Linux-Hardware Digest #82, Volume #13 Wed, 21 Jun 00 03:13:07 EDT
Contents:
Re: Please Please Pleaseee ("bdl")
Help on motherboard decision (Neal Lippman)
Re: ATAPI CD ROM WRITER ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
IDE- SMP troubles ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: HP Colorado 8GB Travan Tape Drive ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: 486 Linux setup, 250 meg HD, which distro ??? (Richard Petty)
plus hardcard 40 (male)
Re: Water cooling system (Michael V. Ferranti)
Re: 486 Linux setup, 250 meg HD, which distro ??? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: 2.2.16 Redhat RPM install breaks 2940uw (MH)
RU running Linux on an Abit ZM6? (Mike Warner)
Re: Wireless LAN Experience (Michael Meissner)
DDS3 backup problem? (Bird Chen)
Re: 2.2.16 Redhat RPM install breaks 2940uw ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: plus hardcard 40 (Chris)
Re: HP Officejet 1170C - Scanner support under RH 6.2 ? ("Nathan Appleton")
ATI Rage 128 (Warren Gross)
Re: Water cooling system (Michael Hofmann)
Creative "Webcam GO" USB ("bdl")
Matshita CR562 CDROM driver ("Keith Wilkinson")
CD-writer and CD-rom: some simple questions (Luis Maria Ibanez de Garayo)
Linux drivers for Turtle Beach Pinnacle? (Flacco)
Re: ATI Rage 128 ("Usman Muzaffar")
Re: Can Linux do this? KIOSKS - Lite Linux desktop? Lock-down configs? (Lew Pitcher)
Re: 44M Syquest on pentium system. (Octalman - Wilbur Killebrew)
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From: "bdl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Please Please Pleaseee
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 02:12:41 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Richard Watson
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "Ahmet Bedir" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> Probably not a question for the guru's and I'm sorry if its been ask
>> before, I'm sure it has, but I'm really stuck.
>>
>> Can some one explain to me how to network 2 PC's one running LINUX the
>> other running WIN98. Just the two. No hubs etc.
This is pretty simple, you need to have one of two setups:
1) A pair of 10baseT ethernet cards that have BNC connectors (10base2, or
'thinnet'), and just use two 'T' connectors with a single coax cable and
terminators on each end to terminate the bus, or:
2) A pair of 10baseT ethernet cards with the standard RJ-45 connector and
a special 'cross-over' cable that will loopback and route traffic between
the two machines.
Just set one card to 192.168.1.1 and the other 192.168.1.2
You will get only 10mbps out of this setup, its not possible to run
100mbps with a crossover.
Read the Ethernet-HOWTo @ www.linuxdoc.org
Oh, and try not to cross-post to 100 different newsgroups, k? :)
--
bdl
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Linux 2.4.0-test1 #1 Sun Jun 18 22:38:47 PDT 2000 i686
4:26pm up 0 min, 1 user, load average: 0.44, 0.12, 0.04
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From: Neal Lippman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.comp.hardware.homebuilt
Subject: Help on motherboard decision
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 02:15:18 GMT
Greetings. I am planning to build my first PC this summer. Although I've
done various hardware additionals/substractions over the years, this
will be my first attempt at building the whole thing from scratch. I am
hoping for a little guidance on hardware selection.
I am planning an Intel PIII based system, maybe around 733 Mhz or so,
with 256 MB RAM, and the usual array of accoutrements (30-40GB 7200 RPM
HD, DVD, CD writer, USB ports, sound, maybe firewire, 10/100 NIC). To
start off, I am trying to refine my selection of system board. I was
thinking along the lines of the Intel cc820 series, but having read so
much negative press about them, I have come around to realizing that is
not likely to be the best choice. Others on this NG have posted positive
comments about the ASUS boards.
What I am hoping to find is either some sage advice on system board
selection, or perhaps some pointers to reasonable and reliable reviews
of boards that would help me in making this decision.
Oh yes, btw, I am more than likely to run Linux (Mandrake 7.1) on this
system as the primary OS, possibly with Win98 either in a small
partition of its own for a dual boot, or more likely in a VMware virtual
machine, just in case I need to use something like Quicken. As a result,
I need to ensure Linux compatibility with all components that I select.
Thanks in advance for any help offered.
Neal
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: ATAPI CD ROM WRITER
Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 21:30:23 -0600
You need to disable ATAPI IDE support
and enable IDE-SCSI support options
in your kernel rebuild.
