Linux-Hardware Digest #39, Volume #13 Tue, 13 Jun 00 18:13:12 EDT
Contents:
cdrecord bug? (or is it my computer!) (Don Myroon)
compaq smart raid-controller status? (Lars Grobe)
Re: scsi-emulation (Duane)
Re: scsi-emulation (Duane)
Re: Problem: Linux doesnt recognize my PCI NIC (Flabberghasted)
Re: Books ("Larry Ebbitt ")
Re: Old NCR AT&T Box... repost, sorry. (Gary)
Re: Old NCR/AT&T Box. (Gary)
Re: What is a decent inexpensive 100BT 4 port hub? (Michael Meissner)
Re: Old NCR AT&T Box... repost, sorry. (Gary)
Re: Dual boot from scratch... (Adam Smith)
Re: R, G, and B (D G)
Panic in fdomain on setup ("Bob Powers")
Re: Linux sur IBM hardware ... ("Arian Novruzi")
Re: What's a cheap 100BaseT ethernet card? (Matthew J Zukowski)
Network card (Steve)
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From: Don Myroon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,de.comp.periph.cdrom
Subject: cdrecord bug? (or is it my computer!)
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 19:10:14 GMT
Hello,
I am having a problem with cdrecord. I have created an audio CD
that worked properly (on the same system before I started having this
problem. I don't know what changed), but now I'm getting the following
error every time I try to write anything (either writing data, audio or
just blanking a CDRW):
drizzt:~/multimedia/mp3/cd$ cdrecord -scanbus
Cdrecord 1.8 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2000 J�rg Schilling
Using libscg version 'schily-0.1'
scsibus0:
0,0,0 0) 'MATSHITA' 'UJDA310 ' '1.32' Removable
CD-ROM
0,1,0 1) *
0,2,0 2) *
0,3,0 3) *
0,4,0 4) *
0,5,0 5) *
0,6,0 6) *
0,7,0 7) *
drizzt:~/multimedia/mp3/cd$ cdrecord -v dev=0,0,0 speed=1 -swab -pad
-audio *.cdr
Cdrecord 1.8 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2000 J�rg Schilling
TOC Type: 0 = CD-DA
scsidev: '0,0,0'
scsibus: 0 target: 0 lun: 0
Using libscg version 'schily-0.1'
atapi: 1
Device type : Removable CD-ROM
Version : 0
Response Format: 1
Vendor_info : 'MATSHITA'
Identifikation : 'UJDA310 '
Revision : '1.32'
Device seems to be: Generic mmc CD-RW.
Using generic SCSI-3/mmc CD-R driver (mmc_cdr).
Driver flags : SWABAUDIO
Drive buf size : 1359872 = 1328 KB
FIFO size : 4194304 = 4096 KB
Track 01: audio 36 MB (03:34.25) no preemp pad
Track 02: audio 54 MB (05:22.50) no preemp pad
Track 03: audio 44 MB (04:25.76) no preemp pad
Track 04: audio 41 MB (04:05.91) no preemp pad
Track 05: audio 42 MB (04:14.04) no preemp pad
Track 06: audio 51 MB (05:03.96) no preemp pad
Track 07: audio 46 MB (04:35.43) no preemp pad
Track 08: audio 51 MB (05:03.93) no preemp pad
Track 09: audio 31 MB (03:07.50) no preemp pad
Track 10: audio 41 MB (04:08.47) no preemp pad
Track 11: audio 36 MB (03:39.06) no preemp pad
Track 12: audio 33 MB (03:19.36) no preemp pad
Track 13: audio 34 MB (03:26.02) no preemp pad
Track 14: audio 57 MB (05:42.67) no preemp pad
Track 15: audio 43 MB (04:17.80) no preemp pad
Track 16: audio 28 MB (02:48.04) no preemp pad
Track 17: audio 39 MB (03:54.42) no preemp pad
Total size: 720 MB (71:21.34) = 321101 sectors
Lout start: 720 MB (71:23/26) = 321101 sectors
Current Secsize: -1
ATIP info from disk:
Indicated writing power: 5
Reference speed: 2
Is not unrestricted
Is erasable
ATIP start of lead in: -11940 (97:22/60)
ATIP start of lead out: 335975 (74:41/50)
speed low: 0 speed high: 4
power mult factor: 3 5
recommended erase/write power: 2
A2 values: 00 00 00
Disk type: phase change
Manuf. index: 43
Manufacturer: Acer Media Technology, Inc.
