Linux-Hardware Digest #457, Volume #13 Mon, 21 Aug 00 14:13:11 EDT
Contents:
Re: Linux Boot questions (Marc Andre Selig)
Re: SuperMicro Motherboard...ServerWorks Chipset.... (John Burton)
Re: Which Linux distribution supports SiS530 chipsets? (Douglas E. Mitton)
Re: HELP - Linux reports 16M RAM but I have 128Mb! ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: Is it a possible cause? ("Peter T. Breuer")
Dell PERCRaid 3/Di ("John")
edquota help needed ("Paul Morris")
Re: HELP - Linux reports 16M RAM but I have 128Mb! (Carl Tan)
zip module (Eugene Y Lee)
Re: HELP - Linux reports 16M RAM but I have 128Mb! (Carl Tan)
Re: SB16 -- good old 'dev or resource busy'... ("Manuel Jander Jansen")
Re: My modem hangup after the negociation...... ("Manuel Jander Jansen")
Re: free photos (Matthias Arndt)
Re: Installing 2nd hard disk ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Installing 2nd hard disk ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: HELP - Linux reports 16M RAM but I have 128Mb! ("Peter T. Breuer")
first time user (=?iso-8859-1?Q?=B4e=B3J=40Office?=)
SB PCI128 does not work... (Daniel =?iso-8859-1?Q?Fern=E1ndez?= Garrido)
ADSL Alcatel Speed Touch: any driver ? (Bruno Costacurta)
PPP? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
ESS 33600 WinModem Modem ("Manuel Jander Jansen")
Kernel panic message on install (Jason Souder)
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Subject: Re: Linux Boot questions
From: Marc Andre Selig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 21 Aug 2000 15:07:06 +0200
"Andrew" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> If I formatted and repartioned the drive, why prior to removing LILO, if I
> reboot, do I see the kernel decompress and load? I get a message that the
> filesystem can't be found, which is understandable, but where is the kernel
> stored that LILO can still load it after the drive has been formatted and
> repartioned?
When LILO is configured by running /sbin/lilo, the physical location
of the kernel is stored in the boot loader. This location does not
depend on the actual file system installed. It just points to some
place on the hard disk where the kernel happens to be.
When you repartition the drive, you create new file system
information, but the raw data that was contained in the old partition
is still present in all the old places -- until you overwrite it, that
is. At boot time, when LILO looks at the place on the disk where the
kernel used to be, that data is still there, and the kernel can still
be loaded.
This is why, when you change your kernel, you must run /sbin/lilo to
update the boot loader's idea of where the kernel lives. It is also
the reason why you must re-run /sbin/lilo after defragmenting a DOS
partition with your kernel: defrag may have moved the kernel, and LILO
must be told about that.
I hope this is clear enough?
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From: John Burton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SuperMicro Motherboard...ServerWorks Chipset....
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 09:36:33 -0400
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> John Burton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Recently I posted a request here asking about a SuperMicro Super 370DL3
> > / 370DLE motherborad (they are essentially the same board, the only diff
> > is that the DL3 has onboard SCSI). The nice thing about these boards is
> > that they are dual processor (socket 370) motherboards supporting the
> > Intel Pentium III Coppermine with a 133Mhz FSB. Unfortunately I was on
> > vacation for 10days and then our news server suffered a disk crash and
> > lost all old messages and was down for another week - basically if
> > anyone responded to my post, I didn't see it... So I ask again...
>
> It's times like this that Deja is a valuable resource.
>
> > Does anyone know anything about the SuperMicro 370DL3 mother board? Does
> > anyone know anything about the performance of the ServerWorks SeverSet
> > III LE chipset? I've been looking for benchmarks & reviews of this
> > board but I haven't found anything. Any thoughts or suggestions?
>
> If this board has the Intel 840 chipset, then it has APIC problems
> with Linux. There is a fairly long and ongoing thread devoted to the
> subject. See Deja.
>
> --
> Eric McCoy ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
>
Eric,
Thanks for the response! I know about the problems with the 840
chipset... As it says in my original post, this board has the ServerWorks
ServerSet III LE Chipset, *not* the Intel 840...
John
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John Burton, Ph.D.
Senior Associate GATS, Inc.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 11864 Canon Blvd - Suite 101
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (personal) Newport News, VA 23606
(757) 873-5920 (voice) (757) 873-5924 (fax)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Douglas E. Mitton)
Subject: Re: Which Linux distribution supports SiS530 chipsets?
