Linux-Hardware Digest #341, Volume #14 Tue, 13 Feb 01 19:13:09 EST
Contents:
Re: different /dev's for tape? (Karl-Heinz Herrmann)
Re: Compaq Proliant1500 - Troubles with RAM ("Dustin")
Re: different /dev's for tape? (Dances With Crows)
bttv driver (Hilkiah Lavinier)
Re: Install hangs computer (Marc Ulrich)
Re: Problems with IDE HDD and DMA (Dances With Crows)
Re: Ghost on Linux boot drive (Dances With Crows)
SCSI bus hangs up, configuration wrong?: HP ScanJet IIcx, AHA-2940AU, HP
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Has anyone been able to run DirecPC on a real OS? ("Dustin")
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From: Karl-Heinz Herrmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: different /dev's for tape?
Date: 13 Feb 2001 23:10:57 +0100
"Corey Wirun" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I've got a QIC tape drive which has on-board compression. When I MAKEDEV'd
> the /dev directory for the device, it created st0 and nst0 (rewinding and
> non-rewinding) devices. This works fine.
>
> But, my tape drive (a Tandberg TDC4100 or SLR3) has other modes, including
> compression, etc. How do I get /dev entries for those?
>
> How does anyone create different /dev entries for different modes for a tape
> drive? Do you have to create an stinit.def entry for the device?
>
If you access the tape via [n]st0 it may understand scsi command. Have
a look at 'mt'.
That tool allows you to set compression, format, blocksize,...
K.-H.
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Karl-Heinz Herrmann
E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Dustin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Compaq Proliant1500 - Troubles with RAM
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 16:17:31 -0600
Setup RH6.0 on a Proliant 1500. It did not recognize the installed memory.
Had to add a line in Lilo -- append="mem=xxxx". At least that is what I
remember. It was some time ago.
Hope this helps,
Dustin
Mark wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Of the top of my head ;-) I wonder if the server was properly set up.
>These servers do not report all their memory until after setup has
>been run.
>
>The 1500 is an EISA bus server that has to have the setup program run
>and should (must) have the maintenance partition installed. I did not
>see Linux listed on the 1600 I was setting up today but I did see SCO
>Unix so I would tell the server to configure for that. I do not know
>what it would optimize on the BIOS level for that but it may help you.
>I would take the default ptions for any other choices.
>
> I would also check the Compaq www site for whitepapers on installing
>UNIX as well as LINUX.
>
>FWIW
>Mark
>
>On Sat, 18 Nov 2000 11:13:01 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>>I've just run into the same problem with
>>Proliant: RedHat 7.0 only recognizes 14MB whereas
>>there are 256MB installed. So this looks like an
>>issue between Proliant and Linux... Have never
>>seen anything like that having done over a dozen
>>of RH6.2/7.0 installs... Anyone know if this is a
>>confirmed bug?
>>
>>Many thanks,
>>Vadim.
>>
>>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>> fuchs gerhard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>> hi!
>>>
>>> at first - english isn�t my native language!
>>>
>>> at second: we have 3 compaq proliant server
>>running SUSe 6.4 Linux.
>>> Every maschine have 128 MB RAM, which ist true
>>and can be seen at the
>>> start of the system and in the bios. BUT: When
>>i look at the values of
>>> the "top" - tool, i can see only 14MB RAM. And
>>the performance of the
>>> maschine looks like 14MB RAM and not like 128MB
>>RAM.
>>>
>>> How can i tell my linux, that there ist more
>>RAM than it
>>> knows?????????????
>>>
>>> THX - a lot.
>>>
>>> PS: i can�t find an answer to this question in
>>the compaq-forum, so i
>>> hope for better results.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
>>Before you buy.
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: different /dev's for tape?
Date: 13 Feb 2001 22:37:51 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 13 Feb 2001 14:03:08 -0700, Corey Wirun staggered into the Black
Sun and said:
>I've got a QIC tape drive which has on-board compression. When I
>MAKEDEV'd the /dev directory for the device, it created st0 and nst0
>(rewinding and non-rewinding) devices. This works fine.
>
>But, my tape drive (a Tandberg TDC4100 or SLR3) has other modes,
>including compression, etc. How do I get /dev entries for those?
