Linux-Hardware Digest #667, Volume #13 Tue, 3 Oct 00 20:13:10 EDT
Contents:
Onstream ADR50i - AHA-2940U2W - SuSE 6.4 ("Werner Neumann")
Re: parallel port scanners status (hamradio)
Re: RedHat 7 Mach64 4.0.1? (Patrick F Harris)
Re: Using IDE CDROM and CDRW drives at the same time ("James T. Dennis")
Re: cs4237 rh 6.2 (Dances With Crows)
Re: help needed with dual Linux OS installation (Dances With Crows)
Re: PCMCIA Driver Loading (Dances With Crows)
Linux drivers for the SB Live 5.1 sound card ("Marc Baime")
Re: RedHat 7 Mach64 4.0.1? (Rod Smith)
NIC recommendation ("wm")
Re: RedHat 7 Mach64 4.0.1? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Crackling/Static caused by Ensoniq + Esd? (Stanislav Kogan)
S3 Savage4 X-Windows problem (Rowdy)
Re: aureal votex sq2500 on redhat 7 (Stanislav Kogan)
LILO: passing parameters to /dev/hdi, /dev/hdk? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: NIC recommendation ("Heath Doane")
Re: adding a scsi disk to an ide system (Alan Needleman)
Re: soundcard on RH6.1 ("bluster")
Re: Linux drivers for the SB Live 5.1 sound card (Scott Bertin)
��� GRATIS Consigue miles de visitas para tu p�gina GRATIS!!! ("SEX")
Re: Hangs in X -- Adaptec 29160? (Andrey Vlasov)
Re: Onstream ADR50i - AHA-2940U2W - SuSE 6.4 ("James T. Dennis")
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From: "Werner Neumann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Onstream ADR50i - AHA-2940U2W - SuSE 6.4
Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2000 21:44:47 +0200
I'm not able to get this tape to work. mt status/rewind/eject works fine,
but tar cfv brings up the following message:
tar: Cannot write to /dev/nst1: Input/output error
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
I've tried several tapes, all of them unprotected! Onstreams homepage says
that this device works fine with native linux applications. What should I
try?
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From: hamradio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: parallel port scanners status
Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2000 20:32:57 +0200
Adam Short wrote:
>
> Is there support for parallel port scanners yet (or will there ever be)? I
> know of the sane project but last I heard it only supported scsi scanners.
Yes, sane 1.0.3 *should* support parallel port scanners. I've installed
it but I'm still fighting to see my Mustek SEP600 to work.....
If anybody know where's a guide on that matter I'd like to know it.
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From: Patrick F Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RedHat 7 Mach64 4.0.1?
Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2000 15:19:22 -0500
Hi
Both the 7.0 upgrades I have done have left me with the X -version =
3.3.6, I put the second CD in and used rpm -i --force to loaded all the
4.0 stuff and and now have 4.0.1 installed. on my Nemomajic (NEC 330T lap
top)
>
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From: "James T. Dennis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Using IDE CDROM and CDRW drives at the same time
Date: 3 Oct 2000 20:45:13 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark Post) wrote:
>> On Mon, 25 Sep 2000 21:17:46 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>>Can someone recommend the best way to use my two CD Drives at the same
>>>time under Linux withought getting constant error messages in dmesg.
>> You never explained what these 'constant' error messages are...
> I am posting this from work so I don't have the error messages handy.
> The machine keeps complaining that a media change was detected on one
> of the CD drives.
I suspect that you are seeing the effect of running the GNOME desktop
"Magic mounter" utility. This is a little daemon that polls your
CD drive periodically to see if you've inserted a new CD so that it
can pop up an annoying question about running an autorun program,
or offer to play an audio CD, or pop up a filemanager (gmc) window
over the work that you're doing.
Personally I detest the little beast. Luckily I don't have to
put up with it on my personal machines (I run Debian and I don't
run GNOME so that thingie is just not here). However, I do
encounter it on other people's systems and I can never quite
remember where to disable it. I end up searching through the
process list and killing the "magic-SOMETHING-OR-OTHER"
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: cs4237 rh 6.2
Date: 3 Oct 2000 21:12:54 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 03 Oct 2000 15:41:04 GMT, Siukong wrote:
>i've just installed redhat 6.2 and am trying to get my sound chip
>to work.
