Linux-Hardware Digest #587, Volume #12 Fri, 31 Mar 00 19:13:07 EST
Contents:
Help! Jazz drive partition has been hosed. (Michael A. Howard)
Help! Jazz drive partition has been hosed. (Michael A. Howard)
Help! Jazz drive partition table hosed. (Michael A. Howard)
Help! Jazz drive partition table hosed (Michael A. Howard)
Best choice ("Charles King")
Re: Promise udma66 Controller ("Bobby Hitt")
How to auto-mount 2nd CD-ROM/CD-RW? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: New to Linux, don't know about my modem, help please. (Chris Helton)
Re: SCSI and IDE disk problems (Stuart R. Fuller)
Re: Rockwell modem not working ("David St.Clair")
Re: Matt G and Jerek "Krusher" ("Jarek \"Krusher\" Onuszko")
Re: Upgrade Redhat 6.2 (Mickey Stein)
Re: Upgrade Redhat 6.2 (Dances With Crows)
Which to load first! ("Toolman")
winmodem confusion !! (Ray)
Re: Promise Boot Problem? (Abe Waranowitz)
Re: winmodem confusion !! (David Steinberg)
Rockwell HCF modem ("Vladimir Velisavljev")
Re: HP LaserJet 1100 (David Steinberg)
Re: Need sound card for RH 6.1 (Colin)
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From: Michael A. Howard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Help! Jazz drive partition has been hosed.
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 20:57:32 GMT
When reinstalling Linux after reconfiguring my main workstation I made
the mistake of using disk druid to do the partitioning (I normally use
fdisk).
It seems to have hosed the partition table on the Jazz disk I had
backed all my home directory stuff to.
fdisk says the disk hasn't been partition so I assume that disk druid
has only removed the parition table and the data itself is still on the
disk.
Can I recover from this?
I am looking for the best approach to take
should I use dd to do a sector copy to a file elswhere?
TIA
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From: Michael A. Howard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Help! Jazz drive partition has been hosed.
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 20:58:06 GMT
When reinstalling Linux after reconfiguring my main workstation I made
the mistake of using disk druid to do the partitioning (I normally use
fdisk).
It seems to have hosed the partition table on the Jazz disk I had
backed all my home directory stuff to.
fdisk says the disk hasn't been partition so I assume that disk druid
has only removed the parition table and the data itself is still on the
disk.
Can I recover from this?
I am looking for the best approach to take
should I use dd to do a sector copy to a file elswhere?
TIA
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From: Michael A. Howard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Help! Jazz drive partition table hosed.
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 20:59:05 GMT
When reinstalling Linux after reconfiguring my main workstation I made
the mistake of using disk druid to do the partitioning (I normally use
fdisk).
It seems to have hosed the partition table on the Jazz disk I had
backed all my home directory stuff to.
fdisk says the disk hasn't been partition so I assume that disk druid
has only removed the parition table and the data itself is still on the
disk.
Can I recover from this?
I am looking for the best approach to take
should I use dd to do a sector copy to a file elswhere?
TIA
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: Michael A. Howard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Help! Jazz drive partition table hosed
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 21:00:26 GMT
When reinstalling Linux after reconfiguring my main workstation I made
the mistake of using disk druid to do the partitioning (I normally use
fdisk).
It seems to have hosed the partition table on the Jazz disk I had
backed all my home directory stuff to.
fdisk says the disk hasn't been partition so I assume that disk druid
has only removed the parition table and the data itself is still on the
disk.
Can I recover from this?
I am looking for the best approach to take
should I use dd to do a sector copy to a file elswhere?
TIA
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: "Charles King" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Best choice
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 15:16:29 -0600
Hello,
I am thinking about putting Linux on my main cpu and was wondering what
distro would be best for a machine with v2's sli (24megs), a SB live!, and a
netgear 10/100 ethernet card... keep in mind i know little about the linux
file system and am doing this to learn =) and would also like to see how
much games would play better on a linux system..
