Linux-Hardware Digest #58, Volume #14 Tue, 19 Dec 00 14:13:04 EST
Contents:
Re: IDE-Raid-Controller ("James C. Morris")
Re: Which kind of netcard is best support in Linux? (Yurasis Dragon)
Re: Intel Easy PC camera - cannot be supported in Linux! ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Pb with RealTek LAN Adapter ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Intel Easy PC camera - cannot be supported in Linux! (Craig Kelley)
Re: Wrong IO or IRQ? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Serial Port Higher than 115.200 bps (Julie Brandon)
Re: Intel Easy PC camera - cannot be supported in Linux! ("Ayende Rahien")
Re: Intel Easy PC camera - cannot be supported in Linux! ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Intel Easy PC camera - cannot be supported in Linux! (mlw)
SoundBlaster Problem (Brian Riddle)
Re: UPS and tape drive for Linux ("James")
Re: Alpha 2100 and X Windows (Marble Head)
Re: Sound Blaster not working (Michael Case)
too many /var/log/messages (ekk)
Re: AT&T CONFLICTS? (Neil Cherry)
Re: SuSe on Win98 (Robert)
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From: "James C. Morris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: IDE-Raid-Controller
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 16:12:54 GMT
The 3ware Escalade works. We use it to mirror our drivers. It supports Raid
0 and 1. You must have the same drivers to do 1. They also make a 0, 1 and 5
controller.
"Joerg Stumpe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:91l6b8$ln5$06$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hello ...
>
> We are looking for a IDE-Raid solution for linux ...
> does anyone know which controllers are supported
> (and which are recommended)
>
> Thanks in advance
> J.S.
>
>
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From: Yurasis Dragon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Which kind of netcard is best support in Linux?
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 09:22:40 -0700
I have had great success with Netgear 310TX PCI under Redhat 7. I was
struggling with a 3com 509 card and someone recommended this card. I spent
$40 Canadian and never looked back.
On Sat, 16 Dec 2000 09:31:08 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>most stable and best support ?
>
>
>Sent via Deja.com
>http://www.deja.com/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.linux.sux
Subject: Re: Intel Easy PC camera - cannot be supported in Linux!
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 16:43:00 GMT
On Tue, 19 Dec 2000 03:58:10 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kaz
Kylheku) wrote:
>>Welcome to the "Joy of Linux".
>
>Don't be a retard. The unavailability of specs for proprietary hardware is not
>a Linux problem. It's a problem that affects users of free software, which
>includes Linux. It's not a problem *caused* by that software.
The retards are the people who like to point the finger elsewhere when
something doesn't work, even if they are correct, the net result is
the same.
The hardware works under Windows, and not under Linux and that is the
only thing in the world that matters to the person holding a now
useless piece of hardware in their hands all because they decided to
use an inferior operating system, Linux.
You can argue till you are blue in the face about the evil hardware
manufacturers withholding specs but it still boils down to the same
thing.
Linux sucks at supporting modern hardware.
The Linux users need a reality check to see how much they are missing
since they last used Windows circa 3.0
Flatfish
Why do they call it a flatfish?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,alt.linux.sux
Subject: Re: Pb with RealTek LAN Adapter
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 16:49:25 GMT
On Tue, 19 Dec 2000 15:19:38 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> I can ping myself, but I can't see any other Win98 hosts with fixed
>> adresses.
>>
>> What's the matter ?
>>
>> Nicolas
You are running Linux, which is an inferior operating system.
Flatfish
Why do they call it a flatfish?
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From: Craig Kelley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.linux.sux
Subject: Re: Intel Easy PC camera - cannot be supported in Linux!
Date: 19 Dec 2000 10:04:56 -0700
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> On Tue, 19 Dec 2000 03:58:10 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kaz
> Kylheku) wrote:
>
>
> >>Welcome to the "Joy of Linux".
> >
> >Don't be a retard. The unavailability of specs for proprietary hardware is not
> >a Linux problem. It's a problem that affects users of free software, which
> >includes Linux. It's not a problem *caused* by that software.
>
> The retards are the people who like to point the finger elsewhere when
> something doesn't work, even if they are correct, the net result is
> the same.
Anybody who doesn't use Windows (Solaris, Macintosh, etc.) is a
"retard" by your definition.
> Linux sucks at supporting modern hardware.
Where is Windows for ia64 again?
How about Windows 2000 for Alpha? S/390?
Hmmm, seems Linux supports more modern hardware than Windows.
