Linux-Hardware Digest #490, Volume #12 Thu, 16 Mar 00 11:13:10 EST
Contents:
Re: Memory question (Tom Brinkman)
Re: Trouble with cdrecord and Memorex 48X ("Gene Heskett")
cd-rom problem (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Gu=F0mundur?= Erlingsson)
Re: Please help ("Buchacher")
Mkbootdisk Does Not Create A Bootable Floppy For My SCSI System ?? (mike)
Sound Card under Corel Linux (Hamada)
CDROM driver ("Anders Lund")
Re: Please help ("Buchacher")
Re: PIII vs PIII E - which is faster? (mj)
Any chances for Nvidia RIVA TNT with 3D aceleration? (mj)
Re: RTL8029 Ethernet / IRQ frustrations??? (Matt Francis)
Re: Linux sucks (Michael Mosbey)
Re: cdrecord -scanbus ("Hugh Fairfield")
Re: DVD movie nof frames (Mircea)
Re: UDMA66 HPT366 linux driver (Hal Burgiss)
Re: Sound Card under Corel Linux ("E")
intel 810 with linux? (Krosschell)
Re: Yet another Hard Drive Problem ("Jeff Susanj")
Elsa MicroLink ISDN PCI and Mandrake6.x/7.0 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Linux sucks (Simon White)
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From: Tom Brinkman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus,aus.computers.linux,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc
Subject: Re: Memory question
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 12:42:54 GMT
Getting closer Janice, the pci bus will be 133.3/4 or=20
33.3mhz and exactly on spec. The agp will be 88.6, there's
2 work-arounds. Use a pci video card, or use an agp card, but
disable agp by setting the aperture to 4.
Most pc100 will run at 133mhz set to cas 3-3-3. I've got
a stick of Mosel Vitelic 8ns cas2 pc100 that will run OK at
155mhz 3-3-3 with 3.54 volts. I use it at 135mhz cas2-3-3.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
On 3/16/00, 3:03:19 AM, "Janice Paquette" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> =
wrote regarding Re: Memory question:
> .
> > >
> > > So whats happen if I got CPU running at 133MHz bus
> > > eg. 667/133 but a PC100 64MB DIMM.
> > > Will I have an issue?
> >
> > Everything will be overclocked by 2x. The PCI bus will be at 66Mhz
> instead
> > of 33. The AGP at 133 instead of 66. The chipset at 133 instead of=
=20
100
> > (may not be that bad) which means the IDE controller also and HDDs.
> > How many of your devices do you imagine can do this? I'll bet the=20
HDDs
> will
> > be the first to cause big trouble, probably have to lower to PIO mod=
e=20
4 or
> > lower.
> > You'll have all kind of issues!
> All depends on the hardware.. good harware will tolerate a 133 MHz=20
bus. In
> fact, Via's new chipset natively supports it. If you want to=20
overclock, all
> of the issues brought up are somewhat valid. But not everything will =
be
> OC'd at 2x.
> The PCI bus will run at 1/3(133) =3D 44.3 MHz (11 Mhz out of spec)
> The AGP bus (assuming you don't have a nifty MoBo that has a 1/2 AGP
> divider) will be: 2/3(133) =3D 88.6 MHz (22 Mhz out of spec)
> and the chipset, as mentioned at 133 (33 Mhz out of spec, assuming=20
it's not
> a native 133 board).
> Couple notes to make: Hard Drives are part of the PCI bus.
> Memory is part of the System (or Front) bus.
> So, PC100 ram will be running 33% out of spec. Do you know what=20
rating the
> chips are in it? PC133 ram is rated at 7.5 ns. The rating for your=20
ram is
> what it's guaranteed to run at. 8ns ram readily overclocks to a 133=20
MHz FSB
> (Fronst side bus, the main system bus)
> And if you're using older hard drives, you might have to take it down =
to pio
> 4, but that's a rare case, if you use good and tested hardware.
> Remember, every element of your system has to hold to these new=20
standards
> for it to work properly.. the system is as strong as it's weakest=20
link.
> Hope this helps!
> --Dan
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: 16 Mar 2000 8:3:51 -0500
From: "Gene Heskett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Trouble with cdrecord and Memorex 48X
Unrot13 this;
Reply to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Gene Heskett sends Greetings to Paul Sery;
The message below is telling you the truth, there is no recorder.
