Linux-Hardware Digest #4, Volume #14 Fri, 8 Dec 00 22:13:06 EST
Contents:
Re: Help neede BOOT from LAN (Michael Burian)
Monitor unwanted power-save ("SG")
Re: Linux with Abit KT7 & AMD Duron (Willo)
Re: Linux with Abit KT7 & AMD Duron (Willo)
Re: parallel (Michael Meissner)
Re: Help neede BOOT from LAN (DualIP)
Panasonic CW-7582 CDR won't work using CDRECORD..? ("Robert J. Leonard III")
Suse 7, vbox and Teles16.3cPNP ("MC Hammer")
Re: Any video cards with TV out supported in Linux (Udo Pokojski)
Re: Storage Plus SPL300R kinda works, but I am having a problem (F. Robert Falbo)
kernel: svc: unknown version(3) when loading nfs ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
hdh: <3>ide-scsi unsupported command dev 22:40 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
ARGGGHHH!! Slack7.1 ATI AllinWonder Pro Quake2 and glx (dave)
Re: Alternatives to Wavelan? Re: IEEE WaveLAN (Maurie Daly)
IBM RAID Driver for Turbolinux ("kevin")
FIC Va503+ & Cyrix (Nick Williams)
Re: kernel: svc: unknown version(3) when loading nfs ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Linksys still won't work Please help (Chris Warren)
Re: No sound after 2.4.0-test10 kernel build ("Joseph C. Kopec")
Re: ECC RAM supported by Linux? (jens)
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From: Michael Burian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help neede BOOT from LAN
Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2000 22:24:26 +0100
Gal wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I need to create some sort of Jump-Start server and load systems over the
> LAN. I do not have any floppy or cd-rom in those systems but have the BIOS
> option of "boot from LAN". what I should do?
> Thanks,
> gal.
last time I compiled my kernel i fell over "IP: kernel level
autoconfiguration",
in the Networking options menu. (Enable this to enable the following
options)
and then choose the option below that you need.
For further details you might want to tell us which protocol you wanna
use
(BOOTP, RARP, DHCP).
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From: "SG" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Monitor unwanted power-save
Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2000 21:41:10 -0000
I'm in desperate need of help.
I've just installed SuSE 7.0 hoping to quickly pick up some Linux experience
before I have to use it in work. Installed okay except that choosing some
functions (e.g. choosing the screensaver setup from the configuration menu)
forces the monitor into power-save mode and nothing can wake it up again.
This forces me to reset the PC meaning file system checks etc etc (a pain).
I'm using an NVidia TNT2 Model 64. I've experimented with SaX2 but haven't
managed to fix it - the only thing I've done is somehow to screw up the
keyboard config so I have to type different keys to enter my password!
I'm going to download the latest drivers from NVidia, but whilst I'm trying
to work out how to install a driver in Linux (I'm a _complete_ newbie) I'd
appreciate any help you could give me.
TIA
Stuart
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Willo)
Subject: Re: Linux with Abit KT7 & AMD Duron
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2000 22:14:06 GMT
On Wed, 6 Dec 2000 23:09:52 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
(=?iso-8859-1?Q?J=F6rgen_Tegn=E9r?=) wrote:
>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Joachim Backhaus wrote:
>>Hi,
>>
>>I want to build a system with an AMD Duron processor
>>& an Abit KT 7 motherboard running under linux.
>>
>>Does anyone has some experience wether the Abit KT 7 works under linux?
>>
>
>No experience yet, but I just ordered such a box after the
>seller claimed 'no problems' with linux. It should arrive
>next week, then we will know the value of that promise.
>
>--
>J�rgen Tegn�r
>Message created with 98% recycled electrons.
I bought this kind of machine and it doesn't see any kind of HD
controllers, so it' like having no disks on installation (I tried
several distributions, but the problem is always the same, so it means
*kernel*)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Willo)
Subject: Re: Linux with Abit KT7 & AMD Duron
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2000 22:18:37 GMT
On Fri, 08 Dec 2000 22:14:06 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Willo)
wrote:
>I bought this kind of machine and it doesn't see any kind of HD
>controllers, so it' like having no disks on installation (I tried
>several distributions, but the problem is always the same, so it means
>*kernel*)
If anybody had this problem and knows the solution pls post!
