Linux-Hardware Digest #496, Volume #13 Tue, 29 Aug 00 14:13:09 EDT
Contents:
Re: Diamond Viper II video card -- HELP (Chuck)
Re: Dell and Micron (Chuck)
Re: U.S Robotics modem again .... (Scott Alfter)
Tyan S1834D + Linux? (Lou Grinzo)
Re: Promise ATA100 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Copying DVDs (Frederick Artiss)
Re: Do Linux and VIA Apollo 133A Play Nicely together? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Plextor PlexWriter 12/10/32A, is the Burn Proof software or hardware?
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
eMachines eView montior ("Jim Johnson")
(no subject) ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Problems connecting to my ISP using ISDN ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Why does Linux printing via Parallel port slow system? (sideband)
Share USB printer over network Mac/Linux network? (Bill Berry)
Re: (YASP) Seagate Barracuda (ST318416W) Incompatibility ("D. Stimits")
Re: Which SMP: Dual 370 or Dual Slot 1? ("D. Stimits")
Re: Serial Port / Modem question (David Breakey)
Re: 2 Ethernet cards, system won't boot (The Contact)
Re: Low volume wit ESS Solo 1 (The Contact)
UPS via USB (David Breakey)
Re: Zip100 Mount Problems - /dev/sda4 not a valid block device (David C.)
Re: IDE CD-Rom doesn't like SCSI emulation with CDRW (Duane)
Re: Iomega ZIP Drive problems... ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: Chuck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Diamond Viper II video card -- HELP
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 10:54:52 -0400
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
No, but you should ask the company you bought the PC from. They
should _NOT_ be selling computers preconfigured with Linux that
include video cards without an adequate driver. Would you please
tell us which company you got the computer from?
- Chuck
Andrew O Davis wrote:
> I just got a new motherboard which came with a Linux 6.2 os designed for it.
> It installs fine, but my video card, a diamond viper II, doesn't have
> drivers so I can only see 16 colors. Does anyone know where I can find
> drivers that will work?
>
> The card is a 2x/4x AGP 32mb
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From: Chuck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Dell and Micron
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 11:04:28 -0400
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Steve Gage wrote:
> Mark wrote:
> >
> > I'm going to be purchasing a new computer soon. Has anyone had problems
> > installing Linux on Dell and Micron computers?
>
> I've always had good luck with Micron... nice standard components, at
> least in the past. You just want to be sure to select a "real" modem.
>
> - Steve
I have installed linux on 2 machines here in my office:
one Dell, one Micron. I had a problem with the Micron,
but it was 4 years old when I put Linux on it. -Chuck
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Scott Alfter)
Subject: Re: U.S Robotics modem again ....
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 15:43:11 GMT
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Tso Chi Wai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> So ,I get one 3Com U.S. Robotics 56K Faxmodem external PnP.
> After, I read the page again and look up the incompatiable list and see
>that PnP modems are not compatiable.
It'll work...tell whatever software that needs the modem to use the port
into which you plugged the modem and you're in business. PnP doesn't enter
into it when you're dealing with external modems.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lou Grinzo)
Subject: Tyan S1834D + Linux?
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 16:12:11 GMT
Anyone here have experience with a Tyan S1834D and Linux?
My configuration will likely be the 1834D, 2 800MHz P-III's,
256MB of 133MHz RAM, Adaptec Ultra-160 controller, a middle-
of-the-road graphics board (don't need 3D accel., for example),
floppy, CD, etc., plus RH 6.2.
TIA.
Take care,
Lou
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Promise ATA100
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 16:19:27 GMT
On Sat, 26 Aug 2000 19:21:40 -0700, "Jason Souder"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>....how do I
>run/install the patch.
man patch
or
info patch
I think, therefore, ken_i_m
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From: Frederick Artiss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.development.apps
Subject: Copying DVDs
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 16:31:02 GMT
Anyone know if it's possible to copy DVDs? If so what equipment and
software is needed?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.redhat,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Do Linux and VIA Apollo 133A Play Nicely together?
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 16:33:10 GMT
On Mon, 28 Aug 2000 01:53:33 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Is Linux compatible with the VIA Apollo 133A chipset? Are there any
>stability issues?
