Linux-Hardware Digest #48, Volume #14 Sun, 17 Dec 00 20:13:05 EST
Contents:
Re: CD-burner? (Michael Heiming)
Re: Netgear 310TX PCI Card - Linux Drivers? ("Gene Heskett")
dying courier modem? (Matt Garman)
Re: RedHat Linux and Dell PowerEdge 2450 or IBM Netfinity 4500R (Dances With Crows)
Redhat 6.2 on Dell Poweredge 6450: RAID, Max memory? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
??? RH7.0 on a Pentium Pro 200 ("mike marois")
Re: linux modem advice (Bruce Nolte)
Need help with cdrecord error ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Linux for the 486 (Vlastimil Pohnetal)
Re: ??? RH7.0 on a Pentium Pro 200 (Chris Pitzel)
Re: Need help with cdrecord error ("Alk")
Re: HDD Problems. ("S.Eckloff")
Re: ??? RH7.0 on a Pentium Pro 200 ("mike marois")
agp card suggestion (David Mehringer)
Re: Need help with cdrecord error (Matt Garman)
Re: SuSE 6.4 on a Toshiba Portege 7020 CT (Vincent Phan)
Re: linux modem advice (Peter Bloomfield)
ATA-66 drive that only detects as ATA-33 (Nathan Hollingsworth)
Re: Redhat 6.2 on Dell Poweredge 6450: RAID, Max memory? (Dances With Crows)
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Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2000 22:23:34 +0100
From: Michael Heiming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: CD-burner?
Hello,
lookup this page (english)
http://www.fokus.gmd.de/research/cc/glone/employees/joerg.schilling/private/cdrecord.html
AFAIK all SCSI Burner will work with linux, you only need a kernel with
generic SCSI support...:-)
Don't know about IDE...
Good luck
Michael Heiming
Inge Svensson wrote:
> I've looked at
> http://www.be.com/support/guides/beosreadylist_intel.html#burners
> and found that there are some CD-burners supported by BeOS. Are any of
> those possible to use with Linux? I haven't found anything about this on
> Red Hats site.
> Inge Svensson
>
> --
> http://home.swipnet.se/Inge_Svensson (in Swedish only)
> Registrera dig p� http://www.klasstraffen.com
> och du kan hitta dina klasskompisar.
> ICQ: 3871106
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Date: 17 Dec 2000 16:20:12 -0500
From: "Gene Heskett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Netgear 310TX PCI Card - Linux Drivers?
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Unrot13 this;
Reply to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Gene Heskett sends Greetings to David Efflandt;
DE> On Sun, 17 Dec 2000, Dermot Black <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>I'm trying to find drivers for this card. Are there any? I'm using Suse
>>6.3 & kernel 2.2.13 and I also have a PCI Realtek 8139 in the machine.
>>
>>Working on it as a gateway for my network through a cable modem.
>>
>>Can anyone confirm whether Linux drivers for these cards use 100mb
>>feature or do they default to 10mb?
DE> I have the FA310TX and it does work with the standard tulip v0.89H
DE> module. However, it does not work properly with newer tulip v0.91g-ppc.
DE> So if you upgrade your kernel (which you should because kernels before
DE> 2.2.15 have a security flaw), then use the old_tulip module. I have
DE> kernel 2.2.17 and do get 100mb full duplex automatically on a crossover
DE> cable.
DE> The problem with the newer module is that the card cannot get out until
DE> it has received traffic (ie: network unreachable until somebody pings
DE> you). The old_tulip does not have that problem.
Thanks for defining the problem. OTOH, I *think* thats the card I have
in my office machine which is currently up to a 2.2.18pre kernel, and
its still working AFAIK. And that would not be using the floppy stuff,
but whatever is in the later kernel sources. I can't quote revision
nums very well from 30 miles distance though, but I think I'm using the
old_tulip when make xconfig was run.
Cheers, Gene
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matt Garman)
Crossposted-To: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: dying courier modem?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2000 22:15:21 GMT
I have an external USRobotics Courier "Dual Standard" analog modem that's
about five or six years old (obviously it's a serial modem). It's been
flash upgraded to the latest ROM available from
http://consumer.3com.com/couriera/upgrades/index.html.
I am experiencing two rather strange behaviors with this modem. This
first is it emitting a very high-pitched frequency when it connects to
another modem. This frequency is emitted regardless of the modem's
volume. It is not very loud, but definately audible. (I've seen some
older TVs that make a similar noise.)
