Linux-Hardware Digest #585, Volume #13 Sat, 16 Sep 00 15:13:06 EDT
Contents:
Can't see my ethernet card... (Eric)
CPUID and Athon T-Bird (Lou Grinzo)
Re: Insulated or Non-Insulated metal standoffs for Motherboards (Jim Broughton)
MotherBoard Integrated Sound Card --supported??? ("Team KMart")
Sharing a serial port
Re: Sharing a serial port
Re: Mylex DCE376 - Any chance? ("J Tabor")
trust scanner (Kashumi)
Re: MotherBoard Integrated Sound Card --supported??? ("Steve Wolfe")
Re: Multiple Adaptec 2940 scsi cards ("Steve Wolfe")
Re: Printing with the stp-driver and PDQ (Grant Taylor)
Re: Sound problem in user account (Thomas Corriher)
Re: modem does not like ppp... (Thomas Corriher)
Re: CPUID and Athon T-Bird (Marcus Lauer)
Re: SCSI emulation (Duane)
Re: boot floppy (Henrik Carlqvist)
Re: Mandrake 7.1 with 3c509b NIC (Henrik Carlqvist)
IDE controller for ALi 1541 - help! ("Andrew P. Billyard")
Re: BIOS setup on an old 386 ("Raz A Mattazz")
Re: Festfrequenzmonitor ("Raz A Mattazz")
Re: aha152x-module ("Raz A Mattazz")
Re: purchase question (Mark Post)
Thanks !!Re: FAT12 filesystem support under Linux?? (John Hovell)
Re: Memory hole problem!! (Thomas Corriher)
Re: no floppy - it gets weirder (Alan Needleman)
Re: Festfrequenzmonitor (Rob van der Putten)
DATA_PROTECT after power switch off ("Marek")
Re: RH6.0 machine connection lost after unplug from switch (Thomas Corriher)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eric)
Subject: Can't see my ethernet card...
Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2000 15:34:08 GMT
Hi,
I'm using Mandrake 7.1 and I have a Network Everywhere fast ethernet
adapter (NC100 v2) installed on my machine. This is a PCI card.
Works fine with Win98, but I'm unable to detect it with Linux?
Could you help me to fix this?
Thank you in advance.
Eric.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lou Grinzo)
Subject: CPUID and Athon T-Bird
Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2000 15:59:56 GMT
I'm assembling a system with an ABit KT7 motherboard and
a 950MHz Athlon Thunderbird, for use with Linux. I ran
into a weird problem, though: When I install RH 6.2,
everything goes perfectly until the first boot of the
installed system, when Linux crashes with a general
protection fault 0000 because it tries to disable
the CPUID of the chip, according to the boot messages.
It looks like Linux is mistaking my Athlon for a P-III.
I tried RH 6.1, and it installed and runs without a
hitch on the identical hardware, so it's clearly a 6.2
issue.
How do I disable this behavior on a fresh install of 6.2?
Lou
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From: Jim Broughton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Insulated or Non-Insulated metal standoffs for Motherboards
Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2000 16:09:57 GMT
mike wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I was reinstalling a Pentium motherboard and realized
> that the board was not secure and two brass standoffs were
> missing. There was one there origionlly making three total.
> The other standoffs are plastic.
> The origional brass standoff had a screw with a fiber
> washer going through the motherboard. I wasn't sure
> if I should put fiber washers on the other two screws or
> additionally I should put one fiber washer under
> the motherboard inbetween the brass standoffs and the
> motherboard so that the motherboard could be completely
> insulated from ground.
> There are three silver washer shaped metal plated surfaces
> on the motherboard around each hole where the screws go for the brass
> standoffs. There are no corresponding metal plated disk
> surfaces under the motherboard on top of the brass standoffs.
> I would like to know the issues involved. Someone once told
> me that a motherboard could be shorted out if it was improperly
> grounded. My friend says that the motherboard pads (silver disk
> surfaces) are for grounding to help cut down on radio frequency
> interferance.
> So far I have put fiber washers above and below the
> motherboard for safety, initially, as I was told that
> you could run a motherboard out of its case.
