Linux-Hardware Digest #999, Volume #12 Wed, 7 Jun 00 15:13:10 EDT
Contents:
Re: Adaptec AHA1542 CF
Re: Adaptec AHA1542 CF ("Matthias Minich")
SCSI-Tape, how? ("Matthias Minich")
Re: Epson Stylus Color 740 print resolution (Andrey Vlasov)
Re: Win2000 Nt Booter and Linux ("Zbigniew Sienkiewicz")
Epson Stylus Color 640 and file size ("Pakhomov V.Yuri")
I'm need to send computer to sleeping mode (2.2x kernel) ("My name")
Re: aha1520/linux compatability (Michael J Porter)
Re: Production SMP Linux? Worth the risk? (Michael J Porter)
Re: DMA problem (Michael J Porter)
Re: SCSI-Tape, how? (Michael J Porter)
win2k and lilo ("Stefano Gragnani")
Re: Delaying eth0 initialization (root BEER)
Re: Tape Drive (Ronald Cole)
IRQ Steering under Linux
Re: ADAPTEC 39160 (Andrey Vlasov)
Re: IRQ Steering under Linux (Edward Lee)
Re: Adaptec AHA1542 CF (mst)
CD-RW only in simple DMA-Mode? How-to.... ("Thirsty McGuinness")
best laptop for running linux (Olivier Roche)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ()
Subject: Re: Adaptec AHA1542 CF
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 07 Jun 2000 16:43:11 GMT
On Wed, 7 Jun 2000 17:28:17 +0200, Matthias Minich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>Hello out there,
>
>I'm trying to get a dat-streamer working. I've connected it to an old AHA
>1542 CF Controller. It's the only device on the bus. At boot-time, I get a
>message from the controller lokking like this:
>
>"BIOS not installed! No int 13h devices found!"
>
>Maybe anyone can tell me what it means. Possibly because there's no
>disk-drive connected? Is it still possible to load the AHA154X-Module?
>
It means that the adaptec didn't see any disk drives on the scsi chain, so
it didn't install it's bios extensions to allow booting off those drives.
Means nothing in your case. There should be a jumper on the card to tell
it not to install the bios extensions and this will eliminate that
meaningless error messages.
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From: "Matthias Minich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Adaptec AHA1542 CF
Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2000 18:46:53 +0200
Thanks for your answer.
> It means that the adaptec didn't see any disk drives on the scsi chain, so
> it didn't install it's bios extensions to allow booting off those drives.
>
> Means nothing in your case. There should be a jumper on the card to tell
> it not to install the bios extensions and this will eliminate that
> meaningless error messages.
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From: "Matthias Minich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: SCSI-Tape, how?
Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2000 18:54:11 +0200
Hello again...
I've got my AHA1542 working now. My next problem is, how to tell the tape
what to do... (makin' backups and so on). I've tried the following:
"mt /dev/st0 reten"and I get an error-msg: "mt: invalid tape operation
'/dev/st0'"
The System is looking like this:
Pentium 200 MMX
64 MB RAM
2,5 Gig IDE HDD
Adaptec AHA 1542CF SCSI-Controller (Adapter is terminated)
HP C1599A DAT-Streamer (with Maxell DDS2 4GB Tape, correct?)
*nothing else connected to SCSI-Bus*
The tape *might* be terminated. Iv set a jumper calle "TP". not sure what it
is, because I don't have a documentation of it.
I hope, someone can help me...
Thanks a lot,
Matthias Minich
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From: Andrey Vlasov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Epson Stylus Color 740 print resolution
Date: Wed, 07 Jun 2000 10:14:14 -0700
Hi James,
just go next webpage and find there info how to confugure printer
http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/pht/show_printer.cgi?recnum=62112
Note: it is a greate printer, I have Epson 860 which has almost same features but
a
little faster. On this page they wrote that all modes supported (there is small
diffrence
in colors, but they work to fix it)
Andrey
James Franklin wrote:
> How do I get my Mandrake 7.0, KDE, Console, etc. to recognize the 1440x720 dpi
> resolution my printer is capable of? When I installed it 300x300 was the
> highest choice available.