Oh yeah this is on a p2 266 with 64 megs of ram on a at motherboard.. USB
support is prefered
So... whats the best distro for me?
Charles King
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From: "Bobby Hitt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Promise udma66 Controller
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 16:31:34 -0500
Thanks for the quick response. Can I add the interface stuff to the
lilo.conf file without using the module? Also where would I find the I/O
address range? This is a plug and play controller, and I'm not sure what's
hard-coded.
Bobby
"Michael Kelly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> On Fri, 31 Mar 2000 04:28:23 -0500, "Bobby Hitt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
> >The instructions said it would NOT work with SMP, so I
> >went back to a single processor, same problem. Has anyone done anything
with
> >the Promise udma66 controller that you're aware of?
>
> I tried using the module with insmod and although I didn't get any
> errors, it still ran in pio mode, so it's not any faster than just
> using the support that's already in the kernel. In your Lilo.conf
> for your Linux boot just add the line ide2=0xyyyy,0xyyyy with the
> i/o addresses for ide channel 2 for the card. On my machine,
> bonnie benchmark is showing from 3.9 MB/sec to 6.7 MB/sec
> so although it would be nice to get udma it seems to run pretty
> reliably without it. From what I've seen on the ngs, those trying
> to tweak for udma are opening up their boxes quite a bit due
> to lockups.
>
> If anyone has reliably configured it for faster than 6.7 MB/sec
> without opening the box please post how you did it. :)
>
>
> Mike
>
> --
>
> "I don't want to belong to any club that would have me as a member."
> -- Groucho Marx
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.install,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: How to auto-mount 2nd CD-ROM/CD-RW?
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 21:42:33 GMT
Hi, there,
I just installed Redhat 6.1. My system has a SCSI
CD-ROM and a SCSI CD-RW. Linux detects both during bootup.
I can see there is /dev/cdrom and /dev/cdrom1.
I am using GNOME and it can auto mount the CD I placed in
the CD-ROM.
Is there a way that I can setup GNOME to do the same when
I place a CD in the CD-RW?
Thanks!
--
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Roger Shum
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Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 17:04:35 -0500
From: Chris Helton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: New to Linux, don't know about my modem, help please.
It's not a WinModem. It should have a Rockwell Chipset. You shouldn't have
any problems with it.
LhD Administrator wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Pedro Tiago Lopes Matos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I have a Diamond SupraExpress 33.6K Internal ISA Modem installed on my
> > PC. Does anyone know if it is a winmodem, Linux just can't take?
>
> It's extremely unlikely that this is a WinModem.
> There are other "supraexpress" items that *are*, though:
>
> http://www.linhardware.com/db/dispproduct.cgi?DISP?939
>
> What are the problems you're having with yours, though? It's not in
> the database yet, but it *should* work.
>
> --
> LhD Administrator
> Linux Hardware Database
> http://www.linhardware.com
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stuart R. Fuller)
Subject: Re: SCSI and IDE disk problems
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.misc
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 22:10:05 GMT
Knut A. Nilsen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: ...all three? At the same time? Anything special that could cause such
: failures? I mean, the second ide drive, /dev/hdc, is brand new. The scsi
: drive is about 6 months old, while the first ide drive is more than 2 years
: old. Why would they die the same day?
:
: Knut
The error on the SCSI drive says "Drive is in the process of becoming ready".
First, I'd ask "Why was it not ready beforehand?". The only thing I can think
of that would be common to all 3 drives is the power supply. Maybe it can't
handle the load of 3 drives? Maybe sometimes, the power drops such that the
SCSI drive spins down? Do you hear the SCSI drive spinning up when the
problem occurs?
Stu
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From: "David St.Clair" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Rockwell modem not working
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 12:35:42 -0500
I have a PCI 56k Rockwell modem as well, but it is a Winmodem. I'm
supprised to hear that you got it working. I'll go checkout Corel. As far
as I know, there are no drivers out for this modem.