> The Linux users need a reality check to see how much they are missing
> since they last used Windows circa 3.0
Well, there have been 1,997 revisions since then (to 2000) -- I
suppose they could have fixed *some* of the bugs.
--
The wheel is turning but the hamster is dead.
Craig Kelley -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.isu.edu/~kellcrai finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP block
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Wrong IO or IRQ?
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 16:59:59 GMT
In article <91o04k$vr4$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> YES! IT WORKED! Thank You very much. I removed the option line from my
> conf.modules file and it picked up on the io and irq by itself. How
> did it do that? Does the 3c509.o file probe the ISA ports and find it
> itself?
Honestly, I don't know. Since the card will only work with so many
ports it's possible that it does probe for it. I guess that's how it
would have to work.
> Everyone I talked to said ISA setup was harder then PCI but on
> my PCI card I had to specify the io and irq for it to work!?! Anyway I
> appreciate your help. I'm ready to rock now. Thanks!
>
> Adam
> ___________________________________
>
> > I have a similiar setup in a machine I run with Red Hat 6.2. I have
> an
> > ISA 3c509 and a $20 SOHO PCI 10/100 card using the tulip.o module.
I
> > configured the 3c509 to disable PNP and forced I/O and IRQ. I don't
> > remember what values I used.
> >
> > Anyway, I only used:
> > alias eth0 3c509
> >
> > I didn't specify io= or irq= and it works fine. If this doesn't
work,
> > it highly likely that you have a resource conflict. If you
configure
> > the card in the Linux box the configuration program can usually
detect
> > these conflicts. You don't need DOS installed on the machine, just
a
> > DOS boot disk. Personally I use my Windows 98 install floppy which
> > gives you three choices on boot:
> > A) Install Win98
> > B) Boot w/ CD
> > C) Boot w/o CD
> >
> > I boot w/o CD because I don't need it and it's much quicker. Then
> after
> > booting have a second floppy ready with the 3Com configuration
program
> > and run it from that floppy.
> >
> > Let me know if this helps.
> >
> > In article <91k25q$re6$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I am trying to set up a 2nd Ethernet Card on my Mandrake 7.1
> Box.
> > > The first card is a Linksys PCI and works fine. However, the
second
> > > card I had to use a ISA card(due to lack of PCI slots on my old
> > > Compaq).
> > >
> > > Since I had to go ISA I picked a 3Com 3c509b-TPO card... I
don't
> > > have DOS on my linux box, so I have to put my card into my Windows
> box
> > > to use the 3Com config utility to disable the PNP and set the IO
and
> > > IRQ, and then take the card out and put it in my linux box. Is
this
> a
> > > problem? Should the card be configured in my linux box? Again I
> don't
> > > have DOS on it. Does 3COM have a linux utility for configuring the
> > card?
> > >
> > > Anyway, as I stated above. I disabled the the PNP and look at
> the
> > > IRQ and IO using the 3Com config utility on my Windows system and
> then
> > > wrote down the IO and IRQ. I then took the card out and put it
into
> my
> > > linux system and tryed to set it up. I added:
> > >
> > > alias eth1 3c509
> > > options 3c509 io=0x300 irq=5 (I got the io and irq from the config
> > > utility.)
> > >
> > > When I start up my system. It goes through and sets up the
first
> > > card fine (eth0) then when it hits the second card it says
"Invalid
> > > parameter parm_io... 3c509.o failed... etc."
> > >
> > > Any Ideas?
> > >
> > > Thanks in advanced
> > >
> > > Adam
> > >
> > > Sent via Deja.com
> > > http://www.deja.com/
> > >
> >
> > Sent via Deja.com
> > http://www.deja.com/
> >
>
> Sent via Deja.com
> http://www.deja.com/
>
Sent via Deja.com
http://www.deja.com/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Julie Brandon)
Subject: Re: Serial Port Higher than 115.200 bps
Date: 19 Dec 2000 15:41:45 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 19 Dec 2000 15:40:09 +0100, Shark ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) said:
>Hi.
>I need a RS232 serial connection at 230.4 Kbps.
>So I need a Isa or PCI board that have a RS232 interface with this rate.
>In the market there are some boards availables.
>Has someone already installed this kind of board on a Linux machine ?
>All suggestions will be appreciated !
Yes, just been doing this recently myself.
Got a MRI PCI Dual Serial 16550 card. (MRi Reference: MRI-PCIDS
<URL:http://www.mri.co.uk/networking/io-cards.htm>)
I picked mine up 2nd hand but we'll need another sometime soon for another
machine and so I'll certainly be buying another, and happily new this time,
as it seems a nice well designed board (with genuine 16550s in sockets).
