Linux-Hardware Digest #84, Volume #11 Tue, 24 Aug 99 00:13:32 EDT
Contents:
HP Deskjet 1000C ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Emachines?? (Becky & Gus Palandri)
Re: PCI information. (Bob White)
Re: RedHat & Sparc IPX install troubles (Bob Myers)
Re: Sound Card: Best Linux supported make/model? ("Gene Heskett")
Help PCMCIA... ("IceCold")
Booktree TV tuner info (Sean)
Re: problem setting up a PCMCIA CD-ROM ("Michael R. Doerner")
winmodem? ("Gene Zesch")
Problem (Urgent) : CDRECORD not work ("[EMAIL PROTECTED]")
getty problems ("Santosh H.")
Pivoting ADI 17x monitor driver (CW petersen)
Re: hard drive ERRORS? (andy)
Re: Problem on CDRECORD (dbp)
Re: Jaz Jet SCSI, 2Gb Jaz internal, RH 6.0 doesn't see. (Tim Moore)
Re: Deskjet 1120C (John McKown)
Re: Problem on CDRECORD (dbp)
Re: Emachines?? ("Jeanette Russo")
Re: Emachines?? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: ATAPI Tape Drives ("Jake Kirkpatrick")
ppp problems ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Booktree TV tuner info (William Burrow)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: HP Deskjet 1000C
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 01:38:15 GMT
I have an HP Deskjet 1000C (or C-something-or-another) that I got
before the 1100 and 1200 series (better printers) came out, but I have
to live with it... and I want a driver for it to use under Linux. I
have searched the HP site (someone had asked the question before and
the moderator didn't know) as well as this newsgroup and have found
nothing applicable. Please notify me if I have missed something,
because I am quickly becoming desprate. Any help would be much
appreciated!
Kenneth Arnold
PS - Even an extremely buggy pre-pre-release would be better than
nothing!
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Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
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From: Becky & Gus Palandri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Emachines??
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 20:29:12 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I'm thinking of taking a emachine I have around and running Linux on
> it. Anyone out there tried it yet? I know I may have do disable the
> video and add a card, but how about a network card?
> Bob McCabe
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I installed RH 6.0 on my wifes Emachine. I had to replace the onboard
video card which didn't
work with the Mach64 server (had tire trackes running up and down the
left hand side of the screen)
The "Crystal" sound chip worked fine and was identified with
sndconfig. Of course the modem was a winmodem and I replaced it with a
BestData 56SF Controller Based ISA Modem. It working fine.
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From: Bob White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: PCI information.
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 19:40:06 -0600
Sai Prasad Matam wrote:
> I am a newbie. I would like to get PCI information using the BIOS calls.
>
> I cannot locate source code in the linux distribution that interacts
> with
> the BIOS.
>
> Any pointers will be appreciated.
>
> thanks in advance.
> -- Sai
The only place I have found very much information about the PCI bus was in
"Linux Device Drivers" by Alessandro Rubini published by O'Reilly. Also,
If you don't have them, download the PCI Utilities. The version I have is
pciutils-1.99.5-alpha. After you have them do a man lspci, and man
setpci. lspci and setpci let you get to the PCI bus to see what's there,
and change the registers. You should find calls to them in the source.
I was able to get a PCI parallel port set up using the above information,
and some info from the manufacturer. It only took me 7 months.
Bob White
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From: Bob Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.sun.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.sys.sun.misc
Subject: Re: RedHat & Sparc IPX install troubles
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 02:18:05 GMT
James;
I'm having some problems too with installing off of the RedHat 6.0
cdrom disk 1. It was suggested that I create a boot floppy off of
the cd, as possibly you did, along with creating a ramdisk.img
file from one downloaded from RedHat's web site. When I did this,
I had the same error message that you got. However...I downloaded
a copy of the boot32.img file from their ftp site, along with the
rawrite.exe file at that point. I then created a floppy with the
ftp'ed boot32.img file and found that I was then able to boot off
of the floppy. So, you might want to try this.
background info: I'm having fun with a SS20 that I have at home with
doing the linux install. It has 96 mb ram, (4) 1Gb drives, an internal
cdrom drive and floppy drive. Funny thing is that I was able to
install Solaris 7 off of the cdrom drive in its entirety (900 Mb).
