Linux-Hardware Digest #92, Volume #11 Wed, 25 Aug 99 04:13:33 EDT
Contents:
Re: wondering about my MB and video (John Doe)
Diamons Monster Fusion AGP 16 Mb Drivers for Linux??? ("Alexander Cepeda R.")
Re: ppp problems ("Casey Coulthard")
Re: Diskette Longevity (William Burrow)
Re: micro-channel (John Doe)
Help: USR modem for Linux ("Cuong Nguyen")
MGE UPS (Mike Case)
Re: SIS 620 Finally Works In High Resolution, just had to go to their website for
the linux drivers, duh :) ("Allix")
micro-channel (Jean Marc)
Is onboard 3d SiS AGP supported ("Kishore Kulkarni")
How to update kernel or change the size of / partion? (Jack)
Re: Linux on AMD K6-2/400? (Matt Muellerleile)
linux - java programming (nigel)
Install aborts (signal 8) when partitioning a large drive (Gary Helbig)
Re: Full System Crash under X (RH 6) (Tim Moore)
modem recommendations? (Hsiu-Khuern Tang)
Re: which to buy USB zip or RW-CD (Randy Crawford)
Re: Nec 4x6 Cd changer (Jeff Brubaker)
Re: ppp problems ("Casey Coulthard")
Diamond M80 ("Matt Anderson")
Re: Dual Pentium II shows as Celeron w/ no cache! (Tim Moore)
Re: Mustek ScanExpress 12000SP for SuSE6.1 (Falk Brettschneider)
Re: AMD and TNT (Matt Muellerleile)
HP Netserver LS2 problem ("John Casey")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Doe)
Subject: Re: wondering about my MB and video
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 24 Aug 1999 23:07:12 -0500
http://www.mostang.com/sane/
On Tue, 24 Aug 1999 22:42:18 -0400, Mircea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>me wrote:
>>
>> Linux gurus
>>
>> ok im curious - i have a Matsonic mainboard the outside of thew manual says
>> SiS 530 100MHz mainboard
>>
>> the SiS chip in the box (computer) says 5595
>>
>> so is it a 530 chipset??? with a 5595 video chip?? any one else know of
>> this board???
>>
>
>No, the chipset is called 5595, the video adapter is 530. Go to
>http://www.sis.com.tw/ to download the adapted server they made
>available.
>
>MST
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From: "Alexander Cepeda R." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Diamons Monster Fusion AGP 16 Mb Drivers for Linux???
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 00:28:15 -0400
Hi friends:
I have a problems to configure my video card for linux RH60... it seems to
be not soported. If anyone can help me...
thanks,
(Alex Cepeda)
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From: "Casey Coulthard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: ppp problems
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 23:23:08 -0500
Ok I had the same problem in Kppp
try getting the dns server info from you ISP and load that in kppp its in
one of the tabs in the account setup
or load them into netconfig. if you cant find it
click the blue and white icon on the desktop called kappfinder
then open the kmenu (button in lower left coner like windows start button.)
hover over personal (>menu)
mandrake linux (>menu)
administration (>menu)
select network configuration (this should only show up if logged in as root)
click the name tab this is your list of dns name servers(I think)
you should have at least one set of number in the lower box.
get behind it hit enter to goto the next line and enter the dns name server
for you ISP.
the box up is for other domains for searching I log onto mindspring.com so
that is what I have to put in there your isp tech support should be able to
help you out. Also when you have this done hit the save button. This
worked for me. but it is still flakey. At time is won't respond. But when
I use it to proxy my win98 box the connection flies. Later
Casey
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> 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
Subject: Re: Diskette Longevity
Date: 25 Aug 1999 04:15:44 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 24 Aug 1999 17:26:36 GMT,
BSD Bob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>In comp.os.linux.hardware [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> Hello. I've been using the same floppy disk for the past two
>> months, popping it in and out of my drives several times a day
>> and transporting nearly everyday.
>
>> Yesterday, I couldn't mount the disk because of some bad sector.
>> (don't remember the error.) So my guess is the diskette just wore out.
