Linux-Hardware Digest #133, Volume #13 Wed, 28 Jun 00 09:13:40 EDT
Contents:
ES1371 -- any good ? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Thoughts on this configuration? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
any suggestions for a webserver ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Thoughts on this configuration? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Creative AudioPCI 128 - no MIDI ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
486 for Linux and X? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
any suggestions for a webserver ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Thoughts on this configuration? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Duplex with HP 970Cxi ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
IDE- SMP troubles ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
10Gb HD - can't mount vfat filesystem ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Thoughts on this configuration? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Thoughts on this configuration? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Epson EPL-5700 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
insmod failed? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
ATI XPert 99/2000 Graphics Adapter & Linux ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: ES1371 -- any good ?
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 09:46:04 GMT
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matthew Gatto)
Could someone recommend a good app for adjusting bass/treble, etc.
for
this card (creative ensoniq 1371). I just this card and it works good
(NO CPU time when listening to Tchaikovsky CD, and less than 1000
interrupts used for entire CD). But i need to be able to adjust bass
when listening to CDs. I use KDE.
--
~MGatto~
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Thoughts on this configuration?
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 09:45:58 GMT
From: Johan Kullstam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> While the Adaptec SCSI adapters are nice, I've found Buslogic works
> well under Linux.
right. unfortunately buslogic seems to be disappearing. mylex is
more interested in RAID rather than straight SCSI.
> I echo the question about IDE hard disks. If you go for SCSI, do
that
> for your hard disks. Agree with the recommendation of the IBM SCSI
> hard disks.
i have had good luck with IBM SCSI disks too.
also, if you are going with all IDE equipment, why bother buying a
SCSI card at all? that'd save big bucks right there.
> You leave out any tape backup drive. Don't.
CD-R is a half-way decent back-up device. i use mine to store
snapshots of /home /usr/local and /etc plus random crap scattered
around in /usr and /var. the rest i can reinstall from distribution.
other advantages are
1) nearly every machine has a CD-ROM these days, so it's useful as a
transport mechanism.
2) you can make copies of audio CDs. nice to make spares in case you
fatfinger one to death in your car.
the problem with tape is that
1) they are *way* too small compared to todays 20GB hard disks.
(this
is shared by CD-R)
2) a decent tape drive, i.e., DAT, is fairly expensive.
> I've always used various Matrox Millenium cards under Linux, and
> recommend them highly. Currently, the G400 Extra.
>
> 256 RAM does seem like overkill, athough the consensus these days
> seems to be that 125 is an appropriate target, which not long ago
> would have seemed enormous.
unless you have something special in mind, 128 MB should be enough
for
a uniprocessor. i'd go with 256 in an SMP box.
> Be careful in your choice of case. I've usually picked well known
> components of quality and had good luck, but cases have been a pain
> for various reasons. Cases from the well-respected major sources
can be
> expensive and problematic. At this point I suspect I'd just shop at
a
> show of where I can see the case and get a cheap one that has
features
> I like.
case is very important. i just bought a new one over the weekend
because my computer was suffering from heat death.
> I'd be interested in whether folks would recommend the Intel
> motherboards. There are some advantages for doing so, not the least
of
> which is their sitting well with Linux.
i would look long and hard at a socketA AMD board. get a duron
today,
and you can drop in an athlon later since both fit the same socket.
the duron and especially the new athlon are cleaning intel's clock.
intel usually gets the edge over via in support chipsets but i820
seems to really suck.
--
johan kullstam l72t00052
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: any suggestions for a webserver
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 09:46:04 GMT
From: blowfish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Jesus Soler wrote:
>
> Please, I'd really apreciate any ideas... it's just what I need.
>
> Ideas, from ppl who had worked with dual CPU puters , and /or have
heard
> about its perfomance on Linux OS'
>
> Jesus Soler ha escrito:
>
With SuSE-Linux 6.4 distro. I even don't have to give any
info for my video card, skipped the videocard config part
entirely, and went right over to set up the monitor. and
just put in the resolution and color depth that I want, and
bingo. :)
I have 6 machines running in my SOHO full time, three SMP
machines running FreeBSD, and one single CPU machine running
OpenBSD, one single CPU machine and another SMP machine
running SuSE Linux. All have been very stable.
If you choose SuSE, get the DVD release. Save lots of time
and energy by not having to exchange discs by hand like with
the CD release.
Alex Lam.
> > Before anything, let you know am a 1st time admin.
