Linux-Hardware Digest #425, Volume #12 Tue, 7 Mar 00 23:13:05 EST
Contents:
Re: Maxtor 40G IDE w/o BIOS support (Paul Halliday)
Re: SCSI tape drive, device not ready (Paul Lew)
how to change IRQ???? (Joe Heafner)
Modem and sound card installation ("Fernando Marques Figueira Filho")
Re: ISA PnP Misery, RH 5.1-6.1 (Rob Clark)
Re: how to change IRQ???? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Cyrix CPUs
Re: Sound blaster pci 128 (Harvey Braun)
Re: Hardware Switch To Completely Disconnect From Ethernet (Kenneth Crudup)
Re: SCSI? IDE? Opinions please (Kenneth Crudup)
Re: SCSI? IDE? Opinions please (Dances With Crows)
Re: s3 trio 3d/2x ("John Park")
Re: Cyrix CPUs (FWFR)
Re: Looking for Smallest Desktop PC with Linux... ("Michael Faurot")
Re: OfficeJet 720 (Yossi Amon)
Jetstore 2000 Trouble ("D. L. Vander Woude")
Re: Looking for Smallest Desktop PC with Linux... (Gerald Willmann)
Impasse with 2 SCSI controllers, kernel mods required? (teri)
Re: CD-Writer ide-scsi irq timeout errors (Jeff East)
Iomega ZipCD firmware update coming (Jeff East)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Halliday)
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Maxtor 40G IDE w/o BIOS support
Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2000 00:48:00 GMT
On Sun, 05 Mar 2000, Keith Rohrer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: Paul Halliday wrote:
: > On Thu, 17 Feb 2000 21:52:44 -0600, Keith Rohrer wrote
: > : Does anyone know how to configure such a drive for its full capacity under
: > : Linux without BIOS support?
: > If Linux is the only OS then you can use the full 40Gb provided you
: > are booting off another drive (alternatively a Linux boot floppy disk
: > should do it).
: The only problem with installing the capacity limiting jumper in that case
: would be how to get fdisk to deal with the extra cylinders (beyond 65535).
: Maybe your double-the-heads approach might work, at least to get the LBA
: numbers right... Then you could just use the space beyond 32G for Linux.
Erm, I said not to install the limiting jumper (that's what I meant by
`remove the limiting jumper' - assuming you currently had it on). The
limiting jumper seems to prevent Linux accessing anything beyond the
32G boundary too.
The solution works on my motherboard - it's a TMC TI5VGF (6 PCI slots,
2Mb cache with a K6-III/450). Luckily the most recent BIOS update has
also solved the BIOS detection problem so I'm using the first 32G for
2 FAT32 partitions. I've a 5Gb ext2 after that (with about 4Gb
installed - copied over from my previous drive) and that's OK too, but
the BIOS upgrade won't affect Linux's geometry detection on my kernel.
: > 2. _Remove_ the hard drive entry form the CMOS settings (i.e. Go in to
: > the BIOS and tell it that there is no drive installed on the IDE
: > channel). This should allow the machine to boot without problems.
: For machines with Award BIOS which did support the drive, this was
: unnecessary; for machines with Award BIOS which did *not* support the
: drive, this was insufficient to prevent a hang.
That's not sweeping - the BIOS on my TMC was also AWARD, didn't
support the drive (hung if I tried autodetect), but would boot no
problem so long as I set the device on the relevent channel to `NONE'
(i.e. nothing installed there, Mr. BIOS).
Note though that when doing this, my drive was connected to my
secondary IDE channel (master) - with no devices defined on the
secondary channel it is possible that the BIOS doesn't bother probing
for any and could explain the differences in our experiences.
My new BIOS version does understand the drive, so of course I no
longer need to remove the settings from the BIOS.
: > 3. When in Linux (installation disk or off another hard drive), run
: > fdisk and type in 'x' (followed by RETURN) to enter expert mode.
: > Then half the number of cylinders and double the number of heads
: > (type 'c', hit RETURN and enter 39703 and RETURN, then type 'h',
: > hit RETURN and enter 32).
