Linux-Hardware Digest #497, Volume #13 Tue, 29 Aug 00 17:13:10 EDT
Contents:
Q: Any Dual-Socket370 boards apart from Abit BP6? (Dave Ewart)
Re: Bad software upgrade caused hardware problem? (Henrik Carlqvist)
Re: Change of domain (Henrik Carlqvist)
Re: NEED SOME HELP! (Henrik Carlqvist)
tape drives (dave frost)
About the Linux Kernel ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: 2 "new" cdroms under Win98 (Gabriel Gagnon)
Re: Random Power Shutdown (jim)
Re: Share USB printer over network Mac/Linux network? (aflinsch)
Re: About the Linux Kernel (sideband)
Re: Any Dual-Socket370 boards apart from Abit BP6? ("Vik Heyndrickx")
Re: Dell 4100 Linux-compatibility (GunsN'[EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Really annoying X problem - HHHHHEEEEELLLLLLPPPPPP!!!!!!!! (Bozzy)
Re: Dell 4100 Linux-compatibility (GunsN'[EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: eMachines eView montior (Chuck)
Re: tape drives (Leonard Evens)
Re: Serial Port / Modem question (M. Buchenrieder)
Intel 810 video chipset driver for linux ("Kevin")
Intel 810 Chipset video driver for Linux ("Kevin")
Re: Intel 810 video chipset driver for linux (Mike Johnshoy)
Re: Intel 810 video chipset driver for linux (Andrey Vlasov)
Re: (YASP) Seagate Barracuda (ST318416W) Incompatibility (Dave Platt)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dave Ewart)
Subject: Q: Any Dual-Socket370 boards apart from Abit BP6?
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 18:33:54 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I bought two Celeron 500 CPUs a month or two back, 'cos they were very
cheap, with the hope of getting an Abit BP6 (dual Socket 370 board) to
house them.
However, it seems that the BP6 boards are now very hard, or impossible
to get hold of. I have had an order in with one or two places for at
least a month now, but no sign of the board actually showing up.
My question is, therefore: are there any other dual Socket 370
motherboards in existence?
Cheers,
Dave.
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From: Henrik Carlqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Bad software upgrade caused hardware problem?
Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 19:34:41 +0200
"Curgoth (Matthew Andrews)" wrote:
> I get an error installing the package, regardless of which set of cds
> I use.
What does the error say?
regards Henrik
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From: Henrik Carlqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Change of domain
Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 19:41:12 +0200
Justin Hamm wrote:
> I specified a hostname for my computer that doesn't exist. Anyone
> know how I can rename my system? I know the name name for the machine
> is edited in /etc/hostname but I'm not sure where to change the
> domain name.
Edit /etc/hosts, something like this:
127.0.0.1 localhost
192.168.43.5 draken.lkp.se draken
You might also want to edit /etc/resolv.conf
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From: Henrik Carlqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: NEED SOME HELP!
Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 20:14:51 +0200
Alex wrote:
> I have prepared the hard drive and have successfully installed Linux
> 3.1 slackware on it.
Slackware 3.1 is also known as Slackware 96. If you install from scratch
you might just as well get a recent distribution like
Slackware 7.1.
> I gave the system all the specifications of my mouse and CD-ROM, but
> after the rebooting - it would not find nerither CD-ROM nor the
> mouse. It looks strange, because it saw the CD-ROM during the
> installation.
Which boot-disk did you use for installation? Which kernel did you chose
to install? What kind of CD do you have? What kind of mouse do you have?
> What should I do to make the CD-ROM and mouse work properly!!!???
You will need support in the kernel. As the installation kernel did
support your CD that kernel would be a good choice to select when
choosing kernel. If your mouse is serial I suppose that you already have
support for it and did some kind of misconfiguration like /dev/mouse is
pointing to the wrong file or /etc/XF86Config is using the wrong
protocol. If the mouse is PS/2 you will need support for this in the
kernel. When you have this support you will see a message about finding
the mouse at boot.
Unless you are a newbie you might prefer to compile your own kernel
instead of reinstalling with a pre-compiled kernel.
cd /usr/src/linux
less README
in short:
make menuconfig
make dep
make clean
make bzImage
cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /dev/fd0
Try to reboot with your new kernel from your new boot floppy. If
everything works fine, install it with LILO. (man lilo)
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From: dave frost <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: tape drives
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 19:20:17 +0100
hi all,
can anyone suggest a good quality tape drive that will work well under
linux - in particular suse linux.
cheers
dave
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: About the Linux Kernel
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 20:33:30 +0100
Greetings,
I'm a nearly-total newbie to Linux, & I'd like to ask a stupid question:
I'm preparing both to upgrade my hardware & install Linux on my brand new HDD.
But I recently came to the Kernel Archives & I read these words:
Linux was first developed for 32-bit x86-based PCs (386 or higher).
