Linux-Hardware Digest #526, Volume #12 Wed, 22 Mar 00 08:13:10 EST
Contents:
Re: file_cluster badly computed!!! X <> Y ("David ..")
Re: DDS4 tape drive? (Murphy Wong)
Re: 3com linmodems? (Winmodem) ("Source")
Change MAC Address (Walter Reich)
Re: Change MAC Address (gus)
RAID driver for TurboLinux ("Chris Lo")
Re: ATA/66 ("Frank.Bartnitzki")
Re: Change MAC Address (Thomas Zajic)
ethernet express pro ("Joachim Seidl")
Re: I only see 8 Gigs! (Thomas Hommel)
Re: wakeup via NIC (Thomas Hommel)
Re: Athlon/K7M problems? (Thomas Hommel)
Re: Hercules Mono (Klaus-G. N. Nielsen)
Re: LAN transfer speed (Mike Schoppe)
Re: Promise Ultra66 boot? (P.J.Vossler)
Minolta PagePro 8l under linux??? (Josef Schuerle)
Internal Modem for Linux (Michael Barth)
Moire-effect, monitor for Elsa GLoria L/MX? (Armin Faltl)
Re: Internal Modem for Linux (Rob Clark)
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From: "David .." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: file_cluster badly computed!!! X <> Y
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 02:11:47 -0600
What flavor of linux are you running? I don't have that problem with RH
6.1
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From: Murphy Wong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: DDS4 tape drive?
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 16:48:06 +0800
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I added the length to 90000 and it seems that the dump doesn't require
another volume. It works now but is this the correct way to fix it?
dump -0cu -d 122000 -s 90000 -f/dev/nst0 /
Murphy Wong wrote:
> We have just boughta DDS4 tape drive for data backup on the Linux Redhat
> 6.0. The capacity of the DDS4 tape is 20GB/40GB compressed. However,
> when I issue command:
> > dump -0cu -d 122000 -s 492 -f/dev/nst0 /
>
> It returns message:
> DUMP: Date of this level 0 dump: Wed Mar 22 12:27:08 2000
> DUMP: Date of last level 0 dump: the epoch
> DUMP: Dumping /dev/sda5 (/) to /dev/nst0
> DUMP: mapping (Pass I) [regular files]
> DUMP: mapping (Pass II) [directories]
> DUMP: estimated 2249857 tape blocks on 5.57 tape(s).
> DUMP: dumping (Pass III) [directories]
> DUMP: dumping (Pass IV) [regular files]
> DUMP: Closing /dev/nst0
> DUMP: Change Volumes: Mount volume #2
> DUMP: fopen on /dev/tty fails: Device not configured
> DUMP: The ENTIRE dump is aborted.
>
> and request for a new volume (tape). Now, my filesystem is about 2G and
> I guess a single tape should be able to make a few archieves. I have
> specified density to 122000bpi and length of the tape to 492 feet. Am I
> missing other parameters such that the dump command calculate wrongly?
> Thanks a lot.
>
> The following is the tape drive status:
> > mt -f /dev/st0 status
> SCSI 2 tape drive:
> File number=0, block number=0, partition=0.
> Tape block size 512 bytes. Density code 0x26 (unknown to this mt).
> Soft error count since last status=0
> General status bits on (41010000):
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From: "Source" <don'[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: Re: 3com linmodems? (Winmodem)
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 10:02:24 +0200
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The Lucent drivers work only with Lucent chipsets.Your 3com doesn't have =
a Lucent chipset.
source
"Ross Contino" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message =
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
Hello:
I have been following the traffic about the Linmodem drivers. Has =
anyone used the Linmodem drivers for Lucent/LT/PCTel successfully with a =
3com modem? Will this work?
As mentioned before, I have a 3com VSP+ modem. It is combination =
incoming cable modem, and outgoing analog phone modem. It is all that =
is offered in my area for fast connection. I use it beautifully under =
Windows 98 and would like to get it going under Linux. At least as a =
bidirectional analog modem.
