Linux-Hardware Digest #352, Volume #14 Thu, 15 Feb 01 21:13:05 EST
Contents:
Re: Help: NFS and Input/output error (Rogier Boon)
kx-p1180 (Mark Lybarger)
Re: Networking advise ("Fred Schroeder")
Re: [slightly OT] Hauppauge WinTV card (Mike Edwards)
Linux on RS6000 43p model 140 ("Jorrit Reitsma")
Re: Mandrake 7.2 and a second ethernet card ("Jim Mortimer")
Re: Help: NFS and Input/output error (Josh Stern)
Re: Inno3D Tornado GeForce 2MX - Problems with Nvidia kernel driver ("jazardous")
ricoh mp7120a cdrw (Hilkiah Lavinier)
Re: Networking advise (Donovan Rebbechi)
ZIP drive in Linux (Chris Cannon)
1/4 Speed Fibre Channel PCI Support ("Brian E. Seppanen")
64 meg dimm on Eurone EM-5400V MB ("bernie")
Re: can't cat to /dev/lp0 (Mark Bratcher)
Re: Inno3D Tornado GeForce 2MX - Problems with Nvidia kernel driver (Ramesh R.
Dharan)
Sharing IRQ Ok? ("Christopher R. Carlen")
Re: kx-p1180 (Mark Bratcher)
Re: DVD decoder: software vs. hardware
Re: Support for SuperMicro 370DL3 motherboard (Steve Thompson)
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From: Rogier Boon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.security,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Help: NFS and Input/output error
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 23:13:25 +0100
If NIS can't find the home directory it states this
'can't find user home /home/username' or something like this.
So the reason that NIS does not work must lie in another thing.
Greetings
Rogier
Josh Stern wrote:
>
> Xiaoqin Qiu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Hi everyone,
> >
> >I just installed a RedHat Linux 7 with kernel 2.2.16-22 on a HP omnibook
> >6000 laptop. This machine is a NIS client in our network and I installed
> >amd on it. Now I got several problems for it.
> >
> >1) I keep getting the following error messages for NFS mount directories
> >in the /var/log/messages file:
> >nfs_statfs: statfs error = 5
> >nfs_stat_to_errno: bad nfs status return value: 116
> >
> >2) amd is not working.
>
> I had some recent experience with being tortured by amd automounter.
> What I did to fix my problems was a) compile recent amd source
> from http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~ezk/am-utils/
> b) compile kernel without builtin nfs-server and without
> nfs version 3 and without automounter
> c) install user-space nfs. I can't tell you unfortunately
> which of those things was necessary or which will help you
> with your RH7.
>
> >3) All the NIS users cann't login with no error message. (I think maybe
> >it is because the home directory is on NFS server and amd doesn't work.)
>
> You should get an error message if your home directory is not
> available, no?
>
> >How to set up system so that user can login even if the home directory
> >cann't be mounted correctly? I know telnet can allow it. But how about
> >Gnome and KDE login?
>
> What do they do, thrash?
>
> >3) reboot of the Linux cann't come up all the way. Actually it looks
> >like it got halted.
>
> You probably want to disable xdm/kdm/gdm until things get sorted out.
>
> -= Josh
--
-- Gelul is altijd en overal
-- *ook hier*
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From: Mark Lybarger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: kx-p1180
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 22:13:33 GMT
i've connected my kx-p1180 printer to my rh 6.2 box. i can print text
documents, but not images (is that postscript?). does any one know if
this printer works printing like that (images)?
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From: "Fred Schroeder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Networking advise
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 15:53:21 -0600
Thanks Steve! Think I will go with the switch then.
Are there any brands to stay away from, or will just about any switch work?
Fred
"Steve Wolfe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:vkgh69.ugv.ln@helix...
> > I would like to set up a network of about 5 to 6 PCs running windows,
all
> > hooked up to a Linux server, which would act as a gateway to the
internet
> > for the other machines. My question is, what hardware will I need for
> this,
> > all of the machines now have an ethernet card in them; and what brands
> > and/or models would you recommend. This is the first network I have
ever
> > set up, so am not even certain what I need to buy. I am assuming I will
> > need a switch and another ethernet card for the server.
>
> If they're just surfing the net or doing email, a hub will do. If
> they'll be doing file transferes or the like, the extra $100 for a switch
> will pay off very soon. Other than that, you just need a PC w/ethernet
for
> the linux server, an Internet connection, and to read the IP-masquerading
> howto.