The 48X Memorex is a player, with no recording abilities whatsoever.
I've got one. If the salesman told you it was a recorder, he lied.
PS> Hi, I have a Memorex 48X CD-ROM recorder. It's an ATAPI device
PS> and I've compiled SCSI emulation into the kernel and cdrecord
PS> appears to recognize the drive. When I use the simple command:
PS> cdrecord -v speed=2 dev=0,0,0 cdimage.raw
PS> I get the following message:
PS> Cdrecord 1.8 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2000 J�rg
PS> Schilling TOC Type: 1 = CD-ROM scsidev: '0,0,0' scsibus: 0
PS> target: 0 lun: 0 Using libscg version 'schily-0.1' atapi: 1
PS> cdrecord: Warning: controller returns wrong size for CD
PS> capabilities page. Device type : Removable CD-ROM Version
PS> : 0 Response Format: 1 Vendor_info : ' ATAPI '
PS> Identifikation : '48X CDROM ' Revision : '3.30'
PS> Device seems to be: Generic mmc CD-ROM. cdrecord: Warning:
PS> controller returns wrong size for CD capabilities page. cdrecord:
PS> Warning: controller returns wrong size for CD capabilities page.
PS> cdrecord: Sorry, no CD/DVD-Recorder or unsupported
PS> CD/DVD-Recorder found on this target.
PS> Any suggestions?
PS> Thanks,
PS> Paul
Cheers, Gene
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From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Gu=F0mundur?= Erlingsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: cd-rom problem
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 15:23:49 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi,
I'm having some troubles with my cd-rom drive. The thing is that I was
installing Debian the other day, and had some problems (mostly due to my
lack of knowledge) and had to start the installation over a couple of
times. I booted from the cd-rom and everything went fine until I had
installed the base system, and then went down for a reboot. The machine
rebooted and I continued the installation and was trying to install the
rest trough dselect, but couldn't through with it without errormessages.
I decided to boot up windows and check out the documentation to see if I
could find a clue to this, but when I got into Win95, the stupid thing
denied to start my cd-rom. So the problem is this: The BIOS finds the
cd-rom but can't boot from it, Windows finds all the right drivers, but
can't start the cd-rom and complaines that the drive isn't ready. Same
in Linux. I can play audio-cd's with Winamp so it doesn't seem to be
damaged (although the sound quality is much worse than usual). When I
try to open the cd-rom folder I can here the drive makeng a few
attempts, but the a dialog box appears on the screen saying the drive
isn't ready.
It has been suggested that the reason for this is that I hadn't properly
unmounted the cd-rom drive when I rebooted into Windows, and that may
well be. But how can I determine wether that's the problem or not? And
if so, how can I fix it? I've tried to boot into linux and unmount
anything that resembled a cd-rom mount point, but nothing happens. I
have shut down the machine and turn it off and on again, but nothing
happens. Simply put, I'm at loss of what to do.
It's a Lit-On cdrom drive, if that is of any help.
thanks,
Gudmundur
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From: "Buchacher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Please help
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 15:34:38 +0100
>Buchacher wrote:
>> My mouse doesn't react neither with gpm nor in X-Window
>
>This may seem stupid, but it *does* work normally (on another machine or
>in MS Windows), right?
This is true, it works.
>
>Do you get any interrupts in /proc/interrupts from it?
No, I don't get any (mouse) interrupts.
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From: mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Mkbootdisk Does Not Create A Bootable Floppy For My SCSI System ??
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 09:44:16 -0500
Hi,
I finally got mkboot disk to write to my floppy. It seemed not
to like using the 1.44 drive as /dev/fd1. In any case the floppy
created does not boot the system. It comes up with lilo and starts
to boot and seems to go through all the steps but then I get
a kernel panic. I suspect that since I am using a scsi controller that
there has to be some parameters added to the floppy or another
type of floppy boot disk to tell it what the scsi card it and the port
and irq it is using, unless somehow the program "mkbootdisk"
knows how to put this info onto the floppy.
Thanks
Mike
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Subject: Sound Card under Corel Linux
From: Hamada <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 06:45:56 -0800
Hello every one!
