Linux-Hardware Digest #367, Volume #12 Mon, 28 Feb 00 22:13:12 EST
Contents:
Help: Pegasus I E5tx-at motherbaord ("Beretta")
Re: Partitions partitions partitions ("Philip Payne")
Re: Partitions partitions partitions ("Philip Payne")
Re: inexpensive *modern* video card(PCI)? ("D. Stimits")
Help: Pegasus I E5tx-at motherbaord ("Beretta")
The Efing Floppy drive (NecroBurn)
Re: 2 days on cdrw, still nothing - please help (Rusty)
Re: The Efing Floppy drive (Andreas Hoffmann)
Re: TNT2 Clock Utility - Detonator 3.76 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: which CD-RW for Linux? (Andreas Hoffmann)
Help: Pegasus I E5TX-AT motherboard ("Beretta")
Re: looking for cheep PCs (Rod Smith)
Re: swap mouse buttons for lefty? (Andreas Hoffmann)
Re: Update on Linux + OS/2 + Win2k system ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: 3-button serial mouse (C. Newport)
Re: Partitions partitions partitions ("Melissa Nelson")
Re: Problems with DELL 4300's and RedHat ("S. Park")
Re: How to install 3com905C-TX on RH Linux6.0? (Dances With Crows)
Re: Need help with SCSI CD-Rom burner (Dances With Crows)
Re: The Efing Floppy drive (Dances With Crows)
Driver for Video Capture Card using Bt878 (Wen-Siang Kuo)
Tape Drive backup for RH linux 6.1 (Brian)
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From: "Beretta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Help: Pegasus I E5tx-at motherbaord
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 20:03:38 -0500
I have an EFA company's E5TZ-AT "Pegasus I" motherboard that I recintly
obtained. I've tried every kernel config combo out there to make Linux boot
on it. The Linux kernel starts booting, and either: (1) reboots the
machine, or (2) locks up after PCI related probes (bus, ide, io ports) ?!?!?
(no registar dump either!)
I've compiled my kernel a gizillion times with no avail. I'm running
Redhat 6.0(hedwig), with a 2.2.5 kernel version. The factory (rescue) kernel
images boot fine. but my compiled version's don't.
I noticed my motherboard was mention in the Hardware.howto, where it
described my exact problem. It suggested D/L the latest BIOS version (Award
1.03). I did, and installed it, and my kernels still won't boot.
If anyone out there has had some experience, or knowledge of somebody, or a
URL explaining this please reply or email me ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
I need help 'cuas:
(1) I've never seen a linux kernel just not work, and not even give a
registar dump
(2) I HATE running Winblow '98!
\--Beretta---->
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From: "Philip Payne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Partitions partitions partitions
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 02:26:43 +0100
Melissa,
This is fairly painless if you use Partition Magic (www.powerquest.com) for
modifying your disk partitions and System Commander (www.v-com.com) to
choose your operating system when you boot up.
There is also a product VMWare (www.vmware.com) which lets you switch
between operating systems without rebooting. I've read good things about it
but never used it.
Regards,
Philip Payne
===================================================
Melissa Nelson wrote in message
<2QEu4.854$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>ok i tried for like 4 days to get win98se and linux on the same box but
>after i get linux RedHat 6.1 loded i go to install win98se and it gives me
>the error "this drive is not currently configured for win89" then is wants
>to config it but if i let it, it will whipe all my current partitions and
>files.....
>
>what can i do to run both win98 and RH6.1 on the same 13g HDD???
>
>
>
>
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From: "Philip Payne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Partitions partitions partitions
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 02:32:25 +0100
Actually, the latest version of Partition Magic includes a fair amount of
the functionality of System Commander, and vice-versa, so you can probably
get away with just one or the other. I've always used both, though.
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Philip Payne wrote in message <89f77j$5ss$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Melissa,
>
>This is fairly painless if you use Partition Magic (www.powerquest.com) for
>modifying your disk partitions and System Commander (www.v-com.com) to
>choose your operating system when you boot up.
>
>There is also a product VMWare (www.vmware.com) which lets you switch
>between operating systems without rebooting. I've read good things about it
>but never used it.