>> Fortunately, I still have my stuff on my hard drive.
That is my experience, floppies only last a few months in regular
service.
>Not likely. I probably has scratches in it, from the use patterns
>you put it to. Floppies used that way have a relatively short
...
>media is tolerable, but, if you can see the scratches, particularly
>as a ring at a certain track, that disk has crashed, and should be
>discarded.
Most of the dead ones I have have no discernible scratches. They just
died. I find floppies die much quicker in public use machines, so very
fine scratches may be enough.
>> 1. how long do floppy 1.2MB diskettes last?
>
>I have some floppies 20 years old that are still perfectly fine.
>I have some 1.2 meggers that are 15 years old, and still fine.
Are they Dysan? I have a collection of 360s that are totally useless,
but for a handful of Dysan disks. A number of 1.44 disks from 6-8 years
ago I have are reading bad, while a few read OK. Its a crap shoot.
>Typically 3.5 inch floppies, unless very high quality, last for
>a maximum of 5 years before reading problems can occur. But, the
>more often the disks are read, the shorter the useful lifetime.
>Yet, I have disk sets from IBM that are over 10 years old, and still
>work fine. Generic noname floppies trust only for a short time,
>or rewrite them yearly if the data is that important.
I'd agree with this. Chuck the frequently used diskettes quite often,
they'll just be a nuisance to you otherwise.
--
William Burrow -- New Brunswick, Canada o
Copyright 1999 William Burrow ~ /\
~ ()>()
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Doe)
Subject: Re: micro-channel
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 25 Aug 1999 00:33:46 -0500
On Wed, 25 Aug 1999 00:05:20 -0400,
Jean Marc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>quick question
>will RH 6.0 install on micro-channel compute like PS2 model 80??????????
>
>Thanks in advance for a quick response
>
>
>JM
>Jean Marc Noiseux, CNE
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>
I know suse 6.1 will.
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From: "Cuong Nguyen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Help: USR modem for Linux
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 00:35:22 -0700
Could someone please help me how to set up
a USR 56K modem to run with Linux 5.2 ?
thanks,
cuong
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From: Mike Case <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: MGE UPS
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 21:32:37 -0700
I've recently purchased an MGE Pulsar ES2+, and I'm having some problems
configuring it under Linux 2.3. I've tried both mgeupsd and the Linux
daemon from MGE, but neither will talk to the device. Both daemons simply
timeout waiting for the UPS to send data. My kernel is configured as
follows. Please help.
#
# Character devices
#
CONFIG_VT=y
CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_SERIAL=y
# CONFIG_SERIAL_CONSOLE is not set
# CONFIG_SERIAL_EXTENDED is not set
# CONFIG_SERIAL_NONSTANDARD is not set
CONFIG_UNIX98_PTYS=y
CONFIG_UNIX98_PTY_COUNT=256
Mike Case
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From: "Allix" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SIS 620 Finally Works In High Resolution, just had to go to their website
for the linux drivers, duh :)
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 00:46:42 -0400
Just use the mount command to get your windows partition working under
linux. First you'll have to create a directory for the files to be mounted
to, you can type in : mkdir /mnt/win
after that just type : mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/win
that's if your windows partition is C, which is most likely is. After that
just use it as any other directory, and copy the files into any linux
folder. Extract it and read everything carefully, its not that hard.
Irwan Soetandar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:7pqiiq$730c$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi Allix,
>
> How do you read download file of SiS that is saved in DOS format ?
> I did download the software and dont know how to open it and transfer to
> linux format ?
>
> Thanks
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From: Jean Marc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: micro-channel
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 00:05:20 -0400
quick question
will RH 6.0 install on micro-channel compute like PS2 model 80??????????
Thanks in advance for a quick response
JM
Jean Marc Noiseux, CNE
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Kishore Kulkarni" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Is onboard 3d SiS AGP supported
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 01:25:16 -0400
Hi. I am planning to take the plunge into linux with another new computer. I
would like to find out if the integrated onboard video (3D SiS AGP) and
onboard sound are supported in Linux.