I have no problems at all with my Asus P3V133::PIII533B and Red Hat
6.2 However, from a hardware point of view the chipset has fumbled the
handling of memory and the box runs no faster the a Celeron 400 on a
440BX chipset set to a 66MHz FSB. (Note: The PIII533B is a 133FSB
cpu.) I have not yet had a chance to test some of the newer chipsets
that have come out.
I think, therefore, ken_i_m
Chief Gadgeteer, Elegant Innovations
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Plextor PlexWriter 12/10/32A, is the Burn Proof software or hardware?
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 16:36:05 GMT
The latest version of cdrecord supports "BurnProof". I have the
12/10/32, nice drive. No problems (yet).
On Mon, 28 Aug 2000 06:30:28 -0400, Walter Francis
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I have decided my christmas present this year is going to be a CD writer
>that *works* (as opposed to my HP 7200i CoasterMaker (tm))
>
>I just noticed the new(ish?) Plextor drive which has technology to stop
>the burn process and restart it given a buffer underrun or other related
>problems. Is this done in hardware or is it strictly software? IE: If
>I get this drive in Linux, will this technology work or will it have to
>wait for supporting software?
>
>I'd rather have a SCSI drive, but as this drive is $300 street (and
>likely lower by now, haven't looked for prices) it's going to be cheaper
>to get this drive with my existing IDE system than get a SCSI drive and
>a SCSI controller.
>
>I hope this hasn't been discussed recently, Deja.com showed nothing I
>could find.
>
>--
>Walter Francis
>http://theblackmoor.net Powered by Red Hat Linux 6.x
I think, therefore, ken_i_m
Chief Gadgeteer, Elegant Innovations
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From: "Jim Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: eMachines eView montior
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 09:37:27 -0700
Hello,
I can't get RedHat 6.2 to use my eMachines eView 15 inch monitor in any
resolution other than 16 bpp 640 x 480. When on a Windows box, the monitor
is capable of going to 24 bpp, 1024 x 768. During setup, it was reported as
an Unknown monitor. Running at this resolution is pretty much useless.
Being new to Linux, could someone lend a hand? Has anyone tried using a
monitor of this type and if so, what are the settings to use in the Monitor
configuration file?
Thanks,
Jim Johnson
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Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 09:57:25 -0700
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: (no subject)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Problems connecting to my ISP using ISDN
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 17:09:51 GMT
Greetings,
I'm running into torubles using a passive internal USR Sportster ISDN TA
adapter. I'm using Red Hat 6.1 (kernel 2.2.12) and isdn4linux (driver HiSax).
In fact, the card works, because i can talk to ttyI0, and i can make and
receive calls. The problem begins when i try to make a ppp (pppd) connection
to my ISP. Making calls to the ISP number using minicom and x75i instead of
HDLC brings a login window. But using HDLC the line seems dead. The
connection is stablished and some time after that, the remote side hangs.
The fact is that the same card, under windows and also using HDLC stablishes
the connection.
Searching through logfiles, i discovered that the pppd sends LCP frames and
receives nothing, so it resigns.
Everything seem OK, chat files, pap-secrets, cfg files. I configured it both
using kppp and by hand.
Any idea? Thanks in advance.
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: sideband <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Why does Linux printing via Parallel port slow system?
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 13:28:29 -0400
You're right, of course... I had it backwards... I do that sometimes
after being up for 20 hours trying to help a Win98 user login to the
Samba box (Sometimes users can be so dense), etc.
Linux defaults to Polled printing, which slows the system. Chalk it up
to a combination of fatigue and a brain fart.
-SSB
On or about 29 Aug 2000 14:20:34 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED],
using the forum comp.os.linux.hardware did say:
:In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (sideband) writes:
:>Because Linux does something that DOS/Windows doesn't... It actually
:>uses the parallel port's IRQ. With the IRQ being called every time
:>data needs to be sent to the port, you're going to see a slowdown on
:>slower systems. The only real cure for this is to increase the size of
:>the buffer in your M410 (i.e. Add RAM).
:
:SSB,
:
:I'm not sure this explanation makes sense. I would expect _polling_ to
:suck up an inordinate number of cycles, since the CPU is likely to spend
:a lot of time waiting for the printer to free up its internal buffer (if
:any) and report an un-busy condition.
