Linux-Hardware Digest #197, Volume #13 Sat, 8 Jul 00 13:13:07 EDT
Contents:
Re: Tape Drives - how do you backup? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Help! Does This Mean I Can't Run Linux? (Rob Blomquist)
Re: Hpt366. need support in 2.2.16 (Markus Kossmann)
Re: Remove interface? (Michael Felzien)
Re: how to configure to use null modem port? (Leon Garde)
Re: REPOST: Shared RAID for mail/web server + load balancer? How do I do that?
("Darren Mackay")
hotrod66 ("Prime")
Re: hotrod66 (Herman Timmermans)
Startup files. ("Samuel Irlapati")
PCI Internal Modem ("Paulv")
Startup files for modules (Samuel Irlapati)
Re: PCI Internal Modem ("Ned")
Is it possible to boot from promise fasttrack66! ("zed")
Re: Startup files for modules (Michael =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sch=F6ls?=)
Re: PCI Internal Modem ("B. Joshua Rosen")
Re: Startup files. (Stan J Klimas)
Re: Hpt366. need support in 2.2.16 (A transfinite number of monkeys)
Re: LinkSys ethernet driver wanted (zealot)
Re: can't read audio cd's on acer 50x max atapi cdrom (zealot)
Re: Looking for sexy embedded linux hardware (Sylvain POURRE)
Re: Startup files for modules ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Warning! -- SONY SUBSTANDARD SERVICE ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Tape Drives - how do you backup?
Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2000 21:46:16 -0700
On or about Fri, 07 Jul 2000 10:36:09 -0600, James Knowles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
scrivened:
>> tar cvf mydir /dev/tape
> To pick nits:
> tar cvf /dev/tape mydir
> archive is listed first after -f, files and directories come last.
Wups. Thanks. I knew that.
> --
> If at first you don't succeed...get a bigger hammer.
--
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Evangelist, Opensales, Inc. http://www.opensales.org
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From: Rob Blomquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help! Does This Mean I Can't Run Linux?
Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2000 22:55:43 -0700
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
> My video card is not supported by Linux... does this mean I can't run
> Linux with this video card?
>
No, I ran XF86 3.3.5 that did not support my V3 video card as an SVGA
card at 800x600 and 768x1024.
Just play with it in reason. Think about what sort of card yours is
related to, and see what happens.
Rob
--
Rob Blomquist
Kirkland, WA
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From: Markus Kossmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Hpt366. need support in 2.2.16
Date: Sat, 08 Jul 2000 07:10:28 +0200
Marius Th�ring wrote:
>
> Does anyone know where to find a ide-kernel patch
> that enables the hpt366 controller in my system?
>
Follow the links on http://www.linux-ide.org/
--
Markus Kossmann
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Michael Felzien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Remove interface?
Date: Sat, 08 Jul 2000 06:30:50 GMT
ifconfig eth1 down
ifconfig eth1 up
Devon Harding wrote:
>
> How can I remove my interface (eth1) clean, and reinstall it so it comes up
> on boot? The system as two interfaces, eth0 is a ne2000 compatable and eth1
> is a 3Com 3c509b.
>
> -Devon
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From: Leon Garde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: how to configure to use null modem port?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 8 Jul 2000 16:43:12 EST
> I use serial port(COM1) to control my special board,
> I could send my command to the board and receive the output from it
> on Win98/PENTIUM environment.
> But on Linux(/dev/ttyS0, or /dev/modem) and the same computer,
> i CAN receive the messages from my board,
> but i am NOT able to send my command to it with minicom,
> what's the problem?
Did you try turning off hardware flow control ?
leon
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From: "Darren Mackay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.mail.sendmail
Subject: Re: REPOST: Shared RAID for mail/web server + load balancer? How do I do that?
Date: Sat, 8 Jul 2000 18:03:58 +1000
Hi,
Try www.missioncriticallinux.com
Started ex compaq engineer apparently.
Darren
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to reply
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From: "Prime" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: be.comp.os.linux,pandora.os.linux
Subject: hotrod66
Date: Sat, 08 Jul 2000 08:45:09 GMT
Vol moed begonnen aan mijn eerste stapjes linux,
doch in de kiem gesmoord.