>
>Regards,
>Philip Payne
>
>===================================================
>Melissa Nelson wrote in message
><2QEu4.854$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>>ok i tried for like 4 days to get win98se and linux on the same box but
>>after i get linux RedHat 6.1 loded i go to install win98se and it gives me
>>the error "this drive is not currently configured for win89" then is wants
>>to config it but if i let it, it will whipe all my current partitions and
>>files.....
>>
>>what can i do to run both win98 and RH6.1 on the same 13g HDD???
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
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Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 18:35:55 -0700
From: "D. Stimits" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: inexpensive *modern* video card(PCI)?
Jungshik Shin wrote:
>
> I've got a five and half year old Pentium 100 box with
> PCI bus. Recently I replaced P100 with K6-2 366(Kingston's TC 366)
> and I noticed a significant speed boost. However, Xmark(using 'x11perf'
> and Xmark) result is still pretty low(6.5-7 with the baseline being Sun
> Sparc 1 and Xsun server). So, I'm considering getting a new modern video
> card to replace Diamond Stealth 64 Video VRAM(which was near the top of
> the line back in 1995).
>
> Would anyone recommend a few modern but inexpensive PCI-bus video card
> that works well with XFree86 3.3.x? I may spend as much as 100 bucks,
> but I'll be happy to find the one costing $50-70. It seems like PCI
> cards are more expensive these days than more common AGP cards, but what
> could I do as I don't have time/money/energy to replace the motherboard
> of my computer? Anyway, I've been looking at cards from Matrox like
> Millenium($29 w/4MB WRAM), Millenium II($78 w/4MB WRAM, $98 w/8MB),
> Millenium G200(w/8MB SDRAM $109). Some other cards like Diamond Fire
> GL 3000 are also available for under $100 for PCI bus, but I'm not sure
> whether they work well with XF86.
>
> I don't need the state of the art 3D acceleration and
> I'm more interested in 2D performance although hardware OpenGL
> support(available now or in near future with XF86) would be nice.
> Besides, as my monitor is only 17", I wouldn't go higher than
> 1152x864(with 24/32 bpp).
>
> Thank you in advance,
>
> Jungshik Shin
I've had some nice results with the creative labs savage 4 card, PCI.
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From: "Beretta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Help: Pegasus I E5tx-at motherbaord
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 20:24:53 -0500
I have an EFA company's E5TZ-AT "Pegasus I" motherboard that I recintly
obtained. I've tried every kernel config combo out there to make Linux boot
on it. The Linux kernel starts booting, and either: (1) reboots the
machine, or (2) locks up after PCI related probes (bus, ide, io ports) ?!?!?
(no registar dump either!)
I've compiled my kernel a gizillion times with no avail. I'm running
Redhat 6.0(hedwig), with a 2.2.5 kernel version. The factory (rescue) kernel
images boot fine. but my compiled version's don't.
I noticed my motherboard was mention in the Hardware.howto, where it
described my exact problem. It suggested D/L the latest BIOS version (Award
1.03). I did, and installed it, and my kernels still won't boot.
If anyone out there has had some experience, or knowledge of somebody, or a
URL explaining this please reply or email me ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
I need help 'cuas:
(1) I've never seen a linux kernel just not work, and not even give a
registar dump
(2) I HATE running Winblow '98!
\--Beretta---->
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From: NecroBurn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: The Efing Floppy drive
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 01:30:22 GMT
when i try to mount my floppy drive i type
mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
and then whether the disk has right protection on or not i get an error
that says:
"mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/fd0, or to many
mounted file systems"
what can i do to fix this???
p.s. what seems odd to me is that i put my linux boot disk in that i had
made at install and it read it fine.......
please help a linux Newbie
--
Posted via CNET Help.com
http://www.help.com/
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From: Rusty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 2 days on cdrw, still nothing - please help
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 01:45:54 GMT
Hi Tom,
I also struggled for some time to get my TDK CDRW
running under Linux. For what it's worth, here are the
relevant entries in my /usr/src/linux.config file:
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDESCSI=y
.
.
