Linux-Hardware Digest #319, Volume #14 Fri, 9 Feb 01 11:13:03 EST
Contents:
Re: MODEM. SOMEBODY PLEASE HELP ME BEFORE I GO INSANE! ("Dave")
scsi help please! (SkuMM)
Re: hdparm -t "reference values" (Philip Armstrong)
Postscript Printer Blues ("Thomas Worthington")
ESS1869 ("Amit kt")
win2k and linux ("Amit kt")
Re: tape or tape drive bad? (-ljl-)
how to compile programs and kernel on a different PC? ("fam. Willemen")
Re: tape or tape drive bad? (Joshua Baker-LePain)
Re: win2k and linux (Joshua Baker-LePain)
Re: ATI Radeon Driver (Linux Newbie)?? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Gigabyte motherboards ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
multiple hard drives (David Fisher)
Re: hdparm -t "reference values" (Alberto BARSELLA)
Re: hdparm -t "reference values" (Kenneth R�rvik)
Connecting a printer through an EPAT device (Ben Baryo)
Re: Postscript Printer Blues (Rod Smith)
Re: win2k and linux (Rod Smith)
USB printer trouble ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Diamond Viper II X problems (S3 2000) ("Craig Richardson")
Re: hdparm -t "reference values" (hac)
Intel 815 chipset and OpenGL under RedHat7.0 (Ted Sariyski)
devfs and IDE ATAPI floppy (Jonathan DeSena)
Re: hdparm -t "reference values" (Sinner from the Prairy)
Re: RedHat 6.2???? (Quivis)
Re: win2k and linux ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: MODEM. SOMEBODY PLEASE HELP ME BEFORE I GO INSANE! (Bob Martin)
Re: MODEM. SOMEBODY PLEASE HELP ME BEFORE I GO INSANE! (Bob Martin)
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From: "Dave" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: MODEM. SOMEBODY PLEASE HELP ME BEFORE I GO INSANE!
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2001 12:22:01 GMT
This is going to sound stupid, but what is an ISA modem? How can I tell if I
have an ISA or a PCI modem?
"Josh Stern" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:3a837000$0$23097$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> According to this page:
>
> http://www.idir.net/~gromitkc/20010205a.html
>
> some of the Jaton modems which are ISA based are compatible
> and the PCI ones do not seem to be. If you have a PCI modem,
> somebody probably lied to you. If you have an ISA modem, then
> the info /proc/pci is not relevant.
>
> -= Josh
>
>
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From: SkuMM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: scsi help please!
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2001 12:26:04 GMT
I have just compiled a 2.4.1 kernel under redfhat with scsi support
built in using the aix7xxx.o drivers. I need to drive an Adaptec 29160,
which will end up being attacked to an ecrix tape backup robot
(jukebox). There are currently no scsi devices attached to the card. The
problem is as follows....
aborting command due to timeout: pid 0 scsi 0 channel0 id 0 lun 0
inquiry 00
00 00 ff 00
scsi host 0 abort (pid 0) timed out - resetting
scsi bus is being reset for host 0 channel 0 - trying harder.
I am new to scsi configuration, so I don't have a clue as to what may
possibly ne wrong. the 29160 is right out of the box and set to factory
defaults. It id's itself as device 7.
Any ideas or thoughts would be appreciated.
Mike.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Philip Armstrong)
Subject: Re: hdparm -t "reference values"
Date: 9 Feb 2001 12:48:23 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Alberto BARSELLA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>What are some "reference values" I should expect with this chipset/hd
>setup? (I'm running 2.2.17, and I'll compile the latest 2.4 as soon as
>possible!).
>From a modern hard drive on a modern motherboard I would expect at
least 20Mb / s (reading from the drive cache)
You probably haven't turned DMA on.
hdparm -d1 -u1 -X66 -m16
might help (-d1 = DMA ; -u1 = unmask interrupts ; -X66 = UDMAmode2 ;
-m16 = 16 sector readahead )
be aware that on some broken IDE chipsets turning on DMA will result
in data corruption. Most modern hardware is fine however...
Phil
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From: "Thomas Worthington" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Postscript Printer Blues
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2001 13:01:01 +0000
Hi,
I know this is a borderline OT post but it is sort of about hardware
compatibility.