I have installed Corel Linux yesterday... I have a Major problem!
It failed to detect my Sound card! (it is a creative SB16)
Win Linux 2000 detected it before! so what is wrong??
How can i manually add this hardware? there is even no option
for it!!!!! :(
Any help would be greately appreciated!! Thank u in advance!
Urs.
Mohamed
PS is all Linux software compatible?? on the web site of real
player G2, in the OS category, they only list RedHat Linux..
does this mean it will not work under Corel Linux?? why?? aren't
they all Linux??
PPS what does i386 mean???
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From: "Anders Lund" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: CDROM driver
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 15:47:54 +0100
Hi out there,
I accidentially bought a DELTA 44X CD drive that is not on the compatibility
list.
The model is OIP-CD4400, and the specs at deltas website
(http://www.deltaca.com/cdrom/cd44_spc_f.htm) claims that it's interface is
IDE-ATAPI, conforming to SFF8020 v2.6.'
Now the question: Does anybody know if the native IDE/ATAPI driver will do?
TIA,
Anders
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From: "Buchacher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux
Subject: Re: Please help
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 15:46:35 +0100
>> My mouse doesn't react neither with gpm nor in X-Window
>
>> First I tried to connect the mouse to the PS/2 port and used
>> /dev/psaux --> failure
>
>Do you have support for psaux in your kernel or loaded as a module? If
>it is compiled into the kernel, is the mouse detected at boot?
I don't know. Please tell me how to find out.
>
>> Then I connected the mouse with an adapter to COM1
>> I tried it with /dev/mouse (ttyS0)
>> I removed /lib/modules/2.2.13/misc/serial.o
>
>I have no experience from SuSE, but I see no reason not to have serial
>support compiled into the kernel. Then you won't have to mess with
>modules.
When I asked SuSE about my problems they said they couldn't help me very
well by telediagnosis, so they sent me different solutions. One of these
said that since version 2.2.5 (mine is 2.2.13) the serial device support is
automatically loaded as a module. If it is compiled into the kernel it is
additionally loaded as a module after loading the kernel.
In this case I should try to delete /lib/modules/2.2.5/misc/serial.o and set
" alias char-major-4 serial " in /etc/conf.modules to " alias char-major-4
off ".
Their other solutions based on the assumption that X-Window can't use the
mouse because the device is busy, but it actually says: Can't open mouse (no
such device).
Clemens
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From: mj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.systems
Subject: Re: PIII vs PIII E - which is faster?
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 11:27:53 -0400
Hi,
If you want a fast machine, don't loose your time with intel. Buy a AMD Athlon
(K7), with a 200Mhz front side bus clock. Look at www.tomshardware.com, and
you'll see that intel isn't the best choice anymore.
By the way, i haven't seen any Pentium III running reliable. Maybe there were
cheap MainBoard? Don't now... i only see the facts...
bye.
On Wed, 15 Mar 2000, Alexander Klietz wrote:
>Geoff Dean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb in im Newsbeitrag:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> the pentium III E is used in lab tops, and not intended to be used
>in a
>> home system!
>
>Sorry, but that's pure nonsense. Intels naming scheme is confusing
>enough, don't make it even more difficult to understand. ;-)
>
>Regards Alex
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From: mj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Any chances for Nvidia RIVA TNT with 3D aceleration?
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 11:36:10 -0400
Hello,
I have downloaded XFree4.0, compiled it and it works fine. But the expected
Harwadre support for my RIVA TNT ended up in frustration, because it isn't
there.
I visited nvidias web site, and i read the news section:
"...strategic alliance with Microfuck!....."
"... joint venture with Micorfuck!....."
"... now we will develop the X-Box game console, with Microfuck!...."
oops. Is there a chance for Hardware support for Linux?? What about the
strategic alliance between VA-Linux, SGI and Nvidia (some months ago)???
bye.
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From: Matt Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RTL8029 Ethernet / IRQ frustrations???
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 09:21:49 -0600
Hi again...
Sorry for not posting specific errors... What happens is the module
(ne2k-pci.o) is loaded in the kernel, and when I activate the changes
(linuxconf), I get something like a eth0 trying to restart, but it fails. And
the same thing at boot... I get a big, red [FAILED] when initializing eth0. I
don't know if it is a software or hardware problem, so that is what I am
trying to figure out at the moment... AND to top it all off, my BIOS is
crap... It allows me to set a supervisor password, and that's about it...
