Linux-Hardware Digest #247, Volume #13 Sun, 16 Jul 00 22:13:06 EDT
Contents:
Re: Tape Drives - how do you backup? + HELP (Michael Meissner)
Cannot configure X with ATI Rage 128 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Help with cdrecord (Dances With Crows)
Re: Tape Drives - how do you backup? + HELP (tabascox)
Re: Tape Drives - how do you backup? + HELP (Eyal Lebedinsky)
Re: Anybody got Ftape to work on... ("J.W. Fox")
Sun Monitor compatible with PC? (Thomas Kochak)
Re: Need cdrom writer advice ("J.W. Fox")
Creative PC DVD CDROM won't talke to pci 128 (John Armsby)
Re: Autoloader Support ("J.W. Fox")
Re: Tape Drives - how do you backup? + HELP (tabascox)
Re: netscape to work on Mandrake ("Dennis Peacock")
Re: PCI card not recognized ("J.W. Fox")
Re: Sun Monitor compatible with PC? ("J.W. Fox")
Re: vivitron 17 monitor resolutions with linux ("J.W. Fox")
Re: Kensington Valumouse 3 button (PS/2) connected to serial port ("Andrew P.
Billyard")
Re: How do I turn on IDE DMA at boot time? (Maarten)
Re: Rack-mount server with built-in RAID, redundant power supply, Linux? ("J.W. Fox")
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Subject: Re: Tape Drives - how do you backup? + HELP
From: Michael Meissner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 16 Jul 2000 19:19:33 -0400
tabascox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hey DAT friends,
>
> I have a DDS 2 and I cannot store all the 4GB I want in a DDS2 tape.
> here are my commands:
>
> mt -f /dev/nst0 rewind
> mt -f /dev/nst0 setblk 8192
> mt -f /dev/nst0 datcompression 1
> tar cpMvl -b 16 -f /dev/nst0 /home
> mt -f /dev/nst0 eject
>
> actually "du /home" gives 3.6 GB (most files are gz or bz2) but around
> 3.2GB the tape
> ends and I have to feed the driver with another tape.
> Am I mistaking the block size ???
You might try upping the blocksize to 32768, and trying new clean tapes (if
there is a soft error most DDS2 tape drives will rewrite the block in
succeeding blocks until there is no errors). Also if you are not supplying the
tape data fast enough, the start/stop wasts tape as well. If you use the
'buffer' utility which is found on some distributions, it might help, as would
using tar replacement star (ftp://ftp.fokus.gmd.de/pub/unix/star). Finally
I've always had a hunch that tape vendors use the same doublespeak as disk
vendors in specifying a GB is 1,000,000 bytes and not 2**30 (1,073,741,824)
bytes.
--
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: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Cannot configure X with ATI Rage 128
Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2000 23:58:31 GMT
Hi,
My dell dimension has ATI 128 Rage Pro video card.
I ran the Xconfigurator that came with redhat 6.1
It is compaining
"Cannot detect RAM in video card". It probes the card fine.
Is this a know problem with Redhat 6.1? Red hat says they dont support
ATI 128.
Is there some third party X drivers available?
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Help with cdrecord
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 00:15:51 GMT
On Sun, 16 Jul 2000 18:53:58 -0400, Steve Martin
<<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>Dances With Crows wrote:
>
>> If you have an ISO image, then the command is
>> cdrecord -v dev=/dev/sgX speed=Y image.iso
>
>This is interesting. If I'm wrong, please pardon my
>ignorance, but I read both in the man page and in the
>HOWTO that the dev parameter takes the form
>dev=B,T,L where B is the SCSI buss, T is the target
[snip]
You can do it either way. The B,T,L method is not OS-dependent, while the
/dev/filename method is, since Linux/*BSD/Solaris/Foo-Unix all have wildly
different and completely incompatible naming schemes for device files.
But since you asked in a Linux group, I gave you a Linux-specific answer.
Sorry for the confusion....
--
Matt G / Dances With Crows /\ "Man could not stare too long at the face
\----[this space for rent]-----/ \ of the Computer or her children and still
\There is no Darkness in Eternity \ remain as Man." --David Zindell "So did
But only Light too dim for us to see\ they become Gods, or Usenetters?" --/me
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Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2000 20:19:07 -0500
From: tabascox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Tape Drives - how do you backup? + HELP
DDS-2 (120m tape ) is 4 GB uncompressed, 8 GB compressed !
Stefano
James Knowles wrote:
> > I have a DDS 2 and I cannot store all the 4GB I want in a DDS2 tape.