> chip: crystal cs4237
>
> do i have to find a driver for this chip set? i've tried sndconfig
>and it tried to use the driver of cs4232 to module this chip which
>didn't work. not even the manual configuration seemed to work for
>me because i didn't know anything about irq, dma, mpu stuff.
Hmm. I've worked on a couple of systems with CS4236 cards, and for
those, this has always worked:
modprobe sound
modprobe cs4232 irq=5 io=0x534 dma=1 dma2=0 mpuirq=9 mpuio=0x330
Of course, you need those IRQs free, but if you're using 9 for
something, you can leave off the mpu* bits but you won't get MIDI. You
may need to use 0x530 instead of 0x534, but 0x534 is usually the right
value. Alternatively, you could use the Device Mangler in Win9x/NT and
take a look at the settings the sound card uses there. Pay no attention
to the DMA values, though; WinXX seems to report the wrong values there.
HTH, good luck.
--
Matt G|There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see
Brainbench MVP for Linux Admin / Workin' in a code mine, hittin' Ctrl-Alt
http://www.brainbench.com / Workin' in a code mine, whoops!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: help needed with dual Linux OS installation
Date: 3 Oct 2000 21:12:56 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 03 Oct 2000 14:26:34 +0200, pip wrote:
>I do have two hard disks, sda and sdb. On sda I have NT and on sdb I
>have Suse Linux 6.3. and I boot Linux from a floppy disk. Now I do want
>to get rid of NT (never use it anyway, since my computer runs an HTTP
>Apache server under Linux).
>My first question is: can I safely reformat the sda disk into native
>Linux partitions ? will I still be able to boot from my original lilo
>floppy disk? ( I tried to physically remove SDA, but then boot ran into
>a panic)
There should be no problem doing that. Just use fdisk and mke2fs. If
you boot using a boot floppy, you can tell it where your Linux
installation is located by entering the following at the LILO: prompt:
LILO: linux root=/dev/XXX
Replace XXX with the device your root partition is on. If you have SuSE
installed on /dev/sda, and its / is /dev/sda2, XXX=sda2.
However, if you're using sda for Linux, why not just install LILO on the
MBR of /dev/sda? You can use LILO to boot up to 16 different kernels/
root partitions/OSes, and booting would be much quicker than booting
from a floppy.
There is a document describing multi-booting under
http://linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/ but I forget its exact name and can't check
because I'm offline right now. You can also look under
/usr/doc/packages/lilo/README for much information on how LILO works and
how to get it to do a lot of stuff.
--
Matt G|There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see
Brainbench MVP for Linux Admin / Workin' in a code mine, hittin' Ctrl-Alt
http://www.brainbench.com / Workin' in a code mine, whoops!
=============================/ I hit a seg fault....
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: PCMCIA Driver Loading
Date: 3 Oct 2000 21:12:57 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 03 Oct 2000 11:46:33 +0200, McManus Leo Root DSP Consultant wrote:
>I have a PCMCIA ethernet card with an NE2000 compatable module for it,
>(using strings on the .o file I have been supplied with). My card
>manager is running, but when I put in the PCMCIA card I get a low then
>high beep.
>
>What I do not understand is where do I specify that I want my LNA100.o
>module to be loaded as the driver for the PCMCIA card? I am using SuSE
>6.3 and in the list of devices I can only pick PCMCIA, which starts up
>the card manager, but there is nothing which loads the PCMCIA module. I
>have been looking at the PCMCIA HowTo and it comments on my problem with
>SCIOxxxx errors, but I get no errors when I look at the dmesg output, as
>, I guess, it is not loading a driver for the PCMCIA device so has no
>problem?
When you insert a PCMCIA card, the module should be loaded
automagically, so long as you have the i82365 and pcmcia_core modules
loaded, and the "cardmgr" program is running. There should be a script
in /sbin/init.d/ (/etc/rc.d/init.d for RedHat users) called "pcmcia"
that loads those modules and starts cardmgr.
If the card is being detected wrongly, there's a file in /etc/pcmcia
called "config" that you should have a look at. Plus, are you sure that
LNA100 is the right module? NE2000 PCMCIA cards are supposed to be
supported with the pcnet_cs and 8390 modules.
