Linux-Hardware Digest #546, Volume #13 Fri, 8 Sep 00 09:13:08 EDT
Contents:
Re: Cool Adaptec SCSI RAID 2100S w Linux support (Giulio Orsero)
Re: buffer_dirty - what's the @#$%? (Robert Kaiser)
Re: Adding RAM to RedHat Linux ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Adding RAM to RedHat Linux (Raymond Doetjes)
Problem with Soundblaster PCI 128 (Reemt)
Re: buffer_dirty - what's the @#$%? ("Ian Dichkovsky")
Re: tape drives (Trent Piepho)
Re: SB PCI64V with EV1938 under Linux (Frank Steiner)
Re: Linux and ABIT KT7 motherboard (Ewan Mac Mahon)
Re: how to install a network card? ("Tao")
modem good no sound (d)
Re: how to install a network card? (Pierre Dupuy)
Re: modem good no sound (Pierre Dupuy)
Re: betting farm on Dell Poweredge 1300 with OEM RAID/Linux? (Bob Terrell)
Scovery Linux Terminals at Egghead.com ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
LILO with 2 drives - please help (GF)
Yet Another SB PCI 128 Problem... (Andi Wagner)
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From: Giulio Orsero <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.dev.raid
Subject: Re: Cool Adaptec SCSI RAID 2100S w Linux support
Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2000 07:58:21 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Edwin Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> But: Adaptec does not include Linux-drivers with the product,
Yes, it does. We have just received a 2100s and it comes with a CD with
source code (against 2.2.14 and 2.2.16) and precompiled kernel modules
(for Red Hat).
I didn't try it yet.
2100s actually is the evolution of DPT PM1564U3 and the driver is
nothing more then an updated revision (1.14) of dpt_i2o driver.
> nor do they give pointers to other places where drivers could
> be found
Yes, I too cannot find the driver on their web site.
> Does anybody know:
> 1) can I use it with existing drivers?
The existing drivers and management utilities would be the DPT ones and
not the Adaptec ones.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robert Kaiser)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: buffer_dirty - what's the @#$%?
Date: 8 Sep 2000 07:47:49 GMT
In article <8p7su8$i1j$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Ian Dichkovsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> > So, what it mean - buffer_dirty ?
>>
>> Caching. It happens in Windows if you speed Windows up (but Windows
>> defaults to turn off write caching). When you write a file to floppy all
>
> I copy file _FROM_ floppy to hard
>
> mount /mnt/fd; cp /mnt/fd/* /prj; umount /mnt/fd
>
Even if you only read from floppy, depending on the filesystem type,
the system may be trying to update access time entries.
Try mounting the floppy read-only.
Rob
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.linux,alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,hk.comp.os.linux,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Adding RAM to RedHat Linux
Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2000 09:17:03 +0100
Reply-To: no_replyto@oursite
This message has been posted by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dave Ewart)
On Fri, 8 Sep 2000 11:31:00 +0800, miko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I have used 128MB x 2 (total 256MB) in the RH6.1 (Kernel 2.2.12-20)
>however I found only 128MB show on 'dmesg'.
>
>I have already changed the file 'lilo.conf'.
>the context is as follows:
>boot=/dev/sda
>map=/boot/map
>install=/boot/boot.b
>prompt
>timeout=50
>default=linux
>
>image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.12-20
> label=linux
> initrd=/boot/initrd-2.2.12-20.img
> read-only
> root=/dev/sda12
> append="mem=256M"
>
>what should I do ?
After changing /etc/lilo.conf, have you re-run /sbin/lilo ? If not, do
so and then restart ...
Dave.
--
Dave Ewart
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Computing Manager
ICRF Cancer Epidemiology Unit, Oxford UK
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From: Raymond Doetjes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.linux,alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,hk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Adding RAM to RedHat Linux
Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2000 11:33:00 +0200
With the kernel 2.2.x the append is no longer necesarry it asks the BioS
how much memory is in the system.
So my guess is that when you start the computer and it is testing memory
that you also only see 128MB right?
Raymond
miko wrote:
> I have used 128MB x 2 (total 256MB) in the RH6.1 (Kernel 2.2.12-20)
> however I found only 128MB show on 'dmesg'.
>
> I have already changed the file 'lilo.conf'.