Blocks total: 335975 Blocks current: 335975 Blocks remaining: 14874
Starting to write CD/DVD at speed 1 in write mode for single session.
Last chance to quit, starting real write in 1 seconds.
Waiting for reader process to fill input buffer ... input buffer ready.
Starting new track at sector: 0
Track 01: 0 of 36 MB written.cdrecord: Input/output error. write_g1:
scsi sendcmd: retryable error
CDB: 2A 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0D 00
status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION)
Sense Bytes: 70 00 03 00 00 00 00 0C 00 00 00 00 64 C0 00 00
Sense Key: 0x3 Medium Error, Segment 0
Sense Code: 0x64 Qual 0xC0 (illegal mode for this track) [No matching
qualifier] Fru 0x0
Sense flags: Blk 0 (not valid)
cmd finished after 12.293s timeout 40s
write track data: error after 0 bytes
Sense Bytes: 70 00 00 00 00 00 00 0C 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
Writing time: 17.342s
Fixating...
cdrecord: Input/output error. close track/session: scsi sendcmd:
retryable errorCDB: 5B 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION)
Sense Bytes: 70 00 05 00 00 00 00 0C 00 00 00 00 72 04 00 00
Sense Key: 0x5 Illegal Request, Segment 0
Sense Code: 0x72 Qual 0x04 (empty or partially written reserved track)
Fru 0x0
Sense flags: Blk 0 (not valid)
cmd finished after 0.003s timeout 480s
Fixating time: 0.007s
cdrecord: fifo had 128 puts and 1 gets.
cdrecord: fifo was 0 times empty and 0 times full, min fill was 100%.
drizzt:~/multimedia/mp3/cd$
I was hoping that maybe someone could tell me what that error means?
I'm
using a DELL Inspiron 7500 laptop computer with Redhat Linux v6.2.
Like I mentioned earlier, it did work for me a couple times before.
Same system - I don't know what changed. Perhaps it's a
hardware problem?
I've used about 4 CDRs and two different CDRWs and get the same results.
Thanks for your input.
Sincerely,
Don Myroon
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From: Lars Grobe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: compaq smart raid-controller status?
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 21:18:44 +0200
Hi!
We have a compaq server (Proliant 1500) running under Linux here.
We have a raid5 controlled by a compaq smart.
If one disk fails, the server looses its security (raid5), so I
want to be informed if this happens. How can I achieve this? Is
there a program which can notify root via an email if one disk
fails? Do I have to use the log, and is this error logged?
Thank you, CU, Lars.
(If it is ok for you, please send a copy of your answer to my email-
address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - I'll get it at university then. Thank you!)
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From: Duane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: scsi-emulation
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 12:18:18 -0700
Duane wrote:
>
> I'm guessing you were expecting that the line "boot=/dev/hdb1" would
> boot your new kernel? ...
Never mind that part. I don't know what I was thinking (as I slap my
forehead).
--
My real email is akamail.com@dclark (or something like that).
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From: Duane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: scsi-emulation
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 12:07:37 -0700
john calison wrote:
>
> > > I'm trying to get my HP9300i CD-RW internal recognized on
> > > "scsi-emulation". On the secondary I have the CD as master and the ZIP
> > > as secondary. I configured according to the "cd-writingHOWTO", except I
> > > disabled ATAPI ide cdrom support. "cdrecord -scanbus" only shows the
> > > ZIP on "scsi 0, 0,0,0", it does not see the CD.
>... [clipped]
> #
> # Kernel hacking
> #
> CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ=y
> boot=/dev/hdb1
> map=/boot/map
> install=/boot/boot.b
> prompt
> timeout=50
> default=linux
>
> image=/boot/bzImage
> label=new
> root=/dev/hdb1
> read-only
>
> image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.12-20
> label=linux
> initrd=/boot/initrd-2.2.12-20.img
> read-only
> root=/dev/hdb1
>
> other=/dev/hda1
> label=dos
I'm guessing you were expecting that the line "boot=/dev/hdb1" would
boot your new kernel? That points to the "Master Boot Record", and if
you allowed the boot process to continue without typing "new" at the
lilo prompt, then you were booting your old kernel, determined by the
line "default=linux". Which would explain everything. Normally the boot
line would be "boot=/dev/hda", or apparently /dev/hdb in your case?
