Linux-Hardware Digest #573, Volume #13 Wed, 13 Sep 00 22:13:06 EDT
Contents:
Re: Cool Adaptec SCSI RAID 2100S w Linux support ("Kimberly Robinson")
IA-64 Linux Developers Kit Update ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
two devices into one serial port? (Gerardo Rincon)
IOMagic UDMA66 card: any luck? (alex)
SAMSUNG DVDROM SD604 compatibily ("St�phane Glondu")
Major problems ("Fountainhead")
Re: Promise PDC20265 Ultra100 Controller on A7V: Can't LILO (John in SD)
Re: Any Good MP3 Players For Linux? (Christopher Browne)
Re: IA-64 Linux Developers Kit Update (Christopher Browne)
Re: MicroChannel workaround using Zip? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: NEED SIS6326AGP VIDEOCARD DRIVER FOR LINUX!!! ("peter hollings")
Re: videoconferencing (Vladimir Florinski)
Re: Add CD to old 486 (Scott Prigan)
Re: MicroChannel workaround using Zip? ("Peter T. Breuer")
Help installing Linux Redhat 6.2 on laptop drive ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: MicroChannel workaround using Zip? (Cokey de Percin)
Re: Help installing Linux Redhat 6.2 on laptop drive (sideband)
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From: "Kimberly Robinson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.dev.raid
Subject: Re: Cool Adaptec SCSI RAID 2100S w Linux support
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 18:20:12 -0000
>This would be the right thing for the server I'm going to build.
The performance I have seen thus far from this controller is pretty
impressive.
>1) can I use it with existing drivers?
Yes, the existing dpt i2o linux drivers work with this controller.
>2) are people working on a driver (and when will it be finished?)
Yes, as a matter of fact, there is already a beta driver for the 2.4 kernel
and Adaptec is working on obtaining native inclusion into the kernel.
Currently the Adaptec/DPT i2o source code works in every kernel from 2.0.x
thru 2.2.17! Additionally, there is advanced work in progress for the
Itanium IA-64 driver.
>When Adaptec support fails, what are other good RAID
>recommendations?
Adaptec support doesn't fail, which is something you will miss if you go
with a Mylex or Intel RAID controller. And unfortunately pretty much the
only thing you'll find on ICP Vortex's page is "Incomplete Installation
Disks of Redhat 6.0 and 6.1."
What more could you want from your RAID controller?
Kim
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: IA-64 Linux Developers Kit Update
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 22:18:32 GMT
This will probably be of interest to those of you immersed in IA-64
Linux ports...
It was posted on HP's Developer's Resource Forums
(http://www.devresource.hp.com/devresource/Forums/Forums.html).
>Posted by Brian Lynn ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) on 09/08/00 17:12
>Updates to the IA-64 Linux Developers Kit are now available at the HP
>web site.
>Changes have been made to Ski (more system calls are supported, big-
>endian mode works correctly, etc.) and the NUE filesystem (updated
>toolchain, etc.).
>A list of changes, along with links that will take you to the new
>files, can be found at
>http://www.software.hp.com/products/LIA64/updates.htm. The LDK URL
>continues to be http://www.software.hp.com/ia64linux/.
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Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 18:28:49 -0400
From: Gerardo Rincon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: two devices into one serial port?
If I have one serial port, can I connect two devices to it? A Mouse and
an external modem?
I have a laptop and what I want to do is:
PS2: Keyboard
Serial Port: Modem and Mouse
OR
Can I connect my external Zoom Modem OR my mouse to the parallel port?
Thank you,
--
Gerardo
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: alex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: IOMagic UDMA66 card: any luck?
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 22:32:31 GMT
Has anyone had any luck using the iomagic UDMA 66 card, perhaps using a
kernel >2.3.4 or with the unified ide kernel patches ? I gather from
usenet posts that IOMagic uses the Promise chipset (which has been
reported to work), but is somehow different from Promise. I'd like to
know whether to return it or start hacking.
www.iomagic.com doesn't even specify the chipset!
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From: "St�phane Glondu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: SAMSUNG DVDROM SD604 compatibily
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 18:39:38 -0400
Hello,
I tried to install Linux Mandrake 7.01 from a CD with my DVD (SAMSUNG
SD-604) drive, but it displays a lot of error messages "File not found...".
The indicated files are fully readable under Windows, and I installed
successfully Linux on another computer with a CDROM drive and from the same
CD.
Is there sb in the same case as me? Can anybody help me?
Please reply to me by email.