With a very small patch it'll work using the latest serial driver. PCI
means not needing to use up more IRQs which is handy.
Give me a shout if you get the board, and I can send you the small patch I
made (very very very simple, basically just gives the board specs and gets
it to use the SIIG driver code which it seems to be compatible with.)
Ta-ra,
Julie
--
Julie Brandon, Derby, UK
<URL:http://www.computergeeks.co.uk/>
+++ See homepage for details of my present E-Bay auctions +++
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From: "Ayende Rahien" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.linux.sux
Subject: Re: Intel Easy PC camera - cannot be supported in Linux!
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 19:20:52 +0200
"Craig Kelley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> > On Tue, 19 Dec 2000 03:58:10 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kaz
> > Kylheku) wrote:
> >
> >
> > >>Welcome to the "Joy of Linux".
> > >
> > >Don't be a retard. The unavailability of specs for proprietary hardware
is not
> > >a Linux problem. It's a problem that affects users of free software,
which
> > >includes Linux. It's not a problem *caused* by that software.
> >
> > The retards are the people who like to point the finger elsewhere when
> > something doesn't work, even if they are correct, the net result is
> > the same.
>
> Anybody who doesn't use Windows (Solaris, Macintosh, etc.) is a
> "retard" by your definition.
>
> > Linux sucks at supporting modern hardware.
>
> Where is Windows for ia64 again?
Development.
> How about Windows 2000 for Alpha?
Was up to Beta 3, and then discontinued because of CompaQ not wanting it.
> S/390?
Offer MS a commercially viable reason to do so, and they will be more than
glad to do so.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.linux.sux
Subject: Re: Intel Easy PC camera - cannot be supported in Linux!
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 17:31:27 GMT
On 19 Dec 2000 10:04:56 -0700, Craig Kelley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>Where is Windows for ia64 again?
>
>How about Windows 2000 for Alpha? S/390?
>
>Hmmm, seems Linux supports more modern hardware than Windows.
Every user should have one in their living room.
Get real, the guy was talking about a digital camera which I doubt you
are going to use on a S/390.
>> The Linux users need a reality check to see how much they are missing
>> since they last used Windows circa 3.0
>
>Well, there have been 1,997 revisions since then (to 2000) -- I
>suppose they could have fixed *some* of the bugs.
Tried KDE 2.x lately?
What's the secret to keeping it from crashing?
Flatfish
Why do they call it a flatfish?
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From: mlw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.linux.sux
Subject: Re: Intel Easy PC camera - cannot be supported in Linux!
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 12:35:51 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> On Tue, 19 Dec 2000 03:58:10 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kaz
> Kylheku) wrote:
>
> >>Welcome to the "Joy of Linux".
> >
> >Don't be a retard. The unavailability of specs for proprietary hardware is not
> >a Linux problem. It's a problem that affects users of free software, which
> >includes Linux. It's not a problem *caused* by that software.
>
> The retards are the people who like to point the finger elsewhere when
> something doesn't work, even if they are correct, the net result is
> the same.
>
> The hardware works under Windows, and not under Linux and that is the
> only thing in the world that matters to the person holding a now
> useless piece of hardware in their hands all because they decided to
> use an inferior operating system, Linux.
>
> You can argue till you are blue in the face about the evil hardware
> manufacturers withholding specs but it still boils down to the same
> thing.
>
> Linux sucks at supporting modern hardware.
Taking your post as a whole, I have a much better definition of a
retard. Someone who comes to conclusions based on unrelated facts.
Whether or not Intel decides to support Linux for their camera, has
nothing to do with the quality of linux. As a point of technical review,
it would be a hard sell to even suggest that Windows is better than
Linux in any respect. Windows isn't even a real operating system.
Claiming quality concerns over vendor support for a cheap camera, is
like saying a Mercedes is crap because Holley doesn't make a fuel
injection system for it.
>
> The Linux users need a reality check to see how much they are missing
> since they last used Windows circa 3.0
I use Linux instead of Windows for many reasons. Mostly because I want
to focus on my work, not the stupidity of rebooting.
--
http://www.mohawksoft.com
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From: Brian Riddle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: SoundBlaster Problem
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 11:00:17 +0000
I have a Creative Labs Soundblaster AWE64 PNP I am using 2.2.16 on
Slackware.