: > 4. You can now partition as much of the 40Gb as you want (just type
: > 'r' and hit return to enter the normal, non-expert menu mode).
: This might work even with the capacity limiting jumper. You'd still have
: to feed Linux the geometry override, though.
Not on my system! Once the partition table is there, Linux can boot
off any of the partitions I've created - I don't need any kernel
parameters at all though I see no harm in sending them if you want.
: > Note that the original drive geometry is actually 79406 cylinders, 16
: > heads and 63 sectors (as reported by Maxblast - at least for the
: > 7200RPM version I have).
: I used one of the geometries my P5A suggested:
: Disk /dev/hdc: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 4892 cylinders
: but that should work as well.
You'll lose a little bit of space with that config (255*63*4892*512 =
40,238,069,760 bytes versus 63*16*39703*512 = 40,981,118,976 bytes),
but as you say, several similar combinations should work.
: > Linux (or maybe just fdisk) seems to have a
: > 16-bit limit on the number of cylinders, so you can't enter more than
: > 65,536, but the above instructions will let you use it without problem
: As per the Large Disk HOWTO, the old Linux code that takes whatever
: geometry lies are out there and computes a "real" geometry had a 16-bit
: cylinder number as an intermediate value. fdisk will probably cap you at
: 65535 cylinders if the value in the partition table is only 16 bits wide.
: Upgrade your kernel to 2.2.14 to get around this. (If you're the type to
: use a development-series kernel, you've already upgraded to
: 2.3.recent-enough anyway...)
{grin} Haven't used a development kernel for about a year (more in to
getting people in work to see how stable it is - 102 days my longest
stint - and not having to confuse those Windozey types with
recompiling network services just because they're using different
kernels.) Most my home boxes just miss out on 2.2.13 (one still on
1.1.59 - glorious hard disk corruption problems and all. :)
: I think a 10G would still do fine for a year or two, so long as you
: uninstall the games you haven't played in a year or so, or just re-install
: Windows so often that it's not a problem. :-)
{chortle} Are you kidding! ;) I had 26Gb of disk space before I
upgraded (9Gb 7200RPM Seagate and 17Gb 5400RPM Maxtor) - and most of
that had got chock full of games (virtually all original despite most
being minimal installs!) I'd only added that 17Gb drive 8 months ago
too ...
Paul.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Lew)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: SCSI tape drive, device not ready
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2000 00:55:46 GMT
Some "older" type scsi adapters ""always"" assume that id 0 and 1 are for
hard disks....
>I don't understand it either, Gene, but it worked. I changed the
>Dat address (SCSI ID) from 0 to 4, now it works fine :)
>Thanks, Phil!
>
>Aaron
>
>> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> >> Hi. Please help...
>Phil replied:
>> > Try changing the Dat address to 2 or higher.
>>
>> Excuse me Phil, but what has this to do with access to the drive? In
>my
>
>
>Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
>Before you buy.
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From: Joe Heafner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: how to change IRQ????
Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2000 20:01:14 -0500
Hi.
My modem is on /dev/ttyS2 IRQ 15, but when I boot my machine (running
Mandrake 7) the IRQ reverts to 4. Of course, I can change it in a
konsole window with setserial, but that get old real fast. Is there a
way to change it permanently?
Thanks.
--
Joe Heafner -- Astronomy/Physics Instructor 828-327-7000, ext. 4246
My Home Page <http://home.interpath.com/heafnerj/>
CVAC Home Page <http://home.interpath.com/heafnerj/cvac.html>
Linux! Why did it take me so long to try it?
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From: "Fernando Marques Figueira Filho" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Modem and sound card installation
Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2000 21:57:34 -0300
Hi all :)
My Red Hat 6.1 didn't find my modem (a US Robotics 56K x2) and my sound card
(Opti is the name). I have the drivers to install them in Windows. This
drivers can work under linux?! How?!