To be safe, your cdrw should be on the
secondary/master IDE channel. Optioned
as master. My HP CD-Writer 7500+ didn't do
diddly on the primary/slave (optioned as slave).
-- Still can't blank the bugger though
with cdrecord (1.8) blank=all.
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Bostro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have a RedHat Linux 6.2 (also a 6.0, if you prefer). How can I make the
> famous scsi-emulation to let operate my writer?????
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: IDE- SMP troubles
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 02:32:12 GMT
I have a pretty new IBM 20G drive, ATA-66, and an Abit BP6 motherboard
(Dual Celerons).
For the life of me I can't get smp working with my ide drive.
Depending on which kernel version I use, I get mildly different results.
Normally it gets an error about a null dereference and oops's out.
Finally I tried using the 2.2.16 kernel with and without the Unified
ide patch, and now it just reboots when it comes time to setup the hard
drive.
I'd appreciate any help if someone can clue me in to what is wrong, or
any steps I should take to fix it.
booting into non smp mode works just great.
Or if someone has a similar configuration, could you clue me in.
Thanks,
Andy
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Before you buy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: HP Colorado 8GB Travan Tape Drive
Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 21:57:10 -0600
I have an HP Colorado 14Gb IDE drive.
It works fine with the current version
of taper.
Its device /dev/ht0.
In article <WLS_4.19$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Jim Orfanakos"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I can't seem to install the correct drivers for my HP Colorado Travan 8GB
> tape drive with my RedHat 6.1.
>
> At boot up, my hard drive is shown on HDA, my cd-rom is shown on HDB, and
> the tape drive is shown at HDC.
>
> I have tried to to MAKEDEV on "qic" and "ftape" but I still cannot seem to
> talk to the tape drive.
>
> The man pages say the driver should be "/dev/tape-d", or "/dev/rmt8", or
> "/dev/ftape".
>
> I have been using the "mt" command". I also tried the tar, and cpio.
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
>
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From: Richard Petty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: 486 Linux setup, 250 meg HD, which distro ???
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 02:54:46 GMT
Any of them, really.
I just installed TurboLinux (CD came free with a NIC) on a 486 that I'm
going to route and web serve with, too, and the "server" style install
took 170-megabytes.
--Richard
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, peter
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I'm setting up two 486 linux systems, one will be a small web sever,
>firewall, and ip masq.
>
>The other will be a machine to write perl programs on.
>
>I have two 250 meg drives, I don't plan to install X, so which distro
>is out there that will allow me to do what i want to do on the 486's
>???
--
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From: male <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: plus hardcard 40
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 03:01:14 GMT
ok. I have an old Plus Corperation HardCard 40. it's an ISA bus
hardrive controler and harddrive all squeesed together.
DOS loves it.
linux doesn't see it.
I have everything old and DOSie on it and I need to access it
via DOSEMU.
does anyone know how to get these to work with linux?
I think it uses some flavor of RLL.
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Before you buy.
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From: Michael V. Ferranti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Water cooling system
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 04:56:15 +0100
"Eric W Braeden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> just had to go and say:
>By the time was are all running 2+ GHz machines
>we might all be using liquid cooling.
I'm just hoping we don't go back to the point where we need industrial
air conditioning for room-sized computers, or need to hire technicians to
work on our home computers, pay out the nose for insurance in case of
cooling system spills, failures, etc... I'd rather parallel process alot
slower and cooler, than have a coolant dipstick poking out of the cabinet.
- Michael V. Ferranti [blades&inreach*com]
GNUke The Planet!
The GNUclear Network�
ID# 177869 Registered with the Linux Counter. http://counter.li.org
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: 486 Linux setup, 250 meg HD, which distro ???
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 04:08:04 GMT
According to peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> I'm setting up two 486 linux systems, one will be a small web sever,
> firewall, and ip masq.
If you are really pressed for space, just go with the Linux Router
Project. Otherwise, I highly recomend Debian. The base install,
which is a completely usable system, is about 40 megs. This gives you
plenty of space for swap, logs, and other goodies. Don't bother with
Slink at this point, just grab the near-final Potato install disks and
have at it. 'apt' totally rules the planet.
-p.
