Linux-Hardware Digest #320, Volume #14 Fri, 9 Feb 01 15:13:07 EST
Contents:
Re: RH 7.1 beta, USB tape drive and software ("Nathan")
Re: MODEM. SOMEBODY PLEASE HELP ME BEFORE I GO INSANE! (David Fisher)
Re: devfs and IDE ATAPI floppy (Hugh Lawson)
Re: MODEM. SOMEBODY PLEASE HELP ME BEFORE I GO INSANE! (David Fisher)
Re: No Dialtone, Please help ("ToxicBoy")
Re: devfs and IDE ATAPI floppy (problem solved) (Jonathan DeSena)
Re: hdparm -t "reference values" (Philip Armstrong)
intel 815E ATA100 w. 2.4.1 kernel? (Hugh)
SCSI-CDROM-Problem (Konstantinos Agouros)
Stackis.com ("Dan Kulpa")
Stackis.com - Poison ("Dan Kulpa")
Please visit my 3D graphics site ("Robert Francois")
Compaq USB 56K modem and RH7 (Bryan Radtke)
Re: Video card recommendations for new system? (Ken Bianucci)
Re: MODEM. SOMEBODY PLEASE HELP ME BEFORE I GO INSANE! (Johan Kullstam)
Re: win2k and linux (Eric P. McCoy)
Re: multiple hard drives (Eric P. McCoy)
Re: SCSI-CDROM-Problem (Eric P. McCoy)
Problematic Video Cards? (Tim Leger)
serial terminla/console ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: MODEM. SOMEBODY PLEASE HELP ME BEFORE I GO INSANE! (Josh Stern)
ibm T21 laptop network card. (Lamar Williams)
Re: Having Windows98 and Linux on the same HD (Karel Venken)
Re: how to compile programs and kernel on a different PC? (Juergen Wolf)
Re: Stackis.com ("ToxicBoy")
Re: Stackis.com - Poison ("ToxicBoy")
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From: "Nathan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: RH 7.1 beta, USB tape drive and software
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2001 11:15:21 -0500
I tried tar, cpio, Taper, and a simple backup script. They all seem to
freeze at some point in the backup process.
"John Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> What about "man tar"... ?
>
>
> "Nathan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:3a82df4b$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have a Compaq EP with RedHat 7.1 beta (2.4 kernel) and a Seagate USB
> tape
> > drive. The system does recognize theF reecom hub and drive (/dev/st0)
and
> > it shows up in the usbview utility. All I need is some software or
> utility
> > that can write to the drive. I've attempted to use taper and Amanda
with
> no
> > success. Has anyone tried BRU with this compbination? I'll buy it if I
> > need to. I just want to know if there's a simple 'cpio' script that I
can
> > use.
> >
> > BTW, the linux-usb (http://www.linux-usb.org) web site offers no help
when
> > trying to install usb tape drives. I find this odd since usb can be
used
> > with so many devices. oh well...
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > Nathan
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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From: David Fisher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: MODEM. SOMEBODY PLEASE HELP ME BEFORE I GO INSANE!
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2001 16:27:03 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Bob Martin
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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/
What is the vendor id?
I dont know hardware very well, so I will do my best to describe it to
you. According to my friend the pci cards have 'breaks' between the
connectors, and the isa cards are continuous. Therefore, I think I have
an isa card. As far as what kind of bus I put it in, I dont know. I just
know where the modem was in the window machine, and I put the new modem
in the same place: The second slot from the top. I assume you read my
post: MODEM....Are you telling me to use the command:
setserial /dev/cua0 irq 9 port 0xfedffc00 autoconfig and substitute
ttys0 for cua0? I know this is asking alot, but lets assume I havent
done anything yet. Could you instruct me from the beginning on what I
need to do? Assume I know nothing, if I need to know something, tell me
how to find the info I need. I would very much appreciate that.
Thanks,
Dave
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hugh Lawson)
Subject: Re: devfs and IDE ATAPI floppy
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2001 16:12:07 GMT
In article <9612go$51l$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Jonathan DeSena wrote:
>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?