CONFIG_SCSI=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD=y
# CONFIG_CHR_DEV_ST is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR_VENDOR=y
CONFIG_CHR_DEV_SG=y
You'll know you've succeeded with the kernel setup when
you get the following sort of output during boot-up:
hda: WDC WD136AA, ATA DISK drive
hdc: TDK CDRW8432, ATAPI CDROM drive
.
.
scsi0 : SCSI host adapter emulation for IDE ATAPI devices
scsi : 1 host.
Vendor: TDK Model: CDRW8432 Rev: 1.05
Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision:
Detected scsi CD-ROM sr0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
scsi : detected 1 SCSI cdrom total.
sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 32x/32x writer cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
Uniform CDROM driver Revision: 2.54
I'm running RedHat 6.0 (kernel 2.2.5-15). I hope this helps.
-- Cheers,
Rusty.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Tom Manning wrote:
> Please help me with this, I've really been working on it for quite a
> while!
>
> I've spent just over two days trying to get my HP 8200 CDRW working in
> linux, still can't do it. Running RH6.1, with an HP CDRW (hdd) and a
> creative labs 24x cdrom (hdb), both atapi ide drives. I read the
> howtos. I went to kernel.org, figured if I was going to learn to compile
> a kernel with scsi-general support I might as well get the latest stable
> one (2.2.14).
>
> Compiled the kernel numerous times before I finally got all the option
> working properly. And I KNOW I compiled the generic "sg" scsi driver in,
> sometimes as a module, sometimes right into the kernel. Yet every time
> I try to start xcdroast, it tells me that scsi support is not built in.
> Latest build didn't compile in any atapi cdrom support, just scsi, but
> it still won't work!
>
> At bootup, linux finds both my cdrom drives. xcdroast only sees the
> writer, as an ide drive. (or sometimes only the other drive, depending
> on how I compiled in options I guess. I've tried this numerous times).
>
> my dmesg now gives me the following (edited to remove unnecessary
> lines):
>
> hdb: MATSHITA CR-587, ATAPI CDROM DRIVE
> hdd: Hewlett-Packard CD-Writer Plus 8200, ATAPI CDROM drive
> ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
> ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
> hdb: ATAPI 24X CD-ROM drive, 128kB Cache
> Uniform CDROM driver Revision: 2.56
> hdd: ATAPI 24X CD-ROM CD-R/RQ drive, 2048kB Cache
> scsi0 : SCSI host adapter emulation for IDE ATAPI devices
> scsi : 1 host.
> scsi : detected total.
> VFS: Disk change detected on device ide1(22,64)
> VFS: Disk change detected on device ide0(3,64) <repeated several dozen
> times>
> cdrom: open failed. <repeated only twice>
>
> PLEASE can someone shed some light on this?? I've been doing everything
> right, as far as I know, and this is a last resort :(
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tom
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From: Andreas Hoffmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: The Efing Floppy drive
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 01:49:56 +0000
NecroBurn wrote:
>
> when i try to mount my floppy drive i type
> mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
> and then whether the disk has right protection on or not i get an error
> that says:
> "mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/fd0, or to many
> mounted file systems"
>
> what can i do to fix this???
You need to specify the file system type with
mount -t <fs> /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
where <fs> is msdos, vfat, ext2, minix or what you have on the disk!!!
>
> p.s. what seems odd to me is that i put my linux boot disk in that i had
> made at install and it read it fine.......
>
> please help a linux Newbie
OK for the first time, but second time: RTFM! (Read the f***ing manual!)
i.e. "man mount"
>
> --
> Posted via CNET Help.com
> http://www.help.com/
Andreas
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.hardware.overclocking,alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.video
Subject: Re: TNT2 Clock Utility - Detonator 3.76
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 20:45:08 -0500
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 02/28/00
at 08:45 PM, Anton Deguet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>for (i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
> printf(" a number %f\n", 0.0 + i * 0.01);
>}
>Would become in french
>pour (i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
> afficherf(" un nombre %f\r". 0,0 + i * 0,01);
>}
I'm not picking; just trying to understand:
In the French case would the separator after " %f\r" really be a period?
Or would it be a comma? My understanding is that for numbers the European
convention is 1.000,00 whereas the Anglo-Saxon convention is 1,000.00.