>
> Am I mistaken in thinking that the capacity is 2GB? IIRC, DDS-2 tapes
> can hold 2GB uncompressed. (This is off the top of my head from years
> back. I have a DDS-3 DAT drive.)
>
> The 4GB number assumes an average of 50% compression. If your disk has a
> lot of compressed files, you're not going to get 50% compression.
>
> --
> Those who want by the yard and work by the inch aught to be kicked by
> the foot.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eyal Lebedinsky)
Subject: Re: Tape Drives - how do you backup? + HELP
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 00:17:54 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
tabascox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hey DAT friends,
>
> I have a DDS 2 and I cannot store all the 4GB I want in a DDS2 tape.
> here are my commands:
>
> mt -f /dev/nst0 rewind
> mt -f /dev/nst0 setblk 8192
> mt -f /dev/nst0 datcompression 1
> tar cpMvl -b 16 -f /dev/nst0 /home
> mt -f /dev/nst0 eject
>
> actually "du /home" gives 3.6 GB (most files are gz or bz2) but around
> 3.2GB the tape
> ends and I have to feed the driver with another tape.
> Am I mistaking the block size ???
DDS2 tapes are 2GB raw. The 4GB is a myth which only makes sense
when most of your data is text. These days the manufacturers
'enhanced' their products by quoting a 2.5 times compression...
This is progress.
Use the largest sensible blocksize. Ensure the tape is streaming
(meaning data arrives in a timely fashion).
I use 'buffer' to ensure the tape drive will be streaming most of the
time. I also prefer to use software compression because the hardware
does a very bad job of already-compressed data (which is why I use afio
these days). It does need more CPU power but this is available when
the backup runs overnight on my idle machine.
Do not use archive level compression (like 'tar z') because this
is too risky. You need a backup program that compresses each file
separately.
The log file uses the 'R' option so I know where each file is, and
I can recover a file very fast by seeking to the correct tape block
and extracting with tar.
Assume:
$log=where I keep the backup log
$HOME/backup/`date +%Y%m%d`.log
$tape=the tape drive device, non rewinding
/dev/nst0
$1=some text identifying the backup file (machine name etc)
machine-1
$2=the top directory to backup
/home
$3...=any needed extra parameters
-X $HOME/machine-1-exclude-list.txt
tar -clR -b 64 -V $1$2 -C $2 $3 $4 $5 $6 $7 $8 $9 -f - . 2>>$log \
| buffer -o $tape -s 32k -b 32 -p 75 -t
--
Eyal Lebedinsky ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: "J.W. Fox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Anybody got Ftape to work on...
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 00:27:59 GMT
In article <8ktav2$ep3$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Stefan Viljoen"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi...
>
> Same old question: anybody got ftape to work with Iomega Ditto Max Pro?
> I know it is listed as supported in 4.02, but..
>
> -How did you get it working? What /dev entry? How to get it to compile?
>
> Did you use it under RH6? Kernel 2.2.5.15?
>
> Fanx! [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
Stefan,
I don't know abouyt the Iomega drive, but when I had my Jumbo 250 running
under ftape, I had to go into the /dev directory and delete the symbolic
link for ftape as it was pointed to the wrong type of drive. Mine was
symlink'd to rft0 and nrft0 (the rewind device). I had to re-symlink them
to qft0 (for QIC tape drive) and nqft0 (for the rewind device).
After that, all worked.
Hope this helps.
J.W.
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From: Thomas Kochak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Sun Monitor compatible with PC?
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 00:31:31 GMT
My dad bought a Sun monitor (really old, from 1992) for our PC. It seems
to use some propriety type of connection, not like the standard VGA
connecter on my Riva TNT. He is convinced that there is some type of
cable converter so we can use it but I'm not that optimistic about it.
Is he right? Is there any way I can use this monitor with my PC by using
some type of converter? And are there even drivers for it in Win98/Linux
that I could use? Thanks in advance!
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From: "J.W. Fox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Need cdrom writer advice
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 00:32:35 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Anthony Ewell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Does anyone have a favorite cdrom writer
> that they can suggest?
>
> I am looking for:
> 1) scsi-2 bus
> 2) Linux friendly, and
> 3) has to last longer than 13 months (needs to be reliable)
>
> Many thanks,
> --Tony
> aewell @ gbis . com (remove the spaces) p.s. my old unit had a 12 month
> warranty and at 13 months ...
