Linux-Hardware Digest #375, Volume #14 Tue, 20 Feb 01 11:13:09 EST
Contents:
printtool printer types ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Cheap PCI sound card supported by Linux and OS/2? (Christopher Hodges)
Re: ttyS0 vs cua0??? (Neil Cherry)
Call to programmers ("Jeffrey Moore, Muhammad Mo. Jaffry")
Toshiba T2400CS and PCMCIA ports (Richard)
Re: Modem question (Richard)
touchscreen-kalibrierung unter linux?? ("Thorsten Hansl")
Re: CRC Error (Richard)
adaptec 2100s e debian2.2 ("Marino")
Lockup with Soundblaster PCI128 (Johannes von Loewis)
Re: Replicate/Clone RH6.2 Linux (Jim Thomas)
Re: Cheap PCI sound card supported by Linux and OS/2? (Klaus Staedtler-Przyborski)
Re: Slackware 7.1 install problem (Richard)
LaserJet 4mp SuSE Linux on a mac serial cable, help Please (no)
Re: ttyS0 vs cua0??? (M. Buchenrieder)
Re: Install help: Crusoe laptop with only a PCMCIA CD-ROM drive? (Richard)
Help compiling new kernel with FastTrak100 IDE controller? ("yo yo yo")
Re: Slackware 7.1 install problem (Eric Ho)
Re: sbpcd configuration problem (Richard)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: printtool printer types
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2001 04:24:45 -0800
Hi,
I'm having trouble w/printtool on a recently-installed redhat 7.0
system. When I bring up printtool & go to configure a filter, only a
few..maybe 10...printers show up in the list "printer type." From what
I've read (& experience w/a RH5.2 system i ran years ago) I know my
printer is well supported under linux, & I thought it was supposed to
show up on this list...but it doesn't.
The printtool & rhs-printfilters rpms were installed directly from the
rh7 install CDs. Can anyone suggest what might be going on? Did I
forget to do something?
Thanks,
-ted
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Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2001 07:34:22 -0500
From: Christopher Hodges <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.os2.multimedia
Subject: Re: Cheap PCI sound card supported by Linux and OS/2?
The SB-Live card is one that is supported by both.
Christopher Hodges
Author of MIDI Station Sequencer
Shane Baker wrote:
> Gidday
>
> Subject line says it all.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> TIA
>
> Shane Baker
> Canberra - Australia's national capital
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Neil Cherry)
Subject: Re: ttyS0 vs cua0???
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2001 13:20:01 GMT
On Tue, 20 Feb 2001 07:43:21 GMT, M. Buchenrieder wrote:
>Becaue your problems are not the result of using ttyS* devices
>but the result of improper or sloppy handling of the relevant
>options and/or programs that access the port(s). Using cua*
>devices just for the simple reason that you're either too lazy or
>not interested to find out what's going wrong isn't a very good
>argument at all.
Hmmm, do you have any idea why I'm getting the following error
message when I access ttyDx (Digi board under 2.2.14):
(hcsd) used obsolete /dev/cud3 - update software to use /dev/ttyS3
Please note I'm not calling cud3 but I am calling ttyD3. I have all
the code and can post any section you think may need looking at.
Thanks
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From: "Jeffrey Moore, Muhammad Mo. Jaffry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup,redhat.general,comp.unix.aix,comp.os.linux.powerpc
Subject: Call to programmers
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2001 08:15:24 -0600
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Announcing Projekt Spiegelbild
Due to the future need and the reluctance of developers to release their
source code the following request is made:
Do you program in C/C++?
If you do, your help is needed.
Projekt Spiegelbild is the development of the reflector for CuSeeMe
developed by Cornell University.
Based on the source code v.3.03 new development is needed in the
following areas:
Multicast router, mrouted
Reflector multicast support,
Reflector linking for 3 or more reflectors at remote sites, possibly in
different countries
All programmers, companies, schools, and students who are interested in
developing such applications please email.
Best Wishes
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Verk�nden Von Projekt Spiegelbild
Wegen der zuk�nftigen Notwendigkeit und der Abneigung der Entwickler,
ihr Quellenprogramm freizugeben wird der folgende Antrag gebildet:
Programmieren Sie in C/c++? Wenn Sie, ist Ihre Hilfe erforderlich.