-bob
James Moger wrote:
>
> I am trying to install RedHat 6.0 on a Sparc IPX. I haven't decided
> which installation method I will use - NFS, etc. My problem is I have
> not successfully been able to boot off of the 32-bit boot disk generated
> with rawrite from the boot32.img file. The boot rom version I am using
> is 2.9. The hard drive has no operating system on it so Linux is the
> obvious/free choice. When I tell the boot prom to try to boot off the
> floppy it displays
>
> Boot device: /fd File and args:
> Can't read disk label.
> Can't open Sun disk label package
> Can't open boot device
>
> I know next to nothing about Sparc systems - this system is going to be
> a server for a few computers and a development system for embedded
> design. Any ideas?
>
> --
> James Moger
> ===---------------------===
> Software Engineer
> Transonic Systems, Inc.
> {C/C++} {Java} {Smalltalk}
> Cornell Engineering '98
> ===---------------------===
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Date: 23 Aug 99 19:18:17 -0500
From: "Gene Heskett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Sound Card: Best Linux supported make/model?
Unrot13 this;
Reply to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Gene Heskett sends Greetings to george ;
Gee, SB Live (Value) not supported? Humm, I might get a skip/stutter
when the machine is busier than a one armed paper hanger, but the *.3b
version of the driver from their site sounds pretty good to these old
ears. My range is shot, carhart notches 120 db deep at 4khz, and come
back up to about -10 above that & go on to about 14-17khz depending on
the day, wax in them etc... Distortion I can still hear, quite
well. Mp3's sound great, as do .wavs, except for the occasional few
millisecond skip/stop.
> I'm looking for something to replace my original SB16 (with jumpers
> - no Pnp!).
> I know the SB Live series is not supported (save some 0.0.0.0.1
> binary only drivers). I need something well supported and that
> sounds better than a plain old SB16. The low sig-noise ratio of my
> very old SB16 is absolutely obnoxious on my mega-stereo system!!
> Thanks!
> --
> George Nimmer - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Linux - The choice of a GNU generation
Cheers, Gene
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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: "IceCold" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Help PCMCIA...
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 17:20:59 +0200
Hi all
I'm looking for to use a suse 6.1 over my portable...
I've been able to install linux...all right..
And the system recognize my pcmcia an OLICOM ETH/MODEM 33.6...
The problem is tha both I/O addr and Inerrup are wrong (from the one a see
on win98) and i can't use the eth and my modem...
I've already read many howto (pcmcia, net, etc etc) so i'm here for help....
thx in advance, IceCold
PS: sorry for my english .. it's ugly i know but i'll better it...promise..
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From: Sean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Booktree TV tuner info
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 02:30:54 GMT
Where could I get really good info in ascii format on how to install and
use a bt848 tv tuner card such as the Diamond DTV2000?
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From: "Michael R. Doerner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: problem setting up a PCMCIA CD-ROM
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 02:12:47 +0000
Fred Horan wrote:
> I am using a Sony PCG-505TX laptop with RedHat v6.0 and am attempting to
> install a ATAPI/PCMCIA CD-ROM (a Microtech MicroCD drive).
>
> I have been able to get Linksys ethernet PCMCIA card to work with the RH
> but I cannot mount the CD-ROM.
>
> I have not been able to guess the which /dev to use. I have also tried to
> MAKEDEV the proper device but mount complains about a missing module.
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Fred Horan
>
> --
> Fred Horan
> Ithaca NY
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I am having the same problem with Mandrake 6.0 (even with the new install
disks from the ftp site) it seems that this is a problem with the boot disks
and a pcmcia/ide controller combination problem. However, Slackware 4.0 will
detect and install (try it) a IDE Pcmcia cdrom from floppy, and install it's
system. However, I really, really, really want Mandrake on my laptop (too
many goodies compared to slakware) so I'm gonna fight this until I turn
purple I guess. Time to make out a bug report I guess unless someone out
there know how to get Mandrake/Redhat to work with IDE/PCMCIA cards....