>
Get a Plextor if you want to go scsi - they last forever. Plextor's
drives just don't die. I'm still using my 4x cdrom from them and my 1x
external cdrom.. Is a little slow, but does the job.
J.W.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Armsby)
Subject: Creative PC DVD CDROM won't talke to pci 128
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 00:36:34 GMT
I have redhat 2.0.35 which allows my Creative DVD to talk to my
soundblaster pci 128 ('70 chip). Works great with the help from a
driver purchased from 4Front Technologies. Attempts to upgrade to
2.0.36 and finally redhat 6.1 results in RealPlay being able to play
mp3 files but no luck with the CDROM. Can someone point me to the
posts which most probably have been by those with the same problem?
Thanks,
John
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From: "J.W. Fox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Autoloader Support
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 00:49:16 GMT
In article <8krvu3$o0o$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Mike Sanders"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Does Linux support the autoloader Sony TSL-S9000L? If so where can I
> download the driver and what backup software is compatible with it?
>
>
>
>
Mike,
Speaking from experience, typically it is not the operating system that
needs to support the autoloader, but you backup software. I believe that
Computer Associates ArcserveIT for Linux has an optional autoloader module
that you can buy. All of Legatos software comes with support for single
drive autoloaders, and then you buy additional drive licenses. I believe
it is the same with Veritas' NetBackup.
Just my $0.02 -- Hope it helps.
J.W.
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Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2000 20:53:27 -0500
From: tabascox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Tape Drives - how do you backup? + HELP
It is really strange, but when I do "mt -f /dev/nst0 datcompression 1", I
get:
Compression off.
Compression capable.
Decompression capable.
If I do " mt -f /dev/nst0 datcompression 0", I get
Compression off.
Compression capable.
Decompression capable.
I get always compression off, but the drive is compression capable !!!
Is DDS2 4GB nominal and 8GB compressed ????
I am expecting to store at least 4GB or should I expect less ??
Right now I am trying to put 65536 as block size and see what happens ..
THANX
Stefano
Eyal Lebedinsky wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> tabascox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > Hey DAT friends,
> >
> > I have a DDS 2 and I cannot store all the 4GB I want in a DDS2 tape.
> > here are my commands:
> >
> > mt -f /dev/nst0 rewind
> > mt -f /dev/nst0 setblk 8192
> > mt -f /dev/nst0 datcompression 1
> > tar cpMvl -b 16 -f /dev/nst0 /home
> > mt -f /dev/nst0 eject
> >
> > actually "du /home" gives 3.6 GB (most files are gz or bz2) but around
> > 3.2GB the tape
> > ends and I have to feed the driver with another tape.
> > Am I mistaking the block size ???
>
> DDS2 tapes are 2GB raw. The 4GB is a myth which only makes sense
> when most of your data is text. These days the manufacturers
> 'enhanced' their products by quoting a 2.5 times compression...
> This is progress.
>
> Use the largest sensible blocksize. Ensure the tape is streaming
> (meaning data arrives in a timely fashion).
>
> I use 'buffer' to ensure the tape drive will be streaming most of the
> time. I also prefer to use software compression because the hardware
> does a very bad job of already-compressed data (which is why I use afio
> these days). It does need more CPU power but this is available when
> the backup runs overnight on my idle machine.
>
> Do not use archive level compression (like 'tar z') because this
> is too risky. You need a backup program that compresses each file
> separately.
>
> The log file uses the 'R' option so I know where each file is, and
> I can recover a file very fast by seeking to the correct tape block
> and extracting with tar.
>
> Assume:
> $log=where I keep the backup log
> $HOME/backup/`date +%Y%m%d`.log
> $tape=the tape drive device, non rewinding
> /dev/nst0
> $1=some text identifying the backup file (machine name etc)
> machine-1
> $2=the top directory to backup
> /home
> $3...=any needed extra parameters
> -X $HOME/machine-1-exclude-list.txt
>
> tar -clR -b 64 -V $1$2 -C $2 $3 $4 $5 $6 $7 $8 $9 -f - . 2>>$log \
> | buffer -o $tape -s 32k -b 32 -p 75 -t
>
>
> --
> Eyal Lebedinsky ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: "Dennis Peacock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: netscape to work on Mandrake
Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2000 19:58:12 -0500
Many thanks Steve,
I will check all those that you stated and will get the problem resolved.
You have provided good information for me to start with and I appreciate it
greatly.
I can ping specific IP addresses while dialed up to my ISP but I can't do a
ping www.yahoo.com for example. I just get a host unknown.