Thanx
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Subject: Re: ISA PnP Misery, RH 5.1-6.1
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rob Clark)
Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2000 01:04:20 GMT
In article <8a476j$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
De Clarke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[..]
>The cheap ISA ne2k clone card I got was a new kind of ISA, with
>no dip switches! ISA PnP, or so it claimed. Of course there
>was some floppy disk with WinDope configuration software on it,
>but I'm a linux purist. I don't permit the MicroSloth virus on
>any machine I own.
Those jumperless ISA NE2000 clones usually have a DOS program to set the
address/IRQ in an EPROM. Bite the bullet and boot from a DOS floppy, run
the setup program, and never worry about it again :) Windows need not
enter the picture.
Rob Clark, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: how to change IRQ????
Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2000 01:29:40 GMT
You could always put the serserial command in your /etc/rc.local file, no?
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Joe Heafner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Hi.
>
> My modem is on /dev/ttyS2 IRQ 15, but when I boot my machine (running
> Mandrake 7) the IRQ reverts to 4. Of course, I can change it in a
> konsole window with setserial, but that get old real fast. Is there a
> way to change it permanently?
>
> Thanks.
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Cyrix CPUs
Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2000 01:30:08 GMT
C.& A. Deshaies wrote:
>
> Greetings,
>
> I'm in the process of designing a LINUX box and looking to do it as
> inexpensively as possible. Has anyone had experience with Cyrix M2
> processors. I would also be interested in knowing which ones to avoid
> like the plague.
>
> Thanks
> CD
>
I Have a Cyrix MII 366 and it runs at 250 mhz....what a rip off
--
Posted via CNET Help.com
http://www.help.com/
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From: Harvey Braun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Sound blaster pci 128
Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2000 01:45:08 GMT
>
snip
> > > Can you indicate approximately where the chip is located on the card. I
> > > have a SB128 PCI card that I can't get working with Redhat 6.1 but does
> > > work with the OSS sound drivers. I have looked over the card and cannot
> > > find anything that has either number.
>
> Just out of curious... If you have OSS driver (it works with PCI 128), why
> can't you get it to work under Redhat? (The OSS driver is for Linux, right?)
> When I did the installation, everything works pretty well right from the
> begining... Although I did get in trouble later on with the card... BUT, I got
> it working again by running the sndconfig again.
>
> I can't remember where the chip or identification is at the moment... It might
> take a week or so before I have the time to open my box up again.
> Good Luck.
>
> Alex.
>
The OSS driver that I am referring to is the current commercial one from
www.opensound.com. When I try to use the RedHat sndconfig it identifies the same
chip (1371) always locks up during the sound sample play. I have tried using the
--noautoconfig but the end results are the same. I can get out of it by using
ctrl-d but I have never been able to hear any sounds.
Harvey
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Subject: Re: Hardware Switch To Completely Disconnect From Ethernet
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kenneth Crudup)
Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2000 02:13:27 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> says:
>I would like to know if it is possible to put simple hardware
>switch in an ethernet cable, for example 10 Base T twisted pair,
>so as to completely disconnect a computer from the local network.
>If this could work reliably, it would be a secure way to prevent
>unauthorized hacking of a system.
"ifconfig <device> down" is just as good. Can't get in via a port
that's "not there".
-Kenny
--
Kenneth R. Crudup Sr. SW Engineer, Scott County Consulting, Washington, D.C.
Home1: PO Box 914 Silver Spring, MD 20910-0914
Home2: 38010 Village Cmn. #217 Fremont, CA 94536-7525 (510) 745-8181
Work: 19420 Homestead Road Cupertino, CA 95014-0606 (408) 447-6654
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Subject: Re: SCSI? IDE? Opinions please
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kenneth Crudup)
Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2000 02:17:52 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Adrian Davey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> says:
>Being a home user and a student I use IDE for hdc and an IDE CDRW, it's
>fine for everything i do, I use an IBM 27Gig 7200rpm using only UDMA/33
>not 66 and it speeds along. With 256Mb of ram, swap is not so much of an
>issue for the load i put on the pc. When i do a cd i do leave the pc
>alone so it writes cleanly, it only takes 17mins max so i go and have a
>coffee, its good to get away from the screen every so often! If you
>need to continue using your pc
... um, perhaps this is a function of your using IDE, but I *never*
have to leave my machine alone when I burn stuff on my SCSI CD-R/RWs
(direct-from-source, mkisofs | cdrecord). I just surf the 'net or build
stuff.
