Linux-Hardware Digest #375, Volume #12 Tue, 29 Feb 00 17:13:21 EST
Contents:
Re: RAID question (Andre de Jesus)
Re: Overclocked Celery hangs! ("Richard Gaywood")
Re: Dell Latitude CPi A400XT (James Smith)
More problems with ide cd writer ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Cnet PRO120 and linux {newbie} ("Melissa Nelson")
Re: 3-button serial mouse (David C.)
Q&A (by subject) from this ng ("K.Tsakaloglou")
Re: Partitions partitions partitions ("Melissa Nelson")
Re: dual PIII mainboards (Erik de Castro Lopo)
Re: Solution to my problem!!! (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Cl=E9ment?= "Nodens" HERMANN)
Maxi Sound Home Studio Pro, Alsa (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Cl=E9ment?= "Nodens" HERMANN)
Re: AMD and LINUX (David C.)
Re: More problems with ide cd writer (Dances With Crows)
Modemblaster PCI 56K setup in RedHat 6.1 (Greg Nedel)
Anyone got RAID going using a DPT controller ? ("Courtney Thomas")
Re: unknown disk drive activity (Steve Gage)
AOpenFM56-IUT/2 Modem (Chris Maynus)
Re: SoundBlaster PCI 128 under Linux (Steve Gage)
Partitioning A 13g HD ("Melissa Nelson")
Multiple SCSI cards (Nordic Boy)
LILO + HD 13 Gb ("JuanMa")
Re: Need help with SCSI CD-Rom burner ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: The Efing Floppy drive (Ben Derr)
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Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 20:10:17 +0000
From: Andre de Jesus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RAID question
Andre de Jesus wrote:
> What is the minimal hardware raid configuration to protect against
> two-disk failures?
>
> Thank you
> Andre de Jesus
Software-RAID mini howto:
6. Q: How can I guard against a two-disk failure?
A: Some of the RAID algorithms do guard against multiple
disk failures, but these are not currently implemented for
Linux. However, the Linux Software RAID can guard against
multiple disk failures by layering an array on top of an
array. For example, nine disks can be used to create three
raid-5 arrays. Then these three arrays can in turn be
hooked together into a single RAID-5 array on top. In fact,
this kind of a configuration will guard against a three-disk
failure. Note that a large amount of disk space is
''wasted'' on the redundancy information.
For an NxN raid-5 array,
N=3, 5 out of 9 disks are used for parity (=55%percent;)
N=4, 7 out of 16 disks
N=5, 9 out of 25 disks
...
N=9, 17 out of 81 disks (=~20%percent;)
In general, an MxN arrary will use M+N-1 disks for parity.
The least amount of space is "wasted" when M=N.
Another alternative is to create a RAID-1 array with three
disks. Note that since all three disks contain identical
data, that 2/3's of the space is ''wasted''.
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From: "Richard Gaywood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Overclocked Celery hangs!
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 20:18:35 -0000
> : My system's Celery 433 runs at 541 (83 Mhz FSB - yeah, I know) pretty
stable
> : in Windoze, and used to be OK in Linux too. However, I had to reinstall
RH
> : 6.1 last week (long story) and the damn installer kept hanging until I
clock
> : the CPU back. Now, at 488 it's fine, but at 541 the boot squence hangs
at
> : the "Freeing unused kernel memory" stage. I wouldn't mind, but it used
to
> : work...
>
> : Any thoughts?
>
> yeah, don't overclock it.
>
> (sheesh, its not like o/c is GUARANTEED to be stable. if you run your
> system on the edge and it crashes, its your OWN damned fault. clock
> within the specs and you will get guaranteed stability. ...except on
> dual BX boards - but that's another story.)
Well, duh. Of course it's not guaranteed, and I'm not moaning about it. I'm
curious why it's stopped working, is all.
And my data is backed up & my OSs primed for reinstall. I'm well aware of
what I'm risking.
--
-=R=-
"Is this what you thought married life would
be like, Homer?"
"Yeah, pretty much. 'Cept we drove around in
a van solving mysteries."
