Linux-Hardware Digest #433, Volume #12 Wed, 8 Mar 00 15:13:09 EST
Contents:
Praise for CD-ROM drive (John McKown)
Comp.os.linux.hardware Q&A 8 Mar. ("K.Tsakaloglou")
Re: Linux sucks (brian moore)
Re: x86 multiport serial board recommendations? (Tim De Vos)
Re: HELP: RAID Performance Problems ("Dan Kimberg")
Re: VIA vs Intel chipsets - which is better? (Paul Tiseo)
Re: VIA vs Intel chipsets - which is better? ("MegaShaft 4000")
Re: VIA vs Intel chipsets - which is better? ("MegaShaft 4000")
Getting unallocated partition message during install (Imran Iqbal)
Re: AMD K7 (Athlon) (Alexander Luedtke)
Re: AMD K7 (Athlon) (Alexander Luedtke)
Re: Signal 10 on SCSI Disk during boot (nchmishs)
Re: adding a scsi controller (Andreas Hoffmann)
Re: 3-button serial mouse (Alex Butcher)
Idiot of the Year for c.s.i.p.h.c [was Re: VIA vs Intel chipsets - which is better?
(Dale Thompson)
Re: Cyrix and Linux ("Robert W. Cunningham")
Re: Praise for CD-ROM drive (Dances With Crows)
Re: Mayday Burner is dead? Or not? SuSE6.2 ("Brian")
3c90x help (Sergey Dashevskiy)
Re: VIA vs Intel chipsets - which is better? ("Ron Reaugh")
Re: VIA vs Intel chipsets - which is better? ("John Howland")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John McKown)
Subject: Praise for CD-ROM drive
Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2000 08:54:46 -0600
Reply-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
This may sound strange to people out there. But I just had to post a praise.
Mostly we read about failures. But I just purchased a Plextor PX-40TW CD-ROM
drive. This is an internal SCSI CD. It is connected to a BusLogic BT-958
SCSI host adapter. I've owned three "generic" IDE CD-ROM drives and an
external SCSI CD-R. Now, those devices work well EXCEPT when it came to
"ripping" CD audio. I was constantly getting retries (the IDE drives would
constantly get IRQ timeouts - the external SCSI CD-R would get SCSI errors
of some sort). This caused my recorded music to sometimes have "skips" and
other artifacts. It also greatly slowed down the ripping process. The Plextor
does not have ANY of these problems. I've ripped about 15 audio CDs using the
drive so far and have not had ONE error! It is also significantly faster
in ripping the audio.
Anyway, if you can afford it (about $130US), this is a really nice drive.
No, I'm not a Plextor employee. I'm just somebody who is happy to finally
be able to get his CD collection placed on his HD with good fidelity.
John
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From: "K.Tsakaloglou" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Comp.os.linux.hardware Q&A 8 Mar.
Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2000 20:21:47 +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
Links suggested are categorized at
http://hq.hellug.gr/~tsakf
K.Tsakaloglou
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (brian moore)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.portable,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: Linux sucks
Date: 8 Mar 2000 18:22:03 GMT
On Sun, 05 Mar 2000 19:10:04 GMT,
John Jordan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "Orest M. A. Zarowsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dijo a todos por la
> internet:
>
> >3) What does suck is the assumption made by many Linux "experts" and advanced
> >users that the documentation that comes with Linux is superb and more than
> >adequate. It is not. Lots of stuff out there, but what kills it is the
> >assumption underlying ALL of the documentation that the person using it is
> >already familiar with the OS. This may have been true in the "good old days",
> >but it ain't so anymore.
>
> Exactly so. Failure to define terminology, assuming the reader knows
> the meaning of the term, is a common sin, e.g., "place the address of
> the gateway here." What if the user has never heard of a gateway? Or
> if the user has heard of one, has no idea where to get the address to
> put in the blank? Or what will happen if you leave it blank -- why it
> is important, what its function is? Authors of the Linux documentation
> that I have read so far assume too much knowledge on the part of the
> reader.