> Jun 12 20:31:48 localhost kernel: hda: WDC WD136AA, ATA DISK drive
> Jun 12 20:31:48 localhost kernel: hdb: Maxtor 88455D8, ATA DISK drive
> Jun 12 20:31:48 localhost kernel: hdc: Hewlett-Packard CD-Writer Plus 9300, ATAPI
>CDROM drive
> Jun 12 20:31:48 localhost kernel: hdd: IOMEGA ZIP 100 ATAPI, ATAPI FLOPPY drive
> Jun 12 20:31:48 localhost kernel: ide2: ports already in use, skipping probe
> Jun 12 20:31:48 localhost kernel: ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
> Jun 12 20:31:48 localhost kernel: ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
> Jun 12 20:31:48 localhost kernel: hda: WDC WD136AA, 12971MB w/2048kB Cache,
>CHS=1653/255/63
> Jun 12 20:31:48 localhost kernel: hdb: Maxtor 88455D8, 8063MB w/256kB Cache,
>CHS=1027/255/63
> Jun 12 20:31:48 localhost kernel: hdc: ATAPI 32X CD-ROM CD-R/RW drive, 4096kB Cache
I'll assume this was from booting the default "linux" rather than the
"new" kernel image. From that last line, it looks to me like ide-cd is
still in the kernel, which is expected. And ide-cd is grabbing the CDRW
at boot, which is also expected from the lilo.conf you have. What I have
done on my system is have the two kernel entries set up so if I boot the
original kernel (which contains ide-cd) I tell it not to attach the
ide-cd driver. While if I boot the new kernel, where I (like you) did
not compile in ide-cd, that line is not necessary. So you might want to
add the "append" line to the "linux" entry:
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.12-20
label=linux
initrd=/boot/initrd-2.2.12-20.img
read-only
root=/dev/hdb1
append="hdc=ide-scsi"
And then be sure to rerun "/sbin/lilo".
And when you do boot the "linux" kernel, I would go for the easy entry
in /etc/conf.modules. Try just the single line:
alias scsi_hostadapter ide-scsi
Now reboot, and things will likely work regardless of which kernel you
select. And in fact, you should be able to read and write the CDRW just
fine booting either way. The only difference I have found is that when
booting the original kernel, the CDROM automounter won't work (but
manual mounting still works fine). For automounting, and I think also
for playing audio CDs, you will need to change the /dev/cdrom link to
point to /dev/scd0.
--
My real email is akamail.com@dclark (or something like that).
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From: Flabberghasted <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Problem: Linux doesnt recognize my PCI NIC
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 19:45:41 GMT
I have a question: are you compiling the tulip.c that's including with
your Linksys pci NIC? Or are you using the already compiled from the
kernel tulip driver? The tulip driver covers a wide range of nics (and
most of them don't work with it anyways). It's just a question. =)
> it keeps giving me the message:
> "Device or resource buissy"
> when I try to run 'modprobe tulip'
>
> what can I do?
> its a PCI NIC of linksys which suppose to work just fine with the
tulip.o
> module
> on the Windoz - it works great! but the linux doesnt recognize it.
>
> I know what IO port or What IRQ it needs (assigned by the BIOS)
> nothing is using those ports/IRQ (I tried the cat /proc/interrupts...)
> so what else can be the problem?
>
> any ideas???
>
> Ron P
>
>
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: "Larry Ebbitt " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 16:12:34 -0400 (EDT)
Reply-To: "Larry Ebbitt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Books
On Tue, 13 Jun 2000 09:57:27 -0500, jago wrote:
>nonsense. There are lots of good books for starters. try Linux in 24
>hours or Using Linux - Special Edition or maybe even a dummies guide.
I believe the gentleman was being unpleasantly sarcastic.
Larry - Atlanta - IBM Global Services
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From: Gary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ncr
Subject: Re: Old NCR AT&T Box... repost, sorry.
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 20:15:01 GMT
MetL Hed wrote:
> The SCSI is an NCR 53C710, the model version is a 3430, serial number
> 30117245. Is there Linux support for this model? Maybe Windows NT
According to the Linux hardware HOWTO, section 9, supported SCSI
controllers:
NCR chips 53C7x0 (the 53C710 is only supported in PCI variant)
If the 3430 is just an MCA x86 PC then it should work with any flavour of
Linux. Unless you have the 53C710 on a PCI card, though, you may be SOL
for using that SCSI controller.
-Gary
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From: Gary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Old NCR/AT&T Box.
