Linux-Hardware Digest #87, Volume #14 Tue, 26 Dec 00 23:13:04 EST
Contents:
New intended config: please advise ("Bernard Delm�e")
Re: CD Burner (Jimmy Gagnon)
Re: Netgear 310TX PCI Card - Linux Drivers? (Fredrik =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Lindstr=F6m?=)
Which SCSI controller runs well with Linux - Advance/Adaptec? (Dragan Colak)
Netgear FA311 'n' SuSE 7 (Hans Russell-Egbert)
ARRG. Can't even see *one* drive, so won't install -- huh? (Phil Edwards)
Epson 1640SU Photo scanner (A E Lawrence)
Re: Netgear FA311 'n' SuSE 7 (A E Lawrence)
unable to install pcmcia-support ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
CPRM HDs to have deleterious effect on Linux? ("Greg S. Trouw")
PocketPC & linux (kept)
Re: Netgear FA311 'n' SuSE 7 ("1337 h4x0r m4n!!!1")
AOpen 12x32 CDRW ("1337 h4x0r m4n!!!1")
Dual Pentium III Motherboard Recommendation ("Richard E. Robbins")
Re: Sound Card Problem (Crackers)
bjc7000 printer ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Adaptec 131u2w support? ("John LeMay")
Re: Help Needed with PrintTool Error trying to configure HP DeskJet 697C (Lostdog)
"COM 5"? ("J.D.Hodge")
Re: What is the command to . . . ? (Andrew N. McGuire)
Re: What is the command to . . . ? (Andrew N. McGuire)
Seagate SCSI tape drive problem (Scorpion 40) (BAZtheLinuxGuy)
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From: "Bernard Delm�e" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: New intended config: please advise
Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2000 20:18:42 +0100
Hi,
I'd like to build a new system, which will dual boot under
linux and win2k. The config would be:
* Mb Msi 6330 PRO II A
* AMD - Duron / 750 MHz
* (2x) Dimm 128 MB - 133 MHz
* HD 30 Go (7200 rpm)
* Guillemot Cougar TNT� 32 Mb
[or] Guillemot GEFORCE II MX 32 Mb - SDR
* Maxi Muse sound card
[or] SoundBlaster PCI 128 OEM
* generic CD player, ne2000 PCI, floppy
Could you please help me choose the elements that are
supposedly supported under linux? I own a RH6.1 copy,
but could as well end up installing Suse7.
One specific question regarding HD partitioning: there
once was -if I recall correctly- a limitation whereby a
linux (or was it any primary partition?) could not start
above 8.5 Gb. Has this problem vanished with recent
distros, is it taken care of by a recent enough BIOS
implementing proper LBA, and should I generally still be
concerned?
Also, will recent kernels recognize an NTFS(5) filesystem,
or do I need to wait for the 2.4 release for that?
Any comments appreciated, thanks in advance,
Bernard.
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From: Jimmy Gagnon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.admin
Subject: Re: CD Burner
Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2000 14:52:49 -0500
Bill Unruh a �crit :
> In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Jimmy Gagnon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> >I would like to know how I could install and use a CD Burner as a CD ROM
> >like on Windaub?
>
> Install it and use it. No problem. What is the problem you are having.
> Or is this a theoretical question.
This was just a theorical question :o)
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From: Fredrik =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Lindstr=F6m?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Netgear 310TX PCI Card - Linux Drivers?
Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2000 20:46:32 GMT
The Netgear card uses the tulip driver, and the Realtek 8139 uses the
rtl8139 driver! ;)
Regards
Fredrik
Fordman wrote:
> Dermot Black wrote:
>
>
>> Hi folks,
>> 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?
>>
>> Thanks :)
>>
>> Dermot Black
>
>
> The tulip driver will run the Netgear for sure, and I'm almost positive the
> Realtek is tulip as well. As far as whether they support 100Mb or not, I
> don't know since I still have a 10Mb hub :(
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From: Dragan Colak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Which SCSI controller runs well with Linux - Advance/Adaptec?
Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2000 22:05:06 -0100
Hi group,
I'm thinking of buying one of the following SCSI controllers:
ADVANCE 29161 Ultra160-SCSI
-> is not in the SuSE hardware database
ADAPTEC 29160 Ultra160-SCSI
-> is in the SuSE support hardware as supported
Can anybody please tell me something about how or if they
work at all in SuSE Linux 7.0 (2.2.16)?
Which one should I prefer? Are there known problems with
one of them?
Another question: can I run any 64-bit PCI card in a
32-bit PCI slot, or is this a compatibility thing that only
some cards support?
Thanks in advance
Dragan
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From: Hans Russell-Egbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Netgear FA311 'n' SuSE 7
Date: Mon, 25 Dec 2000 19:59:54 -0700
Has anyone had any sucess with this combo? I'm a total newbie when it
comes to networking, and am, of course, having trouble getting this set
up. Any reply would be GREATLY appreciated.
Thanks
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Phil Edwards)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: ARRG. Can't even see *one* drive, so won't install -- huh?
Date: 26 Dec 2000 17:32:33 -0500
[note crosspost; followups set]
Okay, it's been about four years since I had to install Linux. I would
desperately like this to work.
Brand spanking new Dell computer with an 80-GB drive. For some reason the
drive is on the secondary IDE controller. (Don't ask me, it just showed
up that way. I hate hardware and don't fsck with it unless I have to.)
The CD-ROM is also on the secondary IDE controller (as slave). There is
nothing on the first controller. That's all I've been able to figure out
from the BIOS.
The drive is in two partitions. Lose2000 is happily living on the first
8 gigs. The rest of the drive is empty, just begging for Linux.
The only Linux we're allowed to use here at work is Red Hat. So I pop the
RH7 CD in and boot. Something about a drive being correctly detected on
/dev/hdc flashes by at the speed of light, which is promising, but then that
screen goes away and gets replaced by either the GUI or the text installer,
depending on expert mode or not. Switching to the other consoles doesn't
help because they don't scroll backwards.
I can walk right through the choices until the "what kind of installation
do you want" screen, and then no matter what I choose (workstation, server,
custom), it prints "no valid devices were found on which to create new
filesystems," and reboots.
If somebody can offer hints as to what it's blowing its little brains out
on, I'd appreciate it.
Phil
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From: A E Lawrence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Epson 1640SU Photo scanner
Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2000 23:21:10 +0000
Has anyone any experience of the Epson Perfection 1640SU Photo scanner?
http://www.epson.co.uk/sohoprod/imaging/scanner/perf1640/perf1640suphoto/index.htm
I gather that it should work under sane, but I am unclear about support
for transparency scanning. One of the very few reviews mentioned colour
fringing on high contrast edges resulting from a colour misregistration
amounting to 2 pixels at 1600dpi.
Nevertheless, it does look like a reasonable way of scanning a variety
of material including transparencies without the expense of a proper
film scanner under linux.
And Epson seems to be linux-friendly. Or am I wrong?
ael
--
Dr A E Lawrence (from home with apologies for spam enhanced reply
address)
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From: A E Lawrence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Netgear FA311 'n' SuSE 7
Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2000 23:26:30 +0000
Hans Russell-Egbert wrote:
>
> Has anyone had any sucess with this combo? I'm a total newbie when it
> comes to networking, and am, of course, having trouble getting this set
> up. Any reply would be GREATLY appreciated.
I gave up on the FA311 and exchanged for the FA310 which is marginally
cheaper and a far better design with much better performance.
The FA311's that I had had design faults: they would not even work with
Netgear's own software back to back under dos... :-) They could be made
to work under linux, but with ridiculously low performance. Even if they
have now got the bugs out of the Nat Semi chipset, I would suggest that
you use something else. Changing to the FA310 should be fairly easy
since it is also a Netgear (badge engineered, I believe) product.
ael
--
Dr A E Lawrence
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: unable to install pcmcia-support
Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2000 23:42:09 GMT
hi,
after updating to kernel 2.2.18 (SuSe 7.0) pcmcia
doesn't work any longer (sony vaio sr1k - cd-rom
only works with an pcmcia-card <grrr>).
in the pcmcia-how-to it is written that: rpm -bi
/usr/src/packages/SPECS/pcmcia.spec should be
executed.