Thank you in advance.
sgnb
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Web: http://sgnb.cjb.net (French)
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From: "Fountainhead" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Major problems
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 18:25:29 -0500
System:
HP Pavilion 8240 P266 32MB RAM 3GB HD
NetworkEverywhere NC100 card
Internet access (DSL) configured through Linksys router
O/S
COL 2.3 kernel 2.2.17 (just upgraded from 2.2.10) installed on /dev/hda1
Swap file on dev/hda2
No other O/S
Background:
Installed NIC but old kernel version did not like tulip and pci-scan modules
Upgraded kernel to 2.2.17 and then installed the netdriver package, courtesy
of Donald Becker/Scyld
Everything worked fine for a few minutes and then system crashed while
browsing and continued to do so every time I booted even with the NIC
removed
Major problem:
I can only boot from a rescue disk now. I have tried to re-install COL,
install Corel Linux, and Mandrake and nothing works. I either get a "unable
to handle null pointer dereference at 00000000" or I get a "kernel panic:
unable to mount root fs on 48:08 routines 15/63 UDMA." Although, in the
case of Corel, the system just hangs. I also tried completely wiping out
the disk using the dd command, re-booted using my old W95 startup disk, used
DOS FDISK and re-created and re-formatted my hard drive and tried installing
Linux on a new partition. That didn't work either.
Help. TIA.
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From: John in SD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Promise PDC20265 Ultra100 Controller on A7V: Can't LILO
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 23:54:48 GMT
On Thu, 14 Sep 2000 02:42:27 +0800, KK Leung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I got a system here w/ ASUS A7V with an ATAPI CDROM, an IBM 30G and another
>IBM 4G. Configuration as follows:
>
>Primary IDE: CDROM (/dev/hda)
>Secondary IDE: None
>Primary ATA100: IBM 30G (/dev/hde)
>Secondary ATA100: IBM 4G (/dev/hdc) -- Linux root
>
>I can boot using floppy, passing boot parameters "ide1=0x9000,0x8802
>ide2=0x9800,0x9402". However, LILO didn't work. It can install w/o error w/
>the Linear parameter set, but when it boots, it stops at LI. If installed
>w/o "Linear", it finishes with error claiming it doesnt know how to work
>with the device.
>
>Any hint what I should do?? I'm using 2.2.17 kernel.
If the new controller does not have BIOS support, then LILO cannot boot from
it.
>From the LILO 21.5.1 source directory, run "make floppy" to make a diagnostic
diskette to check for BIOS support of your hard drives.
ftp: metalab.unc.edu
dir: /pub/Linux/system/boot/lilo
--John
LILO version 21.5 (18-Jul-2000) source at
ftp: brun.dyndns.org dir: /pub/linux/lilo
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christopher Browne)
Subject: Re: Any Good MP3 Players For Linux?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 00:21:45 GMT
In our last episode (Wed, 13 Sep 2000 11:37:37 -0700),
the artist formerly known as Marco R. Gazzetta said:
>Hi, there,
>
>After a long and unsuccessful debate with Creative Labs, I have given up
>looking for a Linux driver for their Nomads.
>
>Does anyone have any input (s)he might want to share about good MP3
>players that have Linux support? Personal preference would be a
>company that came out with their own driver for Linux (i.e. I don't
>like the Rio approach too much, reverse engineer because those guys
>won't give you any hints).
I would _much_ rather see the companies release enough info to let the
Linux community produce a driver without the company expecting to
establish restrictions on what kind of enhancements are possible.
After all, it would be quite possible to have the Rio software provide
something looking a whole lot like an NFS server to pretend it's just
a filesystem.
Furthermore, if the company comes out with their own "driver," this
likely means that:
a) They'll integrate all sorts of other "cruft" into it;
b) It won't work on my Alpha box;
c) It will be a 7MB fragile package that runs Their Way.
d) It will likely enforce a Captive User Interface that requires
running X.
Now, I'd really rather like to see interface software for the Nomad,
Samsung 'Yepp, DLink DMP100, Lyra, Pine D'Music, Best/Cabo, I-Jam, and
such.
I seriously doubt that between the couple-dozen choices there would be
more than just a few interfacing schemes, and having 15 different
"drivers" would just be silly.
--
(concatenate 'string "cbbrowne" "@" "hex.net")
<http://www.ntlug.org/~cbbrowne/musicmp3.html>
"What this list needs is a good five-dollar plasma weapon."
--paraphrased from `/usr/bin/fortune`
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christopher Browne)
Subject: Re: IA-64 Linux Developers Kit Update
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 00:21:49 GMT
In our last episode (Wed, 13 Sep 2000 22:18:32 GMT),
the artist formerly known as [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
>This will probably be of interest to those of you immersed in IA-64
>Linux ports...
