Linux-Hardware Digest #707, Volume #13 Wed, 11 Oct 00 01:13:09 EDT
Contents:
Re: Linux Troubles! (Mark Post)
Re: stcolor epson860 (Grant Taylor)
pctv card ("Robert A. Smith")
I wanna beeping the PC speaker at a given frequency (Dan Smith)
EverGreen Spectra 400 MHz ("sdemers")
Re: looking for terabit ethernet cards for linux (Karlo Takki)
Side buttons on USB M$ Intellimoouse Optical in XFree 4.0.1 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Getting ATA 100 IDE drive to work with Mandrake 7.1 (Roy Brewer)
Re: 'multimedia' buttons on keyboard --how? (Daniel Ceregatti)
Re: NIC recommendation (John)
Re: Can't get RedHat 5.2 to install on my Seagate Medalist hdd model #ST33232A
(John)
Yamaha 724 on RH 7.0? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Getting ATA 100 IDE drive to work with Mandrake 7.1 (James Richard Tyrer)
Re: old P133 - Clustering? (John)
Re: hdparm option X (John)
Re: what CPUs for this mobo? (hac)
Re: IDE support on Sound card for CDROM? (John)
Re: Getting ATA 100 IDE drive to work with Mandrake 7.1 (John)
Re: LILO Problems after replacing MB, etc. (Topher Cawlfield)
Re: SCSI tape drive problem w/ RH 6.1 (David_C)
Re: what CPUs for this mobo? (David_C)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark Post)
Subject: Re: Linux Troubles!
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 01:12:17 GMT
On Tue, 10 Oct 2000 23:08:28 GMT, "Meridian Accounting"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi, I have a GW2K P133 with a Vivitron 1776(Sony CPD-17FS15) monitor and a
>Matrox Millennium 2mb. I have tried to successfully get X up and running,
>but I can't does anyone know how to configure this setup? I'm fairly new at
>Linux and don't know if it's me or my install.
Ken,
You're going to have to give some more details other than just "I can't get
it up." :)
Error messages (exact ones) are important. I started off using Linux with a
Millennium 4MB, so I know it can be done.
What version of XFree86 are you using? What kind of parameters did you try
to give it? What were the errors? etc.
Mark Post
Postmodern Consulting
Information Technology and Systems Management Consulting
To send me email, replace 'nospam' with 'home'.
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From: Grant Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: stcolor epson860
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 01:45:31 GMT
"Gene Heskett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> And that brings us upto date. Now, is there a tutorial someplace where
> it tells me what I have to do in printtool to get gs to use the new
> drivers? Or do I just wander in and push buttons for effects? :-)
So you've got a gs with stp compile in hand? Before fiddling with
printtool, try first just printing a Postscript file the hard way with
something like:
gs -q -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE -sModel=escp2-860 foo.ps -sOutputFile=/dev/lp0
...as root, so you can write to the printer directly.
There are lots of other options detailed in gimp-print's Ghost/README;
in particular you need to use them to crank up the resolution and so
forth.
Once you get that working, we can pick a spooler integration method
for you. Printtool will work rather poorly, since there's no way to
adjust the printing options, and there are many printing options. The
simplest approach may be to use my own lpdomatic, which does work with
Red Hat's LPD. Or we can get you the LPD from VA Linux and try out my
support for that one - it handles options in a much nicer way.
Alternatively, we could set you up with PDQ or CUPS. Either will
result in a nicer experience; CUPS, with XPP, is particularly pretty.
--
Grant Taylor - gtaylor<at>picante.com - http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/
Linux Printing Website and HOWTO: http://www.linuxprinting.org/
News, Discussion Forums, Support Database, Software, and more...
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From: "Robert A. Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: pctv card
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 03:32:37 +0100
Has anyone out there ever attempted/succeeded to get a Modulartech MM100
PCTV card working under Linux?
Thanks,
Rob Smith
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From: Dan Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: I wanna beeping the PC speaker at a given frequency
Date: Mon, 09 Oct 2000 15:41:40 -0400
Is there any way I can beep the pc speaker, other than echoing a '\a'??
I'd really like to be able to tell it what frequency and how long to do
it. I remember under BASIC, I could do that. Does anyone know how?
Thanks!
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From: "sdemers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: EverGreen Spectra 400 MHz
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 23:10:28 -0400
Anybody knows if Linux can be installed on a box equiped with an Evergreen
Spectra 400 Mhz processor? I'm thinking of upgrading but I can't seem to
find if this would work under Linux.