De harde schijven (maxtor 40,9gb en fireball 4gb) zijn via een ultra dma
controller verbonden met moederbord. Linux installeren lukt niet omdat de
harde schijven niet worden gevonden.
Heeft iemand van jullie suggesties???
prime
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From: Herman Timmermans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: be.comp.os.linux,pandora.os.linux
Subject: Re: hotrod66
Date: Sat, 08 Jul 2000 12:04:44 +0200
Prime wrote:
> Vol moed begonnen aan mijn eerste stapjes linux,
> doch in de kiem gesmoord.
> De harde schijven (maxtor 40,9gb en fireball 4gb) zijn via een ultra dma
> controller verbonden met moederbord. Linux installeren lukt niet omdat de
> harde schijven niet worden gevonden.
> Heeft iemand van jullie suggesties???
>
> prime
Welke distributie en linux kernel versie gebruik je? Niet alle releases
hebben reeds support voor Ultra-dma, tracht op gewone 33 terug te vallen (via
bios) of kies een distributie die Ultra-dma reeds supporteert. Ik geloof dat
de nieuwe SuSE Linux 6.4 deze support reeds heeft ingebouwd. Kijk eens op de
volgende url: http://ldp.linuxbe.org/HOWTO/mini/Ultra-DMA-8.html voor meer
info.
Indien je de juiste kernel hebt, een patch downloaden en installeren ....
maar eerst in 33mb/s opstarten uiteraard :-)
groetjes,
Herman
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From: "Samuel Irlapati" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Startup files.
Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2000 08:21:53 -0400
I use redhat 6.2 with the kernel 2.4.0-test2.
I am trying to get my SyQuest sparq hard drive mounted at startup. After
startup I can use the following commands to mount the drive--
insmod paride
insmod epat
insmod pd
mount /dev/pda1 /mnt/SyQuest
I know for the mount command I can add an entry into the fstab file. But
what about the other three commands what format and which file do they go
in. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
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From: "Paulv" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: PCI Internal Modem
Date: Sat, 8 Jul 2000 12:12:08 -0000
I'm new to Linux and this newsgroup so please excuse if this is a question
which has been asked before...
I've installed Linux Mandrake 7.0 and the installation guide says my PCI
modem is not supported. Is there any way around this (adding another serial
port etc?) or am I better off just buying an external modem? Or is there an
newer version of the OS which does support PCI modems?
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From: Samuel Irlapati <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Startup files for modules
Date: Sat, 08 Jul 2000 07:57:12 -0400
I use redhat 6.2 with the kernel 2.4.0-test2.
I am trying to get my SyQuest sparq hard drive mounted at startup. After
startup I can use the following commands to mount the drive--
insmod paride
insmod epat
insmod pd
mount /dev/pda1 /mnt/SyQuest
I know for the mount command I can add an entry into the fstab file. But
what about the other three commands? what format and which file do they
go
in?
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
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From: "Ned" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: PCI Internal Modem
Date: Sat, 8 Jul 2000 13:14:25 +0100
Further to this, what is a good modem to buy to use with linux? Is it safest
just to get an external modem. So many modems (including external modems)
seem to have some sort of reliance on windows.
Anyone know any particular modems that present few problems under linux?
ned.
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From: "zed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Is it possible to boot from promise fasttrack66!
Date: Sat, 8 Jul 2000 14:17:17 +0200
I'm using redhat 6.0 . If you need additional info please ask i'm in the
blind here!
zed
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Date: Sat, 08 Jul 2000 15:19:05 +0200
From: Michael =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sch=F6ls?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Startup files for modules
Hi,
i know of 2 possebilitys for you
1. put the commands in your rc.local -File, normally locate at /etc/rc.d/
2. Modules are loaded at boottime from /etc/conf.modules or
/etc/modules.conf (only one should exist!)
add apropriate entries there like "alias foobar paride" and so on. Replace
foobar with an corresponding name. Try 'man conf.modules' for more help on
the syntax of that file.
hope this helps
Michael
Samuel Irlapati wrote:
> I use redhat 6.2 with the kernel 2.4.0-test2.