Thanks...
> I have two of those cards in my box (PCI cards), they work without
> problems. The only issue i had with them was, that the BIOS configured
> them to share the same IRQ, which caused the kernel to hang at boot at
> the stage where the ethernet cards should be initialized. (I don't use
> modules). I reconfigured my BIOS, now the whole thing is running fine.
>
> Do you use the correct drivers? You need the "PCI NE2000 support" in
> the kernel or the ne2k-pci.o module.
>
> Which errors do you get? Be more specific.
>
> Regards,
>
> Stefan
> --
> Stefan Seyfried, [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Windows 2000 - from the people who brought you EDLIN.
--
Matt [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://people.unt.edu/~mfrancis
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From: Michael Mosbey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.portable,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: Linux sucks
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 10:24:43 -0600
"Orest M. A. Zarowsky" wrote:
> "Orest M. A. Zarowsky" wrote:
>
> > snipped - see original posting
>
> The follow-ups have been interesting reading. Especially how personally some people
> are taking things. Oh well, that's the way it goes.
>
> I would like to thank Mr Robert W. Hall for his input. Unfortunately, I don't live
> in the UK.
>
> On to the main points:
>
> 1) I never said that Micrsoft's documentation (or Microsoft and its products) was
> anything to cheer about. Mind you, just about all the MS-based documentation I've
> been seeing of late is pretty pathetic and has gotten much worse than it used to be.
I'm of the opinion that most help files are useless to anyone even slightly savvy. MS
help files, in particular, tend to tell me little or nothing that I didn't know
already. I usually figure problems out on my own. The Microsoft web site is a little
more comprehensive, but is still lacking. Linux is just horrid. Command line
applications should either give some basic help and an example when executed. It also
wouldn't hurt to say what the thing does. I barely remember actually learning DOS. I
figured out the dir and cd commands, and got a quick intro to command line instructions
from pkzip, and the rest was a cinch. Linux just has too many commands named after
cartoon chariacters to just jump into.
>
>
> 2) Linux documentation is indeed much more in-depth and current than MS-world
> documentation. However, the issue of the authors assuming that the reader is more
> than a little knowledgeable is still true. This point has, by and large, been
> ignored in many of the postings.
>
Mandrake 7.0's documentation is almost good. I might try creating some docs as soon as
_I_ figure this stuff out.
>
> 3) A fundamental point was missed - Linux is becoming increasingly "popular" and
> publicized in the mainstream press (note: not the computer press). This has
> significant consequences for the Linux community. The most important consequence is
> that many individuals with a "Windows centric" perspective will be trying to install
> and use Linux. These are not going to be happy campers. Assuming that the Linux
> community is serious about increasing the size of the installed base significantly,
> the limitations of the Linux documentation will need to be addressed. It doesn't
> matter if the gurus have nothing but loathing for these people, the needs of
> migrants from Windows to Linux will have to be addressed. Failure to do so will
> guarantee that the majority of people who try to switch to Linux will end up
> returning to Windows and never trying anything different again. Microsoft wins, we
> all lose.
>
This represents my fourth try at linux. I've tried Debian 1.2 and 1.3.1, Redhat 5.0,
Slackware 2.0, Open Linux 1.3, Linux Pro 4.1a and now Mandrake 7.0. I've been running
it for less than 48 hours, and I'm actually doing stuff, rather than trying to get X to
work with my monitor. I've been using computers since 1980, and I consider myself
quite savvy. I could have kept at it, but I really wanted to _do_ something, rather
than fight the OS. I went off and installed Windows, and within a few hours I had
everything as I wanted it, all my software installed, everything configured, and I was
surfing. I think that in another major revision or so, Linux in general, Mandrake in
particular, could be a competitor to Windows for the AOL-type user's desktop.
>
> 5) I'm quite willing to put in the sweat to learn things like networking and system
> administration, for example. I just don't see why basics like file management
> should be so poorly documented. It's very difficult to play with the configuration
> files if one can't get to them. I'd like to leverage my existing knowledge and
> skills into Linux. What is the problem with this, if you don't mind my asking?