Projekt Spiegelbild ist die Entwicklung des Reflektors f�r CuSeeMe, das
durch Cornelluniversit�t entwickelt wird. Gegr�ndet auf der neuen
Entwicklung des Quellenprogramms v.3.03 wird in den folgenden Bereichen
gebraucht:
Multicast-Fr�ser, mrouted Reflektormulticast-Support, den Reflektor, der
f�r 3 oder mehr Reflektoren an den Remotesites, vielleicht in den
unterschiedlichen L�ndern bindet
Alle Programmierer, Firmen, Schulen und Kursteilnehmer, die interessiert
sind, an, solche Anwendungen zu entwickeln, gefallen email.
Beste W�nsche Jeffrey Moore
Annoncer Projekt Spiegelbild
En raison de la future n�cessit� et de l'h�sitation des r�alisateurs de
lib�rer leur code source la demande suivante est faite:
Programmez-vous dans C/c++? Si vous , votre aide est n�cessaire.
Projekt Spiegelbild est le d�veloppement du r�flecteur pour CuSeeMe
d�velopp� par l'universit� de Cornell. Bas� sur d�veloppement du code
source le nouveau v.3.03 est n�cessaire dans les zones suivantes:
Le couteau de multicast, mrouted le support de multicast de r�flecteur,
r�flecteur joignant pour 3 r�flecteurs ou plus aux sites � distance,
probablement dans diff�rents pays
Tous les programmeurs, compagnies, �coles, et �tudiants qui sont
int�ress�s en d�veloppant de telles applications satisfont l'email.
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Anunciaci�n De Projekt Spiegelbild
debido la necesidad y al futuro la repugnancia de reveladores de
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Usted programa en C/c++? Si usted , su ayuda es necesaria. Projekt
Spiegelbild es el desarrollo del reflector para CuSeeMe desarrollado por
la universidad de Cornell. De acuerdo con desarrollo del c�digo de
fuente el nuevo v.3.03 se necesita en las �reas siguientes:
La rebajadora del multicast, mrouted la ayuda del multicast del
reflector, reflector que conectaba para 3 o m�s reflectores en los
sitios alejados, posiblemente en diversos pa�ses
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Annuncio Del Projekt Spiegelbild
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dall'universit� de Cornell. Sulla base sviluppo di codice sorgente di
nuovo v.3.03 � necessario nelle seguenti zone:
Il router del multicast, mrouted il supporto del multicast del
riflettore, riflettore che si collega per 3 o pi� riflettori ai luoghi a
distanza, possibilmente in paesi differenti
Tutti i programmatori, aziende, scuole ed allievi che sono interessati
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pela universidade de Cornell. Baseado no desenvolvimento novo do c�digo
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possivelmente em pa�ses diferentes
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From: Richard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Toshiba T2400CS and PCMCIA ports
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2001 14:49:34 GMT
I just bought myself a Toshiba Satellite Pro T2400CS, its a 486/50 with
20Mb Ram 1Gig HD. I did not recieve a manual and cannot find any thing
on the net toshiba denies the machines existance (kinda). So I looked at
all the ports it has and it has two pcmcia ports one on either side of
the machine one is a type II and the other is a type III.
And now to my question what is Cardbus and how does it differ from
standard pcmcia? Will a cardbus network adapter work in my machine? And
what in your opinion is the best Network 56K Modem adapter to get?
I am running a cut down version of slackware 7.1 on it.
It also has a scsi port out the back but I wouldn't have a clue how to
get that to work and it also seems to have a speaker and mic input but I
don't know what sort of sound card it has (except that it is not
soundblaster compatible)
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From: Richard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Modem question
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2001 14:55:12 GMT
jalil wrote:
> where can I find a list of excepable modem to work with linux? Is
> USrobotics one of them?
If it's an external Modem it should definatly work with linux ( I don't
know about USB modems though). I used to use a USRobotics Sportser flash
56K in linux to connect to the net. Most external modems use the same
language just hook it up to a serial port and talk to it.
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From: "Thorsten Hansl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: touchscreen-kalibrierung unter linux??
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2001 14:53:51 +0100
Hi Leute!