I have a postscript printer and I'm using RH6.2. When I print to file
I can see all the fonts used which I have installed in my system, even
Truetype ones. So, for example, Ghostview (v6.0) shows ComicSans as it
should.
My problem is that the system seems to assume that every font installed
on the machine is also installed on the printer, so when ComicSans or
JohnstonUnderground are sent to the printer they appear as Courier.
Anyone know how to filter the output to the printer in such a way that
non-printer fonts are tagged onto the PS source?
Thomas Worthington
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From: "Amit kt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ESS1869
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2001 17:09:23 -0000
does rh6.1 support this sound card, i tried sndconfig, but there is no model
. Does that mean i cant play mp3 in linux.
Please help
amit kt
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From: "Amit kt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: win2k and linux
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2001 17:12:12 -0000
i am going to install rh6.1 and win2k .
Which one should i install first i have 20 gb.
I can mange to install win98 and linux and it works
perfectly fine.
Any tips would help thanks .
Amit kt
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From: -ljl- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: tape or tape drive bad?
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2001 13:22:05 GMT
In article <uvJg6.65556$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Darren and Marla Welson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have a Tandberg 4220 SLR tape drive and it is supposed to work with
> SLR2,3,4 tapes. It also works with MAGNUS 1.0 and 2.5 tapes. I found
a
> MAGNUS 1.35 tape, same format and size, but different
capacity/length. Is
> it possible that this tape will not work in my drive? I have not seen
this
> model of tape on ANY compatibility charts anywhere and suspect it is
just an
> old tape. I hope I am not doing something wrong, but when I do a:
>
> # mt -f /dev/st0 tell
> st0: Error with sense data: [valid=0] Info fld=0x0, Current st09:00:
sense
> key Illegal request
> Additional sense indicates Incompatible medium installed
> /dev/st0: Input/output error
> Is it possible I need to setpartition the tape or something?
I'm not familiar with this drive; but can you create a tape and
then read it back.
--
Louis-ljl-{ Louis J. LaBash, Jr. }
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From: "fam. Willemen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.linux,alt.comp.linux,alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux
Subject: how to compile programs and kernel on a different PC?
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2001 13:28:20 GMT
I've got an old I486 on wich I would like to install a linux-OS. I've
been trying using www.linuxfromscratch.org, but the problem is this.
Because of the speed and ease I've place the old HD in a PIII (running
on redhat 7.0). This way, I would like to setup linuxfromscratch for the
I486, but the problem is that everything he compiles is for a I686 (or
likely).
Does anybody have tips for me? I've heard about a cross-compiler, but
were could I find it and how should I use it?
Gr. Rob
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From: Joshua Baker-LePain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: tape or tape drive bad?
Date: 9 Feb 2001 13:33:41 GMT
In comp.os.linux.hardware Darren and Marla Welson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> # mt -f /dev/st0 tell
> st0: Error with sense data: [valid=0] Info fld=0x0, Current st09:00: sense
> key Illegal request
> Additional sense indicates Incompatible medium installed
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Err, I think that's your answer. Sorry.
--
Joshua Baker-LePain
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University
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From: Joshua Baker-LePain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: win2k and linux
Date: 9 Feb 2001 13:37:10 GMT
Amit kt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> i am going to install rh6.1 and win2k .
> Which one should i install first i have 20 gb.
Install win2K first, as it will likely blow away anything on the disk.
I like to make two primary partitions, one for C: for doze (at least
2GB -- a Win2K install is *big*), and one for / for Linux (I usually
only do about 100MB). Then make a bunch of logical parititions for
Doze's D drive (for data) and the rest of your Linux partitions
(/usr,/usr/local,/tmp,/var,/home, or however you like).
> Any tips would help thanks .
For launching Linux from 2K's boot loader menu, see the Linux+NT-Loader
HOWTO, which still applies to 2K.
--
Joshua Baker-LePain
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: ATI Radeon Driver (Linux Newbie)??
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2001 13:41:50 GMT
Joseph Dadamo wrote:
>
> i need some help. i know that the 4.0x version of Xfree86 has support for
> this video card, but i dont know how to download it here in windows and
> install it in Red Hat... could anyone help me with that?