>
> I want to be able to print the photo-quality it is capable of, as well as
> laser-quality text.
>
> If the solution requires great detail on my system, I will respond with it. I
> just don't want to overkill on the detail prematurely.
>
> Thanks.
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From: "Zbigniew Sienkiewicz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Win2000 Nt Booter and Linux
Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2000 10:31:48 -0700
Sure. Just copy a boot sector to NT and modify boot.ini to point to it.
To copy a boot sector:
dd if=/dev/hda3 of=/linux.bst bs=512 count=1
where /dev/hda3 is your Linux partition and linux.bst is a name of the file
you're creating.
To modify boot.ini add following line to it (after copying linux.bst to NT):
C:\linux.bst="Linux"
Hope it helps.
Zbigniew
Tim R. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I read something similor to this in a howto.
> I personally don't use lilo though, is there a way to get nt's bootloader
> to boot a kernel image?
>
> --tim
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > That is really slick Jim. Thanks for posting!
> >
> > John.
> >
> > In article <v2LU4.2120$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> > "Jim Ross" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > > Jeff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > > > Has Anyone successfully used the NT booter to boot into linux??
> > And can
> > > > anyone help me out, besides referring to the HOW-TO??
> > > >
> > > > Jeff
> > > >
> > > > Thanks in Advance!!!
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > Yes. I use it every day.
> > >
> > > I would install NT.
> > > I would then install Linux. In doing so I would install LILO into the
> > > beginning of root partition, NOT into the MBR (that's where OS Loader
> > > lives).
> > >
> > > I would then download Bootpart.
> > > http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/gvollant/bootpart.htm
> > > Install/Uncompress.
> > > Tell Bootpart where the Linux partition you want to boot is. It will
> > steal
> > > the LILO bootsect.
> > > You will take that bootsector BootPart generates in put it in your OS
> > Loader
> > > configuration file (i.e. often c:\boot.ini)
> > >
> > > So typing Bootpart I get
> > >
> > > Boot Partition 2.20 for WinNT (c) 1995-98 G. Vollant
> > ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
> > > WEB : http://www.winimage.com and http://www.winimage.com/bootpart.htm
> > > Add partition in the Windows NT Multi-boot loader
> > > Run "bootpart /?" for more information
> > >
> > > 0 : C:* type=6 (BIGDOS Fat16), size = 1534176 KB
> > > 1 : C: type=f (Win95 XInt 13 extended), size = 18474750 KB
> > > 2 : C: type=6 (BIGDOS Fat16), size = 2048256 KB
> > > 3 : C: type=5 (Extended), size = 2048287 KB
> > > 4 : C: type=6 (BIGDOS Fat16), size = 2048256 KB
> > > 5 : C: type=5 (Extended), size = 16065 KB
> > > 6 : C: type=83 (Linux native), size = 16033 KB
> > > 7 : C: type=5 (Extended), size = 16065 KB
> > > 8 : C: type=83 (Linux native), size = 16033 KB
> > > 9 : C: type=5 (Extended), size = 16065 KB
> > > 10 : C: type=83 (Linux native), size = 16033 KB
> > > 11 : C: type=5 (Extended), size = 4731142 KB
> > > 12 : C: type=83 (Linux native), size = 4731111 KB
> > > 13 : C: type=5 (Extended), size = 4731142 KB
> > > 14 : C: type=83 (Linux native), size = 4731111 KB
> > > 15 : C: type=5 (Extended), size = 4731142 KB
> > > 16 : C: type=b (Win95 Fat32), size = 4731111 KB
> > > 17 : C: type=5 (Extended), size = 136552 KB
> > > 18 : C: type=82 (Linux swap), size = 136521 KB
> > >
> > > I know a million OSes I know.
> > > So, the partition I have RedHat on is 12. I know since I did the
> > install
> > > right? I notice these things.
> > >
> > > So the syntax of Bootpart is
> > > BOOTPART <part_number> <filename>
> > >
> > > I just made up a name for the file but it's not that important other
> > than it
> > > being 8.3 filename format.