Thanks
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Karlo Takki)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,alt.religion.kibology
Subject: Re: looking for terabit ethernet cards for linux
Date: 10 Oct 2000 22:18:19 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Theresa Willis) wrote in
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>On Tue, 10 Oct 2000 14:27:45 GMT, James Knott
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>>> PETAbit Ethernet. Not only is it faster, but no animals were
>>> harmed during development and testing.
>>>
>>> k., a friend of the Ether Bunny.
>>>
>BLAM! BLAM! BLAM! BLAM! BLAM! BLAM! BLAM! BLAM! BLAM! BLAM!
Terri, Terri, Terri, Terri, Terri.
Don't shoot the Bunny with a 12-gauge and 00 buck unless you
want to clean up bits of fur and gristle from the lawn with
a shop vac.
Use a .22LR. Here, try this Ruger 10-22. It doesn't have a
laser sight like Archimedes Plutonium's, but the Leupold scope
cost more than the rifle and I just zeroed it in today.
BIP! BIP! BIP!
See? There's still enough Bunny left to skin and fricassee.
Ether Bunny: the Other White Meat.
>Welcome to a.r.k.
here's your ocarina.
k.
--
"In spite of everything, I still believe that people are
really good at heart." - Anne Frank
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Side buttons on USB M$ Intellimoouse Optical in XFree 4.0.1
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 03:13:33 GMT
I've been trying to get the two side buttons
working on this mouse for a few days now to now
avail. Here's my setup:
Linux 2.2.17 with USB backport. Vanilla XFree
4.0.1 with xf86Xinput.c "patch" that fixes DGA
mouse issue. Mouse plugged into USB port.
Section in conf:
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Buttons" "7"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mouse0"
Option "Resolution" "300"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "6 7"
EndSection
I've tried Protocol "usb" and it doesn't work, X
won't even start up. I've tried "ExplorerPS/2" and
the mouse movement is broken, it flails about like
a chicken with it's head cut off. I've tried
"Auto" and "IntelliMouse". X startx but the mouse
does not move at all. Only "IMPS/2" works.
With the above setup, the two side buttons show up
as buttons 3 and 2, from left to right. The wheel
works, since I have this:
xmodmap - "pointer = 1 2 3 6 7 4 5"
in my ~/.xinitrc, just before the WM line. The
other buttons work properly.
Any thoughts?
Thanks in advance.
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Before you buy.
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From: Roy Brewer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: Getting ATA 100 IDE drive to work with Mandrake 7.1
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 23:32:07 -0400
I have a new ABIT KT7-Raid motherboard, with a Highpoint 370 ATA
chipset, a 30 gig IBM deskstar ATA100 7200 RPM drive, a 700Mhz Duron,
and a one-disc version of Mandrake 7.1 from Maximum Linux magazine.
When I attempted to install, it appeared to go without a hitch (no error
messages), and grub was successfully installed. But, when I tried to
boot, Linux gives up, saying it can't find the root disk (Kernel panic).
So, I got the Mandrake update of the 2.2.16-9 kernel source from their
update mirrors. I tried to apply the patch from the Highpoint web site
(ide.2.2.16.20000630.patch.bz2) to this code (on another computer), but
I got a lot of errors, and the resulting code would not compile.
Anyone have any ideas on what I need to do to fix this? Do I have to
wait for 2.4 kernel or Mandrake 7.2? Windoze seems to handle the ATA100
drive just fine!!
Thanks
Roy
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From: Daniel Ceregatti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 'multimedia' buttons on keyboard --how?
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 03:41:02 GMT
X and console show different keycodes. Use xev in X, and see what keycodes it tells
you. Then, use xmodmap to map the keys. An example xmodmap directive:
xmodmap -e "keycode 22 = BackSpace"
better yet, put what's in the quotes inside a file called ~/.Xmodmap, and most
distro's should execute it every time X starts up. If you're using ~/.xinitrc, just
put this line above the line that starts your window manager:
xmodmap .Xmodmap
showkeys is the console equivalent of xev. The way I remapped my USB Mac keyboard
funky keys was to use showkeys to get the keycodes, then I plugged them into my
/path/to/us.map (mine happened to be us.kmap.gz, which I had to unzip first),
plugged those values into there, (the format is obvious, just look at the file)
gzipped it back up, then ran:
loadkeys us
Voil�!
Hope this helps.
Mr Thomas Alexander Grek wrote:
> Hi,
> I have a new keyboard with something like 30 multimedia buttons, it has
> drivers for Windows only.
> I have tried this:
> showkey -s (to get the scancodes) then
> setkeycodes e043 (or whatever) 120, which I think should work?
> But showkey still does not recognise them and setkeycodes appears to do
> nothing.
> Can anybody help me get them working, either in console or especially
> under kde.