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From: MH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.rpm,comp.os.linux.redhat
Subject: Re: 2.2.16 Redhat RPM install breaks 2940uw
Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 21:24:41 -0700
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
mark kennett wrote:
>
> Interesting situation: I just installed the redhat rpm for 2.2.16 due
> to the security issues. Now when I boot it shows 0 scsi hosts found and
> then kudzu wants me to remove my scsi cdrom drives from it's
> configuration. The machine boots up fine the rest of the way and
> everything seems to be working except for the scsi card, "lsmod" show
> all the other modules have been loaded. I can do a "insmod aic7xxx" and
> then everything is just fine. I checked conf.modules and the line to
> load the scsi module is still there. Anyone else having this same
> problem? One note when I installed the new kernel it didn't create a
> corresponding "/boot/initrd-2.2.14-5.0.img" for the new kernel, so I
> commented this line out. Since I am unfamiliar with the contents of the
> file, might that have some impact of my problem? Thanks in advance.
I'm guessing you didn't compile "autoloading" support into the kernel.
Without it, you will need to manually load modules, as you indicated. I
believe the ".img" file in /boot is for loading a file system into RAM
so that any drivers necessary for booting from the HDD can be loaded.
Normally, you don't need this--unless you have some type of system
failure and need to boot from floppy and have access to, e.g., a SCSI
drive. Unless you have a compelling reason not to, you should compile
the SCSI drivers into the kernel, then all of the above is irrelevant.
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From: Mike Warner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RU running Linux on an Abit ZM6?
Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 21:39:20 -0700
Let me know what you experienced. I'm considering building a system for
a friend around the ZM6-Cel/500 and I want to dual boot Linux.
Mike
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Subject: Re: Wireless LAN Experience
From: Michael Meissner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 21 Jun 2000 00:48:47 -0400
Sean Doull-Connolly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I'm planning to tie together two Linux
> machines and a WIN9X PC using a wireless
> LAN. The LAN will be used in my home,
> and I plan to use a PCMCIA wireless
> card in my laptop so that I can have
> "walk-up" connectivity.
>
> Does anyone have advice about
> products to use or avoid. The only
> products I've found to date are:
>
> - WebGear Aviator Pro
Maybe I had a bum system, but I could not get the WebGear Aviator Pro to work
in my desktop system. It kept disabling my main ethernet card (either a 3com
590 or an Intel EtherExpressPro 100), and I couldn't get it to talk to the
laptop. I've been thinking about trying the WaveLan cards next....
--
Michael Meissner, Red Hat, Inc.
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: Bird Chen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: DDS3 backup problem?
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 12:44:34 +0800
Hi,
Is there any experience on DDS3 backup? I have a HP C1537A dds3 tape
drive that I want to use it for my data backup. But when I backup a file
system which is 1.3G in space, with tar command (tar cvf /dev/st0 ./*),
I will get the error message(no space left on device). And I tried the
90M or 120M tape with the same error.
But when I tried the very same backup procedure on a dds2 tape
drive(C1533A) with 90M tape, it backuped successfully.
Is there any one who have the experience or what kind of the driver I
have to use?
Best regards,
Bird Chen
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: 2.2.16 Redhat RPM install breaks 2940uw
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.rpm,comp.os.linux.redhat
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 05:23:09 GMT
In linux.redhat.rpm MH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm guessing you didn't compile "autoloading" support into the kernel.
> Without it, you will need to manually load modules, as you indicated. I
It is possible to have installations where modules won't autoload. I
have several that I've resorted to modprobing in rc.local. There are
also a couple rare ones that are somewhat confused about their
dependancies. I think that second one isn't a bug so much as that in
my setup, the stack for that module is quite large.
--
Matt Gauthier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chris)
Subject: Re: plus hardcard 40
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 05:27:08 GMT
On Wed, 21 Jun 2000 03:01:14 GMT, male <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
comp.os.linux.hardware:
> ok. I have an old Plus Corperation HardCard 40. it's an ISA bus
>hardrive controler and harddrive all squeesed together.
>DOS loves it.
>linux doesn't see it.
At the very least you'll need to add "XT hard disk support" to your
kernel.
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From: "Nathan Appleton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HP Officejet 1170C - Scanner support under RH 6.2 ?
Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 22:29:26 -0700
These sites should be helpful:
http://hpoj.bstc.net/suplist.shtml
http://www.linhardware.com/db/dispproduct.php3?DISP?1395
"Dimitris Chrysaidis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hello,
>
> I have a HP1170C Officejet printer/scanner and need to know
> if anyone has succeeded using the scanner device under Linux.
> The device is printing OK, using hpdj Ghostscript device, but
> I guess that scanner support needs SANE package (which, at
> my best knowledge, does not support HP Officejet series at
> the moment) and some serious tweaking.