> Are there general guidelines about this. I have gone on the
> internet sites which tell how to install motherboards an
> some articles don't mention the issue and others have
> different thoughts on the subject of grounding screws.
>
> Thanks
> Mike
IT is a good idea to just leave out the isolation washers. I do.
My 2 boxes have been running for more than a year without an
isolation washer in sight. I just place the MB on the brass standoffs
and screw it down.
The motherboard does need grounding but that is usualy provided by
the power supply connections. Though any extra cannot hurt.
--
Jim Broughton
(The Amiga OS! Now there was an OS)
If Sense were common everyone would have it!
Following Air and Water the third most abundant
thing on the planet is Human Stupidity.
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From: "Team KMart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: MotherBoard Integrated Sound Card --supported???
Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2000 09:27:12 -0700
Hi, I ordered a new system
which I picked up yesterday.
Prior, and During the Whole Process I insisted on
a motherboard that did not have integrated video and sound cards.
However, much to my dismay, this morning, I find that its sound card
is an integrated part of the motherboard.
Are there issues with integrated 'on the motherboard' soundcards???
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Sharing a serial port
Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2000 11:49:41 -0500
Hello-
I have a Digital Camera with a serial adapter, a Palm Pilot,
and a UPS with a serial adapter to warn my machine of an impending power
failure.
However, I also have only 2 9-pin serial ports.
I will never need to sync my pilot and download pictures at the same time-
is there any way I can share the port under Linux without having to 'hotplug'
the two cables? I.E. Is there a 2-headed 9-pin serial cable out there which
I can hook both the Palm Cradle and the Digital camera into and then just use
one or the other? That way I can dedicate the other port to the UPS.
It's either that or get an extra serial port on a PCI bus card,
which I'd like to avoid if possible.
Thanks for any info,
Roger
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ()
Subject: Re: Sharing a serial port
Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2000 17:09:41 GMT
On Sat, 16 Sep 2000 11:49:41 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hello-
>
>I have a Digital Camera with a serial adapter, a Palm Pilot,
>and a UPS with a serial adapter to warn my machine of an impending power
>failure.
>
>However, I also have only 2 9-pin serial ports.
Do a websearch for "switchbox serial port".
For example, after about a minute's worth of work I found
a $21 switchbox @ http://www.viawest.com/ProductR.htm#Manual Switchboxes
You should be able to do better if you spend more than a minute looking.
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From: "J Tabor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Mylex DCE376 - Any chance?
Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2000 12:14:31 -0500
I believe it behaves as wd controller by default. That is, with no drivers
loaded.
marcel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi
>
> any chance to get my old Mylex DCE376
> caching SCSI controller to work with Linux?
>
> It's in the Linux Hardware Compatibility HOWTO
> as "in WD emulation mode only". So what does that
> mean? Any jumpers to set to make it behave like
> a WD controller?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Marcel
>
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From: Kashumi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: trust scanner
Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2000 18:32:24 +0200
I Have a trust compact scan 19200 - usb scanner, and I want to use it
with my mandrake 7.1 distro, do you know if it works with sane or in
any other way?
Do you know who is the manufacturer of di scanner (really trust? or
mustek or who else?)
TNX
Bye Kashumi
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From: "Steve Wolfe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: MotherBoard Integrated Sound Card --supported???
Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2000 11:27:50 -0600
> Hi, I ordered a new system
> which I picked up yesterday.
> Prior, and During the Whole Process I insisted on
> a motherboard that did not have integrated video and sound cards.
>
> However, much to my dismay, this morning, I find that its sound card
> is an integrated part of the motherboard.
>
> Are there issues with integrated 'on the motherboard' soundcards???
It all depends on the card. Some will work just fine, some won't. We
recently bought some "book pc's" to use as demo units at a trade show, and I
set one up wth Linux as a NAT router / firewall, and the Redhat 6.2
installation found the sound card and installed the correct module. When I
recompiled the 2.2.16 kernel, I found the appropriate driver in the kernel
tree. That's the ideal situation, however....
steve
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From: "Steve Wolfe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Multiple Adaptec 2940 scsi cards
Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2000 11:30:31 -0600
> Why only 2 SCSI drives per card?