If all else fails, there's a support forum linked from
http://pcmcia.sourceforge.org/ that helped me out a few months back with
a balky Netgear 410TX card, so try there if you're still stuck. HTH,
--
Matt G|There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see
Brainbench MVP for Linux Admin / Workin' in a code mine, hittin' Ctrl-Alt
http://www.brainbench.com / Workin' in a code mine, whoops!
=============================/ I hit a seg fault....
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From: "Marc Baime" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.periphs.soundcard.sblive,comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard.games,comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard.misc
Subject: Linux drivers for the SB Live 5.1 sound card
Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2000 21:18:50 GMT
Are there Linux drivers for the Creative Labs Soundblaster Live 5.1 card out
there?
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Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Subject: Re: RedHat 7 Mach64 4.0.1?
Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2000 21:35:49 GMT
[Posted and mailed]
In article <8rcvk4$u6n$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Strange thing, folks!
>
> I've looked at the Xfree86 packages of RedHat 7 installation and
> found that Mach64 server is 3.3.6 and not 4.0.1. What is wrong?
> I've read on the www.xfree86.org that this server is supported by
> the new release. Can somebody explain it to me?
First, I can't guarantee that you've got everything necessary installed.
If you don't, this won't work.
To use the new XFree86 4.0.1 server, do this:
rm /etc/X11/X
ln -s /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86 /etc/X11/X
telinit 3
{log on as any user}
startx
Note that "telinit 3" will kick the system down to text mode, so be sure
you don't have any important programs opened with files unsaved at that
point. If the system doesn't start into X when you issue the "startx"
command, you'll need to either reverse the process (linking /etc/X11/X
to whatever your X server had been before -- probably
/usr/X11R6/bin/XF86_Mach64) or fix your configuration (by editing
/etc/X11/XF86Config-4). DO NOT REBOOT IF startx DOESN'T WORK! Once
you've got everything working, you can exit from X and type "telinit 5"
to get back to a normal X-based login.
--
Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.rodsbooks.com
Author of books on Linux & multi-OS configuration
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From: "wm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: NIC recommendation
Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2000 21:41:37 GMT
Hi all,
I recently purchased a NetGear NIC model FX-310 that I discovering is NOT
the best choice for my Cyrix P150 Linux (RH 5.2) box. Could anyone make a
recommendation for a more appropriate card??
Thanks,
Walt
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: RedHat 7 Mach64 4.0.1?
Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2000 21:35:10 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Grega Bremec) wrote:
> ...and [EMAIL PROTECTED] used the keyboard:
> >Strange thing, folks!
> >
> >I've looked at the Xfree86 packages of RedHat 7 installation and
> >found that Mach64 server is 3.3.6 and not 4.0.1. What is wrong?
> >I've read on the www.xfree86.org that this server is supported by
> >the new release. Can somebody explain it to me?
>
> The thing is, that there is not a Mach64 _server_ anymore, rather than
> one single X server, which utilizes Mach64 loadable modules in 4.0.1.
> So check out the /usr/X11R6/lib/modules directory and you'll see about
> it. Just why the XF86_Mach64 server is still on your disk, I wouldn't
> know, perhaps you simply upgraded without erasing the old packages
> prior to that?
>
> Cheers,
> --
> Grega Bremec
> grega.bremec-at-gbsoft.org
> http://www.gbsoft.org/
I seeeee... In this case I need lots of help, i.e. the RedHat 7
installs mach64 and I presume the older 3.3.6 version of Xfree86 on my
laptop (I've checked - it is running 3.3.6). How can I force the
installation to use 4.0.1.
Thanks
Dima
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: Stanislav Kogan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Crackling/Static caused by Ensoniq + Esd?
Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2000 17:30:55 -0400
Mike Moran wrote:
>
> Hi. I've just recompiled my 2.2.17 kernel with support for my Creative
> Ensoniq (ES1371, I think) sound card. When I use freeamp or mpg123 to
> play the sounds via the esd sound daemon I get background crackling and
> static, not too dissimilar in sound to radio interference. It still
> occurs when the monitor is off so I doubt it is that. Everything seems
> fine when I log out back to gdm and then run mpg123 from the console.