I can be more specific about the system.
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Subject: Re: parallel
From: Michael Meissner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 08 Dec 2000 17:22:15 -0500
"robert smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> so what you're saying then is that parallel processing is useless if you
> dont have the program(s) which can run on x number of processors
> simultaneously.
I suspect you mean that you have to have a multi-threaded program that can run
on each processor. All you need is multiple programs of any variety running at
the same time to realize multiple processor benifits. For example, if I do a
build stream and while I'm doing the building, I'm reading news, etc., both the
compiler and the foreground processes will be spread over each of the cpus
automatically. For example, GCC might hog one processor while the other
process is doing foreground stuff. Obviously you have to have enough memory to
run the processes at the same time.
--
Michael Meissner, Red Hat, Inc.
PMB 198, 174 Littleton Road #3, Westford, Massachusetts 01886, USA
Work: [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: +1 978-486-9304
Non-work: [EMAIL PROTECTED] fax: +1 978-692-4482
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (DualIP)
Subject: Re: Help neede BOOT from LAN
Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2000 22:26:44 GMT
On Fri, 8 Dec 2000 11:37:28 -0800, "Gal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi,
>I need to create some sort of Jump-Start server and load systems over the
>LAN. I do not have any floppy or cd-rom in those systems but have the BIOS
>option of "boot from LAN". what I should do?
>Thanks,
Most build in Boot from LAN use Intels PXE
(Preboot eXecution Environment) protocol.
For indepth info and server software (Linux & NT) check out Intels
website.
DualIP
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From: "Robert J. Leonard III" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Panasonic CW-7582 CDR won't work using CDRECORD..?
Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2000 14:37:11 -0800
Hi.. I have been trying in vain to get this combination to work on my Linux
(Redhat 7) box... the drive is recognized, but when I try to write I get:
"Drive Returns Wrong StartSec"... I have Firmware version 1.10 on the
drive..
Has anybody gotten this drive to work using Linux? If so how?? Maybe an
older version of the firmware?? I can't find anything older, and Panasonic
says "We don't have anything"... lots of help they were!
Thanks in advance!!!!!!!!!
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From: "MC Hammer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Suse 7, vbox and Teles16.3cPNP
Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2000 23:56:14 +0100
Reply-To: "MC Hammer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
OK,
I got everything working with i4l ipppd but since I have dsl I want to use
my linux box as an telephone answering machine.
So I tried to set up vbox... Hmm I got it already running with an old suse
distribution
1 year ago and an AVM Fritz PCMCIA card- but now I cannot get vbox running
with SuSE 7.0...
The problem is, that the HiSax driver for my Teles 16.3PnP ISA got some
problems with vbox on Suse7.0.
I tried audio compression ADCPM-4 -> no audio on the telephone line. So I
tried ULAW since ALAW is not any more support (says the documentation).
With ULAW compression the audio is played but tooooo fast.... Is this a
problem with the teles driver and the suse kernel ??? What's wrong
Has anyone experience with teles 16.3cPnp, vbox and Suse7.0 ???
cu MC
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Udo Pokojski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Any video cards with TV out supported in Linux
Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2000 22:49:18 +0100
On Fri, 8 Dec 2000 08:59:02 -0800, "Paradigm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
>I would like to get resolution of about 640x480 from a linux machine on a
>television.
>
I have successfully tried ATI Expert@Play and a Vodoo3 3000.
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Subject: Re: Storage Plus SPL300R kinda works, but I am having a problem
Crossposted-To: comp.periphs.scsi
From: F. Robert Falbo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2000 23:02:55 GMT
On Wed, 6 Dec 2000 23:06:22 -0500, B'ichela wrote:
> On Wed, 06 Dec 2000 21:50:52 GMT, F. Robert Falbo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> >On Tue, 5 Dec 2000 03:36:44 -0500, B'ichela wrote:
> >
> >> This card also has REAL DMA. the NCR53c400 driver has only
> >> pseudo DMA options.
> >
> >Like the SCSI-AT, it probably does "Slave DMA."
> > -bob-
> What is "Slave DMA" Is there a driver for the scsi-at card I
> can look at anywhere?? If I could find something that only WORKS! So
> far I have had no luck at all actually using this card.