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From: James Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.portable
Subject: Re: Dell Latitude CPi A400XT
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 20:20:32 GMT
Phil,
I'm running Mandrake 6.5 on a Latitude Cpi A400XT (using StarOffice=20
5.1a, which I've also got installed under NT on my laptop and=20
desktop); I've also successfully installed straight RH 6.1. Xfree86=20
isn't the problem (install correctly detects the NeoMagic MagicMedia=20
256AV display controller (used in several laptops). Autoprobe works=20
OK; I'm running 1024x768x16. About the sound, however: nobody=20
recognizes and/or works correctly with the NeoMagic sound system. RH=20
6.1 detects, but sndconfig doesn't correctly configure. The commercial=20
OSS drivers will work under RH 6.1 (the driver is beta, and the sound=20
sucks!); Mandrake is not compatible with OSS (MacMillan has done some=20
funny things to customize the kernel).
Hope this helps.
Jim
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
On 2/15/00, 8:28:45 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding Dell=20
Latitude CPi A400XT:
> Hi,
> Has anyone got Linux working on the Dell Latitude CPi A400XT machines?=
> Which distibution did you use? (I'm particularly worried about=20
getting
> XFree86 to work.)
> TIA,
> Phil.
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.--=20
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: More problems with ide cd writer
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 20:22:01 GMT
Ok, I've been through the howto and dejanews but I seem to have a
problem that doesn't seem terribly normal. Under redhat 6.0 I had both
my cdrom and cdwriter happily coexisting in /dev/sr0 and sr1. Recently I
decided to trash the machine and rebuild with redhat 6.1, big mistake.
I'm now in the rather strange positon where dmesg shows /dev/sr0 and sr1
being assigned to the drives that I expect but when I come to mount
either /dev/sr0 or /dev/sr1, they bioth seem to point to the same
device. Having mounted /dev/sr0 on /mnt/cdrom, when I try to mount
/mnt/cdrw, I get 'mount: /dev/sr1 already mounted or /mnt/cdrw busy' (as
one would expect if they are the same device) I've checked /dev/sr0 and
1 and they don't appear to be symbolic links. I've tried recreating
/mnt/cdrom and cdrw and I'm now at a bit of a loss...
I can post more detail but for the minute I'll just hope that the above
rings some bells with someone.
TIA
Pat.
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: "Melissa Nelson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Cnet PRO120 and linux {newbie}
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 20:32:41 GMT
Well i have A Cnet Pro120 NIC its a Fast ethernet adapter it works perfect
under win98 but when i put it under Linux RH6.1 i cant get it to work please
help
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David C.)
Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: 3-button serial mouse
Date: 29 Feb 2000 15:36:38 -0500
Colin writes:
> David C. wrote:
>>
>> At my college, the public labs didn't have these pads at all.
>> Students were expected to buy their own optical pads. (Fortunately,
>> I worked in a professor's private lab, so I didn't have this
>> problem.)
>
> 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
Actually, they sold the pads at cost. This policy was purely in
response to people stealing the pads out of the labs.
Some of the less-public labs kept them in closets, where you could sign
them out (leaving your ID card as a deposit), but even there, the pads
were usually in pretty bad condition, so it was better to buy your own
anyway.
-- David
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From: "K.Tsakaloglou" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Q&A (by subject) from this ng
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 22:47:31 +0200
Questions and answers from this newsgroup (archived by subject) can be found
at http://server.hellug.gr/LUGistics/en/pub/QA_articles_main.php3
K.Tsakaloglou
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Melissa Nelson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Partitions partitions partitions
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 20:46:35 GMT
Hey All,
i gots a 13g hdd im going with 8win/5lin should i add the ext-win
drives in fdisk before win 98 install or after during RH6.1 install?
Sixman9 <sixman9@[RemoveThis]yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
news:01bf82e0$06a42890$94e3e096@ltdw002635...
> Yep, do it all the time. Just set up 1 primary partition for Win 98 using
> Fdisk. Install Win98. Now install Linux. Tell linux to a second and third
> partition for it root and swap. Put lilo on the same partition as your
> Linux root (Not partition 1 where win98). At some point in the install you
> should be able to chose which partition to boot up. Set it to the Linux
> root. If you don't, don't worry. Just use a flopy to get to the dos prompt
> and use fdisk to set your active partition (the Linux one).
