Linux-Hardware Digest #362, Volume #12 Mon, 28 Feb 00 11:13:10 EST
Contents:
Re: Mouse USB help. (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Rasmus_B=F8g_Hansen?=)
Re: fips error message (Toby Haynes)
Need help on using Xerox laser printer :( ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Travan drive with linux (wolf357)
heating linux (Paul Ingram)
Re: heating linux ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
840-based motherboard: support? ("Andrew Stevens")
Re: heating linux (Michael Hofmann)
Re: Which ZIP drive? ("Armond Perretta")
Re: heating linux (Paul Ingram)
Re: dual xeon or single athlon? (Bryan)
Re: dual xeon or single athlon? (Bryan)
KVT terminal & keyboard problem. (Rey Dominique)
Changing Motherboard Problem ("John Lucas")
Re: Tyan 1854S motherboard..is it good (Gerald Willmann)
Re: heating linux ("Risto A. Paju")
Re: Tyan 1854S motherboard..is it good (Michael Hofmann)
Re: Changing Motherboard Problem (Michael J Porter)
Re: What about the Qube? ("Dr. Evil")
Re: Poweroff with abit bp6? (Hal Burgiss)
Re: Where can I find ATI Virge IIC dirver for linux? (Victor Zhang)
Re: heating linux (Brian Johnson)
Re: not able to install linux on pentium 100 (David Boston)
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From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Rasmus_B=F8g_Hansen?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: Mouse USB help.
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 15:11:45 +0100
To get a working USB support it should be fine to just apply the USB
patches. Then you wouldn't have to run an experimental kernel. I'm afraid,
that I don't know/remember where these patches are floating around.
On Mon, 28 Feb 2000, Sean Godsell wrote:
> Hello Kevin,
>
> I don't know if your mouse will work or not, but as far as getting USB to
> work you need a kernel update. Or you could experiment using a 2.3.x kernel
> which has USB support. I don't have a USB mouse, but I have a USB scanner,
> so I went with a 2.3 kernel update in order to get USB working.
> (www.kernel.org)
>
> Good Luck, and have Fun!!!
>
> Sean Godsell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Kevin Walter Rogovin wrote:
>
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I recently got a USB Logitech mouse, and had wanted to know if it
> > was posiible to use it under LINUX, specifically RedHat V6.0.... I was
> > hoping to use it as a USB device, rather than setting up the mouse as a
> > ps/2 mouse... I was under the impression that if a mouse could be used as
> > USB, or ps/2, one should go for USB (atleast for Win9x) so I was wondering
> > if I could get the mouse to work under Linux/Xfree86 using the USB
> > interface... anyone know if this is possible, and if so how? Thanks in
> > advance.
> >
> > -Kevin ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
>
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From: Toby Haynes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.questions,comp.os.linux.help,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: fips error message
Date: 28 Feb 2000 09:07:32 -0500
!! "GJS" == GJS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
GJS> Hello I've been attempting a nondestructive partition of my
GJS> hard drive w/ fips. It is running windows 98. First I
GJS> defragged the drive. Then I ran fips. The partitioning fails
GJS> because fips says that there is a hidden file like "image.imx"
GJS> or a file ending in *.fil in the last cylinder of the drive
GJS> that will be the windows partition. It says to go into the
GJS> root directory on DOS and delete these hidden files. I have no
GJS> idea how to go to the last cylinder of a hard drive, so I just
GJS> opened windows and removed any files *.imx or *.fil. I
GJS> defragged again as well. This does not work.
Defrag won't move files that are in use when you run it. This means
you *must* disable virtual memory before running defrag and FIPS - if
you don't, then Windows will initialise it's virtual memory file and
will hang onto it and you won't be able to proceed. If you have a very
low memory system (i.e. 32MB or less) you might want to boot Windows
into safe mode without virtual memory to keep memory usage as low as
possible while you defrag, or even better boot to dos after you have
disabled virtual memory. If you run out of memory in Windows it hangs
almost every time.
Cheers,
Toby
--
Toby Haynes
The views and opinions expressed in this message are my own, and do
not necessarily reflect those of IBM Canada.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Need help on using Xerox laser printer :(
Date: 28 Feb 100 15:27:03 +0200
Hi all,
does anyone know, how cuold i reach my
Xerox Docuprint p8e laser in printing
docs other than plain text?