David St.Clair
James wrote:
> I have an internal PCI 56k Rockwell modem on COM3.
>
> It worked fine in corel linux, but now that I have switched to
> Mandrake 7.0 when I try to dial-up my isp I get the message;
> "Sorry cannot open modem" or "Modem is busy"
>
> I have tried selecting each device in kppp but all have similar problems.
> No matter which one I select the modem never initialises.
> Does anyone know how to fix this?
> Any help would be much appreciated.
> JL.
>
>
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From: "Jarek \"Krusher\" Onuszko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Matt G and Jerek "Krusher"
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 22:34:08 GMT
No problemo dude, always glad to help :)
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> I want to thank both of you for the help on the KDE sound problem I
> had. It worked fine. This is why Linux works. You've always got
> someone around that can help you and you can always help someone with
> something. If Linux becomes as popular as Microsoft, the source stays
> open, and the tech support stays the same, there is no way Linux can
> loose!
>
> --
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>
>
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From: Mickey Stein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Upgrade Redhat 6.2
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 14:36:32 -0800
Craig,
> I downloaded the iso disk image from wisc.edu at 640.7 MB and burned
> a couple of CD-ROMS for it (from a Macintosh system).
>
> The iso image was called zoot... Interesting name; quite unlike the
> previous 6.1...
Yeah <g> -- I think that's what it boots up and announces is that it's
"zoot"..
> I'm an old-time unix sys admin, but I'm new to Linux.
>
> How do I compile the kernel for RH6.2? Anything in particular
> I should know about? (I have read that one should be careful
> to tell lilo about the new kernel or one will have problems
> booting!)
Yes: I'm very much addicted to rebuilding the kernel while in X. If I
have to do it in non-gui or text mode, it starts to drive me nuts
keeping track of my current configuration switches, so -- If you can get
the X11R6 (xfree86) server working for your hardware, then do:
$ cd /usr/src/linux
$ make mrproper (clears out various bits of trash)
* Note: If you can't get the gui to work, you'll have do a $make config,
else:
$ make xconfig (brings up the gui version of the kernel configurator)
- and while running that start with the first button, use help if
you don't understand an option, and
- keep clicking next to get on to the next set of options (e.g.
filesystem, scsi, whatever..) .
- when finished configuring, click on SAVE config to file: and
give it a name.
- then save config and exit so you'll not have to remember what
you've done after this one doesn't work<g>
$ make clean
$ make dep
$ make zImage ( try it and see if the kernel isn't too large for this)
else,
$ make bzImage (this'll usually work).
<if you're using modules, instead of linked in object code, you may have
to:
$ make modules
$ make modules_install
Actually, as I do this, I realize you'd be far better off reading a
kernel how-to, or just the /usr/src/linux/README file to start.
but since I've started, you should copy /usr/src/linux/arch/i386(or your
arch)/boot/bzImage /boot/(correct name) and from here, I'll leave it to
you to figure out how to link up things in the /boot directory. Just do
an ls -al and it should be fairly obvious how to hack it.
Also -- I don't use lilo but most do: You need to edit lilo.conf and
make it to your liking, then run lilo. Then when you reboot, you *should
be booting the new kernel and maybe loading the new modules.
> My computer has:
>
> - a Gigabyte GX-71 with an Athlon 650 and 128 MB of ECC RAM,
> - an Elsa Erazor III with 32 MB,
> - a 48x CD-ROM drive, and,
> - an Aureal Vortex 2 Superquad sound card.
>
> Everything works OK, though I'm not sure the Ultra ATA/66 is working
> at top speed, nor how much of the Erazor III's memory is being used.
> I do use power management, as far as I know, i.e., the monitor goes
> into standby after a delay time as it should (how much more is there
> to power management?).
>
> Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
To make sure your ram is entirely used, use options during boot or in
lilo.conf (append // mem=128M) or better yet -- do a $man lilo to make
sure of syntax.
