Linux-Hardware Digest #443, Volume #12 Thu, 9 Mar 00 12:13:05 EST
Contents:
GNUware 1.6 now available (Kerry Cox)
Re: Maxtor 40G IDE w/o BIOS support (Tom Schipper)
Re: Hot Swapping a floppy drive? ("Tjousk")
Re: VIA vs Intel chipsets - which is better? (Paul Tiseo)
Modem driver (Chan Kwun Hok)
Re: Req. for info on rev. engineering an ISA (Backer) card (Joe Pfeiffer)
Re: NeoMagic MagicMedia 256XL+ ---- IT WORKS (Steve Molitor)
Advice needed on S3 trio 3d (4 Mb, AGP) ("Miguel Ari�o")
Re: not sloooow, but sluggish linux modem (Atle)
Re: VIA vs Intel chipsets - which is better? ("John Howland")
Re: VIA vs Intel chipsets - which is better? ("Ron Reaugh")
bttv questions? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: VIA vs Intel chipsets - which is better? ("Ron Reaugh")
Re: Linux *voice* modem (Dave Disser)
Re: VIA vs Intel chipsets - which is better? ("Ron Reaugh")
Re: Impasse with 2 SCSI controllers, kernel mods required? (Stefaan A Eeckels)
Problem to install Mandrake 7.0 on the Toshiba 220CDS laptop ("Alex S")
Re: Linux vs Windows docs (was: Re: Linux sucks) (JEDIDIAH)
Re: modems and linux... ("plato")
Re: reading BIOS fields and settings?
Re: SB AWE 64 GOLD issues ("Eric Krause")
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From: Kerry Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: GNUware 1.6 now available
Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2000 08:05:02 -0700
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tom Schipper)
Subject: Re: Maxtor 40G IDE w/o BIOS support
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,comp.os.linux.setup
Date: 9 Mar 2000 08:13:45 -0700
While I haven't tried to install Linux with it yet I believe Promise has a
driver to support their Ultra66 card wnder Linux. The Ultra66 card should
get arround your BISO limitations. Check out the the Promise web site then
do so shopping for a good price on the card if you decide to go that direction.
They can be found at some of the major web sellers for about $35 with another
$5 or so for shipping.
Tom
Paul Halliday ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: On Thu, 17 Feb 2000 21:52:44 -0600, Keith Rohrer
: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: : Does anyone know how to configure such a drive for its full capacity under
: : Linux without BIOS support? I have to install the capacity limiting jumper
: : or the machine will not boot, even with autodetction turned off or a
: : specific geometry and mode chosen.
: Are you running any other OS's on the same drive? If so, I don't have
: a solution (other than new motherboard or a hopeful BIOs upgrade).
: 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).
: To be able to use the full 40Gb under Linux;
: 1. Reposition the jumper on the Maxtor drive so the full drive
: capacity is accessible.
: 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.
: 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).
: 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). 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
: - working much like the EIDE solution used to solve the old 500Mb IDE
: limit. I've been able to partition it and save a few Gig of data to
: the last 38-40Gb of the hard drive without any problems, so it appears
: to be working. You can mount the partitions after a reboot without
: having to tell it anything about the new geometry (it gets it from the
: partition table).
: Personally I have problems because I want to run Win95 on it too (I
: need the space for all those computer games ;), so I'll probably buy
: one of those 1GHz overclocked Athlons for �200UKP and a new board (my
: current board is a TMC TI5VGF, 2Mb cache, 8 months old yet even the
: BIOS on that isn't capable of more than 32Gb and just locks up. :-(
: Paul.
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From: "Tjousk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Hot Swapping a floppy drive?
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 01:28:31 +1000
jaelica <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> DON'T DO IT.
>
> You'll fry parts of your computer. PC's weren't built for
> hot-swapping stuff. That's why you turn off the machine and
> unplug the power cord (you DO unplug the cord, don't you? ;-)
> before you install hardware.
>
> I'd recommend replacing the hard drive or buying a new floppy. I
> don't know about where you are, but floppies are dirt cheap here
> (Alabama, USA).
>
> BTW, what's wrong with the hard drive? Loading LILO on the MBR
> should allow it to boot to Linux.
>
> JA
>
>
> * Sent from RemarQ http://www.remarq.com The Internet's Discussion Network
*
> The fastest and easiest way to search and participate in Usenet - Free!
