Linux-Hardware Digest #241, Volume #14 Wed, 24 Jan 01 16:13:07 EST
Contents:
Re: RAID 1 terabyte on linux - advice needed (Janne Sinkkonen)
Re: AMR modem & CS4280 sound chib (Ray)
Re: upgrading/adding a 2nd drive (Marcell Stoer)
Re: System reliability (Ray)
beowulf clusters ("Scheen K. Thurmond")
Re: I WANT TO HEAR A SOUND !!! (Toby Haynes)
Re: Trouble configuring NVIDIA GForce2 + Samsung 19" 950p monitor ("Robert L.
Klungle")
Re: Compatibility (Ray)
Re: Linux on Sequent S2000 (John-Paul Stewart)
Re: Minolta PagePro Color (PCL5C) (Ray)
NE 2000 Compatible card problems. ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: How to setup mouse in Debian ? (Ray)
Re: Modem (Ray)
iomega zip slow (Marvin Hoffmann)
Re: How does "Tom's Hardware PC" sound for Linux? (Scott Alfter)
Re: Hard drive Image and cloning (Electromik)
Re: How to setup mouse in Debian ? ("Christian T. Steigies")
Hard drive gone totally unrepairablely bad?? ("kellyboy")
Open GL setup - slow graphics!! (Tomas Andersen)
Prosessor type in xconfig (Tomas Andersen)
Re: hdparm (Eric Ho)
Any known problems with IWill's Motherboard KK266 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: Janne Sinkkonen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.alpha
Subject: Re: RAID 1 terabyte on linux - advice needed
Date: 24 Jan 2001 21:11:27 +0200
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> The situation is _exactly_ the same one for x86 boards with this
> difference that I do not recall ever seeing x86 machine with a builtin
> SCSI controller. But maybe there are some?
Asus makes (or has made) motherboards with LVD SCSI controllers.
--
Janne
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ray)
Subject: Re: AMR modem & CS4280 sound chib
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 19:19:48 -0000
On Wed, 24 Jan 2001 01:02:40 GMT, Hossam Hossny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>hi all
>this is about AMR modems again
>well I have i810 MB with i810 video card & crystal CS4280 sound chib
>built-in.
>my modem is volcano AMR modem (ICH82801AA chib on it).
>so easily I managed to configure the video card with support from Intel
>website. I had troubles configuring the sound chib even after using
>ALSA drivers which I discovered that their drivers configure the chibs
>built on cards (not built in the MB) like they got a module called "snd-
>card-cs461x" but the module I should use is "snd-cs461x" which is
>already provided in my linux distribution and loaded successfully BUT
>with no sound in the end !!!
I'm pretty sure that snd-card-cs461x is correct regardless of weather your
sound card is built into the motherboard or not.
--
Ray
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From: Marcell Stoer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: upgrading/adding a 2nd drive
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 11:22:59 -0800
Thanks for all the advice. I am seriously considering just re-installing on
the 4.3Gb drive.
The problem is that new software gets installed to /usr (as far as I can
tell) as well as many updates. If I cannot easily increase the /usr storage
with this added on drive, then a re-install is better. I could just
migrate the entire thing to the new drive (as described in the HD upgrade
HowTo), but I don't see that as any faster. I cannot make a backup (no tape
or CD burner attached).
I think I'll just save a few of my setting files to floppy ( .conf files
...) and a copy of a recent dmesg output so I know what I need to "aim" for
if I have a problem re-installing.
Thanks again,
Marcell
mstoer at uvic dot ca
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ray)
Subject: Re: System reliability
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 19:28:09 -0000
On Tue, 23 Jan 2001 19:36:28 -0800, Tom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I have been having some problems with system reliability of late.
>
>The problem: My system tends to hang (I suspect a hardware problem due to
>the nature of the crash) very frequently, whereas it used to be completely
>stable. Every time it hangs I am running X-windows, and am in the process
>of moving my mouse.