> >
> > I have to buy, set up and make run a good server for mounting a
> > webhosting, firewalling etc.
> >
> > It would run with lastest Red Hat Deluxe version (what's the
last?).
> >
> > I suggested a dual CPU pentium III at 800 Mhz , 512 Mb ram.
(medium-high
> > traffic) .
> >
> > Does linux improves much with dual CPU? Is the system stability
weakened
> > with that?
> >
> > An important point: The boss doesn't want a brand server (like HP
...
> > and something like that), and should be running with linux. So, I
must
> > buy best pieces and components for a 24h runing server (gezzZ).
> >
> > Suggestions are welcome.
> >
> > =======================================
> > Jes�s Soler Alonso
> > Developer Consultant
> > SBDCONSULTORS I+D
> > http://www.sbdconsultors.com
> > Tel. (+34)937-136-000
> > Fax. (+34)937-136-390
> > =======================================
>
> --
> =======================================
> Jes�s Soler Alonso
> Developer Consultant
> SBDCONSULTORS I+D
> http://www.sbdconsultors.com
> Tel. (+34)937-136-000
> Fax. (+34)937-136-390
> =======================================
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Thoughts on this configuration?
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 09:46:04 GMT
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David C.)
Johan Kullstam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> the problem with tape is that
> 1) they are *way* too small compared to todays 20GB hard disks.
(this
> is shared by CD-R)
Not really.
Travan NS-20 drives hold 10G uncompressed.
DDS-3 DAT holds 12G uncompressed
DDS-4 DAT holds 20G uncompressed.
Ecrix makes a 33G (uncompressed) drive.
OnStream makes drives that hold 15G and 25G uncompressed.
There are also larger capacity drives based on 8mm and DLT
mechanisms.
There are also changers which can auto-load multiple tapes, if your
bacup size gets to be really huge.
> 2) a decent tape drive, i.e., DAT, is fairly expensive.
Some are, some aren't. Travan NS-20 drives aren't terribly
expensive.
DLT drives are very expensive.
DAT is one of the more expensive media. On the other hand, there are
less expensive form factors that may also work well.
> i would look long and hard at a socketA AMD board. get a duron
today,
> and you can drop in an athlon later since both fit the same socket.
> the duron and especially the new athlon are cleaning intel's clock.
But right now, there is exactly one motherboard available that this
chip
supports. At least according to AMD's web site. Personally, I'd
wait
until someone with a better reputation than FIC ships a Socket-A
board.
-- David
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Creative AudioPCI 128 - no MIDI
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 09:46:04 GMT
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (lobotomy)
The AudioPCI/SB64/SB128 do not have a real hardware MIDI synth.
Under
windows, the drivers use a software synth with patch set in system
memory. The linux drivers don't have a built-in software synth, but
you can use something like timidity to play midis if you need to.
The
/dev/midi I believe outputs to the MPU-401 jack on the card, so if
you
had an external sequencer attached it would work.
On Mon, 26 Jun 2000 16:43:52 GMT, Daniil Kolpakov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>Hello gurus!
>
>If my question sounds quite lame, that's besause I'm novice to Linux
:)
>
>I have Creative Labs Sound Blaster 128 PCI. Mandrake 7.0 (Air) 's
>utilitys sndconfig and Lothar Sound Config say that I have Ensoniq
xx70
>(don't remember those xx) -based card. In sndconfig's list also said
>that Ensoniq xx71 (not 70 as it detects) is Creative SB PCI 64/128.
When
>I try to select 71 card it says modprobe error. With 70 module sound
>works Ok. But no MIDI. I've tried to modprobe other modules as well,
>hack into config files by hand, no luck. MIDI players say I have no
>/dev/sequencer. & I really don't. However, it seems I have /dev/midi
(?)
>- but I don't know how to check it. Tried to
>
> cat midifile.mid > /dev/midi
>
>No errors, but no sound either (I'm not quite sure it's allowed just
>send midi files to device, but had no better idea).
>
>How to set up /dev/sequencer? What module to load? Please help, or
>respond if even no ideas at all, so I'll know SB128PCI is suxx
and'll
>throw it out :).
>
>Please CC: responds to [EMAIL PROTECTED] if you can, it's too hard to
browse
>newsgroup throwgh 1000's of messages!
>--
> Daniil
Kolpakov
>
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: 486 for Linux and X?
