Linux-Hardware Digest #402, Volume #13 Fri, 11 Aug 00 13:13:09 EDT
Contents:
Re: Linux software RAID vs. hardware RAID ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
I need help from a Monitor /Video Linux Guru ("Gretchen Schoser")
Re: ATA-100 on ATA-66 moboard -- hdparms... (Bartek Kostrzewa)
Re: Linux not seeing SCSI tape drive (Bartek Kostrzewa)
Re: K6-2 vs Duron - a server platform (Mark Astley)
Re: ATI Rage 128 XPERT 2000 - distortion problem (Franz Bieri)
ST01/02 Driver for RH ("Marc Belanger")
ASUS K7 + Mandrake 7.0 + SB 128 PCI (Fredrik Kronlid)
Re: Linksys LNE100TX v4 won't initialise under RedHat 6.2 ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: ATA-100 on ATA-66 moboard -- hdparms... (Kenneth R�rvik)
Re: ASUS K7 + Mandrake 7.0 + SB 128 PCI (Kenneth R�rvik)
Re: Linux not seeing SCSI tape drive (AndrewM)
Re: Linux not seeing SCSI tape drive (Staffan Emren)
Re: ISDN 128K modem (C Schulz)
Re: Lexmark Optra 40?
Re: ASUS K7 + Mandrake 7.0 + SB 128 PCI (Bartek Kostrzewa)
ATA88 problems ("Serguei Vassiliev")
Re: ATI Rage 128 XPERT 2000 - distortion problem ("Richard Muller")
Re: Linksys LNE100TX v4 won't initialise under RedHat 6.2 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: ASUS K7 + Mandrake 7.0 + SB 128 PCI (Andrey Vlasov)
Re: Working - Thanks: 20.4GB HD, bios limitation, EZ-drive or any other? ("Richard
Muller")
Re: Simple question about CD-Writing for Linux (Greg Davis)
Re: Linksys LNE100TX v4 won't initialise under RedHat 6.2 (Duane)
Re: ATA-100 on ATA-66 moboard -- hdparms... (EKK)
setting up a parallel scanner (Greg Davis)
CD writing/rewriting with 700MB media (Greg Davis)
Dual Head FB with ATI cards (Tilman Kranz)
Re: scsi mystery (Esa Tikka)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Linux software RAID vs. hardware RAID
Date: 11 Aug 2000 09:25:39 -0400
> > I am thinking about buying an ABIT KT7 mobo for an Athlon "Thunderbird".
> > Apparently the KT7 comes with an onboard RAID controller chip.
>
> RAID controllers typically cost over $600, and even add-on RAID
> options are usually over $250. Be very sure you know what you're
> getting.
actually, this motherboard comes with a RAID controller on the board. IIRC,
an HPT370(??). the board costs about $250-300. basically, i am deciding
between this board and the ASUS A7V, both KT133 chipset for the socket A
Athlon. The RAID controller seemed like a very nice addition, so I was just
checking out whether it is worth it or not.
> > What does this mean for setting up linux? Do I want to enable RAID
> > in the kernel or do I leave it out and assume that the hardware will
> > control kernel hd accesses?
>
> It will not.
>
> RAID cards function similarly to SCSI cards, as far as the operating
> system is concerned. If you do not have RAID drivers for your card,
> you will not be able to access any devices the RAID controller knows
> about - even if they are not part of an array.
>
> > What about on install when the installer sees two hard drives when i
> > really only want it to see one?
>
> If you start with a clean setup, you probably will need to boot using
> a special boot disk provided by the RAID card's manufacturer to
> create the array. Once that's done, you'd install Linux on the
> array. It will always appear as a single drive (except when you're
> doing things like managing spares or whatever).
so, basically, as far as linux and the installer are concerned, i will have
only one drive? this doesn't mess with partitioning? does this have any
implications for dual booting?
thanks for your help.
anthony.