>
> When you crank up you should be met by Lilo. If you set up correctly you
> can choose linux or Win98 (just type the name you gave each or hit enter
> for the default). If you haven't configure lilo correctly, do panic. Start
> up Linux as root, type 'linuxconf &' at the prompt and look for the lilo
> configuration bit. Put the partition(s) that are missing in, give them
> names, activate changes, quit and reboot. You should be able to get in
> then.
>
> By the way, you don't need partition magic (Lilo and Fips will do it all
> for free).
>
>
> Melissa Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in article
> <2QEu4.854$[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: Erik de Castro Lopo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: dual PIII mainboards
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 20:52:53 +0000
Stefan Brabec wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm looking for information on the current status
> (supported/unsupported) for two PIII mainboards:
>
> - SuperMicro PIIIDM3 (or PIIIDM6)
> - Tyan S1834 Tiger 133
I'm been running the Tyan board since October with two 450MHz
PIIIs. This perfromance and reliability of this machine has
been impecable.
Erik
--
+-------------------------------------------------+
Erik de Castro Lopo [EMAIL PROTECTED]
+-------------------------------------------------+
Seen on usenet (possibly a quote from an IBM exec):
"Each large company needs its Vietnam, and Microsoft will
experience it with NT..."
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From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Cl=E9ment?= "Nodens" HERMANN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: Solution to my problem!!!
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 20:46:30 +0100
Jim Ursu wrote:
>
> Alexis Bilodeau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a �crit dans le message :
> kJ4s4.15807$[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > I found my problem!!!
> > Make sure that the "PS/2 support" in your advanced BIOS settings is set to
> > Auto or Disabled!!!
> >
> > --
> > Alexis Bilodeau
> >
>
> You're lucky, i've changed every possible setting in the BIOS and none
> worked. I wrote to Xfree86 asking, so maybe i'll get a lucky a get a
> reply....
used to have the same... It's working now, probably because I recompiled
the kernel. Try, when you do it, enabling/disabling the APM
fonctionality, power off on shutdown and all that stuff. Don't ask me
why, but it worked for me.
--
Cl�ment "Nodens" Hermann_____________________________________
"de la musique avant toute chose, .^. ___ !
et pour cela pr�f�re les pingouins" /_V_\ o o l l!
(librement, et sans remords aucun, / ___ \ l l l l!
adapt� de Verlaine) ( ( ) ) l___l o o !
_____________________________________\_\_/_/_________________!
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From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Cl=E9ment?= "Nodens" HERMANN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Maxi Sound Home Studio Pro, Alsa
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 21:13:29 +0100
Hi everyone,
I'm the proud owner of a Maxi Sound Home Studio Pro 64 (from Guillemot)
and linux user. I set it up with OSS/Free (using both sb module for the
ess1868 codec and sam9407-0.9.4 for the DSP) with some difficulties, but
it worked. Then I tried Alsa (I'm a musician and I really need full
duplex) but, hey, harder to configure. all modules are loaded, but when
I trie to play a sound (or a midi file or whatever), it returns me
something like "/dev/sequencer is not installed". Alsa is just for the
ess1868 chip, so I don't care of the sam9407 driver for now. Has anyone
configured an ess1868 with the latest version of ALSA ? what about this
error message ?
thanks in advance,
--
Cl�ment "Nodens" Hermann_____________________________________
"de la musique avant toute chose, .^. ___ !
et pour cela pr�f�re les pingouins" /_V_\ o o l l!
(librement, et sans remords aucun, / ___ \ l l l l!
adapt� de Verlaine) ( ( ) ) l___l o o !
_____________________________________\_\_/_/_________________!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David C.)
Subject: Re: AMD and LINUX
Date: 29 Feb 2000 16:14:29 -0500
LOIC B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Everywhere I see linux I can see Intel but never AMD and I would
> like to know if it is possible to use linux without problem with an
> AMD processor and if yes wich type of linux could you recomand to me.
I've personally had no problems running Linux on AMD K6-2 and 486
systems.
Based on what I've read here, K6-3 systems also have no problems.
K7 (Athlon) systems work, but those motherboards are more sensitive to
things like power supplies and RAM types, so you may discover problems
that are unrelated to Linux if you're not careful.