>
>My system:
>Tyan dual Pentium Pro motherboard
>2 Pentium Pro 200 MHz processors (256k cache)
>Adaptec 2941 SCSI controller
>4 Seagate SCSI drives
>UMAX SCSI scanner
>Matrox video card
>
>I doubt the rest of the details are terribly significant.
>
>My system originally ran 2 IDE drives and kernel 2.0.27, with extremely
>good results. The longest uptime I managed was around 3 months; longer
>than that and things like an accidental bump of the power switch or
>completely clogged fans would end the stint.
>
>This all came to an end about a year ago when one of the drives died,
>taking my system with it. It was at this time when I switched to an all
>SCSI system after obtaining the drives. At the same time I started using
>the 2.2.9 kernel.
>
>I had the occasional crash with the 2.2.9 kernel, but after upgrading to
>2.2.16, stability returned for awhile.
>
>I found that the 4 internal SCSI drives pumped out a heck of a lot of
>heat, and if I wasn't careful about the cooling of the system, it would
>crash during the summer.
>
>I no longer suspect system cooling to be an issue, since it's much cooler
>now and I've got the case off. However, a couple months ago, I noticed
>one of the 5 volt contacts on my power connector to my motherboard
>overheated and burnt out. Soon thereafter, among great system
>instability, the other 3 cooked as well (I've got an ATX system). I
>solved this by soldering a new connector to the back of the motherboard,
>bypassing the cooked contacts. During the procedure, I took the
>opportunity to unplug every single thing from the motherboard in order to
>re-seat all contacts (including the RTC and BIOS). Upon re-assembly, I
>have had these frequent crashes when using X-windows.
>
>Suspecting a corrupted BIOS configuration, I re-set the BIOS (using the
>motherboard jumper), and suspecting SMP issues, I've run a single
>processor kernel, all to no avail.
>
>What can I do to try and figure out what is wrong? Every time my system
>hangs it appears to be a hardware problem since no <Alt><SysRq> keys
>work, and there are no messages logged.
If the power cables to your motherboard are burning out then something is
SERIOUSLY wrong with your system. I'd remove (or at least disconnect
anything you value (like those drives) before going farther. I'd also tend
to suspect the PS has gone south with the extra load of those drives and the
dual CPUs but be carefull because a bad PS can and will toast other parts of
your system.
--
Ray
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From: "Scheen K. Thurmond" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: beowulf clusters
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 13:32:08 -0500
Can anyone tell me where to find information on how to parallelize a program
to run on a Beowulf cluster?
Thanks
e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
--
Scheen K. Thurmond, MLT(ASCP)
Bioinformatics Technician
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From: Toby Haynes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: I WANT TO HEAR A SOUND !!!
Date: 24 Jan 2001 14:22:03 -0500
On Wed, 24 Jan 2001, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I can't install my sound card (see below) in Red Hat 7. After I've used
> sndconfig, the system response was: "{.../module_name} busy".
> The device is: Multimedia Pro 16 IIB-3D (by Aztech/Azt. Labs).
> The chip is: 2316R. I have appropriate drivers for Windows and
> the card DOES work properly.
Wild stab in the dark - have you disabled your PnP BIOS? I've had sound cards
which couldn't initialize on Linux because the BIOS had grabbed them. Check the
Linux Sound HOWTO on www.linuxdoc.org, and also the ALSA drivers HOWTO. This is
a PnP card isn't it?
A quick look suggests that you might be able to use the Trident 4D driver. But
check the BIOS settings first.
> I wrote a post a couple of days ago and NOBODY could write even a word on
> that matter! I just don't believe there are NO LINUX SPECIALISTS in this
> group knowing what to do! I need any information on which drivers I should
> use (which card it's compatible with, where to find the drivers etc.).
Patience is a virtue. Two days is nothing. Usenet transmission times can take
12-20+ hours to propagate from one server to a distant server, and the return
takes the same length of time. So you might get a six page answer but you'll
have to wait.
Cheers,
Toby Haynes
--
Toby Haynes
The views and opinions expressed in this message are my own, and do
not necessarily reflect those of IBM Canada.