The other problem is that it always drops carrier in the middle of file
transfers. I could dial up to my ISP and leave the connection on all day,
and it wouldn't drop the connection. However, if I try to download any
large file (mp3s for example), it will always lose the connection about
five minutes into the transfer. My dad uses an external USRobotics
Sportster 56k serial modem on his computer without any trouble (in fact
his seems to perform better in general). This is using the same phone
line, but different computers. His computer is a Pentium 133 with 32 mb
of RAM running Windows NT 4.0. I have a Pentium II 266 with 96 mb RAM
running Linux (kernel 2.2.15, Debian 2.2).
Anyone have any ideas as to what the cause of these problems are? Could
they be related?
Thanks!
Matt
--
Matt Garman, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
"I may make you feel, but I can't make you think."
-- Jethro Tull, "Thick as a Brick"
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.redhat
Subject: Re: RedHat Linux and Dell PowerEdge 2450 or IBM Netfinity 4500R
Date: 17 Dec 2000 22:23:11 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sun, 17 Dec 2000 19:18:56 GMT, Richard Robbins staggered into the
Black Sun and said:
>I need to configure a dual processor linux server that will run RedHat
>Linux 7. The machine needs to be rack mountable in a 2U or 3U chassis.
>In addition to a diskette and CD ROM, it also needs to house a SCSI
>tape backup device.
>
>At the moment I am considering either the Dell PowerEdge 2450 or the
>IBM Netfinity 4500R. The Dell product is the only one that I am aware
>of that can do what I need in a 2U chassis. The IBM is a 3U chassis.
>I should probably have the Compaq ProLiant DL380 on this list as well,
>but that machine seems more expensive than either the Dell or IBM. I'd
>be happy to buy from penguincomputing or VA Linux, but both would
>require me to go to a 4U chassis.
>
>Your comments on either or both of the IBM or Dell machines running
>RedHat 7 will be greatly appreciated. I'd like to know if either
>requires proprietary software in order to run. I know that both IBM
>and Dell ship machines with Linux on them, but that doesn't tell me the
>extent to which proprietary software is required.
Hmm. From what I understand about the Dell Poweredge series, stock
Linux just runs on them. The Perc2Si RAID card is definitely supported,
and comments I've seen on this NG say that the other RAID cards
available should also work. You may want to speak to an actual human at
Dell, though, and make sure you're not getting a machine with an i840
chipset. Linux will work on those, but at a reduced performance level
since you have to pass the "noapic" option to the kernel at boot time.
The ServerWorks chipset is a much better alternative.
WRT hardware add-ons, Linux should just work with SCSI CD-ROMs and tape
devices.
BTW, RedHat 7.0 is not the stablest of distros, as has been pointed out
ad nauseum. Consider using 6.2 and upgrading the stuff you need by
hand, or go with a different distro like SuSE?
--
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]
Subject: Redhat 6.2 on Dell Poweredge 6450: RAID, Max memory?
Date: 17 Dec 2000 17:06:33 -0500
We've got a number of Dell Poweredge 6450 (rackmount) machines.
They came with a factory install of Redhat 6.2.
Questions:
1. Does Linux support the PERC RAID controller on these?
There is a "megaraid" controller in the 2.2.16 kernel.
Dell also distributes a binary "percraid.o" for 2.2.14 kernel.
Which is better?
2. Does Linux support >=4MB on these? The factory install came
with support up to 4MB, but we've got one machine with 8GB.
Thanks for any info,
Richard
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From: "mike marois" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat
Subject: ??? RH7.0 on a Pentium Pro 200
Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2000 16:51:42 -0600
I just purchased a pentium pro 200 with 256mb of ram to be the SOHO server
to act as a file server, intranet, and gateway in my 4 pc home office
network. Are there any know problems with this seemly old technology? Will
RH7.0 see and utilixe all 256mb of RAM? Is expecting this box to handle all
of this too much??
A recent MS convert!
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From: Bruce Nolte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: linux modem advice
Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2000 17:56:32 -0500
As you probably know by now, Linux and Winmodems don't mix, and it seems to be
harder to find non-winmdems all the time, particularly internal ones that are
worth a darn. I managed to find a generic 56K External modem which outperforms
the Modem Blaster Winmodem which it replaced. Sadly, most of the manufacturers
are either building cheap winmodems, or are concentrating on the more
profitable DSL and cablemodems. I would concentrate on finding a decent
external modem, despite the additional cabling mess, etc. I would look for a
brand name, but I have had good luck with this generic external modem I am
running, but expect to pay more than you would for an internal winmodem.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I need linux drivers for a Rockwell/Conexant HCF modem(a winmodem), or
> advice on what kind of modem I should buy to use with Mandrake 7.2. I
> don't have any slots other than PCI so that would be perfered, however any
> external modem suggestions are welcome as well.