Mike Doerner
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From: "Gene Zesch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.dial-up,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: winmodem?
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 07:40:52 -0500
Heres an interesting disk. If you have a modem in a system and want to know
if its a winmodem try this disk. Boot to it, it runs a whole mini system
off the floppy alone.
If the modem works--- it will work in Linux.
http://www.qnx.com/iat/how.html
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From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Problem (Urgent) : CDRECORD not work
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 08:05:56 +0800
After mkisofs and cdrecord, the CDR cannot be mounted and view in
either Linux or Windows. When viewed with Windows, I found that the
session created by CDRECORD did not closed yet.
How to close session with CDRECORD ?
After closing session in Windows, I can view the file burnt with
CDRECORD in Windows. But the CD can still not be mounted in
Linux, it said it is not ISO9660 format ... Why does this happen?
Thanks!
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From: "Santosh H." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: getty problems
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 08:28:53 +0530
Hi all,
I've set up 2 lines in my /etc/inittab to read lke
d1:12345:respawn:/sbin/uugetty 19200,9600,2400 1200 ttyS0 vt100
d1:12345:respawn:/sbin/uugetty 19200,9600,2400,1200 ttyS0 vt100
and my /etc/defaults/getty is
LOGIN=/bin/login
my /etc/gettydefs also has entries for all the speeds.
I've enabled autoanswer on my modem by movin a DIP switch. But when I
dial in to my pc tho' the modem connects no login prompt appears.Could
someone please tell me ASAP how this can be fixed as I need this urgently\
Thanks in advance.
BTW pls cc ur replies to [EMAIL PROTECTED] also.
Thanx again:-)
Santosh
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Santosh .H :
Activities Linux Linux and only Linux :-)
Thought for a lifetime:
Only Wimps use MS windows
Toughs use Linux:-)
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From: CW petersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Pivoting ADI 17x monitor driver
Date: 24 Aug 1999 00:36:22 GMT
I've got a 3 year old monitor on a switch with 2 non-linux computers. It's
a Microscan 17x from ADI, and there are pivoting drivers for the other OSs
but not for linux (at least from them - they wished me luck) so I was
wondering if anyone knows of drivers for this monitor. I've grown
accustomed to a portrait oriented monitor and prefer it for most tasks.
Thanks in advance,
CW Petersen
for email replies, remove the spamfree
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From: andy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: hard drive ERRORS?
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 00:30:55 GMT
Stuart R. Fuller wrote:
>
> W. Scott Grant ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> : Does anyone know what this message means
> :
> : hdc: read_intr: status=0x49 {DriveReady DataRequest Error}
> : hdc: read_intr: error=0x04 {DriveStatusError}
> : hdc: read_intr: status=0x59 {DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error
}
> :
> : hdc: read_intr: error=0x40 {Uncorrectable Error }, LBAsect=1770483,
> : sector 1638435
> : end_request: I/O error, dev 16:02, sector 1638435
> :
> : Is the hard drive failing? I have search dejanews and not found
anything
> : that gave me an answer.
>
> Look at the sector number. If you have several instances of the same
number,
> then it may just be a bad block. If the numbers vary, then it may be a
disk
> going bad.
>
> Stu
I have a problem similar to the one that Scott has but I think its just a
bad sector on my hard drive (2.1G WD). Got any tips (other than
replacement) for configuration (RH 6.0) so that I don't get notified of the
error every second (literally). Fsck knows there is an error but it just
wants to continue without fixing it. This thing sounds really bad so I
don't know how much longer its going to last....
_andy
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Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 11:23:52 +0800
From: dbp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Problem on CDRECORD
Gustin Kiffney wrote:
> What command line did you use in mkisofs to create the disk image?
> The loop device (they call it 'loopback device' in menuconfig) support
> is under 'block devices' in menuconfig. Are you mounting it with
> the '-t iso9660' option?
I cannot get loopback device even compiled with it, do you know why?