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From: "Robert L. Klungle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Trouble configuring NVIDIA GForce2 + Samsung 19" 950p monitor
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 19:32:22 GMT
"Henry S. Greenside" wrote:
> I have a 19" Samsung 950p monitor that I am trying to get
> working with a 32 MB NVIDIA GeForce2 GTS card on a RH 7.0
> Linux system. I have installed the latest NVIDIA drivers and
> XFree86 and Xconfigurator recognized both the card and the
> monitor. I was able to get everything working nicely at
> 1024x768x16 but could not get the monitor to work at the
> desired resolution of 1280x1024x32, the machine produces a
> dark screen and I have to reboot the computer. So somehow
> XConfigurator produces a bad file for the desired
> resolution.
>
> How do I go about getting this card and monitor to work at
> 1280x1024x32?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Henry
I had the same problem with the same card, on a ViewSonic/20 on
SlackWare.
Finally upgraded to XFree86-4.02 (I believe that was the latest) and
problem disappeared.
cheers...bob
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ray)
Subject: Re: Compatibility
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 19:35:26 -0000
On Wed, 24 Jan 2001 03:52:49 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Is an Actiontec 56K PCI Pro Internal Data/Fax Modem V.90 & K56flex
>compatible with Linux 7.0? I haven't been able to find it in the
>Compatibility List for Linux or the product itself. I've gotta find an
>56K MODEM for Linux -- I'm working in a remote location without DSL,
>ISDN, or cable.
I'm not sure what model that is but I have an "Actiontec 56k Internal PCI
Call Waiting Modem" still sealed in the box which claims Linux support right
on the box. The model # is PCI56012-01CW. I believe Actiontec may have
some cheaper winmodems as well so check their site.
--
Ray
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From: John-Paul Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux on Sequent S2000
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 19:43:54 GMT
JP wrote:
>
> jwk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > VME? I seem to remember that as a very old type of bus, almost before
> > isa and eisa, right?
>
> Yes, Sequent used the VME bus to connect SCSI, Ethernet, Token Ring devices
> etc.
>
> I've heard of *someone* running linux on this platform but they probably
> know how to write kernel drivers...
>
> I think I'll carry on hunting.
>
> :-)
There's a VME-HOWTO, you know. It should be available on
linuxdoc.org. If not, e-mail me and I'll send you a copy of
the one I've got.
HTH,
J-P Stewart
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ray)
Subject: Re: Minolta PagePro Color (PCL5C)
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 19:44:06 -0000
On Wed, 24 Jan 2001 11:34:06 +0100, Moeller Dirk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>i want to use an Minolta PagePro Color with Linux SuSe.
>The printer emulate PCL5C
>
>What driver works for this configuration?
>(mayby without colorprinting)
Just a shot in the dark but have you tried various HP LaserJet drivers?
Have you been to http://www.linuxprinting.org/ ?
--
Ray
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: NE 2000 Compatible card problems.
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 19:44:29 GMT
I have a Redhat 7.0 box that I use as a gateway for my network at home.
It has
two Ethernet cards, a PCI card that connects to the DSL modem and an
ISA card
that connects to the hub. Recently I had to replace the NE 2000
compatible
ISA card with another due to the fact that the original ISA card
belonged to
my room mate. I have since bought another card but cannot get the OS to
recognize that the card is connected. I know the card works because
when I put
it in my Windows 2000 machine it is detected and works fine.
I have tried several suggestions from the Ethernet HOWTO but none of
them have
worked. These are the results of running dmesg.
[root@venom /root]# dmesg | tail
usb-ohci.c: USB OHCI at membase 0xc4038000, IRQ 9
usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
usb.c: USB new device connect, assigned device number 1
hub.c: USB hub found
hub.c: 2 ports detected
rtl8139.c:v1.07 5/6/99 Donald Becker
http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/rtl8139.html
eth0: RealTek RTL8139 Fast Ethernet at 0x7000, IRQ 11,
00:48:54:3f:7c:ce.
ne.c: No PCI cards found. Use "io=0xNNN" value(s) for ISA cards.
hdc: ATAPI 32X CD-ROM drive, 128kB Cache
Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.10
My /etc/modules.conf file looks like this
alias eth0 rtl8139
alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc
alias usb-controller usb-ohci
alias eth1 ne
options ne=0x300
The contents of /proc/interrupts and /proc/ioports are also listed
below.