I don't have this kind of drive. But you may find the help you need in
/usr/src/<kernel source top directory>/Documentation/Configure.help.
Search Configure.help file for "CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEFLOPPY". In the same
directory is a file called "ide.txt" which should give you all the
information you need. I am working from the source for kernel 2.4.0.
--
Hugh Lawson
Greensboro, North Carolina
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: David Fisher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: MODEM. SOMEBODY PLEASE HELP ME BEFORE I GO INSANE!
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2001 16:33:46 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, David Fisher
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Bob Martin
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > 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/
> What is the vendor id?
I meant device id.
>
> I dont know hardware very well, so I will do my best to describe it to
> you. According to my friend the pci cards have 'breaks' between the
> connectors, and the isa cards are continuous. Therefore, I think I have
> an isa card. As far as what kind of bus I put it in, I dont know. I just
> know where the modem was in the window machine, and I put the new modem
> in the same place: The second slot from the top. I assume you read my
> post: MODEM....Are you telling me to use the command:
> setserial /dev/cua0 irq 9 port 0xfedffc00 autoconfig and substitute
> ttys0 for cua0? I know this is asking alot, but lets assume I havent
> done anything yet. Could you instruct me from the beginning on what I
> need to do? Assume I know nothing, if I need to know something, tell me
> how to find the info I need. I would very much appreciate that.
>
> Thanks,
> Dave
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From: "ToxicBoy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.dial-up,alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: Re: No Dialtone, Please help
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2001 09:05:52 -0800
The key here is "no dial tone"
Which would make me wonder if the phone line is plugged into the modem. I
know this sounds silly....but ya never know...
Is the phone line good?
Can you plug a phone into THAT line, and get a dial tone?
Every time I had a "no dial tone" msg it was something to do w/the phone
line...
Good luck
David Stackis
http://stackis.com
"Outlook not so good."
That magic 8-ball knows everything!
I'll ask about Exchange Server next
"mike" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi Tor and All.
> Are you sure that your modem is "not" a Winmodem.
> If it is, there is a good chance that it won't work with Linux. I have
> heard that there are some Linux drivers for some of them.
>
> Has this modem ever worked with Linux?
>
> Can you access your modem from minicom? If you can,
> that's a good start. Sometimes the default of minicom and
> maybe a ppp dialer might be /dev/modem, which has a default
> link to one of the com ports like maybe /dev/ttyS0. Make
> sure that you have selected the correct com port. You don't
> have to use /dev/modem. You could just use /dev/your_com_port
> Sometimes modems need a special initialization string. That
> can be setup as a modem default or as a seperate selectable profile.
> There is usually a factory default setting that can be tried.
>
> Mike
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From: Jonathan DeSena <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: devfs and IDE ATAPI floppy (problem solved)
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2001 11:58:02 -0500
Hugh Lawson wrote:
> In article <9612go$51l$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Jonathan DeSena wrote:
> >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?
>
> I don't have this kind of drive. But you may find the help you need in
> /usr/src/<kernel source top directory>/Documentation/Configure.help.
>
> Search Configure.help file for "CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEFLOPPY". In the same
> directory is a file called "ide.txt" which should give you all the
> information you need. I am working from the source for kernel 2.4.0.
>
>
Thanks for the quick reply.
Configure.help makes no mention of devfs, but I got it to work when I
reloaded the ide-floppy module. For some reason, though it was loaded, it
did not create the proper nodes. I had to unload the module that my system
loaded at boot time and reload it with modprobe. This created the
/dev/disc/disc2/part4 entry and /dev/hdd4 link, which I could then mount.
JTD
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Philip Armstrong)
Subject: Re: hdparm -t "reference values"
Date: 9 Feb 2001 17:21:05 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Sinner from the Prairy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>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.