:
:With IRQ-driven printing, the CPU only pays attention to the printer
:when it is out of power, out of paper (sometimes), or out of bytes to
:print, then it rapidly dumps enough data down the pipe to fill the
:printer's internal buffer back up. Much less processor overhead.
:
:I can't speak for Linux, since I've never checked into this particular
:aspect of the system. I do know that OS/2 defaults to polled printer
:support, and enabling interrupt-driven support (adding /IRQ to the
:driver line) speeds up printing _and_ makes the system much more
:responsive.
:
:MSWinNT, at least through v4.x, has _no_ support for interrupt-driven
:printing, as I painfully discovered trying to screen-dump a DOS session
:to a slow printer with an 80-byte buffer. Don't know if MS added this
:in for MSWin2K.
:
:Hope this makes sense...
:
:
:Frank McKenney, McKenney Associates
:Richmond, Virginia / (804) 320-4887
:E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Berry)
Subject: Share USB printer over network Mac/Linux network?
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 16:57:00 GMT
I have a cable modem lan with an iMac (Tangerine, girlfriend's), and a PC
running Mandrake. We have an HP inkjet printer attached to the iMac via USB.
How can we share this printer?
Can I throw a USB to ethernet adapter on the printer and plug it into the hub
(No? I didn't think so. But wouldn't that be cool if you could?)?
Is there a hardware solution for this situation? Why not?
Is there a software solution that doesn't involve connecting the printer to
the Linux box (No USB, & want to maintain separation of church and state)?
Is there a free (as in beer) printer queue for Mac?
Thanks,
e-mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 11:29:30 -0600
From: "D. Stimits" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: Re: (YASP) Seagate Barracuda (ST318416W) Incompatibility
Henry_Barta wrote:
>
> D. Stimits <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Is the drive terminated correctly?
>
> I am running into what sounds like the same problem with a
> Seagate Barracuda and a several year old AHA 2940UW. I'm quite
> certain termination is correct. I've tried this drive alone
> (on the wide bus, still have a CD-ROM and DAT on the narrow
> portion of the bus) with termination enabled and with two other
> drives with termination supplied by another drive. (Before
> trying to add the drive, I had a working system with three IBM
> Ultrastor UW drives runnning the 2.2.12 Kernel with no apparent
> problems. Until one of the drives failed, that is.)
>
> I was able to format the drive under Windows NT and copy files
> to it, so it seems that the hardware works. There must be
> something different about how the Linux driver handles the
> drive that triggers this problem.
>
> The first error message I see before the endless loop of SCSI
> bus resets starts has text something along the line of 'Testing
> Unit Ready'
>
> There seem to be others experiencing the same problem, so it
> does not appear to be a sample defect with the drive.
>
> --
> Hank Barta White Oak Software Inc.
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] Predictable Systems by Design.(tm)
> Beautiful Sunny Winfield, Illinois
I have heard of some particular drives being a problem, or at least with
certain mixes. I don't know which drives those are though, so I couldn't
say if the Seagate Barracuda itself has known compatibility problems. It
is possible though. Someone else with a Seagate Barracuda might mention
if it is a problem or not.
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Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 11:33:41 -0600
From: "D. Stimits" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Which SMP: Dual 370 or Dual Slot 1?
John Burton wrote:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > Thank you for the response.
> >
> > I wasn't clear on this issue. When I said 370, I meant the chipset
> > i815(?) and when I said Slot 1, I meant BX chipset. Sorry for the
> > confusion on my part.
> >
> > Should I get a smp board based on the BX chipset or an smp board based on
> > the 815(?) chipset? The most important criteria being compatibility with
> > Linux.
> >
>
> Ummm... can you *get* a i815 based SMP board? I haven't heard of one... The socket
> 370 boards SMP boards I've found so far are i840 based, VIA Apollo PRO (133A) based,
> or ServerWorks ServerSet III (LE/HE) based. I understand the i840 based boards have
> a few problems (expensive memory, and Linux compatibility). The VIA Apollo PRO
i840 boards (at least SuperMicro m/b's, possibly others) do need to be
run with kernel option "noapic", which somewhat defeats the purpose of
SMP. "Incompatible" in this case is lack IO-APIC support...which is kind
of serious if you want full performance.
BX chipsets are quite solid. Haven't tried the other chipsets for SMP.