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ncr
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 20:28:31 GMT
Clifford A. Brown wrote:
> I don't believe
> that Linux is supporting MicroChannel either.
>
> I hope that someone will correct me if I am wrong.
Ok. There's actually a great deal of MCA support under Linux. I've only
just come across this, but there are a few mailing lists devoted to the
topic. They appear to have a fair number of posts re NCR boxen, too. I'm
sure someone there can shed some light on the subject...
See the Micro Channel Linux discussion site at http://www.dgmicro.com
-Gary
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Subject: Re: What is a decent inexpensive 100BT 4 port hub?
From: Michael Meissner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 13 Jun 2000 16:29:05 -0400
Nick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> What is a decent inexpensive 100BT 4 port hub?
I would recomend against the LinkSys 5 port hub. Every few days, the hub
freezes up and I have to power cycle it. The Linksys 5 port switch and two
3com 8 port OfficeConnect hubs that plug into the switch seem to work
flawlessly (I have the 2 OfficeConnects, an older 10baseT netgear hub and the
LinkSys hub all plugged into the LinkSys switch). However, the OfficeConnect
hubs were not cheap, at least when I bought them. I also had bad luck with a
SOHOware hub, whose fan was incredibly noisy.
--
Michael Meissner, Cygnus Solutions, a Red Hat company.
PMB 198, 174 Littleton Road #3, Westford, Massachusetts 01886, USA
Work: [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: +1 978-486-9304
Non-work: [EMAIL PROTECTED] fax: +1 978-692-4482
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From: Gary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Old NCR AT&T Box... repost, sorry.
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ncr
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 20:52:00 GMT
Here's something you might want to follow up on...
Taken from the MCA Linux discussion at
http://www.dgmicro.com/linux_frm.htm
RH 6.2 Kernel for NCR MCA SCSI Systems available
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 6/7/00
Time: 5:12:49 PM
Remote Name: 192.168.100.250
Comments
I just posted a new RedHat 6.2 Installation kernel and config files for
those interested in NCR Microchannel (uniprocessor)systems using NCR
53c94/53c710 or BusLogic BT646 SCSI host adapters. The kernel contains
minimal networking using some 3Com and SMC MCA adapters. The drivers are
in zipped form found at
ftp.dgmicro.com/incoming/RH-62-MCA-53c94-MCA-53c710. Sorry about the long
name but I didn't want this kernel confused with the non-microchannel NCR
53c710 adapter. This was compiled for i386 so even the older 386 machines
may still have some life. Good Luck!
Here's a bit from the readme.txt included in the ZIP file:
RedHat 6.2 Microchannel support for NCR/Buslogic SCSI Adapters
This kernel contains Microchannel SCSI support for the following adapters:
NCR 53c94, NCR 53c710, and Buslogic BT646 controllers.
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From: Adam Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Dual boot from scratch...
Date: 13 Jun 2000 20:53:31 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Here we go..
> building a new box...want to make it dual boot Win2000 and Rhat 6.2.
> I have one 30.7G drive for each OS. Total of two 30.7G drives....I don't
> care who goes where, but I want to use LILO for the boot manager. (altho
> NTLDR would be ok with me, i've just never used it for a dual boot..)
> Should I install Win2k or Linux FIRST?....I've looked at the HOW-TOOs
> but I can't find anything directly on Win2K. Probably out there
> somewhere....a pointer to it would be great...
> Any personal triumphs would be great...
It should be doable either way. The Windowses I've used seem to
prefer sitting on the first drive, so you should probably install
Win2000 there. Linux should be happy on the second drive. Also in my
experience Windowses like to clean out the master boot record (where
LILO lives) each time they're installed, so if you install Linux first
you should make sure you have a Linux boot floppy handy before
installing Windows, so you can boot to linux afterwards and re-run the
lilo installer. (Of course, you should have a boot floppy in any
event.)
On my system, I installed Windows on the first drive and got it all
set up and happy before installing Linux on the second drive and
setting up LILO to boot both OSes. The RedHat installation scripts
should set up LILO pretty easily for you.
--
Adam Smith
Boston University
Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
"In theory there's no difference between theory and practice, but in
practice there is."
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From: D G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: R, G, and B
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 13:51:52 -0700
Sakari Aaltonen wrote:
>
> I could upgrade, cheaply, to a (used) monitor that has a larger
> screen than my current one. Unfortunately, the video cable is
> really three cables, R, G, and B. Is there any way of connecting
> it to my 'normal' PC video card with the single D connector?