If you have the Windows hard drive on the same machine you can mount the
hard drive partion that it is installed on, and then copy the files to a
Linux partition. You have to have vfat compiled into your kernel; just
take a Windows floppy disk and try to mount it under Linux: mount -t
vfat /dev/fd0 /mount. If it works vfat is compiled in your kernel.
jamess
--
"On the side of the software box, in the 'System Requirements' section,
it said 'Requires Windows 95 or better'. So I installed Linux."
-Anonymous
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Gigabyte motherboards
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2001 13:58:13 GMT
Joe Pfeiffer wrote:
>
>
> I've had both very good and very bad luck with Gigabyte. My Athlon MB
> (GA7IXE I think? I'd have to look it up, and I'm not at home) has
> been rock-solid. I also got a couple of their Aladdin-V boards for a
> K6-2, which have been disastrous -- my wife was running Windows on one
> and crashing several times per day;
But, this is normal Windows behavior. ;)
> Joseph J. Pfeiffer, Jr., Ph.D. Phone -- (505) 646-1605
> Department of Computer Science FAX -- (505) 646-1002
> New Mexico State University http://www.cs.nmsu.edu/~pfeiffer
> VL 2000 Homepage: http://www.cs.orst.edu/~burnett/vl2000/
jamess
--
"On the side of the software box, in the 'System Requirements' section,
it said 'Requires Windows 95 or better'. So I installed Linux."
-Anonymous
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From: David Fisher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.dev.newbie
Subject: multiple hard drives
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2001 13:58:42 GMT
I recently bought several old machines at an auction and I want to take
the hard drives from all of them and put them into my linux box. They
are about 750MB each. I know they are going to need to be formatted
because they are windows machines. Can I just plug them in and have
linux detect them and format them, or do I need to do something to make
them work? Is linux going to consider them to be an extension of the
original hard drive, or is it like windows where I would have multiple
drive letters?
Any input is greatly appreciated,
Dave
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From: Alberto BARSELLA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: hdparm -t "reference values"
Date: 09 Feb 2001 15:01:10 +0100
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Philip Armstrong) writes:
> From a modern hard drive on a modern motherboard I would expect at
> least 20Mb / s (reading from the drive cache)
Ok.
> You probably haven't turned DMA on.
>
> hdparm -d1 -u1 -X66 -m16
On the VIA chipset -d1 is instant death (I tried :). It's also in the
2.4.0 config help for the "use DMA" option: it says to stay clear of
DMA when using VIA chipsets (the default compile of 2.4.0 dies at boot
time on this machine).
> might help (-d1 = DMA ; -u1 = unmask interrupts ; -X66 = UDMAmode2 ;
> -m16 = 16 sector readahead )
-m16 I have, -u1 I haven't tried. What I don't understand is that
hdparm -i reports "*udma4" mode in use, which should indicate that it
is already running at udma mode.
Thanks,
Alberto
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Subject: Re: hdparm -t "reference values"
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kenneth R�rvik)
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2001 14:46:19 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alberto BARSELLA) wrote in
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>> hdparm -d1 -u1 -X66 -m16
>
>On the VIA chipset -d1 is instant death (I tried :). It's also in the
>2.4.0 config help for the "use DMA" option: it says to stay clear of
>DMA when using VIA chipsets (the default compile of 2.4.0 dies at boot
>time on this machine).
Hmm. On my KT7-raid board hdparm -d1 works like a charm (2.4.1 kernel,
seagate barracuda II and quantum fireball lct10 disks). I have all the DMA
options enabled. I have seen some funny corruptions with reiserfs, though.
Nothing that reiserfsck --rebuildtree won't fix though.
--
Kenneth R�rvik 91841353/22950312
Nordbergv. 60 A [EMAIL PROTECTED]
0875 OSLO home.no.net/stasis
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From: Ben Baryo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Connecting a printer through an EPAT device
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2001 16:44:42 +0200
I have an external HD connected to my parallel port using the EPAT drivers
(Shuttle) on RedHat 7.0, and I have connected a printer to the HD as a bypass,
but when trying to configure it, it can't seem to recognize anything beyond the
HD.
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is to sweep it up, package it, and sell it as fertilizer. */
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Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Subject: Re: Postscript Printer Blues
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2001 15:02:39 GMT
[Posted and mailed]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Thomas Worthington" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi,
> I know this is a borderline OT post but it is sort of about hardware
> compatibility.