[root@venom /root]# cat /proc/interrupts
CPU0
0: 93181 XT-PIC timer
1: 596 XT-PIC keyboard
2: 0 XT-PIC cascade
8: 1 XT-PIC rtc
9: 0 XT-PIC usb-ohci
11: 0 XT-PIC eth0
12: 3857 XT-PIC PS/2 Mouse
13: 1 XT-PIC fpu
14: 266570 XT-PIC ide0
15: 372 XT-PIC ide1
NMI: 0
[root@venom /root]# cat /proc/ioports
0000-001f : dma1
0020-003f : pic1
0040-005f : timer
0060-006f : keyboard
0070-007f : rtc
0080-008f : dma page reg
00a0-00bf : pic2
00c0-00df : dma2
00f0-00ff : fpu
0170-0177 : ide1
01f0-01f7 : ide0
02f8-02ff : serial(auto)
0376-0376 : ide1
03c0-03df : vga+
03f6-03f6 : ide0
7000-707f : eth0
The results of doing modprobe are shown below.
[root@venom /root]# modprobe eth1
/lib/modules/2.2.16-22/net/ne.o: init_module: Device or resource busy
Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters,
including
invalid IO or IRQ parameters
/lib/modules/2.2.16-22/net/ne.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.2.16-
22/net/ne.o failed
/lib/modules/2.2.16-22/net/ne.o: insmod eth1 failed
I have attempted to use scanport.tar.gz mentioned in the Ethernet HOWTO
to
discover what io port the ISA card was using but was unsuccessful. The
ne2k-diag
tool mentioned in the Ethernet howto also was of little help.
[root@venom /root]#./scanport
The following devices are registered above 0x100:
0x170 -> 0x177 ide1
0x1f0 -> 0x1f7 ide0
0x2f8 -> 0x2ff serial(auto)
0x376 -> 0x376 ide1
0x3c0 -> 0x3df vga+
0x3f6 -> 0x3f6 ide0
0x7000 -> 0x707f eth0
and their i/o ports will not be scanned.
WARNING: Reading i/o ports of some hardware may hang your
machine
You have 5 seconds to hit ^C (control+c) to abort...
Scanning for non 0xff values from 0x100 to 0x400....
Skipping 0x170 -> 0x177 [ ide1 ]
Skipping 0x1f0 -> 0x1f7 [ ide0 ]
Skipping 0x2f8 -> 0x2ff [ serial(auto) ]
Skipping 0x376 -> 0x376 [ ide1 ]
Port 0x378 has value 0xec [ maybe: 1st printer port? ]
Port 0x379 has value 0x78 [ maybe: 1st printer port? ]
Port 0x37a has value 0xc [ maybe: 1st printer port? ]
Skipping 0x3c0 -> 0x3df [ vga+ ]
Port 0x3f2 has value 0xc [ maybe: floppy ctrlr #1? ]
Port 0x3f3 has value 0xc [ maybe: floppy ctrlr #1? ]
Port 0x3f4 has value 0x80 [ maybe: floppy ctrlr #1? ]
Port 0x3f5 has value 0x0 [ maybe: floppy ctrlr #1? ]
Skipping 0x3f6 -> 0x3f6 [ ide0 ]
Port 0x3f7 has value 0x0 [ maybe: floppy ctrlr #1? ]
Done.
The ne2k-diag tool found nothing at any of the potential addresses,
all
attempts to locate the io port were the same as the one below.
[root@venom /root]# ./ne2k-diag -p 0x300
Checking the ethercard at 0x300.
Register 0x0d (0x30d) is ff
Failed initial NE2000 probe, value ff.
8390 registers: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
SA PROM 0: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
SA PROM 0x10: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
Invalid signature found, wordlength 2.