... but this is not working:
...
/usr/src/linux/include/linux/wait.h:19:
redefinition of 'wait_queue_head_t'
../include/pcmcia/k_compat.h:64:
'wait_queue_head_t' previously declared here
make[1]:***[cs.o]Error 1
make[1]:Leaving directory
'/usr/src/packages/BUILD/pcmcia-cs-3.1.17/modules'
make:***[all]Error 2
Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.70831 (%build)
doin' it the hard-way:
pcmcia***.tar.gz -> to a folder
make config
make all (also stops)
does anybody has/had the same problem or knows an
answer/solution?
thanks in advance,
horst
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From: "Greg S. Trouw" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: CPRM HDs to have deleterious effect on Linux?
Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2000 17:12:03 -0700
Sorry for the bit of cross-posting here, but thought some of you
would be interested. Anyway, just noticed this posted recently. It
seems that certain hardware vendors have been working to include a copy
protection scheme into the ATA standard for IDE hard drives.
ftp://fission.dt.wdc.com/pub/standards/x3t13/technical/e00148r2.pdf
ftp://fission.dt.wdc.com/pub/standards/x3t13/technical/e00152r0.pdf
http://www.research.ibm.com/resources/magazine/2000/number_2/solutions200.html#two
Anyway, there was an article posted at the Register, with suggestion
given to problems this could pose to free software and to Linux.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/2/15682.html
""This plan seems to pose a threat to free operating systems. We will
surely not be authorized in the US to implement free software to access
any of the centrally-controlled data. So a free GNU/Linux
system won't be able to do it."
"If users accept the domination of centrally-controlled data, free
software faces two dangers, each worse than the other: that users will
reject GNU/Linux because it doesn't support the central control
over access to these data, or that they will reject free versions of
GNU/Linux for versions "enhanced" with proprietary software that support
it. Either outcome will be a grave loss for our freedom.""
Also, John Gilmore from the EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation) is
calling for a boycott of these devices.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/2/15686.html
In describing this situation he also suggested that this is only the tip
of the iceburg on what has been or is being proposed. ""(This disk
drive stuff is just the tip of the iceberg; they're doing the same thing
with LCD monitors, flash memory, digital cable interfaces, BIOSes, and
the OS. Next week we'll
probably hear of some new industry-wide copy protection spec, perhaps
for network interface cards or DRAMs.)"
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From: kept <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: PocketPC & linux
Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2000 00:30:10 -0000
i was wondering if anyone has put linux on a PocketPC piece of hardware?
I would like to replace the windows environment on my cassiopeia 105 with
a small linux that would allow data management ( editing a 200 item
inventory list) easily.
any help/ suggested web sites/ ect. would be greatly appreciated.
--
Posted via CNET Help.com
http://www.help.com/
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From: "1337 h4x0r m4n!!!1" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Netgear FA311 'n' SuSE 7
Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2000 17:45:54 -0700
Hmm.... so the FA310 is good? Any other suggestions?
A E Lawrence wrote:
> Hans Russell-Egbert wrote:
> >
> > Has anyone had any sucess with this combo? I'm a total newbie when it
> > comes to networking, and am, of course, having trouble getting this set
> > up. Any reply would be GREATLY appreciated.
>
> I gave up on the FA311 and exchanged for the FA310 which is marginally
> cheaper and a far better design with much better performance.
>
> The FA311's that I had had design faults: they would not even work with
> Netgear's own software back to back under dos... :-) They could be made
> to work under linux, but with ridiculously low performance. Even if they
> have now got the bugs out of the Nat Semi chipset, I would suggest that
> you use something else. Changing to the FA310 should be fairly easy
> since it is also a Netgear (badge engineered, I believe) product.