> > > I use bootsect.lnx
> > >
> > > So I would type
> > > bootpart 12 bootsect.lnx
> > >
> > > Copy that file bootsect.lnx to where boot.ini is (likely c:\)
> > >
> > > Then add an entry.
> > >
> > > My c:\boot.ini file
> > >
> > > [boot loader]
> > > timeout=03
> > > default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT
> > > [operating systems]
> > > multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT="Windows NT Workstation
> > Version
> > > 4.00"
> > > multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT="Windows NT Workstation
> > Version
> > > 4.00 [VGA mode]" /basevideo /sos
> > > C:\="Microsoft Windows"
> > >
> > > c:\bootsect.lnx=" RedHat Linux 6.2"
> > >
> > > You can see I have NT, Windows, and Linux as an option.
> > >
> > > Notes:
> > > The Windows 2000 and NT bootloaders seem to be the same.
> > > Bootpart can do other things too but that's for another time.
> > > I guess your bootsect.lnx could be located in other places but I keep
> > all
> > > mine together on C:
> > > You don't need the crazy NT stuff in boot.ini for booting Linux, just
> > you
> > > know the bootsector name and label name to display just like
> > dos/windows
> > > would do.
> > > There is a linux way of extracting the linux bootsector for nt
> > loader, but
> > > you would need a working linux first and bootpart seems easier
> > somehow.
> > > You should look for a type=83 partition to tell bootpart to use.
> > > This procedure isn't as hard as all of this email/text would
> > suggest. It
> > > takes a second to do this when you know how.
> > > You can have many Linux installations booted by OS Loader. Just keep
> > using
> > > different partitions/names.
> > >
> > > A simplier example of running bootpart might be with just NT and Linux
> > > installed
> > > 0 : C:* type=6 (BIGDOS Fat16), size = 5534176 KB
> > > 5 : C: type=83 (Linux native), size =2731111 KB
> > > 6 : C: type=82 (Linux swap), size = 136521 KB
> > > Of course you would want bootpart 5 bootsect.lnx
> > >
> > > Jim Ross
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> > Before you buy.
>
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From: "Pakhomov V.Yuri" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Epson Stylus Color 640 and file size
Date: Wed, 07 Jun 2000 20:27:55 +0400
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hello, All !
I have Epson Stylus Color 640. When I print any files more then 1 Mb -
printer print only part of file and halt.
Where are troubles?
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Reply-To: "My name" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "My name" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: I'm need to send computer to sleeping mode (2.2x kernel)
Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2000 21:12:48 +0400
I'v got problem doing the subj under 2.2x kernel while migrating from 2.0x.
Any kind of help appreciated (docs, sources, ideas, concepts, etc).
Please send a copy of reply to my mail address
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael J Porter)
Subject: Re: aha1520/linux compatability
Date: 7 Jun 2000 13:42:46 -0400
In article <o7z_4.4995$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Mike Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
=>I am attempting to install redhat 6.1 on a SCSI drive controlled by an
=>Adaptec 1510/20/22B. During installation, I attempt to "specify parameters"
=>(i.e. aha152x=0x340,11,7,1). After I install the driver, I get the message
=>that says "cannot find any devices to install linux on"
=>
=>It give me an option to debug or shutdown. Has anyone conquered this
=>problem?
Can you connect a hard drive to a 1520? I didn't think you could...
Mike
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael J Porter)
Subject: Re: Production SMP Linux? Worth the risk?
Date: 7 Jun 2000 13:47:18 -0400
In article <8hl1r0$94s$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Bryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
=>Nicola Pedrozzi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
=>: Hi Linuxers,
=>: We have had a Pentium-PRO180 for 2.5 years with Linux 2.0.30 and
=>: no one crash at all (at least for the OS).
=>
=>: We are now planning an HW and OS upgrade of our Linux box.
=>: I'd like to get a SMP system, our main concern is RELIABILITY; it MUST
=>: NOT
=>: be a weak OS installation because it's a production machine.
=>
=>avoid the bx chipset then. its not robust enough for production systems.