> I am using Redhat 6.2
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Dimitris Chrysaidis
> Athens - Greece
>
>
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From: Warren Gross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: ATI Rage 128
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 05:25:28 GMT
I'm having a strange problem with my ATI Rage 128 (XPERT 2000)
I installed Redhat 6.2 (xfree86 3.3.6) and it found and configured
the card properly. I get video that appears ok, but whenever I move
a window I see a lot of strange video noise appearing as vertical bands
running from the top to the bottom of the screen. They are relatively
evenly spaced.
Anybody else seen this problem? Is the card ok?
Warren
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From: Michael Hofmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Water cooling system
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 08:00:20 +0200
Daniel Haude wrote:
>
> A processor dissipates maybe ten watts, most likely a lot less.
A pretty obsolete processor you have there, a 386 or 486 maybe? My AMD
K6-3 400 draws 12.4 A @ 2.4 V so the generated heat amounts to approx.
30 Watts (full load of course). Enough to require one of the better
heatsink/fan combos and a perceptible contribution to the room
temperature.
Michael
(missing the old days of really quiet computers (C64)
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From: "bdl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Creative "Webcam GO" USB
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 06:08:28 GMT
I've got this little low-quality webcam that I can get 2.2.16 - 2.3.99 -
2.4.0test to recogize as a device, but cannot find a proper module for it.
I've tried the 'common' modules, ov511 and cpia but neither function. Does
anyone have this camera or know what vid-chipset it uses and how to get it to
run? Any comments / links are welcome. Thanks all -
--
bdl
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Linux 2.4.0-test1 #1 Sun Jun 18 22:38:47 PDT 2000 i686
10:58pm up 12 min, 1 user, load average: 0.10, 0.29, 0.14
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From: "Keith Wilkinson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Matshita CR562 CDROM driver
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 07:09:04 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I tried to install Red Hat Linux 6.01 on an ancient IBM 330 P75
machine. This has a Matshita CR562 CDROM drive. The CD drive is
non-bootable so I created an install floppy but the install does not
seem to have a driver for this particular CD drive. Does anyone know
where I can get the driver?
Keith
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From: Luis Maria Ibanez de Garayo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: CD-writer and CD-rom: some simple questions
Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 23:08:06 -0700
Having these two cd tapes and the obvious hard disk, how do I interface
these ide devices in the two ide-ports of my computer? I mean there is
some alternative clearly better such as hard disk (hda), cd-rom(hdb),
and cd-writer (hdc), or the other way around, there is some
configuration that could create problems such as hard disk (hda),
cd-rom(hdc), and cd-writer (hdd)
I have read two web pages on the net with different approaches for the
configuration of both cd-drives: one (
http://www.linux.org/help/ldp/howto/CD-Writing-HOWTO.html ) lets the
cd-rom working as an ide drive and the cd-writer as a scsi drive; in the
other page ( http://buberel.org/linux/cdrw.php ) both are configured as
scsi drives...is one configuration better than the other one?
In a third web page (
http://lucas.hispalinux.es/COMO-INSFLUG/COMOs/Grabadoras-Como/Grabadoras-Como-3.html#ss3.2
) I read something that I didn't read in the aforementioned ones about
modifying the ide.h file in the /usr/src/linux/drivers/block directory
as follows: change this line #define WAIT_CMD (10*HZ) /*
10sec - maximum wait for an IRQ to happen */, to the following
line #define WAIT_CMD (1000*HZ) /* 1000sec - maximum
wait for an IRQ to happen */ in order to get the software cd-record
working properly....should I do this change?
About the kernel o module support for IDE/ATAPI CD-ROM, I have read both
ways: keep it and disable it. Moreover, I have found no logic for this
kernel configuration option base on the reading of the three mentioned
papers....so, what do I do? when should I have IDE/ATAPI CD-ROM support,
and when should I disable it? WHERE IS THE LOGIC?
PS I have a mandrake 7.1 distribution with the 2.2.14 kernel.
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From: Flacco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard.tech
Subject: Linux drivers for Turtle Beach Pinnacle?
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 02:27:57 -0400
Does anyone know if there are Linux drivers available for the Turtle
Beach Pinnacle soundcard?
Thanks
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From: "Usman Muzaffar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: ATI Rage 128
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 01:13:17 -0500
Warren Gross wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>I'm having a strange problem with my ATI Rage 128 (XPERT 2000)
>
>I installed Redhat 6.2 (xfree86 3.3.6) and it found and configured
>the card properly. I get video that appears ok, but whenever I move
>a window I see a lot of strange video noise appearing as vertical bands
>running from the top to the bottom of the screen. They are relatively
>evenly spaced.