>
> steve
>
>
>
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From: Mike Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [slightly OT] Hauppauge WinTV card
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 17:04:36 -0600
Yes, well I was hoping someone could recommend something as opposed to
wading through scads of software. ;)
But I will continue searching...
Mike
Markus Gaugusch wrote:
>
> Mike Edwards wrote:
>
> > I just installed a Hauppauge WinTV-radio (401) card and the associated
> > software kwintv and xawtv. They seem to be working OK (altho kwintv
> > conks out frequently), but I was wondering what other software is
> > available for this card? I'm especially interested in a program that
> > would let me listen to the radio that is included on the thing.
> get to http://freshmeat.net and find what you are searching for ;-)
>
> hth
> Markus
>
> --
> Markus Gaugusch
--
Mike Edwards, MIS
Edwards Graphic Arts, Inc.
2700 Bell Avenue
Des Moines, IA 50321
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From: "Jorrit Reitsma" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux on RS6000 43p model 140
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 00:05:54 +0100
Any chance on getting Linux installed on an IBM rs6000 43p model 140?
SuSE does not support this but maybe somebody knows a distribution that
does?
What OS alternatives do I have with this machine?
Any input is appreciated.
Thanks,
Jorrit
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From: "Jim Mortimer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Mandrake 7.2 and a second ethernet card
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 23:15:18 -0000
Have a look in /var/log/messages to see if there are any error messages
regarding eth1. I suspect you don't have support for the 3com card in your
kernel - try insmod 3c509 and see what the machine says to that.
Jim
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.security,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Help: NFS and Input/output error
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Josh Stern)
Date: 15 Feb 2001 23:19:18 GMT
He didn't say NIS wasn't working; he said the automounter,
which depends on NIS, wasn't working.
-= Josh
>Greetings
>Rogier
>
>Josh Stern wrote:
>>
>> Xiaoqin Qiu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> >Hi everyone,
>> >
>> >I just installed a RedHat Linux 7 with kernel 2.2.16-22 on a HP omnibook
>> >6000 laptop. This machine is a NIS client in our network and I installed
>> >amd on it. Now I got several problems for it.
>> >
>> >1) I keep getting the following error messages for NFS mount directories
>> >in the /var/log/messages file:
>> >nfs_statfs: statfs error = 5
>> >nfs_stat_to_errno: bad nfs status return value: 116
>> >
>> >2) amd is not working.
>>
>> I had some recent experience with being tortured by amd automounter.
>> What I did to fix my problems was a) compile recent amd source
>> from http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~ezk/am-utils/
>> b) compile kernel without builtin nfs-server and without
>> nfs version 3 and without automounter
>> c) install user-space nfs. I can't tell you unfortunately
>> which of those things was necessary or which will help you
>> with your RH7.
>>
>> >3) All the NIS users cann't login with no error message. (I think maybe
>> >it is because the home directory is on NFS server and amd doesn't work.)
>>
>> You should get an error message if your home directory is not
>> available, no?
>>
>> >How to set up system so that user can login even if the home directory
>> >cann't be mounted correctly? I know telnet can allow it. But how about
>> >Gnome and KDE login?
>>
>> What do they do, thrash?
>>
>> >3) reboot of the Linux cann't come up all the way. Actually it looks
>> >like it got halted.
>>
>> You probably want to disable xdm/kdm/gdm until things get sorted out.
>>
>> -= Josh
>
>--
>-- Gelul is altijd en overal
>-- *ook hier*
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From: "jazardous" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Inno3D Tornado GeForce 2MX - Problems with Nvidia kernel driver
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 23:37:58 GMT
You are not alone
Exactly the same software setup... and exactly the same
problem. I have an hercules mx
Is very fucking need to reboot for get out of the X
Same thing occurs if I switch to a virtual terminal
with [Ctrl][Alt][F1-F6]
Then, when I try to return X with [Ctrl][Alt][F7]
my monitor is out of sync, so reboot is needed
En el art�culo <96h95b$ghg$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
escribi�:
> When I try to use the NVidia Kernel driver, "NVdriver", with XFree86
> 4.0.2
> using the "device=nvidia" line in the XFree86-4 file, I get a weird
> error: I get some garbage on the screen, then X loads fine. However
> after I unload X (i.e. log-out of KDE) I can't switch back to Console
> mode - my display displays the blinking warning light and shuts off...
