Linux-Hardware Digest #605, Volume #13 Wed, 20 Sep 00 04:13:09 EDT
Contents:
Re: New Linux Install ("kosh")
Frustrated new attempted linux user ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: linux & AMD TB 750 (Brad Remedios)
Mount win98 hard drive (M. Solomon)
Re: Rewriting to DAT tapes ("Steve Wolfe")
Re: SMP gaming platform? ("Steve Wolfe")
Re: Memory upgrade - worth? ("Steve Wolfe")
Re: DVD RAM support (Rainer Lehrig)
Re: Legacy Floppy (Jim)
Re: Mount win98 hard drive (Sven Bovin)
Re: Mount win98 hard drive (Neil Durant)
Re: Mount win98 hard drive (Dean Plude)
DVB's TV-Card under Linux (Rainer Lehrig)
Re: read ext2 under winnt? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Frustrated new attempted linux user (Kenneth R�rvik)
s3 virge accelerated specification ("Ian Dichkovsky")
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From: "kosh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: Re: New Linux Install
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 23:10:24 -0600
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "James M. Luongo"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I plan on installing Linux Mandrake 7.1 for the first time. I need some
> help. How big should the partitions be? And, I heard something about
> LiLo not recognizing a Linux partition after a certain disk cylinder (or
> sector, whatever). I think it was 1023, but I'm not sure. Is this
> true? Help!
If you are installing Mandrake 7.1 just read the docs it has with it. I
have installed Mandrake 7.1 on many boxes and never had a problem on
anything more modern then a P90. It does a very good job at detection. If
you put the kernel where lilo can't reach grub is used automatically. The
mandrake 7.1 install is about the easiest linux install I have ever used.
That is why whenever I help a customer who wants to get rid of windows I
help them dual boot Mandrake and let them install it with me watching.
Usually they never ask me a single question during the install. Usually I
get comments about how easy it is to set up.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Frustrated new attempted linux user
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 05:11:32 GMT
I am brand new to linux. I bought linux-mandrake 7.1. I have a soyo -
6BA+IV motherboard which has High Point 366 controller on the board for
the ide 3 & ide 4 which are ATA 66. I have a maxtor 30 gig hd and a
quantum fireball 13 gig drive connected to each of the ide slots. I
have my cd-writer connected to my regular ata 33 ide 1. When I attempt
to install the installation freezes. When I try it in the expert mode
with nothing attached to my high point controller it will work. When it
detects my hardware it says something about
Triones|HPT366 Storage_Other unknown). I do not know any commands or
how to use linux but have heard a lot about it and thought it might be
fun to try but it will not work with my hpt366 controller. I have been
to the website that talks about a patch for this controller but being
new do not have any idea about how to use it. I do not know if
mandrake-linux installs the source code or not. Is there any way that
I can get this to work? Please remember I am very new at this and do
not understand all of the commands. Is there anyone who could possibly
walk me through how to get this to work? Otherwise I guess linux isn't
for me. I guess I want to learn more about it but I can't do that until
I get get it running on my system. Does any distribution install with
my setup? I have read a lot of how-to's and can not seem to make any
sense of them being brand new to linux. I have looked at the mini how-
to on the hpt366 in detail at http://www.csie.ntu.edu.tw/%
7Eb6506063/hpt366/. I still can figure it out. Can anyone explain to me
in simple detail what to do????
Thanks in advance,
Greg
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From: Brad Remedios <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: linux & AMD TB 750
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 05:24:50 GMT
I had the same problem with my tb 850 and a7v (ASUS)... at lilo try the
following without the quotes:
"linux x86_serial_nr=1"
(or repplace linux by other name if appropriate).
What is happenind is that it is trying to disable the P3 serial number
and
obviously failing...
you have basically 2 options to fix this...
1. rebuild kernel
2. add append="x86_serial_nr=1" to you lilo.conf file...
Hope this helps... If you need more assistance just ask...
Michael Mayo wrote:
>
> I have an Abit KT7 (non-raid) with a Thunderbird 750 (locked, aluminum). I'm
> attempting to run Gentus 3.0, and the installation seemed to go fine.
> However, upon boot it goes into LILO. Windows will load fine, but Linux will
> stop during bootup. It tries to "disable CPU serial" which causes a "general
> protection fault". Several other messages flash up and it ends up trying to
> "kill the idle process" and having a "sync error". Any suggestions?