=>
=>gx or other is better - just avoid bx. its a 'consumer' smp system and not
=>meant for 7x24 under heavy sustained load.
I don't think that is true. I have a BX, and generally no
trouble. I have had problems getting UDMA/33 to work with an ASUS
P2DBS, but it is not clear if the problem was the board or the
Seagate drive. I switched to an 80 wire cable and the problem went
away.
Stay away from Abit BP-6 unless you want to upgrade BIOSes (so
called 'qq' bios? I don't have a BP-6...)
Mike
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael J Porter)
Subject: Re: DMA problem
Date: 7 Jun 2000 13:56:20 -0400
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Andreas Sodeur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
=>Hi,
=>
=>when I turn on DMA on my second harddrive with hdparm my systems hangs
=>with
=>the following message:
=> hdc: timeout waiting for DMA
=> hdc: irq timeout: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest }
=>
=>My system is Linux 2.2.14 (P133, Abit PT5 r2 PCI main board) with two
=>harddrives, one
=>on ide0 the other on ide1. DMA on ide0 works fine . When I swap the
=>disks, DMA on ide0 is still
=>fine and DMA on ide0 fails. I tried ide.2.2.14.20000124.patch but
=>without success.
Either I'm being dense, or there is a wording problem here. Does
the problem move with the disk drives when you swap, or does it
not? Do you swap cables as well?
I assume you know that the Seagate is not UDMA capable...
How are you enabling busmaster DMA? You can't just use hdparm
since the PIIX isn't set up for DMA.
Mike
=>
=>Details:
=>Bios: Award Bios v4.51PG 04/18/96-i420FX-2A59CA1DC-C8
=>/proc/pci says:
=> IDE interface: Intel 82371FB PIIX IDE (rev 2).
=> Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. Master Capable.
=>Latency=32.
=> I/O at 0x3000 [0x3001].
=>dmesg says (after the patch):
=> Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 6.30
=> PIIX: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 38
=> PIIX: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
=> PIIX: neither IDE port enabled (BIOS)
=> PIIX: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 39
=> PIIX: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
=> ide0: BM-DMA at 0x3000-0x3007, BIOS settings: hda:pio, hdb:pio
=> ide1: BM-DMA at 0x3008-0x300f, BIOS settings: hdc:pio, hdd:pio
=> hda: WDC AC22000L, ATA DISK drive
=> hdb: CD-540E, ATAPI CDROM drive
=> hdc: ST51270A, ATA DISK drive
=> ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
=> ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
=> hda: WDC AC22000L, 1907MB w/256kB Cache, CHS=3876/16/63
=> hdc: ST51270A, 1223MB w/128kB Cache, CHS=2485/16/63
=>
=>Any suggestions?
=>Thanks in advance
=> Andreas
=>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael J Porter)
Subject: Re: SCSI-Tape, how?
Date: 7 Jun 2000 13:59:49 -0400
In article <8hluq7$6u3$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Matthias Minich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
=>Hello again...
=>
=>I've got my AHA1542 working now. My next problem is, how to tell the tape
=>what to do... (makin' backups and so on). I've tried the following:
=>
=>"mt /dev/st0 reten"and I get an error-msg: "mt: invalid tape operation
=>'/dev/st0'"
=>
=>The System is looking like this:
=>
=>Pentium 200 MMX
=>64 MB RAM
=>2,5 Gig IDE HDD
=>Adaptec AHA 1542CF SCSI-Controller (Adapter is terminated)
=>HP C1599A DAT-Streamer (with Maxell DDS2 4GB Tape, correct?)
=>*nothing else connected to SCSI-Bus*
=>
=>The tape *might* be terminated. Iv set a jumper calle "TP". not sure what it
=>is, because I don't have a documentation of it.
I'm pretty sure TP is terminator power. You need to terminate the
bus. Hopefully you have the resistors installed in the tape drive,
or a jumper or whatever.
I've never done a retension before...I assume you have tried a
simple
tar cvf /dev/st0 /
and had it fail too.