To follow up to this, here are the outputs of hdparm -t and -T
on two drives,
/dev/hdc a 7200 rpm (I think) drive using UDMA33 and
/dev/hda a 5400 rpm drive using multi-word DMA
-t -T
/dev/hda : 5.94 MB/sec 54.01 MB/sec
/dev/hdc : 8.85 MB/sec 54.47 MB/sec
These drives were set up with:
hdparm -q -d1 -u1 -c1 -m16 -X34 /dev/hda
hdparm -q -d1 -u1 -c1 -m16 -X66 /dev/hdc
>> 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:
>
likewise, I'm using a motherboard with the VIA vt82c586b IDE UDMA33
controller chipset, and all works seamlessly.
You need to compile in the specific VIA support if the ide drivers
are to work properly.
HTH some.
Phil
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From: Hugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: intel 815E ATA100 w. 2.4.1 kernel?
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2001 17:59:01 +0000
In the process of putting together what should be a monster of a machine
- Asus CUSL2, Piii 933, 4xIBM ATA100 30Gb - to be RAID5 array. Promise
ATA100 controller for 2 of them, want to use motherboard (intel 815e
chipset) actually at 100Mb/s - question is, there's no mention of
specific support in 2.4.1 kernel conf or anywhere in this newsgroup or
on the web, that I can find... - I'll compile the kernel now and see how
it goes, but anyone else out there know any details of getting serious
performance out of the 815e chipset?
I'll post anything appropriate once I see whether the beast will boot...
H
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Konstantinos Agouros)
Subject: SCSI-CDROM-Problem
Date: 9 Feb 2001 07:53:18 +0100
HI,
after some confusion with the automounter I have a cdrom-drive that is
locked, meaning I can mount and unmount it, but I can't release the cdrom
in it. Of course a reboot would help, but do I have other options, to reset
the scsidrive or unlock it?
Konstantin
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From: "Dan Kulpa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.dial-up,alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: Stackis.com
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2001 18:17:26 GMT
You ripped that whole site layout off of Microsoft.com... good job!
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From: "Dan Kulpa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.dial-up,alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: Stackis.com - Poison
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2001 18:19:09 GMT
You chould add "Windows Me" to the selectable list of poisons.
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From: "Robert Francois" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
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Subject: Please visit my 3D graphics site
Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2001 23:31:38 +0100
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From: Bryan Radtke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Compaq USB 56K modem and RH7
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2001 18:30:05 -0000
I have a USB modem that I can't seem to get working on RH7. I can see the
specs when I run USBVIEW. I tried linking the devices file
in /proc/bus/USB/ to ttyUSB0, and it didn't work. I'm using the 2.2x
kernel.
Can anyone suggest how to get this working?
Bryan radtke
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From: Ken Bianucci <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake,alt.comp.hardware.homebuilt
Subject: Re: Video card recommendations for new system?
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2001 10:40:38 -0800
JJ Chan wrote:
> Is the 2D display problem limited to the GeForce2 MX, or are all nVidia based cards
> affected? such as the GeForce2 GTS?
>
> "CZ" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >
> >>> I've now got a Geforce2 MX and am very disappointed with its 2D
> >performance. Both my old TNT2 and the VirgeDX before it were crisper
> >
> >Rob:
> >
> >What brand of MX do you have?
> >
> >I have the Creative Labs Annihilator 2MX and it is as crisp in 2D as my TNT
> >was.
> >
> >TIA
> >
I am running the beta ASP Linux RC3, more stable then RH 7 and Mandrake 7.2. For a
graphics card I used an Geforce 2 GTS and like this a lot more then anything else I
have used, S3 wouldn't even be a consideration. The 2D is best when you use the Nvidia
accelerated drivers, it effects the 2D also.
K.B.
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Subject: Re: MODEM. SOMEBODY PLEASE HELP ME BEFORE I GO INSANE!
From: Johan Kullstam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2001 18:48:31 GMT
"Dave" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> 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?
don't bother trying to distinguish them. get an _EXTERNAL_ modem.
find one that hooks up to your serial port (RS-232C not USB). it's
guarenteed not a winmodem and you get das blinkenlights.
> "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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Subject: Re: win2k and linux
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eric P. McCoy)
Date: 09 Feb 2001 14:07:17 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith) writes:
> 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.