Wie kann ich einen Touchscreen unter SuSE-Linux 7.1 KDE 2.0 kalibrieren,
wenn kein Tool (z.B. mtsutil) funktioniert. Das umst�ndliche ausprobieren
und eintragen der Minimum- und Maximum- X- und Y-Koordinaten geht mit der
zeit n�mlich auf die Nerven.
Thanks, Thorsten Hansl
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From: Richard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: CRC Error
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2001 15:07:57 GMT
Bastian Ballmann wrote:
> Does anybody know what a CRC Error is?
> When I start my linux system lilo failed after uncompressing linux with
> this crc error...
> Heeeeeelp!!!!
Cyclic Redundancy Check is what CRC means but what does that mean? It
means that a program was checking the validity of the file it was
uncompressing (in your case) and it failed the check as the data was
corrupted. What lilo is uncompressing is actually the kernel (correct me
if i'm wrong) and this means the system will not boot. It appears that
your kernel is corrupt
Is this a floppy disk lilo boot or is linux installed to your hard disk?
1. Floppy Disk Lilo Boot
Then the kernel is on the Linux Boot disk (assuming it's not a special
case *)
If it is a floppy disk boot then try rebuilding the linux boot floppy.
Also try using the disk that failed on another computer. It if it fails
on another computer then the disk is at fault if it doesn't there may be
a problem with the floppy drive in the machine.
2. Hard disk Lilo Boot
In this case I have assumed that you have installed linux to the hard
disk already but when you boot it comes up with this error.
In this case the linux kernel on the hdd is corrupted. You will need to
boot linux off of floppy disks and mount the linux partition. Then you
must overwrite /vmlinuz with a good kernal image (and possibly rerun lilo)
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From: "Marino" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: adaptec 2100s e debian2.2
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2001 15:54:21 +0100
ciao a tutti!
devo installare debian2.2 su una macchina con controller raid scsi adaptec
2100s, e lo faccio a mezzo disketti, ma non riesco a far riconoscere l'hard
disk! come posso fare?
ancora non c'� un kernel, quindi non ho modo di montare i moduli
appropriati.
grazie in anticipo!
giulio.
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From: Johannes von Loewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: Lockup with Soundblaster PCI128
Date: 20 Feb 2001 14:52:01 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi,
I am experiencing complete system lockups when playing WAVs or MP3s
using a recently purchased Soundblaster PCI128. Recording works fine but
when playing I can hang the machine reliably. Sometimes after a couple of
seconds, sometimes immediately.
Hardware: 486DX4/100, 48MB RAM, Board Asus SP3G, NCR SCSI-Controller
On-board with two hard disks and a CD-ROM
lspci -v says:
>
> 00:00.0 Non-VGA unclassified device: Intel Corporation 82424ZX [Saturn] (rev 04)
> Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 96
>
> 00:01.0 Non-VGA unclassified device: Symbios Logic Inc. (formerly NCR) 53c810 (rev
>01)
> Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 80, IRQ 9
> I/O ports at e800
> Memory at fbfef000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
>
> 00:02.0 Non-VGA unclassified device: Intel Corporation 82378IB [SIO ISA Bridge] (rev
>03)
> Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
>
> 00:04.0 VGA compatible controller: S3 Inc. 86c764/765 [Trio32/64/64V+] (prog-if 00
>[VGA])
> Flags: medium devsel
> Memory at fb000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
>
> 00:05.0 Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq: Unknown device 5880 (rev 02)
> Subsystem: Ensoniq: Unknown device 2000
> Flags: bus master, slow devsel, latency 80, IRQ 11
> I/O ports at e400
> Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 1
Software: SuSE Linux 6.4, I have replaced the 2.2.14 kernel which comes
with SuSE 6.4 by a 2.2.18 kernel.
The lockups do not depend on the software used for playing.
The es1371 driver detects the card:
> es1371: version v0.22 time 20:21:45 Feb 15 2001
> es1371: found chip, vendor id 0x1274 device id 0x5880 revision 0x02
> es1371: found es1371 rev 2 at io 0xe400 irq 11
> es1371: features: joystick 0x0
> es1371: codec vendor v (0x838476) revision 9 (0x09)
> es1371: codec features 18bit DAC 18bit ADC
> es1371: stereo enhancement: SigmaTel SS3D
I can access it with a mixer and with wavrec (which I use for recording).