I had a similair problem with my SB PCI128 (es1370) The static
corresponded to Vdeo card activity. You could hear it in text mode too,
but it was very rare. In X, however, it was unbearable. When I upgraded
to Xfree 4.0.1, the static reduced dramatically. (just a few clicks now
and then). And when I switched to Aureal Vortex2 SuperQuad (God bless)
the problem disappeared alltogether.
This seems to be a Creative problem. I've heard other reports of thir
card interfering with video cards. Try moving the card to another PCI
slot, or switch to a non-creative card. (you can get an Aureal card very
cheap, now that they went out of business).
If your mobo is based on VIA, and you're using an nVidia card, then you
you shouldn't go the Aureal way. You'll have enormous problems to make
it work.
Try installing the new X. This should help at least alittle.
> A quick look at deja seems to indicate people may have had problems with
> buffers and Ensoniq before ie they need to be enlarged to fix some
> problems. However, I couldn't find any articles discussing interference.
In my case buffers didn't have anything to do with it. As did ESD.
--
Stanislav Kogan
<*>
eMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Rowdy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: S3 Savage4 X-Windows problem
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2000 21:49:47 GMT
Hello all,
I just downloaded and installed Red Hat 7.
I have a Diamond Stealth III S540 video card (PCI),
based on the S3 Savage 4 chipset.
During installations, the screen already looks garbled,
some parts of the screen keep repeating, and when you use a scrollbar,
the new items just scroll over the old ones, making everything
impossible to read. You should also not try dragging a windows then ;)
But anyway, I continued with the install, thinking the problem might
be over when installation was complete.
But the installation is complete, and when I start XServer and GNOME
or KDE, the screen comes up good, but as soon as I start dragging a
windows, or maximize it, or scroll down, everything becomes garbled.
Does anyone know this problem, and a solution ?
My Savage4 card is detected correctly by Linux, but it would appear
the drivers don't work well with my Diamond card...
Best regards,
Rowdy van der Veen
-
ICQ# 10612255
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From: Stanislav Kogan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: aureal votex sq2500 on redhat 7
Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2000 18:02:25 -0400
Hi!
Todd Sackett wrote:
>
> the driver provided by aureal will not install (fails with erros) on redhat
> 7 for me. Has anyone else tried it? I have little Linux experience.
> kernel incompatabilities I presume?
> any info would be appreciated.
> thanks,
> todd
First, d/l the lates driver from http://aureal.sourceforge.net
This driver should install fine.
BTW, which errors did you get?
--
Stanislav Kogan
<*>
eMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: LILO: passing parameters to /dev/hdi, /dev/hdk?
Date: 03 Oct 2000 18:09:19 -0400
I'm trying to build the following software RAID setup:
/dev/hda1: boot partition, non-raid
/dev/hde1, hdg1, hdi1, hdk1: four disks running RAID5 with a single partition.
I'm using the onboard controller for /dev/hda, and two Promise controllers
for the remaining four partitions.
The first problem I had was that /dev/hdi and /dev/hdk are not in the
/dev directory. I fixed this by adding them. (I think the device numbers
were correct.)
The problem I have now is that the disks are not detected properly
at boot time (CHS is wrong).
I've tried passing commands in Lilo.conf, as follows:
append="hde=7473,255,63 hdg=7473,255,63 hdi=7473,255,63 hdk=7473,255,63"
This fixes the first two drives, but the last two device names (hdi, hdk) are
not recognized by the kernel!
So, is there any way to allow an arbitrary number of IDE drives in the kernel?
I'm sure there are lots of people who would like to do this...
Thanks,
Richard
BTW I'm using kernel 2.4.0-test8. RAID did not work properly with 2.2.16.
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From: "Heath Doane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: NIC recommendation
Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2000 23:08:11 GMT
"wm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:losC5.2288$C9.186287@news...
> Hi all,
>
> I recently purchased a NetGear NIC model FX-310 that I discovering is NOT
> the best choice for my Cyrix P150 Linux (RH 5.2) box. Could anyone make a
> recommendation for a more appropriate card??
>
Opinions vary, but I think it's hard to go wrong with a 3Com NIC....
3C509 is well supported (well, the 509c takes a little working, but it's not
too bad...)
Also, any card based on the DEC 'Tulip' chipset should be a good choice,
although there are now some tulip 'varients' out there that can be a
challenge to get running...
Lastly, if a 10 base T card will do, the NE2000 clones are bone simple...
