Linux-Hardware Digest #189, Volume #11 Mon, 6 Sep 99 05:13:34 EDT
Contents:
Re: A system setup that works, no problems (Curtis Newton)
Re: Ultra ATA/66 Hard Drive Interface w/Linux (Luke Bond)
Re: SCSI Tape, help ("pk")
Re: Linux 2.2.10 doesn't recognize > 64 MB memory (Michael Perry)
Re: LINUX and SCSI Adaptec AIC 7890 (Mathias Margulies)
Re: LINUX and SCSI Adaptec AIC 7890 (Mathias Margulies)
Re: making linux go away ("Jeroen Willems")
Re: Internal Iomega Zip Drive Problems (Michael Perry)
Re: Confusion about modems, please help (Charles and Patricia Ritter)
Re: RH 6.0 on a Dell Poweredge 4300? possible? (Christian Schulz)
3c509B Issues ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: D-Link DFE 530TX ("jaems")
Re: Buying Laptop (Dean Pentcheff)
Assessing performance bottlenecks in a server? (Dean Pentcheff)
Setting Up Linux Shell--Need HD ("Kraid")
Network printer - Gestetner 3225 ("Naor")
Driver exist for Diamond's Homefree wireless? ("bono")
Re: Can I compile the kernel using a cc other than gcc? (Martin Kahlert)
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From: Curtis Newton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,redhat.hardware.arch.intel
Subject: Re: A system setup that works, no problems
Date: Sun, 05 Sep 1999 22:00:44 -0600
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have some of the similar components as you. To me, the key is that
you MUST read the hardware compatibility before purchasing your
components.
Seems as if the video card is the stickiest point. I have an ATI
Xper128 (Rage chipset) and it was not fun setting it up. I finally
did, but had to use the frame buffer support driver. I was
disappointed they didn't have a driver in 3.3.5.
However, Xi has a great driver. But, it also costs $99. Seems like a
lot for a X Window manager.
On Mon, 06 Sep 1999 03:31:08 GMT, Russell Keith-Magee
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>oug
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--
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Curtis Newton
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://cnewton.home.mindspring.com
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Due to USENET spamming, I had to modify
my reply to email address.
Please delete ".remove" to reply.
By US Code Title 47, Sec.227(a)(2)(B), a computer/modem/printer meets
the definition of a telephone fax machine. By Sec.227(b)(1)(C), it is
unlawful to send any unsolicited advertisement to such equipment. By
Sec.227(b)(3)(C), a violation of the aforementioned Section is
punishable by action to recover actual monetary loss, or $500, whichever
is greater, for each violation.
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From: Luke Bond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Ultra ATA/66 Hard Drive Interface w/Linux
Date: Mon, 06 Sep 1999 14:07:34 +1000
i'm in the same boat as you, and from browsing this newsgroup it seems
that answers are to be found here:
http://opensource.captech.com/LinuxIDE/
hope it works!
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Are there any problems using a hard drive with the ultra
> ATA/66 interface with Linux-Mandrake? Specifically, I am
> looking at a Quantum 6.4 GB CX. Any info that you can
> provide is appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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From: "pk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: aus.computers.linux
Subject: Re: SCSI Tape, help
Date: Mon, 6 Sep 1999 12:07:14 +1000
tar -cvf /dev/st0 /tmp (or what ever directory you want)
James Mandy wrote in message <7qt39i$143$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Ive managed to get my linux box to detect the just installed HP DDS-2 tape
>drive.
>It comes up in the kernel like this.
>
> Vendor: HP Model: HP35470A Rev: 1009
> Type: Sequential-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
>Detected scsi tape st0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
>
>No problem. Now.
>
>I look in /dev and I indeed have /dev/tape which is pointing to /dev/st0 no
>worries. normal.
>
>Now, where to from here?
>
>If I do an "mt status" I get this. With or without a tape in the drive.
>
>SCSI 2 tape drive:
>File number=-1, block number=-1, partition=0.
>Tape block size 0 bytes. Density code 0x0 (default).
>Soft error count since last status=0
>General status bits on (10000):
> IM_REP_EN
>
>NO other MT commands work? I cant rewind it, I cant do anything with it?
The
>only other MT command I have managed to get to work is "MT LOAD" which
>ejects a tape if there is a tape in the drive.