> I am trying to get my SyQuest sparq hard drive mounted at startup. After
> startup I can use the following commands to mount the drive--
>
> insmod paride
> insmod epat
> insmod pd
> mount /dev/pda1 /mnt/SyQuest
>
> I know for the mount command I can add an entry into the fstab file. But
> what about the other three commands? what format and which file do they
> go
> in?
>
> Any help will be greatly appreciated.
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From: "B. Joshua Rosen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: PCI Internal Modem
Date: Sat, 08 Jul 2000 09:49:22 -0400
Real PCI modems work fine in Linux, it's winmodems that don't work. I
have a US Robotics PCI voice modem and it works fine. If you want to be
on the safe side external modems always work.
Ned wrote:
>
> Further to this, what is a good modem to buy to use with linux? Is it safest
> just to get an external modem. So many modems (including external modems)
> seem to have some sort of reliance on windows.
>
> Anyone know any particular modems that present few problems under linux?
>
> ned.
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From: Stan J Klimas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Startup files.
Date: Sat, 08 Jul 2000 14:11:14 GMT
I would put my command at the end of the file
/etc/rc.d/rc.local
You need to be a root to modify this file.
Hope this helps. Best regards,
Stan
Samuel Irlapati wrote:
>
> I use redhat 6.2 with the kernel 2.4.0-test2.
> I am trying to get my SyQuest sparq hard drive mounted at startup. After
> startup I can use the following commands to mount the drive--
>
> insmod paride
> insmod epat
> insmod pd
> mount /dev/pda1 /mnt/SyQuest
>
> I know for the mount command I can add an entry into the fstab file. But
> what about the other three commands what format and which file do they go
> in. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (A transfinite number of monkeys)
Subject: Re: Hpt366. need support in 2.2.16
Date: Sat, 08 Jul 2000 14:36:51 GMT
On Sat, 08 Jul 2000 07:10:28 +0200,
Markus Kossmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: Marius Th�ring wrote:
: >
: > Does anyone know where to find a ide-kernel patch
: > that enables the hpt366 controller in my system?
: >
: Follow the links on http://www.linux-ide.org/
I've got a patch that integrates that patch with several other useful
ones.
Check out: http://www.jasons.org/megapatch/
There are two versions... One includes Jens Axboe's CD/DVD bugfixes
to 2.2.16, Andre Hedrick's IDE patches, SuSE's usb-backport, and reiserfs.
The other has all that stuff, plus a number of patches that came out of
the RedHat 2.2.16 release, such as:
linux-2.2.16-ksym-version.patch
linux-2.2.16-server-tuning.patch
linux-2.2.16-fb-modules.patch
linux-2.2.16-loop.patch
linux-2.2.16-vm-backout.patch
linux-2.2.16-combo.patch
linux-2.2.16-rawio.patch
linux-2.2.16-iobuffix.patch
linux-2.2.16-raw-fixup.patch
linux-2.2.16-raw-fixup2.patch
linux-2.2.16-raid-B2.patch
linux-2.2.16-bigmem.patch
linux-2.2.16-bigmem-dcache.patch
linux-2.2.16-bigmem-raw.patch
linux-2.2.16-bigmem-initrd.patch
linux-2.2.14-PIII.patch
linux-2.2.14-PIII-xor.patch
linux-2.2.16-emu10k1.patch
linux-2.2.16-aic7xxx-5.1.29.patch
linux-2.2.16-aic7xxx-5.1.30.patch
linux-2.2.16-aic7xxx-5.1.31.patch
The emu10k1 patch doesn't seem to work properly. The module generates
unresolved symbols. Grabbing the emu10k1 sources from Creative Labs'
CVS and installing fixed the problem instantly.