-- David
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: More problems with ide cd writer
Date: 29 Feb 2000 16:34:52 EST
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 29 Feb 2000 20:22:01 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<<89h9p4$a47$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>problem that doesn't seem terribly normal. Under redhat 6.0 I had both
>my cdrom and cdwriter happily coexisting in /dev/sr0 and sr1. Recently I
>decided to trash the machine and rebuild with redhat 6.1, big mistake.
>I'm now in the rather strange positon where dmesg shows /dev/sr0 and sr1
>being assigned to the drives that I expect but when I come to mount
>either /dev/sr0 or /dev/sr1, they bioth seem to point to the same
>device. Having mounted /dev/sr0 on /mnt/cdrom, when I try to mount
$ ls -l /dev/sr[0-1] should give:
brw-r--r-- 1 root disk 11, 0 Apr 15 1999 /dev/sr0
brw-r--r-- 1 root disk 11, 1 Apr 15 1999 /dev/sr1
If not, then as root:
# rm /dev/sr[0-1]
# mknod -m 644 /dev/sr0 b 11 0
# mknod -m 644 /dev/sr1 b 11 1
Also make sure your /etc/fstab is like so:
/dev/sr0 /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,user,ro 0 0
/dev/sr1 /mnt/cdrw iso9660 noauto,user,ro 0 0
And make sure /mnt/cdrw exists, of course....
--
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: Greg Nedel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Modemblaster PCI 56K setup in RedHat 6.1
Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2000 14:21:51 -0500
I am trying to set up a Modemblaster PCI 56K modem (DI5630) in
RedHat 6.1 Linux. I have read the man pages on lspci and setpci, but I
have not been able to figure it out. Does anyone know how (or if) this
can be done? I have included a portion of the lspci -vv output.
00:10.0 Communication controller: Unknown device 14f1:1035 (rev 08)
Subsystem: Unknown device 148d:1035
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop-
ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 32 set
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 3
Region 0: Memory at ffbd0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
Region 1: I/O ports at fff0
Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2
Flags: PMEClk- AuxPwr- DSI+ D1- D2- PME+
Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
Thanks,
Greg Nedel
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Courtney Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Anyone got RAID going using a DPT controller ?
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 04:32:59 -0500
Greetings !
I've run into all kinds of foul weather trying to get a PM2144UW going with
a 3 Drive DPT Cabinet.
If anyone has succeeded with something like this I'd sure appreciate hearing
about it.
Thanks,
Courtney
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From: Steve Gage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: unknown disk drive activity
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 21:48:53 GMT
Are you by any chance running StarOffice? SO "burps" my HD every 5
seconds like clockwork, and it drives me nuts. It might not seem like a
big deal, but I can't use SO because of it!
- Steve
Cl�ment Nodens HERMANN wrote:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > My disk drive (actually scsi activity) light flashes every two seconds
> > constantly and the disk seems to make actuating noises about every ten.
> >
> > This is happeneing even when the system is idle. I tried removing any gnome
> > applets that produced screen activity (cpu meter, net monitor) but that had no
> > effect.
> >
> > Is there a way to list what processes are doing i/o?
>
> not a process that is doing i/o, but swaping, probably. How much RAM do
> you own ? how big is your swap partition ?
> --
>
>
> Cl�ment "Nodens" Hermann_____________________________________
>
> "de la musique avant toute chose, .^. ___ !
>
> et pour cela pr�f�re les pingouins" /_V_\ o o l l!
>
> (librement, et sans remords aucun, / ___ \ l l l l!
>
> adapt� de Verlaine) ( ( ) ) l___l o o !
>
> _____________________________________\_\_/_/_________________!
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From: Chris Maynus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: AOpenFM56-IUT/2 Modem
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 16:48:26 -0500
I'm really new at Linux and was wondering if my AOpenFM56-IUT/2 Modem
would work with Linux? Does anyone have this modem? How do I set it up
to get on the Internet with Redhat 6.1? Please any help would be
greatly appreciated.
Chris Maynus
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From: Steve Gage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SoundBlaster PCI 128 under Linux
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 21:55:07 GMT
Jakob Sandholm wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm running Red Hat Linux 6.1 and have a problem with my sound card.