>
>Anybody else seen this problem? Is the card ok?
>
Try sticking an Options = noaccel line in your XF86Config
Device section. Every time I come across a card that does this,
turning of accleration usually fixes it until you can find a
better driver. Card is probably fine.
My $0.02
-usman
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From: Lew Pitcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.comp.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Can Linux do this? KIOSKS - Lite Linux desktop? Lock-down configs?
Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 20:47:04 -0400
Tim Palmer wrote:
>
> On Sat, 17 Jun 2000 23:02:25 -0400, mlw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >If you can't do this with Linux after reading "Linux for Dummies" then
> >you aimed too high. ;-)
> >
> >There is nothing that you have asked that can't be done in Linux.
>
> Netscape in 16MB on a 486? Yeah rite. On that kind of system the best you can do
>with Linux is
> a coupal of virtual consouls and LYNX.
Bullroar!
merlin: ~ # cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
cpu : 486
model : 486 DX-25/33
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
stepping : unknown
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid : no
wp : yes
flags :
bogomips : 39.83
merlin: ~ # cat /proc/meminfo
total: used: free: shared: buffers: cached:
Mem: 15368192 14700544 667648 5931008 917504 6922240
Swap: 133533696 1208320 132325376
MemTotal: 15008 kB
MemFree: 652 kB
MemShared: 5792 kB
Buffers: 896 kB
Cached: 6760 kB
SwapTotal: 130404 kB
SwapFree: 129224 kB
merlin: ~ #
16Mb 486DX w XFree86 3.3 and I run Netscape 4.7 on this.
> >
> >
> >
> >Flacco wrote:
> >>
> >> Can Linux do this?
> >>
> >> We would like to put some "obsolete" hardware to use as web browser kiosks.
> >> We have Win95 and IE installed on them now, but I though I'd give Linux a
> >> try.
> >>
> >> Requirements:
> >>
> >> - Run pretty well on 486/66's with 16MB RAM.
> >>
> >> - GUI that is fairly easy to use for a non-technical Windows user
> >>
> >> - Support 3270 connections to VM mainframe
> >>
> >> - Simple web browser with low memory requirements; must be easy to use for
> >> people familiar with IE and Netscape.
> >>
> >> - Must be able to "lock down" the desktop so that users cannot change the
> >> configurations at all. The only things we want these machines to be able to
> >> do is browse the web and establish 3270 sessions.
> >>
> >> - As an added bonus, it would make my life easier if I can manage these
> >> machines remotely from my office.
> >>
> >> - All software components must be freeware.
> >>
> >> Does anyone have any opinions on the feasibility of this, and suggestions
> >> for products (3270 client, web browser), and techniques (ideal Linux config,
> >> locking down desktop)?
> >>
> >> I'm just getting started with Linux, and I really like what I see so far.
> >> Thanks in advance for your opinions and suggestions!
> >
> >--
> >Mohawk Software
> >Windows 9x, Windows NT, UNIX, Linux. Applications, drivers, support.
> >Visit http://www.mohawksoft.com
> >Have you noticed the way people's intelligence capabilities decline
> >sharply the minute they start waving guns around?
--
Lew Pitcher
Master Codewright and JOAT-in-training
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From: Octalman - Wilbur Killebrew
Subject: Re: 44M Syquest on pentium system.
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 06:29:29 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[Posted and mailed]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Hi,
>
> I'm thinking of trying to get my old 44M Syquest drive (SQ555) from my old
> mac to work on my Pentium 120. The drive is a SCSI drive so I will have to
> get a scsi controller card. Does anyone have any experience with what SCSI
> cards are well supported under linux?
Lars,
There is a list of compatible SCSII controllers at www.metalab.unc.edu. It is
a HOWTO, but I don't recall which one.
I haven't Linux experience with SCSII, but a lot with 8088, 80386 and 80486
setups, including a 1.5 GB Syquest on an 80486. Some older SCSII cards have
boot code, most newer ones don't.
You have to match to your BIOS, since all newer BIOS-es have SCSII boot code.
Your P120 is somewhere in the mixed experience/changeover range, so beware.
Once you have a SCSII controller that's compatible with your BIOS and Linux,
installation is dead easy. If the appropriate SCSII module isn't compiled with
your kernel, you will have to do that; then plug it in, boot and mount the
drive.
I have a 2.2 GB Castlewood ORB drive on this system, but it's an IDE. All I
had to do was plug it in, boot and mount the drive.
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