>
> ael
> --
> Dr A E Lawrence
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From: "1337 h4x0r m4n!!!1" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: AOpen 12x32 CDRW
Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2000 17:48:17 -0700
Has anyone gotten this working? I just thought that I'd check before I
buy.
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From: "Richard E. Robbins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Dual Pentium III Motherboard Recommendation
Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2000 01:23:00 GMT
I expect to build a dual Pentium III linux server. The system will include
hot swap SCSI disks, a floppy CD and internal SCSI tape backup device. The
chassis will be rack-mount. I assume that it will need to be larger than 2U
to support the devices listed above. I'd prefer to base this on a
motherboard with integrated NIC and SCSI controllers.
I had been considering the L440GXG and STL2 Intel boards. I'd prefer a 133
FSB system which suggests the STL2 and not the older L440GXG. The STL2
board is supposed to be matched with the Intel SC5000. The hot-swap version
of that case does not support HSC firmware update with the STL2 motherboard.
I'd like to expand my horizons beyond Intel motherboards and would
appreciate greatly your suggestions for a motherboard and rack-mount case
combination that is known to work well with Linux (presumably RedHat 7
based).
Thanks.
-- Rich
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Crackers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Sound Card Problem
Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2000 01:59:46 GMT
Could you possibly tell me how you got yours running? I have been
working at it for awhile and cant get it going. Any help appreciated.
On Sat, 16 Dec 2000 14:51:43 +0600, "Joshua Beard"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I am having a problem with a new sound card.
>It's an onboard sound card (unfortunately) and it's the Via Technologies
>VT82C686 blah blah.
>I have it set up correctly and can hear sound, but the sound plays at a
>slow rate. I really miss having sound, any help would be much
>appreciated. I am running kernel 2.2.18 if that helps at all. Thanks
> ~ Josh
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: bjc7000 printer
Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2000 02:35:57 GMT
Hello one and all linux users
I am new to linux and have setup corel linux.
Question : I have a bjc7000 that when used in windoz 98 I can print
photo quality pictures can this be done on linux?
There is a printer setup for bjc7000 but I find the quality little
better than a colour dot matrix printer
Igor
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From: "John LeMay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Adaptec 131u2w support?
Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2000 21:35:51 -0500
Anyone know if Linux supports the Adaptec 131u2w (SCSI) RAID controller?
Please reply directly to me as I do not subscribe to this list.
Thanks!
--
John LeMay Jr.
Senior Enterprise Consultant
NJMC, LLC.
Sent with PAN 0.9.3cvs running on Mandrake Linux 7.2 with kernel 2.4.0-test11.
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From: Lostdog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: Help Needed with PrintTool Error trying to configure HP DeskJet 697C
Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2000 02:56:45 GMT
Better try just setting up the printer again. I have noticed "Upgrades" are sometimes
"Overwrites". I did a 6.2 to 7 "Upgrade" and it stepped on most of my *.conf files.
As in smb.conf.
Mike Gifford wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> I had the printing set up fine in Red Hat 6.2, however since upgrading
> to 7.0 I haven't been able to print at all from my computer. I'm not
> sure where the problem for this lies. Before testing the printing, I
> tried to set up the fax program fax2send (I've since uninstalled it as
> best as I can).
>
> I am getting the following error from PrintTool
>
> Error printing test to queue lp0
> Error reason: Status Information:
> sending job 'root@office+235' to lp0@localhost
> connecting to 'local host', attempt 1
> connected to 'localhost'
> requeting printer lp0@localhost
> job 'root@office+235' transfer to lp0@localhost failed
> error 'NONZERO RFC1179 ERROR CODE FROM SERVER' with ack 'ACK_FAIL'
> sending str '^Blp0' to lp0@localhost
> error msg: 'spool queue for 'lp0' does not exist on server
> office.openconcept.on.ca'
> error msg: ' non-existent printer or you need to run 'checkpc -f''
>
> The printer is there & connected directly to the workstation. I ran
> 'checkpc -f'
>
> # /usr/sbin/checkpc -fV | less
>
> And I didn't notice any errors.