>
>How does anyone create different /dev entries for different modes for a
>tape drive? Do you have to create an stinit.def entry for the device?
If /dev/st0 and /dev/nst0 do what they're supposed to do, then you do
not need any other devices at all. Check the man page for the "mt"
command for the datcompression option, as well as many other things that
might be useful. HTH,
--
Matt G|There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see
Brainbench MVP for Linux Admin / Workin' in a code mine, hittin' Ctrl-Alt
http://www.brainbench.com / Workin' in a code mine, whoops!
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From: Hilkiah Lavinier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: bttv driver
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 23:03:52 +0000
Hi all, I've just upgraded kernels for my RH7 system. I moved from
2.2.16-22 to 2.2.17-14. Now I'm trying to get my tv card working again.
It's one of those bt878 cards (no 10 in the list). After starting off in
the new kernel and make modules{_install} AND upgrading the bttv (the one
that comes with the kernel is oldddd) to v0.7.56, I can't get the tv card
working.
depmod -a gives:
depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.2.17-14/misc/bttv.o
depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.2.17-14/misc/dpl3518.o
depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.2.17-14/misc/msp3400.o
depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.2.17-14/misc/tda7432.o
depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.2.17-14/misc/tda9875.o
depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.2.17-14/misc/tuner.o
depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.2.17-14/misc/tvaudio.o
depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.2.17-14/misc/tvmixer.o
modprobe bttv (as root) gives:
/lib/modules/2.2.17-14/misc/bttv.o: unresolved symbol i2c_master_send
/lib/modules/2.2.17-14/misc/bttv.o: unresolved symbol i2c_bit_del_bus
/lib/modules/2.2.17-14/misc/bttv.o: unresolved symbol i2c_bit_add_bus
/lib/modules/2.2.17-14/misc/bttv.o: unresolved symbol i2c_master_recv
/lib/modules/2.2.17-14/misc/bttv.o: insmod
/lib/modules/2.2.17-14/misc/bttv.o failed
/lib/modules/2.2.17-14/misc/bttv.o: insmod bttv failed
I have the kernel options 'set kernel version number in modules' thingy to
'N'
Any ideas?
Hilkiah
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From: Marc Ulrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Install hangs computer
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 10:59:46 -0500
The problem is more basic than this. I downloaded the disk and read the
instructions. Apparently you have to get past the point where my
computer hangs before you can deal with this controller. Anyways, I've
removed the promise controller from the computer and have tried
installing while the harddrive is using the onboard controller. Still I
get the same problem.
Is there a way to let RedHat.com know of this problem -- it may have
something to do with an incompatible motherboard or something. I
downloaded the OS from their FTP site so I don't have a product ID and
cannot get any support from them because of that.
Marc
roel wrote:
>
> Hello
>
> Just go to promise.com download the bootdisk and of you go.
> The promise controller is not supported by rh 7.0. gues 7.1 with kernel
> 2.4 will be out soon, which does support promise 20265/20267.
>
> Roel
>
> Marc Ulrich wrote:
> >
> > I have a new computer that will not install linux RedHat 7.0. Here's the
> > deal:
> >
> > When the boot (from CDRom) reaches the spot: "PCI: probing PCI
> > hardware", the system freezes. Not even Crtl-Alt-Del to shutdown &
> > reboot will work. I tried using the expert mode because it said that
> > will bypass the PCI autoprobing. It does exactly the same thing.
> >
> > Here's what I think the problem is: The harddrive is using a Promise
> > Ultra100 harddrive controller (so that the HDD can use ATA100 instead of
> > ATA66 which is the max available via the motherboard). I would try just
> > attaching the harddrive to the motherboard controller, install linux &
> > then put it back on the Promise controller except that the PCI probing
> > is done everytime linux boots.
> >
> > Can anyone help me out?
> > Thanks,
> > Marc
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Problems with IDE HDD and DMA
Date: 13 Feb 2001 23:13:32 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 13 Feb 2001 20:14:01 GMT, Markus Gaugusch staggered into the
Black Sun and said:
>Hi! I have an old P200MMX with Intel TX chipset. The mainboard is from
>Chaintech. My problem is, that my new 40GB Seagate HDD isn't detected
>in BIOS (doesn't matter for me because I use an 80MB drive to load the
>kernel and boot, and linux recognises the drive). The real problem is,
>that since the BIOS doesn't recognise the hdd, it doesn't initalise the
>IDE port and sets no PIO/DMA mode (which brings me to a whopping rate
>of 2.8MB/s for my new 40GB drive instead of 9MB/s with my old 10GB
>drive :((( hdparm -X 33 or -X 34 (and even -X 11) didn't work either :(
>any hints??