Except in your example, Windows is no better. It still needs to know
the address of the gateway, and the 'help' it offers is to "ask your
network administrator".
> Not only is Microsoft documentation written for clarity, but it is
> also professionally laid out. There are ample screen shots showing
> what it is supposed to look like, for example. For clear
> presentations, the old adage that a picture is worth a thousand words
> is still true.
I've found Microsoft documentation severely lacking. Pretty screen
shots of "hey, this box here.. ask your network administrator what to
put there" are unhelpful.
> Troubleshooting is another aspect of the problem. What if the user
> puts the address in the gateway, but it still doesn't work? What else
> might be wrong? Good troubleshooting manuals are designed to take the
> user step by step, like a flowchart -- "1) Be sure the device is
> plugged in, 2) ..." -- that sort of thing. Corporations do this for
> their products in order to cut down on tech support calls. They
> wouldn't bother if it wasn't successful in meeting that goal.
Again, Microsoft doesn't do this. ("Contact your network
administrator", is also what their mail clients say when they fail to
find the smtp server, or IE fails to resolve a host.)
> And this will become more and more important as Linux invades the
> desktop. When it was mostly just a server OS it was used primarily by
> system administrators, usually with degrees or at least advanced
> knowledge of computers. These people already knew what a gateway was,
> so the term didn't need to be defined in the documention. But for
> Windows users, considerably more help is going to be necessary.
I think you're basing this on the incorrect assumption that corporate
users configure their own system. They don't. The IS staff configures
it and delivers it with their networking configured and will be very
annoyed if the user changes the networking setup.
--
Brian Moore | Of course vi is God's editor.
Sysadmin, C/Perl Hacker | If He used Emacs, He'd still be waiting
Usenet Vandal | for it to load on the seventh day.
Netscum, Bane of Elves.
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From: Tim De Vos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.comp.linux.isp,alt.os.linux.dial-up,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: x86 multiport serial board recommendations?
Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2000 19:30:15 +0100
I have the Cyclades 8Yop and it works fine!
Greetings
Tim De Vos
Jefferson Ogata wrote:
>
> Anyone care to recommend 8- or 16-port multiport serial boards for supporting a
> bank of modems with PPP on Red Hat 6.1? Your experience is appreciated.
>
> If this topic has been discussed in depth recently, please point me to the
> thread.
>
> --
> Jefferson Ogata : Internetworker, Antibozo
> smtp: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.antibozo.net/ogata/ ICQ: 19569681
> whois: [EMAIL PROTECTED] finger: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Dan Kimberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HELP: RAID Performance Problems
Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2000 13:37:49 -0500
Let me add a detail, since I have been having exactly this problem (with a
PowerEdge 4300, a MegaRAID 466 aka PERC2/SC). I can get this behavior just
by doing "cp foo bar," either within or across filesystems on the megaraid,
and I also see it via ftp to or from the server. I can't quantify it
precisely, but I've noticed that the length of the pause seems to be related
to the size of the partition I'm accessing. My impression is that it's
about 20 seconds for our 70GB partition, and a lot less for a 5GB partition.
I'm also using kernel 2.2.14 with the 1.07 AMI driver, although this
behavior was also apparent with a stock RedHat 6.1 install, and I'm pretty
sure we also tried stock 6.0. One detail -- I have not yet tried a non-SMP
kernel.
Any insight would be greatly appreciated, I'll post if I figure anything
out.
dan
> All right, here's the breakdown. I've got a Dell
> Poweredge 2300 with the AMI MegaRAID Express 200
> Series 466 RAID controller. I set up a Logical
> Drive (RAID 5) and installed RedHat 6.1. (RHAT
> 6.1 comes with v1.04 of the megaraid driver)
>
> During testing the system would lock up under
> heavy IO, so I upgraded to the 2.2.14 kernel and
> installed v1.07 of the AMI megaraid driver.