To increase performance.... although with 2.4 gig drives, they're probably
slow enough that the extra controller doesn't help.
> Why not put RAID 5 on the second
> 2940, with 4 drives thus improving performance?
How would limiting your total bandwidth increase performance?
> But when I reboot, the server just
> :hangs after seeing all the drives. It shows the menu of hardware info
> :and just hangs there.
try looking for a "reset configuration data" or "reset extended
configuration data" in the BIOS.
steve
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From: Grant Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Printing with the stp-driver and PDQ
Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2000 17:37:23 GMT
Vidar Skjelanger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> According to www.linuxprinting.org the stp-driver is the best choice
> for this printer. So I used PDQ-o-matic to generate a driver
> specification file and put it in /etc/pdq/drivers/ghostscript. Then
> I started xpdq and created a printer using this driver, configured
> it and tried printing.
> "Unknown device: stp" was all that was printed.
You must also install the actual driver itself. I had neglected to
describe this in my PDQ documentation; now it's there.
Basically, visit http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net and go from there.
Note that, because the stp driver can be rather slow for high quality
photo prints, you may wish to use LPD or CUPS instead, since PDQ will
process the entire job before beginning to print, while LPD and CUPS
will do both in parallel.
--
Grant Taylor - gtaylor@picante<dot>com - http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/
Linux Printing Website and HOWTO: http://www.linuxprinting.org/
I offer consulting services; innovative Linux use a specialty
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Thomas Corriher)
Subject: Re: Sound problem in user account
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], abuse@[127.0.0.1]
Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2000 17:39:58 GMT
On Thu, 14 Sep 2000 05:21:36 GMT,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thanks. I've decided that because I'm the only user of Linux
> on this PC, that I will run the necessary players from an X
> console when needed. Logging as root, of course.
Even without considering security risks, running a program as
root is dangerous. A bug in a program could cause the program
to trash your system. This could make your system as unstable
as a Windows system.
I have an actual example that I have been intending to report,
but I keep forgetting to.
My copy of "mpg123" sometimes deletes the /dev/dsp device when
I run it as root. This effectively destroys my sound system
(where the kernel is concerned). I found this bug accidently,
and suffered a degree stress about it. I then wasted a great
deal of time figuring that I had to manually recreate this
sound device file as root by typing:
mknod /dev/dsp c 14 3
(Somebody send a note to the mpg123 author in case
I forget again.)
You should do a "ls -l /dev > dev_files.txt" to make a
backup copy of your device files information; if you only
have one Linux system. This can really save your system
if you don't know which numbers to use for a missing
device (ie. "14" and "3").
Be afraid of the root account.
--
From the desk of Thomas Corriher
The real email address is:
corriher at bellsouth.
net
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Thomas Corriher)
Subject: Re: modem does not like ppp...
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], abuse@[127.0.0.1]
Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2000 17:39:57 GMT
On Sun, 10 Sep 2000 00:13:39 +1000,
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>i cannot get my modem to dial using ifup...
>
>i can get it to dail with minicom no problems, so i copied the
>initalisaion sting minicom uses into the netconf ppp configuration
>section, no good.
>
>it quits with an error 1.
Try: ifup ppp0
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The real email address is:
corriher at bellsouth.
net
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From: Marcus Lauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: CPUID and Athon T-Bird
Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2000 10:51:12 -0700
On Sat, 16 Sep 2000, Lou Grinzo wrote:
>I'm assembling a system with an ABit KT7 motherboard and
>a 950MHz Athlon Thunderbird, for use with Linux. I ran
>into a weird problem, though: When I install RH 6.2,
>everything goes perfectly until the first boot of the
>installed system, when Linux crashes with a general
>protection fault 0000 because it tries to disable
>the CPUID of the chip, according to the boot messages.
>It looks like Linux is mistaking my Athlon for a P-III.
>
>I tried RH 6.1, and it installed and runs without a
>hitch on the identical hardware, so it's clearly a 6.2
>issue.
>
>How do I disable this behavior on a fresh install of 6.2?
>
>
>
This is a well-known problem with RedHat 6.2. See the "Linux won't
boot with Thunderbird!" thread for more info.