-Kenny
--
Kenneth R. Crudup Sr. SW Engineer, Scott County Consulting, Washington, D.C.
Home1: PO Box 914 Silver Spring, MD 20910-0914
Home2: 38010 Village Cmn. #217 Fremont, CA 94536-7525 (510) 745-8181
Work: 19420 Homestead Road Cupertino, CA 95014-0606 (408) 447-6654
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: SCSI? IDE? Opinions please
Date: 07 Mar 2000 21:29:07 EST
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 08 Mar 2000 02:17:52 GMT, Kenneth Crudup
<<kLix4.6859$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>
shouted forth into the ether:
>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>Adrian Davey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> says:
>>Being a home user and a student I use IDE for hdc and an IDE CDRW
>> When i do a cd i do leave the pc alone so it writes cleanly, it only
>.... um, perhaps this is a function of your using IDE, but I *never*
>have to leave my machine alone when I burn stuff on my SCSI CD-R/RWs
To add $0.02, I have a cheap CD-RW on /dev/hdc and my main HD (13 G,
7200RPM) on /dev/hdb. Burned a 50-minute audio CD the other day at 4x and
Netscape was running the whole time, surfing various sites including some
with @#$ing Java. No audible defects in the CD. top showed that cdrecord
was taking up about 2% of the CPU. Granted, the system is reasonably fast
and large (K6-2 400, 96M) but it shows that IDE can actually burn CDs and
do other stuff at the same time. YMMV! Haven't tried this with a data
CD, but we'll just see now....
--
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: "John Park" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: s3 trio 3d/2x
Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2000 02:31:14 -0000
protoscs ��(��) <38c43e30.0@news> �������� �ۼ��Ͽ����ϴ�...
>hey there ppl i seem to have a problem with my display card its a s3 trio
>3d/2x
>(8MB) and linux just seems to hate it no matter what configuration i put it
>on please help
What X server did you use? Try VGA16. I have same video card. It worked
under RedHat 5.2.
John
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From: FWFR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Cyrix CPUs
Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2000 21:45:58 -0600
Well, Any goof who had done their hardware research knows that Cyrix
uses the out-dated PR rating system and not the true speed of the
processor. I have Cyrix machines in production. This is a longest
since a reboot, or major power outage.
1:03am up 137 days, 9:36, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
vendor_id : CyrixInstead
cpu family : 6
model : 1
model name : 6x86MX 2.5x Core/Bus Clock
stepping : 4
cpu MHz : 166.194718
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
sep_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : yes
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 1
wp : yes
flags : fpu de tsc msr cx8 mtrr pge cmov mmx
bogomips : 165.89
Enjoy!
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> C.& A. Deshaies wrote:
> >
> > Greetings,
> >
> > I'm in the process of designing a LINUX box and looking to do it as
> > inexpensively as possible. Has anyone had experience with Cyrix M2
> > processors. I would also be interested in knowing which ones to avoid
> > like the plague.
> >
> > Thanks
> > CD
> >
> I Have a Cyrix MII 366 and it runs at 250 mhz....what a rip off
>
> --
> Posted via CNET Help.com
> http://www.help.com/
--
Sincerely,
Frederick Friedman-Romell, M.L.I.S.
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
.. ...... ...... ...... ........ ......... ....... ....
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From: "Michael Faurot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Looking for Smallest Desktop PC with Linux...
Date: 8 Mar 2000 02:45:37 GMT
Curtis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: where would one purchase a Sun Sparc IPC or IPX?