>
> Now the system doesn't lock up all together, it
> just pauses, writes, pauses, writes. If anyone
> has any information on how to fix this behaviour,
> please respond. Thanks in advance.
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From: Paul Tiseo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.systems
Subject: Re: VIA vs Intel chipsets - which is better?
Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2000 13:31:49 -0500
In article <C8wx4.404$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
> Gee Ron, I use VIA based MoBo's & have no IDE problems - what am I doing wrong?
>Same with my
> customers.... who buy more VIA based MoBo's then Intel?
>
> Now you can quote post (actually you didn't even do that - you just told us where
>we MIGHT find
> some data) all day long... most will be from users have caused their own problems.
>Can you post your
> own personal data - like Dean & I can??
Whatever you do, John, DON'T GET SUCKERED IN BY RON!!! He lives in
*.hardware.storage and he and a few others engage in lengthy, pointless,
name-calling threads in SCSI vs. IDE wars. The participants are all
very, very stubborn and probably enjoy causing this sort of pointless
mischief. It's endless. Plenty of references to "blindness" and
"stalking" from both sides, ad nauseum. Sickening, really. All over HDs,
for pete's sake...
I left that group because of it. Half of the time, Ron is baited
and he easily and quickly takes the bait and starts flinging insults.
The other half, he's wrong and bullheadedly refuses to acknowledge it.
Visit the group in Deja, and you'll quickly get an idea why I
unsubscribed...
Just move on to another thread...
--
____________________________________________________
Paul Tiseo, Intermediate Systems Programmer
Birdsall 3, Mayo Clinic Jacksonville
4500 San Pablo Rd, FL, 32224
[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- (904) 953-8254
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From: "MegaShaft 4000"
<kehfnwejkbv23o84hg0923jkcbv;23lui4hgv9p823gwueytf92836thflwhefop3i4y9p86yrsiyhfa;odiyg;suifytgp98w6er[2164yo;wyhg;klwdugfilweutfcosdyfc;[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.systems
Subject: Re: VIA vs Intel chipsets - which is better?
Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2000 18:44:12 GMT
Ron, you are an idiot.
"Ron Reaugh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:3Dwx4.3629$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
> John Howland wrote in message ...
> > Gee Ron, I use VIA based MoBo's & have no IDE problems - what am I
doing
> wrong?
>
>
> You sell em and are wearing blinders.
>
>
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From: "MegaShaft 4000"
<kehfnwejkbv23o84hg0923jkcbv;23lui4hgv9p823gwueytf92836thflwhefop3i4y9p86yrsiyhfa;odiyg;suifytgp98w6er[2164yo;wyhg;klwdugfilweutfcosdyfc;[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.systems
Subject: Re: VIA vs Intel chipsets - which is better?
Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2000 18:44:38 GMT
Wow! You get the "Idiot of the Year Award"!
"Ron Reaugh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:BOvx4.3555$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
> John Howland wrote in message ...
> > No, the Coppermine L2 cache runs at full CPU MHz...
>
>
> Site a source for that unsubstantiated claim.
>
>
> >Sebastian Kaliszewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
> message
> >news:8a5f8t$7n7$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> >> Dean_Kent wrote in message <#41yLVMi$GA.96@cpmsnbbsa02>...
> >> [snip]
> >> >The Coppermine processors have a 256K full speed L2 cache that is
> 'wider'
> >> >than the Klamath processors 512K 1/2 speed cache. It has a higher
> initial
> >> >latency, but better overall throughput. Net result is that the Cu
> >> >processors are faster. FSB is the same (memory to CPU), it is the
> cache
> >> >speed that is different (BSB).
> >>
> >>
> >> Err, small correction. Coppermine has half speed cache as well (look at
> the
> >> burst scheme: X-0-2-0), but with 256bit bus and has much lower (not
> higher)
> >> latency (about factor of 4, Cumine L2 latency is ~8 cycles, while
Katmai
> L2
> >> latency is over 20 cycles).