But the grammatical usage of commas and periods are the same: we both use
commas to separate phrases and periods to end sentences. The above
example looks more like a semantical separation rather than a numerical
one.
Take care,
Duane
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[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Andreas Hoffmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: which CD-RW for Linux?
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 01:51:58 +0000
Peter Bismuti wrote:
>
> Can anyone reccomend to me a CD-RW for my Linux box? I'm looking
> at an internal SCSI perhaps. How about a Plextor?
Heard nothing bad about Plextor.
I'm using a Yamaha 4416 which works fine under Linux, but has some
problems with the Windows driver for the Adaptec 7890.
So I think Yamaha is a good choice, too.
>
> Thanks!
Andreas
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From: "Beretta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Help: Pegasus I E5TX-AT motherboard
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 20:42:04 -0500
I have an EFA company's E5TZ-AT "Pegasus I" motherboard that I recintly
obtained. I've tried every kernel config combo out there to make Linux boot
on it. The Linux kernel starts booting, and either: (1) reboots the
machine, or (2) locks up after PCI related probes (bus, ide, io ports) ?!?!?
(no registar dump either!)
I've compiled my kernel a gizillion times with no avail. I'm running
Redhat 6.0(hedwig), with a 2.2.5 kernel version. The factory (rescue) kernel
images boot fine. but my compiled version's don't.
I noticed my motherboard was mention in the Hardware.howto, where it
described my exact problem. It suggested D/L the latest BIOS version (Award
1.03). I did, and installed it, and my kernels still won't boot.
If anyone out there has had some experience, or knowledge of somebody, or a
URL explaining this please reply or email me ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
I need help 'cuas:
(1) I've never seen a linux kernel just not work, and not even give a
registar dump
(2) I HATE running Winblow '98!
\--Beretta---->
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Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Subject: Re: looking for cheep PCs
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 01:53:44 GMT
[Posted and mailed]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Brian Dudek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I have been hitting the net looking for cheep PCs but have not found
> many. Any suggestions where to look?
Here are a couple of possible sources:
http://www.intellesale.com/
http://www.outletzoo.com/zoos/default.asp
You might also check some of the bigger computer manufacturers (Dell, IBM,
Compaq, Gateway, etc.). Some of these offer refurbished products. They're
probably mostly a bit more expensive than the ~$100 you're looking to
spend, but it's worth some digging on their web sites to find out for
sure, I think.
--
Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.rodsbooks.com
Author of books on Linux networking & WordPerfect for Linux
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From: Andreas Hoffmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: swap mouse buttons for lefty?
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 01:55:54 +0000
Peter Bismuti wrote:
>
> I want to use my mouse with my left hand and swap the buttons
> around, IE, hitting the left button registers as a right button,
> and vice-versa. Can anyone tell me how to do that? THanks.
Didn't you find something in the installation of the X-Server
(sax, XF86Setup, or what else you used) ???
Andreas
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.os2.misc,comp.os.os2.setup.storage
Subject: Re: Update on Linux + OS/2 + Win2k system
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 20:51:45 -0500
In <yECu4.5585$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 02/28/00
at 08:51 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kenneth Crudup) said:
>In article <38b73dac$1$ovryyvat$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] says:
>>Let me ask again. If I do not have any OS installed at first, then
>>install Linux, install VMware next -- can I then run Windows on VMware
>>without installing a Microsoft product?
>No. Windows has to come from *somewhere*, and in this case,
>you have to install Windows in the VMware VM. Of course, with VMware, you
>can install Linux, NT, (now) OS/2, Win {3.1,9{5,8}, 2K} ...
That's what I thought. And that's why I asked. Someone responded that if
I really needed Windows I should get VMware (the way I understood the
suggestion 'instead of' rather than 'in addition to') and I thought that a
little odd. Of course the double negative threw me for a little loop and
that's why I asked for clarification. (I'm not a stickler for grammar
until the lack of it's good use hinders communication. ;-)
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[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (C. Newport)
Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: 3-button serial mouse
Date: 29 Feb 2000 01:26:34 -0000
Colin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: Well, I consider myself well and truely trumped there. I wonder when
: some enterprising college head is going to hit upon interfacing the
: process accounting to a coin-slot meter, to recoup their falling
: grant income (and, please, don't anyone take this as a cue to rattle
: on about the 'good ole days of paper tape and punch cards'!).