>
> I have a postscript printer and I'm using RH6.2. When I print to file
> I can see all the fonts used which I have installed in my system, even
> Truetype ones. So, for example, Ghostview (v6.0) shows ComicSans as it
> should.
>
> My problem is that the system seems to assume that every font installed
> on the machine is also installed on the printer, so when ComicSans or
> JohnstonUnderground are sent to the printer they appear as Courier.
>
> Anyone know how to filter the output to the printer in such a way that
> non-printer fonts are tagged onto the PS source?
You don't say what software you're using to print. In Linux, each
application generates its own PostScript code, so the simplest solution
is probably to fix your application so that it properly embeds the fonts
in the PostScript file. Precisely how you'd do this depends on the
application, though.
Another option would be to create some sort of print filter that would
partially parse a PostScript file and, if it calls any but the fonts
that are pre-installed in your printer, to add those fonts to the
PostScript file before sending it to the printer. I don't know of any
ready-made filter that will do this, but I wouldn't be surprised if one
existed somewhere.
A third option would be to add the fonts you want to the printer. Many
PostScript printers have the capacity to store downloaded fonts (say on
a hard disk). You'll need to consult your printer's documentation to
learn more.
--
Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.rodsbooks.com
Author of books on Linux & multi-OS configuration
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Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Subject: Re: win2k and linux
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2001 15:07:27 GMT
[Posted and mailed]
In article <960q75$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Amit kt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> i am going to install rh6.1 and win2k .
> Which one should i install first i have 20 gb.
I recommend you do this:
1) Partition your disk as you intend for your final configuration,
INCLUDING marking your Linux partitions with their appropriate type
codes. You can do this with Partition Magic if you've got it, or use
something like DOS FDISK to do the partitioning and then Linux's
fdisk to change partition type codes. (Linux's fdisk occasionally
creates partitions to which other OSs object, so I don't recommend
using it for creating anything but Linux partitions.)
2) Install Win2K.
3) Install Linux.
Most Microsoft OSs have a habit of overwriting the MBR or actually
damaging other OSs' installations, but I gather that Win2K is
better-behaved than most Microsoft OSs. There's a HOWTO on Linux/WinNT
coexistence, and I believe most of the information there applies to
Win2K as well. Most people seem to use WinNT/2K's OS Loader to select
which OS to boot, but personally, I prefer to use LILO or a third-party
boot loader for that. Either approach works.
--
Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.rodsbooks.com
Author of books on Linux & multi-OS configuration
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup,alt.os.linux
Subject: USB printer trouble
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 09 Feb 2001 10:20:16 -0500
Hi,
I'm running a RedHat7 fully updated, kernel 2.4.1. and I own a Cannon
BJC-2110 printer which I'm trying to use through the USB port. I have
support in my kernel for USB and when I boot up I can the USB-UHCI (I
think) is being used. when I try to configure my printer using
printtool it does not find any local printers, but I tell it that the
printer is under /dev/usb/lp0 and everything seems fine. the I restart
the lpd daemon and again everything seems fine. then I send a file to
be printed using lpr, and I monitor what's happening using lpq, and
what's happening is that it says the job is being "processed" and
that's it the printer never prints. I also tried to manually load some
modules like printer.o usbcore.o and usb-utci.o. some of them were
already loaded and it didn't help at all.
any help would be appreciated.
p.s. the printer works under windows.
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From: "Craig Richardson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,it.comp.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Diamond Viper II X problems (S3 2000)
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2001 15:25:13 GMT
I have just fixed my problem. I have to thank Dean Samuals of RH Asia
Pacific as he helped me tremendously.
I installd redhat 7.0 and did not configure X in the install.
I then installed the following rpm's (in this order) some use the -Fvh arg
some the -Uvh
Mesa3.3-5
Glide3-20001220-2
Glide3-devel-20001220-2
freetype-2.0.1-4
freetype-devel-2.0.1-4
freetype-utils-2.0.1-4
XFree86-4.0.2-6
XFree86-libs-4.0.2-6
XFree86-100dpi-fonts-4.0.2-6
XFree86-75dpi-fonts-4.0.2-6
XFree86-devel-4.0.2-6
XFree86-xfs-4.0.2-6
then type command.
ln -sf /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86 /etc/X11/X
then
XFree86 -configure as root. then copy the /root/XFree86Config.new file to
/etc/X11/X/XFree86Config-4
Now I just need to figure out how to configure this file to get a higher
resolution and colour depth?????????