Thanks Again,
Dennis
Steve Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Dennis Peacock wrote:
> >
> > I have a new Mandrake Linux box up and running. I can log into it via
my
> > Win98 box. My problem is that I have a new Zoom External 56K modem
attached
> > to the Linux box and I can dial out to my ISP with the modem via kppp
but I
> > can't seem to get Netscape to go out via the modem so I can get new
updates
> > and cruze the web on my Linux box. Any suggestions on how to get
Netscape
> > to work via my dialup connection? I am new to this so simple is good.
>
> Two things to check for:
>
> (1) Type the command "route" at a shell prompt. You'll get back
> a list of routes to various networks. If you don't see a line
> that starts with the word "default", then you have a config
> problem with kppp. Part of the process of establishing a
> PPP connection is the setting of the "default route"; this
> basically tells the TCP/IP stack in your computer that it
> should hand off any network traffic it does not explicitly
> know how to deliver to the "default route"; in this case,
> this is all your Web surfing. kppp should set the default
> route when it dials into the ISP and connects. I'm sorry,
> I don't know exactly how to tell you to fix this if it's
> the problem, as I'm not using kppp.
>
> (2) Assuming you have a good default route, try the following
> command from a shell prompt:
>
> nslookup www.linux.org
>
> You should get a line back showing the nameserver you're using
> and the IP address of the computer on which www.linux.org lives.
> If this fails, chances are that you're not finding the name
> server provided by your ISP. Later versions of kppp are supposed
> to negotiate this and configure it automagically (at least,
> that's my understanding, someone with more knowhow might chime
> in here and correct me). To play it safe, get the IP address(es)
> of your ISP's DNS server(s) (this information should be in the
> packet you got from them when you signed up; if it's not, call the
> ISP and ask them for it) and put it (them) in your
> /etc/resolv.conf file. See "man resolver" for more info.
>
> Good luck!
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From: "J.W. Fox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: PCI card not recognized
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 01:07:01 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Hans van Leest
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> hello,
>
> I've got a Intel 166 with RH 6.2 and a PCI card is not recognized. It's
> a ISDN card with a WINBOND w6692 chip. After installation 'kudzu won't
> recognice the card. The function 'lspci -v' recogize the card afterall
> with the following output:
> -Class: 0080
> -IRQ 9
> -Memory at f5eef000
> -I/O ports at d000
> -Flags: fast devsel
> -Unkown device 5478 --this can be true, because it's not listed in
> '/usr/share/pci.ids'.
>
> The file '/proc/pci' recognizes the card also, only with more output
> 'Bus 0, device 10, function 0', and 'Unkown Class'.
> This looks strange because "lspci -v' gives Class: 0080 .
>
> How can I recognize the card, mayby with the values of 'lspci'. Do I
> have to do that in 'lilo.conf' or with 'modprob/insprob', and how
>
> Thanks
>
> Hans
>
Hans,
With it having a WINBOND chip set, and it also being a PCI ISDN card, it
would lead me to believe that it Windows based treminal adapter. I
recommed getting an external model like a 3Com/USR Courier I-modem or a
Multi-Tech MultiModemISDN.
Best of luck -- Hope this helps.
J.W.
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From: "J.W. Fox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Sun Monitor compatible with PC?
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 01:12:04 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Thomas Kochak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> My dad bought a Sun monitor (really old, from 1992) for our PC. It seems
> to use some propriety type of connection, not like the standard VGA
> connecter on my Riva TNT. He is convinced that there is some type of
> cable converter so we can use it but I'm not that optimistic about it.
> Is he right? Is there any way I can use this monitor with my PC by using
> some type of converter? And are there even drivers for it in Win98/Linux
> that I could use? Thanks in advance!
>
You need a 13WD3 to HDD15 converter block. Then you hook up a regular
male to male video cable. Adapter costs about $15 USD and you can order
them from Belkin, Cables to Go, ABL Electronics, just to name a few.
Best of luck -- Hope this helps.
J.W.
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From: "J.W. Fox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: vivitron 17 monitor resolutions with linux
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 01:17:15 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Neil Hollow
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I've just bought a second hand gateway monitor vivitron 17 (CPD-17F23)
> and of course don't have a any technical details supplied. Does anyone
> have any experience of getting X to work with this machine? Running
> RH6.0 on a philips monitor using an ATI RAGE II card (I'm keeping the
> card). What vertical and horizontal refresh rates should I use? NH.