>
>My question is. Where do I go from here? How can I erase this tape? How can
>I do a simple backup eg "tar cvf /etc /dev/st0" or something "shrug"
>
>Any help greatly appreciated.
>
>P.S what tape backup software would you reccommend? I've looked at Arkeia,
>and it looks pretty good, has windows client too, so I can admin it from
>winblows box...
>
>Cheers, James
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael Perry)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Linux 2.2.10 doesn't recognize > 64 MB memory
Date: Mon, 06 Sep 1999 05:23:33 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, 02 Sep 1999 20:33:25 -0400, Herman Chen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>My notebook computer won't recognize more than 64mb of RAM even though I
>specified append="mem=104m" in the /etc/lilo.conf
>
>However, Linux recognizes all the RAM when I type "linux mem=104m" at
>the lilo prompt during boot.
>
>I tried other parameters in /etc/lilo.conf such "mem=106112k", "mem=80m"
>etc... According to the BIOS, 106112k is the usable memory. No matter
>what I put in lilo.conf, Linux won't recognize more than 64mb unless I
>specify it during boot prompt.
>
>My system:
>IBM Thinkpad 760xd
>RH6.0/kernel2.2.10
>104mb RAM
>
>Thanks.
Just on a hunch. Did you rerun /sbin/lilo after adding the append line?
--
Michael Perry - "No one can give you wiser advice
[EMAIL PROTECTED] .o O than yourself" -Cicero
' )
\ Gnome: at www.gnome.org!!
\ _) where happiness is a state of foot.
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From: Mathias Margulies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: LINUX and SCSI Adaptec AIC 7890
Date: Mon, 06 Sep 1999 09:30:05 +0200
Esben Haabendal Soerensen wrote:
>
> I have had no problems installing RedHat 6.0 on a computer with AIC
> 7890 based SCSI controller, what goes wrong ?
>
What goes wrong is that I get the following message :
SCSI detected : 0
VFS cannot open root device 08:21
Kernel Panic : VFS : Unable to mount root on 08:21
and that this message makes the installation procedure exit on error.
--
Mathias MARGULIES
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From: Mathias Margulies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: LINUX and SCSI Adaptec AIC 7890
Date: Mon, 06 Sep 1999 09:33:44 +0200
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> linux doent reconize anything past the first 8 gigs on the hard drive
> put the OS on the fist 600mg bit of the drive
>
This could be all right if any of the current distributions could be
able to recognize my SCSI adapter. But they aren't.
Mathias MARGULIES
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From: "Jeroen Willems" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.caldera,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: making linux go away
Date: 6 Sep 1999 05:14:58 GMT
Try this...
Boot up using a MS boot floppy with the fdisk and sys programs on it.
Then type:
fdisk /MBR
sys c:
e presto!
Regards,
jEroen
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael Perry)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,redhat.general
Subject: Re: Internal Iomega Zip Drive Problems
Date: Mon, 06 Sep 1999 05:22:21 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Mon, 30 Aug 1999 19:31:02 GMT, JT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I have an Internal Iomega Zip Drive 100. I had it configured as an Atapi
>Zip drive and it worked great. I recently got a CD/RW. I set
>scsi/emulation on my system RH6.0 p2-450 128M I set the fstab to
>
>/dev/sda /mnt/zip vfat user,exec,dev,suid,rw,noauto 0
>0
>
>When I mount it I get the following error:
>
>mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda,
> or too many mounted file systems
>
Are you running the default 225 kernel? Try the 2210 kernel. We had
periodic problems with the 225 kernel and these devices. All cleared up at
2210.
--
Michael Perry - "No one can give you wiser advice
[EMAIL PROTECTED] .o O than yourself" -Cicero
' )
\ Gnome: at www.gnome.org!!
\ _) where happiness is a state of foot.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Charles and Patricia Ritter)
Subject: Re: Confusion about modems, please help
Date: Mon, 06 Sep 1999 06:17:19 GMT
Any external modem should work fine. It is the internal modems,
specifically winmodems or software modems, that linux does not like.
Don't get me wrong, there are some good internal modems, but if you
are unsure which one to get, you are better off getting the external.
Chris Smith
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sun, 05 Sep 1999 19:57:43 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>Ok so I just got a new dell computer and installed red hat 6.0
>on the machine. I then spent a few hours on the various news
>groups trying to figure out what kind of modem I should buy.