>
>It was posted on HP's Developer's Resource Forums
>(http://www.devresource.hp.com/devresource/Forums/Forums.html).
>
>>Posted by Brian Lynn ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) on 09/08/00 17:12
>>Updates to the IA-64 Linux Developers Kit are now available at the HP
>>web site.
>
>>Changes have been made to Ski (more system calls are supported, big-
>>endian mode works correctly, etc.) and the NUE filesystem (updated
>>toolchain, etc.).
>
>>A list of changes, along with links that will take you to the new
>>files, can be found at
>>http://www.software.hp.com/products/LIA64/updates.htm. The LDK URL
>>continues to be http://www.software.hp.com/ia64linux/.
Interesting.
Of course, the killer question is: When will there actually be IA-64
_hardware_ available?
--
(concatenate 'string "cbbrowne" "@" "acm.org")
<http://www.ntlug.org/~cbbrowne/lsf.html>
"War is a matter of vital importance to the State; the province of
life or death; the road to survival or ruin. It is mandatory that it
be thoroughly studied." -- Sun Tzu
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: MicroChannel workaround using Zip?
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 00:20:47 GMT
> Eh? Pee-Cees with MCA are supported.
According to the Linux on Thinkpad FAQ list, MCA is not supported.
And indeed, Linux does not recognize the presense of any hard
drive on my system, proof. As for SCSI, this is a laptop so I have
no SCSI drives.
As for MCA on PPC, I think you misunderstand what MCA is: it is
IBM's MicroChannel Architecture. It is that pre-PCI bus that
nobody uses and certainly was never used in a PPC machine.
uwuh
Just because there is no booting
> kernel on your favourite distribution CD doesn't mean it's not
supported.
> You may have problems with certain SCSI-controlers, yes, but MCA
> as bus system is supported on PC-hardware (not on PPC).
>
> Try those links (they once were working, unchecked):
> http://www.dgmicro.com/mca/ (MCA Linux homepage)
> http://members.aol.com/mcapage0/mcamafia.htm (THE MCA MAFIA)
> http://chimera.acs.ttu.edu/~tapsa/mca/ (Linux on PS/2)
> http://www.ghq.com/~jwhite/wilma/list.pl/lxi.913420016.19222.html
(MCA Linux)
>
> perhaps you'll find a working kernel or at least more info.
>
> HTH,
> Uli
> --
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> Stormweg 24 |listening to: Paralysed (The Sewergrooves),
> 24539 Neumuenster, Germany|Cheap Excitement (Stratford Mercenaries)
>
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From: "peter hollings" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: NEED SIS6326AGP VIDEOCARD DRIVER FOR LINUX!!!
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 00:39:46 GMT
Jean Francois --
I assume you need this for running a graphical interface under X. This
chipset has been supported by X for a year or so. I'm in the process of
upgrading to xf86 3.3.6 to pick up 6236 compatability. (xf86 4 has been
released, but I understand that not all of the drivers have yet been
incorporated.) The SVGA X Server specifically supports the 6236 and offers
acceleration -- that is, you don't have to downgrade performance in order to
achieve compatibility. I suspect it's more mature and stable than 4.0. So,
I believe I'm in your situation and I have chosen to go 3.3.6. Now, the
next and more complicated part. I happen to be running SuSE 6.0. My
research has led me to a mirror of SuSE's FTP site where I have downloaded
RPM's specifically set to upgrade X to 3.3.6 within a 6.0 install. Please
note that you need to upgrade multiple RPM's -- not just the SVGA server.
Now I'm trying to perform the upgrade using YaST.
Good luck!
Peter Hollings
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
"jfd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:9xRv5.258965$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> pLEASE, HELP!!!
> NEED SIS6326AGP VIDEOCARD DRIVER FOR LINUX!!!
>
>
>
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From: Vladimir Florinski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: videoconferencing
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 17:35:22 -0700
samuel Irlapati wrote:
>
> I have an 'all in wonder 128' PCI video card. It has a composite input
> which can be used as with videconferencing cameras.
> Can anyone please suggest a videoconferencing camera that I could use
> with this video card? Of course it should be supported in linux with
> drivers.
>
Any camera that has a right connector would do. A camcorder would do nicely. You
don't need drivers since these are not software controlled.
--
Vladimir
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From: Scott Prigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Add CD to old 486
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 21:08:17 -0400
Just make and use the setup floppies. They should recognize your CDRom. You
don't need to boot from cd.
It worked on my 486 (vintage 94) with RH, SuSE, . . .