>
I have hot-swapped many parts, sometimes even hard disks. But I wouldn't
recommend it. And as for un-plugging the power cable, I never do, and I
have never had any problems.... As the power cable is connected to a
grounded power outlet, The PC is grounded while the cable is plugged in, and
I am therefore grounded whenever I am touching a metal part of the case....
But then, having the cable unplugged does reduce the chance of accidentally
turning the PC on while a card is only half in a slot......
Anyway, As has been said before, Floppy drives are cheap, Just get another
if you need one....
Tjousk
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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: Thu, 9 Mar 2000 10:12:22 -0500
In article <hDFx4.1063$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
>
> Keith R. Williams wrote in message ...
> >
> >Forget it Paul. Ron picked on the wrong person in this group.
> >Deano is fair game, but he doesn't sell anymore. Hmmm.
> >
> >It must be lonely over on .storage for Ron to pick fights on
> >chips. BTW, my favorite tommie is making an ass outof himself
> >over there too. Too bad I don' thave time to chase.
> >
> >Anyway, I will stand 100% behind John Howland's reputation.
Ron also avoided my other questions yet again...
I accept your avoidance of the questions Ron as an admittance of
defeat...
> Do you stand 100% behind his assetions that there are no VIA busmastering
> EIDE problems? Don't try and change the subject; that's what this thread
> is about!
His assertions was that he had never encountered problems with
boards on Intel or VIA chipsets, which is my experience also. I quote
from his post with Message-ID: <C8wx4.404$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> in
this thread:
"...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?..."
I interpret that as him relaying his experience. You don't. You
think he's making a blanket statement that VIA never fails a user. My
personal experience with many successful and complex VIA and Intel
setups agrees with his. Yours does not. That, in a nutshell, is the
problem.
To use your "search methods" since you think they are valid means
of establishing a point, here are two searches on deja.com:
keywords: IDE & IRQ & VIA & problem = 6100 matches
IDE & IRQ & Intel & problem = 5600 matches
What do you make of that, Ron? Intel wins? Seems like 6100
complaints vs. 56000 complaints doesn't paint a pretty picture either
way. Who wins?
You'll probably cop out by saying the search I chose is
fundamentally flawed in some contrived way of yours and propose a much
better, Ron-approved search, which in and of itself, still doesn't prove
much... Or, is all this just drivel?
____________________________________________________
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: Chan Kwun Hok <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.help,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Modem driver
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 07:15:41 +0800
Where can I find the TNC Merz modem driver for Linux?
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From: Joe Pfeiffer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.hardware,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Subject: Re: Req. for info on rev. engineering an ISA (Backer) card
Date: 09 Mar 2000 08:23:38 -0700
nobody <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> So... for my next project I think I'll take a crack at reverse
> engineering the interface. What I am looking for is recomendations for
> any software tools that would help me do this. I have a fair bit of
> experience with the ISA interface from both the hardware and software
> end of things so I'm not a novice but I've never hacked someone else's
> work before. The card is currently in my old DOS box and I have several
> little DOS utilties that came with the card that just do some basic I/O
> stuff. For my first attempt I tried watching one of the programs with a
> debugger but that quickly got very tedious.
>
> Any suggestions? If nothing is forthcoming it'll be back to the
> debugger for me.
My answer will be a bit roundabout -- there is a series of books with
names like ``The Undocumented PC,'' ``Undocumented DOS,'' and so on
(they are invaluable for reverse engineering interfaces all by
themselves, incidentally). They have ads in the back for some
programs with names like ``Sourcer.'' Buy those programs -- they are
very nice disassemblers, and are just unbelievably useful for your
task.
I'm the guy who wrote the Compaq Concerto pen driver, so I got a lot
of use out of my copies of these things.
--
Joseph J. Pfeiffer, Jr., Ph.D. Phone -- (505) 646-1605
Department of Computer Science FAX -- (505) 646-1002
New Mexico State University http://www.cs.nmsu.edu/~pfeiffer
VL 2000 Homepage: http://www.cs.orst.edu/~burnett/vl2000/
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Subject: Re: NeoMagic MagicMedia 256XL+ ---- IT WORKS
From: Steve Molitor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 09 Mar 2000 09:35:34 -0600
Mine works too now!
I have a Sony PCG-XG18 with a NeoMagic256XL+.
I will post my XF86config tomorrow. (I left my notebook at home).
Basically, I removed Mandrake 7.0 and installed RedHat 6.1, ran
XF86Setup like Jason said, selected 'NM2200' as my graphics card, set
the resolution tab to 1024x768 16bp, added a 'VideoRam 4096' to my
XF86config file.