>Well, I am completely confused. From the compatiblity guide I
>infer that all external modems connected to the serial port should
>work. However I read a post from someone that there is a catch
>here too. Some external modem are also win modem and expect the
>software to do stuff so will not work with linux. So I trotted
>over to COMP USA to review their selection of modems. Almost all
>the modems were marked for windows 98 95 or NT. Only the Viking
>56k external modem said it would work with DOS And 3.11 as well.
>However this modem requires that you run some software to configure
>and install it. How could this work with Linux? That means that
>I would need to get the software from the manufacturer for Linux,
>correct? So I finally settled on a Hi-Val 56K Speedtastic external
>modem for $90. However the box said that it is for 98 or NT, and
>is plug and play. From what I gather from the newgroup this
>is not good(though it may work). Is this modem compatible? I still
>havent openned the box yet and can return it if it is not!!! Do
>I need to do something special to set it up ? Is there a FAQ of
>some kind about this?
>
>Many Many thanks,
>
>Subuddh
>
>
>Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
>Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christian Schulz)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,redhat.hardware.arch.intel
Subject: Re: RH 6.0 on a Dell Poweredge 4300? possible?
Date: Mon, 06 Sep 1999 05:56:09 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, 02 Sep 1999 17:31:06 GMT, Thomas Albl
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
you will need the ami megaraid driver for the Perc/2
>Hi *.*,
>
>has anyone done a succesfull Linux installation on a Dell Poweredge 4300
>System with the Perc/2 Raid 5 - Controller? The machine hereby has the
>Perc/2 Controller with 4 Disks and a amount of 20 Gigs.
>
>What driver is needed for the machine - if it is possible ;-) ?
>
>SuSE 6.2 & Red Hat 6.0 are available by now.
>
>Thanx for your help
>--
>Thomas
>
>------------------ Posted via CNET Linux Help ------------------
> http://www.searchlinux.com
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: 3c509B Issues
Date: Mon, 06 Sep 1999 06:56:37 GMT
Hi all
Yup I'm a newbie, and here is the current situation.
1-3c509B (not 905)
1-33.6 jumpered USR internal modem
1-Ess1869-68 soundcard
So, at the begining I fough t and finaly got the modem to let me go
online (dhcp). All was good in the learning land of linux. Then I went
for the ess. The kernel detected ess, but wouldn't initialize the
second part of the audiodrive, so I started playing with sndconfig.
Well......kinda mucked that up by setting an irq that conflicted with
something else so bdly that with my tiny knowledge of Linux, I had to
reinstall. So reinstall worked fine, went back to exactly as before.
So decided to put sndcrd on back burner and go fo networking. So I
could ping and watch my hub lights blink, but no response. So read
through some HOWTO and newspostings and turned PNP off on the nic card.
Now when I boot the card isnt listed and if I try to add it manualy, it
still fails. So i'm thinking that I am setting my ioports wrong.
Problem is that I don't know what the default settings are for ANY of my
cards. Now eth0 isnt working (ppp0 is though). So i'm gonna have to go
to Windoze and put my card in and set the properties back to PNP and
then go back to linux and try it again. What a pain..if any one know
how to make RH 6 rescan for PNP devices at boot let me now. The only
way I know how is to do a reinstall, which has got to be bassackwards.
I've seen some comment about at LILO; to do some eth0........., but how
could you put that in to be permanent? is it making a new kernel? or is
it removing a mod then re-adding the mod? Oh, and please excuse the
noise, it's just me banging my head against the keyboard... :) .. but
I AM COMMITED TO SEEING THIS THROUGH ITS COMPLETION. I will learn how
to configure devices in linux, or i will learn how to configure things
in linux. Never surrender, never quit...just find a different way of
looking at things..
Cya
If a trainstation is where the train stops, whats a workstation?
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "jaems" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: D-Link DFE 530TX
Date: Mon, 06 Sep 1999 07:29:03 GMT
I have the exact same card and the same problem....I've had no responses as
of yet....let me know if you hear anything!
Thanks,
James Dean
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Dean Pentcheff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Buying Laptop
Date: 06 Sep 1999 02:50:55 -0400
sthl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I'm gonna buy a field Laptop but I'm having problems with finding a
> retailer who actually knows if Linux (RedHat 6.0) will run on it.
>
> Can anybody let me know of a new, top of the line laptop which will work
> with Linux, without problems.