Most BIOSes have an option somewhere to set the geometry/CHS translation
type of any IDE drives that may be connected. If you're not booting off
the 40G drive, it doesn't matter what the BIOS thinks the geometry is,
so you could try to set it to "NORMAL" mode. The BIOS will think the
drive is 528M (!) while Linux will not be fooled and will use the whole
capacity of the drive. Just to be safe, boot the system to single-user
mode the first time you try this, and make sure the 40G drive appears OK
and such. HTH,
--
Matt G|There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see
Brainbench MVP for Linux Admin / Workin' in a code mine, hittin' Ctrl-Alt
http://www.brainbench.com / Workin' in a code mine, whoops!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Ghost on Linux boot drive
Date: 13 Feb 2001 23:13:33 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 13 Feb 2001 16:53:01 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] staggered into the
Black Sun and said:
>I need to replace a boot drive with a larger one, and thought of using
>Norton's Ghost. However, it doesn't seem to handle MBR as it does for
>Win/DOS drives.
>
>There must be an easy trick to it.(?)
http://linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/ and look for the Hard-Drive Upgrade HOWTO.
Lots of stuff is discussed. Ghost is not necessary at all, and I
wouldn't bother with it anyway. While you're looking on the Net, go by
http://www.toms.net/rb/ and pick up something just in case you have
problems that require a Rescue System.
--
Matt G|There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see
Brainbench MVP for Linux Admin / Workin' in a code mine, hittin' Ctrl-Alt
http://www.brainbench.com / Workin' in a code mine, whoops!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: SCSI bus hangs up, configuration wrong?: HP ScanJet IIcx, AHA-2940AU, HP
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 00:16:03 +0100
Hello,
in short:
I have an external scanner, an internal harddisk and an internal
streamer
on my SCSI-Bus. When I scan and write to tape at the same time, both
processes hang up after a few seconds before they exit with error
messages
after 15 minutes.
What is wrong with my configuration?
in long:
1) Scanner
- HP ScanJet IIcx / C2500A
- Active Terminator in 25 pin slot
- external cable in 50 pin slot
2) External Cable
- 2 m long
- 50 pin
3) Host Adapter
- Ultra SCSI Adaptec AHA-2940AU
- SCSI Select Output:
Adaptec AHA-2940AU SCSISelect(TM) Utility v1.30
AHA-2940AU at Bus:Device 00:0Fh
Configuration:
SCSI Bus Interface Definitions
Host Adapter SCSI ID 7
SCSI Parity Checking Enabled
Host Adapter SCSI Termination Automatic
BIOS Information
Interrupt (IRQ) Channel 03
I/O Port Address F800h
SCSI Device Configuration:
SCSI Device ID #0 #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7
Initiate Sync Negotiation yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
Enable Ultra SCSI Speed no no no no yes no yes no
Maximum Sync Transfer Rate 10 10 10 10 20 10 20 10
Enable Disconnection yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
Options Listed Below Have NO EFFECT if the BIOS is Disabled
Send Start Unit Command no no no no no no no no
BIOS Multiple LUN Support no no no no no no no no
Include in BIOS Scan yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
Select SCSI Disk and press <Enter>
SCSI ID #0: No device
SCSI ID #1: No device
SCSI ID #2: No device
SCSI ID #3: HP C1537A
SCSI ID #4: IBM DDRS-39130
SCSI ID #5: HP C2500A
SCSI ID #6: No device
SCSI ID #7: AHA-2940AU
4) Internal Cable
- 50 pin
- 72 cm
- Streamer 47 cm from Host Adapter in middle of cable
- Harddisk 72 cm from Host Adapter at end of cable
5) Streamer
- HP C1554A (according to label on device), C1537A (according to
diagnostic
messages)
- 4 mm DDS3 tapes
- dip switches: 3: off, 1,2,4,5,6,7,8: on
- TERM PWR: Jumper set
6) Harddisk
- IBM DDRS-39130
- Jumpers:
1 SPARE (50 PIN)
ID BIT 3
(FOR WIDE)
2 ID BIT 2 -> Jumper set
3 ID BIT 1
4 ID BIT 0
5 ENABLE -> Jumper set
AUTO SPIN
6 SCSI TERM -> Jumper set
ON
7 DISABLE
UNIT ATTN
8 TI SYNC NEGO
9 AUTO START
DELAY
10 DELAY START
6/12
11 DISABLE
PARITY
12 LED OUT
7) Linux diagnostics:
- dmesg:
(scsi0) <Adaptec AHA-2940A Ultra SCSI host adapter> found at PCI 0/15/0
(scsi0) Narrow Channel, SCSI ID=7, 3/255 SCBs
(scsi0) Cables present (Int-50 YES, Ext-50 YES)
(scsi0) Downloading sequencer code... 422 instructions downloaded
scsi0 : Adaptec AHA274x/284x/294x (EISA/VLB/PCI-Fast SCSI) 5.1.31/3.2.4
<Adaptec AHA-2940A Ultra SCSI host adapter>
scsi : 1 host.