> >>
> >> Regards
> >> Sebastian Kaliszewski
> >> --
> >> "Never underestimate the power of human stupidity" - from Notebooks of
> L.L.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>
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From: Imran Iqbal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Getting unallocated partition message during install
Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2000 10:46:06 -0800
Hi Folks,
I'm trying to install RedHat Linux 6.1 on my PC.
It has a 20.4GB hard disk. The problem is that
when I try to add /boot partition in druid, it
complains about Unallocated Partition due to
insufficient disk space. However, that's not
really the case.
I read somewhere that for hard disk > 8.4GB, I should do:
boot: linux hda=C,H,S (cylinders,heads,sectors).
Here is the confusion:
- On the harddisk (Maxtor 92049U6), it says 16383 cylinders,
16 heads and 63 sectors. These parameters won't work if
passed thru linux hda command. They result in negative numbers
in "Drive Summary" section in redhat 6.1.
- In my CMOS BIOS setting, the disk is recognized to have
2491 cylinders, 255 heads and 63 sectors. That's the same
setting linux installer recognize (confirmed from fdisk, p
in linux). But still, it doesn't let me add /boot or /
partition due to space shortage.
I'd really appreciate any help on this one.
Thanks
Imran
I guess the numbers on my harddisk are the max.
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From: Alexander Luedtke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: AMD K7 (Athlon)
Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2000 19:57:10 +0100
Kirill Karmakulov schrieb:
> Hi all,
> If you happen to run linux on an AMD K7(Athlon) based system,
> just list it in your reply (motherboard, CPU clock, video card, etc. and
> linux distribution).
> Thanks,
> Kirill
Hi Krill,
I run Suse 6.3 (on 6.2 you need to make your own installtion disk) on an K7
550 on an K7M ASUS Board
- 128 MB SDRAM
- AHA 29160 U2W
- Matrox G400 SH
runs fine :-)
bye
Alex
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From: Alexander Luedtke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: AMD K7 (Athlon)
Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2000 19:57:34 +0100
Kirill Karmakulov schrieb:
> Hi all,
> If you happen to run linux on an AMD K7(Athlon) based system,
> just list it in your reply (motherboard, CPU clock, video card, etc. and
> linux distribution).
> Thanks,
> Kirill
Hi Krill,
I run Suse 6.3 (on 6.2 you need to make your own installtion disk) on an K7
550 on an K7M ASUS Board
- 128 MB SDRAM
- AHA 29160 U2W
- Matrox G400 SH
runs fine :-)
bye
Alex
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From: nchmishs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Signal 10 on SCSI Disk during boot
Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2000 18:58:18 GMT
Found my own problem.
I did not look at the red hat errata close enough I searched it for signal
10 instead of SIGUSR1. Anyway I have downloaded the newer e2fsprogs
package and all is ok .
nchmishs wrote:
> Good Day
>
> I am testing Red Hat Linux 6.1 on a Dell 4200 server with adaptec 2940
> ultra wide SCSI controller and 5 * 4 Gig disks.
>
> The install went fine and all seems well on the system except many time
> during a re-boot or shutdown and power cycle I am getting the error:
> "Warning ... fsck.ext2 for device /dev/sdc6 exited with signal 10"
> This error comes up probably half the time I re-boot and the partition
> is different each time, sometimes two partitions have errors. So far
> each error has been an extended partition.
>
> I have tried fsck -f before and after this error and have not found a
> problem yet.
>
> Any information or help is appreciated.
>
> --
> Robert Littlejohn
> UNIX Administrator
>
> NCH Promotional Services Ltd.
> Saint John, NB
> CANADA
--
Robert Littlejohn
UNIX Administrator
NCH Promotional Services Ltd.
Saint John, NB
CANADA
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From: Andreas Hoffmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: adding a scsi controller
Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2000 19:00:16 +0000
Ron S wrote:
[...]