I tried testing the card on all the io ports listed in the manual that
came
with the driver disk and excerpt of which is below.
Specifications
--------------
# I/O address: 240, 260, 280, 2A0, 2C0, 2E0, 300*, 320, 340, 360,380
# IRQ: 3*, 5, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15
# Boot ROM starting address: C8000h, CC000h, D0000h*,
D4000h, D8000h, DC000h
# Boot ROM size: 16k
# Buffer RAM size: 16K bytes
# Transmission distance:
-- UTP: 100 meters
-- BNC: 185 meters (without repeater)
925 meters (with repeater)
( *: default value)
PS: Maybe I should just buy another card and try my luck with that.
Sent via Deja.com
http://www.deja.com/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ray)
Subject: Re: How to setup mouse in Debian ?
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 19:55:12 -0000
On 24 Jan 2001 16:21:58 GMT, Wong Sai-kee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I asked this odd question because I failed to get it work. I tried Debian
>2.1 and 2.2. Both had the same problem. There is no /dev/mouse. I tried
>XF86Setup. Within XF86Setup, I tried all combination, still cannot get
>it work.
>
>The PC is the Aptiva 2138 with a PS2 2 button Mouse. The mouse and PC
>work under MS Windows. I also tried to connect a TurboRing (USB) from
>Kengsington, it works under MS Windows but not with the Debian.
>
>I tried to link the /dev/mouse to /dev/tty04, doesn't work. Actually,
>I don't know which device should be for the mouse. But none of the
>possibility in XF86Setup works.
The symlink you want is /dev/mouse to /dev/psaux so try setting that before
running XF86Setup again. The file that XF86Setup
manipulates is /etc/X11/XF86Config (so you can back it up or edit manually
if you get things close but not perfect). The text mode config. tool is
xf86config. It's a bit of a pain but I think xf86config produces a more
readable /etc/X11/XF86Config.
--
Ray
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ray)
Subject: Re: Modem
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 19:59:27 -0000
On Wed, 24 Jan 2001 11:52:16 -0500, Jeeva Chelladhurai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I have recently migrated from WIN to red hat 7. My system computer has Modem
>Blaster DI5605 modem.
>
>Could anybody guide me to setup my modem.
Not that it helps but I have a DI5601 that works perfectly with Linux and a
5665 (still in the box) that I believe is a winmodem. Does
http://www.modemblaster.com give you any clues to weather this is a winmodem
or a real modem?
--
Ray
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From: Marvin Hoffmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: iomega zip slow
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 21:02:26 +0100
I've got an newer parallelport zip250 using modprobe imm.
but its very slow and slows down the whole OS. I cant really use it while
writing/reading from zip.
is there a way to accelerate the it? (like Wirus95-Drivers do?)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Scott Alfter)
Subject: Re: How does "Tom's Hardware PC" sound for Linux?
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 20:14:25 -0000
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Keith + Maria Wheeler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Yeechang Lee wrote:
>> Hard Disk
>> IBM DTLA-307030, UltraATA/100, 30GB, 7200RPM
>> $149.00
>
>Great drive. I have the 45GB version. Fast and compatible. Seen problems with
>the WD's and the Maxtor's.
Maxtors tend to be junk (every last one I've bought has conked out within
three months), but my experience with Western Digital has been favorable.
IBM usually makes fairly decent stuff, too (we use their SCSI drives mainly
in servers, while workstations usually get WD IDE drives because they're
cheaper).
>> NIC
>> 3Com Fast Etherlink 3C905B-TX PCI (100Mbit/s)
>> $35.00
>
>Oops. Many problems getting Linux to see and use this. I'm opting for the old
>reliable Intel PRO/100+ series. Linux seems to love these.
What kinds of problems? I had to replace the el-cheapo NIC that was in my
server, so I put in a 3C905C and told /etc/modules.conf to use 3c59x.o
instead of 8139too.o for eth0. It worked on the first boot and has been
running flawlessly since then (I'm using kernel 2.4.0, which has also been
trouble-free).