Later,
Ross
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The Lucent drivers work only with =
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From: Walter Reich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Change MAC Address
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 10:20:42 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hello,
running RedHat 6.1 englisch on some HP NetServer LPr
with a HP NetServer 10/100TX PCI EtherNet Adapter (D5013B)
network card. we want to change the MAC-Address of that card.
Any suggestions/recommandations .....
thanks
Walter Reich
e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: gus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Change MAC Address
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 09:30:13 +0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Walter Reich wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> running RedHat 6.1 englisch on some HP NetServer LPr
> with a HP NetServer 10/100TX PCI EtherNet Adapter (D5013B)
> network card. we want to change the MAC-Address of that card.
>
> Any suggestions/recommandations .....
>
> thanks
> Walter Reich
> e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The first question to ask is "Are you sure?"
This is a most unlikely problem if two cards share a MAC address. There
should be no need.
But, saying that, the only place you will find any information is from
the NIC manufacturer. They *may* have a diagnostic / tuning application
for it (which will most likely require a boot to DOS....), and it *may*
allow you to change the MAC address.
Typically, in a modern NIC, the MAC address is embedded in an ROM on the
NIC and may be possible to change if the ROM is flashable.
gus
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From: "Chris Lo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux
Subject: RAID driver for TurboLinux
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 17:57:21 +0800
I want to install Chinese TurboLinux 4.x on Dell PowerEdge 2400. But I
can't find the driver for the RAID Controller that is Dell PERC 2/si.
Thank.
Chris
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From: "Frank.Bartnitzki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ATA/66
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 11:09:40 +0100
I am using the Promise UDMA-66 controller with IBM DPTA 372050 (~20GB)
hardisk with kernel 2.2.13, everything is ok (until now)....
regards
Frank
Hal Burgiss schrieb:
> On Wed, 22 Mar 2000 00:48:16 -0500, Ken Swain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> >Does linux work with ATA/66?
>
> Yes, with kernel patch from kernel.org under people/hedrick. Some
> distros probably are already including this.
>
> --
> Hal B
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> --
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Thomas Zajic)
Subject: Re: Change MAC Address
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Thomas Zajic)
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 10:12:11 GMT
On Wed, 22 Mar 2000 10:20:42 +0100, Walter Reich wrote:
> running RedHat 6.1 englisch on some HP NetServer LPr
> with a HP NetServer 10/100TX PCI EtherNet Adapter (D5013B)
> network card. we want to change the MAC-Address of that card.
>
> Any suggestions/recommandations .....
If both the driver and the card itself support it:
/sbin/ifconfig eth0 <other parameters> hw ether <new MAC address>
Note that you can't change the MAC address while the interface is up
(for obvious reasons ;-), so you'll have to '/sbin/ifconfig eth0 down'
first. Oh, and it would be a good idea to note the card's original
MAC address somewhere, just in case something goes wrong ... ;-)
See 'man ifconfig' for further details.
HTH,
Thomas
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From: "Joachim Seidl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ethernet express pro
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 11:18:41 +0100
Hi!
When installing Suse Linux 6.1 on my old 486er, I came across this problem:
I installed the minimum-system with just the necessary programs to run
linux. Because I want to set it up as a firewall, I've put an old ISA nic
in it, that I've found lying around at home. Because I didn't know, what
kind of nic it is, I've put it into my Win98 box and it said it is a "Intel
Ethernet express pro 10+". I found a Intel Ethernet pro in the linux
configuration menu and wanted to install it. Then it happened: When
rebooting, the system hangs with the line saying "network device eth0
shutting down". The system worked fine before I configured the nic.