> mount: the kernel does not recognize /dev/sda as a block device
> (maybe 'insmod driver'?)
Have you forgotten to write a number after the /dev/sda or are you
trying to mount the whole disk???
If you try to mount a partition like /dev/sda1 and got this error, what
says your /var/log/messages then?
>
> Here again, if I manually do the insmod for the driver, it does mount. Why
> isn't kerneld dynamically loading the module?
>
> BTW, what is the normal mechanism for starting kerneld. I didn't see it
> anywhere in the rc configuration or inittab.
On my SuSE 6.0 it is loaded by the script /sbin/init.d/kerneld
Don't know for RedHat.
>
[...]
Andreas
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alex Butcher)
Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: 3-button serial mouse
Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2000 19:14:20 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 07 Mar 2000 13:40:08 GMT, Piercarlo Grandi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>>>> On Fri, 03 Mar 2000 11:21:53 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alex
>>>> Butcher) said:
>
>news0200> [ ... ] Some mice are dual mode (usually Microsoft and
>news0200> MouseSystems) and default to 2-button Microsoft mode UNLESS a
>news0200> mouse button is held during power-up. [ ... ]
>
>If one has such a mouse the best option by far is to just buy another
>mouse; I especially recommend those that have a little switch on the
>bottom (or wherever) to switch them between MS compatible, 2 button
>mode, and 3 button mode. With mice currently having prices in the 3-5
>pounds range, hassling over setup or 3-button simulation mode is a waste
>of time.
>
>However I actually decided to splurge and got myself an excellent (and
>expensive, 15-20 pounds) Logitech wheel mouse. The wheel, like on
>Microsoft mice, acts also as the third button, and the Logitech protocol
>is well supported. The wheel itself is also somewhat useful (not quite
>using it as a third button), with the X-windows 'imwheel' daemon.
Ditto, although my reasons for going with a Logitech is purely because the
cursor movement with Logitech mice (and Microsoft-originals too!) is far
smoother than any cheap mouse I've ever used. I'm pretty sure it's down to
the update rate, rather than the mechanics...
Cheers,
Alex.
--
Alex Butcher Using Linux since '95 - because windows are too easy to break.
Berkshire, UK URLBLAST:slashdot.org:www.freshmeat.net:www.deja.com:lwn.net:
PGP:0x33489FD3 www.tomshardware.com:www.stardiv.de:www.gimp.org:www.google.com
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dale Thompson)
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.systems
Subject: Idiot of the Year for c.s.i.p.h.c [was Re: VIA vs Intel chipsets - which is
better?
Date: 8 Mar 2000 19:19:10 GMT
Boy, this is a pretty tight competition between the Rambus posters
and this guy. I think it's too early to call :)
But his attack on John Howland as a biased VIA guy does score
a lot of idiot points for Ron!
In article <qcxx4.134225$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, says...
>
>Wow! You get the "Idiot of the Year Award"!
>
>"Ron Reaugh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>news:BOvx4.3555$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>>
>> John Howland wrote in message ...
>> > No, the Coppermine L2 cache runs at full CPU MHz...
>>
>>
>> Site a source for that unsubstantiated claim.
>
--
Dale Thompson (remove the obvious reference to reply via email)
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From: "Robert W. Cunningham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Cyrix and Linux
Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2000 19:19:28 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I want to know if there are any comflicts with a Cyrix CPU and Linux. God
> know it conflicts with almost anything else. :)
I have a Cyrix 6x86L PR200 that is *generally* ok under Linux (RedHat 6.1 in
my case). There are some telltale problems, however:
1. Under heavy compiler loads (such as rebuilding the kernel) I get "signal
11" errors. This may be due to faulty DRAM or the CPU. Hard to tell for
sure until I can swap out the DRAM.
2. MP3 players die like flies after playing just one or two songs. I've
tried all the players, and they all crash about the same, so again it is
either the CPU or the DRAM.