(scsi0:0:3:0) Synchronous at 10.0 Mbyte/sec, offset 15.
Vendor: HP Model: C1537A Rev: L708
Type: Sequential-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Detected scsi tape st0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 3, lun 0
(scsi0:0:4:0) Synchronous at 20.0 Mbyte/sec, offset 15.
Vendor: IBM Model: DDRS-39130 Rev: S97B
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Detected scsi disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 4, lun 0
Vendor: HP Model: C2500A Rev: 3332
Type: Processor ANSI SCSI revision: 02
SCSI device sda: hdwr sector= 512 bytes. Sectors= 17850000 [8715 MB]
[8.7 GB]
sda:
sda1
- /proc/scsi/scsi:
Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 03 Lun: 00
Vendor: HP Model: C1537A Rev: L708
Type: Sequential-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 04 Lun: 00
Vendor: IBM Model: DDRS-39130 Rev: S97B
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 05 Lun: 00
Vendor: HP Model: C2500A Rev: 3332
Type: Processor ANSI SCSI revision: 02
- /proc/scsi/aic7xxx/0:
Adaptec AIC7xxx driver version: 5.1.31/3.2.4
Compile Options:
TCQ Enabled By Default : Disabled
AIC7XXX_PROC_STATS : Disabled
AIC7XXX_RESET_DELAY : 5
Adapter Configuration:
SCSI Adapter: Adaptec AHA-2940A Ultra SCSI host adapter
Ultra Narrow Controller at PCI 0/15/0
PCI MMAPed I/O Base: 0xfedff000
Adapter SEEPROM Config: SEEPROM found and used.
Adaptec SCSI BIOS: Enabled
IRQ: 3
SCBs: Active 0, Max Active 1,
Allocated 15, HW 3, Page 255
Interrupts: 81
BIOS Control Word: 0x10b6
Adapter Control Word: 0x005b
Extended Translation: Enabled
Disconnect Enable Flags: 0x00ff
Ultra Enable Flags: 0x0010
Tag Queue Enable Flags: 0x0000
Ordered Queue Tag Flags: 0x0000
Default Tag Queue Depth: 8
Tagged Queue By Device array for aic7xxx host instance 0:
{255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255}
Actual queue depth per device for aic7xxx host instance 0:
{1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1}
Statistics:
(scsi0:0:3:0)
Device using Narrow/Sync transfers at 10.0 MByte/sec, offset 15
Transinfo settings: current(25/15/0/0), goal(25/15/0/0),
user(25/15/0/0)
Total transfers 0 (0 reads and 0 writes)
(scsi0:0:4:0)
Device using Narrow/Sync transfers at 20.0 MByte/sec, offset 15
Transinfo settings: current(12/15/0/0), goal(12/15/0/0),
user(12/15/0/0)
Total transfers 2 (2 reads and 0 writes)
(scsi0:0:5:0)
Device using Narrow/Async transfers.