> chipset is used in a number of single and dual processor motherboards and provides a
> 133Mhz FSB. The ServerWorks ServerSet III boards provide a 133Mhz FSB plus two PCI
> buses, one of which allows 64bit PCI cards. The BX /GX based motherboards will only
> provide a 100Mhz FSB.
>
> John
>
> --
> 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: David Breakey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Serial Port / Modem question
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 17:37:41 GMT
Have you linked a /dev/modem entry to the serial port your modem is=20
attached to? Several Linux distros set up a /dev/modem symlink to=20
simplify configuration details for other programs (that way, if you move=
=20
the modem, you just need to update the link).
I haven't used RedHat for a while (Mandrake is my preference now) but I =
recall there being a utility you can use to configure the modem port;=20
that utility should also set up the /dev/modem link.
Also, remember the following correlations:
/dev/ttyS0 -> COM1
/dev/ttyS1 -> COM2, etc. at least in general
Hope this helps ...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
On 8/29/00, 8:06:33 AM, Larry Krigbaum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrot=
e=20
regarding Serial Port / Modem question:
> I'm feeling too dumb to own a computer right now, but
> I've been working on this off and on for weeks now, and I'm
> not making a bit of progress. I have Redhat 6.2 (Kernel
> 2.2.14-5.0) installed on an Intel box with an external 3Com
> USR 56K Faxmodem v.90 modem, Sportster 5686-03 and I can't
> get it to work, although I've seen several postings on the net
> saying it's works very well with RedHat.. I believe the problem
> is in my serial port configuration. I've had the modem and
> cable running on a Win2k box. I'm connecting through the COM
> ports on the motherboard and I've tried both of them with an
> equal lack of success. I've been through the FAQs, HOW-TOs,
> books, the so-called mfgr support, and talked to whoever I
> could find with any Unix/Linux experience. If anyone can offer
> any help, suggestions, hints, or point me in some productive
> direction, I'd really, really appreciate it. I've tacked on
> the results of several diagnostic tools I've used at the end
> of this message. Thanks again.
> Larry Krigbaum
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: The Contact <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: 2 Ethernet cards, system won't boot
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 17:39:24 GMT
"David M. Siegel" wrote:
> Because of the ultra/66, my two drives are hde and hdg.
> If I put in the second ethernet card, the system claims to find
> partitions at hdi and hdk. The numbers and sizes of these partitions
> match the ones that should be at hde and hdg. Of course, since
> it's looking for hde and hdg, the boot fails claiming that it can't
> mount the filesystem.
In the kernel there is an option somewhere that makes the system first
ID hd's and other IDE-material via the pci-controller (thus giving you
hda and hdc) and then the normal IDE controller. Maybe this way it won't
change dev'.
> If I install the second ethernet card, as I mentioned above, the boot
> fails, claiming that it can't mount the first filesystem.
> If I then use the Mandrake 7.1 boot CD as a rescue image, it allows me
> to mount the partitions on hde!
Does the rescue-image also initialize eth0 and eth1, or isn't that
supported in the rescue-image?
> Deeply confused,
Try to boot first without the soundcard. If this works, well... we then
know where the problem is located.
--
The Contact
"Ones and zeros represent more than just the binary count.
They represent the mass knowledge we know as Internet."
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[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: The Contact <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.portable,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Low volume wit ESS Solo 1
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 17:41:19 GMT
Cavallo wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I just installed sound on my TI TravelMate 513TE, RH 6.1, kernel 2.2.12.
> I used sndcnfig, and it worked properly.
>
> However, the volume of the demo it played was really low...
> I played a CD from KDE, but it is the same. All the "knobs" I can use to
> control the voulme are at their maximum, but I still can hardly listen
> to the music.
I have an ESS Solo 1 too (but not in the notebook), but with use of a
more-up-to-date kernel. Maybe compiling a newer kernel could help you
out (2.2.16).
--
The Contact
"Ones and zeros represent more than just the binary count.
They represent the mass knowledge we know as Internet."
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[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: David Breakey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: UPS via USB
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 17:44:48 GMT
Anyone have any idea how to hook up a Back-UPS Pro-350 to a Linux-based =
machine (running Linux-Mandrake 7.1), so that upsd can shut down the=20
system?