>
> --
> Posted via CNET Help.com
> http://www.help.com/
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Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 01:27:05 +0200
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,de.comp.periph.cdrom
Subject: Need help with cdrecord error
> hi
>
> i've recently been trying to write some music CD's using cdrecord and
> during the write process, the following error shows up and causes
> cdrecord to exit:
>
> Performing OPC...
> Starting new track at sector: 34387
> Track 03: 21 of 43 MB written (fifo 20%).cdrecord: Input/output
> error. write_g1: scsi sendcmd: retryable error
> CDB: 2A 00 00 00 AC 35 00 00 0D 00
> status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION)
> Sense Bytes: 70 00 03 00 00 00 00 12 00 00 00 00 0C 09 00 00
> Sense Key: 0x3 Medium Error, Segment 0
> Sense Code: 0x0C Qual 0x09 (write error - loss of streaming) Fru 0x0
> Sense flags: Blk 0 (not valid)
>
> write track data: error after 22809696 bytes
> Sense Bytes: 70 00 00 00 00 00 00 12 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
> Writing time: 76.453s
>
> I'd like to know if this error is due to a problem with my drive, or
> whether it's just a bad CD-R.
> Also, i'd appreciate it if someone could tell me where i can find more
> information about these kinds of errors (so i hopefully wont have to
> bother u nice folks again in the future :))
>
> thanks
> ali
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From: Vlastimil Pohnetal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux for the 486
Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2000 19:12:43 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Applications at http://www.mite.cz
=====================
James Stewart wrote:
>
> Most of them do.
>
> Mainly stay away for the distro's that say that they have been optimized for
> Pentium class computers. An example of one of these is Mandrake linux. I
> currently have Redhat 6.2 running on an old 486 just fine. One note: If you
> want to run some of the fancy GUI's like KDE or GNOME, you'll need lots of
> memory (at least 32 megs, but preferably more) otherwise you be waiting
> around awhile as the machine thrashes. An interesting distro that is kind
> of good for this, although it still has some rough edges, is one called
> Vector linux. It comes with IceWM which is a lightweight window manager and
> runs quite well on 486's with low memory. It's a 60 meg free download, but
> probably not for beginners to install due to lack of documentation. Of
> course if you are not going to run an X server at all, you don't have to
> worry about any of this. Linux has very good driver support for those
> vintage old cards that you are likely to have in that old 486 as well
> (better than the current Micro$oft products!).
>
> aflinsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > chrismendes wrote:
> > >
> > > Is it still possible to get off-the-shelf linux installed on an old 486
> ?
> > > How hard would it be to do this ?
> >
> > I have suse 6.4 running on a 486/33 with 20M of ram, and 1.2G & 250M
> > drives. I don't currently have X running on it, and it mostly sits
> > there for playing old text games (all of the old infocom stuff) via
> > telnet.
> >
> > Install was fairly easy, I just had to remove a bunch of unneeded
> > stuff from the defaults.
> >
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From: Chris Pitzel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat
Subject: Re: ??? RH7.0 on a Pentium Pro 200
Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2000 23:42:24 GMT
> I just purchased a pentium pro 200 with 256mb of ram to be the SOHO server
> to act as a file server, intranet, and gateway in my 4 pc home office
> network. Are there any know problems with this seemly old technology? Will
That's not old technology. The PPro 200 performs roughly on-par with a
Celeron 300A, and 256mb of RAM is plenty. I run more or less all of
those tasks that you mention above on a Pentium-66 machine with 40mb of
RAM, and it's still fairly decently fast.
> RH7.0 see and utilixe all 256mb of RAM? Is expecting this box to handle all
> of this too much??
Yes, RH 7 will do that. RH7 is a pig though, and really is more suited
towards desktop sorts of tasks. I highly recommend that you check out
slackware if you want the machine to be in a 'server' type role
instead. All of the RAM will be utilized, though, I can't see any
situation where you'd ever come close to using it all.