Transinfo settings: current(0/0/0/0), goal(255/0/0/0), user(25/15/0/0)
Total transfers 0 (0 reads and 0
writes)
- /var/log/messages (after parallel commands: copy file from sda to st0,
scan (saving to hda)):
Feb 8 00:27:46 host1 kernel: (scsi0:0:3:0) No active SCB for
reconnecting targe
t - Issuing BUS DEVICE RESET.
Feb 8 00:27:46 host1 kernel: (scsi0:0:3:0) SAVED_TCL=0x30,
ARG_1=0x4, SEQ
ADDR=0x101
Feb 8 00:28:19 host1 kernel: scsi : aborting command due to timeout :
pid 18320
6, scsi0, channel 0, id 4, lun 0 Write (10) 00 00 08 00 5f 00 00 08 00
Feb 8 00:28:49 host1 kernel: scsi : aborting command due to timeout :
pid 18320
6, scsi0, channel 0, id 4, lun 0 Write (10) 00 00 08 00 5f 00 00 08 00
Feb 8 00:29:49 host1 last message repeated 2 times
Feb 8 00:30:49 host1 last message repeated 2 times
Feb 8 00:31:49 host1 last message repeated 2 times
Feb 8 00:32:49 host1 last message repeated 2 times
Feb 8 00:33:49 host1 last message repeated 2 times
Feb 8 00:34:49 host1 last message repeated 2 times
Feb 8 00:35:49 host1 last message repeated 2 times
Feb 8 00:36:49 host1 last message repeated 2 times
Feb 8 00:37:19 host1 kernel: scsi : aborting command due to timeout :
pid 18320
Feb 8 00:37:49 host1 kernel: scsi : aborting command due to timeout :
pid 183206, scsi0, channel 0, id 4, lun 0 Write (10) 00 00 08 00 5f 00
00 08 00
Feb 8 00:38:19 host1 kernel: scsi : aborting command due to timeout :
pid 183206, scsi0, channel 0, id 4, lun 0 Write (10) 00 00 08 00 5f 00
00 08 00
Feb 8 00:39:19 host1 last message repeated 2 times
Feb 8 00:40:19 host1 last message repeated 2 times
Feb 8 00:41:19 host1 last message repeated 2 times
Feb 8 00:42:19 host1 last message repeated 2 times
Feb 8 00:42:46 host1 kernel: scsi : aborting command due to timeout :
pid 183202, scsi0, channel 0, id 3, lun 0 Write (6) 00 00 10 00 00
Feb 8 00:42:48 host1 kernel: SCSI host 0 abort (pid 183202) timed out -
resetting
Feb 8 00:42:48 host1 kernel: SCSI bus is being reset for host 0 channel
0.
Feb 8 00:42:51 host1 kernel: (scsi0:0:3:0) Synchronous at 8.0
Mbyte/sec, offset 15.
Feb 8 00:42:51 host1 kernel: (scsi0:0:4:0) Synchronous at 20.0
Mbyte/sec, offset 15.
Feb 8 00:42:51 host1 kernel: st0: Error with sense data: [valid=0] Info
fld=0x0, Current st09:00: sense key Unit Attention
Feb 8 00:42:51 host1 kernel: Additional sense indicates Power on,
reset, or bus device reset occurred
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From: "Dustin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.satellite.direcpc,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Has anyone been able to run DirecPC on a real OS?
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 17:40:52 -0600
I already have the DPC equipment. So that would be my first choice to use
as I am on a budget. Starband is not available in the area YET. And, to be
honest, I have not checked the other two yet. I think the posts here have
indicated that Nebulink and Fast@XS are more expensive. I will check into
them on my own.
Can you answer my original question? Do any of the broadband solutions that
might be available to me (e.g. Fast@XS, Nebulink, Starband, etc.) work under
the Linux OS. I will see what I can find out from Helious.
Personally, I am really tired of the windblows mantra . . . Reboot ...
uninstall/reinstall ... reboot . . .
Dustin
Jamie Town wrote in message ...
>X-No-Archive: Yes
>
>"Dustin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>news:37hi6.352$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>> I am one of those who can only get dialup (<28.8), T-1, or DirecPC. I
>> prefer DPC for the price/performance. I won't likely be able to get any
>> other options for a while.
>
>And the mantra lives on.
>
>Starband. Nebulink. Fast@XS.
>
>Three different satellite solutions and they're not alone.
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