Thanx
Kartik
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jack)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: How to update kernel or change the size of / partion?
Date: 25 Aug 1999 04:20:52 GMT
Hi,
I use redhat 6.0 Linux and I want to update my kernel use rpm file, when I
installed(or use update) the new kernel, I was told that 5Mb space needed
for / partion, so how can I update the kernel or increase the size of /
partion to install the new kernel?
Thank you very much!
Jack
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From: Matt Muellerleile <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.questions,cs.amd,cx686.amdk6.and.others
Subject: Re: Linux on AMD K6-2/400?
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 00:35:53 -0500
"K. Eggleston" wrote at comp.os.linux.hardware:
>
> Out of desperation for more speed for M$ NT 4.0, I went to my local
> bargain geek-shop and bought a Gigabyte motherboard along with AMD K6-
> 2/400 chip. This is the first time I've bought a non-Intel MB, but
> everyone told me I'd have no probs.
Guess they never heard about the aladdin 5/amd/good-graphics-card
problem that seems to happen so often (see below).
> But, I must get BSOD's in NT at least once a day. And it's stuff that
> specifically mentions the processor.. One of its favorites is complaining
> something about AMD EXCEPTION IRQ1 is LESS_OR_EQUAL .. Not quite sure
> exactly what it means, but it happens all the time. Other bizarre
> behavior as well.. StarCraft doesn't want to run smoothly, for some
> reason.. Can't figure out if its the vid card to blame on this one, tho
> (Voodoo3/2000)..
Maybe I should try to run NT to try to get some better error messages.
My favorite was on a DirectX install: "Error -14" with an "OK" button.
<sarcasm>Oh, error -14, sure, I know EXACTLY what to fix.</sarcasm>
> Anyway, these BSOD's are going to really get on my nerves. I canst stands
> no flakey system!
>
> And now, for the Linux part of this post-- Has anyone had a similar
> experience with AMD chips -- that Windoze would bomb or act bad
> specifically for reasons tied to the AMD chip -- and replace Windoze with
> Linux and experienced 100% hardware-reliable performance?
Yes, but I think it's the ALi/Aladdin 5 chipset, based on what I've heard
and trying to troubleshoot my problems, especially video problems on the
machine (only in windows98, not in linux, linux has been fine).
> I bought this AMD chip because so many people swore that it was a good
> bet. The Gigabyte MB, I was also told, was a great MB.. Trying to make
> my anti-monopoly statement and save a few bucks at the same time. I
> guess I got what I paid for!
A lot of people have told me that ALi chipset motherboards with AMD cpus
and some graphics crads is a recipe for disaster... I've got a k6-3 400 on
a freetech p5f103 ALi (Aladdin 5) motherboard, and I've tried win98 with
two different voodoo3s, 3000 AGP and 2000 PCI, and still can't get rid of
the video problems. EverQuest is plagued with problems, haven't tried
StarCraft, have had some minor problems with X-Wing Alliance, too.
Of course linux runs fine.
Think I'm going to have to go with an EPoX motherborad (EP-MVP3G2 or MVP3G5)
eventually, because every time I've heard the story that suonds like mine,
when someone replaced the motherboard and either didn't use ALi or used an
ALi board that was known to work well, their problems went away. It's too
bad I didn't really hear about all these problems before ordering the
computer, but oh well.
The odd thing is, Gigabyte is on the AMD approved list, so you'd think
it'd work, but maybe AMD doesn't test them with nice video cards or
something.
Cheers for trying to make an anti-monopoly statement. :)
--
Matt Muellerleile
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From: nigel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system,redhat.kernel.general
Subject: linux - java programming
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 05:30:55 GMT
How do I contain linux and a java program in a flashdisk of 16Mbytes. It is
a embedded system having a memory of 16 Mbytes.
What are required for a java program to run in linux environment in this
embedded system?
How do I read and write to a printer port? What are involved in the
process, as in how the kernel access the printer port and how a java
program can read and write to a printer port?
What is the relationship of the java program and the kernel to accomplish
that?