Marcus
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From: Duane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SCSI emulation
Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2000 09:52:03 -0700
Billy SG McCarthy wrote:
>
> I've got a Memorex CD-RW and Teac CD-ROM, both IDE, but I
> can only get one of them to appear as SCSI at a time.
> Whatever I use "append" on in my lilo.conf appears as SCSI,
> but how do I get both.
>
> Running RH6.2 btw.
I don't have two devices myself, but try:
append="hdc=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi"
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From: Henrik Carlqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: boot floppy
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2000 20:57:50 +0200
Tristan White wrote:
> How do I make a boot floppy (using lilo or some other method is
> fine).
Short answer:
cp /vmlinuz /dev/fd0
Long answer:
Read about rdev in /usr/src/linux/Documentation/ramdisk.txt
regards Henrik
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From: Henrik Carlqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Mandrake 7.1 with 3c509b NIC
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2000 21:14:13 +0200
chewie8han wrote:
> On boot up, my eth0 is initialized correctly, but when I open up
> Netscape, it gives me errors about not being able to find the server
> name. It sounds like the DNS numbers are wrong but I checked them
> against my roomate's computer and against my Windows
> settings. Does anyone have any clues?
Step 1 when debugging network problems is the useful tool "ping". First
you should start to ping your own ip-address, then some other ip-adress.
When this works you could try to ping some hostname.
If something goes wrong when you try to ping you should try tools like
ifconfig, route, traceroute and nslookup. Once you get all this pinging
working Netscape will probably start working to.
regards Henrik
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From: "Andrew P. Billyard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: IDE controller for ALi 1541 - help!
Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2000 18:08:34 GMT
I've been trying to tune up my disk speed but cannot use the -d1 switch
in hdparm (receiving the error message "HDIO_SET_DMA failed: Operation
not permitted"). I know the problem; it's the solution that I'm not
sure about. I am currently running kernel version 2.2.14-5 (Red Hat
6.2) on a ASUS P5A-B motherboard with an AMD K6-2/500 processor. The
portion of my dmesg reads
PCI_IDE: unknown IDE controller on PCI bus 00 device 78, VID=10b9,
DID=5229
PCI_IDE: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
PCI_IDE: simplex device: DMA disabled
ide0: PCI_IDE Bus-Master DMA disabled (BIOS)
PCI_IDE: simplex device: DMA disabled
ide1: PCI_IDE Bus-Master DMA disabled (BIOS)
and part of /proc/pci reads
Host bridge: Acer Labs Unknown device (rev 4).
Vendor id=10b9. Device id=1541.
for my /dev/hda (IBM-DJNA-351520, ATA DISK drive) where Linux resides.
The problem is that I have an ALi1541 chipset, which is not supported in
the current kernel.
First question: does the most recent stable kernel (whatever that is)
have support for this
chipset?
Second question: If not, can the Unified driver support be insmod'ed
into my current kernel? If so, where can I get this driver?
Third question: A previous message on this newsgroup recommended going
to
ftp://ftp.us.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/hedrick/
and download a patch for the kernel. The problem is that I've never
done patchwork and the patches have names like
ide.2.2.18-3.all.20000904.patch.bz2; does the 2.2.18 have anything to do
with the kernel version or just the patch version (I'm extremely
hestitant about applying patches...I use this machine everyday for my
work and can't afford a week of farting around with the kernel because I
did something wrong).
Thus, of the three options (download new kernel/ insmod/patch) could
someone tell me which are possible, which is the best method and which
method is the easiest or fastest.
Many thanks,
Andrew
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From: "Raz A Mattazz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: BIOS setup on an old 386
Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2000 19:45:49 +0200
"Tom Massey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
: a) has anybody heard of the Reply Corporation who apparently
: made this machine, and are they still around at all?
Take a look at the machine's FCC number and find on the web who
the real manufacturer was (or is). Many such brands are just
badge engineered major manufacturers products.
: b) how do you get into BIOS setup on the things? (I've tried
: all the usual keys, unplugged the keyboard, held the space
: bar down etc)
Del, Ctrl-C, Shift-Ctrl-Del, Insert, and many other
combinations. Sometimes you can provoke a keyboard error (by
pressing two random keys simultaneously) and get promted to
invoke the BIOS setup utility by pressing...