Mike
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Reply-To: "Stefano Gragnani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "Stefano Gragnani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: win2k and lilo
Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2000 20:19:05 +0200
Hello,
I have tried to use lilo in order to make the boot of Win2000 but he does
not work and I have tried to use the bootloader of Win2000 for booting
Linux but the nothing (to keep in mind that on another PC I have WinNT4 and
Linux 6.1 RedHat and use the boot loader of NT without problems). I have
installed lilo 21.4.3 after the 1024 cylinder and all is OK in the sense
that if at the prompt of lilo I make to run Linux goes all good but if I
make to run Win2000 nothing, the lilo prompt reappear. On the PC I have 2
disks, one SCSIUltra2 (IBM 20GB) and one ATA66 (IBM 20GB), under Win2000 the
SCSI disk is C and the ATA disk is D. C is formatted NTFS and D is
formatted FAT (between the other this last one comes regularly mounted under
Linux). C is the boot disc of Win2000. Before installing I have
partitioned the disks: C all for Win2000 (sigh!! cursed job), D 10 GB Linux
(2 partitions: root and swap) and 10 GB for a FAT partition. During the
installation of Win2000 I have said to format all C like NTFS and the
partition of 10 GB on D as FAT. I wanted that ALL Win2000 was on C and
nothing on the FAT on D, instead the cursed one has installed Win2000 all on
C except the bootloader NTLDR, the file boot.ini etc that instead have them
putting on the FAT on D. I have tried to modify lilo.conf but with not
resolutive outcomes.
Thanks to anyone me wants to answer
Stefano
... sorry for the english!!!
N.B.
At the LILO prompt if I type win2k (that is the label that I have
specified in lilo.conf) I get the message NTLDR NOT FOUND.
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From: root BEER <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,tw.bbs.comp.linux
Subject: Re: Delaying eth0 initialization
Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2000 02:29:30 +0800
I had the same problem with my NIC few weeks back
I switched off PNP OS, gave the card a specific IRQ
and it still didn't work ! Know what I found out ?
the slot which the NIC sits in was sharing an IRQ with
another slot, but I took a look at the motherboard manual,
and it says slot 1 and 2 is free and doesn't share IRQs
So I moved the NIC to slot 2, gave it an IRQ and Boom!
everything worked !
Hsinko Yu wrote:
> Hello all,
> I think i did buy a bad card, Dlink DFE-530TX(PCI).
> Anyone having it may now know what i say. I have tried
> many solutions from the internet, but they all don't work
> to me. Until now, i get the following message while booting,
> Bringing up interface eth0
> Delaying eth0 initialization.....[FAIL]
> I just can't stand it anymore.
> Please those who have the experience setting it up help me.
> Thanks in advance.
> ps. I use Redhat6.0 and via-rhine driver.
> Hsinko
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From: Ronald Cole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: redhat.general
Subject: Re: Tape Drive
Date: 07 Jun 2000 11:29:19 -0700
"Mike Sanders" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Does Red Hat Linux support Sony TSL-S9000L 192Gbyte DDS3 Tape Autoloader?
> If it does, where can I get the driver for it?
If it's SCSI-2 compatible, it will. The driver is the driver for your
scsi card. I have a pair of SDT-9000's that work just fine.
$ cat /proc/scsi/scsi
Attached devices:
Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
Vendor: FUJITSU Model: M2954Q-512 Rev: 0155
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 02 Lun: 00
Vendor: TEAC Model: CD-R58S Rev: 1.0K
Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 04 Lun: 00
Vendor: SONY Model: SDT-9000 Rev: 0400
Type: Sequential-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 06 Lun: 00
Vendor: SONY Model: SDT-9000 Rev: 0400
Type: Sequential-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: IRQ Steering under Linux
Date: Wed, 07 Jun 2000 18:30:15 GMT
I have two embedded PCI controllers on my motherboard which use the same
IRQ. Under W98 and WNT these controllers work fine 'cos of the IRQ steering
capability. But under Linux only one controller can be active at any time.
Is there an equivalent function to IRQ steering available for Linux.