Is there any 'driver' written/available on the net?
(For instance in StarOffice or WP8)
many thanks for suggestions
peter
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(i use RH-6.1)
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From: wolf357 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Travan drive with linux
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 06:30:45 -0800
Carl Filpo wrote:
>
> Can an IDE-based Travan drive be used with linux backup software
> such as Taper or substitute ?
>
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hi, I use a conner ctt-8000a with slack 7.0, I had to compile scsi
handling for ide in the kernel and then was able to use kdat under KDE
to do backups, worked fine once I changed the block size to 512 bytes
instead of the default 10k block, all that being said... yes you can
probably get your tape drive to work but you may have to work at it....
wolf
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From: Paul Ingram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: heating linux
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 14:46:33 +0000
Are there any clever academic types out there who know how to work out
the heat output (in watts) of a computer system
given certain parameters (psu wattage, current rating, etc.) ?
I looked at various specs of various bits of h/w but none give a heat
output figure..................
Much Obliged.
--
Paul Ingram
Technical Support
Workstations U.K. Ltd. Amersham, England
Tel. 01494 724 498
Fax. 01494 433 375
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: heating linux
Date: 28 Feb 2000 15:57:07 +0100
Paul Ingram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Are there any clever academic types out there who know how to work out
> the heat output (in watts) of a computer system
> given certain parameters (psu wattage, current rating, etc.) ?
>
> I looked at various specs of various bits of h/w but none give a heat
> output figure..................
This one is quite easy. You have to measure the amount of power the
computer uses (for those who don't want and don't have the knowledge
to temper with the 110V/230V power should use dedicated meters) - the
only thing it uses this power to is generating heat. Note that a 300W
power supply don't need to consume 300W of electrical power. The real
power consumtion has to be measured.
/Lars
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From: "Andrew Stevens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: 840-based motherboard: support?
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 15:08:13 -0000
Has anyone out there got any experience of using one of the new 840-based
motherboards under Linux?
My particular concern is the performance of the on-board EIDE/ATA controller
under Linux. Is UDMA33/66 supported or is support currently at the
"generic" PIO level?
Andrew
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From: Michael Hofmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: heating linux
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 16:02:38 +0100
Paul Ingram wrote:
>
> Are there any clever academic types out there who know how to work out
> the heat output (in watts) of a computer system
> given certain parameters (psu wattage, current rating, etc.) ?
>
> I looked at various specs of various bits of h/w but none give a heat
> output figure..................
The only way to know for sure is to measure the power consumption of the
computer. Of course the measured figure is not a constant, but depends
on the performed task - that is cpu load, usage of the video board etc.
pp.
Michael
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From: "Armond Perretta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Which ZIP drive?
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 10:12:06 -0500
x-no-archive: yes
> "Matt O'Toole" wrote ...
>
> Zip disks do fail (very) occasionally, like floppies. Don't
> make the > mistake of working from them, like many
> people do, even though they know better!
There is a neat little disk testing program from Gibson Research
(http://grc.com/default.htm) called "Trouble in Paradise." It tests
individual Zip disks for potential failures. The program is a free
download for Windows. Not sure it's available for *nix.
Good luck and good sailing.
Armond Perretta
s/v Kerry Deare of Barnegat
http://kerrydeare.tripod.com
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From: Paul Ingram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: heating linux
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 15:09:42 +0000
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Paul Ingram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Are there any clever academic types out there who know how to work out
> > the heat output (in watts) of a computer system
> > given certain parameters (psu wattage, current rating, etc.) ?
> >
> > I looked at various specs of various bits of h/w but none give a heat
> > output figure..................
>
> This one is quite easy. You have to measure the amount of power the
> computer uses (for those who don't want and don't have the knowledge
> to temper with the 110V/230V power should use dedicated meters) - the
> only thing it uses this power to is generating heat. Note that a 300W
> power supply don't need to consume 300W of electrical power. The real
> power consumtion has to be measured.
>
Thanks for the reply, I'm a bit surprised though - what about disk rotation
in HDD's? this will take power; or is this value insignificant and can be
disregarded?
--
Paul Ingram
Technical Support
Workstations U.K. Ltd. Amersham, England
Tel. 01494 724 498
Fax. 01494 433 375
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From: Bryan <Bryan@[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: dual xeon or single athlon?