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 09:46:04 GMT
From: Narbey Derbekyan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Definitely. turn off Gnome or any other fancy desktop. Make
it
lightweight. Netscape may or may not run. it would be interesting to
see how mozilla runs but you should be able to run quite a few gui
apps (not necessarily many at the same time). I've run redhat 5.2
with
windowmaker on a 486/66. did not have space for netscape, was too
afraid to try. And of course memory is crucial.
narbey
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
: On 24 Jun 2000 07:54:17 -0700, Ronald Cole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
:>[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ken Knecht) writes:
:>> Could some kind soul please tell me if Linux (TurboLinux
:>> Workstation) and X will run well enough for practical use on a
:>> 486DX-100? Only one user. Probably no graphics editing, etc. to
:>> speak of.
:>
:>Gnome/Enlightenment is too slow for my tastes on a 486DX4/100 with
:>32M. xdm and twm are acceptable, though (I was running tvtwm).
: On that spec of hardware, WindowMaker should be an acceptable
: compromise.
: --
: |||
: / | \
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Stay pliant like water, that makes fire afraid.
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============================ Narbey Derbekyan
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: any suggestions for a webserver
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 09:46:04 GMT
From: blowfish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Jesus Soler wrote:
>
> Please, I'd really apreciate any ideas... it's just what I need.
>
> Ideas, from ppl who had worked with dual CPU puters , and /or have
heard
> about its perfomance on Linux OS'
>
> Jesus Soler ha escrito:
>
FreeBSD beats the craps out of Linux with SMP machines.
Been running a few of them. Very stable.
Linux is fine for a lot of stuff, like workstation, but for
medium to high traffic sites, you can go wrong with FreeBSD.
It's FAST. Especially if you build your own custom kernels.
And building FreeBSD kernel is VERY easy and simple, MUCH
less work, and a lot more simplier than building Linux
kernel.
With the *BSD, FreeBSD (I'm not sure about NetBSD though) is
the only one supports SMP. OpenBSD doesn't yet support SMP.
I wouldn't use anything Red Hat for mission critical
servers. Red Hat's security record is worst than Win9x,
according to Bugtraq. Only WinNT (took the 1st place in
exploitations). RedHat took the #2 spot after NT.
If I were to use Linux for a world accessable server, I'd
choose SuSE or Slackware. SuSE's generic SMP kernel is very
fast and stable as well. Right behind FreeBSD's. Plus SuSE
has excellent hardware supports and support database. Almost
everything will work 100% right out of the box with SuSE.
But for server installation, choose minimum install, just
the bare minimum needed to get the system up and running,
then install the other server stuff one by one yourself
through YaST. YaST will fetch all the necessary dependency
files and install them accordingly.
If you choose FreeBSD, don't just install the basic, but
install the whole ports collection as well. After the system
is up and the network running, cd /usr/src/ports/ , and do a
cvs of the ports collection,, if you install from a CD. Then
just choose whatever you want from the ports, and just sit
back and relax, and watch the show while the ports will go
fetch all the files, including all the dependency ones, from
all over the world, check the MD5 checksum, then configure,
make and install everything right in front of your eyes. If
you do it this way, you don't have to worry about not
getting the latest bug fixes, and the FreeBSD ports are
updated almost nightly. And with most BSD, you just cvs the
updates whenever you want, and the whole fscking system will
be updated all at once, with a couple of commands. It's a
brain-dead easy procedure. And if it encounters any problem,
it'll tells you what to do to fix it. everything works like
a magic 99.99% of the times. :) The Linux's .Deb and .RPMs
look like fools by comparisiobn.
With either FreeBSD or SuSE-Linux. You should have a basic
system up and running, including networking connection to
the internet within 20-30 minutes.
With DSL or Cable, you can have a FTP installation of
FreeBSD up and running in less than an hour. Depends on
network traffic.
The *BSD ports system is something every OS/s worth its
codes should adapt.
Alex Lam.
> > Before anything, let you know am a 1st time admin.
> >
> > I have to buy, set up and make run a good server for mounting a
> > webhosting, firewalling etc.
> >
> > It would run with lastest Red Hat Deluxe version (what's the
last?).
> >
> > I suggested a dual CPU pentium III at 800 Mhz , 512 Mb ram.
(medium-high
> > traffic) .
> >
> > Does linux improves much with dual CPU? Is the system stability
weakened
> > with that?
> >
> > An important point: The boss doesn't want a brand server (like HP
...
> > and something like that), and should be running with linux. So, I
must
> > buy best pieces and components for a 24h runing server (gezzZ).