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From: "Alk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Need help with cdrecord error
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 01:57:25 +0200
Reply-To: "Alk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I had such errors (retryable...) with Pinnacle 4x4 and upgrading firmware
( under Windoze ) was helpful and SCSI and CDR drive tuning instructions
from www.ahead.de made writing more stable
AG
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > hi
> >
> > i've recently been trying to write some music CD's using cdrecord and
> > during the write process, the following error shows up and causes
> > cdrecord to exit:
> >
> > Performing OPC...
> > Starting new track at sector: 34387
> > Track 03: 21 of 43 MB written (fifo 20%).cdrecord: Input/output
> > error. write_g1: scsi sendcmd: retryable error
> > CDB: 2A 00 00 00 AC 35 00 00 0D 00
> > status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION)
> > Sense Bytes: 70 00 03 00 00 00 00 12 00 00 00 00 0C 09 00 00
> > Sense Key: 0x3 Medium Error, Segment 0
> > Sense Code: 0x0C Qual 0x09 (write error - loss of streaming) Fru 0x0
> > Sense flags: Blk 0 (not valid)
> >
> > write track data: error after 22809696 bytes
> > Sense Bytes: 70 00 00 00 00 00 00 12 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
> > Writing time: 76.453s
> >
> > I'd like to know if this error is due to a problem with my drive, or
> > whether it's just a bad CD-R.
> > Also, i'd appreciate it if someone could tell me where i can find more
> > information about these kinds of errors (so i hopefully wont have to
> > bother u nice folks again in the future :))
> >
> > thanks
> > ali
>
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Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 01:11:15 +0100
From: "S.Eckloff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HDD Problems.
hi,
"Adam H." schrieb:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm getting these errors appearing on the screen, and also in my
> /var/log/messages file:
>
> linux kernel: hda: read_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete
> DataRequest Error }
> linux kernel: hda: read_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError },
> LBAsect=28083788, sector=28083725
> linux kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 03:01 (hda), sector 28083725
>
> I thought that it may have been a crook HDD problem, so I've replaced the
> HDD, and re-installed the OS from scratch, just to find that these errors
> continue to occurr.
>
> Can anyone shed some light on what they actually mean, what I should do, and
> if they're dangerous...
this kind of errors can't be explained completely from afar, but these
messages give some hints:
"drive ready, seek complete, data request error": the system checked the
drive, it reported "I'm ready". then the system sent the command (here
the so called "seek" command, whicht puts the head assembly to the
specified cylinder. the seek operation answerde: "went ok". but when it
came to data transfers, uncorrectable errors showed up.
"uncorrectable error" and nothing else: even the "check for ready state"
command failed.
to me, this seems to be a faulty transmit path, i.e. cabling (broken?
too long?), jacks and / or plugs, ide controller chip.
a different cause may be so called "ripples" or "spikes" on power supply
lines to the drive (i.e. 12v, 5v, ground). this was to blame the power
supply. sometimes those error occur on isolated use of the drive, i.e.
if the drives metal parts aren't connected to the computers case.
did you check all that?
hope that helps a little.
yours siggi
>
> TIA
>
> Adam
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From: "mike marois" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat
Subject: Re: ??? RH7.0 on a Pentium Pro 200
Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2000 18:18:17 -0600
Chris;
Thanks for the reponse. I'm also planning on using this box as a
development sandbox for a few Perl Database apps I'm writing. Will
Slackware fit this scenario?
Thanks,
Mike
"Chris Pitzel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > I just purchased a pentium pro 200 with 256mb of ram to be the SOHO
server
> > to act as a file server, intranet, and gateway in my 4 pc home office
> > network. Are there any know problems with this seemly old technology?
Will
>
> That's not old technology. The PPro 200 performs roughly on-par with a
> Celeron 300A, and 256mb of RAM is plenty. I run more or less all of
> those tasks that you mention above on a Pentium-66 machine with 40mb of
> RAM, and it's still fairly decently fast.
>
> > RH7.0 see and utilixe all 256mb of RAM? Is expecting this box to handle
all
> > of this too much??
>
> Yes, RH 7 will do that. RH7 is a pig though, and really is more suited
> towards desktop sorts of tasks. I highly recommend that you check out
> slackware if you want the machine to be in a 'server' type role
> instead. All of the RAM will be utilized, though, I can't see any
> situation where you'd ever come close to using it all.