>
> I noticed another user (in the Abit group) had a similar problem with a
> previously working version of RedHat, but it had the same error message when
> he transferred that HD to his Abit KT7/TB 750 setup.
>
> TIA.
>
> --
> Michael Mayo
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: M. Solomon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Mount win98 hard drive
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 05:30:05 -0000
Hi.I just installed Linux Mandrake 6.1 on my system.I was wondering if
it is possible to download linux files onto my second hard drive (D) which
is a fat32 drive, and then when I boot into Linux, mount the drive and
then transfer the files onto a folder?Also can I transfer the contents of
a complete folder to Linux from a fat32 drive?The reason I am asking is
that my modem a Pctel Hspmicromodem, will not work under Linux.And so I am
unable to use Linux to go online until I get a hardware based modem.Also
one last question.How do I find out how much space is left on my Linux
partition?Thanks.
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From: "Steve Wolfe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Rewriting to DAT tapes
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 23:43:39 -0600
> How do you erase existing data on DAT tapes and rewrite to them? I'm
> running Red Hat Linux 6.1 on a Compaq DAT drive.
Since I'm not storing sensitive data, I don't bother erasing them, I just
rewind and then write to them again.
steve
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From: "Steve Wolfe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SMP gaming platform?
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 23:45:56 -0600
> I'm thinking of replacing my four year old computer in order to play those
> nifty new 3D games like Q3A and HG2.
>
> I'm thinking of buying an SMP machine. Does anybody know whether getting
an
> SMP Linux box will give improved performance over a single processor box
given
> that the rest of the hardware is the same? (E.g both will have 256MB RAM
and
> Voodoo5). If there is a performance gap, how much is it?
>
> I'd appreciate it if someone could point to some benchmarks on the Web!
Depending on the game, your speed-up will be anywhere from none to a
little. If gaming is your gig, then you'd probably do much better to take
the extra money you'd spend on an SMP setup, and get a better (single) CPU
and video card.
steve
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From: "Steve Wolfe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Memory upgrade - worth?
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 23:46:41 -0600
> Hi,
> I have 200MMX with 64M ram (2 x 32). If i buy a 128m ram to replace one
> of the 32m to have total of 160m ram, would that worth upgrading to get
> more speed? Thanks.
If you regularly use more than just a very small amount of swap, yes, it
will be worth it.
steve
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From: Rainer Lehrig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: DVD RAM support
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 07:58:03 +0200
Ant Sims wrote:
>
> I'm sure this must be a FAQ, but I can't find any info on dejanews
> etc, so ...
>
> What's Linux support for SCSI DVD RAM drives like? I vaguely remember
> reading somewhere that it's possible (with some minor kernel
> modifications) to use such drives (with DVD RAM media) as a SCSI
> harddrive. Is this correct?
>
> What about reading DVD ROM/CD ROM? Can a DVD RAM drive be relied upon
> to behave as a DVD ROM drive?
>
> If it's significant, I'm interested in using the Panasonic or Toshiba
> drives and (by preference) ext2 filesystems on DVD RAM.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> --
> I apologize if most of what I have written is total rubbish
>
> Ant Sims
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The original patch from panasonic is as follows:
I used it with SuSE Linux 6.3
Since SuSE Linux 6.4 it is directly in the kernel.
You can use the DVD-RAM as harddisk, DVD-ROM and CD-ROM.
Up to now I did not format DVD-RAM's, instead I used DVD-RAM's formatted
under Windoz98 with vfat.
--- linux-2.2.10-ac8/drivers/scsi/scsi.c Sun Jul 4 13:30:56 1999
+++ linux/drivers/scsi/scsi.c Fri Jul 2 18:35:31 1999
@@ -762,6 +762,17 @@
scsi_result[1] |= 0x80; /* removable */
}
+ /*
+ * It would seem the Panasonic DVD-RAM is backwards too
+ * If DVD-RAM or PD media used, it seems to function
+ * as Direct-Access
+ */
+ if (!strncmp (scsi_result + 8, "MATSHITA", 7) &&
+ !strncmp (scsi_result + 16, "PD-2 LF-D100", 12)) {
+ scsi_result[0] = TYPE_DISK;
+ scsi_result[1] |= 0x80; /* removable */
+ }
+
memcpy (SDpnt->vendor, scsi_result + 8, 8);
memcpy (SDpnt->model, scsi_result + 16, 16);
memcpy (SDpnt->rev, scsi_result + 32, 4);
Yours:
Rainer Lehrig
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From: Jim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Legacy Floppy
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 06:14:21 GMT
Do you have the ftape and zftape modules loaded? If so, unload the modules
and it should work then.