Here's a resource to investigate with regard to Suns:
http://www.sunhelp.org/
I have previously purchased some IPX's from this site. They don't appear
to currently have any listed on their web page, however you might want
to make your own inquiry. When I bought one they were about $60.
http://www.workstation.net/
--
==============================================================================
Michael | mfaurot | You may be gone tomorrow, but that doesn't mean that
Faurot | atww.net | you weren't here today.
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Subject: Re: OfficeJet 720
From: Yossi Amon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 07 Mar 2000 21:47:38 -0500
Hi,
Of my experience with OfficeJet 600:
Printing Only:
1) Try text print - should work.
2) Color printing in 300x300 dpi, using gs, with the following filter
should work:
/usr/bin/gs -q -dSAFER -dNOPAUSE -r300 -sDEVICE=cdj550 -sOutputFile=- -
And there's a site out there of a group who is working on it, so a day
might come.
http://hpoj.bstc.net/
Yossi A.
Ralph <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I have a HP Officejet 720 All-in-One Printer/fax/scanner/copier.
>
> Anyone have any info on support of Officejet in Linux?
>
>
> * Sent from RemarQ http://www.remarq.com The Internet's Discussion Network *
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Date: Sat, 04 Mar 2000 11:02:23 -0500
From: "D. L. Vander Woude" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Subject: Jetstore 2000 Trouble
I have a Jetstore 2000 DAT that I bought used. Worked great for about 6
months, but now I have regular backup failures with messages like "TAPE
ERROR writing file input/output error". Also the left side led flashes
yellow from time to time (normally green, no flash). I don't have a
manual. Any ideas on this? (I do NOT think it is a tape problem.)
Thanks.
==================
Doug Vander Woude
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Gerald Willmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Looking for Smallest Desktop PC with Linux...
Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2000 19:22:45 -0800
On Tue, 7 Mar 2000, Curtis wrote:
> where would one purchase a Sun Sparc IPC or IPX?
simply ask for one on misc.forsale.computers.workstation
and don't forget to also buy a Sun monitor (I could sell
you a Sun/Sony 16 inch refurb for 50) or a 13w3-vga
adapter if you want to use a PC monitor. Also make sure
you get the mouse pad if it's an optical mouse.
Gerald
--
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (teri)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.setup,alt.os.linux.caldera
Subject: Impasse with 2 SCSI controllers, kernel mods required?
Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2000 22:28:14 EST
Hi,
I have a SCSI-only system. This means that I'm booting from a 2940UW,
drive 0. This has always worked perfectly with many versions of Caldera
Open Linux, now 2.3. I have installed a second SCSI controller, a
1542CF to connect a scanner. I have posted details of the setup in a
previous post to comp.os.linux.hardware with the subject line
Can't load aha1542 driver (new 1542CF as 2d SCSI)
Since then, I have tried many things that lead me to believe that it is
really not possible to have the 1542CF recognized and at the same time
boot from the 2940UW.
I have compiled a new kernel (2.2.14) with both drivers built-in. On
boot the kernel keeps looping and timing out looking for drive 0 on the
wrong controller! (the 1542CF). It insists on doing this whether the
1542CF bios is enabled or disabled. However, the controller is
recognized. Is there a way to force the boot process to go to the 2940?
Kernel recompile, this time with no 1542CF driver built-in. It is now
impossible to load the driver (Device or resource busy). I have read
(on comp.os.linux.hardware) that this is because the higher level drivers
are loaded first and they shouldn't be. Obviously, they have to be if
the system is going to boot from the 2940UW's boot drive. How is this
catch 22 possible?
I also tried to load the 1542CF driver at boot time with Caldera's
original kernel (2.2.10) and the boot process locked up. I told COAS
to load the driver at boot. Obviously, by the time the 1542 driver
is loaded, the higher-level SCSI components are already loaded (if this
is in fact the problem).
As can be seen if you refer to the above-mentioned post, the hardware
works fine and is recognized by SCSISelect, there are no IRQ or other
resource conflict.
Can anybody shed some light on this problem?