Mike Fourcher wrote:
> I've got an '93 vintage 486 that I'd like to add a CD to so I can
> install linux. Trouble is, the BIOS is too old to allow automatic
> recognition of the CD on the controller. So, I need an independent
> controller card.
>
> Can anyone recommend a controller card that has linux drivers? I tried
> Siig, but they only support Win 9X/NT.
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: MicroChannel workaround using Zip?
Date: 14 Sep 2000 01:06:31 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
:> Eh? Pee-Cees with MCA are supported.
: According to the Linux on Thinkpad FAQ list, MCA is not supported.
Then the FAQ is wrong. Linux exists for MCA based machines. Read
mca.txt in the kernel Documentation directory.
i386 Micro Channel Architecture Support
=======================================
MCA support is enabled using the CONFIG_MCA define. A machine with a MCA
bus will have the kernel variable MCA_bus set, assuming the BIOS feature
bits are set properly (see arch/i386/boot/setup.S for information on
how this detection is done).
...
=====================================================================
MCA Linux Home Page: http://glycerine.itsmm.uni.edu/mca/
Peter
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Subject: Help installing Linux Redhat 6.2 on laptop drive
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 01:47:43 GMT
Greetings all,
I have been trying for two days to install Redhat 6.2 on my laptop.
Following are the geometric specs:
7944 Cylinders
16 heads
63 sec/track
Disk is 4093 MB.
I partition the disk so that:
/boot 32 Megs
/ 400 Megs
/usr 2000 Megs
/home 1000 Megs
swap 128 Megs
/var the rest
The installation proceeds smoothly until the system reboots after I am
prompted with a message that says that the installation compeleted
successfully. Upon rebooting however, the notebook bios prompts me to insert
a bootable disk. Linux simply fails to boot. Could someone shed some light
to tell me what i am doing wrong?
Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks in advance
Salim Douba
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From: Cokey de Percin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: MicroChannel workaround using Zip?
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 01:54:20 GMT
"Peter T. Breuer" wrote:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> :> Eh? Pee-Cees with MCA are supported.
>
> : According to the Linux on Thinkpad FAQ list, MCA is not supported.
>
> Then the FAQ is wrong. Linux exists for MCA based machines. Read
> mca.txt in the kernel Documentation directory.
>
> i386 Micro Channel Architecture Support
> =======================================
> MCA support is enabled using the CONFIG_MCA define. A machine with a MCA
> bus will have the kernel variable MCA_bus set, assuming the BIOS feature
> bits are set properly (see arch/i386/boot/setup.S for information on
> how this detection is done).
>
Gee, I hope it is supported as I'm running it on some old Model 77 and 95
machines at work and unless they've magically changed, they're all MCA
boxes. As for PPC, IBM made quite a few RS/6000 models based on an upgraded
MCA spec (64 bit AFAIK), all running AIX. Linux runs just fine on the old
IBM Intel/MCA boxes, once you get past the boot problem and the fact that IBM
reverses the boot order on the SCSI chain (boots from 6, not 0) unless you
tell it different. I don't believe Linux runs on the older PPC/MCA varients
unless someone has done some porting recently.
Also, if you look in the notes for the 2.4 test kernels, I believe you'll find
reference to updates to MCA code....
There is a site for MCA stuff with boot disks etc. Don't have it here, try
searching for it.
Best
Cokey
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From: sideband <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help installing Linux Redhat 6.2 on laptop drive
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 22:06:16 -0400
On or about Thu, 14 Sep 2000 01:47:43 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED], using the
forum comp.os.linux.hardware did say:
:
:I partition the disk so that:
:/boot 32 Megs
:/ 400 Megs
:/usr 2000 Megs
:/home 1000 Megs
:swap 128 Megs
:/var the rest
/var is good at around 100M, 200 if you're lazy and don't clean out
your old log files.
Use the remainder for /root. or something else that won't be used
much. Then at least you can shrink the partition and use the space for
something later, if your needs change.
:
:The installation proceeds smoothly until the system reboots after I am
:prompted with a message that says that the installation compeleted
:successfully. Upon rebooting however, the notebook bios prompts me to insert
:a bootable disk. Linux simply fails to boot. Could someone shed some light
:to tell me what i am doing wrong?
You ::might:: have forgotten to set /boot and/or /
bootable/active/whatever when you were in FDISK. Boot the rescue
floppy, run fdisk, and make sure one of those is bootable (you might
have to play with which one to set bootable/active, I've never split
/boot off from /). I'd assume /, but like I said.... Maybe someone
else can help with this point?
:
:Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
:
:Thanks in advance
:
:Salim Douba
-SSB
(you know what to do with the email address to make it work..)
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