> I then have to cold-reboot (i.e. power down) the system AND turn off
> the monitor and turn it back on.
>
> My system setup is as follows:
> - PIII 700/128MB RAM/45 GB HDD
> - Inno3D Tornado Geforce2 MX
> - RedHat Linux 7.0
> - Linux Kernel 2.4.1
> - XFree86 4.0.2
>
> I used a basic RH7 install and then updated pretty much everything, I'm
> using a recompield 2.4.1 kernel and XFree86 4.0.2.
>
> Here's my problem. I downloaded the Nvidia driver version 0.9.6, using
> the
> src RPM since I figured I couldn't use the default RH7 RPM for my
> customized system. I compiled my kernel with support for AGP-GART, DRI
> and
> framebuffer support etc. etc. etc.
>
> I built the RPM and installed it, and the driver loads fine, I have a
> kernel module loaded called "NVdriver". I changed the line in XFree86
> Config to read "device=nvidia" instead of "device=nv". The module loads
> fine, and as I mentioned above, I can run X fine too... It's just after
> I quit that the problems start?
>
> Any help with this would be most appreciated.
>
> Ramesh Dharan [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Hilkiah Lavinier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ricoh mp7120a cdrw
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 23:40:22 +0000
Does anyone know if I burn cds using the above drive. I can access it
normally, but i'm not sure when cdrecord (or whatever) can burn with it.
regards, HL
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Donovan Rebbechi)
Subject: Re: Networking advise
Date: 15 Feb 2001 23:42:19 GMT
On Thu, 15 Feb 2001 15:53:21 -0600, Fred Schroeder wrote:
>Thanks Steve! Think I will go with the switch then.
>Are there any brands to stay away from, or will just about any switch work?
"most" brands should work, but you should check the support lists.
I'd recommend linksys (see http://www.linksys.com/linux)
I got their switched network kit and am completely satisfied.
http://www.linksys.com/products/product.asp?prid=15&grid=12
--
Donovan Rebbechi * http://pegasus.rutgers.edu/~elflord/ *
elflord at panix dot com
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From: Chris Cannon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ZIP drive in Linux
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 16:47:06 -0700
Hi: Anybody know how to mount a zip drive in Linux?
Like, for a 3.5 you can say something like:
mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt
But I don't know the device name (neither does the professor of my UNIX
class!)
of a zip drive (i.e. fd0 for floppy, hda0 for first HD).
Please e-mail me as well as posting any advice you may have, and
advance thanks for that.
If it makes a difference, I have Macmillan's Linux for Windows 6.5,
based
on Mandrake 6.0, installed; it works great except Xfree86, of course,
which
doesn't know my ATI Rage 128 video card. So I'm trying to install the
new
version (4.2 or something) which supports that card. I don't want to
burn a CD
just for that (it's only 25M of files). And incidentally, I've seen the
words
IOMEGA and 100M fly by when Linux boots: I know it can see the device.
I just don't know how to mount it so I can copy the files off it.
Again, aTdHvAaNnKcSe for any help you can offer.
~CC
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From: "Brian E. Seppanen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: 1/4 Speed Fibre Channel PCI Support
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 19:31:23 -0500
Hi:
This may be too broad of a question considering I don't have the
hardware specs on me. But we have a 60GB SUN 1/4 Speed Fibre Channel
Raid Array, that we're hoping to find a PCI adapter for. We intend on
using it with Linux. Currently we're running redhat 7.0. Does anyone
know if there is a vendor I could contact for such a PCI adapter. We
would be putting this in a Dell Poweredge 2300.
Thanks, Any leads appreciated.
--
Brian E. Seppanen
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "bernie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,comp.hardware,intel.motherboards.pentium
Subject: 64 meg dimm on Eurone EM-5400V MB
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 00:35:44 GMT
I can only get 16 of 64megs recognized -- PLEASE HELP
I have what I beleive to be a Eurone EM-5400V motherboard. It is a socket 7
running a pentium 233. The only info I could find on it was at
http://www.igoshop.com/cfacts/docs/systems/80586/560451.htm
and it doen't help much. It has 4xSIMM and 2xDIMM slots for RAM. I have
been useing 8 meg simms in it for a while for a total of 32 megs for a long
time. I recently installed X on it and needed more RAM so I got a 64meg
DIMM. It only sees, and only seems to preform at, 16megs. The stick I got
is a 8x64-pc66 sdram 168 pin 3.3volt, the brand is Rk-Byte. It seemed to be
pretty strait forward. I was able to determine from what is printed on the
MB that it is running at 3.3v. So what do you think I am missing?