The problem is that the Back-UPS Pro 350 is a USB-based device and has n=
o=20
serial ports. I have USB installed but (unsurprisingly) the USB subsyste=
m=20
doesn't recognize the UPS (there's no class manager for that type of dev=
ice).
Anyone know if there's a way to fix this in 2.2.15, or if it's working i=
n=20
2.4?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David C.)
Subject: Re: Zip100 Mount Problems - /dev/sda4 not a valid block device
Date: 29 Aug 2000 13:51:37 -0400
Chris Rankin <au.zipworld.com@{no.spam}rankinc> writes:
> Jens Stegemann wrote:
>>
>> Try to mount /dev/sda1. I had the same problems. Sometimes it works
>> with 1 sometimes with 4. It seems to depend on what other modules you
>> have allready linked to your kernel when starting ppa.
>
> VFAT filesystems mount on /dev/sda4. However, if you reformat your ZIP
> disk with an ext2 filesystem then it will mount on /dev/sda1
> instead. As for WHY, I have absolutely no idea. However, it does mean
> that your /etc/fstab is unambigous:
There's no magic here.
Zip disks are partitioned devices, just like hard drives.
The Iomega formatter uses partition 4 when it formats disks. This is
also how preformatted disks are formatted. I don't know why. It's just
want Iomega decided to do.
If you format a disk yourself, you can repartition it and use any one of
the four primary partition slots. You can probably create an extended
partition as well if you really want to.
A lot of Linux users like to use partition 1 when formatting media for
ext2. There's no special reason why - they just don't like the idea of
the only partition being in slot 4. (They create FAT partitions in slot
4 only for compatibility with media formatted by Iomega's tools.)
There is no reason why you can't put a FAT partition in position 1, or
an ext2 partition in position 4.
-- David
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From: Duane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: IDE CD-Rom doesn't like SCSI emulation with CDRW
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 09:28:30 -0700
Dominic Hargreaves wrote:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> >
> > As I said, I recompiled my kernel. Removed IDE ATAPI cdrom support.
> > Put in SCSI, SCSI CDROM, Generic SCSI driver (allowing manufacturer's
> > extensions), IDE-SCSI emulation and have no lines in lilo.conf to muck
> > about with modules (also SCSI disk drives if you have a ZIP drive, of
> > course). On boot I have scd0 and scd1.
>
> Ok, I built all the SCSI stuff into the kernel rather than have it
> modular, but what finally fixed this problem was makeing /dev/scd8 and
> /dev/sg8 (and /dev/sgi)
>
> It seems the philips drive takes up /dev/scd[0-7] and /dev/sg[0-7] for
> some reason. Making those files with mknod made cdrecord -scanbus notice
> the Teac drive at once.
>
> Thanks for the tips.
>
> Dom
You should be able to prevent one cdrom from taking 8 device files by
recompiling the kernel without "Probe all LUNs on each SCSI device" in
the SCSI support section.
--
My real email is akamail.com@dclark (or something like that).
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Subject: Re: Iomega ZIP Drive problems...
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 29 Aug 2000 11:03:10 -0700
EKK <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> When I upgraded to 2.2.16, I cannot boot machine without
> a disk inside my internal Iomega ZIP100 drive.
>
> It says: 'hdd: lost interrupt' over and over.
> Worked fine with same ppm support compiled into kernel
> when it was version 2.2.15, that is it booted without a
> disk inside drive.
>
> Is this a bug?
I have the same problem. I had the problem at 2.2.14 as well, I think
it was back at 2.2.12 or 2.2.13 that things worked properly. I always
use the pre-compiled RedHat kernels, so this didn't get caused by
incorrect kernel compile options. I don't have the Zip drive set to
be automatically mounted in /etc/fstab.
My ZIP drive is an internal IDE ZIP100 drive. It is NOT an ATAPA
drive, just an IDE drive. This is what Gateway2000 used for internal
ZIP drives before the ATAPA drives were available (back when my
PPro200 was the fastest machine they had...).
I assume that there are not that many ZIP drives like mine, so maybe
the Linux kernel people aren't aware of this problem.
If anyone comes up with a solution (other than "keep a zip disk in the
drive at all times") I'd be very interested in it.
--
Eric Backus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
http://labejb.lks.agilent.com/
(425) 335-2495
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