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Reply-To: "Gretchen Schoser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "Gretchen Schoser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: I need help from a Monitor /Video Linux Guru
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2000 09:36:06 -0400
Ok, I am a newbie at this, however, I have gotten the program installed but
I am not happy with the results. Here is the problem. I have an old US
Logic Monitor, 14 inch, and an ATI Rage 128 Xpert AGP video card. As I was
going through the installation the program suggested that I use a Generic
Monitor since mine was not on the list. I went out to the internet to see
if I could pull up any info on my Monitor and Here is what I found:
US Logic
Model: MM400
Max Resolution: 14 SVGA x 1024
Sync Type: Not Available
H Freq/V Freq: 768/30.1/37.9/40/48.3
Tube: Not Available
Monitor Type: 14
How do I go about changing the H Freq and V Freq on the monitor, I am not
sure how to enter the numbers. The main problem that I am having is that
when I get into Gnome, I have to manually change scroll the window up and
down using the buttons on my monitor, the screen size is 640 x 480 and I
would really like 800 x 600. In windows, I have it set to 800 x 600 32 bit
color. However, in Linux when I try and set it to this I am getting the
black screen of death and then have to reboot the computer.
Any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks again,
Gretchen
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Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2000 15:39:01 +0200
From: Bartek Kostrzewa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ATA-100 on ATA-66 moboard -- hdparms...
"Robert M. Stockmann" wrote:
>
> "Kenneth R�rvik" wrote:
> >
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alessandro Giachino) wrote in
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> >
> > >Can anybody suggest how to use hdparms in a stable way
> > >to tweak the drive to run in ATA66 mode?
> > >
> > >'hdparms -d1 -c1 /dev/hda' seems to give better transfer
> > >rates, when checking with 'hdparms -Tt' options.
> >
> > Have you made sure that the kernel supports your IDE controller chipset? My
> > HPT366 wasn't properly supported until the 2.4.0-test kernels were
> > released. I only recently got the drive to work in UDMA66 with the test4
> > kernel. Everything is peachy now though, I am getting 21.5MB/s with a
> > 5400rpm drive.
>
> thats pretty fast, if i may say so. I think only 10k rpm drives will
> reach up to that level.
>
A normal good 10K drive reaches 30-40 (My IBM Ultrastar does 36)
> regards
>
> Robert
> --
> +============================================================+
> |Robert M. Stockmann SBA Automatisering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |
> | Networking Engineer UNIX Consultant |
> +============================================================+
> Linux: A copylefted Unix-like operating system for several platforms :
> http://perso.wanadoo.es/xose/linux/linux_ports.html
--
Bartek kostrzewa - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<<< http://technoage.web.lu >>>
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Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2000 15:40:26 +0200
From: Bartek Kostrzewa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux not seeing SCSI tape drive
AndrewM wrote:
>
> relevant part of dmesg is:
>
> scsi0 : SCSI host adapter emulation for IDE ATAPI devices
> scsi : 1 host.
>
> The SCSI card sees the tape drive, and after my first reboot Linux did
> too, but after successive reboots it does not see it. On another Linux
> box the tape drive is always seen.
>
> How can I get this one linux box to see the tape drive? I am using an
> adaptec 2930 SCSI card. Kernel version is 2.2.12-20.
>
> Thanks for any help,
>
> Andrew
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
Your info is a little vague. What tape drive is it?
--
Bartek kostrzewa - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<<< http://technoage.web.lu >>>
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From: Mark Astley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: K6-2 vs Duron - a server platform
Date: 11 Aug 2000 09:40:18 -0400
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<snip>
> If people will be using your box for things like development as well,
> you might look into an SMP option. You can buy a dual-CPU Pentium Pro
> motherboard with integrated SCSI and audio for under $150 now, and two
> PPro CPUs together will probably cost about that (but be prepared to
> pay $200+ apiece if you want ones with the 1MB cache). If you really
> decide to go crazy, you can pick up a 6-CPU setup (sans memory and
> CPUs) for under $500 - that includes the giant case you need and all
> the riser cards.