thank you very much if you have any ideas,
bernie
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark Bratcher)
Subject: Re: can't cat to /dev/lp0
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 00:44:30 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Tom Law wrote:
>I can't get my printer to print to my Canon BJC-2010 from either of my
>new RH6.2 installations: my router or my (dual-booting) laptop. The
>laptop WILL print to it when booted into Win98, and the router WILL
>print to it when I boot it from a Win98 hard drive. In both Win98s, the
>IRQ is automatically set to "7".
>The following info is also true for both machines:
>------------------
>- after booting up, there is nothing about parport or IRQ7 showing in
>the /proc directory.
>Is that normal?
>-------------------
>- But after I try a 'cat /etc/printcap > /dev/lp0' (which produces NO
>response from the printer), I _do_ find a /proc/parport directory, with
>an '0' directory, containing 4 entries. The 'hardware' entry shows
> base: 0x378
> irq: 7
> dma: none
> modes: SPP,PS2
>When I run 'dmesg', I see
> parport 0: PC-style at 0x378, irq 7 [SPP,PS2]
> parport 0: Printer, Canon BJC-2000, and
> lp0: using parport0 (interrupt-driven)
>Does all that look reasonable? Or should there be a setting for the
>dma?
>--------------------
>My /etc/conf.modules file contains the lines
> alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc and
> options parport_pc io=0x378 irq=7,auto
>
>What should I now try? I've run out of ideas.
>
In your "cat" test, try:
echo -e "\f"
Right after you execute your "cat" command.
See if that works. If not, we'll have to think of something else :-/
--
Mark Bratcher
To reply, remove both underscores (_) from my email name
===========================================================
Escape from Microsoft's proprietary tentacles: use Linux!
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From: Ramesh R. Dharan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Inno3D Tornado GeForce 2MX - Problems with Nvidia kernel driver
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 20:16:40 -0500
Hmm...
maybe it's an MX problem? Do the MX's use a different RAMDAC than the
regular GeForce/GeForce 2's?
Yeah I've been looking around and I can't find anything on the NVidia site
about this either...
Ramesh Dharan
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
jazardous wrote:
> You are not alone
>
> Exactly the same software setup... and exactly the same
> problem. I have an hercules mx
>
> Is very fucking need to reboot for get out of the X
>
> Same thing occurs if I switch to a virtual terminal
> with [Ctrl][Alt][F1-F6]
> Then, when I try to return X with [Ctrl][Alt][F7]
> my monitor is out of sync, so reboot is needed
>
> En el art�culo <96h95b$ghg$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> escribi�:
>> When I try to use the NVidia Kernel driver, "NVdriver", with XFree86
>> 4.0.2
>> using the "device=nvidia" line in the XFree86-4 file, I get a weird
>> error: I get some garbage on the screen, then X loads fine. However
>> after I unload X (i.e. log-out of KDE) I can't switch back to Console
>> mode - my display displays the blinking warning light and shuts off...
>> I then have to cold-reboot (i.e. power down) the system AND turn off
>> the monitor and turn it back on.
>>
>> My system setup is as follows:
>> - PIII 700/128MB RAM/45 GB HDD
>> - Inno3D Tornado Geforce2 MX
>> - RedHat Linux 7.0
>> - Linux Kernel 2.4.1
>> - XFree86 4.0.2
>>
>> I used a basic RH7 install and then updated pretty much everything, I'm
>> using a recompield 2.4.1 kernel and XFree86 4.0.2.
>>
>> Here's my problem. I downloaded the Nvidia driver version 0.9.6, using
>> the
>> src RPM since I figured I couldn't use the default RH7 RPM for my
>> customized system. I compiled my kernel with support for AGP-GART, DRI
>> and
>> framebuffer support etc. etc. etc.
>>
>> I built the RPM and installed it, and the driver loads fine, I have a
>> kernel module loaded called "NVdriver". I changed the line in XFree86
>> Config to read "device=nvidia" instead of "device=nv". The module loads
>> fine, and as I mentioned above, I can run X fine too... It's just after
>> I quit that the problems start?