Slave DMA uses the System DMA controllers to transfer data. It's
theoretically twice as fast as PIO, but under real world conditions
the gain isn't all that much unless you tweak the drivers to give you
more throughput (IMNSHO, that's what happens with ATA's supposed "Bus
Mastering" drivers.) Real Bus Mastering uses 1st Party DMA, which
requires the Host Adapter to contain its own, high-speed DMA
controllers. It competes for control of the System Bus, bypassing the
System DMA controllers.
There are some drivers for the SCSI-AT and an ASPI driver for the
SPI300 on my website. http://www.aquascape.com/theref
Click on the file cabinet - The FAQs & Files section, and go to
the bottom of the page.
-bob-
--
Newsreader 1.31 (registered)
BeOS 5.03-Pro SMP (dual PIII/500)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux.mandrake,alt.os.linux.slackware,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: kernel: svc: unknown version(3) when loading nfs
Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2000 23:17:06 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I am getting a message when the nfs service loads:
kernel: svc: unknown version (3)
When I do a ps ax I can also see this for rpc.mountd:
rpc.mountd --no-nfs-version 3
Any ideas what this means and possibly how to clean this up?
best regards,
charles wilkins
p.s micro who?
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Crossposted-To:
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Subject: hdh: <3>ide-scsi unsupported command dev 22:40
Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2000 23:29:11 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have recently set up an atapi ide zip drive. I have compiled in scsi
emulation and the drive works properly as /dev/sda1.
Prior to using the scsi emulation, I was using the floppy-ide driver
and was able to use the drive as /dev/hdh1, just with some less
functionality.
Since I have gone to scsi emulation, I have this message appearing
after the partition check is done:
Dec 8 18:22:25 linux02 kernel: scsi0 : SCSI host adapter emulation
for IDE ATAPI devices
Dec 8 18:22:25 linux02 kernel: scsi : 1 host.
Dec 8 18:22:25 linux02 kernel: Vendor: IOMEGA Model: ZIP 100
Rev: 13.A
Dec 8 18:22:25 linux02 kernel: Type: Direct-Access
ANSI SCSI revision: 00
Dec 8 18:22:25 linux02 kernel: Detected scsi removable disk sda at
scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
Dec 8 18:22:25 linux02 kernel: scsi : detected 1 SCSI disk total.
Dec 8 18:22:25 linux02 kernel: SCSI device sda: hdwr sector= 512
bytes. Sectors= 196576 [95 MB] [0.1 GB]
Dec 8 18:22:25 linux02 kernel: sda: Write Protect is off
Dec 8 18:22:25 linux02 kernel: Partition check:
Dec 8 18:22:25 linux02 kernel: sda: sda1
Dec 8 18:22:25 linux02 kernel: md.c: sizeof(mdp_super_t) = 4096
Dec 8 18:22:25 linux02 kernel: hda: hda1 < hda5 hda6 hda7 >
Dec 8 18:22:25 linux02 kernel: hdc: [PTBL] [1021/255/63] hdc1 < hdc5
hdc6 hdc7 >
Dec 8 18:22:25 linux02 kernel: hdh:<3>ide-scsi: hdh: unsupported
command in request queue (0)
Dec 8 18:22:25 linux02 kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 22:40
(hdh), sector 0
Dec 8 18:22:25 linux02 kernel: unable to read partition table
What program is the "partition check?"
What or where is the request queue? I notice that when I boot from
floppy that this message does not occur.
Thanks in advance!
charles wilkins
p.s.
linux rocks!
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From: dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.slackware
Subject: ARGGGHHH!! Slack7.1 ATI AllinWonder Pro Quake2 and glx
Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2000 19:19:36 -0500
How the heck can I get all these working together so I can play quake2
in gl mode?
I installed the latest version of mesa and glide_v3 and I tried the
utah-glx driver too.
I spent about 8 hours on this last night and accomplished nothing. Does
someone have
a similar setup and want to relay what all they did to get it up and
running.
I have the following:
pentiumII 350
128 MB ram
Ati All-in-Wonder Pro AGP
quake2 demo
Quake2 works fine in software mode, but who the hell wants that?