"b77819" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Actually, i have the same problem, with a trident 3D Blade!? i thought it
> was my hardware too. has X ever run correctly then reverted to the garbled
> state? did Xconfigurator work? but no cigar in X itself?
>
> --
> A bus station is where a bus stops. A train station is
> where a train stops. On my desk, I have a work station
> "Craig Richardson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:fiXI5.2141$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > Hi Everyone,
> >
> > I have persisted with this for so long I dont want to give up.
> >
> > I have been trying to setup X for use on my system but when gnome (or
KDE)
> > loads and I make a window, the screen loses it and bits of my window end
> up
> > all over the screen.
> >
> > I am trying to setup the following in RH 7.0 (new inst from box set)
> > AMD Athlon 650
> > Diamond Viper II Video card (S3 Savage 2000 chipset)
> > Acer77c 17" monitor.
> >
> > On the Xfree86 site I found info that says to use the X_SVGA server with
> the
> > S3 Savage 2000 driver. I am doing this but it isnt working properly.
> >
> > Are there any other Diamond Viper II owners that have tried this also.
Is
> > anyone else wishing they got the older Viper V770 TNT2.
> >
> > thanks,
> > Craig
> >
> >
>
>
>
>
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From: hac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: hdparm -t "reference values"
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2001 15:25:23 GMT
Alberto BARSELLA wrote:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Philip Armstrong) writes:
>
> > From a modern hard drive on a modern motherboard I would expect at
> > least 20Mb / s (reading from the drive cache)
>
> Ok.
>
> > You probably haven't turned DMA on.
> >
> > hdparm -d1 -u1 -X66 -m16
>
> On the VIA chipset -d1 is instant death (I tried :). It's also in the
> 2.4.0 config help for the "use DMA" option: it says to stay clear of
> DMA when using VIA chipsets (the default compile of 2.4.0 dies at boot
> time on this machine).
>
Really? Works fine for me. 2.2.18 with ide.2.2.18.1221.patch.
--
Howard Christeller Irvine, CA [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Ted Sariyski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Intel 815 chipset and OpenGL under RedHat7.0
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2001 11:08:44 -0500
Hi,
I am going to buy a new motherboard. I need OpenGL to run under
Intel/RedHat7.0. I wander if it is a good idea to buy an Intel
motherboard with 815 chipset or it is better to buy a separate ELSA
GLORIA-II? Does somebody has experience with using OpenGL with 815
chipset for 3D applications? One more question. I have an old P-III 500
MHz processor. If I buy a symmetrical motherboard is it safe to use
different CPUs e.g. one P-III 800 MHz and one P-III 500 MHz? I will
appreciate any recommendations.
Thanks in advance,
Ted
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From: Jonathan DeSena <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: devfs and IDE ATAPI floppy
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2001 10:28:12 -0500
Does anyone know if the IDE ATAPI floppy driver in kernel 2.4.1 has support
for devfs? I am trying out a kernel with devfs comiled in, but i can't
seem to access my IDE zip drive. There are compatibility links to all my
other drives (hd, cd, scsi, fd) but none to what my zip device used to be.
I've tried searching for it in the /dev directory, but to no avail. So I
wonder: maybe the driver does not support devfs yet? If not, is this
being worked on?
Thanks,
JTD
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From: Sinner from the Prairy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: hdparm -t "reference values"
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2001 10:49:03 -0500
Alberto BARSELLA wrote:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Philip Armstrong) writes:
>
> > From a modern hard drive on a modern motherboard I would expect at
> > least 20Mb / s (reading from the drive cache)
>
> Ok.
>
> > You probably haven't turned DMA on.
> >
> > hdparm -d1 -u1 -X66 -m16
>
> On the VIA chipset -d1 is instant death (I tried :). It's also in the
> 2.4.0 config help for the "use DMA" option: it says to stay clear of
> DMA when using VIA chipsets (the default compile of 2.4.0 dies at boot
> time on this machine).