>
> Orest Zarowsky
Agreed. I've found that most documentation of configuration files was less useful than
configuration files with comments built in. Someone needs to upgrade the DOS to Linux
user's HOWTO.
-mike
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From: "Hugh Fairfield" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: cdrecord -scanbus
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 08:25:20 -0700
it is an ide. What would the steps I would follow to recompile the kernel to
allow for scsi emulation and what would be the best way to test for this?
thanks for the help,
--
Hugh C. Fairfield< B. Sc.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(780) 903 5812
"Steve Martin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > in an attempt to run a cdwriter, I am trying to detect my cdwriter I
type in
> > cdrecord -scanbus and I get a target not found error.
> > Where should I start on this?
>
> I'm using cdrecord here successfully. You don't mention, but is your
> drive a SCSI or an IDE? If it's IDE, do you have SCSI emulation
> compiled into your kernel? If it's SCSI, perhaps there is a termination
> error. SCSI is quite critical about improper terminations.
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From: Mircea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: DVD movie nof frames
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 10:36:41 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> When I try to display a DVD movie using Red Hat 6.1, kernel 2.2.14,
> using the latest software from cvs.linuxvideo.org:/cvs/livid
> (nist ac3dec oms mpeg2dec mgadvd), I only get 3 frames per second as
> a maximum. I know the code is not optimized (I was glad to see it worked),
> but what is the minimum hardware that is needed for displaying a DVD movie?
>
> I have 128MB, AMD K6 II/350,(..)
I understand that the current state of the code is such as, for full
framerate, you would need a PII-550 at a minimum :(. Patience, although
I suspect your system is underpowered anyway...most software DVD players
under Windows, albeit heavily optimized, recommend a PII 350-400 anyway.
MST
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hal Burgiss)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: UDMA66 HPT366 linux driver
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 15:47:04 GMT
On Thu, 16 Mar 2000 13:31:16 +0700, A m e n <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hal Burgiss wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, 16 Mar 2000 01:17:37 +0800, Damon Tsang
>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> >
>> >Damon Tsang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:...
>> >> Do anyone know where to find Highpoint HPT366 UDMA66 linux driver.
>>
>> It is part of the ide patch. Look at kernel mirrors under
>> people/hedrick.
>>
>
>I'm using Mandrake 6.1 with kernel 2.2 i want to use the hpt366
>controller with my abit bp6 when i apply the ide patch & recompile,
>here's the error message
Yes, this is the way to go. It supports that controller.
>ide.c: In function `ide_do_request':
>ide.c:1268: `io_flags' undeclared (first use in this function)
>ide.c:1268: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
>ide.c:1268: for each function it appears in.)
>ide.c:1270: `masked_irq' undeclared (first use in this function)
>ide.c:1272: structure has no member named `spinlock'
>ide.c:1272: `hwgroup_flags' undeclared (first use in this function)
>ide.c:1274: structure has no member named `spinlock'
>ide.c:1211: warning: unused variable `startstop'
>ide.c: In function `ide_do_drive_cmd':
>ide.c:1676: warning: implicit declaration of function
>`do_hwgroup_request'
>make[3]: *** [ide.o] Error 1
>make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.2.13/drivers/block'
>make[2]: *** [first_rule] Error 2
>make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.2.13/drivers/block'
>make[1]: *** [_subdir_block] Error 2
>make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.2.13/drivers'
>make: *** [_dir_drivers] Error 2
>
>anything wrong? please help
Just guessing, but maybe the patch you have is for a later kernel. Try
2.2.14, or 2.2.15pre.
--
Hal B
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "E" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Sound Card under Corel Linux
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 16:51:34 +0100
Well, this sounds like a minor problem....
Sound Card Detection is not automatic in (a real) Linux.
You have to compile a new kernel in which you include the driver for your
sound card - check out the chipnumber.
In /usr/doc/sound/ there are documents and howto's for sound config.
Good luck
Elton.
Hamada <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hello every one!
> I have installed Corel Linux yesterday... I have a Major problem!
>
> It failed to detect my Sound card! (it is a creative SB16)
> Win Linux 2000 detected it before! so what is wrong??
>
> How can i manually add this hardware? there is even no option
> for it!!!!! :(
>
> Any help would be greately appreciated!! Thank u in advance!