> the context is as follows:
> boot=/dev/sda
> map=/boot/map
> install=/boot/boot.b
> prompt
> timeout=50
> default=linux
>
> image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.12-20
> label=linux
> initrd=/boot/initrd-2.2.12-20.img
> read-only
> root=/dev/sda12
> append="mem=256M"
>
> what should I do ?
>
> Michael Kwan
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From: Reemt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Problem with Soundblaster PCI 128
Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2000 11:34:38 +0200
I�m using Debian with Kernel 2.2.17 and ALSA 0.59.
The drivers/modules are loaded correctly, but my soundcard is not
recognized.
(cat /proc/asound/cards : -no soundcards-).
==> no sound.
Does anyone know a solution?
Greetings
Reemt
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From: "Ian Dichkovsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: buffer_dirty - what's the @#$%?
Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2000 13:02:27 +0300
Thank all for the answers, BUT i don't understand.
Sorry.
Why I must mount floppy read-only?
Why I must see those messages ..... buffer_dirty....?
Can I do simple things without annoying messages ?
1. insert floppy
2. mount floppy
3. copy from floppy
4. umount floppy
5. remove floppy
"Robert Kaiser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:8pa5j5$mr5$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> In article <8p7su8$i1j$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> "Ian Dichkovsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >> > So, what it mean - buffer_dirty ?
> >>
> >> Caching. It happens in Windows if you speed Windows up (but Windows
> >> defaults to turn off write caching). When you write a file to floppy
all
> >
> > I copy file _FROM_ floppy to hard
> >
> > mount /mnt/fd; cp /mnt/fd/* /prj; umount /mnt/fd
> >
>
> Even if you only read from floppy, depending on the filesystem type,
> the system may be trying to update access time entries.
>
> Try mounting the floppy read-only.
>
> Rob
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Trent Piepho)
Subject: Re: tape drives
Date: 8 Sep 2000 02:37:59 -0700
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Bob Terrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>Is anyone using a DLT IV drive with linux? If so did it require any
>special configuration? What software do you use, if not tar?
I don't think there is a DLT IV _drive_, rather the tape cartridge is called
DLT IV, there are also older DLT III, etc. cartridges.
We have a DLT 7000 drive, which gets 70GB (compressed) on a DLT IV tape. The
newest DLT drive out last time I checked was the DLT 8000, which gets 80GB on
a DLT IV tape. Our drive is an HP model, but I think that all DLT drives have
their guts made by the same company (quantum?) and are effectively the same.
Our drive uses a fast wide interface, 20MB/sec. I think all DLT-7000s use
this interface. The DLT-8000 uses an ultra wide 40MB/sec IIRC.
I've had no problems using the drive in Linux. I did have a hell of time
getting the drive into the server's case. It's an extra long full height
drive, with very few mounting holes. The holes didn't line up, so I had to
use some metal clips and string and just hang the dang thing in case.
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From: Frank Steiner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.portable,comp.sys.laptops
Subject: Re: SB PCI64V with EV1938 under Linux
Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2000 12:09:58 +0200
The EV1938 is not yet fully supported as far as I know.
It should work with the OSS drivers (30$ :-(), at least
they claim to have full support for EV1938 chipsets.
Best regards,
Frank
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* Rekursion kann man erst verstehen, wenn man Rekursion verstanden hat. *=
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From: Ewan Mac Mahon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux and ABIT KT7 motherboard
Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2000 12:13:50 +0100
On Tue, 5 Sep 2000, Corey Cossentino wrote:
<snip>
> Yes, I just bought the KT7-RAID... the only problem was with the RAID
> controller - needed a kernel patch to run. If you're just getting the
> plain KT7 you shouldn't have problems.
Did you install linux onto a drive on the RAID controller? I'm planning on
using a KT7-RAID with Redhat and was wondering if there's any way to install
straight onto a drive on the Highpoint or whether the install disk just
won't see it. Any thoughts?
Thanks,
Ewan
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From: "Tao" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: how to install a network card?
Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2000 23:22:13 +1200
now Liunx automatic create a ethernet interface eth0. But it can not active.
Although I can setup eth0's ip, network mask. The eth0 can not response. I
don't know what's wrong with my 3c509 card. I use it no problem in Windows
NT & 2000. What's wrong under the Linux?