These days it also runs on (at least) Compaq Alpha AXP, Sun SPARC
and UltraSPARC, Motorola 68000, Motorola PowerPC, ARM, Hitachi SuperH,
IBM S/390, MIPS, HP PA-RISC, Intel IA-64 and DEC VAX.
Does it mean that it doesn't work so well on a AMD-based PC ?
Thanks in advance,
Benoit Smith
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From: Gabriel Gagnon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: 2 "new" cdroms under Win98
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 14:31:01 -0400
Thanks everyone !
I tried yesterday to remove all my cdroms in the control panel/systems and I
reboot.
Now, I have only two cdroms (CDRW and DVD), but the system is still a little
bit unstable (maybe some traces of the old partitions are still present in
Win98). I will try to do some other tests and if this do not solve, I will
create two primary partitions on my disk and reinstall everything (this is not
too bad, it is a new system and nearly nothing is install except the OS').
Thanks !
Gabriel
David Efflandt wrote:
> On Mon, 28 Aug 2000 07:41:25 -0400, Gabriel Gagnon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >I just buy a new system.. And I install Linux on it
> >(distribution Gentus (RedHat 6.2)).
> >
> >My system:
> >
> >CPU: AMD 800MHz
> >Motherboard: ABIT KA7-100
> >RAM: 128M
> >HD: Matrox 20G, ATA-100
> > Partitions (created with Partition Magic 4):
> > 7G: Fat32 with Win98 Second Edition Primary
> >
> >Extended
> > 2G: Fat32
> >Logical
> > 9G: Linux ext2 mount as "/" Logical
> >
> > 2G: Linux ext2 mount as "/home" Logical
> > 257M: Linux Swap
> >Logical
> >Graphic Card: Matrox G400 Max
> >CDRW: Plextor 12x/10x/32x
> >DVD: PC-DVD Encore 12x with Dxr3 (Creative Labs)
> >
> >My problem:
> >
> >Under Win98, in Explorer Windows, I have two more visible CDROMs, that I
> >should not see.
> >
> >Before the installation:
> >
> >Visible under Win98:
> >
> >C:\ -> Win98 7G
> >D:\ -> Fat32 2G
> >E:\ -> Fat32 will be "/" under Linux 9G
> >F:\ -> Fat32 will be "/home" under Linux 2G
> >G:\ -> Fat32 will be "swap" under Linux 257M
> >H:\ -> CDRW Plextor 12x/10x/32x
> >I:\ -> DVD
> >
> >
> >After the installation:
> >
> >Visible under Win98:
> >
> >C:\ -> Win98 7G
> >D:\ -> Fat32 2G
> >E:\ -> New CDROM
> >F:\ -> New CDROM
> >H:\ -> CDRW Plextor 12x/10x/32x
> >I:\ -> DVD
> >
> >This problem makes my system very unstable when I try to get access to
> >my real CDROM (CDRW;DVD) and this is not interesting to see.
> >
> >On my old system, I had this problem and I solve it by putting my swap
> >partition the last one of my disk. This seems to do not work on this
> >system.
> >
> >So if you have a idea how to solve my problem without playing at erasing
> >and installing Linux/Win98 multiple times (by tries and errors).
>
> See what the partition types show as in Linux fdisk. If they are not
> Linux change their type to Linux (83) or Linux Swap (82) for that one.
>
> If they still show up in Windows, remove any cdrom devices from the device
> list and reboot. It should be able to find and reinstall them correctly
> (fingers crossed).
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (jim)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: Random Power Shutdown
Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 12:06:15 +0000
>Gateway shipped with a 145W ATX supply.
145W?! Ye Gods, that's wimpy. I vividly remember fitting a tape streamer
to an old Acer machine with 145W supply. When I switched the machine on
the power supply failed with a FLASH-BANG!!. According to my (then)
work collegues, I moved backwards by about ten feet without actually
passing through the intervening space...! Scared the bejesus out of
me. Happy days...
Jim
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From: aflinsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Share USB printer over network Mac/Linux network?
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 14:44:22 -0500
Bill Berry wrote:
>
> 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?
>
I have done the opposite - share a printer on the linux box with the
iMac, and it involves running netatalk. I would imagine that the
opposite is also possible, set up the printer as shared on the fruity
computer, then try to get atalk to see it. You will need pap & psf
from the netatalk package to get this to work. Doing what you are
trying to do is probably easier than doing what I did.
> 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?)?
This would probably work, as long as there was a way to easily set the
ip address of the usb/ethernet adapter. I would imagine that it would
appear to be an ethernet connected printer afterwards.
> the Linux box (No USB, & want to maintain separation of church and state)?
Maintaining a seperation of church and state along with a seperation
of girlfriends, printers and computers is usually a good idea.....