I cannot get my sound card to work. So far...
pnpdump > /etc/isapnp.conf
emacs /etc/isapnp.conf (here I edited the conf file as per instructions
in
a FAQ)
then I recompiled the kernel and included sound support as built in, as
well as soundblaster (100% compatible) the lower level drivers that were
in the menu tree.
there are now messages at boot about the driver for the SB card
Still no sound so...
isapnp /etc/isapnp.conf
I get errors that tell me there are conflicts snd refers me to IRQ5 and
DMA5
when I check those in /proc/ the hardware using those resources is the
SB card.
Now what??
I appreciate any help that I get.
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From: "James" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.debian.user
Subject: Re: UPS and tape drive for Linux
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 08:38:22 -0900
"Tor Slettnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> >>>>> "Jorge" == Jorge JUAN CHICO <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Jorge> Hi, I'm looking for an UPS and backup tape system for a
> Jorge> single Linux server. The UPS must work Linux applications
> Jorge> in order to shut the system down if necessary. The tape
> More generally, visit the web site of the manufacturer of your UPS -
> they will most likely have Linux information available.
>
> -tor
Tripplite UPS units come with a monitoring program on CD that includes
various flavors of Unix and Linux. IIRC there isn't a .deb file, but there
are some tarballs and there is a RedHat .rpm that you might be able to
convert with alien. I don't know how available Tripplite is in Spain
though.
HTH,
James
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Marble Head)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.alpha
Subject: Re: Alpha 2100 and X Windows
Date: 19 Dec 2000 18:10:19 GMT
TMS Computers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>Sorry Marble Head,
>
>None of your suggestions worked. Any other ideas? It launched the
>XFree86 GUI screen, but my machine just absolutley will not do graphics!
>NT worked just fine...
>
Hmm...
Here's a suggestion that will let you verify that you've got the proper
packages installed, that your Xwindows system is functional, and if this
works, the only problem that can still be is the local graphics:
Because you're using Debian, I assume you want to use Gnome. Edit the file
/etc/gdm/gdm.conf. Make the following (temporary) changes:
[security]
AllowRoot=1
...
[xdmcp]
Enable=1
See if gnome is running
ps -e | grep gdm
If it is not, change your runlevel ... "init 3" ... but before you do, read
your /etc/inittab file to be sure I told you the right runlevel. It might
be 5 instead of 3.
If it is already running, restart it.
Now, see if gnome is running (again). It should be.
Take some other computer on the network, and open an XDMCP connection to
your linux box. Many x-server apps out there are able to open XDMCP
connections, but my favorite is netsarang.com 's Xmanager. Make it a XDM
Query to your IP address.
The first time it opens up, you've got to be very patient. It could be
minutes. If you don't get a "Timed Out" message, just keep waiting.
Oh, don't forget to undo those temporary changes, unless you're on a secure
private network.
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From: Michael Case <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: Sound Blaster not working
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 10:39:40 -0800
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi,
I don't know if this will help. I was very frustrated with sound.
Looking at my Win98 boot, I got the model number of the sound card.
Just look around (on os, in documentation, etc.) and try to find the
'real' information on the sound card. Then, go to www.alsa-project.org,
if you luck out and find it there, then follow their instrutions. My
sound works now, and although it is a bit hiccupy at times, at least I
can listen to CD's and Real Audio.
Michael Case
Chris wrote:
>
> I installed this oss package, and it all went smoothly, except there was an
> error running soundon, and in the log file it says: sb: dsp reset failed
>
> Oh yes, the sound still doesn't work either...
>
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:91hkc3$5fb$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > you can also try oss package.
> > I have a vibra 128 sound card that it couldn't install by sndconfig and
> > I installed it by oss package.If you search for this program in
> > yahoo,can find site that has this software.
> > bye
> > habib
> > In article <4sS_5.217677$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> > "Chris" <e e z e e 7 @ h o m e . c o m> wrote:
> > > I am running Redhat Linux 6.2, and I'm having trouble with my Sound
> > Blaster
> > > clone sound card. When I try to use sndconfig, I get the following
> > error
> > > messages (these also appear when the computer is booting up):
> > >
> > > /lib/modules/2.2.14-5.0/misc/sb.o: init_module: Device or
> > > resource busy
> > > /lib/modules/2.2.14-5.0/misc/sb.o: insmod
> > > /lib/modules/2.2.14-5.0/misc/sb.o failed
> > > /lib/modules/2.2.14-5.0/misc/sb.o: insmod sound-slot-0 failed
> > >
> > > I have no idea what the trouble is, and I am hoping someone here can
> > resolve
> > > this. One thing to note however; my sound card DID work properly
> > running an
> > > older version of RH Linux (I think it was RH5 or something).