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From: David Mehringer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: agp card suggestion
Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2000 18:21:51 -0600
I'm looking for a high end AGP card that is supported by XFree86 4.0. I'd
like to be able to play 3d games which support linux, such as soldier of
fortune, real tournament, etc.). I'm willing to pay $200. I'd like the
card configuration to be simple under linux, so I'd prefer not to have to
build drivers myself. I'm running RH 7.0. I've seen that Creative's 32 MB
GeForce Annihilator Pro 4X AGP Card is supported, but don't know to what
extent. Also, not sure what "X" (1, 2, 4X) my slot/bus is; is there anyway
to find this out via commands/config files (am also running W98). Tried
RTFM, but Compaq takes the approach that their users are stupid and so does
not supply this info (their help line about tech issues like this is also
hopeless; the person at the other end of the line usually has no idea what
I'm talking about).
Voodoo 5500 looks interesting, but at $300 is a bit pricey.
If you could email as well as post that would be great; my newsfeed is often
flaky.
--
David Mehringer, Ph.D. University of Illinois
[EMAIL PROTECTED] National Center for Supercomputing
Research Scientist, Applications/Department of Astronomy
Software Applications Developer, 1002 W. Green St.
BIMA Data Archivist Urbana, IL 61801 USA
voice: 217 244 5468 fax: 217 244 7638
http://monet.astro.uiuc.edu/~dmehring/dmehring.html
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matt Garman)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Need help with cdrecord error
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 00:21:33 GMT
At what priority level are you burning? Re-nicing the cdrecord process
might help. I could not get consistently successful burns on my drive
until I started using it as root with a high priority.
As root, I always execute my cdrecord as in the following:
nice --adjustment=-19 cdrecord [cdrecord_params_here]
-19 is the highest priority a process can have in Linux (for maximum
confusion, high priority numbers correspond to low priority and low
priority numbers correspond to high priority).
How does this drive do at reading CDs? If it has trouble reading, it
could be a bad drive, or a cabling problem. SCSI can be pretty sensitive
about cables, proper termination, etc.
What type of CD-R media are you using? It is possible that you got a bad
batch of CD-R, or if you bought the el-cheapos then the media could be the
source of your problems.
MG
On Mon, 18 Dec 2000 01:57:25 +0200, Alk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I had such errors (retryable...) with Pinnacle 4x4 and upgrading firmware
> ( under Windoze ) was helpful and SCSI and CDR drive tuning instructions
> from www.ahead.de made writing more stable
>
> AG
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > > hi
> > >
> > > i've recently been trying to write some music CD's using cdrecord and
> > > during the write process, the following error shows up and causes
> > > cdrecord to exit:
> > >
> > > Performing OPC...
> > > Starting new track at sector: 34387
> > > Track 03: 21 of 43 MB written (fifo 20%).cdrecord: Input/output
> > > error. write_g1: scsi sendcmd: retryable error
> > > CDB: 2A 00 00 00 AC 35 00 00 0D 00
> > > status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION)
> > > Sense Bytes: 70 00 03 00 00 00 00 12 00 00 00 00 0C 09 00 00
> > > Sense Key: 0x3 Medium Error, Segment 0
> > > Sense Code: 0x0C Qual 0x09 (write error - loss of streaming) Fru 0x0
> > > Sense flags: Blk 0 (not valid)
> > >
> > > write track data: error after 22809696 bytes
> > > Sense Bytes: 70 00 00 00 00 00 00 12 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
> > > Writing time: 76.453s
> > >
> > > I'd like to know if this error is due to a problem with my drive, or
> > > whether it's just a bad CD-R.
> > > Also, i'd appreciate it if someone could tell me where i can find more
> > > information about these kinds of errors (so i hopefully wont have to
> > > bother u nice folks again in the future :))
> > >
> > > thanks
> > > ali
> >
>
>
>
>
--
Matt Garman, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
"I may make you feel, but I can't make you think."
-- Jethro Tull, "Thick as a Brick"
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From: Vincent Phan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.misc,z-netz.alt.linux,de.comp.os.unix.linux.hardware,de.comp.os.unix.linux.misc
Subject: Re: SuSE 6.4 on a Toshiba Portege 7020 CT
Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2000 16:39:44 -0800
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Timo Volkmer wrote:
>
> Hi there,
>
> has anyone experiences installing and running SuSE-Linux 6.4 on Toshiba
> Portege 7020CT Laptop Computer?
>
> I'll appreciate any comments, THANKS!