> >
> > Suggestions are welcome.
> >
> > =======================================
> > Jes�s Soler Alonso
> > Developer Consultant
> > SBDCONSULTORS I+D
> > http://www.sbdconsultors.com
> > Tel. (+34)937-136-000
> > Fax. (+34)937-136-390
> > =======================================
>
> --
> =======================================
> Jes�s Soler Alonso
> Developer Consultant
> SBDCONSULTORS I+D
> http://www.sbdconsultors.com
> Tel. (+34)937-136-000
> Fax. (+34)937-136-390
> =======================================
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Thoughts on this configuration?
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 09:46:04 GMT
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David C.)
no-one@all (no one) writes:
>
> Hmmm...Maybe so. I just need to make sure that I don't end up with
on
> board components that re incompatible with the stuff I run. That's
> what scares me. By using addons I can mix and match if something
> doesn't work.
Check your operating system's hardware compatibility list if you're
worried.
A lot of motherboards use Adaptec chipsets. According to the
README.aic7xxx file (in /usr/src/linux/drivers/scsi), just about all
non-RAID SCSI boards and motherboards based on the AIC-7xxx chipset
are
compatible. (The hardware-RAID boards - AAA-13x and AAA-113x - are
not
supported.)
I use this driver with an Adaptec 2940UW. it works well with the
single
hard drive I have attached to it. (I run my other three SCSI devices
off of an old AHA-1542B card, so the non-Ultra devices don't drag
down
the performance of the Ultra-Wide hard drive.)
The Tyan dual-Slot-1 board with on-board SCSI and Ethernet is their
"Thunder 2400". Its two SCSI channels are based on the Symbios 896
chip. The on-board Ethernet is based on the Intel 82559 chip. Both
of
these chips have Linux drivers in the base distribution, but I won't
recommend them because I have no personal experience with them.
Since you already have a Linux setup, your best bet here is to get
the
specs on the chips that drive the on-board ports and see if your
distribution includes working drivers for them.
> I mentioned in another followup that I want to keep swapping to
nil.
> I do some hardcore bitmap and large memory matrix processing so I
> think I will need the extra memory.
Ah. Say no more. Extra RAM never hurts. The only reason you might
not
want to max it out is the cost.
>> for the SCSI card, don't use Ultra-Wide. Spend a little more and
get
>> an Ultra2 controller. The extra speed (80M/s vs 40M/s) will come
in
>> handy since you're attaching two hard drives - and may be
accessing
>> them both at once. Furthermore, Ultra2 (LVD) drives allow for
much
>> longer cables (up to 12m) than Ultra-Wide (which only allows
1.5m).
>> The longer cables will allow you to use more drives.
>
> Traditionally SCSI drives seem to cost so much more. I really need
to
> have the ability to use both as my budget permits. I do need to
read
> up more on the latest SCSI specs. I lost track after Ultra-SCSI...
They definitely cost more. Whether they are worth the extra cost is
not
a decision I'm going to make for someone else.
At home, I use both SCSI and IDE drives. I use the SCSI drives on
the
computers whre I want top performance, and IDE on the computers where
I
don't care and just want it to be cheap.
>>> 2X AGP graphics card (S3 chipset with 8MB) 300
>>
>> What S3 board? S3 makes a lot of chipsets. I think you're
>> estimating too much money here. $300 can get you a board that is
a
>> lot nicer than an older S3 chipset and a 8M. Check out some of
the
>> boards based on the ATI Mach-64 and Mach-128 chipsets. Also the
>> nVidia Riva-TNT2, and the Matrox GeForce chipsets are nice.
>
> I do absolutely no animation or MPG stuff so I don't care about
speed.
> I more care about compatibility. I got bit several years ago by
> Diamond when they wouldn't release their dot clock programming
> information so that I could use Xfree. It's not an issue now, but
the
> old paranoi remains. I also need something that is BIOS leval VESA
> compatible to use an old DOS CADD application with under
Linux/DOSEMU.
OK. Now that I know what you need, let me recommend a card for you:
ATI Xpert98.
This card typically sells for under $100. Often for under $50, if
you
look in the right places. It's an 8M card based on the ATI RagePro
chip. This chip is well supported by XFree86 via the Mach64 driver.
It
can generate just about any resolution you can think of. (Maximum
officially supported resolution is 1600x1200 @85Hz.)
(Mach64-based) chip. It's reasonably fast, and can generate just
about
any monitor frequency you like. XFree86 supports it very well.