Jim
Chuck wrote:
> errr...
>
> I recently stripped the floppy out of my machine for one reason or
> another.
> Upon putting it back in, I can't mount it. It still works fine in
> Windo$e.
>
> This is typical...
>
> >mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
> mount: block device /dev/fd0 is write-protected, mounting read-only
> mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/fd0,
> or too many mounted file systems
>
> I assure you the correct fs type is msdos.
> I included no options, so how can one be bad?
> The superblock works fine in windoze.
> I assure you I don't have too many mounted file systems.
>
> I downloaded fdutils-5.4, and found it to be a pain in my rump in so
> many ways. Regardless when all was said and done, it didn't help at all.
>
> As far as I can tell I need to mount the drive before it will be of any
> use.
> And since mounting the drive is my problem, it's of zero use.
>
> The floppy spins by the way, and the usage LED is active. But nothing's
> happening. I'm gonna try another floppy drive while yall get back to
> me...
>
> Chuck
>
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From: Sven Bovin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Mount win98 hard drive
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 08:17:29 +0200
"M. Solomon" wrote:
>
> Hi.I just installed Linux Mandrake 6.1 on my system.I was wondering
> if
> it is possible to download linux files onto my second hard drive (D)
> which
> is a fat32 drive, and then when I boot into Linux, mount the drive and
> then transfer the files onto a folder?
That is possible. The mount command would look like:
mount -t vfat /dev/hdXN /path/to/mountpoint
where X and N are the device letter and number (e.g.: X=a and N=1 for
the first primary partition on the master on the primary IDE channel,
I'm assuming you have IDE hard disks). There's a whole bunch of
options to the mount command, so I suggest you read the manpage
for mount for details.
> Also can I transfer the contents
> of
> a complete folder to Linux from a fat32 drive?
Should be possible. Play around a bit with the cp command. I
think something like cp /mnt/win/downloadfolder/* /I/want/it/here
should do the trick.
> The reason I am asking
> is
> that my modem a Pctel Hspmicromodem, will not work under Linux.And so
> I am
> unable to use Linux to go online until I get a hardware based modem.
> Also
> one last question.How do I find out how much space is left on my Linux
> partition?Thanks.
The command for that is df. See the man page for details.
HTH
Sven
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From: Neil Durant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Mount win98 hard drive
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 07:21:55 +0100
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, M. Solomon
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
> Hi.I just installed Linux Mandrake 6.1 on my system.I was wondering if
>it is possible to download linux files onto my second hard drive (D) which
>is a fat32 drive, and then when I boot into Linux, mount the drive and
>then transfer the files onto a folder?Also can I transfer the contents of
>a complete folder to Linux from a fat32 drive?The reason I am asking is
>that my modem a Pctel Hspmicromodem, will not work under Linux.And so I am
>unable to use Linux to go online until I get a hardware based modem.Also
>one last question.How do I find out how much space is left on my Linux
>partition?Thanks.
Sigh.
Yes, just mount the Win98 partition (FAT16 or FAT32) as part of your
filing system, and use the standard Linux cp commands to move your files
across to bits of your native Linux partition(s). Same goes for whole
directories of files.
Your best bet would be to ditch the modem and get a decent one. It'll
also give better performance in Windows as it's not sapping your CPU.
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From: Dean Plude <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Mount win98 hard drive
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 06:28:38 GMT
"M. Solomon" wrote:
> Hi.I just installed Linux Mandrake 6.1 on my system.I was wondering if
> it is possible to download linux files onto my second hard drive (D) which
> is a fat32 drive, and then when I boot into Linux, mount the drive and
> then transfer the files onto a folder?Also can I transfer the contents of
> a complete folder to Linux from a fat32 drive?
yes just mount /dev/hd(what ever your hard drive is ) /mnt/disk
> The reason I am asking is
> that my modem a Pctel Hspmicromodem, will not work under Linux.And so I am
> unable to use Linux to go online until I get a hardware based modem.Also
> one last question.How do I find out how much space is left on my Linux
> partition?
at the command prompt type df <enter >
> Thanks.