> Thanks.
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From: John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: NIC recommendation
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
Date: 11 Oct 2000 10:54:14 +0800
In comp.os.linux.hardware Steve Jost <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> #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??
I can't see the original post. However, I suggest updating Linux, or at least
the kernel, first.
2.0 kernels are a bit long in the tooth, wouldn't you say?
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From: John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Can't get RedHat 5.2 to install on my Seagate Medalist hdd model
#ST33232A
Date: 11 Oct 2000 11:04:52 +0800
Scott Nied <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I used Norton Disk Doctor on the bad disk to mark the "supposed" bad
> clusters and planned to use the disk for temporary backups etc.
I prefer backups I can trust.
I had recently errors on a drive that made it unfit for any purpose; write
errors were not detected, but I couldn't read the region back.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Yamaha 724 on RH 7.0?
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 03:46:14 GMT
I have successfully configured my soundcard on RH 7.0, I am now able to
play audio cd, but When I try to play wave files, a strange sound
occurs for continuously! What is wrong?
Please help
Thanks
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Before you buy.
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From: James Richard Tyrer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: Re: Getting ATA 100 IDE drive to work with Mandrake 7.1
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 04:00:48 GMT
Roy Brewer wrote:
> I have a new ABIT KT7-Raid motherboard, with a Highpoint 370 ATA
> chipset, a 30 gig IBM deskstar ATA100 7200 RPM drive, a 700Mhz Duron,
> and a one-disc version of Mandrake 7.1 from Maximum Linux magazine.
>
> When I attempted to install, it appeared to go without a hitch (no error
> messages), and grub was successfully installed. But, when I tried to
> boot, Linux gives up, saying it can't find the root disk (Kernel panic).
>
> So, I got the Mandrake update of the 2.2.16-9 kernel source from their
> update mirrors. I tried to apply the patch from the Highpoint web site
> (ide.2.2.16.20000630.patch.bz2) to this code (on another computer), but
> I got a lot of errors, and the resulting code would not compile.
>
> Anyone have any ideas on what I need to do to fix this? Do I have to
> wait for 2.4 kernel or Mandrake 7.2? Windoze seems to handle the ATA100
> drive just fine!!
>
> Thanks
> Roy
It is possible that they already patched it.
Do a menuconfig on it and see if there is some mention about the PROMISE
ide chipset in the "Block Devices" section. I know that that is only in
the patch.
JRT
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From: John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: old P133 - Clustering?
Date: 11 Oct 2000 11:16:33 +0800
Henrik Carlqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Elena Miele wrote:
>> About to change P133 tp PIII
>>
>> What to do of the old machine?
>> First possibility is to leave it on network,
>> act as a firewall or other.
>>
>> Then heard about Linux clustering.
>> Beowulf doesnt seem easy, but what about Mosix? No need to recompile
>> anything I run.
>> Somebody knows about so small clusters?
> A cluster with one PIII and one P133 might do just as well without the
> P133. Your new machine will probably be about ten times as fast as the
> old one. Even if you wouldn't get any network overhead you would
> probably not note the difference from that extra 10% performance that
> the P133 would give you.
> Use the P133 as a firewall, fileserver, X-server, mailserver or
> web-server instead.
or give it the the wife/son/daughter/father/mother/inlaw/best mate to use as a terminal
to share the power of the PIII.
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From: John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: hdparm option X
Date: 11 Oct 2000 11:23:23 +0800
Brian E. Seppanen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> My understanding of hdparm is that the X controls the transfer mode of a
> harddrive. Using X34 I could set my harddrive to use UDMA/33 Transfers.
> So I try it on my hard drives.
> /dev/hda:
> Model=QUANTUM FIREBALL EX6.4A, FwRev=A0A.0D00, SerialNo=676901955055
> Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec Fixed DTR>10Mbs }
> RawCHS=13328/15/63, TrkSize=32256, SectSize=21298, ECCbytes=4
> BuffType=3(DualPortCache), BuffSize=418kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=16
> DblWordIO=no, OldPIO=2, DMA=yes, OldDMA=2
> CurCHS=13328/15/63, CurSects=789577920, LBA=yes, LBAsects=12594960
> tDMA={min:120,rec:120}, DMA modes: mword0 mword1 mword2
> IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:120,w/IORDY:120}, PIO modes: mode3 mode4
> UDMA modes: mode0 mode1 *mode2
> hdparm -d1 -m16 -c3 -u1 -X34 /dev/hda Locks it up tight as a drum. Yet
> looking at the info it says it supports DMA? What is the DblWordIO,
> I believe that has to do with Double Word Transfers? Is that similar to
> the Dual FIFO you often see for the Hard drive controller information
> under Win9x? I'm missing some fundamental concept here that might tie
> together -d1 and -X34.