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 13:57:08 GMT
I have this same chipset on my motherboard. The first distribution I
used that supports it was Mandrake 7.0. My next distribution was
Slackware 7 and it supported it also. Note that earlier Mandrake did
NOT list (nor work with) this chipset.
I now have installed Mandrake 7.1 and, along with Slack7 both support
SiS530.
Good luck!
On Fri, 18 Aug 2000 16:43:03 -0500, "Marcus Ramirez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>Does anyone know which Linux distribution will support the SiS530 video
>chipset? Does anyone have an SiS530 onboard chipset?
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HELP - Linux reports 16M RAM but I have 128Mb!
Date: 21 Aug 2000 13:58:09 GMT
Carl Tan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: What do you mean by running lilo?
What do you mean by "what do you mean by running lilo"? The statement
is perfectly normal english. Just run lilo. That'll put your newly
specified configuration into the boot record of the disk, where it
will be effective.
: I thought a reboot [on its own] would work then. Is
: that right?
No, it is not right. Please read the instructions. The FAQ and the
HOWTOs are there to help you! (And I didn't mention the man pages.
Let's hear it for the man pages ......... thank you).
Peter
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Is it a possible cause?
Date: 21 Aug 2000 14:00:27 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
: Sindh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
: Old age or just quality. Considering that 17" monitors cost about
: $130 now, you should just get a new one. The cost to repair a monitor
Are you kidding? My 15" Sony cost about $400 (50Kptas) when I bought it
three years ago.
: is about $90.
Oh, well, phew. Not here it isn't. That places the price range.
Peter
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From: "John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Dell PERCRaid 3/Di
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 15:47:41 +0100
Has anyone out there got the percraid.o driver for the Dell PercRaid 3/Di,
as Dell only supply it in an rpm file
I hope to be running a Xeon III 866, 512Mb RAM, 2 x 34GB Raid Arrays on
Debian.
Can someone please post the driver, either on this group or mail it directly
to me, and say which kernel they are running
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From: "Paul Morris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.linux.slakware,alt.os.linux.slackware,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: edquota help needed
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 16:06:28 +0100
Hi ,
Can someone direct me to help or paste seme edquota help please.
I can get edquota to work but i don`t have a clue what to add when iv`e
opened up VI with a User .
help ?
I`m sorry for the Mass CrossPost but i need dire help .
--
Yours ,
Paul Morris
visit http://www.xcalibre.co.uk , http://www.dance-anthems.org,
http://www.radio1.org
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From: Carl Tan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HELP - Linux reports 16M RAM but I have 128Mb!
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 23:14:09 +0800
Hi Peter,
Thanks for setting me straight. I hadn't realised this gross error. I was
under the assumption that lilo would be run on bootup, and that at that time,
the lilo.conf file would be read, and things would then be hunky-dory.
I guess I misunderstood. I stand corrected. I'll go check it now. Thanks for
all the help and the PATIENCE you guys no doubt have had to give when reading
through my problems!
Thanks and best regards
Carl.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"Peter T. Breuer" wrote:
> Carl Tan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> : What do you mean by running lilo?
>
> What do you mean by "what do you mean by running lilo"? The statement
> is perfectly normal english. Just run lilo. That'll put your newly
> specified configuration into the boot record of the disk, where it
> will be effective.
>
> : I thought a reboot [on its own] would work then. Is
> : that right?
>
> No, it is not right. Please read the instructions. The FAQ and the
> HOWTOs are there to help you! (And I didn't mention the man pages.
> Let's hear it for the man pages ......... thank you).
>
> Peter
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From: Eugene Y Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: zip module
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 11:43:00 -0400
I have my zip drive installed using a line in the conf.modules with
ide-scsi.o When I first start up my box, I can mount and unmount my zip
drive with no problems. I can write to it no problem. However at some
point later in time, I am unable to mount the zip drive. I get errors
telling me that the zip drive is not a valid block device. It seems
that for some reason, the module is not being loaded up automatically.
Once I manually load the module I can mount the zip drive again.
Any thoughts?
Eugene
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From: Carl Tan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HELP - Linux reports 16M RAM but I have 128Mb!
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 23:57:42 +0800
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hello Peter and everyone else who have helped on this small problem!
Thanks for all your comments and suggestions! Yes, it was an oversight and
misunderstanding on my part. I ran lilo again., and straight away I now have
128Mb RAM!
Linus Rocks!
Carl.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"Peter T. Breuer" wrote:
> Carl Tan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> : What do you mean by running lilo?