> > > -----
> > > Chris
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > Sent via Deja.com
> > http://www.deja.com/
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From: ekk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.alpha
Subject: too many /var/log/messages
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 13:51:02 -0500
Hello,
On an alpha machine with a SCSI CD-R, my /var/log/messages files get
extremely large quickly and fill up my / directory. An error I see
often is:
Dec 17 04:02:27 alpha1 kernel: ^ISense class 7, sense error 0,
extended sense 3
Dec 17 04:02:28 alpha1 kernel: SCSI error: host 1 id 6 lun 0 return
code = 28000002
Dec 17 04:02:28 alpha1 kernel: ^ISense class 7, sense error 0,
extended sense 3
Dec 17 04:02:28 alpha1 kernel: sr0: CDROM (ioctl) error, command:
Test Unit Ready 00 00 00 00 00
Dec 17 04:02:28 alpha1 kernel: [valid=0] Info fld=0x0, Current
sr00:00: sense key Medium Error
Dec 17 04:02:28 alpha1 kernel: Additional sense indicates Unable to
recover table-of-contents
Dec 17 04:02:28 alpha1 kernel: SCSI error: host 1 id 6 lun 0 return
code = 28000002
Dec 17 04:02:28 alpha1 syslogd 1.3-3: restart.
Dec 17 04:02:28 alpha1 kernel: ^ISense class 7, sense error 0,
extended sense 3
The kernel is 2.2.16. Seems to be a problem with kernel interacting
with the CD-R. The CD-R works occasionally, I did not install it, but
since it does work sometimes, I assume it was done correctly.
Let me know what you think
Ken
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Neil Cherry)
Subject: Re: AT&T CONFLICTS?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 19:03:57 GMT
On Fri, 15 Dec 2000 04:37:25 -0500, Josh wrote:
>I am having trouble getting a network card to work in a AT&T machine.
>The machine has a riser card, and it seems that on multiple OS's I am
>recieving the same error message. I have tried running OpenBSD,
>FreeBSD, Red Hat, Slackware, and Win 95. I also booted into a
>DOS prompt and ran the cards diagnostic program (its a linkSYS 10/100)
>and it says the card is messd up...but it works fine in every other
>machine i put it in besides this one. Any Idea's? I am totally at a
>loss...any help would be appreciated.
I'll take a guess at either a bad slot (or riser) or more likely the
BIOS has the IRQ's reserved or messed up. I usually turn off those
reserved IRQ's and what not.
--
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http://linuxha.sourceforge.net/ (SourceForge)
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From: Robert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SuSe on Win98
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 19:53:59 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Tiefenbacher wrote:
> =
> To me as an absolute beginner in linux it seems that, getting started
> physically with linux, one of the most important things is the way you
> organize your hard disk, especially if you want to use various OS.
> So, therefore i=B4d love to know what "real experts" think
mm does it take a real expert to advice on this? ;) i'll do my best
> about the
> following: (the partitioning and formatting was done by partition magic=
> under win)
> =
> What do you think of my way of partitioning:
> =
> 10GB hard disk partitioned in
> one primary: 4GB Fat32 for win,
> one extended partition of 6GB with:
well this depends on the usage you're giving to both of them. no space
is too much
for Linux, if you got windoze there resting just to run some programs
2GB should be enough.
> one logical 50MB root Linux,
why, is this a home box or a multiuser system? if a home box make a
little (20MB)
partition and mount it on /boot and leave it the rest for /. better be
safe and
make a /boot partition or else you could have a fucking trouble with
LILO (i.e. your
box just doesnt boot). if a multiuser system you'll probably want some
security and
mount /home /var and /tmp in different partitions (it isnt pretty when a
naughty user
fills /tmp with garbage and this stops the whole disk) ask me if this is
your case.
> one logical 150MB swap Linux and
depends on the amount of RAM you got, minimum double your RAM. if you
have room to spare be generous and give it 256MB.
> one logical 3.5GB linux, and
> two logical each 1GB Fat for win data?
you mean two fat partitions for windows, why? you better give the
windoze partition
this pair of GB and make it 6GB. as you have less than 4 partitions you
dont need to make logical ones (should be avoided).
> Do i have to expect serious problems for my harddisk, system??
no everything i've told is about performance, it'd work eitherway.
> Any replies greatfully aknowledged
hope been helpful
Robert
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