The one time I tried -X34 my system locked too.
> Recommendations of harddrives that will support DblWordIO and can do the
> X34, X66 or whatever? I'll be purchasing a new drive soon for a
> 440BX based board, so UDMA/33 is Max Capability , what can I get that
> will work optimally?
I think the asterisk next to *mode2 means this is what it's using already.
I use an IBM Deskstar 22 that runs at about 17 Mbytes/sec according to hdparm
on my LX-chipset (UDMA/33).
[root@possum /root]# hdparm -Tit /dev/hda
/dev/hda:
Model=IBM-DJNA-370910, FwRev=J74OA30K, SerialNo=GH0GHG01957
Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec Fixed DTR>10Mbs }
RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=34
BuffType=3(DualPortCache), BuffSize=1966kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=16
DblWordIO=no, maxPIO=2(fast), DMA=yes, maxDMA=2(fast)
CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=-66060037, LBA=yes
LBA CHS=1023/256/63 Remapping, LBA=yes, LBAsects=17803440
tDMA={min:120,rec:120}, DMA modes: mword0 mword1 mword2
IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:240,w/IORDY:120}, PIO modes: mode3 mode4
UDMA modes: mode0 mode1 *mode2
Timing buffer-cache reads: 128 MB in 1.89 seconds =67.72 MB/sec
Timing buffered disk reads: 64 MB in 3.82 seconds =16.75 MB/sec
[root@possum /root]#
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From: hac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: what CPUs for this mobo?
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 04:37:46 GMT
Ross Sieber wrote:
>
> On 07 Oct 2000 23:46:21 -0400, David_C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >Bob Berman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:>models that are meant for a
>66MHz clock - which you can support.
> >
> >You should be able to run a 100MHz chip at 66MHz, but the resulting
> >speed will be slower than the rating. For example, a 500MHz chip is
> >meant for a 100MHz bus with a 5x multiplier - if you put it on a 66MHz
> >bus, you'll get 333MHz. If you can still find a chip seller that sells
> >a K6-2 that's designed for a 66Mhz bus (I think the last ones made at
> >this speed were the 333MHz models), you should get one of those and save
> >yourself some money.
>
> A K6-2 400 mhz can be run almost at full speed, sometimes.
> Set the multiplier to 2, and the CPU will interpret this as 6.
> 6 * 66 = 396.
>
My old ASUS P55T2P4 is running with a K6-2/400 just fine. You can get
non-standard voltages by using multiple jumpers for the reference
voltage divider string. ASUS has a beta BIOS that recognizes the
K6-2/400. Since I already had the motherboard and memory, the $42 for
the processor was a reasonable upgrade.
The real kicker is memory. If you need to buy memory, forget about
any motherboard that uses 30 or 72 pin SIMM's. You'll save enough
buying SDRAM DIMM's to pay for a new motherboard, and possibly the
processor, too. Many older Pentium motherboards only cache 64MB of
RAM, which may also be of concern.
--
Howard Christeller Irvine, CA [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: IDE support on Sound card for CDROM?
Date: 11 Oct 2000 11:50:50 +0800
Roger Ehrlich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi
> I wish to install Linux on an older 486 w/ IDE system BIOS (no EIDE, LBA, 2
> channel support). I have a Creative Labs Sound Blaster 16 sound card with a
> IDE (not proprietary) interface header on it. My HD controller has one IDE
> channel w/ 2 HD's connected already to it. Will this "2nd" IDE via the snd
> card be compatible with Linux?, I'd like to connect a CDROM drive to it.
> I looked into the hardware Howto and Linux Hardware refs but found nothing.
> My
> own book of RedHat Linux 6.1 Configuration mentions that Creative had these
> IDE interfaces on some of their cards that one could connect a CDROM drive
> to
> but does not state which driver is needed or if even this type of interface
> will work. I remeber that in earlier versions of Linux this was not
> supported.
I attached an IDE drive to my SB16 a few years ago; it was back when
Linux only supported one IDE interface.
I used the drive with OS/2; OS/2 regarded is as just another IDE
interface.
These days, Linux supports lots of IDE adaptors; I expect yours will be
fine.
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From: John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Getting ATA 100 IDE drive to work with Mandrake 7.1
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake
Date: 11 Oct 2000 11:55:52 +0800
In comp.os.linux.hardware Roy Brewer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Anyone have any ideas on what I need to do to fix this? Do I have to
> wait for 2.4 kernel or Mandrake 7.2? Windoze seems to handle the ATA100
> drive just fine!!