: c) anybody have any ideas as regards to bootable BIOS setup
: disks that might be useful here?
You never said what was actually wrongly configured on the
machine? The hard drive? There are ISA cards with new BIOSes,
which support larger harddisks, offered for a small price at
some stores. Maybe that would circumvent the built in BIOS
harddisk setup? Haven't tried this myself though.
Raz
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From: "Raz A Mattazz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Festfrequenzmonitor
Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2000 19:49:43 +0200
"TaiPan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:8ptr13$eqr$10$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
: hi,
:
: hab versucht einen spea gdm-1963he festfrequenzmonitor unter
: suse 7.0 zum laufen zu kriegen. monitor l�uft nur mit
: 1280x1024 bei 75hz. die entsprechenden einstellungen in sax
: briengen kein stehendes bild. unter win98 l�uft der monitor.
: hat irgendwer erfahrungen mit festfrequenzmonitoren unter
: linux?
Providing that the physical connection is alright, which is
implied by the fact that your monitor works fine with W98, your
friend and helper here is xvidtune. You can deviate from the
monitor's sync specs some 5%. Also get a monitor switchbox and
attach both the intended target monitor and a temporary
"standin".
I used another monitor, a very capable multisync, and
"pretended" I was having the single frequency monitor when I did
my adjustments. This way I could afford to make mistakes in the
configuration until I found the right settings. When everything
was set and done I just turned the knob and tested the output on
the real target monitor.
This has turned out to be the fastest and most comfortable
method of addressing this question for me. Before that I tried a
serial terminal for the text output. I thought I could edit the
XF86Config file thru it and then test the output on the monitor.
This worked, but added much extra work and effort for setting up
and channeling the console output to the serial port. Problem
was also that I needed to keep the target monitor off most of
the time. I was afraid it would be destroyed by the faulty
syncrates produced during boot etc.
Raz
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From: "Raz A Mattazz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: aha152x-module
Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2000 19:47:55 +0200
"Renzo Lauper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:8psmor$qh4$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
: But after rebooting Linux again, the scanner won't work
: any more.
Check first that your're using the same settings in Windows and
in Linux. IRQ, DMA and port addresses. Try removing some of your
"intelligent" (Windows automatically configured) hardware, like
soundcards and NICs, and see if all works well when more
resources are freed. Then, if all is well, put back the cards
one after the other.
A little more drastic solution is to replace say the PS/2 mouse
with a USB one and thus free an IRQ for the SCSI card. Did that
today with an Adaptec 1510A SCSI adapter which that way found a
happy home on IRQ12.
Raz
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark Post)
Subject: Re: purchase question
Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2000 18:14:57 GMT
On Sat, 16 Sep 2000 02:04:59 -0500, Brad Friedman
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I am a new Linux user and I am thinking of purchasing a new PC. I am
>willing to spend around $500 for the whole system, excluding a monitor. I
>was referred to www.pricewatch.com where I found a system that I like
>offered from Explorer Micro, Inc. I was wondering if anyone had used this
>dealer and what they thought, or if anyone had a recommendation for another
>dealer to use. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Go to http://www.resellerratings.com before you buy from _anyone_ online.
I just went there, and Explorer Micro has a rating of 3.0 out of 7.0, based
on a total of 24 ratings. (I don't care for the 7-based rating system, but
oh well...). I would not personally consider buying from them, just based
on that alone. The biggest complaints about them seem to be shipping and
returns.
Mark Post
To send me email, replace 'nospam' with 'home'.
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From: John Hovell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Thanks !!Re: FAT12 filesystem support under Linux??
Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2000 18:16:46 GMT
Thanks to all who replied... sheesh, i must really be going brain-dead...
works like a charm now.
:-)
Cheers,
John
John Hovell wrote:
> Hello all --
>
> I am trying to mount a "FAT12" filesystem under Linux. Windows reads
> this filesystem fine...