Thanks in advance
Dave
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Maurie Daly)
Subject: Re: Alternatives to Wavelan? Re: IEEE WaveLAN
Date: Sat, 09 Dec 2000 00:35:04 GMT
On Mon, 04 Dec 2000 19:06:26 -0500, Peter Bloomfield
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Sinner from the Prairy wrote:
>>
>> Peter Bloomfield wrote:
>>
>> > Anshuman Sharma wrote:
>>
>> > I use that driver too, but my card is talking to AirPort cards in
>> > iBooks, so I haven't had to face any issues with talking to another
>> > WaveLAN in a Linux box. But Ad-hoc mode works for my situation.
>>
>> > HTH, Peter
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'm thinking on, maybe, getting wireless at home. What is the cost of a
>> Wavelan PCI card? Where do you guys recomend to get it? Is there any
>> other alternative for wireless Linux-friendly cards?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Sinner
>> --
>> http://www.geocities.com/sinner_prairy
>> [MaDuiXa PoWeR] http://www.maduixa.net
>> __________________
>> |\ Linux User # 89976
>> =====Sinner==== >=--[]>- a Mach 2.5!! Running on Mandrake 7.2
>> __________________|/ Linux Machine # 38068
>
>Hi Sinner!
>
>When I bought my WaveLAN card, they came only as PCMCIA, and I put mine
>in an ISA bridge. There's also a PCI bridge, but iirc there may be
>problems with it. Check out
>http://www.fasta.fh-dortmund.de/users/andy/wvlan/ and the links off that
>page. As to buying them, I couldn't find any bargains, though I didn't
>look much further than the links off Orinoco's page. Mine was maybe
>$170 + another $70 for the bridge(?) At the time it wasn't clear that
>there was any alternative to WaveLAN if you want to talk to AirPort
>cards, as I did.
Theres no problem with the ISA bridge adapters which is what you will
need for the PCMCIA card .
The Linux PCMCIA card support simply picks up the Wavelan card as if
it were in a PCMCIA adapter.
Theres also no problem with talking directly with other WL cards
without an access point .
Its called ad hoc demo mode.
Ive only used the older 2 MB bronze cards so I dont have any
experiance with the newer ones , but the old cards work really well.
MD
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From: "kevin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: IBM RAID Driver for Turbolinux
Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2000 08:21:04 +0800
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Dear all
I want to install turbolinux in IBM RAID 4x adapter.
But I can not detect RAID adapter.
Who can help me?
kevin
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From: Nick Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: FIC Va503+ & Cyrix
Date: Sat, 09 Dec 2000 01:02:30 +0000
Hi,
I'm using FIC VA503+ motherboard with Cyrix II 300 cpu.
Is there any one else using this combo of motherboard and cpu?
If so, what's the best bios settings for stability?
TIA
Nick Williams
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Crossposted-To:
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Subject: Re: kernel: svc: unknown version(3) when loading nfs
Date: Sat, 09 Dec 2000 02:25:08 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
This fix wasn't too hard to find.
There is a routine in the nfs script in /etc/rc.d/init.d/nfs that
checks for version 3 of nfs. Because I am running a version 2, for the
moment I have commented out the routine from running. mountd no
executes without an argument.
On Fri, 08 Dec 2000 23:17:06 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>I am getting a message when the nfs service loads:
> kernel: svc: unknown version (3)
>
>When I do a ps ax I can also see this for rpc.mountd:
> rpc.mountd --no-nfs-version 3
>
>Any ideas what this means and possibly how to clean this up?
>
>best regards,
>charles wilkins
>
>p.s micro who?
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From: Chris Warren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.networking,redhat.config
Subject: Re: Linksys still won't work Please help
Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2000 21:41:38 -0500
This is weird. I don't claim to be anywhere near an expert, but this is
all I did to get the Linksys card (4.1 version) working.
1) I made sure I had the kernal sources installed. I don't think they
are by default.
2) I followed the instruction exactly as Linksys had them in the
Linux/netdrivers instructions file.
3) I used gcc (2.96?) as installed by RH 7.0 (even though it may be
buggy).
I did get a slew of warnings as the drivers compiled. But both
pci-scan.o and tulip.o work just fine. Maybe I'm living on borrowed
time. Who knows?