>
> in checking /dev though I noticed that the file lp was a bit screwy..
>
> -rw-rw---- 1 root root 0 Dec 25 23:31 /dev/lp
> crw-rw---- 1 root lp 6, 0 Aug 24 05:00 /dev/lp0
> crw-rw---- 1 root lp 6, 1 Aug 24 05:00 /dev/lp1
> crw-rw---- 1 root lp 6, 2 Aug 24 05:00 /dev/lp2
>
> Any ideas on how to resolve this problem?
>
> Thanks & hope you all have a great new year.
>
> Mike
> --
> Mike Gifford, OpenConcept Consulting, http://www.openconcept.on.ca
> Offering everything your organization needs for an effective web site.
> Featured Client: http://www.arbourshop.com/
> "Progress means advancing toward a more desirable form" - Gerar Toye
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From: "J.D.Hodge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: "COM 5"?
Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2000 12:52:09 -0800
I'm currently dual-booting Win98 and SuSE 6.3 Linux on a machine that came
with a winmodem. I bought a US Robotics 56K Fax PCI, which was specifically
labeled as being compatible with Linux. I installed it under Windows
(mistake?) without removing the winmodem (the latter always comes back
anyway). The new modem installed at port "COM 5." But there is no such
port listed in the installation for Linux: there is only COM 1 through COM 4
(in the "Yast" program, anyway). [The other info associated with COM 5 is
that it is at interrupt #5 and the address is 2000-2007.]
I don't know anything much about hardware at this level. Is the actual card
that I installed associated permanently with a specific COM port? Should I
uninstall the software and then try installing the modem under Linux first?
Anyone know of a site that has good introductory information on serial
connections?
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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: Re: What is the command to . . . ?
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrew N. McGuire)
Date: 26 Dec 2000 21:46:30 -0600
>>>>> "KD" == Kasper Dupont <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
KD> Josef Moellers wrote:
>>
>> Allen Wong wrote:
>> >
>> > In alt.os.linux.slackware Markus Amersdorfer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>
>> > > find . -name '*.txt' -exec grep "Hello World" {} \;
>> >
>> > This works, but it's alot slower than "find . -type f -name '*.txt' -print |
>> > xargs grep "Hello World".
>>
>> These solutions won't tell where they found the match.
>> Markus' solution can be enhanced to do that:
>> find . -name '*.txt' -exec grep "Hello World" {} \; -print
KD> Grep will tell the filenames if there is more than one file.
KD> If you just want to know the filename and not the actual
KD> lines use grep -l "Hello World".
find . -name '*.txt' -exec grep "Hello World" /dev/null {} \;
is the nicest solution... it gives both on each line, to be
easily parsed by awk or perl by splitting on ':'.
anm
--
perl -wMstrict -e '
$a=[[qw[J u s t]],[qw[A n o t h e r]],[qw[P e r l]],[qw[H a c k e r]]];$.++
;$@=$#$a;$$=[reverse sort map$#$_=>@$a]->[$|];for$](--$...$$){for$}($|..$@)
{$$[$]][$}]=$a->[$}][$]]}}$,=$";$\=$/;print map defined()?$_:$,,@$_ for @$;
'
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Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux.mandrake,alt.os.linux.slackware,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: What is the command to . . . ?
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrew N. McGuire)
Date: 26 Dec 2000 21:49:07 -0600
>>>>> "ANM" == Andrew N McGuire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>>>> "KD" == Kasper Dupont <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
KD> Josef Moellers wrote:
>>>
>>> Allen Wong wrote:
>>> >
>>> > In alt.os.linux.slackware Markus Amersdorfer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>>
>>> > > find . -name '*.txt' -exec grep "Hello World" {} \;
>>> >
>>> > This works, but it's alot slower than "find . -type f -name '*.txt' -print |
>>> > xargs grep "Hello World".