>
Neil,
What you have there is a Trinitron Monitor that Gateway OEM'd from Sony.
I would check out http://www.sel.sony.com and search for that model their
for the specs. You may have to dig through the archives if it's an older
model to find the technical stuff
Best of Luck -- Hope this helps.
J.W.
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From: "Andrew P. Billyard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Kensington Valumouse 3 button (PS/2) connected to serial port
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 01:18:52 GMT
Sorry if this is not what you asked for, but Kensington's Mouse-In-A-Box
works. I had it initally hooked up to my PS/2 port and could not get the
bloody thing to work (kudzu did recognize it though). I even emailed
Kensington about it and received a "too bad, so sad, we don't do Linux"
response. I was about to give up, when I found that hooking it up to the
serial port with the Intellimouse driver (in my XF86Config file, I have
Section "Pointer"
Protocol "IntelliMouse"
Device "/dev/mouse"
Buttons 3
ZAxisMapping 4 5
). I have no idea about the 3 button Valumouse, but if you get truly fed
up trying, try exchanging it for the scroll mouse (about $20 Canadian).
It's three button too (the scroll wheel is a button as well as the
scrolling wheel).
Cheers,
Andrew
Guy Maskall wrote:
> I've been trying to get the above Kensington 3 button Valumouse to work
> on redhat 6.1 running kernel 2.2.16. I don't have a PS/2 port, so
> I tried connecting it to the serial port using the usual adaptor.
>
> kudzu wouldn't recognise it at all in 'PC' mode and often had trouble
> (with a segmentation fault or core dump) in 'MS' mode. I can get it to
> work in MS mode but only as a 2 button mouse.
>
> I checked out the linux hardware compatibility site and wasn't sure
> whether this mouse had been reported to work with linux but no-one had
> given a rating on it or whether it has yet to be reported as working. I
> got the *impression* that it is reported to work but the driver referred
> to is PS/2 so it could be that it only works fully if it is actually
> connected to a PS/2 socket? I thought that the adaptor just physically
> mapped pins, does it alter functionality also or is it just an artefact
> that the driver that works (pc_keyb.c IIRC) is only for a 'proper' PS/2
> connected device?
>
> Is anyone able to cast light on these questions? Is there a way to get
> this mouse to work with all 3 buttons? Are there any mice out there that
> can be connected to the serial port on linux with 3 buttons (and work!)?
>
> Is there such a beast as an expansion card that gives a PS/2 socket from
> an ISA slot?
>
> Cheers, Guy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Maarten)
Subject: Re: How do I turn on IDE DMA at boot time?
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 01:24:50 GMT
Dex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hal Burgiss wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 02 Jul 2000 20:27:39 -0400, B. Joshua Rosen
>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> >Does that require a rebuild, or is there an argument that I can pass at
>> >boot time?
>>
>> Kernel rebuild.
>
>Again...as much as Winblows sux. Why does a hardware upgrade or change
>require a rebuild of the friggin' Kernel????
>But still, what is so hard about making Linux upgradeable w/o recompiling
>kernels????
What is so hard about recompiling the kernel ? Have you even tried ?
Typing 'make dep clean bzImage modules' can't be that hard, can it ?
Maarten
--
Your mouse has moved. Please wait while Windows restarts for the change
to take effect.
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From: "J.W. Fox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Rack-mount server with built-in RAID, redundant power supply, Linux?
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 01:43:59 GMT
In article <8koouu$bo7$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Dan Harkless
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Howdy. My company has been trying to move to redundant hardware
> solutions where possible, to reduce potential outages.
>
> We have a couple of rack-mount NT servers that have built-in hot-swap
> RAID arrays, redundant power supplies, and redundant network cards with
> automatic failover.
>
> I told my boss that I thought several companies sold boxes like the one
> described above, but with Linux pre-installed. However, I'm now having
> trouble finding any. Did I lie, or are they out there?
>
> We'd be trying to keep the cost down as much as possible. (I suppose we
> could do the Linux installation ourselves, if there was a particular
> server with the above properties on which Linux was known to work
> completely.)
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Dan Harkless | NOTE: Due to SPAM I have implemented a
> caller-ID- [EMAIL PROTECTED] | like policy for this account. Put
> "re-send" in Unitech Research, Inc. | your Subject to bypass or
> finger me for more info.
Dan,
Currently both Compaq and IBM have great support for Linux. But if you
are looking for a company that specializes in Linux boxes check out
http:://www.valinux.com.
Best of luck -- Hope this helps.
J.W.
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