Eric,
Can you provide a website where this 6-cpu board may be found? I'm
interested...
mark
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From: Franz Bieri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ATI Rage 128 XPERT 2000 - distortion problem
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2000 15:59:17 +0200
I had to disable the video ram/memory cache in my BIOS.
And what a miracle: my ATI Rage 128 worked perfectly.
greetings
sam
baghdady wrote:
> I have an Xpert 2000 on my machine and I have recentlely
> installed Linux Mandrake 7.0 with XFree 3.3.6. Until now, I
> haven't been able to get the graphics card to work and I am
> using the VGA16 server instead (very ugly). I have tried all the
> cards in the list in both XF86Setup that have the words "rage"
> or "xpert" in them without any luck. I have tried to change the
> XFConfig file manually following the suggestions of some web
> pages and some friends without any luck either. I even installed
> the "XFCom-r128-glibc2.1-1.0.0-1.i386.rpm" mentioned above and
> following the steps in the web page without any success.
> I gather from your emails that you *all* have managed to install
> this card (even though some of you have some problems). Could
> somebody *please* tell me what he/she did to install the card?
> Any suggestions are of great help.
> Thanx
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------
>
> Got questions? Get answers over the phone at Keen.com.
> Up to 100 minutes free!
> http://www.keen.com
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From: "Marc Belanger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ST01/02 Driver for RH
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2000 10:07:39 -0700
Hi -
I'm looking for a driver for the ISA SCSI controller. This is an embedded
controller in Compaq Proliant 4500 servers. Although not directly supported
by Compaq or RH, the chipset appears to be ST01. Compaq calls this a 2/e
scsi controller, not to be confused with the SMART 2 series of controllers,
which already have kernel support (2.2.16 anyways, probably others).
http://metalab.unc.edu/mdw/HOWTO/Hardware-HOWTO.html lists the ST01 as
supported which is good news I think, if I cold only find the driver.
It also seems to have support from the *BSD Unices.
So the problem is my *.iso CD doesn't boot, but other OS's will boot from
CD. I can create a boot.img, and boot, but the install can't find the CDROM
which is on the 2/e controller.
Does anyone know where I can find this driver, or what the linux src file is
called ?
Thanks for reading this far (if you did)
-Marc
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From: Fredrik Kronlid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ASUS K7 + Mandrake 7.0 + SB 128 PCI
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2000 16:10:08 +0200
During upstart (and when trying to use sndconfig or lothar) i get the
following message:
/[path to modules]/es1371.o: init_module: device or resource busy
I use the ASUS K7 motherboard (onboard sound disabled with jumper and
bios),
Mandrake Linux 7.0 and the SoundBlaster 128 PCI sound card.
/F
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linksys LNE100TX v4 won't initialise under RedHat 6.2
Date: 11 Aug 2000 14:38:28 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
: What can I do to make Linux find the card? As I said, I've used this
Nothing. Just install the driver, add the appropriate alias for eth0 to
conf.modules, and there you are.
I don't know offhand (i.e. without looking) which driver supports the
chip on this card. You have the card. Look at its chip, then check the
driver sources for their comments about which chips they support.
Compile install and configure the appropriate driver ...
Peter
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Subject: Re: ATA-100 on ATA-66 moboard -- hdparms...
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kenneth R�rvik)
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2000 14:59:08 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bartek Kostrzewa) wrote in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>> > Have you made sure that the kernel supports your IDE controller
>> > chipset? My HPT366 wasn't properly supported until the 2.4.0-test
>> > kernels were released. I only recently got the drive to work in
>> > UDMA66 with the test4 kernel. Everything is peachy now though, I am
>> > getting 21.5MB/s with a 5400rpm drive.