I disagree with you. I own a VIA Apollo VP3 with IDE controller VT
82C597 (able of UDMA-66) Epox mo/bo and I am at "hdparm -c3d1" getting
9.4 MB/s on an UDMA-33 hard disk:
Without the 'c3d1' parameters, I was getting around 3.4 MB/s. With
those, I have activated the 'safe' I/O -32 bits mode and
UDMA-auto-detect mode. I found no difference with 'c1', so I went for
the 'safe' mode.
I use Kernel 2.2.17 on Mandrake 7.2.
Salut,
Sinner
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From: Quivis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RedHat 6.2????
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2001 16:51:57 +0100
On Thu, 08 Feb 2001 08:28:48 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] had this
to say...
-> 16mb /boot
-> 64mb /linux swap
-> expand /
->
-> The expand part i cannot seem to check!
If in text mode, use your Tab key (not arrow keys) to navigate to the
"expand" option, then hit space bar to toggle it on/off.
Remember also that if you, for instance, remove the default "1" (one)
from the size, it will probably think you want a zero partition, which
will then go into the "Requested" part below. Leave the number "1"
there if you want to have an expanding partition. Or write something
in there if it's empty.
You should end up with a view looking something like:
Partition Size requested Actual size
/ 1 Mb xxx Mb <-- 1)
/boot 16 Mb 16 Mb
/swap 64 Mb 64 Mb
1) Depending on the size of your drive.
FYI:
The "Actual size" numbers may differ somewhat from what you chose,
that's normal, I guess, since 1 Mb isn't exactly 1,000,000 bytes. 1 Mb
is 1,048,575 bytes, hence, rounding errors may occur as they (those
who wrote the system) "translate" from bytes to Mb, or vice versa.
E.g. 16 x 1,048,575 = 16,777,200 so a fair guess is that it will read
17 Mb. And your 64 Mb swap will probably read 67 Mb actual size.
-> and the /boot doesn't allow me to add it. (too large?)
/boot is just a dumb partition (if this is what you're talking about).
It cannot allow/refuse you anything. It may, however, be too small
although 16 megs seem okay, provided it's an active partition.
-> I have a lousy monitor that only goes upto a about 1024x768.
So does mine. But "lousy?" I don't think so... :-)
-> Does linux have a default value for the resolution when using the GUI
-> install mode.
Probably. Have no knowledge of this though. But I would guess
something like 640 by 480 at 8-bit color, which is considered a
"standard," or common denominator if you will, on most systems...or so
it seems...
If the gui mode gives you a hard time. Use the text mode to install.
Should work on most monitors/cards and combinations thereof.
HTH
Quivis.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: win2k and linux
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2001 15:42:42 GMT
In article <960q75$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Amit kt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> i am going to install rh6.1 and win2k .
> Which one should i install first i have 20 gb.
>
> I can mange to install win98 and linux and it works
> perfectly fine.
> Any tips would help thanks .
> Amit kt
>
>
In order to boot linux, the boot image must reside within the first 1024
cylinders of the disk. If you're going to split your disk evenly 10/10,
then your linux kernel won't be reched by the bios. The trick is to
reserve a small partition (your fist partition, about 10MB, depending on
your boot image size) as /boot where the boot image reside. Then
partition the rest as you desire and it doesn't matter which OS you
install first. You must use Win2k loader to load both (see howto).
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From: Bob Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: MODEM. SOMEBODY PLEASE HELP ME BEFORE I GO INSANE!
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2001 09:55:31 -0600
Dave wrote:
>
[snip]
If it is the WinCOMM it is a winmodem, the ISA communicator works
fine. Don't use the cua devices they are obsolete, use the ttyS
devices instead. All that is telling you is that 16550a serial
controller was found, not a modem. That is most likely your
onboard serial port. I dont' think the out put of lspci is showing
a modem. The jaton is an ISA modem and their vendor id is 1B13,
you find PCI info here ... http://www.yourvote.com/pci/
--
Bob Martin
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From: Bob Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: MODEM. SOMEBODY PLEASE HELP ME BEFORE I GO INSANE!
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2001 09:56:15 -0600
Dave wrote:
>
> This is going to sound stupid, but what is an ISA modem? How can I tell if I
> have an ISA or a PCI modem?
what kind of BUS slot did you put it in ?
--
Bob Martin
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