Mobo isn't a problem
cd is fine
vortex 2 -- well....... not too great, but you can try , I think,
linux.aureal.com and see what's the current state of their drivers. Also
if that's a nogo, then try www.opensound.com and download their beta
drivers for evaluation. They might only work for 20 minutes at a crack
so the other way is probably better if it works.
>
>
> Craig
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Upgrade Redhat 6.2
Date: 31 Mar 2000 17:48:04 EST
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 31 Mar 2000 14:19:36 -0600, Craig McCluskey
<<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>Craig McCluskey wrote:
>> Everything works OK,
>Oops! I have not yet tried the sound card because I have not
>hooked up speakers to it. Am I in for a difficult time?
That depends a great deal on the sound card itself. What's the make and
model? I have tried out 4 different sound cards myself, and found:
Ensoniq AudioPCI: detected fine, "modprobe es1371" and it's good to go.
Crystal CS4236 (IBM Thinkpad): Worst time of it. Had to call "sndconfig"
and play around with IO/IRQ/DMA settings until it was happy.
Crystal CS4237 on Dell Optiplex motherboard: "sndconfig" again, but the
defaults were OK. Sound worked but was a bit scratchy... possible bad
speakers though.
Genuine Sound Blaster 16: Got the IRQ/DMA/IO from DOS, then "modprobe sb16
io=0x220 irq=5 dma=1 dma2=5" and it was happy.
Your Sound Card May Vary. If you post the exact make and model, then I'm
sure people will be able to give you more detailed info about what to
expect. HTH,
--
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There is no Darkness in Eternity \##| Computers are lousy actors
But only Light too dim for us to see \#| Lusers are vicious drama critics
(Unless, of course, you're working with NT)\| BOFHen burn down theatres.
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From: "Toolman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Which to load first!
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 17:05:53 -0800
Hi Folks;
Sorry for asking, for what I'm sure is the umpteenth time, but here's my
situation.
I have a system with (2) SCSI drives coming off an Adaptec AHA 2940 UW. At
present, drive (1) is drive 00 which is a 4.3 gig Seagate. Drive (2) is
drive 01 and is a 1 gig Seagate. I am going to install the new Corel
WordPerfect 2000 for Linux as soon as it arrives. I must also install Win2K
Pro for our Accounting & AutoCAD software.
Question?
A- Should I install Linux first and if so should I assume I should install
it on drive (1)?
B- If I install Linux on (1) drive, should I install Win2K on drive (2) or
on drive (1)?
I intend to use Linux as our main system using Windoze only to support
software in which I cannot, at this time, replace with a Linux compatible.
Thanks in Advance,
Dennis, WI
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ray)
Subject: winmodem confusion !!
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 23:03:41 GMT
anyone out there that can tell me if there is such a thing as a
winmodem that will work with linux(redhat 6.1 or mandrake 7.0)
I don't have any spare ISA slots only PCI. Nd which do you feel is
better to use for internet publishing. Mandrake or RedHat ?
would appreciate input on these matters
Thanks
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From: Abe Waranowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Promise Boot Problem?
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 23:11:42 GMT
Thanks for the info!
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Michael Kelly wrote:
> On Fri, 31 Mar 2000 08:50:39 -0500, Abe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >Thanks for the tip, but where did you get the numbers? My /var/log has
> >numbers different from /proc/pci...
>
> I have Win98 on the same machine. I got the numbers from device
> manager "resources" tab for the Promise driver.
>
> >
> >How did you compile the kernel? I've tried 'Boot offboard IDE first',
> I didn't. To check booting with the card I made a floppy from the
> boot image from the promise web site, then used that with a Red
> hat 6.0 rescue disk I made from an image from the Red hat site.
> I booted and did 'rescue' at the boot: prompt.
> This got me to the rescue disk where I could do
> cat /proc/pci
> and the numbers checked out the same as in Win98.