>>
>> thats pretty fast, if i may say so. I think only 10k rpm drives will
>> reach up to that level.
>>
>
>A normal good 10K drive reaches 30-40 (My IBM Ultrastar does 36)
That's just what I wanted to hear - my conclusion is that my 21,5 figure is
probably correct :)
--
Kenneth R�rvik 91841353/22718452
Steenstrupsgate 5 B [EMAIL PROTECTED]
0554 OSLO home.no.net/stasis
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Subject: Re: ASUS K7 + Mandrake 7.0 + SB 128 PCI
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kenneth R�rvik)
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2000 14:59:48 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Fredrik Kronlid) wrote in
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>During upstart (and when trying to use sndconfig or lothar) i get the
>following message:
>
>/[path to modules]/es1371.o: init_module: device or resource busy
Have you tried compiling ES1371 support directly into the kernel?
--
Kenneth R�rvik 91841353/22718452
Steenstrupsgate 5 B [EMAIL PROTECTED]
0554 OSLO home.no.net/stasis
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From: AndrewM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux not seeing SCSI tape drive
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2000 15:00:28 GMT
It is an Onstream tape drive. I have a second Linux machine that
recognizes it everytime, but the one machine I want to use as an
enterprise backup machine does not see it. Everytime I reboot the second
machine that does see it, Kudzu will bring up the menu to add it if I
just plugged it in, or remove it is disconnected, but the first machine
will not. The adaptec card does see it and enumerates it.
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Bartek Kostrzewa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> AndrewM wrote:
> >
> > relevant part of dmesg is:
> >
> > scsi0 : SCSI host adapter emulation for IDE ATAPI devices
> > scsi : 1 host.
> >
> > The SCSI card sees the tape drive, and after my first reboot Linux
did
> > too, but after successive reboots it does not see it. On another
Linux
> > box the tape drive is always seen.
> >
> > How can I get this one linux box to see the tape drive? I am using
an
> > adaptec 2930 SCSI card. Kernel version is 2.2.12-20.
> >
> > Thanks for any help,
> >
> > Andrew
> >
> > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> > Before you buy.
>
> Your info is a little vague. What tape drive is it?
>
> --
> Bartek kostrzewa - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> <<< http://technoage.web.lu >>>
>
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: Staffan Emren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux not seeing SCSI tape drive
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2000 17:19:25 +0200
AndrewM wrote:
>
> It is an Onstream tape drive. I have a second Linux machine that
> recognizes it everytime, but the one machine I want to use as an
> enterprise backup machine does not see it. Everytime I reboot the second
> machine that does see it, Kudzu will bring up the menu to add it if I
> just plugged it in, or remove it is disconnected, but the first machine
> will not. The adaptec card does see it and enumerates it.
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Bartek Kostrzewa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > AndrewM wrote:
> > >
> > > relevant part of dmesg is:
> > >
> > > scsi0 : SCSI host adapter emulation for IDE ATAPI devices
> > > scsi : 1 host.
Your using a SCSI tape, but the kernel loads an emulation driver for
tapes connected to the IDE interface. Could this be the starting point
for further investigations? :-)
Good luck!
Staffan Emren
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From: C Schulz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: ISDN 128K modem
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2000 15:59:02 +0100
sideband wrote:
>
> "David .." wrote:
>
> > Looking for recommendations for a good stable 128K ISDN modem internal
> > or external to use with linux. Will be used to give internet access to
> > 24 users systems.
> >
> > Thanks.
> > --
> > Confucius say: He who play in root, eventually kill tree.
> > Registered with the Linux Counter. http://counter.li.org
> > ID # 123538
>
> I've had good luck with the NETGEAR XM128 and a high speed serial card.
> The modem's serial port is capable of 460.8Kbps, so get a serial card
> capable of at least that. The cost is nice too... $169 for the modem, and
> $30 for a decent serial card that will handle the thruput.
>
> HTH.