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From: Gary Helbig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Install aborts (signal 8) when partitioning a large drive
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 22:04:48 -0700
Hi,
I'm trying to install a large (20G) drive (IBM DJNA-352030).
RedHat 5.2, booting from CD-ROM.
When I go to partition, it asks if I want to use FDISK or Disk Druid.
Whichever I choose, I get a "install exited abnormally -- received
signal 8", and install terminates.
How can I get past this problem?
I don't think it's a bios problem; the messages that zoom by during the
boot-up report it as a 19470 meg drive.
TIA,
Gary.
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Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 22:41:51 -0700
From: Tim Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Full System Crash under X (RH 6)
It is impossible to tell what your problem is without symptoms. Please
post output from dmesg and lines from /var/log/messages with error
messages.
> My system completely locks-up (no mouse, no keyboard, no ping
> response,
> no virtual consoles, etc.) in X. I have tried re-installing both RH6 and
>
> Mandrake (based on RH6) several times but the same thing happens. I am
> running KDE which is normally quite stable but it always seems to crash
> within a few hours of using the new install.
>
> Many on the newsgroups have suggested that defective hardware could be
>
> the culprit but Windows NT (I am dual-booting) runs fine... even buggy
> software like Netscape works really well under NT. And Linux, just in
> console mode, never crashes... but X will bring everything to a complete
>
> halt, making it necessary to do an ugly hard reboot.
>
> Here's the system specs:
> AMD K6/2-350
> Matrox Millenium G400 OEM
> EPoX VIA MVP3-based mobo
> Siemens 128mb ECC Memory
> Maxtor UDMA 8.4 gb HD
> Mitsumi 40X UDMA CDROM
>
> I have seen one RedHat employee (Jay Turner, I believe) acknowledge
> that the problem may lie with the AMD processor. Also, someone recently
> mentioned that the LBA addressing mode on the HD may be the culprit.
>
> Anybody had these problems and fixed them successfully. I am one
> really, really frustrated person who would love to know. :-)
--
timothymoore "Everything is permitted. Nothing is forbidden."
bigfoot WS Burroughs.
com
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From: Hsiu-Khuern Tang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: modem recommendations?
Date: 24 Aug 1999 23:19:53 -0700
Hi all,
I am a Linux newbie as far as modems are concerned.
I recently bought a modemblaster, model DI5665, but couldn't get it to
work under Linux. Some earlier postings seemed to indicate that it is a
winmodem.
I wonder if anybody has any 56K modem recommendations? I am looking for
something cheap, preferably <$40. I have seen the list at
www.o2.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html, but it is quite short.
Thanks,
Hsiu Khuern.
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From: Randy Crawford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.arch.storage
Subject: Re: which to buy USB zip or RW-CD
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 17:25:51 +0000
H Paynter wrote:
>
> I need some more storage space for my lap top. Does anyone know which is
> better to use a USB zip drive or a RW-CD. I remember reading somewhere that
> using a USB port is not the best for data storage devices, is this true? Has
> anyone used the USB zip drive, comments. Thanks Hank
I have a USB Zip and it has worked fine. As I recall, USB supports
something like 1.5 MB/sec of data transfer, so it's more than enough
for a standard CD-R, CD-RW, or zip. Since CD R/W only writes at maybe
4X, USB should be fast enough.
I'm considering buying a USB CDRW myself (Zip just isn't big enough
for backups, and CD RW media can be bought for as little as $2.50/US$
each).
Has anybody had any experience with CD R/W and USB? Especially in Linux?
(BTW, I'm mirroring this message to comp.os.linux.hardware.)
--
Randy Crawford
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.engin.umich.edu/labs/cpc
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From: Jeff Brubaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Nec 4x6 Cd changer
Date: 12 Aug 1999 18:52:17 GMT
There is an option when you compile the kernel that says something like
"Probe all LUNs for each SCSI ID" meaning that a drive with a single SCSI
ID and multiple LUNs such as your CD changer would require this.
You can always cat /proc/scsi/scsi and see if the drives are recognized.
Jeff
Micahel A Rowley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: Hello!