This is the script I use to make CDR :
# Make ISO image
mkisofs -r -o /root/cdrecord/cdimage.raw /root/cdrecord/cdimage
# Check cdimage.raw file format (Requires loop device support)
mount -t iso9660 -o ro,loop=/dev/loop0 /root/cdrecord/cdimage.raw /cdrom
umount /cdrom
# Start writing
cdrecord -v -multi speed=4 dev=0,1,0 /root/cdrecord/cdimage.raw
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Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 20:39:40 -0700
From: Tim Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Jaz Jet SCSI, 2Gb Jaz internal, RH 6.0 doesn't see.
> I recently bought new hardware for a Linux system. I installed RH 6.0,
> have kernel 2.2.5-15 running. I can't get the system to recognize the Jaz
> Jet SCSI interface, and certainly not the Jaz drive.
The Jet is actually an Advansys SCSI controller. You need to specify
advansys as a module or built in.
/usr/src/linux/.config' needs either
CONFIG_SCSI_ADVANSYS=m
or
CONFIG_SCSI_ADVANSYS=y
along with the usual SCSI stuff.
--
timothymoore "Everything is permitted. Nothing is forbidden."
bigfoot WS Burroughs.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John McKown)
Subject: Re: Deskjet 1120C
Date: 24 Aug 1999 03:15:18 GMT
On Mon, 23 Aug 1999 01:11:49 GMT, Robert McGwier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I am looking for support for Deskjet 1120C under Red Hat 2.2.11. I
>would buy a commercial driver
>if there was one. Anyone know of one?
>
>Bob
Assuming that my brain has not completely deserted me, I am fairly sure that
the HP1120C is a PCL/3e printer. That means that the standard Ghostscript
should work just fine. You have your application output PostScript (which
most Linux apps do). You then run the PostScript file into Ghostscript
which produces the PCL/3e data stream. You then direct this to your printer.
I know that there is a way to do this automatically using the "printcap"
file and "filters" (APSFILTER? MagicFilter?). But I haven't done it myself
because I was a fool and bought a WinPrinter (before I was a Linux user) and
I can't print under Linux.
I hope this is of some use to you,
John
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Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 11:21:47 +0800
From: dbp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Problem on CDRECORD
Gustin Kiffney wrote:
> What command line did you use in mkisofs to create the disk image?
> The loop device (they call it 'loopback device' in menuconfig) support
> is under 'block devices' in menuconfig. Are you mounting it with
> the '-t iso9660' option?
>
I cannot get loopback device even compiled with it, do you know why?
This is the script I use to make CDR :
# Make ISO image
mkisofs -r -o /root/cdrecord/cdimage.raw /root/cdrecord/cdimage
# Check cdimage.raw file format (Requires loop device support)
mount -t iso9660 -o ro,loop=/dev/loop0 /root/cdrecord/cdimage.raw /cdrom
umount /cdrom
# Start writing
cdrecord -v -multi speed=4 dev=0,1,0 /root/cdrecord/cdimage.raw
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From: "Jeanette Russo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Emachines??
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 20:23:52 -0500
Haven't tried it myself but I hear everything works fine but the modem
because its a Winmodem
Jeanette
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I'm thinking of taking a emachine I have around and running Linux on
> it. Anyone out there tried it yet? I know I may have do disable the
> video and add a card, but how about a network card?
> Bob McCabe
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Emachines??
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 02:40:37 GMT
Thanks, that's what I thought. The modem doen't bother me as I have a
cable modem setup (I entend to use the Linux machine as a gateway).
-Bob
On Mon, 23 Aug 1999 20:29:12 -0500, Becky & Gus Palandri
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>> I'm thinking of taking a emachine I have around and running Linux on
>> it. Anyone out there tried it yet? I know I may have do disable the
>> video and add a card, but how about a network card?
>> Bob McCabe
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>I installed RH 6.0 on my wifes Emachine. I had to replace the onboard
>video card which didn't
>work with the Mach64 server (had tire trackes running up and down the
>left hand side of the screen)
>The "Crystal" sound chip worked fine and was identified with
>sndconfig. Of course the modem was a winmodem and I replaced it with a
>BestData 56SF Controller Based ISA Modem. It working fine.