Rob Blomquist wrote:
>
> fimafeng wrote:
> >
> > OK:
> >
> > I have RH 7.0, and 2 Linksys(4.1 version) 100 PCI cards. Neither is
> > recognized during boot up. (RH doesn't even see the cards to assign an eth0
> > or eth1)
> > I have went to scyld and done the following
> >
> > # Transfer the Scyld PCI Netdriver package
> > rpm -i netdriver-2.0-3.src.rpm
> > # Build the binary version for your kernel
> > cd /usr/src/{redhat,TurboLinux}/
> > rpm -bb SPECS/netdriver.spec
> > # Now install it your newly built package.
> > rpm -i --force RPMS/i386/netdriver-2.0-3.i386.rpm
> >
> > After completion i get the followning errors
> > [root@localhost redhat]# rpm -i --force RPMS/i386/netdriver-2.0-3.i386.rpm
> > depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in
> > /lib/modules/2.2.16-22enterprise/net/3c59x.o
> > depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in
> > /lib/modules/2.2.16-22enterprise/net/eepro100.o
> > depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in
> > /lib/modules/2.2.16-22enterprise/net/epic100.o
> > depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in
> > /lib/modules/2.2.16-22enterprise/net/hamachi.o
> > depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in
> > /lib/modules/2.2.16-22enterprise/net/natsemi.o
> > depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in
> > /lib/modules/2.2.16-22enterprise/net/ne2k-pci.o
> > depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in
> > /lib/modules/2.2.16-22enterprise/net/rtl8139.o
> > depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in
> > /lib/modules/2.2.16-22enterprise/net/starfire.o
> > depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in
> > /lib/modules/2.2.16-22enterprise/net/sundance.o
> > depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in
> > /lib/modules/2.2.16-22enterprise/net/tulip.o
> > depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in
> > /lib/modules/2.2.16-22enterprise/net/via-rhine.o
> > depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in
> > /lib/modules/2.2.16-22enterprise/net/winbond-840.o
> > depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in
> > /lib/modules/2.2.16-22enterprise/net/yellowfin.o
> >
> > And still I can't see either of my Linksys cards. I am running an ABIT BP6
> > motherboard and have tried both PNP OS and NON PNP OS without any noticeable
> > difference.
> > Can someone please tell me what I need to do next or why I'm getting the
> > messages above?
>
> Get rid of the Linksys card, and get a D-Link card, which my LUG claims
> is the easiest to configure of all. And it was automagically set up on
> my box.
>
> Linksys is for WinSnooze users...
> --
> Rob Blomquist
> Kirkland, WA
>
> Gone to the penguins...Bye, bye, Billy-boy....
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From: "Joseph C. Kopec" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: No sound after 2.4.0-test10 kernel build
Date: Sat, 09 Dec 2000 02:43:26 GMT
As others have informed me, you need a version of modutils that is more
recent than the stock RH6.2 modutils to compile modules on a 2.4.0
kernel -- I think this is in the README or other notes for the kernel.
Try searching on www.deja.com/usenet for my postings on the subject and
responses thereto. Hope this helps.
Eric Wertman wrote:
> Hi all-
>
> After a few tries I managed to compile myself a new kernel from the
> 2.4.0-test10 source. It seems to work fine, I'm not getting any of the
> unresolved dependencies or other errors I did on my first two or three
> tries, but I have no sound at all. I have a SBLive card installed, and I
> put emu101k support into the kernel. I appears to be detecting the card
> properly, and loading mixer settings, but I can't get any sound (no error
> messages either). Is there something I could have missed in the kernel
> configuration? BTW I am using red hat 6.2, and the 2.2.14 kernel still has
> perfect sound. Any help is greatly apprecieated. Thanks!
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From: jens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ECC RAM supported by Linux?
Date: Sat, 09 Dec 2000 02:59:36 GMT
My hardware vendor (who is generally pretty good) is questioning how
often ram really fails in a bit here or there. Are we seeing rare
occurances (once in a year) or is this a more serious issue ? In
particular, I can see why a commercial server would need ECC RAM but
is there a need for those of us not running a commercial server farm ?
What about running a ram testing program (www.simmtester.com I think)
that checks ram continuously for however long you want to go (leave it
run for a day or two to confirm all is well) ?
Jens
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