>> Sound Card
>> Creative Soundblaster Live! Value PCI
>> $49.00
>
>I got the SB PCI 128 and had problems getting RH to see it. Not too worried as
>I don't see this being used in my Linux system.
I use the Ensoniq AudioPCI and its successors (such as the Sound Blaster
PCI64)...cheap and works with everything I've thrown at it (Win9x, Win2K,
Linux). It doesn't do hardware wavetable synth (it uses software for that),
but I haven't fired up any MIDI files in a long time and I don't play games
much.
Scott Alfter (remove Voyager's hull # to send email)
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From: Electromik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Hard drive Image and cloning
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 15:17:03 -0500
Thanks for your input ! It was actually a "Black Hole".
With a little thinking the easy way became apparent.
1/ Dump the drive to be cloned to a *.dat file using the 'dd'
command.
2/ Write that dump to the new drive using the 'dd' command.
Took all of 15 minutes to get a prefect image !
On 18 Jan 2001 01:01:48 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
wrote:
>On Wed, 17 Jan 2001 16:31:20 -0500, Electromik staggered into the Black
>Sun and said:
>>I want to make an image of a drive and clone that image to a larger
>>drive: REGARDLESS of the content of that original drive.
>>Any pointers to a 'How to" or any tips appreciated.
>
>First, define "clone". If you want to replicate everything including
>the partition table and bootloader, you can't. The partition table the
>old drive uses will be incorrect for the new drive--wrong CHS values and
>whatnot. So forget the "dd" approach.
>
>If you merely want to copy the files over, that can be done by plugging
>both drives in, mounting them, fdisk + mkfs the new drive, and transfer
>files using tar or cpio or cp -r. The bootloader will not survive this
>transition, naturally, so you'll have to run LILO or do a SYS C: or run
>the BSD equivalent of LILO on this new drive. This approach will not
>work under a filesystem that Linux does not fully support, meaning
>forget using this approach for NTFS.
>
>If you really need to transfer an NTFS volume, you can try this, but it
>probably won't work:
>0. fdisk new drive, create a partition table that's *exactly* the same as
> the old drive's wrt CHS values, except that it has another partition at
> the very end that covers the rest of the space on the disk.
>1. Transfer the first 446 bytes of the MBR over with dd.
>2. Transfer the old drive to the new drive by dd'ing each partition,
> leaving the final partition on the new drive untouched.
>3. Use NT utilities to format the new partition, if you can even get the
> thing to boot....
>
>The Hard-Drive Upgrade Mini-HOWTO ( http://linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/
>somewhere) will suffice if this is a Linux system.
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From: "Christian T. Steigies" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to setup mouse in Debian ?
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 21:07:19 +0100
On 24 Jan 2001, Wong Sai-kee wrote:
> The PC is the Aptiva 2138 with a PS2 2 button Mouse. The mouse and PC
> work under MS Windows. I also tried to connect a TurboRing (USB) from
> Kengsington, it works under MS Windows but not with the Debian.
>
> I tried to link the /dev/mouse to /dev/tty04, doesn't work. Actually,
> I don't know which device should be for the mouse. But none of the
> possibility in XF86Setup works.
If its a PS/2 mouse, you might want to try /dev/psaux (unless you are using
some PS/2 -> serial adapter and have it connected to a serial port).
If is an USB mouse (TurboRing???) you either need an USB->PS/2 adapter
(works fine for me) and connect it to a PS/2 port, or if you want to use the
USB port, you have to upgrade your kernel, I don't think the standard
kernels in Debian 2.2 already support USB devices. You'd either have to
backport USB support or use a 2.4 kernel.
Christian
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From: "kellyboy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Hard drive gone totally unrepairablely bad??
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 14:48:48 -0600
I have hard drive that I took out of my window98 system... the first
partition (hda1) messed up..unreadable and unbootable...but second partiton
(hda2) was fine with data still intact in it..(I backed it up
thankgoodness)...
Now I was thinking...what if the problem is Window specifics??
Can it be fully used using ext2 filesystem?? In Linux, I fdisked it and
eliminated all DOS partitions and created just one partition (hda1)..