: I am curious to see if I can get my NEC 4 disk changer to work with all the
: disks in Linux. I have it working on the first disk, but cannot get the
: other four disks working.
: Does anyone know how to get the other three disks working. Drivers? Tricks?
: Suggestions?
: M.
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From: "Casey Coulthard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: ppp problems
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 01:54:55 -0500
Hey one quick addon I just thought about. If you are having trouble logging
on there is a check box in the set up account for ip and dns I think make
sure they are unchecked I think (right click on it for quick tips.) and if
you did anything with minicom or pppd or anyother dial up for linux (mine
has atleast one other than kppp) bring up the task monitor and kill those
processes. Mini com will keep mine from entering. Also the other steps I
gave you are all I needed to get kppp up and running. put in your - account
name(the one that dial up network in windows would need) - password - phone
number. Double check the info. get those dns addresses. If you did any
fancy script editing you might need to remove it. Or just reinstall. Hope
this helps
Casey
Ps sorry the email is bogus on account of spam.
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From: "Matt Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Diamond M80
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 02:22:08 -0400
I have the Diamond Monster M80 sound card. I can't seem to find any
references to being able to use it under linux anywhere. Is there a driver,
even an unstable one, that will allow me to play sound under linux? If
there isn't one for this sound card, is there some sort of generic driver
that will function (even partially)? Thanks for any and all pointers
Matt Anderson
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Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 23:49:39 -0700
From: Tim Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Dual Pentium II shows as Celeron w/ no cache!
Please post dmesg output and /proc/cpuinfo.
--
timothymoore "Everything is permitted. Nothing is forbidden."
bigfoot WS Burroughs.
com
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From: Falk Brettschneider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Mustek ScanExpress 12000SP for SuSE6.1
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 09:09:27 +0200
Hi,
Is there anybody who can tell me how to get this scanner work there? I
want to
do this using it's ISA-PnP-SCSI-Controller card from the scanner
package, not a common SCSI-card like Adaptec...
--
Ciao,
--Falk
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From: Matt Muellerleile <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: AMD and TNT
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 01:55:45 -0500
Olaf Scherdin wrote:
>
> David A. Rogers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I've seen in a couple of places on the web that AMD cpus and TNT video cards
> > don't play well together. I'm thinking of getting a new system with an AMD
> > K6-450. What 3D video card should I get that is supported by xfree?
>
> 1) AMD CPUs run very fine with Linux
>
> 2) they have a widely supported 3d feature
>
> 3) they are less expensive than Intel's CPUs (or faster <g>)
>
> 4) NVidia supports AMD's CPUs by offering drivers with 3dnow support.
>
> Nothing speaks against AMD CPUs (except you are looking for a
> multiprocessor solution).
>
> The where indeed problems with super socket 7 boards with ALi Chipsets
> and AGP-TNT cards. But those problems came from a weak power support for
> the AGP slot, if I recall correctly. It has nothing to do with AMD
> CPUs.
I heard nearly the same thing from someone who works for 3dfx but used
to work for AMD. But it's not restricted to AGP-TNT cards, I've had the
same problems with a voodoo3 3000 AGP and voodoo3 2000 PCI. I'd recommend
avoiding the ALi chipset if possible to anyone who wants to use a decent
graphics card, ESPECIALLY under windows. I've heard nothing but good
things about the EPoX MVP3G-series motherboards with AMD cpus. Makes me
wish I had one.
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From: "John Casey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: HP Netserver LS2 problem
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 22:55:09 -0500
I am trying to install SuSE linux on an HP NetServer LS2, and am having
trouble getting the install prog to recognize my RAID controller. It is a
proprietary version of a DAC-960PL, and I would love it if someone could
tell me something other than "It won't work." If you can help, I would
greatly appreciate anything you might offer.
BTW, I can't upgrade the firmware using the image from Mylex, but I have
already upgraded to v2.47 from the HP site. The DAC diags check out fine,
and I have been successfully using Novell on this DAC, so it should be okay,
if I can figure out how to install it...
Thanks in advance,
John Casey
Kansas State University
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