It is. Installing Win2K over Linux actually requires using a DOS boot
disk after the first reboot to fix the MBR.
Actually, WinNT required the same thing. As did Win98 and Win95.
Maybe I'm the exception? I've never had problems installing Linux
either before or after any Windows.
> 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.
Actually, what I eventually ended up doing to get around bizarre boot
problems was rip out LILO's boot sector, save it as c:\bootsect.lnx,
and use NT/2K's loader to start it from there. It added a step to the
LILO process (e.g., `dd if=/dev/hda5 of=/mnt/bootsect.lnx bs=512
count=1') but I only did it once I got a stable system - so I didn't
have to re-run LILO a lot.
But LILO has the nice feature of being able to pick, when the OS is
running, which OS you want to use for the next reboot. Like that good
old OS/2 command of "boot /dos" or "boot /os2". I wrote a script to
change the default to Windows and immediately reboot, and left the
default selection at Linux so that simply rebooting Windows would
switch.
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"Knowing that a lot of people across the world with Geocities sites
absolutely despise me is about the only thing that can add a positive
spin to this situation." - Something Awful, 1/11/2001
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Subject: Re: multiple hard drives
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eric P. McCoy)
Date: 09 Feb 2001 14:12:31 -0500
David Fisher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> 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?
They'll be automatically detected, but not formatted (probably). You
can format them using mke2fs.
> 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?
Sort of like Windows. Each disk is assigned a device name based on
its type and position in the bus. Use `dmesg' or look at the boot
logs to find out where Linux is putting each disk. (It'll look like
"hda: hda1", which means Linux has detected one partition on /dev/hda
and is calling it /dev/hda1.)
--
Eric McCoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
"Knowing that a lot of people across the world with Geocities sites
absolutely despise me is about the only thing that can add a positive
spin to this situation." - Something Awful, 1/11/2001
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Subject: Re: SCSI-CDROM-Problem
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eric P. McCoy)
Date: 09 Feb 2001 14:18:47 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Konstantinos Agouros) writes:
> after some confusion with the automounter I have a cdrom-drive that is
> locked, meaning I can mount and unmount it, but I can't release the cdrom
> in it. Of course a reboot would help, but do I have other options, to reset
> the scsidrive or unlock it?
You should be able to eject the CD when the drive is unmounted. Try
the `eject' command, but be warned that if the drive is actually stuck
it will probably hang your system.
And don't count on a simple reboot to get the disc out. I've been
involved in a few cases where only a cold restart (power off, power
on) would work. I'm not sure what the flakey part of my setup is, but
the problem sometimes happens in Windows, too, so I doubt it's
Linux-related.
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"Knowing that a lot of people across the world with Geocities sites
absolutely despise me is about the only thing that can add a positive
spin to this situation." - Something Awful, 1/11/2001
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From: Tim Leger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Problematic Video Cards?
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2001 14:28:23 -0500
I recently built a computer from spare parts for use with windows and
linux. The only new thing I purchased for it was a monitor (Samtron
75V). I have tried three video cards I had laying around, but can't get
decent resolution (> 640x480) using any of them under linux. The first
is a Jaton Video 61-3D (S3 GX chip), makes short vertical lines where
the mouse pointer should be along with a perfect mouse pointer along
side. The second is a Diamond Stealth Video 2500 (Alliance ProMotion
AT24 chip) which just locks everything once the X-server starts. The
last is a Western Digital Pipeline Paradise (WD9710 chip), which won't
allow me to configure under Xconfigurator, just keep getting "Can't
display in XXkpp mode", no matter what resolution or color depth. Are
all three of these cards known to have trouble under linux? I'm using
Mandrake Linux 7.2, so I assume I have fairly recent versions of the
XFree86 drivers. My next option is to go and find a cheap and stable
video card. Any suggestion would be much appreciated.
Thanks, Tim Leger
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: serial terminla/console
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2001 19:34:53 GMT
Where can I get a serial console/terminal to administrate VGA-less
linux-systems?
Actually I use a PalmPilot...
