set the Hsync and Vsync in a range and not in a single frequency.
Be careful though don't push your luck and try to get it all.
Note that HSync is in KHz.
VSync is in Hz.
Give it a range witch will be well under the limit of your monitor but is
more then SVGA asks you to give.
(for both : Vsync and Hsync.)
If this doesn't work you have to configure card in XF86Setup..:-)
Sometimes this screen can be set out line. I mean it can go to the right or
left but after ending
the XF86Setup program everything should be oke
Note : I discribed everything in SVGA mode but you have a Voodoo card so
SVGA can be
S3V TGA MACH64 etc.. depending on the chipset Voodoo usese
I AM A NEWBIE SO DO THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK.
Piet Blommaart
e-mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Tim Smith wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Newer devices are often not supported out-of-the-box...
>the hardware companies are in league with the devil (err,
>Microsloth) so the Linux community needs to develop them
>on their own.
>
>The guy who did the Drivers for the Voodoo 3000 series
>cards has them on the net at:
>
>http://glide.xxedgexx.com
>
>These drivers also work with the Banshee boards.
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