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From: sideband <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: About the Linux Kernel
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 14:56:23 -0400
Um.. no. The AMD is a x86 compatible processor.
x86-based PC's in this case means AMD, Cyrix, and Insmell (er, Intel).
HTCTU
-SSB
On or about Tue, 29 Aug 2000 20:33:30 +0100,
[EMAIL PROTECTED], using the forum comp.os.linux.hardware did
say:
:Greetings,
:
:I'm a nearly-total newbie to Linux, & I'd like to ask a stupid question:
:
:I'm preparing both to upgrade my hardware & install Linux on my brand new HDD.
:But I recently came to the Kernel Archives & I read these words:
:
: Linux was first developed for 32-bit x86-based PCs (386 or higher).
: These days it also runs on (at least) Compaq Alpha AXP, Sun SPARC
: and UltraSPARC, Motorola 68000, Motorola PowerPC, ARM, Hitachi SuperH,
: IBM S/390, MIPS, HP PA-RISC, Intel IA-64 and DEC VAX.
:
:Does it mean that it doesn't work so well on a AMD-based PC ?
:
:Thanks in advance,
:
:Benoit Smith
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From: "Vik Heyndrickx" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Any Dual-Socket370 boards apart from Abit BP6?
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 18:56:44 GMT
"Dave Ewart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> My question is, therefore: are there any other dual Socket 370
> motherboards in existence?
There is one I know of. MSI 694D (aka MSI-6321). It supports dual FCPGA and
PPGA processors. I have only heard about it. From reports from different
users there appear to be lots of trouble with this board running linux (NMI
exceptions).
--
Vik
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From: INDY4 (GunsN'[EMAIL PROTECTED])
Crossposted-To: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell
Subject: Re: Dell 4100 Linux-compatibility
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 19:29:58 GMT
A long time ago (actually Mon, 28 Aug 2000 23:57:15 GMT),
in a galaxy far, far away (actually alt.sys.pc-clone.dell),
Vivien Milat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> >I have an HP CD-Writer Plus 8200i
>>
>> Me too! And I got it working under W2K much to my pleasure!
>> Just installed DCD301 and it worked!
>
>Did you order the $20 or so ECDC upgrade from HP?
Nope! I already had DCD301 while using Win98. The HP installation
program failed saying unsuitable IDE controller. I thought I would
need an upgrade somewhere to install the thing. But it wasn't needed.
Just installed DCD to W2K and the damn thing works. Who would believe
it!
Nick
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From: Bozzy <cbostock@=antispamremove=btinternet.com>
Subject: Re: Really annoying X problem - HHHHHEEEEELLLLLLPPPPPP!!!!!!!!
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 20:44:05 +0100
Thanks Gene but I am not sure whether it is exactly the same problem.
My monitor is new (though I agree that's no guarantee) and I don't get
the same problem running Windows98.
If I tried a different resolution, do you think that may prove your
theory one way or the other?
Thanks for the input.
Clive.
On 29 Aug 2000 8:56:42 -0500, "Gene Heskett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>Unrot13 this;
>Reply to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>Gene Heskett sends Greetings to Bozzy ;
>
>> I have recently installed Mandrake 7.0 on my new PC:
>
>> Athlon 600
>> ASUS K7M Motherboard
>> G400 Graphics card (32Mb)
>> Mitsubishi Pro 710 monitor
>
>> The problem is that that periodically, possibly anywhere between 30
>> seconds to several minutes, my screen blinks. That is it goes blank
>> for about a second after which the desktop display returns. I have
>> tried upgrading to 7.1 of Mandrake, but that did not help. I am
>> running KDE, but the same problem also manifests itself when I
>> switch to Gnome. I did notice that when I try to configure my
>> graphics card, specifying 32M, that when I go back in to configure
>> it again it seems to reset it to a 16M G400, though I don't know
>> whether this is an issue.
>
>> Since upgrading to 7.1 I have selected my monitor from the list
>> provided by the X-config utility and the Vertical and Horizontal
>> sync rates match between my monitor manual and the XF86Config file.
>
>> This is a really anoying bug that's driving me up the wall so any
>> help would be appreciated.
>
>I also have a monitor doing that. Its the monitors preset sync
>circuitry. Either you are set right on the borderline of its detection
>window for that set of operating parameters, or the detection circuitry
>itself is flakey. On my old junker 17", I think its the detection
>circuitry. Annoying yes, but apparently harmless in my case. I can
>hear a relay click, the h scan collapses and comes right back up. Its
>been doing it for 4 years now, independant of the computer or os driving
>it. Since a decent new on in that size range is a bit pricy, I guess it
>can blimk once in a while.