>
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From: Rainer Lehrig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: DVB's TV-Card under Linux
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 08:47:40 +0200
Hello,
I have a hauppauge DVBs video card in my computer with SuSE Linux 7.0.
There should be a linux support of this card.
Has somebody got experience on that ?
Yours:
Rainer Lehrig
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: read ext2 under winnt?
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 06:25:15 GMT
> is there a tool/driver that i can read my ext2
Linux partitions under WinNT
> or Win2k?
The driver is on the
http://www.chat.ru/~ashedel/ext2fsnt
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Subject: Re: Frustrated new attempted linux user
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kenneth R�rvik)
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 07:14:19 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in <8q9gtp$i0f$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>sense of them being brand new to linux. I have looked at the mini how-
>to on the hpt366 in detail at http://www.csie.ntu.edu.tw/%
>7Eb6506063/hpt366/. I still can figure it out. Can anyone explain to me
>in simple detail what to do????
I'll give it a try (Or skip to the bottom and read what may be the simplest
way): You need to figure out the base I/O-address and IRQ of ide2 and 3
(not 3 and 4, the first two are ide0 and ide1).
There are several ways to find this out, if you have windows 9x on your
computer, you can find this in Control Panel/System. Find the devices
listing and double click on your IDE-controllers. Then write down
everything you see related to addresses and compare to what you see in the
HPT366-howto. If you are able to drop to a console during the install of
Mandrake (Try ALT-F2 - F7), you may be able to issue the command "less
/proc/ioports". Do the same for /proc/interrupts and /proc/pci, and you may
find some additional info on the comtrollers.
When you have found the io-addresses and interrupt for the HPT-366, read
carefully the instructions given in the HPT-366 mini-howto for info on how
to supply lilo with the correct parameters to detect the HPT366 interface.
Part of the problem may be that the mandrake installer tries to auto-detect
the chipset and crashes. I have an offboard HPT366 chipset myself, and had
the same problem. This is, as far as I can tell, related to the fact that
the IDE-patches that are applied in the mandrake-distribution, do not fully
support this chipset. the 2.4.0-test kernels work perfectly on my system
though.
So basically, what you shoul dbe trying is to specify the proper addresses
and interrupt to lilo when starting the install:
linux ide2=A,B(,C) ide3=D,E(,C)
Refer once again to the HPT-366 mini-howto to find out what the values of
A-E should be. C is the interrupt, and may not be required.
Hope this helps you some. If you have no luck still, try a distro that does
not use the patched 2.2.x kernels for HPT366 support (like redhat 6.2)
One last way to do it (It is how I finally got my HPT366 working): Connect
everything to the normal UDMA33-controllers, and install from there. Then
get the latest 2.4.0-test kernel, and compile in support for the HPT-366
(You will then need to learn how to compile your own kernel, which can seem
a bit intimidating, but it's really not that big of a deal. Numerous
sources exist that can help you with this. Check out www.kernel.org and
www.kernel.org/LDP. Here you will find both the latest kernel versions and
documentation.). When you have the new kernel working, and can verify that
the HPT366 chipset is detected on bootup (You can find this oyt by doing a
"dmesg |less"), compile yet a new one that has the "Boot offboard chipsets
first support" option enabled. You can then switch your drive to the HPT366
controller without any further modification to the system. There are
several things to be aware of, but for now I don't want to confuse you with
more... Get back to us if you run into specific problems.
Make sure also, that you install everything that is related to development
when installing Mandrake.
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From: "Ian Dichkovsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.hardware,alt.comp.hardware.homebuilt,alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,comp.hardware,comp.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.ms-windows.vide
Subject: s3 virge accelerated specification
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 10:18:19 +0300
Hi !
(Sorry for bad English)
I want to write an accelerated video driver for Linux
(or maybe later for other systems ....).
Where I could download specification(documentation) on
S3 Virge DX/GX(375/385)?(html, pdf, TeX, dvi, ... )
Samples of using accelerated
capabilities ?
Thanks !
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