> I then rebooted and did the ide2= with the promise
> disk and saw that it could see the drive partitions.
> cat /proc/partitions gave me the device numbers.
> Then I did mknode b /dev/hde 33 0
> to make the device /dev/hde
>
> Then fdisk -l /dev/hde would give the info.
> Booting from TurboLinux Workstation 4.0 install
> CD I didn't have to do any of that bit with mknod.
> According to Promise, kernels after 2.2.10 have
> support built in, and the TurboLinux 4.0 kernel
> is 2.2.12-8.
>
> Again, it's running in pio mode, not udma, but it's
> still pretty good response. The system feels just
> as fast or faster than Win9x/NT both of which I
> have on the same machine.
>
> So, if you're not seeing your drive after booting
> with the ide2= numbers, try doing
> cat /proc/partitions to get device numbers
> and using mknod. If all that doesn't work
> then maybe you do have a hw issue.
>
> >append='pci=reverse' and other options, but it still locks just before the
> >decompression stage. The kernel never starts enough to even look for an IDE
> >controlller, so I don't think that the IDE card is the problem...
>
> Mike
>
> --
>
> "I don't want to belong to any club that would have me as a member."
> -- Groucho Marx
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Steinberg)
Subject: Re: winmodem confusion !!
Date: 31 Mar 2000 23:13:57 GMT
Ray ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: anyone out there that can tell me if there is such a thing as a
: winmodem that will work with linux(redhat 6.1 or mandrake 7.0)
: I don't have any spare ISA slots only PCI. Nd which do you feel is
: better to use for internet publishing. Mandrake or RedHat ?
: would appreciate input on these matters
As far as I know, there are NO WinModems that are supported under
Linux. I'm not sure I understand your problem, though -- not all PCI
modems are WinModems. For example, 3Com/USR still makes a 56k PCI real
modem.
If you are shopping for a modem to use under Linux, make sure it is not a
WinModem.
--
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From: "Vladimir Velisavljev" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Rockwell HCF modem
Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2000 00:50:15 +0200
Hi
Does anyone have a rockwell HCF modem work under Linux ?
regards, Vladimir!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Steinberg)
Subject: Re: HP LaserJet 1100
Date: 31 Mar 2000 23:24:03 GMT
Goran ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: Anyone using the HP LaserJet 1100 ?
: It's not listed as supported under the HW-HowTo
: I think it's compatible with the discontinued LaserJet 6L (and hence
: supported) but I'm not sure.
Yup. Just say that it's an HP LaserJet 4/5/6, 600dpi, and it'll be fine.
--
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Computer Engineering Undergrad, UBC / \ the "1-Click Order" patent:
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From: Colin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Need sound card for RH 6.1
Date: Sat, 01 Apr 2000 00:03:12 GMT
On 31 Mar 2000 14:17:43 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mrghostly)
blabbed:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Colin) wrote in
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
>>On 30 Mar 2000 15:53:26 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mrghostly)
>>blabbed:
>>
>>>You might also consider that you have not enabled user-access to the
>>>/dev/dsp and /dev/audio entries. A good way to test this is to try
>>>running your sound programs as root, then try again as a user. If you
>>>can't get playback as a normal user, you need to do a chmod on the dsp
>>>and audio entries.
>>
>>I'm pretty sure that normal users have access to those devices because
>>I do hear sampled sounds whenever I start afterstep with my SB-16.
>>
>
>Yeah, that'd rule that problem out... Hmmm. The only other thing I can
>suggest is to compile sound support into the kernel (make sure to enable
>EXPERIMENTAL DRIVERS, then choose the AudioPCI driver -- *not* as a module,
>but compiled into the kernel). If that still doesn't work, you may be
>experiencing an IRQ/DMA conflict. If that's the case, you might try
>pulling all boards except the sound card and then add boards back one by
>one until you can repeat the problem.
Thanks. I'll give that a try.
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