>
>Cheers, Gene
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From: INDY4 (GunsN'[EMAIL PROTECTED])
Crossposted-To: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell
Subject: Re: Dell 4100 Linux-compatibility
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 19:53:58 GMT
A long time ago (actually Mon, 28 Aug 2000 23:57:15 GMT),
in a galaxy far, far away (actually alt.sys.pc-clone.dell),
Vivien Milat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> >I have an HP CD-Writer Plus 8200i
>>
>> Me too! And I got it working under W2K much to my pleasure!
>> Just installed DCD301 and it worked!
>
>Did you order the $20 or so ECDC upgrade from HP?
Nope! I already had DCD301 while using Win98. In W2K the HP
installation program failed saying unsuitable IDE controller. I
thought I would need an upgrade somewhere to install the thing. But it
wasn't needed. Just installed DCD to W2K and the damn thing works. Who
would believe it!
Nick
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From: Chuck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: eMachines eView montior
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 15:41:55 -0400
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Try running Xconfigurator.
If that doesn't work, ask again.
-Chuck
Jim Johnson wrote:
> 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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From: Leonard Evens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: tape drives
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 15:01:28 -0500
dave frost wrote:
>
> hi all,
>
> can anyone suggest a good quality tape drive that will work well under
> linux - in particular suse linux.
>
> cheers
>
> dave
I have been using the HP internal IDE drive for a few years,
and it seems more than adequate. These drives seem to vary
in capacity between 2.5 and 5 BG or more. It is by far the
least expensive alternative as far as I can see.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (M. Buchenrieder)
Subject: Re: Serial Port / Modem question
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 14:23:04 GMT
Larry Krigbaum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> 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..
It does.
[...]
>Command: dmesg | grep ttyS
>ttyS00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
>ttyS01 at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A
OK.
>--------------------------------------------------
>Command: wvdialconf test
Don't use it. It's a kludge.
>Scanning your serial ports for a modem.
>ttyS1<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 -- ATQ0 V1 E1 -- ATQ0 V1 E1 -- nothing.
>ttyS0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 -- ATQ0 V1 E1 -- ATQ0 V1 E1 -- nothing.
[...]
Urgh. And that's why. The init string probably just doesn't
work for the Sportster.
Use minicom, and try a simple AT&F1 or whatever your modem's
manual tells you for "factory default".
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From: "Kevin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Intel 810 video chipset driver for linux
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 16:00:06 -0400
I have a ASUS P3W-E mother board, but I couldn't install the x-window
because of there are no Intel 810 chipset driver, is anyone know how to
solve it?
Thanks a lot
Kevin
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From: "Kevin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Intel 810 Chipset video driver for Linux
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 16:00:58 -0400
I have a ASUS P3W-E mother board, but I couldn't install the x-window
because of there are no Intel 810 chipset driver, is anyone know how to
solve it?
Thanks a lot
Kevin
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From: Mike Johnshoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Intel 810 video chipset driver for linux
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 18:28:47 +0000
look here for info/drivers ...
http://support.intel.com/support/graphics/intel810/linuxsoftware.htm
Mike
Kevin wrote:
>
> I have a ASUS P3W-E mother board, but I couldn't install the x-window
> because of there are no Intel 810 chipset driver, is anyone know how to
> solve it?
>
> Thanks a lot
> Kevin
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From: Andrey Vlasov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Intel 810 video chipset driver for linux
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 13:42:59 -0700
Hi Kevin,
Check these links
http://support.intel.com/support/graphics/intel810/linuxsoftware.htm
http://support.intel.com/support/graphics/intel815/30483.htm
http://support.intel.com/support/graphics/intel815/linuxsoftware.htm
http://support.intel.com/support/graphics/intel810/linuxpredrivr.htm
Andrey
Kevin wrote:
> I have a ASUS P3W-E mother board, but I couldn't install the x-window
> because of there are no Intel 810 chipset driver, is anyone know how to
> solve it?
>
> Thanks a lot
> Kevin
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dave Platt)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: Re: (YASP) Seagate Barracuda (ST318416W) Incompatibility
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 20:55:26 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
D. Stimits <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> 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.
>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.
I've used some of the older (4-gig) Barracuda models with Linux (DTC
SCSI controller based on the NCR 53C810 chip) without difficulty.
You might want to check the drive configuration, and see if the drive
is jumpered or optioned in a way which would cause it to _initiate_
the SCSI option-negotiation for wide and fast transfers. I believe I
recall that certain Linux SCSI-adapter drivers have difficulty with
this - their firmware isn't set up to handle device-initiated
negotiations.
If your drives are configured/jumpered in this way, try disabling
drive-initiated option negotiation. The Linux kernel drivers should
initiate the appropriate fast/wide negotiation when they're good and
ready to do so.
I know that the IBM Ultrastar SCSI drives come with the
drive-initiated negotiation feature disabled by default... possibly
some Seagate drives have a different default.
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