Thanks
Tao
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message <8p8579$3jf$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>make sure kuzdu starts (with setup)
>put in the card
>start de pc
>let kuzdu find it and configure
>login as root
>type netconfig or netconf and fill in the stuff
>
>succes robl
>
>"Tao" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schreef in bericht
news:8p7qoa$5jt$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am a beginer of the Liunx. Now I am using Red Hat Linux 6.2. Now I
>> install a 3C509 network card into my PC. Could anyone tell me how to
>install
>> it on Linux? Because when I check the hwconfig file, there is no network
>> card be found in Linux.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Tao
>>
>>
>>
>
>
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From: d <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: modem good no sound
Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2000 11:28:48 GMT
i just got my actiontec isa modem working in RH6.2, but then i came across
another problem.now my sound card wont work. it too is an isa (creative sb
awe64). sndconfig went fine but i cant seem to hear sounds. the cd player
works, but i cant get any desktop sounds going.(yes, i did make sure to
enable sounds) i also noticed in windows the sound isnt working for the
desktop too, but i am getting sounds from aim. (i hear an occasional sound
out of Gaim on linux, but not all the time) i know that this sound card
works because i have had it configured and working before, but i just cant
get the modem and the sound card both going. can anyone give me some advice
im pretty new at this so anything would help.
thanks in advance,
learning d
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From: Pierre Dupuy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: how to install a network card?
Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2000 13:39:23 +0200
Hello,
I think that 3c509 cards ahave problems due to BIOS which do half the
plug and play (assuming windows will do the rest).
You should (both ?) disable BIOS support for plug and play and find the
right Software on 3com site to disable the PnP function of your card.
Cordialement,
Pierre
Tao wrote:
>
> now Liunx automatic create a ethernet interface eth0. But it can not active.
> Although I can setup eth0's ip, network mask. The eth0 can not response. I
> don't know what's wrong with my 3c509 card. I use it no problem in Windows
> NT & 2000. What's wrong under the Linux?
>
> Thanks
>
> Tao
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message <8p8579$3jf$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> >make sure kuzdu starts (with setup)
> >put in the card
> >start de pc
> >let kuzdu find it and configure
> >login as root
> >type netconfig or netconf and fill in the stuff
> >
> >succes robl
> >
> >"Tao" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schreef in bericht
> news:8p7qoa$5jt$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I am a beginer of the Liunx. Now I am using Red Hat Linux 6.2. Now I
> >> install a 3C509 network card into my PC. Could anyone tell me how to
> >install
> >> it on Linux? Because when I check the hwconfig file, there is no network
> >> card be found in Linux.
> >>
> >> Thanks!
> >>
> >> Tao
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
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From: Pierre Dupuy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: modem good no sound
Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2000 13:35:47 +0200
Hello d,
Two possible sources of problems:
- I/O space
- Interrupts
You can check interrupts with
cat /proc/interrupts
(do it with and without your modem / sound card).
For the I/O space, I do not know which command (if any) can display the
information
If you use KDE, simply have a look at the KDE center in 'information' (I
think).
Cordialement,
Pierre
d wrote:
>
> i just got my actiontec isa modem working in RH6.2, but then i came across
> another problem.now my sound card wont work. it too is an isa (creative sb
> awe64). sndconfig went fine but i cant seem to hear sounds. the cd player
> works, but i cant get any desktop sounds going.(yes, i did make sure to
> enable sounds) i also noticed in windows the sound isnt working for the
> desktop too, but i am getting sounds from aim. (i hear an occasional sound
> out of Gaim on linux, but not all the time) i know that this sound card
> works because i have had it configured and working before, but i just cant
> get the modem and the sound card both going. can anyone give me some advice
> im pretty new at this so anything would help.
> thanks in advance,
> learning d
>
> --
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> http://www.help.com/
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From: Bob Terrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: betting farm on Dell Poweredge 1300 with OEM RAID/Linux?
Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2000 08:23:06 -0400
NoWhereMan wrote:
>
> I usually use Caldera e-Server on Dell
> Poweredge single processor 2200s.
> The 1300 will have 2 processors active.
...
> None of my SCSI/Linux servers have
> crashed in years (actually *not ever*) ,
...