>
> What do you mean by "what do you mean by running lilo"? The statement
> is perfectly normal english. Just run lilo. That'll put your newly
> specified configuration into the boot record of the disk, where it
> will be effective.
>
> : I thought a reboot [on its own] would work then. Is
> : that right?
>
> No, it is not right. Please read the instructions. The FAQ and the
> HOWTOs are there to help you! (And I didn't mention the man pages.
> Let's hear it for the man pages ......... thank you).
>
> Peter
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From: "Manuel Jander Jansen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SB16 -- good old 'dev or resource busy'...
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 12:44:27 -0400
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, csb2000
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Peter T. Breuer wrote:
>>
>>
>> Jared M Minch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> : I've been trying to get my sb16 to work, but every time I try to load
> the
>> : sb module, I get 'init_module: device or resource busy.' (Sometimes,
>>
>> : At first, I figured that it was an IRQ conflict or something, but
>> I've
>>
>> It is. SB16's work fine. I should know .. I've had one for years.
>>
>> : Does anyone have any ideas as to what could be going wrong?
>>
>> Yes ... you're using the wrong sb module params. Tell us what they
>> are. Run isapnp to set up the sb16 to match them (or do it the other
>> way round ...).
If your SB16 isn't Plug and Pray, then you will have to specify the IO address,
irq and dma channels manually, or configure them in your /etc/modules.conf
(some weird dists uses /etc/conf.modules).
For me this is:
modprobe io=0x220 irq=5 dma=1 dma16=5
or in my /etc/modules.conf file:
alias sound sb io=0x220 irq=5 dma=1 dma16=5
If your SB16 IS Plug and pray, then you'll have to do the same,
but initialize your card using the isapnp tool, if your BIOS
hasn't done it yet. At boot time, if your BIOS shows your
Sound card, specifyng some address, irq, dma, etc, use that
values (Your BIOS Setup probably includes: "PNP OS Installed : NO").
I hope this helps.
>>
>> Peter
>
>
> Hey man I'm having the same problem with my Sound Blaster Live Value!
>
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From: "Manuel Jander Jansen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: My modem hangup after the negociation......
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 12:49:10 -0400
Hello,
It must not be necesarily a modem problem. Maybe you have set the
connect timeout to short? Some Telephone lines/Modems need more
time to connect than usual. Check your /etc/ppp/options file. That is
for Debian Linux, but there should be a option files for the PPP daemon
config. It could be, that your chatscript, are whatever connectivity
software overrides that settings.
bye.
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, sideband <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> franck dubuis wrote:
>
>> I don't think, because I've no problem under windoz!
>>
>> > Sounds like a dirty phone line to me... Have your telephone company
>> > come out an do some line noise tests, and if
>> the
>> > line is noisy, have it fixed.
>> >
>> > HTH
>> >
>> > -SSB
>> >
>> >
>
> Hrm.. Well, then. Winmodem support isn't that great under Linux, if the
> support is there at all... Might want to think about getting a real
> modem, if you're having trouble with yours, or wait for improved drivers
> for your particular modem.
>
> -SSB
>
>
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From: Matthias Arndt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: free photos
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 11:25:16 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
martin wrote:
>
> free pics
>
>
> http://utenti.tripod.it/freeteens69/foto.html
>
>
>
> www.geocities.com/freeteens69/index.html
>
>
>
>
>
>
I would say, that this article is in the WRONG place.
This is a pure LINUX newsgroup about hardware problems.
Place your xrated announcements somewhere else.
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... Original mail by Matthias Arndt
IMPORTANT: Mail any replies to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
my ICQ number is: 40358321
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Installing 2nd hard disk
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.misc
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 13:10:57 +0100
[EMAIL PROTECTED] did eloquently scribble:
> Peter T. Breuer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> did eloquently scribble:
>> : The whole point of the mount command is to allow for an extendable
>> : filesystem without the need to reboot!
>> I think you're confusing two parts of the software universe.
> I think you're right...
> :)
> My mistake.
Looks like I was wrong to admit I was wrong.
I *thought* I'd managed to add a disk and fdisk it without rebooting.
(It was so long ago, I though I was mistaken. Now I know I wasn't).
I hereby retract my "I think you're right. :) My mistake"
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Installing 2nd hard disk
Date: 21 Aug 2000 17:07:31 GMT
In comp.os.linux.misc [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
: [EMAIL PROTECTED] did eloquently scribble:
:> Peter T. Breuer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> did eloquently scribble:
:>> : The whole point of the mount command is to allow for an extendable
:>> : filesystem without the need to reboot!