>
> -SSB
Why not go for a PCI ISDN card, like an ASUS or AVM Fritz. They are
capable of channel bonding and give you 128K access without the need of
an additional serial card and are much cheaper: you should be able to
get them for less than �50.
Christian
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ()
Subject: Re: Lexmark Optra 40?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2000 15:54:31 GMT
On 11 Aug 2000 07:10:22 GMT, John Hong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Can anyone still find this printer for sale?
>From a search @ www.pricewatch.com:
http://www.pricewatch.com/dealinfo/74.htm ("corporate raider")
http://www.pricewatch.com/dealinfo/1583.htm ("dream pages inc.")
http://www.pricewatch.com/dealinfo/469.htm ("compusource")
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Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2000 17:29:47 +0200
From: Bartek Kostrzewa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ASUS K7 + Mandrake 7.0 + SB 128 PCI
Fredrik Kronlid wrote:
>
> During upstart (and when trying to use sndconfig or lothar) i get the
> following message:
>
> /[path to modules]/es1371.o: init_module: device or resource busy
>
> I use the ASUS K7 motherboard (onboard sound disabled with jumper and
> bios),
> Mandrake Linux 7.0 and the SoundBlaster 128 PCI sound card.
>
> /F
Easy one. Disable PNP OS in BIOS, had the same problems.
--
Bartek kostrzewa - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<<< http://technoage.web.lu >>>
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From: "Serguei Vassiliev" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ATA88 problems
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2000 20:13:54 +0100
Hello,
I have Promise ATA66 controller on motherboard
I have built kernel 2.4 with enabled driver
for this device
but during booting kernel hangs every time
Any suggetions are welcome,
Thanks,
Sergej.
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From: "Richard Muller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ATI Rage 128 XPERT 2000 - distortion problem
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2000 12:18:55 -0400
Sam,
I'm trying to install Mandrake 6.0 on my PIII 550/ASUS MB and have problems
with my ATI XPERT (Rage 128) card, among others. What driver did you select
which you then got working after disabling caching?
Richard
"Franz Bieri" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I had to disable the video ram/memory cache in my BIOS.
> And what a miracle: my ATI Rage 128 worked perfectly.
>
> greetings
> sam
>
> baghdady wrote:
>
> > I have an Xpert 2000 on my machine and I have recentlely
> > installed Linux Mandrake 7.0 with XFree 3.3.6. Until now, I
> > haven't been able to get the graphics card to work and I am
> > using the VGA16 server instead (very ugly). I have tried all the
> > cards in the list in both XF86Setup that have the words "rage"
> > or "xpert" in them without any luck. I have tried to change the
> > XFConfig file manually following the suggestions of some web
> > pages and some friends without any luck either. I even installed
> > the "XFCom-r128-glibc2.1-1.0.0-1.i386.rpm" mentioned above and
> > following the steps in the web page without any success.
> > I gather from your emails that you *all* have managed to install
> > this card (even though some of you have some problems). Could
> > somebody *please* tell me what he/she did to install the card?
> > Any suggestions are of great help.
> > Thanx
> >
> > -----------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > Got questions? Get answers over the phone at Keen.com.
> > Up to 100 minutes free!
> > http://www.keen.com
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Linksys LNE100TX v4 won't initialise under RedHat 6.2
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2000 16:14:05 GMT
In article <8n1354$jmc$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I don't know offhand (i.e. without looking) which driver supports the
> chip on this card. You have the card. Look at its chip, then check the
> driver sources for their comments about which chips they support.
> Compile install and configure the appropriate driver ...
It's supposed to be the Tulip driver, which I already have compiled
into my kernel. It was working with the previous Linksys LNE100TX card
but not this one.
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: Andrey Vlasov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ASUS K7 + Mandrake 7.0 + SB 128 PCI
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2000 09:27:01 -0700
Hi Fredrik,
did you checked that BIOS PnP OS option is off? If not - turn it off and
try again.