The BIOS is VESA compatible. Here's ATI's spec sheet:
http://www.ati.com/na/pages/products/pc/xpert98/index.html
> Yes, unfortunately here in Denver all we have are the big retail
> ripoffs like CompUSA. I would like to see what I can find at a
> flea-market as long as I don't have to deal with someone trying to
> sell me 'numba-one computa' and then acting like they don't speak
> english when I ask them a technical question.
Unfortunately, dealing with clueless (or worse, lying) shopkeepers is
a
fact of life at flea markets. You have to go in there knowing what
you
want.
I usually only buy a few brands that I'm familiar with (like Tyan,
ASUS
and a few others). I make a point of reading a board's manual and
examining the chips on its surface for information. I rarely listen
to
what the dealer is saying - they'll often say anything in order to
make
a sale.
Mail order is often better if you don't want to deal with this. You
can
gather prices from a wide variety of places, then go to the
manufacturer's web sites to compare features.
-- David
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Duplex with HP 970Cxi
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 09:46:04 GMT
From: Nicolas Eymerich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> AFAIK the 970C's duplex mechanism is not documented; no free
software
> supports it.
Right. The forum moderator in HP support forum told me explicitely
that
this information are not disclosed.
No reason was given, BTW. I think that HP style really sucks.
The printer are fairly good, but the driver are poorly written, even
the
windows drivers.
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: IDE- SMP troubles
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 09:46:04 GMT
From: blowfish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I have a pretty new IBM 20G drive, ATA-66, and an Abit BP6
motherboard
> (Dual Celerons).
>
HUUMMM....
Abit BP6 + Dual Celeron...
Are you overclocking?
Alex Lam.
> 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
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: 10Gb HD - can't mount vfat filesystem
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 09:46:04 GMT
From: "Graham Staker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Yes - did that. The problem runs deeper. Anyone?
Edward T. Rewolinski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Did you happen to create "/mnt/d" before hand in the mnt file
section of
Linux?
> Until that option is present in the file tree, Linux won't do what
you
wish.
> Good luck! ETR
>
> Graham Staker wrote:
>
> > Hi there,
> >
> > I can't mount a FAT32 partition from my second hard drive in
Linux.
> > The command I am using is mount -t vfat /dev/hdc6 /mnt/d. The
error
> > message is as follows:
> >
> > "Wrong fs, bad home block, incorrect mount option or too many
mounts."
> >
> > The first drive, a single partition with Win95, mounts OK as
/dev/hda1
> > with type vfat.
> >
> > On the second drive I can access the Fat32 partition in Win95 OK
as
drive D:
> > and it appears to
> > be reporting the size correctly.
> >
> > I am dual booting Red Hat Linux 6.2 and Windows 95 through LILO
with the
> > following
> > disk layout:
> >
> > . Windows 95 system & data on Quantum BigFoot CY4320A 4.2Gb IDE
drive.
> > . Linux partitions occupying 1st 2.58 Gb of a Samsung SV1022D
10Gb IDE
> > drive.
> > . Extra FAT32 partition occupying remaining 7Gb or so of above
disk.
> >
> > I have tried setting partition ID to 0x0b and to 0x0c (LBA) but
neither
> > configuration works. Is there some other configuration in fdisk
or
> > mount option that I should try?
> >
> > The BIOS reports the primary and secondary disk parameters as:
> >
> > 4335 527 255 0 8959 63 LBA
> > 10200 1240 255 0 19772 63 LBA
> >
> > An sfdisk analysis shows:
> >
> > bash# sfdisk -g
> > /dev/hda: 527 cylinders, 255 heads, 63 sectors/track
> > /dev/hdc: 19773 cylinders, 16 heads, 63 sectors/track
> >
> > bash# sfdisk -l
> >
> > Disk /dev/hda: 527 cylinders, 255 heads, 63 sectors/track
> > Units = cylinders of 8225280 bytes, blocks of 1024 bytes,
counting from
0
> >
> > Device Boot Start End #cyls #blocks Id System
> > /dev/hda1 * 0+ 525 526- 4225063+ b Win95 FAT32
> >
> > Disk /dev/hdc: 19773 cylinders, 16 heads, 63 sectors/track
> > Units = cylinders of 516096 bytes, blocks of 1024 bytes, counting
from 0
> >
> > Device Boot Start End #cyls #blocks Id System
> > /dev/hdc1 * 0+ 32 33- 16600+ 83 Linux
> > /dev/hdc2 33 163 131 66024 82 Linux swap
> > /dev/hdc3 164 4227 4064 2048256 83 Linux
> > /dev/hdc4 4228 19772 15545 7834680 5 Extended
> > /dev/hdc5 4228+ 5243 1016- 512032+ 83 Linux
> > /dev/hdc6 5244+ 19772 14529- 7322584+ b Win95 FAT32
> >
> > Sorry about the length of the message but hopefully this is
sufficient
info
> > for
> > a guru to point me in the right direction.