>
> It is a "Sound Blaster PCI 128", but sndconfig detects this as a
> "Ensoniq AudioPCI" card (es1370.o)...
>
> I have detected no errors in the logs. But.... the volume is EXTREMELY
> low!
The SoundBlaster PCI 128 is indeed an Ensoniq AudioPCI by another name.
As far as the low volume... the default for the card is to generate line
output levels, so if you don't have powered speakers, the volume will
surely be very low. However, at least on my version of the card, there
are jumpers you can change to goose up the output so that unpowered
speakers will make some real noise. In fact, it's more-or-less
documented right on the card itself!
- Steve (Listening to "Old And In The Way" via his SoundBlaster PCI 128
right now!)
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From: "Melissa Nelson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Partitioning A 13g HD
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 21:57:52 GMT
well im gonna put 8 gigs for win/ and 5 for linux
do i put the extedned drive for win in before linux in fdisk or during linux
with Druid or after both???
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From: Nordic Boy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Multiple SCSI cards
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 15:39:46 -0500
I am having problems getting linux to recognize two scsi cards in the same
machine. I have an Adaptec-2020, which is based on the Future Domain
chips and sits on the PCI bus, and I have a Future Domain 1800 based ISA
card, (I don't remember the exact model).
If both cards are in the computer, only the PCI card is recognized. If
just the ISA card is in the computer, it is recognized. I have tried when
'insmod'ing to follow the instructions on setting the irqs and io ports:
insmod fdomain 0x140,12
for the ISA based card. But when I try to load the module, it just sits
there. I can ^c out of it but it doesn't load the module. I have also
tried putting:
fdomain ioport=0x140,0x6000 irq=12,9
in conf.modules. But that doesn't work either. Am I being totally
clueless on how to use conf.modules? There doesn't seem to be any good
documentation on how to best use this file. Can anyone help me?
James Klaas
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From: "JuanMa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: LILO + HD 13 Gb
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 22:52:09 +0100
I've a HD with 13 Gb and 26550 cylinders, and I want to install a Linux in
this HD, but I've a problem with LILO, 'cause LILO only can see HD
partitions with 1024 cylinders.
What can I do?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Need help with SCSI CD-Rom burner
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 22:04:41 GMT
Dances With Crows wrote:
> Do you have a SCSI card in the system? I thought you said the devices
> were all IDE.
Nope, the CD-RW is SCSI. But the HD's and the other CD-ROM is ide.
> So you have a CD-ROM and a CD-RW? This could be a problem; it seems as
> though the ide-scsi emulation of SCSI CD-ROMs doesn't play nicely with the
> IDE CD-ROM driver. Next time you boot the machine, at the lilo: prompt,
> enter the following:
> linux hdX=ide-scsi hdY=ide-scsi
> where X is the location of your CD-RW and Y is the location of your
> CD-ROM. That should prevent the IDE CD-ROM driver from grabbing any of
> the CDs. One of your CD-ROM drives will be /dev/scd0 and the other will
> be /dev/scd1.
I did find a bit better explination of the error, I was testing mounting
the CD and found that when I was using a console and not in X it
displayed more error messages. I also noticed that when I view
/var/log/dmesg, I don't see the errors I do when I type dmesg, aren't
they supposed to be the same? Anyway, the error is:
scsi0: MEDIUM ERROR on channel 0, id 0, lun 0, CDB: Read (10) 00 00 00
00 10 00 00 01 00
Info fld=0x10, Current sr0b:00: sense key Medium Error
Additional sense indicates L-ec uncorrectable error
CD-ROM I/O error: dev 0b:00, sector 64
isofs_read_super: bread failed, dev=0b:00, iso_blknum=16, block=32
Thanks again,
Carl
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From: Ben Derr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: The Efing Floppy drive
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 22:08:33 GMT
What distribution are you running? Some of the newest contain the
"supermount" kernel drivers that do not require any mount commands at all,
and will give errors if you try them.
instead of mounting you might try just 'cd /mnt/floppy' with the floppy in
the drive. I know this works for cdroms with supermount, not for sure on
floppy support.
cheers,
Ben
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???
>
> 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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