NOTE: I am not sure that it will work for your system but it solve many
problem in Linux for kernels before 2.3.
Andrey
Fredrik Kronlid wrote:
> During upstart (and when trying to use sndconfig or lothar) i get the
> following message:
>
> /[path to modules]/es1371.o: init_module: device or resource busy
>
> I use the ASUS K7 motherboard (onboard sound disabled with jumper and
> bios),
> Mandrake Linux 7.0 and the SoundBlaster 128 PCI sound card.
>
> /F
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From: "Richard Muller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Working - Thanks: 20.4GB HD, bios limitation, EZ-drive or any other?
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2000 12:32:51 -0400
What did you do to get it working? I'm trying to install Mandrake 6.0 and
may run in to the same problem with my Western Digital 20.4 GB drive.
Regards,
Richard
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Thanks everybody, it is working great.
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have a 4 GB hda for windoze, 4 GB hdb for Debian and just installed a
> > 20.4 GB maxtor HD and also running partition commender's boot manager. I
> > would like to use this 20.4 gb hdd for debian only.
> >
> > My bios does not support bigger than 8.4 GB. I got the latest bios
> > upgrade from gateway2000, but that didn't do anything. I tried setting
> > the hard disk settings in the bios manually (instead of automatic
> > configuration) with 39683 cylinder (manufacturer specs says this is the
> > max cylinder), did not help. I included the 'append = "hdd =
> > 39683,16,63"' in lilo.conf (as suggested by linuxdoc-howto web site),
> > still can not get more than 8.4 gb. This howto says that linux can
> > bypass the bios settings, but it didn't or I missed something.
> >
> > Is there any other way to get the 20.4 gb from this harddrive?
> > Should I install EZ-Drive software that comes from maxtor? Will this
> > screw up the things?
> >
> > Thanks.
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From: Greg Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
linux.apps.cdwrite,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Simple question about CD-Writing for Linux
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2000 12:41:30 -0700
What is the setup of your EIDE/IDE channel(s)? Which devices, where,
and how are they jumpered?
Greg
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From: Duane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linksys LNE100TX v4 won't initialise under RedHat 6.2
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2000 08:54:34 -0700
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I had to get a new card for my PC as it got zapped by a lightning storm
> this past week. My original card was a Linksys LNE100TX - EtherFast
> 10/100 PCI Lan card that has worked wonderfully for my cable modem. It
> was a version 2.0.
>
> I went to purchase another Linksys LNE100TX which is now at version 4.
> When I rebooted the PC after installing it, Linux won't find the card
> on bootup. I looked in the /etc/sysconfig/hwconf file and it lists a
> card there, but it doesn't say it's a Linksys card or a DEC Tulip chip
> card which the Linksys card is.
Yes, the new Linksys cards still use a tulip chip, but a newer one then
the old Linksys cards. I have almost the same situation, with a mix of
the old and new Linksys LNE100TX cards. I had to get and install the
latest tulip driver to get the new cards to work. The new driver works
fine with the older Linksys cards, too.
http://www.scyld.com/network/tulip.html
--
My real email is akamail.com@dclark (or something like that).
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From: EKK <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ATA-100 on ATA-66 moboard -- hdparms...
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2000 03:17:44 -0700
Kenneth R�rvik wrote:
> off. I am using hdparm -u1 -c3 -m16, the drive uses UDMA4 by default(2.4.0-
ok, so '-u1 -c3 -m16' are adequate parameters?
no errors and stable, right?
(I have an ATA-100 running on VIA ATA-66 onboard controller)
There seems to be much ambiguity as to the hdparm settings...
AG
--
Alessandro Giachino, Software Engineer
EKK Inc.
2065 West Maple C309 tel. 248-624-9957
Walled Lake MI 48390 fax. 248-624-7158
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From: Greg Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: setting up a parallel scanner
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2000 12:53:18 -0700
I have a "Plustek FBIII" ecp scanner that works well in windows.