> >
> > - Graham
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Thoughts on this configuration?
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 09:46:05 GMT
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (David C.) writes:
> Johan Kullstam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > the problem with tape is that
> > 1) they are *way* too small compared to todays 20GB hard disks.
(this
> > is shared by CD-R)
> Not really.
For the cost, yeah.
> Travan NS-20 drives hold 10G uncompressed.
> DDS-3 DAT holds 12G uncompressed
> DDS-4 DAT holds 20G uncompressed.
> Ecrix makes a 33G (uncompressed) drive.
> OnStream makes drives that hold 15G and 25G uncompressed.
Unless my memory is totally failing me, a 4/8GB Travan (slow) was
about $350 (for SCSI). Considering that 4GB backs up 66% of my
smallest hard drive, 13% of my largest, and 9% of the total, that is
totally unsatisfactory. Doing a full backup would require 11 tapes
and several days.
Tapes also cost in the neighborhood of $20-$30, again, unless I've
been smoking some strong crack.
> There are also larger capacity drives based on 8mm and DLT
mechanisms.
> There are also changers which can auto-load multiple tapes, if your
> bacup size gets to be really huge.
Yeah, I'm in the mood to spend over $10,000. On a device which, in
all probability, I will never need.
You can have "Told you so!" rights the next time I frag my system -
the clock is ticking, I'd say it'll be about two weeks - but until
then, I'll spend my money on things I'll use.
--
Eric P. McCoy ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
non-combatant, n. A dead Quaker.
- Ambrose Bierce, _The Devil's Dictionary_
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Thoughts on this configuration?
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 09:46:04 GMT
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (David C.) writes:
> Andreas H�dl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > I don't know much about dual-cpu-systems, but I can only
recommend: -)
> > the Adaptec 29160LVD/SCSI controller card (you can use UW-discs
with
> > it too) - up to 160MB/s transfer rate
> Well, up to 133M/s - that's the most the PCI bus can handle. But
that's
> fine, because no drive can sustain speeds even close to that.
Except that all the drives share the same PCI bus, and half or a
third
of them share the same SCSI channel. Ten narrow, slow SCSI drives
doing 2MB/s on the same channel will hit the bandwidth ceiling, I
believe.
--
Eric P. McCoy ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
non-combatant, n. A dead Quaker.
- Ambrose Bierce, _The Devil's Dictionary_
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Epson EPL-5700
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 09:46:05 GMT
From: Andrey Vlasov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Hi there,
follow instructions and it will work
http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/pht/show_printer.cgi?recnum=158569
ANdrey
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: insmod failed?
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 09:46:05 GMT
From: "Devon Harding" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I'm getting "insmod eth1 failed" during boot-up, but i'm able to
manually to
bring up the ethernet like this:
# insmod 3c509
# ifconfig eth1 192.168.0.1
How can I enable this through boot-up. The device it a 3Com 509b on
eth1
Thanks,
-Devon
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: ATI XPert 99/2000 Graphics Adapter & Linux
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 09:46:05 GMT
From: blowfish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Alex wrote:
>
> "Viola J. Riggle" wrote:
> >
> > Does anyone know of a way to get the ATI XPert 99/2000 Graphics
> > card (Mach64
> > chipset)
>
> This video card use 128 chip set not Mech 64.
>
> > to work with Caldera OpenLinux? If you can show me
> > where to find a
> > driver, or at least the specs (clock rate, etc.), I'd much
> > appreciate it.
>
> You can find more info at www.xfree.org
>
> You can either upgrade to XFree 3.3.6 or 4.0. Both support this
card.
> However, I haven't try either so I can not give you more info.
>
> Good luck.
>
> Alex.
>
Both XFree 3.3.6 and 4.0 works beautifully with ati Expert
2000, just replaced an old dying Mach 32 with the Expert
2000, and have tried both.
Alex Lam.
> > ATI's web page was not very helpful. Thanks!
>
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