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 15:14:48 GMT
but I would expect that the gx chipset won't overhead and have the
lockup problems that the bx does. and its a FACT that the bx isn't
enterprise-stable for smp. no sane person would do this if they've
ever tried running high-intensity compute jobs on a dual p2-series
system.
and for multitasking (servers), dual WILL win over single. its just
that mhz isn't linearly additive; but it DOES help quite a bit.
Vladimir Florinski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: John Jensen wrote:
: >
: > I've been out browsing web pages considering my next workstation. I
: > notice that Xeon 400 MHz with 1MB cache sell for around $300, while Athlon
: > 800 MHz sell for about twice that. I wonder, for a moderately priced "big
: > dog", if dual 400MHz/1Mb/Xeon's are the way to go over even a 800 MHz
: > Athlon. I'd guess that the 1Mb caches would go a long way to make the
: > typical workstation mix of applications (Linux/X11/Gnome) go fast.
: >
: It is a common misconception that a larger cache will result in an improved
: performance. Actually, it's all Intel's marketing. Your Xeon will only be
: marginally faster than a Celeron-400. I have run some tests on a dual Xeon at
: work and they were very disappointing. A uniprocessor at twice the frequency is
: always better than dual, therefore get an Athlon, if you can afford it, or a
: dual Celeron (possibly overclocked) if you can't.
: --
: Vladimir
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From: Bryan <Bryan@[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: dual xeon or single athlon?
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 15:16:18 GMT
for any situation where multiple requests are coming in, more cpus the
better. and dns has nothing at all to do with FP calcs - so the k7
isn't used to its fullest here.
plus, the k7 isn't 'ready for prime time' yet. IMHO, at least. I'd
wait for the next chipset and even then, I'd wait3-6 months before
being sure. you're crazy to buy a chipset on its first hardware rev...
Ex-Patriot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: If the computer was being used for a dedicated DNS server, would you still
: go with a single Atholon or a Dual PII 450 2mb cache?
: Vladimir Florinski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
: news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
: > John Jensen wrote:
: > >
: > > I've been out browsing web pages considering my next workstation. I
: > > notice that Xeon 400 MHz with 1MB cache sell for around $300, while
: Athlon
: > > 800 MHz sell for about twice that. I wonder, for a moderately priced
: "big
: > > dog", if dual 400MHz/1Mb/Xeon's are the way to go over even a 800 MHz
: > > Athlon. I'd guess that the 1Mb caches would go a long way to make the
: > > typical workstation mix of applications (Linux/X11/Gnome) go fast.
: > >
: > It is a common misconception that a larger cache will result in an
: improved
: > performance. Actually, it's all Intel's marketing. Your Xeon will only be
: > marginally faster than a Celeron-400. I have run some tests on a dual Xeon
: at
: > work and they were very disappointing. A uniprocessor at twice the
: frequency is
: > always better than dual, therefore get an Athlon, if you can afford it, or
: a
: > dual Celeron (possibly overclocked) if you can't.
: > --
: >
: >
: > Vladimir
--
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From: Rey Dominique <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: KVT terminal & keyboard problem.
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 16:21:32 +0100
Hello,
I am running linux SuSE 6.2 and I configured my keyboard (Yast & Sax) as
SwissFrench, it is working well for xterm terminal & ascii console but
keyboard stay in "Croate" for the KVT terminal emulation.
Could you tell me in which configuration file is the definition of the
KVT keyboard.
Thank you very much for your help.
Dominique Rey
System Engineer
International Labour Office
Geneva, Switzerland
++ 41 22 799.7068
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "John Lucas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Changing Motherboard Problem
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 07:29:11 -0800
Hi Gang;
I recently tried to swap out my existing ASUS P5A-B, P233 w/Ali chipset
motherboard to a FIC-6100, PII450 w/Via chipset on a RedHat Linux 6.0
server. All other components remain the same, RAM, PCI Video, IDE HDD, FDD,
IDE CD-ROM, etc.
When the system boots I get an error "Not Found [Boot Partition] error then
the system requests a boot diskette. I connected a Win98 configured HD and
the system attempts to boot just fine. I triple checked the BIOS settings
trying every combination possible to no avail.
I put the old motherboard back in and everything works as it did (tried it
twice). How can I force the boot partition to be seen without starting from
scratch? I have a boot disk and a rescue image, but I am leery to use them
with concern over losing the data on the hard drive.