:>> I think you're confusing two parts of the software universe.
:> I think you're right...
:> :)
:> My mistake.
: Looks like I was wrong to admit I was wrong.
: I *thought* I'd managed to add a disk and fdisk it without rebooting.
: (It was so long ago, I though I was mistaken. Now I know I wasn't).
: I hereby retract my "I think you're right. :) My mistake"
Better retract the quote above it though, since you were confusing two
parts of the software universe: the kernels boot sequence (which
includes a scan of the partition table on all IDE devices) and inits
sequence (which includes mounts of the devices listed in fstab).
Peter
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HELP - Linux reports 16M RAM but I have 128Mb!
Date: 21 Aug 2000 17:11:21 GMT
Carl Tan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: Thanks for setting me straight. I hadn't realised this gross error. I was
: under the assumption that lilo would be run on bootup, and that at that time,
: the lilo.conf file would be read, and things would then be hunky-dory.
It can't read the lilo.conf file. It's on a file system. To read a file
system you need a kernel running. To have a kernel running you have to
boot one first. That's what you're about to do ...
(there are ways around all these obhections ... please not let's list them).
Peter
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From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?=B4e=B3J=40Office?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: first time user
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 13:12:16 -0400
It's not the first time I use Linux, but is the first time I install
Linux and also with a computer build on scratch. I'm wondering if
Redhat 6.2 support "Promise Ultra66 PCI Controller Card" and also Voodoo
3 2000 (or 2200, I forgot the number).
Also, when I want to install Linux on a blank hard drive, should I use
the Linux boot disk created from the CD to boot it? Can the hard drive
be connected to the Promise card when I install Linux, since nothing is
on the hard drive, so no driver for the card.
--
Anson
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From: Daniel =?iso-8859-1?Q?Fern=E1ndez?= Garrido <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: SB PCI128 does not work...
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 19:34:59 +0200
Hello.
I've got a SB PCI 128 with an Ensoniq ES1371 chip. I've configured
the kernel correctly and the card seems to work fine with Audio CDs, but
I'm not able to play Mp3's from FreeAmp, or RealPlayer Media, or any
other type of sound not coming from the CD player...
Anyway, the OS doesn't complain in any way. It does not realize that
sound is not reaching the speakers.
It seems as if only the CD player could communicate with the sound
board.
The SB works correctly on Win, and it worked correctly on Linux
before. I think the problem started when I installed the last update for
Helix GNOME, which updated (I think) the "esd".
Which can be the problem here?
It's Red Hat 6.1 with kernel 2.2.12.
Thank's.
�--
Daniel Fern�ndez Garrido
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Bruno Costacurta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ADSL Alcatel Speed Touch: any driver ?
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 19:50:51 +0100
Hi,
about the ADSL PC NIC card
is there a compatible driver for the internal Alcatel Speed Touch ?
Cheers,
Bruno
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: PPP?
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 17:37:53 GMT
On an old 386 laptop I managed to get debian loaded. However, I cannot
get PPP to work at all. I tried getting in "manually" by using minicom
and then pppd *, but it tries and tries to get in and then just hangs up
completely.
Any ideas?
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: "Manuel Jander Jansen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ESS 33600 WinModem Modem
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 13:00:02 -0400
Hi,
Recently i got a ESS 33.600 Winmodem. Does anybody know if
its supported by any LinModem driver ??
Thanks.
Please answer to : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Jason Souder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Kernel panic message on install
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 10:51:40 -0700
I am new to Linux installs and have been trying for 2 days to install
RedHat 6.2 on my PC. I first tried a
Win2k/Linux dual boot but the system would hang on a Linux boot. I then
tried a Linux only install, but the
same error message appears. I have tried various hard drive partioning
with Linux only and Win2k/Linux
installs, but keep getting the same results.
The install process goes well, but when I reach the end of the Linux
install and make the boot disk, Linux
bombs on the restart. The message looks like this:
Kernel Panic: Attempted to kill the idle process!
In swapper task - not syncing
My PC configuration:
ASUS A7V motherboard
AMD 800Mhz Thunderbird
128MB SDRAM PC133
IBM 75GXP 30GB ATA/100
Matrox G400 32MB
Plextor 8x4x32x
Netgear network card
SB Live!
I currently have both the hard drive and CDRW hooked up to the primary
and secondary IDE interfaces on the
motherboard. I am not trying to use the ATA100 connections -- Win2k did
not recognize the connections
until after it was installed and the ATA100 driver was installed.
Thanks for the help,
Jason
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