However, I am trying to get away from windows and want to set it up in
linux. How do I do that; are there any programs that interface the
scanner and the os?
Greg
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From: Greg Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: CD writing/rewriting with 700MB media
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2000 12:57:23 -0700
Okay, how do I do it? It appears that cdrecord only wants to use 650 or
5something MB media. Is there an alternative to cdrecord to copy or
master on an 80 min, 700MB cd?
Greg
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From: Tilman Kranz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Dual Head FB with ATI cards
Date: 11 Aug 2000 16:44:23 GMT
Greetings,
PJC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [...] I am running kernel 2.2.17 and at bootup, the first card
> is found and setup, but the system crashes when it finds the
> second. If I remove either card it runs with no problem.
> It is also fine when I don't add dual head support, but do use console fb
> support.
I have a slightly different problem but the subject nearly fits mine.
My Setup:
I am trying to get 2 ATI Charger 3D cards (Mach64) chipset to run
with a vanilla 2.2.16. I have an ATX Board with VIA chipset and 3 PCI
slots. Currently I have plugged the Chargers into slots 1
(0:8:0) and 3 (0:10:0). In-between is a network interface card.
(I also tried each card alone as 0:8:0, worked; as well as
0:9:0/0:10:0 which did not, see below).
None of the hardware components have been extensivley
used before, the cards are completely unused.
Since using different settings for vesafb and atyfb respectively
did not work I currently am having removed all "video..."
kernel appends.
The Error:
First of all, my PC seems not to recognize one of the cards as
suitable for being primary VGA interface. It's always the same
card being refused (I tried different configurations, see above).
This card performed normal when plugged in without the other card.
The screen atached to this card (which is currently 0:8:0) remains
dark and the system comes up on the second head.
Now I go into linux-2.2.16 via LILO.
The first head get initialized as second framebuffer device but
is displaying garbage only. /dev/tty1 is being mapped onto
the (working) head 0:10:0. Mode changes onto /dev/fb0 (default
fbdev) are accepted and executed. /devv/tty2 and 3 are being
mapped onto the second head (why?). The stuff that head
displays is unreadable (see below).
Diagnostics:
The malfunctioning head reacts to mode changes performed by XFree.
(Version is 4.01 configured for Xinerama). It still displays garbage
but different-looking one ;-)
In console I get long vertical lines in green and yellow - about
10 pixels apart (guessed). There are also problems with image
synchronistation (small, fast waves of distortion).
The image displayed begins to flash (blink) heavily when
modifying areas by moving a window.
Question:
How can I fix this? I really do not want to buy an expensive
AGP card since I only do text-processing and some 2D graphics
at this box.
Greetings,
Tilman.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Esa Tikka)
Subject: Re: scsi mystery
Date: 11 Aug 2000 16:24:38 GMT
On 10 Aug 2000 15:05:46 GMT, Esa Tikka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On Wed, 9 Aug 2000 15:56:31 -0500, David Weis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>>I had seen reference to it being low level formatted, but now that I think
>>about it, the process only worked on one model of scsi controller that you
>>probably won't have access to (aha1740 in a microchannel ps/2). You may
>>want to find the 520to512.exe and give that a try. I think it changes the
>>actual settings on the drive.
>
>Oh well, I'll give it a try, I don't have much to lose. Luckily I still
>got the slowly rotting ide drive which I intended to replace with the scsi
>drive. Ironic.
Ok, I found the executable (with FTPSearch). No matter did I boot with
dos 7 or dos 3.3 floppy it says "Generic SCSI CBios is required to run
this program" and exits. Well, I know I have the controllers bios enabled,
so this left me empty handed.
However, looking at dmesg, I notice the text "SCSI device sda: hdwr
sector= 512 bytes." To me it seems that the AHA-2940 bios did change the
sector size during low level format. Right?
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