Lars
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Subject: Re: MODEM. SOMEBODY PLEASE HELP ME BEFORE I GO INSANE!
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Josh Stern)
Date: 09 Feb 2001 19:42:08 GMT
Dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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?
I gather from your responses that you don't have any docs
for the modem describing it and it's excact model #.
You can look in the BIOS, and if it is a Plug and Play
modem it may show up there. Otherwise,
open up the computer case and take the card
out of its slot; there is probably some model info
on the card itself. Most modern PCs have at most 3 kinds
of slots - a short, offset, light brown one, called AGP, where the
video card goes, medium length white ones called
PCI, and some longer dark brown ones which are ISA.
All recent motherboards would have at least AGP and PCI.
Motherboards more than 3 years old or so might only
have PCI and ISA. If you know the type of motherboard you
have, then you can probably find docs for it on the net to
show the exact compliment of slots and their layout.
Otherwise, the relative order of the lengths
I describe would be standard; colors might conceivably vary,
though I have never seen that personally.
-= Josh
>"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: Lamar Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ibm T21 laptop network card.
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2001 11:42:16 -0800
Hello,
I have IBM T21 labtop running caldera 2.4 eDesktop kernel 2.2.14.
It has a network card and modem built in. They are on the same card.
It is a IBM 10/100 Ethernet mini-pci adapter
or 3COM 10/10 mini-pci Ethernet adapter.
I believe they are the same card. When I cat /dev/pci, it says 3Com.
I've tried the latested 3Com drivers "netdriver-2.1.src.rpm" with no
success.
I've tried the intel 10/100 B driver with no success.
I'm not sure which driver to use. I'm not a newbe.
Can someone help?
Lamar
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From: Karel Venken <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Having Windows98 and Linux on the same HD
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2001 19:55:53 GMT
Mark Bratcher wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Karel Venken wrote:
> >> Does /boot really need to be on a primary partition? I believe that
> >> mine is not. Only my Win98 is. My Linux is all in the extended
> >> partition, including the /boot.
> >>
> >
> >It depends on how you boot Linux. I use loadlin from within the Win98
> >config.sys, and then it is not required.
>
> OK, I've never used loadlin, so wasn't aware of that.
A lot of people seem to ignore it...
>
>
> > In fact everything from my Linux is
> >AFTER 1024 cylinders (carefull, lilo is useless then, so you need to know how
>
> I use LILO _and_ my linux is all beyond 1024 since I downloaded and
> installed the latest version of LILO. Works great!
Possible, I use a Linux distro which is several years old on my PIII, and with
this one it wasn't possible to do that.
>
>
> --
> Mark Bratcher
> To reply, remove both underscores (_) from my email address
> -----------------------------------------------------------
> Escape from Microsoft's proprietary tentacles: use Linux!
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From: Juergen Wolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.linux,alt.comp.linux,alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: how to compile programs and kernel on a different PC?
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2001 20:55:41 +0100
> 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?
>
Hi,
just add the -march=i486 option when calling gcc.
Regards,
JuWo
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From: "ToxicBoy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.dial-up,alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: Re: Stackis.com
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2001 12:03:43 -0800
*L*
I wouldn't say that I "ripped off" the site layout...in fact the java menus
are not MS at all....but the look resembles it in a way...
Sheesh!!
Now I'm going to have the MS police knocking at my door...
Have a good one!
David Stackis
http://stackis.com
"Outlook not so good."
That magic 8-ball knows everything!
I'll ask about Exchange Server next
"Dan Kulpa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:WuWg6.244048$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> You ripped that whole site layout off of Microsoft.com... good job!
>
>
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From: "ToxicBoy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.dial-up,alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: Re: Stackis.com - Poison
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2001 12:05:13 -0800
I think just adding Windows would be good...
Might as well cover all the bases eh?
David Stackis
http://stackis.com
"Outlook not so good."
That magic 8-ball knows everything!
I'll ask about Exchange Server next
"Dan Kulpa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> You chould add "Windows Me" to the selectable list of poisons.
>
>
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