Of course, under Windows, rebooting was so common I couldn't blame the CPU
or DRAM for anything, so I never even suspected any problems.
But even with these minor problems, my system runs reliably in all other
respects. It never locks up, and never needs manual rebooting or use of the
reset button (unless I've been messing with the hardware setup).
HTH,
-BobC
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Praise for CD-ROM drive
Date: 08 Mar 2000 14:24:43 EST
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 8 Mar 2000 08:54:46 -0600, John McKown
<<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>
>external SCSI CD-R. Now, those devices work well EXCEPT when it came to
>"ripping" CD audio. I was constantly getting retries (the IDE drives would
[snippage]
>No, I'm not a Plextor employee. I'm just somebody who is happy to finally
>be able to get his CD collection placed on his HD with good fidelity.
Plextor makes good drives, and it's good that you're happy now. I
would've gone the Plextor-SCSI route if I'd had more money, for sure.
People without $130 to spare, though, might wish to take a look at
cdparanoia for ripping CDDA. http://www.xiph.org/paranoia ...it seems to
work well even on cheap nasty hardware.
(You didn't mention which program you were using for ripping in your post;
if it *was* cdparanoia, I think I'll crawl away and attempt to remove my
foot from my mouth.)
--
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: "Brian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Mayday Burner is dead? Or not? SuSE6.2
Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2000 11:21:22 -0800
Please check and replace your IDE cables.
I had a similiar problem with an HP7200 and found the connector partially
pulled from the back of the drive - I was going to replace the drive. I
pushed the connector into place and it worked perfectly.
If that doesn't help, try connecting to another IDE channel and be sure to
correctly set the Master/Slave for all drives.
Best regards,
Brian
Jojo und Jessica wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>I installed the scsci-emul. like instruction said(at the end of
>posting).
>
>My burner Freecom ( Philips OEM ) CDD3801(/31) is known by Linux after
>emulation, but has no functions, now in Windows it also has no
>functions; even front-button doesn't work for OPEN/CLOSE. I only can
>open/close wiht Windows Audio-CD-Player. But CD's reading or writing is
>no more possible!
>Then I updated firmware to version 1.6, but there is no change.
>Is there anything I can do?
>
>Thank you!
>
>
>
>Vorgehen:
>
>cdrecord und X-CD-Roast k�nnen nur SCSI-Laufwerke als CD-Recorder
>ansprechen. Daher m�ssen Sie zuerst die IDE-SCSI-Emulation f�r Ihren
>CD-Brenner aktivieren.
>
>Gehen Sie daher wie folgt vor:
>
> Zuerst m�ssen Sie beim Booten von Linux die IDE-Schnittstelle
>angeben, f�r die sp�ter die SCSI-Emulation geladen werden soll. Dazu
>m�ssen Sie entweder eine Optionszeile
> beim Booten mit LILO angeben, oder Sie tragen die entsprechende
>Zeile gleich in der Datei /etc/lilo.conf ein:
>
> Kernel-Option beim Booten mit LILO:
>
> LILO boot: linux hdc=ide-scsi
>
> ^^^^^ ^^^
> | Device, an dem der Brenner angeschlossen ist
>(hier
> | Master-Anschlu� am zweiten IDE-Controller)
> |
> Name Ihrer Linux-Konfiguration
>
> Folgende Zeile k�nnen Sie auch in Ihrer /etc/lilo.conf in der
>global section einf�gen:
>
> append="hdc=ide-scsi"
>
> Nachdem der Rechner dann hochgefahren ist, mu� noch das
>Kernel-Modul f�r die SCSI-Emulation geladen werden. Dies geschieht mit
>folgendem Befehl als Benutzer root:
>
> modprobe ide-scsi
>
> Damit Sie diesen Befehl nicht bei jedem Neustart eingeben m�ssen,
>k�nnen Sie ihn auch in /sbin/init.d/boot.local eintragen, dann am besten
>mit absoluter Pfadangabe.