Thanks for any help you can offer!
John
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From: Gerald Willmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Tyan 1854S motherboard..is it good
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 07:25:36 -0800
On Mon, 28 Feb 2000, Michael Hofmann wrote:
> True, but IIRC BIOS companies like Award (which has been bought by
> Phoenix btw) deliver something like a standardized BIOS that has to be
> adapted to a specific hardware on a motherboard. So it's TYAN's duty to
> make sure the powerdown cycle is implemented properly. On the S1590S
> this is not the case. The specs call for real mode before powerdown.
> TYAN's BIOS doesn't do this, that's why there is a real mode patch for
> Linux. Other MoBo manufacturers have provided updated BIOS's to correct
> this problem.
> TYAN doesn't care about this, they don't care to answer emails regarding
> this issue, hence I don't care to buy TYAN products in the future.
> I prefer Linux-aware and customer-oriented companies.
Michael: why all the fuss about shutdown - one of the great things about
linux is that it stays up for months or longer. And btw, why does your
company offer linux only on servers but not on workstations (or did I
overlook some secret webpage)?
Gerald
--
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From: "Risto A. Paju" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: heating linux
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 15:44:30 +0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Whenever the disk spins down, its rotational energy is entirely
converted to heat. Also, keeping a steady rotation rate takes some
energy because of friction, which means energy wasted as heat. If the
disk was spinning without friction at a constant rate, it would not need
energy input, except for spin-up.
In fact, not all the electric power is directly wasted as heat. A wide
spectrum of electromagnetic waves (e.g. light from the display) is
radiated, but most of this will eventually be dissipated as heat.
--
Risto A. Paju
http://www.iki.fi/teknohog/
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From: Michael Hofmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Tyan 1854S motherboard..is it good
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 16:45:28 +0100
Gerald Willmann wrote:
>
> On Mon, 28 Feb 2000, Michael Hofmann wrote:
>
> > True, but IIRC BIOS companies like Award (which has been bought by
> > Phoenix btw) deliver something like a standardized BIOS that has to be
> > adapted to a specific hardware on a motherboard. So it's TYAN's duty to
> > make sure the powerdown cycle is implemented properly. On the S1590S
> > this is not the case. The specs call for real mode before powerdown.
> > TYAN's BIOS doesn't do this, that's why there is a real mode patch for
> > Linux. Other MoBo manufacturers have provided updated BIOS's to correct
> > this problem.
> > TYAN doesn't care about this, they don't care to answer emails regarding
> > this issue, hence I don't care to buy TYAN products in the future.
> > I prefer Linux-aware and customer-oriented companies.
>
> Michael: why all the fuss about shutdown - one of the great things about
> linux is that it stays up for months or longer. And btw, why does your
> company offer linux only on servers but not on workstations (or did I
> overlook some secret webpage)?
Not to shut down is IMHO not a good plan for preserving energy,
especially since I'm using my box for only 1 - 2 hours a day. Running
Linux 24/7 is a good thing for servers though.
Regarding Linux and Siemens I can't give you any information at all. I'm
in the automotive business writing software for body controller
modules....
In the office we're only using Micro$oft stuff, unfortunately.
Michael
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael J Porter)
Subject: Re: Changing Motherboard Problem
Date: 28 Feb 2000 10:43:46 -0500
Perhaps you don't have your BIOS configured the same between the
two boards? Maybe LBA in one and LARGE (or whatever it's called on
the other board?)
Mike
////
In article <dvwu4.585$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
John Lucas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
=>Hi Gang;
=>
=>I recently tried to swap out my existing ASUS P5A-B, P233 w/Ali chipset
=>motherboard to a FIC-6100, PII450 w/Via chipset on a RedHat Linux 6.0
=>server. All other components remain the same, RAM, PCI Video, IDE HDD, FDD,
=>IDE CD-ROM, etc.
=>
=>When the system boots I get an error "Not Found [Boot Partition] error then
=>the system requests a boot diskette. I connected a Win98 configured HD and
=>the system attempts to boot just fine. I triple checked the BIOS settings
=>trying every combination possible to no avail.
=>
=>I put the old motherboard back in and everything works as it did (tried it
=>twice). How can I force the boot partition to be seen without starting from
=>scratch? I have a boot disk and a rescue image, but I am leery to use them
=>with concern over losing the data on the hard drive.