--
Jason Costomiris <>< | Technologist, geek, human.
jcostom {at} jasons {dot} org | http://www.jasons.org/
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From: zealot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: LinkSys ethernet driver wanted
Date: Sat, 08 Jul 2000 11:06:12 -0400
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dennis Peacock wrote:
>
> I have a new SuSE Linux box up and running. I just bought a LinkSys
> LNE100TX (10/100) ethernet card to put in it so I can network it with my
> WIN98 box. I really need to know how to setup this ethernet card so it will
> work in my Linux machine. I have tried several times to get to the
> linksys.com web site without success. Does anyone have the linux driver
> that I need for this card? Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Dennis
> Acxiom Corporation
Depending on the age of your distribution you may need to
recompile the TULIP driver for your card. The card came
with 2 disks (I have one of these cards there should be 2)
on the second disk you will find a linux directory with the
file tulip.c in it. cp this file to /usr/src/linux/drivers/net
and replace the old one. Then recompile your kernel with this
option as a module or compiled into the kernel.
If you have an further problems mail me I'll see if I can help.
JIM
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From: zealot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: can't read audio cd's on acer 50x max atapi cdrom
Date: Sat, 08 Jul 2000 11:10:30 -0400
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Danpcfl wrote:
>
> i am running redhat 6.2
> i have an atapi acer 50x max cdrom drive
> i can mount data (iso9660) cd's fine,
> but i have tried a bunch of audio cd's and players
> as well as rippers and none can access
> they all think there is no disc in the cdrom
> the permissions are wide open (rw all around)
> the device name i am using in the player programs is the same
> as the one i have in /etc/fstab for the mount point
>
> is there something weird about this particular cdrom drive ?
> i have used other atapi cdroms without any problems
>
> please email me at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> unfortunately i bought the wrong king of modem, and it only works under
> winders and i can't figure out how to get aol to display newsgroups
> in a decent way (like netscape)
>
> thanks,
> dan
In your /etc/fstab file find the entry for the cdrom drive and
set the options to auto,owner,ro.
JIM
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From: Sylvain POURRE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Looking for sexy embedded linux hardware
Date: Sat, 08 Jul 2000 17:53:04 +0200
Steve Martin wrote:
>
> Just a quick note in this vein, there was an announcement
> a short while back on comp.os.linux.announce about a new
> USENET newsgroup that may interest the original poster of
> this thread. The group is comp.os.linux.embedded, and it's
> apparently just starting up. It might be something you'd
> want to check into.
Hi Steve
Thank's a lot
----
Sylvain
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Startup files for modules
Date: 8 Jul 2000 16:08:56 GMT
Also, by using pre-install lines in your conf.modules you should be able to
have the kernel load everything automatically whenever you access (mount)
/dev/pda1. Again, read the man-pages, post back if you have problems (or if
it works!)
Good luck!
Chris
In alt.os.linux Michael Schoels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: Hi,
: i know of 2 possebilitys for you
: 1. put the commands in your rc.local -File, normally locate at /etc/rc.d/
: 2. Modules are loaded at boottime from /etc/conf.modules or
: /etc/modules.conf (only one should exist!)
: add apropriate entries there like "alias foobar paride" and so on. Replace
: foobar with an corresponding name. Try 'man conf.modules' for more help on
: the syntax of that file.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Warning! -- SONY SUBSTANDARD SERVICE
Date: 8 Jul 2000 16:20:57 GMT
Anyone considering the purchase of a Sony peripheral for their computer
might want to give it some further thought. There clearly is not a
reciprocal relationship between what they sell and what they service.
-
I purchased a CD-RW drive back in April that just recently went bad
(won't read). When I called Sony service, I was told that I could not
get a replacement and that I had to ship it across the country to be
"repaired" (and we all know what that means...) - with a three (3) week
turnaround. Assuming that they keep their 3-week commitment, with
shipping both ways, I'd be without the use of the unit for at least
five weeks!!!
-
I hardly think that's reasonable or fair.
-
Compare this to HP, who under the same circumstances would simply ship
you out a replacement unit and issue a call-tag for the old one.
-
Sony is a behemoth in the marketplace and as such, they have an
obligation to scale their service facilities to meet demand. To not do
so is an indication of their lack of commitment to customer satisfaction
and an unwillingness to stand behind their products.
-
Buyer be ware!
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