I mkfs ext2 it then I fsck it as well... no problem
I mount it under /mnt/hd... copy some files to it to see it accept....got
few lines that goes like this "cp: cannot create directory
'/mnt/hd/(somedirname)':Input/output error"
I fsck it again...got some notice as some Inode as unreachable or
something...
I copy files again...managed to get some files/dir copied but still got this
"cp :cannot create...." error for some dir.
So is HD totally 100% wasted and useless? Beyond repair? 100% Unreliable??
Anyone??
kellyboy
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From: Tomas Andersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Open GL setup - slow graphics!!
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 20:58:12 GMT
Hi.
I just installed the Mesa-lib GL on my linux OS.
I am running Linux on a Duron 700MHz machine with a Matrox G400 Max
graphic card.
When I run Quake III or other games that use GL the graphics are really
slow!!
Does anyone know why??
Tomas Andersen
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From: Tomas Andersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Prosessor type in xconfig
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 20:58:59 GMT
Does anyone know which prosessor type I should choose when compiling the
kernel using
make xconfig??
I have a Duron 700 MHz, but it is not in the list
Best
Tomas Andersen
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From: Eric Ho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: hdparm
Date: 24 Jan 2001 20:58:22 GMT
Oh sorry.... my hard disk is an IBM 13G 7200rpm drive. It is a DMA66
hard disk connected to my onboard DMA33 controller. Since it is slightly
overclocked at 75Mhz bus speed, so the hard disk is actually running at
37.5Mhz.
I tried to use "hdparm -t /dev/hdd4" and get the following result :
/dev/hdd4:
Timing buffered disk reads: 64 MB in 10.49 seconds = 6.10 MB/sec
Then I tried to use "hdparm -t -d1 -c1 /dev/hdd4" and get the
following result :
/dev/hdd4:
setting 32-bit I/O support flag to 1
HDIO_SET_32BIT failed: Invalid argument
setting using_dma to 1 (on)
HDIO_SET_DMA failed: Invalid argument
I/O support = 0 (default 16-bit)
using_dma = 0 (off)
Timing buffered disk reads: 64 MB in 10.22 seconds = 6.26 MB/sec
It seems like the -d1 and -c1 switches are not working. Any idea ?
Best Regards,
Eric Ho
Corey W. Clamp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Well I don't know exactly what kind of drive you are using, etc etc...
> But to test the performance of your drive use "hdparm -t /dev/hd*"
> Then you can enable 32-bit access and DMA with the "-d1 -c1" switches, run
> the test again and see how it changes. Then when you are satisfied with the
> results, write an rc script to apply the settings at boot.
> If you need further help email me and I'll see what I can do to help...
> Eric Ho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:94khlg$e0a$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>> Could someone teach me how to optimize my hard disk performance
>> using hdparm ?
>>
>> Best Regards,
>> Eric Ho
>>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Any known problems with IWill's Motherboard KK266
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 20:53:44 GMT
Hi Linux fans,
I am planing to build new machine based on Iwill's mothermoard
KK266,"Iwill Socket A ATA /100 266 FSB". Did anybody used this
motherboard and had any problems? It has following specs.
CPU TYPE:
Supports Socket A for AMD Athlon and Duron Processors
Supports Athlon Processors from 700 MHz to 1.2 GHz and Higher
Supports Duron Processors from 600 MHz to 800 MHz and Higher
Supports Adjustable Vcore & VIO
Chipset
VIA Apollo KT133A Chipset (North Bridge Controller)
VIA VT82C686B Chipset (South Bridge Controller)
C-Media CMI8378 Sound Chip
Bus Frequency:
Supports DDR 266/200 MHz FSB
MicroStepping Iwill CPU Frequency Setting
Bye-Bye Jumper Iwill Smart Setting (Software CPU Frequency Setting)
On Board IDE
Dual ATA 100/66/33 IDE Channels
Supports ATAPI IDE CD-ROM, ZIP-100 & LS-120
Thanks for any info.
Naresh.
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