I'm writing this on a Dell Inspiron 3500 which is _very_ happily
running RH 6.0. When it arrived I just booted from a RH 6.0 boot
floppy and did a network OS install. I'm fond of Linux, but even I
was impressed with how easily it loaded - no tweaking or fiddling.
As an aside, I'm using a Linksys Etherfast 10/100+56K PCCard. It was
autorecognized by the install procedure quite happily (both Ethernet
and modem).
> One of my main interest is the ability to share the laptop cdrom to our
> headless Solaris boxes ( draging around SUN's standalone cdrom-player is
> no fun at all!) Has anybody tried this?
Sorry, no - didn't get a cd player (but zip and floppy work fine, so
I have no reason to believe the cd player would give trouble).
-Dean
--
N. Dean Pentcheff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Biological Sciences, Univ. of South Carolina, Columbia SC 29208 (803-777-7068)
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From: Dean Pentcheff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Assessing performance bottlenecks in a server?
Date: 06 Sep 1999 03:04:16 -0400
I'm looking for pointers on assessing bottlenecks in a Linux server
(Dell 2200 - non-raid). It's serving as a departmental support box,
running Cyrus IMAP, Apache, IMP webmail frontend, sendmail, DHCP,
cacheing-only DNS, Samba, and maybe a couple of other things that
slip my mind at the moment...
It's doing quite impressively well, but I'd like to be reasonably
intelligent about upgrading it. I'm not sure how to assess whether
I'd be better off (for instance) getting a second CPU or shifting to
some sort of raid disk system. Or even how to assess whether one or
more applications are sucking an unreasonably large amount of CPU or
disk usage (other than just staring at ps and top listings). For
example, I have this creepy feeling that either sendmail or Cyrus's
deliver are grossly inefficiently thrashing the disk (this based on
eardrum instrumentation...).
I'd appreciate pointers to relevant FAQs, HOWTOs, or other documents
that people have found useful.
Thanks!
-Dean
--
N. Dean Pentcheff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Biological Sciences, Univ. of South Carolina, Columbia SC 29208 (803-777-7068)
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From: "Kraid" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Setting Up Linux Shell--Need HD
Date: Mon, 06 Sep 1999 08:18:52 GMT
I'm attempting to set up a box for linux shells. No restrictions. If you
have an extra HD laying around no matter how
big but needs to be IDE, and would like to make a donation. E-mail me if you
may be able to help.
Appreciated,
Kraid
[EMAIL PROTECTED] or
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Naor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Network printer - Gestetner 3225
Date: Mon, 6 Sep 1999 09:56:35 +0200
I have in work a net with MFP called gestetner 3225, it's connected to an NT
server.
I have a computer with RH linux 6 installed, and i want to set up this
printer.
how can i do that?
I know that there are no available drivers for unix to this MFP.
thanks
Naor
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From: "bono" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Driver exist for Diamond's Homefree wireless?
Date: Mon, 06 Sep 1999 08:16:21 GMT
Hi all:
I don't know if it exist or not? But if someone knows that it exist or know
where to get it please please
let me know asap. My email address is [EMAIL PROTECTED] Even info about
it is being developed is
very good.... I just hope that I can use it on linux...
Thank you,
Bono
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Martin Kahlert)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.portable
Subject: Re: Can I compile the kernel using a cc other than gcc?
Date: 6 Sep 1999 07:25:30 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (David T. Blake) writes:
> Randall Parker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> The DEC C compiler is way faster on Alpha. So if Compaq/DEC/et
>> al could get Linux ported to that compiler then Alpha Linux could
>> be much faster.
>
> I get about 10-15% speed improvements for cc over gcc under OSF
> if I take my time and try different combinations of optimizations
> for each.
>
> You can note this comparison is impossible to do under linux
> as Dec doesn't have ANY compiler that works under linux.
Yes they do: Compaq has a beta version of a fortran compiler
for Linux AXP. It's a port of DEC's own compiler for their
Unix for Alpha.
I tried it on a 1 MB source analog circuit simulator
and the binary was a factor of 2 faster than g77's
(from gcc-2.95.1).
This speedup seems to be quite stable with all progs i tried.
I'm looking forward to a corresponding C compiler.
Bye,
Martin.
--
esa$ gcc -Wall -o ariane5 ariane5.c
ariane5.c: 666: warning: long float implicitly truncated to unsigned type
esa$ ariane5
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