>
> -Timo
>
> --
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
No SuSE, but Mandrake 7.2 is really impressed me, everything is up and
ruuning at the first installation. Dualboot Win2K/Mandrake 7.2 on
OmniBook 900B
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From: Peter Bloomfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: linux modem advice
Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2000 19:51:51 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I need linux drivers for a Rockwell/Conexant HCF modem(a winmodem), or
> advice on what kind of modem I should buy to use with Mandrake 7.2. I
> don't have any slots other than PCI so that would be perfered, however any
> external modem suggestions are welcome as well.
>
> --
> Posted via CNET Help.com
> http://www.help.com/
I used a USR 5610 PCI modem with no problems on RH6.1/6.2 (after I
upgraded the serial module and setserial: see
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=310 )--if you
really need an internal solution, there are a few PCI cards that provide
real controller-based modems. HTH
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From: Nathan Hollingsworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ATA-66 drive that only detects as ATA-33
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 00:55:37 GMT
I downloaded the 2.4.0-test12 kernel and tried to get things to work on
my new Asus K7A board. But whenever I booted my newly compiled kernel
my western digital 13 gig showed up as
running only in UDMA 33 mode, though it is a 66 drive. I have a 40 pin
/ 80 conductor ATA66 ide cable and I know the onboard chipset is ATA-66
capable but yet my drive doesn't want
to do it. Here is some kernel output:
VP_IDE: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 21
VP_IDE: chipset revision 16
VP_IDE: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
VP_IDE: VIA vt82c686a IDE UDMA66 controller on pci0:4.1
ide0: BM-DMA at 0xd800-0xd807, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:pio
ide1: BM-DMA at 0xd808-0xd80f, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:pio
PDC20265: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 88
PCI: Found IRQ 10 for device 00:11.0
PDC20265: chipset revision 2
PDC20265: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
PDC20265: (U)DMA Burst Bit ENABLED Primary PCI Mode Secondary PCI Mode.
ide2: BM-DMA at 0x8400-0x8407, BIOS settings: hde:pio, hdf:pio
ide3: BM-DMA at 0x8408-0x840f, BIOS settings: hdg:pio, hdh:pio
hda: WDC WD136AA, ATA DISK drive
ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with
idebus=xx
hdc: TOSHIBA CD-ROM XM-6702B, ATAPI CDROM drive
ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
hda: 26564832 sectors (13601 MB) w/2048KiB Cache, CHS=1653/255/63,
UDMA(33)
hdc: ATAPI 48X CD-ROM drive, 128kB Cache, UDMA(33)
Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.11
Partition check:
hda: hda1 hda2 hda3 < hda5 hda6 >
Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M
FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077
I have my 13gig connected to the VIA hd controller and not the Promise.
I had the same problem with the Promise too.
I have the appropriate chipset support compiled directly into the kernel
and I have enable "Use UDMA by default" etc. But it won't run at 66.
Argh.
Even better I booted the rescue image from my Mandrake 7.2 CD and it
detected it and run it at ATA66.
Can someone please tell me what I am doing wrong.
Thanks,
Nathan
P.S. take the SPM out of my email to contact me directly :-)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Redhat 6.2 on Dell Poweredge 6450: RAID, Max memory?
Date: 18 Dec 2000 01:01:14 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 17 Dec 2000 17:06:33 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] staggered into
the Black Sun and said:
>We've got a number of Dell Poweredge 6450 (rackmount) machines. They
>came with a factory install of Redhat 6.2.
>
>Questions:
>1. Does Linux support the PERC RAID controller on these?
> There is a "megaraid" controller in the 2.2.16 kernel.
> Dell also distributes a binary "percraid.o" for 2.2.14 kernel.
> Which is better?
>2. Does Linux support >=4MB on these? The factory install came
> with support up to 4MB, but we've got one machine with 8GB.
Linux supports the Perc2Si default RAID controller; use the megaraid
module if you can! Binary-only modules are often bad news, and you
don't want your server running 2.2.14 as it has a security hole. For
more info about RAID and such, go to http://deja.com/home_ps.shtml and
search this NG for "Perc" or "Hardware RAID Options"... there was a
thread a couple of weeks back that could be helpful.
I assume you mean "4G" above. I'm almost positive that the 2.2.x series
kernels only support 4G of RAM at most. Work is being done in the 2.4.x
series to support > 4G on 32-bit architectures, look for "bigmem" and
you will probably find something useful. The 2.4.0-test series is
reasonably stable; I'd be using it on my main machine if I weren't so
lazy....
--
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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