Man: I'm sorry this is not an answer to your question
but you are the first person I've run across that might
know about Dell servers running linux, (and I am
about to bet the farm myself). Do you use them
as nfs servers? Will a PowerEdge 2400 do a good job
as nfs server for about 30 other machines (linux/solaris
mix) which are themselves not terribly busy?
Thanks for any help and sorry I don't know about raid.
Bob
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Scovery Linux Terminals at Egghead.com
Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2000 12:43:25 GMT
Has anyone tried using the Fujitsu/Siemens 'Scovery 211'
Linux terminal? Egghead.com has been auctioning these units
for less than $150 over the last several days.
The box looks rather interesting. It is basically a small
form-factor box that comes standard with 64MB SDRAM, 10/100 Ethernet,
a socket-7 CPU, built-in video, and Linux loaded in Flash memory.
Apparently, with the 4MB that comes standard with the box, the
system can boot either a small Linux kernal or run as a ICA-Client.
By adding more flash memory, or mounting a network drive, the
box could run X11 and Netscape.
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Subject: LILO with 2 drives - please help
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OK, here's my setup:
I have a 20Gig hard-drive connected to an "Promise UltraATA 100"
controller card. I purchased this card so that I could get ATA 100
speeds in Win98. I have a 2 year old motherboard which didn't even
support ATA66. By win98 disk speed is very fast now.
This left just my DVD and CD-RW on the secondary IDE controller. The
primary IDE controller was now free.
So I put in an old 6GIG hard drive as a master on the primary IDE
controller. No prob.
I want Linux mandrake 7.1 on the 6gig. I have win98 on the 20gig. I
want dual boot. I have BootMagic, so I want to use this to dual-boot.
By the way I have to install it on the 6 gig ... Mandrake installer
cannot see the 20gig hard drive ... I guess because it's not a
_normal_ IDE drive ... it's plugged in through this Promise card.
Mandrake gives the error "No Windows Partition found" during install
when I try to install to the 20gig hard drive.
When I install linux on the 6 gig drive (no problem since it's an IDE
drive on the primary IDE which is considered /dev/hda in the
installation program), I cannot figure out how to configure LILO to
boot linux off the 6gig drive.
My system BIOS is configured to boot from the 20gig drive. I have
bootmagic installed on the boot-loader there. I can boot into win98
just fine. Having configured bootmagic to see the linux 6gig drive
after the linux install, I get just "LI" when I select "Linux" from
LILO.
It's not the 1024 cylinder limit .. I checked that. I know this
because I switched my system bios to boot the 6gig drive first (the
system goes right into "LILO:". This worked. My LILO config has
/dev/hda5 as the place to boot linux.
However, when I switch the system BIOS back to boot from the 20gig
drive, BootMagic comes up. When I select "Linux" I would expect it to
go try and boot from the 6gig drive, which is setup as /dev/hda5. But
again, I get just "LI".
The only way for me to boot linux is from a floppy. argh.
So my thoughts were that at system boot time with the 20gig drive
booting, that the 6gig drive MAY not be considered '/dev/hda5' anymore
since the system booted from the 20gig drive through the Promise
controller card. Maybe the system is confused.
And I can't use the 6gig drive as the system's first boot device. Why?
Well, it's because I don't know how to configure LILO to tell it where
the 20gig drive is. It's not mountable that I can see ... it's this
weird drive going through the Promise controller card.
I also tried putting these lines in my lilo.conf with no luck:
disk=/dev/hde
bios=0x80
disk=/dev/hda
bios=0x81
Anyone else had a similar problem? Any help would be greatly
appreciated.
greg
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From: Andi Wagner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Yet Another SB PCI 128 Problem...
Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2000 14:59:26 +0200
Hi there.
MY problem with the SB 128 PCI is that I can't find any loadable module.
What I have done so far:
- Set PNP OS to DISABLED (BIOS)
- tried the sb, the es1370 and the es1371 module...without any
success...resource busy
I am not sure what kind of soundchip I really have, cause when I check
my PCI configs (lspci -n), my soundcard identifies as 1274:5880.
This doesn't fit with the module-doc-descriptions for the es1370 /
es1371.
The soundchip-inscription itself says:
CT5880-DCQ
0017HJE278
So, what a chip is this 5880?? Which module fits?
Thanks a lot
Andi
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