>
>Nun k�nnen Sie mit dem Befehl "cat /proc/scsi/scsi" sehen, da� Ihr
>Brenner unter Linux nun als SCSI-Laufwerk erkannt wird. Damit sollte dem
>CD-Brennen nichts mehr im Wege
>stehen.
>
>
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From: Sergey Dashevskiy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: 3c90x help
Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2000 14:31:15 -0500
Hello! Haven't been playing with Linux for a couple years, and already
forgot enough to not be able to set up network card support :)
I'm running Slackware 7, kernel 2.2.13 on a Dell box. Network card is
3Com 905B-TX.
I couldn't find support for it in the list you get when compiling
kernel, so I tried the 3c59x driver (I was told they are somewhat
compatible). The module starts fine, no error messages (modprobe -v
3c59x). After that there's still no /dev/eth0, and the list of modules
shows it as unused. No notice of the network card in /proc/devices or
/proc/interrupts
I tried looking on 3Com's site, got some driver for 3c90x. The version
of the binary is not compatible with my kernel, and I can't recall how
to compile and install one to save my life. Can anyone help please?
Thanks! Sergey
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From: "Ron Reaugh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.systems
Subject: Re: VIA vs Intel chipsets - which is better?
Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2000 19:40:08 GMT
Paul Tiseo wrote in message ...
>In article <C8wx4.404$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
>> Gee Ron, I use VIA based MoBo's & have no IDE problems - what am I
doing wrong? Same with my
>> customers.... who buy more VIA based MoBo's then Intel?
>>
>> Now you can quote post (actually you didn't even do that - you just
told us where we MIGHT find
>> some data) all day long... most will be from users have caused their own
problems. Can you post your
>> own personal data - like Dean & I can??
>
> Whatever you do, John, DON'T GET SUCKERED IN BY RON!!! He lives in
>*.hardware.storage and he and a few others engage in lengthy, pointless,
>name-calling threads in SCSI vs. IDE wars. The participants are all
>very, very stubborn and probably enjoy causing this sort of pointless
>mischief. It's endless. Plenty of references to "blindness" and
>"stalking" from both sides, ad nauseum. Sickening, really. All over HDs,
>for pete's sake...
>
> I left that group because of it. Half of the time, Ron is baited
>and he easily and quickly takes the bait and starts flinging insults.
>The other half, he's wrong and bullheadedly refuses to acknowledge it.
Typical of the kind who has nothing to contribute of technical value to the
NG. Your type always deals in personalities and not the facts. Why bother
even posting.
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From: "John Howland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.systems
Subject: Re: VIA vs Intel chipsets - which is better?
Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2000 11:53:11 -0800
Take a look Ron, you'll see that I sell VIA, Intel, AMD & SIS based MoBo (volume in
that order). I
make just as much selling an Intel based system as one of the others - so where is the
logic in your
statement? You'll also note that I don't recommend one over the other by brand only
(actually if you
asked I'd recommend an Athlon based system over an Intel anyway...) - but by their
features. But
when I see a fool like you post what he claims as the "final truth" I have to question
it when it
contradicts my own experience.... especially when the best he can do is direct me to
"read newsgroup
posts".
It's plain & simple & I've told you this before: Unless you can supply your own data
to support
your claim your "opinion" is pretty much useless. If you could provide some links to
sites or
specific post with the info you used to form that opinion it might be useful (at least
someone could
check them out to see if what you state is correct).... but no where near as good as
if it was your
own data.
You need to keep an open mind...
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Lake Forest, Calif. (949) 951-7067
http://www.specialtytech.com
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Ron Reaugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:3Dwx4.3629$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
> John Howland wrote in message ...
> > Gee Ron, I use VIA based MoBo's & have no IDE problems - what am I doing
> wrong?
>
>
> You sell em and are wearing blinders.
>
>
>
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