Thanks
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jeff East)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: CD-Writer ide-scsi irq timeout errors
Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2000 22:40:58 -0500
] I am trying to set up a HP CD-Writer Plus 7200 Series IDE drive for
I'm using an Iomega ZipCD (apparently the same as a Phillips 4201
and Traxdata 4424), kernel 2.2.14, and although I can mount, read and
write, I often get "lumps" of errors reading, with a "Medium Error" (but
slightly different). It's an EIDE, so I have scsi-generic, ide-scsi, and
scsi-cdrom built into the kernel (no IDE cdrom support at all). See my
log excerpt at end of this post.
I've polled Linux users local to me, with no results or clues.
I've been told I'm about to get a firmware update for the drive, and will
see if that works, and fixes the 2x write speed problem (should be 4x).
I should mention that the drive seems to work well in Windows 95 (albeit
it writes at 2x).
] Mar 7 10:50:53 myhost kernel: sr0: CDROM (ioctl) error, command: Test \
] Unit Ready 00 00 00 00 00
] Mar 7 10:50:53 myhost kernel: Info fld=0x0, Current sr0b:00: sense key \
] Medium Error
] Mar 7 10:50:53 myhost kernel: Additional sense indicates Unable to \
] recover table-of-contents
] Mar 7 10:51:23 myhost kernel: scsi : aborting command due to timeout: \
] pid 566, scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 Start/Stop Unit 00 00 00 03 00
Mar 6 23:58:03 Tortuga kernel: scsi0: MEDIUM ERROR on channel 0, id 0, lun 0, CDB:
Request Sense 00 00 00 10 00
Mar 6 23:58:03 Tortuga kernel: Info fld=0x0, Current sr0b:00: sense key Medium Error
Mar 6 23:58:03 Tortuga kernel: CD-ROM I/O error: dev 0b:00, sector 64
Mar 6 23:58:03 Tortuga kernel: isofs_read_super: bread failed, dev=0b:00,
iso_blknum=16, block=32
Mar 6 23:58:40 Tortuga kernel: scsi : aborting command due to timeout : pid 58584,
scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 Read (10) 00 00 00 00 10 00 00 01 00
Mar 6 23:58:40 Tortuga kernel: hdc: timeout waiting for DMA
Mar 6 23:58:40 Tortuga kernel: hdc: irq timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy }
Mar 6 23:58:40 Tortuga kernel: hdc: DMA disabled
Mar 6 23:58:40 Tortuga kernel: hdc: ATAPI reset complete
Mar 6 23:58:40 Tortuga kernel: hdc: irq timeout: status=0x80 { Busy }
Mar 6 23:58:41 Tortuga kernel: hdc: ATAPI reset complete
Mar 6 23:58:41 Tortuga kernel: hdc: irq timeout: status=0x80 { Busy }
Mar 6 23:58:41 Tortuga kernel: scsi0 channel 0 : resetting for second half of
retries.
Mar 6 23:58:41 Tortuga kernel: SCSI bus is being reset for host 0 channel 0.
Mar 6 23:58:42 Tortuga kernel: sr0: CD-ROM not ready. Make sure you have a disc in
the drive.
Mar 6 23:58:42 Tortuga kernel: CD-ROM I/O error: dev 0b:00, sector 64
Mar 6 23:58:42 Tortuga kernel: isofs_read_super: bread failed, dev=0b:00,
iso_blknum=16, block=32
__________________________________________________________________________
"You know the old story: girl meets boy, girl modifies boy's subroutines."
- Captain Janeway, speaking of an Irish barkeep
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jeff East)
Subject: Iomega ZipCD firmware update coming
Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2000 22:45:04 -0500
On the Iomega forums web site (http://forums.iomega.com), a tech
rep said that a firMware update is now available, and that one should go
to their tech-rep email page and request it.
Not known yet, but it is suspected to fix a problem many have
where the drive only does 2x writes (advertised as 4x drive) on some
media. I've also heard that this drive is also sold as the Phillips 4201
and Traxdata 4201.
I'm hoping that it will remedy regular read errors I experience
under kernel 2.2.13/14.
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