>
> Here is what's happening:
>
> [root@alfred /root]# mount -t msdos /dev/hde /mnt/digicam/
> mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hde,
> or too many mounted file systems
> [root@alfred /root]# fdisk /dev/hde
>
> Command (m for help): p
>
> Disk /dev/hde: 8 heads, 16 sectors, 500 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 128 * 512 bytes
>
> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> /dev/hde1 * 1 500 31982+ 1 FAT12
>
> Command (m for help):
>
> ----
>
> Does anyone know what I am supposed to do with this?? The
> Filesystems-HOWTO implies FAT12 is supported, but doesn't go into any
> further detail.
>
> I am running kernel-2.2.16-17 (Red Hat)...
>
> Any clues/help/suggestions *at all* would be much appreciated...
>
> TiA,
> John
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Thomas Corriher)
Subject: Re: Memory hole problem!!
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], abuse@[127.0.0.1]
Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2000 18:18:19 GMT
On Sat, 16 Sep 2000 15:45:24 +0200, The Hack
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I've got a ABit KA7-100 main board on which my usually
>supported, functional SB CL PCI 128 Ensonic sound card
>didn't seem to work, until I found a "solution" on
>alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.abit. The solution was to
>enable the memory hole between the 15th and 16th mega
>byte. Which seemed to work, but everything was slowed
>down to a crawl (e.g. it takes approximately 1.5 min.
>for my XFree86 to load, and I got a Athlon 750
>Mhz with 128 MB of RAM and a very fast IBM disk ).
This solution has already been discussed here recently.
It is a very stupid solution. It disables all but
16 Mb of memory. You can not use 112 mega bytes of
your memory because of that solution. I suggest that
you find another solution and get rid of the "hole".
--
From the desk of Thomas Corriher
The real email address is:
corriher at bellsouth.
net
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From: Alan Needleman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: no floppy - it gets weirder
Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2000 18:21:37 GMT
> Linux no longer recognizes my floppy. I don't think it is a hardware
> problem because I have no trouble if I try to access it under windows.
Also, I just found out I can boot from a floppy (made with mkbootdisk)
and when I did so, I can access the floppy. But not when I boot from the
hard disk.
Any ideas?
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From: Rob van der Putten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Festfrequenzmonitor
Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2000 20:39:27 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi there
TaiPan wrote:
> hab versucht einen spea gdm-1963he festfrequenzmonitor unter suse 7.0 zum
> laufen zu kriegen. monitor l�uft nur mit 1280x1024 bei 75hz. die
> entsprechenden einstellungen in sax briengen kein stehendes bild. unter
> win98 l�uft der monitor.
> hat irgendwer erfahrungen mit festfrequenzmonitoren unter linux?
The thing to do is to figure out the horizontal deflection frequency
and use this a starting point when editing the modelines in XF86Config.
(You can even hook up your TV if you like. After all, a TV is a fixed
syc
monitor too).
Fhor is probably ca 83 kHz. The dot clock is probably near the 130 MHz.
Regards,
Rob
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From: "Marek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: DATA_PROTECT after power switch off
Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2000 20:33:38 +0200
Hi.
Does anyone know if DATA_PROTECT error on SCSI drive can be removed.
I don't think it is caused by a disk failure. I had power shutdown while
system was
working. During next sartup system couldn't boot. I even tried to
reinitialize partitions
on that drive, and reinstall everything, but it didn't work (the same
error).
Can this drive be used or is it damaged permanently?
Thanks,
Marek
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Thomas Corriher)
Subject: Re: RH6.0 machine connection lost after unplug from switch
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], abuse@[127.0.0.1]
Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2000 18:42:40 GMT
On Mon, 4 Sep 2000 13:32:49 -0400,
Zhenlei Cai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Rebooting the PC will hang when unmounting NFS,
>I have to use a hard reset.
I am really starting to loose respect for Red Hat because
of cheezy crap like this, which is the default. Linux's
reputation in security is being damaged by Red Hat's
never ending screw-ups.
See http://www.cert.org/ to read the details about
Red Hat's newest one.
They are starting to remind me of Microsoft.
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Ok, here's your solution:
Edit the file /etc/rc.d/init.d/nfs
Change "exportfs -ax"
to "exportfs"
(remove the "ax" part)
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