Whaddya mean, 'old days' - I still have a tape punch, *and* it still
gets used occasionally,
[ Ducks & runs ]
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From: "Melissa Nelson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Partitions partitions partitions
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 02:12:33 GMT
This is probally really a stupid question/comment but.....
its not free.....
Philip Payne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:89f7ia$630$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Actually, the latest version of Partition Magic includes a fair amount of
> the functionality of System Commander, and vice-versa, so you can probably
> get away with just one or the other. I've always used both, though.
>
> ===============================
> Philip Payne wrote in message <89f77j$5ss$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> >Melissa,
> >
> >This is fairly painless if you use Partition Magic (www.powerquest.com)
for
> >modifying your disk partitions and System Commander (www.v-com.com) to
> >choose your operating system when you boot up.
> >
> >There is also a product VMWare (www.vmware.com) which lets you switch
> >between operating systems without rebooting. I've read good things about
it
> >but never used it.
> >
> >Regards,
> >Philip Payne
> >
> >===================================================
> >Melissa Nelson wrote in message
> ><2QEu4.854$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> >>ok i tried for like 4 days to get win98se and linux on the same box but
> >>after i get linux RedHat 6.1 loded i go to install win98se and it gives
me
> >>the error "this drive is not currently configured for win89" then is
wants
> >>to config it but if i let it, it will whipe all my current partitions
and
> >>files.....
> >>
> >>what can i do to run both win98 and RH6.1 on the same 13g HDD???
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>
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From: "S. Park" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Problems with DELL 4300's and RedHat
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 02:16:54 GMT
Jason Scharlach wrote:
>
> I've been having problems with a recently purchased DELL 4300
> preinstalled with RedHat 6.0. In an attempt to resolve these problems I
> have been in contact with DELL and have attempted to contact RedHat but
> they don't seem to read their e-mail there so I figured I'd ask out
> here.
> Firstly, is there anyone out there who has actually successfully
> gotten a response from RedHat on an e-mail support contract? If so, let
> me know how you managed to get to somebody.
>
> Anyways, here's the message I sent to RH. If anyone has any ideas
> please let me know.
>
> -----------------------------------------
> I've been fighting with this problem for the past week and after going
> through DELL tech support they told me to contact you guys.
>
> Here's the problem.
>
> We recently purchased a DELL Poweredge 4300 server pre-installed with
> Redhat 6.0. Incidently, the 4300 is on the list of Certified Hardware
> for RH 6.0. The system was working fine until we installed and
> attempted to use a second hard disk in the 8x1 backplane. As soon as
> you attempt to access partitions on both hard disks at the same time
> corruption occurs - usually trashing the partitions you were just
> accessing and forcing a re-install of the OS. This is 100%
> reproducable. Infact, if you attempt to perform an install of all
> components and have it automatically mount partitions on both disks the
> install will fail 100% of the time. It does not matter what hard drives
> you use - I have performed installs on both disks and they work
> perfectly
> until you attempt to access the second drive (ie: by mounting it or
> using fdisk to modify the partition table).
> I went through all of the DELL provided hardware diagnostics and
> everything checked out. Not conviced, I then proceeded to attempt
> installing RH 6.1 which also gave the problems. I then installed NT4.0
> on the system and it appears to work perfectly and access both hard
> disks with no problem. So, in my opinion what is wrong is one of 2
> things. 1) The DELL 8x1 backplane is faulty but NT somehow manages to
> mask this or 2) Redhat (Linux) does not support the backplane
> technology.
> What I need to know is, has Redhat ever tested their product in a DELL
> 4300 with multiple hard disks? If they have and it works, I need to
> know so I can get the hardware replaced by DELL. If they have never
> tested this how can you possibly be including an OS with a machine that
> can't scale to multiple hard drives?
>
> Please respond ASAP.