You can pick them up for $25-$30 to boot...
As always, YMMV.
Heath
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From: Alan Needleman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: adding a scsi disk to an ide system
Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2000 23:10:15 GMT
David:
> > I have the feeling there is some software step to get linux to
> > recognize the scsi devices (rescan hardware somehow?) that I am
> > missing and is beyond what kudzu does. Any suggestions, much
> > appreciated.
> Make an initial RAM disk (via mkinitrd), put this in /boot, and tell
> LILO to use it (add an "initrd=" line in /etc/lilo.conf, then run lilo).
>
> This should do it.
Exactly!
I had one but I didn't redo it after adding the scsi device and, of
course, it didn't know about it.
Thanks!
Alan
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From: "bluster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: soundcard on RH6.1
Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2000 19:10:40 -0400
Hi Dave,
On my RH6.X system I use the console command
/usr/sbin/sndconfig
and
man sndconfig
The test sound it plays sounds terible but if you hear
anything at all then it's working!
Bluster
dave frost <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi all,
>
> I have just installed redhat on my machine. I have a creative
> soundblaster in one of my pci slots but it seems to have been ignored -
> no mention of it in the installation.
>
> I got it from a friend - i think it should work !
>
> The speakers seem to be fine also - i get the noise from them when
> plugging/unplugging them. Is there any way i can see if redhat has
> installed the required drivers for my soundcard ?
>
> Also, i dont have any manuals with it - im not sure which socket to put
> the speaker jack into, there are three, along with what seems to be a
> games port.
>
> Thanks for any help on these points.
>
> dave
>
>
>
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Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Scott Bertin)
Subject: Re: Linux drivers for the SB Live 5.1 sound card
Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.periphs.soundcard.sblive,comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard.games,comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard.misc
Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2000 23:25:55 GMT
In article <_2sC5.1294$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Marc Baime" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Are there Linux drivers for the Creative Labs Soundblaster Live 5.1 card out
> there?
You could try the ones at Creative Labs' web site,
http://opensource.creative.com/.
Scott J. Bertin
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Andrey Vlasov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Hangs in X -- Adaptec 29160?
Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2000 16:43:30 -0700
Hi there,
check IRQ and I/O ports for Video and SCSI cards as it can be a problem in case if
they conflict/share.
Andrey
jdbow wrote:
> I have a custom built system running rather well, but crashes now and
> then. It hangs only in X (Xfree86 3.3.6). At first I thought it must
> be the video card, so I replaced my ATI Xpert 128 with a Matrox
> Millenium G400 Max. Soon after I installed it, the system crashed
> again.
> Many, but not all of the crashes seem clearly related to SCSI periperal
> access. I have an Adaptec 29160 installed in a 32-bit PCI slot. Could
> this be the culprit? The card is sensed smoothly, and usually works
> fine. Might it be the drivers for the card?
> I use Redhat 6.2 with a rebuilt 2.2.16 kernel, including AIC-9xxx
> support, "linear" is set in lilo.conf, I have a Tyan Tiger 133
> motherboard, with 256MB of Crucial PC133 and a Pentium 800EB installed.
> var/log/messages says nothing about the time of the crash.
> Do I have SCSI problems?
> Thanks in advance.
> Personal e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] would be extremely helpful.
> Thanks.
>
> Jonathan Bowman
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
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From: "James T. Dennis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Onstream ADR50i - AHA-2940U2W - SuSE 6.4
Date: 3 Oct 2000 23:57:35 GMT
Werner Neumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm not able to get this tape to work. mt status/rewind/eject works fine,
> but tar cfv brings up the following message:
> tar: Cannot write to /dev/nst1: Input/output error
> tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
> I've tried several tapes, all of them unprotected! Onstreams homepage says
> that this device works fine with native linux applications. What should I
> try?
Is this really nst1 and not nst0? What *other* SCSI drive
to you have on this system? What *exact* mt command are you
giving? Please include the output from an mt stat command
(possibly mt -f /dev/nst0 stat). Also include an ls -l of
/dev/st? and /dev/nst? (show us that the device nodes are correct).
Is your SCSI driver compiled as a module? Do you have st support
compiled into your kernel? Are the modules LOADED? How (manually
with insmod or modprobe or dynamically by kerneld/kmod)?
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