With Mandrake, I had troubles running XF86Setup. My display was all
screwed up. This could be because I was using the experimental
framebuffer kernel, and it might not have been Mandrake's fault at
all. But, things are working now, so I'll probably stick with RedHat.
Also, Mandrake hung a few times reading from the DVD/cdrom. Anyone
else have this problem?
--
Steve Molitor
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"Emacs is the Computer"
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From: "Miguel Ari�o" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Advice needed on S3 trio 3d (4 Mb, AGP)
Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2000 00:47:23 +0100
Hi there,
I�ve got a perfectly operating (that is , under windows) video card, and I
have some trouble configuring the x windows program.
For starters, it doesn�t let me use any other configuration than 640x400 16
color; it doesn�t detect any of the chips of my graphics board, and I have
tried lots of things... with no results.
Do you know how can I set the X Windows up so I don�t just see the crappy
old "generic VGA" screen? Thanks in advance
(NB: I�ve visited the xfree86 web page, Suse�s page... with no result)
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From: Atle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: not sloooow, but sluggish linux modem
Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2000 18:34:35 +0100
Uwe Malzahn wrote:
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Atle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > Ellen Koinz wrote:
> >
> >> Nope. _Because_ Windows is doing OK I'm confident that it's the serial port
> >> isn't set up properly. It's a matter of initializing the 16550A at boot
> >> time. Put something like
> >>
> > I just came to wonder: Isn't there one of these that has a hardware
> > buffer and the other doesn't - or they both have, but one is bigger than
> > the other?
> > Or does this date back to the 8250?
> >
>
> The 16550A has, the 16450 hasn't. So you can't get hi speed with the 16450.
Now, back to the original problem :-) A system (hpone line, modem,
buffering, application) stat starts up fine, loads a certain qty. of
bytes, and then slows down - that looks like either a phone line or
buffer problem ... but there doesn't seem to be any possibility of this
... What could it be?
Lost interrupts? Why then, does it work so fine in the beginning?
What else?
Atle
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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: Thu, 9 Mar 2000 07:59:08 -0800
That's OK Keith <G>....
--
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Lake Forest, Calif. (949) 951-7067
http://www.specialtytech.com
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Keith R. Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:pLMYl5dhX7hK-pn2-qIjyGboMYZSd@localhost...
. ...now only if he weren't so prochial about the boards
> he carries (sorry John ;-).
>
> ----
> Keith
>
>
>
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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: Thu, 09 Mar 2000 16:17:55 GMT
Tim Cunnings wrote in message ...
>One very important aspect often over looked is that tech savvy people (such
>as those that frequent something like news groups) are more likely to be
>discussing issues with alternative hardware than 'industry standard'
>hardware. Meaning that generally speaking, hardware fanatics will generally
>patron companies like VIA, thus its not too unreasonable to expect the vast
>majority of posts will concern the more dicusses thing.
>
>Simply put, those that like to get their hands dirty will likely play with
>the less supported things.
>
>As a rule (please, no flames!) those less willing or less able to
experiment
>and tinker with their setups are more likely to take a more conservative
>approach. These people are also less likely to show up on Deja.
>
>If you need a source or link, I don't have one. Rather its something I have
>observed (and experienced) over the past 5 or 6 years that I have been a
web
>frequent.
All true but VIA, SIS and Ali do have busmastering EIDE driver problems
which is the issue.
>Ron Reaugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>news:Czzx4.386$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>>
>> Paul Tiseo wrote in message ...
>> >In article <01zx4.222$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Ron-
>> >[EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
>> >> Anyone can do a Deja scan in you and "VIA" and see the answer to that
>for
>> >> themselves.
>> >
>> > Ok. Fine. I did. (I had extra time on my hands today, only took me
>> >five minutes...)
>> >
>> > Search: author: email address & keyword: "VIA" = 3500 hits
>> > author: email address & keyword: "Intel" = 1800 hits
>>
>>
>> Any idiot knows that Deja figires that size are meaningless.
>>
>> Do a real Deja search on:
>>
>> via chipset
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Feb 15 2000
>> 100 per page
>>
>> There's 83.
>>
>> Then do:
>> intel chipset
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Feb 15 2000
>> 100 per page
>>
>> There's 30.
>>
>> Tracks of a drummer......enough said.
>>
>>
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: bttv questions?
Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2000 16:12:58 GMT
I have an STB TV/fM tuner card. Whenever I run a program like xawtv it
opens the audio connection so I can hear the television. But xawtv has
no control over the audio. So mute doesn't work, and when I exit the
program the television audio is still coming through. I know this sounds
evil, but under windows I don't have this problem. What do I need to do
to get the sound to quit once the app is closed? Also, whenever I
switched to fullscreen in xawtv the screen goes wack like on need
Vert-hold or something.
Jason
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: "Ron Reaugh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.systems
Subject: Re: VIA vs Intel chipsets - which is better?
Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2000 16:21:35 GMT
Tim Cunnings wrote in message ...
>
>Ron Reaugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>news:uFDx4.394$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>>
>> Neil Davis wrote in message <8a6qbt$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>> >I'm sorry to see this thread deteriorate so quickly into name-calling,
>> >because there are some legitimate chipset and driver questions I'd love
>to
>> >see addressed. I've put together a number of VIA-based systems, but
>> >recently I got fed up with them and have switched to the BX boards
>instead.
>> >One of the problems I've suffered with the VIA chipset is IRQ sharing.
>>
>>
>> Right, I forgot that one.
>
>
>
>
>You know, its ironic. I have never had any problems at all with my IRQ
>sharing on the MVP3 based board, yet there is a BX based system down at
work
>(our test system actually) thats a real cow. Not saying its bad, just much
>harder to get working, yet my home system has never once had problems.
>
>So whats the point here? I am not denying problems with one chipset, rather
>pointing out that, just because your history might lean one way, someone
>elses could just as easily lean the other.
No, that's an attempt at dilution. Subtracting all the factors you've
brought up, VIA has much greater busmastering EIDE driver problems than
Intel chipsets.
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Subject: Re: Linux *voice* modem
From: Dave Disser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2000 16:21:57 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (H. Peter Anvin) writes:
> Hi everyone,
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions for a voice modem that works well
> with Linux? I'm not actually interested in using this thing as a
> modem, rather I want to hook it up to my Linux server and use it as an
> answering machine that emails me the messages as attachments rather
> than having to deal with hopeless DTMF interfaces which are built into
> ordinary answering machines.
>
> I was planning to use vgetty, but if someone has ideas for better
> software please do let me know.
>
> If it can decode DTMF commands and Caller ID that's a very strong plus.
>
> -hpa
> --
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> at work, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> in private!
> "Unix gives you enough rope to shoot yourself in the foot."
Jeff Beaman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> tell me if you get somewhere on this project. I've been looking into
> doing something quite similar, but I never got my shark (almost generic)
> modem working in the machine and just moved onto other things.
>
> Thanks,
> Jeff
I got a Multitech 5600ZDXv working with vgetty, though I had to make a
small change for DTMF dialing to work while on a call. I didn't use
it for what you're doing, though; my application was to formulate a
voice message and deliver it to a voicemail system.
I believe the modem has CID but not sure about DTMF decode.
--Dave
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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: Thu, 09 Mar 2000 16:25:24 GMT
Paul Tiseo wrote in message ...
>In article <hDFx4.1063$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
>>
>> Keith R. Williams wrote in message ...
>> >
>> >Forget it Paul. Ron picked on the wrong person in this group.
>> >Deano is fair game, but he doesn't sell anymore. Hmmm.
>> >
>> >It must be lonely over on .storage for Ron to pick fights on
>> >chips. BTW, my favorite tommie is making an ass outof himself
>> >over there too. Too bad I don' thave time to chase.
>> >
>> >Anyway, I will stand 100% behind John Howland's reputation.
>
> Ron also avoided my other questions yet again...
>
> I accept your avoidance of the questions Ron as an admittance of
>defeat...
>
>> Do you stand 100% behind his assetions that there are no VIA busmastering
>> EIDE problems? Don't try and change the subject; that's what this
thread
>> is about!
>
> His assertions was that he had never encountered problems with
>boards on Intel or VIA chipsets, which is my experience also. I quote
>from his post with Message-ID: <C8wx4.404$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> in
>this thread:
>
> "...I use VIA based MoBo's & have no IDE problems - what am I doing
>wrong? Same with my customers.... who buy more VIA based MoBo's then
>Intel?..."
>
> I interpret that as him relaying his experience. You don't. You
>think he's making a blanket statement that VIA never fails a user. My
>personal experience with many successful and complex VIA and Intel
>setups agrees with his. Yours does not. That, in a nutshell, is the
>problem.
>
> To use your "search methods" since you think they are valid means
>of establishing a point, here are two searches on deja.com:
>
> keywords: IDE & IRQ & VIA & problem = 6100 matches
> IDE & IRQ & Intel & problem = 5600 matches
Clueless. As was already described Deja counts at those levels are
meaningless.