>>
>> Any help with this would be most appreciated.
>>
>> Ramesh Dharan [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
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From: "Christopher R. Carlen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Sharing IRQ Ok?
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 17:25:38 -0800
I have a new Asus A7V motherboard. There don't seem to be any unshared
interrupts, so when I put in a network card, it gets assigned the same
interrupt as the "mass storage controller" IRQ10. When I boot Linux
(Suse 7.0) I see this:
3Com 3c90x Version 1.0.0 1999...
enable_irq() unbalanced at c8037510
This doesn't sound good.
Actually, it seems I can get the card to take IRQ15 since I'm not using
the secondary IDE channel. With this configuration all is well. But I
want to use the 2nd IDE eventually, so I want to know if it is possible
to share the nic IRQ.
Is this dependent on the driver, or is it fundamental to the Linux
kernel? Can Linux share IRQs in general. Any information about this
subject greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
--
_______________________
Christopher R. Carlen
Sr. Laser/Optical Tech.
Sandia National Labs
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark Bratcher)
Subject: Re: kx-p1180
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 01:27:16 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Mark Lybarger wrote:
>i've connected my kx-p1180 printer to my rh 6.2 box. i can print text
>documents, but not images (is that postscript?). does any one know if
>this printer works printing like that (images)?
Do you still have the manual? It's been a long time since I've
messed with one of those... it's a 9-pin printer, yes?
Anyway, if you know what other dot matrix printers it emulates
you can do graphics (painfully slowly) using ghostscript if you
can find a printer in the ghostscript list matching the emulation.
--
Mark Bratcher
To reply, remove both underscores (_) from my email name
===========================================================
Escape from Microsoft's proprietary tentacles: use Linux!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ()
Subject: Re: DVD decoder: software vs. hardware
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 01:45:14 -0000
On Tue, 13 Feb 2001 09:30:18 -0000, Calvin N. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>Well...
[deletia]
>> It's a lot easier to get support for a fast general purpose
>> CPU than it is for a hardware DVD decoder.
>
>I don't know of too many people who require support concerning their CPU.
>Also, even if you are a total DVD newbie (e.g., me), installation and use
>of a well-packaged product such as the Sigma Designs Hollywood Plus is
>fairly straightforward.
...assuming your OS supports it.
Thats a VERY big IFF.
OTOH, MMX support for a Pentium or K6 is a lot more widespread.
Even DVD acceleration support for common video cards is a lot
more widespread. A lot more people have and are intrested in
the Matrox G400 than the Hollywood+.
This is pretty much true accross platforms.
>
>
>> The price of a good hardware DVD decoder will buy a good chunk
>> of extra CPU power that can then be used for other things.
>
>My Hollywood Plus cost $96 Canadian. Not exactly breaking the bank.
$100 goes a long way with microprocessors.
You could get full framerate software DVD and have that extra
CPU power available for other things. Plus, you wouldn't be
taking up another PCI slot.
I can get nearly full framerate with a K63/400 & G400. (Xine)
>
>
>Also, if you are serious about watching DVDs on your comp, the quality of
>good hardware decoding is a necessity, in my opinion.
If you're really serious about watching movies
a dinky 19" screen doesn't cut it anyways.
--
Regarding Copyleft:
There are more of "US" than there are of "YOU", so I don't
really give a damn if you're mad that the L/GPL makes it
harder for you to be a robber baron.
|||
/ | \
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From: Steve Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: Steve Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Support for SuperMicro 370DL3 motherboard
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 01:49:38 GMT
On Thu, 15 Feb 2001, Alessio Spadaro wrote:
> Hi,
> Does anyone have any experience using this motherboard with linux? I'm
> experiencing strange, random shutdown problems that i can't replicate
> installing w2k on the same machine. I already tried all advices found on the
> web.
>
> The machine is so configured:
> dual PIII 800Mhz
> mb Super micro 370DL3
> SCSI controller AIC7892b
> 2x Quantum Atlas 18Gb
> EIDE cdrom
>
> I tried the following distros
> mdk 7.2
> rh 62.
> suse 7.0
> slackware 7.0
>
> Thanks in advance
I'm using one of these motherboards with dual 866's under Linux (RH 7.0)
in a Supermicro SC830-W case, using both SCSI and IDE disks. Systems boots
of the SCSI disk. No problems at all.
Steve
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