Spec is Redhat 6, Kernel 2.2-15, Motherboard is PCChips M599LMR
Thanks
Peter
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From: Andrey Vlasov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ADAPTEC 39160
Date: Wed, 07 Jun 2000 11:40:18 -0700
Hi Tobias,
Adaptec info:
http://www.adaptec.com/products/overview/ultra160scsi.html#39160
Andrey
Tobias Speckbacher wrote:
> Does anyone have experience implementing this 64-bit SCSI card into a linux
> server ?
> I looked in the /usr/src/linux/drivers/scsi/README.aic7xxx file which
> referrences the 39160M as a supported card but looking at the adaptec
> products page i was unable to locate this model of the card.
>
> Any helps and hints are appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> --------
> Tobias Speckbacher
> System Administrator
> Quova, Inc.
> fon: 650.625.9237 x261
>
> --
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> If it is found to disagree with the text, the text shall be
> considered authoritative. If the text is found to be ambiguous, the
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From: Edward Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: IRQ Steering under Linux
Date: Wed, 07 Jun 2000 11:44:06 -0700
How can you have two PCI controllers on the motherboard? Do you mean two PCI
devices? Is IRQ steering same as sharing IRQs? Sorry about my limited
hardware background. I have this board and some of the lan, sound and modem
devices are definitely sharing IRQs.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I have two embedded PCI controllers on my motherboard which use the same
> IRQ. Under W98 and WNT these controllers work fine 'cos of the IRQ steering
> capability. But under Linux only one controller can be active at any time.
> Is there an equivalent function to IRQ steering available for Linux.
> Spec is Redhat 6, Kernel 2.2-15, Motherboard is PCChips M599LMR
>
> Thanks
> Peter
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From: mst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Adaptec AHA1542 CF
Date: Wed, 07 Jun 2000 14:47:06 -0400
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> On Wed, 7 Jun 2000 17:28:17 +0200, Matthias Minich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>wrote:
> >Hello out there,
> >
> >I'm trying to get a dat-streamer working. I've connected it to an old AHA
> >1542 CF Controller. It's the only device on the bus. At boot-time, I get a
> >message from the controller lokking like this:
> >
> >"BIOS not installed! No int 13h devices found!"
> >
> >Maybe anyone can tell me what it means. Possibly because there's no
> >disk-drive connected? Is it still possible to load the AHA154X-Module?
> >
>
> It means that the adaptec didn't see any disk drives on the scsi chain, so
> it didn't install it's bios extensions to allow booting off those drives.
>
> Means nothing in your case. There should be a jumper on the card to tell
> it not to install the bios extensions and this will eliminate that
> meaningless error messages.
Actually, it's not a jumper but an option in the card's bios - but I
agree, it doesn't mean anything if you don't have a bootable device
attached to it. Disabling "install bios" or something like that will
save you a couple of seconds from the boot time, however.
MST
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From: "Thirsty McGuinness" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.windows98,de.comp.os.unix.linux.hardware,microsoft.public.win98.performance
Subject: CD-RW only in simple DMA-Mode? How-to....
Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2000 20:51:49 +0200
Hi,
I just installed a new CD-RW, and it doesn�t seem to work with UDMA.
Seems strange to me cause a CD-RW should have a faster data-transfer-rate, I
always thought.
Maybe I made a mistake with conf.? (see below)
IF it does only use DMA, can I connect it via an U-ATA66-cable as
secondary-slave?
It would be useful �cause I�d like to have this configuration:
pri.-master : ATA66-HD
pri-slave : CD-ROM-Drv. (which seems to run fine in UDMA-Mode)
sec.-master : ATA66-HD
sec.-slave : CD-RW
This conf. is needed �cause I want to use Software-RAID under Linux and for
performance in both win and lin.
Anyone got the knowledge?
Thanks.
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From: Olivier Roche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: best laptop for running linux
Date: Wed, 07 Jun 2000 11:50:50 -0700
Hi all,
I am wondering if anybody have some suggestions to choose a laptop for
running Linux. I would try to avoid any problem with the modem, the
video
card or a future ethernet card.
Could you tell me if i can find such a laptop for ~$2000
Thanks all
Olivier
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