> What do you make of that, Ron? Intel wins? Seems like 6100
>complaints vs. 56000 complaints doesn't paint a pretty picture either
>way. Who wins?
>
> You'll probably cop out by saying the search I chose is
>fundamentally flawed
It is as was previously described in this thread. Deja counts are only
real/meaningful when small.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stefaan A Eeckels)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Impasse with 2 SCSI controllers, kernel mods required?
Date: 9 Mar 2000 16:24:44 GMT
In article <8a7580$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Stephen Lee - Post replies please <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> But my guess is still that you have a resource conflict somewhere.
I had exactly the same problem with a 1542 using the same IRQ as
a PCI device (in my case, a network card). The solution was to
reserve IRQ 11 and DMA 5 for ISA legacy devices in the BIOS setup.
--
Stefaan
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From: "Alex S" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Problem to install Mandrake 7.0 on the Toshiba 220CDS laptop
Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2000 08:30:31 -0800
I am very new to Linux so...
Here my problem:
I try to install Mandrake 7.0 on my Toshiba Laptop.
I downloaded the 500 MB to the hardrive under dos.
There are two virtual hardrive on my laptop, one C: of about 1.9MB all
Windows
and one D: of 1MB all Linux (want to).
I read the install guide line that come alone with the downloading
I created a boot disk with the hd.img an everything.
But when I booted, after the message Ramdisk loading and XfreeBDS loading,
The screen just went black.
So far I have no idea what is going.
It is still black.
Alex
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (JEDIDIAH)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.portable
Subject: Re: Linux vs Windows docs (was: Re: Linux sucks)
Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2000 16:34:27 GMT
On Thu, 09 Mar 2000 08:40:35 +0200, Sniper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On 24 Feb 2000 14:32:30 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Magda)
>wrote:
>
>>On Wed, 23 Feb 2000 17:07:45 GMT, John Jordan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>[...]
>>>However, with Windows you have numerous, mature, texts from Microsoft
>>>and third parties. Furthermore, Microsoft has a well-organized
>>>KnowledgeBase. All the information for Linux is out there in just as
>>[...]
>>
>>GNU/Linux's ``KnowledgeBase'' is USENet. You can also go to <www.deja.com>.
>>Though I've found that since they've differsified from just a USENet search
>>engine it has a really confusing interface.
>
>Sorry dave but that doesn't wash, With TechNet and Microsoft KB, I
>have access to the information now, and in detail. With Usenet, I may
You also have access to that information NOW. There are plenty
of search engines. Plus with Usenet, real people are actually
monitoring requests and adding to the 'db' as necessary.
>or may not get the information, and when is a completely different
>question, one thing you can't knock about Windows and MS is
>_THE_DOCUMENTATION_ unfortunately, as with most things MS, you pay for
Sure you can. It's just one of those things that those of us
who don't worship M$ will gladly knock while Lemmings will
defend it.
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From: "plato" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: modems and linux...
Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2000 18:40:49 +0200
do you know of any internal modems?
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: reading BIOS fields and settings?
Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2000 16:31:40 GMT
I too am looking for an easy way to record BIOS data. I can tell you that
print screen does work (at least on my machine) but what is printed is not
very useful. I suppose all the data is there but the formating is
terrible. Try it.
Martin Brown wrote:
>
>
> So... is there anyway to read the system BIOS fields and their settings?
>
> /proc has some bits and pieces, but I'm lookig for something more
complete
> and together.
>
> I sure hate writing all this BIOS stuff down. I'd love to be able to
> print it. Hmm... just a thought... does the "PrintScreen" keyboard key
> work when you're in BIOS mode.
>
> Thanx for any thoughts you might have on the matter.
> --
>
> - Martin J. Brown, Jr. -
>
> - BEAUDESIGN.COM -
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From: "Eric Krause" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SB AWE 64 GOLD issues
Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2000 11:48:09 -0500
I've been able to get the soundblaster awe 64 gold to work in my computer.
There are many howtos on the subject. The down and dirty is that I needed
to compile support into the kernel. (make sure you have the right I/O other
numbers needed on hand. The easiest way is to look at winshit partition
that you have and get the numbers from there. Once that works, make sure
you have esd running and you should be money. Any questions just email me.
m003618ATusna.edu
http://www.redhat.com/mirrors/LDP/HOWTO/mini/Soundblaster-AWE.html
emk
^Vigil^ <@.> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> i dream of getting my awe64gold to work in linux :-(
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