>
> Jason Scharlach
> Quarry Integrated Communications
> -------------------------------------------
I don't have an experience with servers and backplane hardwares, but
what I can help you is you'd better bug DELL more strongly. In my
opinion it's DELL's responsibility if they decide to load Linux with the
possibly unsupported hardware. Redhat is a mere packager so that they
have limited knowledge of all available hardware configuration. Linux is
still struggling with Ultra 66 EIDE... It's my two penny thought.
Hope somebody with more experience with your hardware can answer better.
Cheers.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: How to install 3com905C-TX on RH Linux6.0?
Date: 28 Feb 2000 21:17:08 EST
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Mon, 28 Feb 2000 21:30:08 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>How to find the drivers?
>There is no driver for 3com905C-TX on 3com.com.
The 3c59x driver doesn't work for you? RTM, the 3c59x driver is supposed
to work with the series 590 and 900 cards. Try "modprobe 3c59x" to load
driver--the stock RH install should include it as a module. If you don't
see any horrible error messages, it probably worked, and you can ifconfig
and route and try to ping something. HTH,
--
Matt G / Dances With Crows \ In the MS-DOStrix,
There is no Darkness in Eternity \----\ there is no fork().
But only Light too dim for us to see \
===== Usenet: ceci n'est pas une guerre des flammes =====
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Need help with SCSI CD-Rom burner
Date: 28 Feb 2000 21:31:14 EST
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 29 Feb 2000 00:43:25 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>Dances With Crows wrote:
>> >Install CD), it gives me this message:
>> > mount: block device /dev/scd0 is write-protected, mounting
>> >read-only
>I know the first part isn't a problem, but the next line down is:
>mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/scd0,
> or toomany mounted filesystems
If you knew the first error message wasn't a problem, why'd you post it
and not the second error message?
Anyway, what happens when you try this?:
# mount -t iso9660 /dev/scd0 -o ro /mnt/cdrom
That should give a more illuminating error message and rule out
permission problems or /etc/fstab as a source of problems. The line in
your /etc/fstab should be like so:
/dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,user,ro 0 0
Or try /dev/sr0 instead of /dev/scd0 ? They're supposed to point to the
same place, but sometimes one works and the other doesn't.
Also, you should have a look at /var/log/dmesg and make sure that your
CD-RW is getting recognized as an IDE-SCSI device. If you have IDE CD-ROM
support compiled, you may have to pass the "hdX=ide-scsi" option to the
kernel at boot time so the IDE driver doesn't grab the CD and refuse to
let go.
>And this is on a CD that already has data on it. I wasn't trying to burn to
OK. I must've misparsed the previous message then....
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: The Efing Floppy drive
Date: 28 Feb 2000 21:37:41 EST
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 29 Feb 2000 01:49:56 +0000, Andreas Hoffmann
<<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>NecroBurn wrote:
>> when i try to mount my floppy drive i type
>> mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
>> and then whether the disk has right protection on or not i get an error
>> that says:
>> "mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/fd0, or to many
>> mounted file systems"
>You need to specify the file system type with
>mount -t <fs> /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
Nah. There's a much easier way to do it. There should be a line in
/etc/fstab that looks kind of like so:
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto,user 0 0
If it doesn't match that line exactly, change it so that it does.
After that, you can mount a DOS, ext2, minix, or what-have-you floppy by
merely entering "mount /mnt/floppy" or "mount /dev/fd0" as any user.
Caution: If you enter "mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy", then you will get
error messages.
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But only Light too dim for us to see \
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From: Wen-Siang Kuo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Driver for Video Capture Card using Bt878
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 02:30:16 GMT
I am working on a video capturing system based on Rockwell's Bt878 -
Single-chip video and audio capture for the PCI bus. Is there any Linux
driver written for this chip? Or how can I communicate with the PCI chip
within Linux application (any samples out there)? Also how to setup a DMA
transfer, in particular, how to get a physical memory address for the DMA
contrller to work on?
Any pointer or suggestion will be appreciated.
Thanks and best regards
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From: Brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Tape Drive backup for RH linux 6.1
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 02:31:20 GMT
I am building a linux box as a small scale (>50 virtual hosts) web server.
Can anyone suggest a suitable tape backup device with automated backup
software.
Best regards, Brian
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