I believe that would be an analog monitor, which won't work with the
digital "D connector" VGA interface.
--
DG
e-mail is: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
(remove the Z's--they're what I do when I read SPAM!)
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From: "Bob Powers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Panic in fdomain on setup
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 21:13:44 GMT
I'm using an AHA2920 SCSI card (fdomain.s setup disk)
to install Slackware 7 on my pc. I have a Jazz, Zip, and
a scsi HD on the chain, all terminated correctly. I am
trying to setup Linux on either the Jazz or the HD. When
I start to load software in setup, after a few minutes of
activity, I get the following error message:
Kernel panic: scsi: <fdomain>
fdomain_16x0_queue() NOT
REENTRANT! In swapper task-
not syncing.
After this, I must reboot and try again. Does anyone know of/
have another fdomain boot disk that I could try to get things
up and running. I've loaded slack on this machine several
times before, both to the HD and the Jazz. Any help would
be appreciated.
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From: "Arian Novruzi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux sur IBM hardware ...
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 21:26:10 GMT
Thank you for your answer Wouter,
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I am a novice with Linux but I want to install it in my computer and
>> once I will be familiar with it I think to make it my only OS.
>> Actually I have an IBM Aptiva with these parameters:
>>
>> P3, 96MB, HDD IDE, PCI/ISA, S3 Savage,
>> Rockwell HCF 56K, CD-RW.
>>
>> -Do you think that my hardware supports Linux and also X Window?
>
>Personnally, I do not see any problems. The answer should be 'yes'.
>
>> -What Linux distribution would be the most convenable?
>
>Try some and find out for yourself. That way you cannot tell me afterwards
>that I gave you the wrong suggestion...
>At last, they're all free ;)
Yes. I can try myself but before I would to know the experience with a
similar
hardware. What I am looking for is a complete Linux with a good X interface
(if possible). If you have experienced differenet Linux distribution, which
is the
best for you ? Which by your opinion is the most solid, complete
and with a good X interface?
>> -Are supported my modem, CD-RW, printer by Linux?
>
>Modem: if it's not a so-called winmodem, yes he is.
>CD-RW: probably, but we cannot be sure if you don't tell which CR-RW you
:have.
>Printer: what printer?? I do not see any printer in the description you
gave
>us! please give more details!
I have the following hardware:
Modem: Rockwell HCF 56K Data Fax PCI Modem.
CR-RW: SONY CD-RW CRX100E.
Sound: ESS
Serial Bus: USB Root Hub, Intel 82371AB/EB PCI ...
Monitor: IBM C51.
Printer: HP Deskjet 612C.
If you think that to find out which Linux fits best with my hardware it is
necassary
to have more hardware information, please let me know what you need.
>> -Has anybody installed Linux in such machine or a similar one?
>Thousands of them ;)
>There is no really 'exotic' harware here, is there?
No. I don't think there is "exotic" hardware. It is just what IBM has put
into the machine.
>--
>Greetings,
>
>Wouter
Thank you again Wouter.
Sincerely,
Arian.
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From: Matthew J Zukowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: What's a cheap 100BaseT ethernet card?
Date: 13 Jun 2000 21:33:56 GMT
LinkSys Network Everywhere 10/100 NC100
Dec Tulip based, though I couldn't get it to play under linux, only BSD.
Nick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: What's a cheap 100BaseT ethernet card? Preferably with the tulip
: chipset since I know that has good driver support. TIA
: --
: It is no wonder that grown men, either perplexed in the
: necessary affairs of life, or hot in the pursuit of pleasures,
: should not seriously sit down to examine their own tenets;
: especially when one of their principles is, that principles
: ought not to be questioned. --John Locke
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From: Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux
Subject: Network card
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 22:07:42 GMT
I'm getting a pc tomorrow and I'm going to need to install somekind of
ethernet card in it... nothing special just for @home connection. I'm
going to run slack (probably v7 or the newest stable version), specs are
pII 333mhz, 128mbRAM, pci slots open... I had trouble with the crap card
@home gave me for windows when they came in linux in this computer (in
fact I ended up giving up) so i'm looking for something that's linux
compatible with drivers and support and also being able to be easily
installed in win98 second edition... i know there are a ton of 3com's
that can do this, but anything cheaper would be really nice... any
success stories? thanks a lot
-steve-
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