After the hardware-reboot the system now hangs while booting, with the line
"setting up network device eth 0". I don't know what I did wrong, when
configuring my networkcard.
my questions:
1. How can I verify if my nic is really a Intel Ethernet express pro 10+?
(On the card is just printed: Intel Ethernet adapter 16 bit)
2. How do I guess the right i/o - parameters (io=0x260 is standard)
3. What else could I do?
Any comments would be appreciated.
Cu Joachim
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From: Thomas Hommel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: I only see 8 Gigs!
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 09:34:24 +0100
Hi
I think a BIOS update of your MB should help. Older Biosses don�t
recognize drives larger than 8 Gig.
Greets
Tom
Brian Lavender schrieb:
>
> I have a 20 Gig Hard Drive, and I can only see 8 Gigs! How do I get
> it, so I can see all 20?
>
> It's a Maxtor Drive on a Asus P5A MB.
>
> brian
> --
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> Sacramento,CA
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>
> "I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to
> anyone, but they've always worked for me."
> -- Hunter S. Thompson
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From: Thomas Hommel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: wakeup via NIC
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 09:39:46 +0100
I think this has nothing to do with Linux.
You have to activate the "Wakeup on LAN" option in your BIOS. Then you
can power on your box and do a normal boot by sending special packets to
it. (This should be described in the manual of the board or the NIC).
I�ve never tried it, but there should be some tools that can initiate a
remote power on.
Tom
Warren Gibson schrieb:
>
> My 3Com 905C NIC has a little cable that connects to the motherboard for
> remote wakeup. Anybody know how to wake a linux box this way?
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From: Thomas Hommel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Athlon/K7M problems?
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 09:50:29 +0100
Herbert Fruchtl schrieb:
--> SNIP
>
> I tried to recompile the kernel, with MTRR disabled and the processor
> set to P5. Not sure if it was successful. Does the following do the job:
>
> make xconfig
> make dep
Do a �make clean� here
> make bzImage
This compiles the kernel, but does not install it.
Do a �make bzLilo� to compile and install it or copy the files vmlinuz
and System.map from /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/... (somewhere in that
tree) to /boot and rerun lilo.
> make modules
> make install
Type �make modules_install� instead of �make install�
>
> RedHat has several files lying around that look like kernels
> (vmlinux-2.2.12-20, vmlinuz-2.2.12-20, vmlinux-2.2.12-20BOOT, ...). How
> can I find out which one it is actually using? I don't see any
> difference in behaviour after the recompile.
>
Have a look at /etc/lilo.conf. There�s one or more lines starting with
�boot=...�. Those describe the installed kernels.
Greets
Tom
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Klaus-G. N. Nielsen)
Subject: Re: Hercules Mono
Date: 22 Mar 2000 01:52:40 GMT
On Tue, 21 Mar 2000 "Peter Van Grieken" wrote:
> did anybody ever try to run linux (and X) on a hercules monochrome
> monitor? Maybe you can help me out! How did you do it??? I'm
> running redhat 6 on a P133, 16Mb ram, 500Mb HD, hercules mono
> card and monitor.
I use a 386/40, 8Mb RAM, 127MB HD, hercules-compatible mono card and
monitor as an dial-in-server. Running SuSE 5.3. I tried to run X-Win-
dow on that machine for 5 minutes, then i decided that this was not
a good idea. IMHO you need a resolution of 800x600 with 256 colors
to work with X.
You need an xfree-mono-server with support for hercules compiled
(the version that came with SuSE 5.3 had it, but an older redhat
4.2? i also tried didn�t support hercules, i don�t know about actual
distributions) if you want to use X-Window. I had to edit
/etc/XF86Config (I took a "skeleton" configfile from a VGA-machine
and changed monitor, device and screen section).
MfG
Klaus-G.
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From: Mike Schoppe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: LAN transfer speed
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 04:24:33 -0700
Are you certain that you are using a true crossover cable?
Mike Schoppe
Frenzy Killa wrote:
>
> I'm having low transfer speeds between two computers connected through a
> single twisted pair cable.