2.4 seems to me the way to go. However, you don't have to wait; you
can download 2.4.0test9 today, check that you have requisite other software
(the correct modutils is especially important) and run it.
I've been using 2.4 for other reasons on RHL 6.2 for some time now.
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From: Topher Cawlfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: LILO Problems after replacing MB, etc.
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 23:43:41 -0500
Thanks for your suggestions, and I'm sorry I haven't been able to try
this out until now.
I tried replacing "linear" with "lba32", and it did the same thing,
stopping at "L" (no 01's).
What additional information do you need?
Here's my lilo.conf file:
==================================
boot=/dev/hda
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
prompt
timeout=60
default=win
compact
lba32
message=/boot/message
append = "mem=128M"
other=/dev/hda1
label=win
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.16-22
label=linux
read-only
root=/dev/hdb6
vga = extended
==================================
It looks fine to me. Does anything look amiss to you?
- Topher
John in SD wrote:
>
<snip>
>
> On boot-up, when lilo gives you "L" only, it means the (single sector) first
> stage loader gained control, but it never finished, and it never tried to pass
> control to the second stage loader.
>
> The 01 01 01 is the return code from the BIOS: 01 = invalid command.
> I'd scrap 'linear' in favor of 'lba32' in lilo.conf (LILO > 21.2).
>
> Basically, need more info from you to say much more.
>
> --John
>
> >
> >If anyone has any advice for LILO, I'd love to hear it. As for the RAM
> >detection problem, I see a post just upstream of mine that asks the same
> >question, so I'll follow that thread. I've seen previous discussions of
> >this problem before but I never paid attention to them because I didn't
> >have the problem until now. Also, if anyone has general advice for how
> >someone ought to go about a hardware upgrade like this, I'd be most
> >interested.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> > Topher Cawlfield
>
> LILO version 21.6 (04-Oct-2000) source at
> ftp: metalab.unc.edu dir: /pub/Linux/system/boot/lilo
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From: David_C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: SCSI tape drive problem w/ RH 6.1
Date: 11 Oct 2000 01:02:45 -0400
Mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Oops. Let me try that again without the tab key so it's legible:
> There appeared to be 4 pieces to the puzzle but only three of the
> solutions were printed in the messages. Those four pieces were:
>
> 1) host adaptor solution=alias scsi_hostadapter aic7xxx in
> /etc/conf.modules
Right. You need to load the driver for the SCSI card or no SCSI device
will work. The conf.modules line should be used if you want to load it
as a module, and you are using RedHat, or a distribution that uses a
similar system of startup scripts.
You could also run modprobe or insmod on the aic7xxx module from a
startup script (like /etc/rc.d/rc.local) or compile the driver into your
kernel.
> 2) scsi tape support solution= /sbin/insmod/st in /etc/conf.modules
Correct. Most distributions either compile this into the kernel or set
up the module to auto-load when you access the tape drive. If neither
is true, however, manually loading it (via insmod) will work.
> 3) scsi core module solution= ?
If you use conf.modules or modprobe to load the SCSI card driver, this
should load along with it, without any specific intervention.
> 4) new ramdisk image solution= /sbin/mkinitrd in /etc/conf.modules
This is only required if you need access to your SCSI card during the
boot sequence. For instance, if you're booting off of a SCSI hard
drive.
If it's OK for the SCSI card to be inaccessible until after the boot
sequence finishes, you don't need this.
I recommend doing it anyway, however, because it will cause the module
to load earlier, which may allow other modules to load automatically
when they might otherwise have to be manually installed.
> How did you get SCSI core support? Did you use the command
> /sbin/insmod/scsi_mod ? Did you put the command into
> /etc/conf.modules?
On my system (with an aic7xxx SCSI card and a 1542 card - both of which
are named in conf.modules, and installed in an initial ramdisk) it
loaded automatically. I didn't do anything special.
> It appears from the thread that you did NOT have to recompile the
> kernel, correct?
If your kernel is compiled to use these as modules (as most popular
distributions are, I think), then you shouldn't have to recompile.
-- David
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From: David_C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: what CPUs for this mobo?
Date: 11 Oct 2000 01:04:00 -0400
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ross Sieber) writes:
>
> A K6-2 400 mhz can be run almost at full speed, sometimes. Set the
> multiplier to 2, and the CPU will interpret this as 6. 6 * 66 = 396.
Does AMD allow this? Or do they limit the multipliers to what's printed
on the chip's package, like Intel does?
I know they do something like this for Athlon/Duron processors. I don't
know about the K6-2 series.
-- David
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sunsite.unc.edu pub/Linux
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