>
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From: "Jake Kirkpatrick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ATAPI Tape Drives
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 22:10:15 -0500
Leejay Wu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Excerpts from netnews.comp.os.linux.hardware: 19-Aug-99 ATAPI Tape
> Drives by "Jake Kirkpatrick"@tconl
> > Does anyone have experience using ATAPI tape drives? I've currently
> > have a Sony SuperStore Drive, but for some reason, when I go to dump
> > to it, it only uses about 10MB of a brand new tape, that should be
> > holding over a gig of data.
>
> Hmmm. I've had results w/ n STT20000A, writing the roughly 3.8GB I
> have to 10GB (before comp.) tapes. It was replaced once due to
> (probably) mechanical failure, but other than that it's been fine.
>
> Looking at the ide-tape.c (/usr/src/linux/drivers/block, if you've
> got the kernel sources in the usual place) included w/ 2.2.11,
> I do see the following entry:
>
> * Ver 1.14 Dec 30 98 Partial fixes for the Sony/AIWA tape drives.
> * Replace cli()/sti() with hwgroup spinlocks.
>
> What bugs were fixed and why the fixes were partial, and whether they
> are relevant to your case, I have no idea. That's the only mention
> of Sony (or Aiwa) in that file.
>
> Are you getting any particular message? And, have you tried other
> tapes? If you dual-boot, have you formatted the tapes w/ whatever
> software was provided?
>
> Are you using dump, tar, ?
>
No, no messages at all, other than it asks for the next tape. I have not
tried to format the tape in Winblows. The machine its currently installed
in is not dual boot, its linux only. Given the next opportunity, i will try
to format the tape if possible.
I've attempted to use both dump and tar, along with another progrm I've
found on the net called perfect backup. All stop at roughly the same spot.
> > If I can't get this to work, i'm looking for suggestions to lower cost
> > hardware, but still practical in backing up 3-4GB of data.
>
> Hmmm. The src file indicates it was tested specifically w/ a 2 GB
> Conner CTMA 4000 IDE ATAPI Streaming Tape Drive, so that _should_
> work, although... hm. That'd be Seagate now.
>
> > Any suggestions to backup methods and drives would be greatly
appreciated
>
> FWIW, for a full backup, I tend to use
>
> tar -cvf /dev/ht0 --totals -S --preserve -X /etc/excludes \
> -R -M -V "`date`" /
>
> where /etc/excludes is a list of directories that I don't want to backup
> (notably, /proc, /mnt/cdrom, and /mnt/floppy). -M in my case isn't
> necessary, since I'm not going to overflow a tape.
>
> There's no compression with that, because it's also not needed in my case,
> and I really don't want to lose a backup due to a single bad block early
> on the tape. Your paranoia may vary?
>
> Others may recommend assorted other tools (Amanda? others). Can't
> comment on those.
> --
> | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | the silly student |
> |--------------------------| he writes really bad haiku |
> | #include <stddiscl.h> | readers all go mad |
>
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: ppp problems
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 04:04:00 GMT
I recently installed Linux-Mandrake 6.0 and am having some
difficulties connecting to the internet. I have followed all the
instructions for setting up my modem and ISP connection but always
receive the same error during the connect process, "Timeout expired
while waiting for the ppp interface window to come up." My modem
initializes, dials the number and connects. It then supplies the
username and password before the connection window goes into a
"Logging onto network" process. This process sits for a while before
I get the timeout error mentioned above. I have searched all over the
internet but can't find any info to help me out in this situation.
Any ideas? Some help on this would greatly appreciated!
Thanks.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (William Burrow)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Booktree TV tuner info
Date: 24 Aug 1999 02:52:22 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 24 Aug 1999 02:30:54 GMT,
Sean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Where could I get really good info in ascii format on how to install and
>use a bt848 tv tuner card such as the Diamond DTV2000?
There is an HTML page that describes installing a BT based card at:
http://will.freehosting.net/bttv-HOWTO.html
Let me know if you want it in a flat ASCII file, I'll email it.
--
William Burrow -- New Brunswick, Canada o
Copyright 1999 William Burrow ~ /\
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