>
> One of them is a dual Celeron 366MHz on an ABit BP6 with 128MB RAM, an IBM
> DeskStar 34GXP 27GB 7200RPM U-ATA/66 and a 3Com 3C905C 10/100 NIC running
> Windows 2000 Pro. The other is a Pentium 200MHz with 32MB RAM, a Quantum
> Fireball ST 6.4GB 5400RPM(not really sure about this) and a 3Com 3C905C
> 10/100 NIC running Red Hat 6.1.
>
> When I download files from the linux ftp-server to the Win2K box I get a
> speed varying between 1500KB/s and 2500KB/s. This to me seems low but still
> ok. However when uploading I get a constant speed of 131KB/s. This is
> extremely low and totally unacceptable considering that the two boxes are
> connected solely through a single TP-cable without sending data through
> hubs, switches or the Internet.
>
> I've tried changing the hard drive and NIC in the Linux box to different
> brands and models, but still I get the same results. I have also installed
> the latest kernel(2.2.14) getting the same upload rate but an even lower
> download rate(about 400-550KB/s). I've also tried the latest NIC drivers
> from 3Com without further improvement.
>
> I'm quite a Linux newbie, but I do know these rates are way below average
> for systems with this sort of hardware. Someone please help me with this.
> It'd be a real pity having a Linux server without being able to use its full
> potential. I'd really appriciate any help I can get.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (P.J.Vossler)
Subject: Re: Promise Ultra66 boot?
Date: 22 Mar 2000 11:21:40 +0000
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Brian Lavender) writes:
>
> Can the Promise Ultra66 boot a disk? I put my drive on it, and it
> won't boot. I turned off my IDE on the motherboard, but all I see are
> the characters
>
> 2FA
ftp.promise.com have beta drivers for this card.
The card works for me under RedHat 6.1 kernel 2.1.12-20 (as a module)
but I do not use it to boot. I use it to provide two extra ide
channels in addition to the pair on my motherboard.
According to the information Promise supply with the driver the
Ultra66 can boot a disk.
It may be worthwhile obtaining the drivers from the promise ftp site
and/or viewing the technical info on their web pages.
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University of Exeter, Stocker Rd, Exeter, Devon ,UK.
tel: 44-392-264100 fax: 44-392-264111
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From: Josef Schuerle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Minolta PagePro 8l under linux???
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 12:29:47 +0100
Hi!
I konw that I can use the PagePro 8l under linux with the ljet2p
emulation but only with 300dpi. Does anybody know, if there is a
possibility to use the PagePro 8l with 600dpi under linux?
Thank you!
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From: Michael Barth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Internal Modem for Linux
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 13:13:37 +0100
I am looking for an internal Modem which is working under Linux. I have
found a Modem (Elsa Microlink 56k PCI) but my vendor could only tell me
that it is working under MS. Is there anybody out there who can tell me
1. Is Elsa Mircolink 56k PCI working under Linux and under which
conditions?
2. Are there other internal Modems which I can use together with Linux?
or can anybody give me an URL which answers my questions.
Thanks in advance
Michael Barth
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Armin Faltl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Moire-effect, monitor for Elsa GLoria L/MX?
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 13:34:36 +0100
Hello!
Up to now, I only found CRT-Monitors that show a nasty
Moire-effect with my Elsa GLoria L/MX graphics card.
Do you have any suggestions in the range of 19-21"?
Does the RAM-DAC have any influence on Moire-effect?
Please also reply to the address below.
Best Regards,
Armin Faltl
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Subject: Re: Internal Modem for Linux
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rob Clark)
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 12:55:29 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Michael Barth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 1. Is Elsa Mircolink 56k PCI working under Linux and under which
>conditions?
No-- it's a Rockwell winmodem. It doesn't support Linux.
>
> 2. Are there other internal Modems which I can use together with Linux?
Not from ELSA, but please see the "big list" at
http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html
Hopefully you will find a brand that is available in your area.
Rob Clark, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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