=>
=>Thanks for any help you can offer!
=>
=>John
=>
=>
=>
--
===
Mike Porter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
PGP Fingerprint: F4 AE E1 9F 67 F7 DA EA 2F D2 37 F3 99 ED D1 C2
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From: "Dr. Evil" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: What about the Qube?
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 15:52:31 -0000
> : It's not what you want for a "cheap" server; it's what you want for a
> : *small, low-maintenance* server.
It better be or I will unleash the "laser" and destroy your mojo.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hal Burgiss)
Subject: Re: Poweroff with abit bp6?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 15:54:20 GMT
On Mon, 28 Feb 2000 12:43:54 +0100, Robert Ulmer
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hello is it possible to use the abit bp6 poweroff function with linux
>and smp?
>
>I've tried to compile APM into the kernel and to add
>a
>append="apm=smp-power-off"
>into my lilo.conf file.
>
>that wasn't enough!
I find this in apm.c in kernel sources... (2.2.15pre9)
* 1.12: Remove CONFIG_SMP as the compiler will optimize
* the code away anyway (smp_num_cpus == 1 in UP)
* noted by Artur Skawina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>.
* Make power off under SMP work again.
* Fix thinko with initial engaging of BIOS.
* Make sure power off only happens on CPU 0
* (Paul "Rusty" Russell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>).
* Do error notification to user mode if BIOS calls fail.
* Move entrypoint offset fix to ...boot/setup.S
* where it belongs (Cosmos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>).
* Remove smp-power-off. SMP users must now specify
* "apm=power-off" on the kernel command line. Suggested
* by Jim Avera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, modified by Alan Cox
* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>.
* Register the /proc/apm entry even on SMP so that
* scripts that check for it before doing power off
* work (Jim Avera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>).
*
--
Hal B
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
--
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Subject: Re: Where can I find ATI Virge IIC dirver for linux?
From: Victor Zhang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 08:05:55 -0800
Hi,
Sorry,the video card is ATI Rage IIC,I made a mistake.
My network card is RealTek RTL8019 Pnp card,I have configured
it to enbale PNP,Is it supportable in Linux Redhat 6.0?
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From: Brian Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: heating linux
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 16:07:13 GMT
Actually, wouldn't that be (eventually) all output as heat as well? the
drive is eventually stopped from rotating by (and always working against)
friction (against the air, drive bearings, etc), and friction creates heat...
(have you ever put your hand on a hard drive that's been working hard for
awhile? they can get downright HOT)...
-Brian
Paul Ingram wrote:
> Thanks for the reply, I'm a bit surprised though - what about disk rotation
> in HDD's? this will take power; or is this value insignificant and can be
> disregarded?
>
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From: David Boston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,aus.computers.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: not able to install linux on pentium 100
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 02:04:03 +1000
Mechthild Huebscher wrote:
>
> thanks for your help
>
> i tried this:
>
> i put a harddisk with already installed linux in the
> olivetti pc and it booted correct , linux running.
> i took the 1GB-harddisk and put it in a 486, there
> i could install linux also......
> now i understand less than before why i didnt work...
>
> Mechthild Huebscher wrote:
> >
> > hi,
> >
> > i tried to install linux (both suse 6.3 and redhat 6.1)
> > on a olivetti modulo m4 p100.
> > this didnt work.
> > i can boot from disk or cdrom, but then, e.g. when i
> > press <return> on "boot:"..(suse)......then theres
> > written:"loading initrd" but then it doesnt happen
> > anything more, just a black screen.
> > when i was booting from disk there ist was:"loading
> > initdisk.gz" but then also the black screen and nothing
> > more.......
It could be a dead floppy disk, that has happened to me a few times -
one bad sector and it just won't work. Try making up a couple of spare
install floppy disks.
> > what do i make wrong?
> > are there maybe any computers that dont like linux? :-((((
> >
> > help please, i really dont understand wheres the problem
> >
> > mechthild huebscher
> >
> > ps: i installed linux before on two other pcs, this
> > worked fine
>
> --
> -------------------------------------------
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> Homepage: http://www.thp.univie.ac.at/~mgh/
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David Boston
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ftp.funet.fi pub/Linux
tsx-11.mit.edu pub/linux
sunsite.unc.edu pub/Linux
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