>>>
>>> These solutions won't tell where they found the match.
>>> Markus' solution can be enhanced to do that:
>>> find . -name '*.txt' -exec grep "Hello World" {} \; -print
KD> Grep will tell the filenames if there is more than one file.
KD> If you just want to know the filename and not the actual
KD> lines use grep -l "Hello World".
ANM> find . -name '*.txt' -exec grep "Hello World" /dev/null {} \;
ANM> is the nicest solution... it gives both on each line, to be
ANM> easily parsed by awk or perl by splitting on ':'.
ahem, sorry, of course that can be sped up by using the xargs hack
as well. :-)
anm
--
perl -wMstrict -e '
$a=[[qw[J u s t]],[qw[A n o t h e r]],[qw[P e r l]],[qw[H a c k e r]]];$.++
;$@=$#$a;$$=[reverse sort map$#$_=>@$a]->[$|];for$](--$...$$){for$}($|..$@)
{$$[$]][$}]=$a->[$}][$]]}}$,=$";$\=$/;print map defined()?$_:$,,@$_ for @$;
'
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From: BAZtheLinuxGuy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Seagate SCSI tape drive problem (Scorpion 40)
Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2000 03:48:52 GMT
Hello,
I have seen other people with similar problems on this forum, but none
quite like this one.
I bought a Scorpion 40 (STD6401LW) SCSI tape external drive to use with
y hybrid windows/ linux 6.2 (kernel 2.2.14-5.0) system. After Norton
Disk Doctor "doctored" my main linux partition out of existence and
rendered Win98 unbootable (!), I fell back oon my secondary drive, which
has RedHat 6.2 / kernel 2.2.14-5.0 installed.
The data is still Windows data is still there...I can see it. I am
anxious to backup the data and get a fresh start. Plus, I run a small
LAN and I really need this to work.
I bought an Adaptec 29160 SCSI controller, which is supposed to work
with the aic7xxx.o driver module. While that appears to work, after some
intial complaints, I don't know and can't deduce the parameters for the
stinit program's "stinit.def" file. I tried the simple examples in the
README.stinit file, and tried to tailor them to what I understood from
the installation guide (which completely failed to mention Linux).
What happens, every time I try to do an "stinit" on the drive, The
program (stinit) hangs and will not be killed by any signal. It stays
"hung" until I reboot. I must have tried a hundred permutations, but I
just do not have the information. Most of the time stinit tells me that
it finds the device "/dev/st0" (which is my only SCSI device, other than
the Adaptec card), but then says "/dev/nst0 does not respond to SCSI
inquiry string (power off?)".
I am pretty sure my device is supposed to be "/dev/st0" and NOT
"/dev/nst0", but neither way has worked. I get similar results from
"mt". It tells me "I/O error" and hangs forever, unkillable, until I reboot.
Does ANYONE have any idea how to initialize this thing properly? Seagate
told to lower the transfer rate to 5 Mbytes / sec, and that the external
drive was configured for parity checking by default.
My modprobe command for the controller is:
modprobe aic7xxx aic7xxx='verbose.pci_parity.extended.seltime:0'
(although I have tried numerous other combinations, with about the same
result).
I am pretty sure the devices are properly terminated. I am using tape
cassetes from Seagate, designed for this model series, and the
terminator for the tape drive is also from Seagate, for this model.
Can anyone help? So far Seagate has been unresponsive,unhelpful, and
seemingly unaware of linux (contrary to explicit advertising).
I have beat my head into the wall with this problem and spent many
sleepless nights trying and trying to make it work. I am motivated by
the value of the data stored in the windows partition (unbootable,
thanks to Norton Disk Doctor), and the felt need to do regular full and
incremental backups, for my whole (five-host) LAN.
If anyone has advice PLEASE offer it! I will be extremely grateful.
Thanks....any pointers at all would probably help. I have tinkered to
the point of near-insanity, I just do not know the proper parameters.
-- Bryan --
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