>
> Urs.
> Mohamed
>
> PS is all Linux software compatible?? on the web site of real
> player G2, in the OS category, they only list RedHat Linux..
> does this mean it will not work under Corel Linux?? why?? aren't
> they all Linux??
>
> PPS what does i386 mean???
>
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From: Krosschell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: intel 810 with linux?
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 12:52:51 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi,
Can anyone tell something about running (suse 6.1) linux on a
motherboard with an Intel 810 chipset (with celeron)
I am about to purchase a biostar board with 4Mb video and AC97 audio.
Regards, Jaap Krosschell.
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From: "Jeff Susanj" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Yet another Hard Drive Problem
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 15:32:20 GMT
I just installed Red Hat on a 17.2 gig drive and they solve the problem by
making a separate small partition for /boot and put it as the first
partition (or below the 1024 cylinder limit). Then root can be as large as
you want.
Jeff S.
Ryan Smith wrote in message <8apm1t$q93$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Is your Linux Native the first partition on the drive? If your FAT32
>partition is the first one, Linux won't be able to boot from the Native
>because it's outside the 1024 cylinder BIOS limit (IIRC, this comes out
>at around 8 gig - I have an 8.4 gig Seagate which reports something like
>1048 cylinders).
>
>The only way to get around this is to place your Linux root partition
>somewhere within the first 1024 cylinders (eg 0-1023), meaning that
>you'll have to split your FAT32 partition. (BTW, even if you didn't have
>a Linux partition on there, splitting your FAT32 partition is a good
>idea since you get 4K clusters for partitions <= 8 gig as opposed to 8K
>for larger ones). After that, just create an extra Linux native at the
>end of your partition...
>
>Also, as a suggestion (a bit off topic), if you already haven't got one
>and you're running Windoze, create a separate FAT32 partition and
>dedicate it to virtual memory to speed things up a bit...
>
>Hope this helps,
>Ryan Smith
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> I just got a 15 gig Maxtor hard drive and now i can not partition it
>for
>> linux. This is the way i want it to be set up:
>>
>> Type: Size
>> Win Fat 32 10 gig
>> Linux Swap 128 meg
>> Linux Native 4> gig
>>
>> After I make the Linux Native parition it says there is not enought
>> unallocted space for boot. What is wrong?
>>
>>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Elsa MicroLink ISDN PCI and Mandrake6.x/7.0
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 11:06:05 -0500
Has anyone succeeded in getting this card to work?
How did you do it?
I've tried just about everything:
new kernels with Hisax as a module or built-in
insmod/modprobe by hand with type=6 protocol=2
New kernels/old kernels with and without patches
Getting it running in my NT box (to make sure it actually works) was
easy.
Grr..
Duncan
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.portable,linux.redhat.install
From: Simon White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux sucks
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 15:58:58 +0000
> Linux is just horrid. Command line
> applications should either give some basic help and an example when executed. It
>also
> wouldn't hurt to say what the thing does. I barely remember actually learning DOS.
>I
> figured out the dir and cd commands, and got a quick intro to command line
>instructions
> from pkzip, and the rest was a cinch. Linux just has too many commands named after
> cartoon chariacters to just jump into.
>
Well because nobody's getting paid to write the docs... they tend to be
sketchy. I'm on my first install and have got up and running without too
many problems, but then I haven't got my modem or X-Windows working
first. Figured I'd get commandline stuff going, find out about the
directory structures, and read all the docs I can find before I go
further.
I agree though, the documentation isn't great. But if you read a lot of
it, bit by bit, and don't try to do everything at once, you have a
rewarding experience and a stable system in the end. Stable, of course, as
long as you don't want all your windows multimedia devices to work etc. At
the end of the day UNIX, MIMIX and then LINUX are all made for a specific
purpose: stable servers to run dumb clients, or Internet
applications. I've never seen major problems with sendmail, apache, etc -
just "My 3D card doesn't work" etc etc... who cares? That's not
necessarily what linux is about. You choose your OS dependent on what you
need it for. If you want great sound & video, easy setup, non-critical
applications platform - got right ahead for Windows.
I'm pretty amazed Linux supports as much as it does.
p.s. I only read comp.os.linux.hardware so flame away anywhere else :-)
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