To me the problem seems to be related to disk access or PCI bus access,
because when the machine hangs, always the HDD LED is on. Another reason
why I believe this, is that I managed to play a 5 second WAV-file just
recorded without lockup, but whenever I play something which is certainly
not in the buffer cache, the machine locks up.
The SB PCI128 card itself seems to be o.k. I have put it into another box
(200MHz Pentium MMX, IDE-disk). There it works without any problems (same
Linux distribution, same kernel (except for the SCSI stuff being replaced
by IDE).
Now my questions:
1. Did anybody experience similar things with this sound-card and/or
motherboard? Searching the web I couldn't find anything.
2. Anything else I could try to make the card work?
Any help appreciated.
Thanks in advance
Johannes
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Institut fuer Regelungs- und Steuerungstheorie,
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From: Jim Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Replicate/Clone RH6.2 Linux
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2001 10:07:24 -0500
Tim Moore wrote:
>
> 5. Note that dd makes low level byte by byte copies. If the system
> disks are very big (eg- > 10GB) or have much unused space this could
> take longer than it's worth.
[snip]
I used a similar procedure last summer to install 20 RH6.2 133MHz
Pentium boxen with ~2G harddrives. Each HD took about 30 minutes to
duplicate, which is about the same amount of time it took to to an
install. Except that I didn't have to tend the boxes and answer
dialogs.
I had two different HD types, and dd would not work between the
different types (even though both HD's had the same CHS settings). But
that was OK - I just got two setup's going at the same time.
After I moved the HD's into the target box, I changed the hostname/ip
address and ran Xconfigurator (because we were reusing the old monitors
with the newly acquired CPU's).
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Bittware, Inc Tel: (703) 779-7770
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From: Klaus Staedtler-Przyborski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.os2.multimedia
Subject: Re: Cheap PCI sound card supported by Linux and OS/2?
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2001 15:14:39 GMT
Shane Baker schrieb:
>
> Gidday
>
> Subject line says it all.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
Other Cards than the SBLive are the Crystal 3.06 Driver based Cards:
A-Open AW320 (very cheap and simple) and Terratec DMX X-Fire 1024
(similar to SBLive)
WinOS2 and FM-Midi supported, Flash is - at the moment - not working
under OS/2 (but hopefully this will be solved by the Flash/2 Team real
soon)
Klaus Staedtler
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From: Richard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Slackware 7.1 install problem
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2001 15:33:35 GMT
Eric Ho wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to install Slackware 7.1 on my PC on the third hard
> disk, but I couldn't get LILO to work correctly.
> Configuration :
> Primary Master : 1.7G (Win98, FAT 32)
> Primary Slave : 3.2G (Win98, FAT 32)
> Secondary Master : CD ROM
> Secondary Slave : 13G (Linux)
>
> The 13G hard disk is dedicated for Linux, only 2 partitions are
> created : / and swap (150M or so).
>
> I think the LILO version is new enough to handle >1024 cylinder,
> it is version 21.6-1, but I am not sure about my motherboard.
> It is a very old ASUS T2P4
> It is a very old ASUS T2P4 (bios 0207 beta 2) running a K6-2 450
> with 128Meg RAM.
>
> Anyway, every time I re-run LILO, it gives the following error :
> Warning: BIOS drive 0x83 may not be accessible
> Warning: BIOS drive 0x83 may not be accessible
> Warning: BIOS drive 0x83 may not be accessible
> Warning: BIOS drive 0x83 may not be accessible
> Warning: BIOS drive 0x83 may not be accessible
> Added linux *
> Added dos
>
> Can someone tell me if there is anything I can do ? Will it solve the
> problem if I make the 13G hard disk Primary Master ?
>
> Best Regards,
> Eric Ho
Yes making the disk primary will solve the problem but it is not the
best solution.
If you look in /usr/doc/Linux-mini-HOWTOs/LILO. You will see in section
four that it talks about a lilo command line called bios. Try and follow
the instructions. What it does is remap your drives in the bios so that
drive 3 becomes drive 1. It doesn't matter about a motherboard that
young either.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (no)
Date: 20 Feb 2001 15:30:54 GMT
Subject: LaserJet 4mp SuSE Linux on a mac serial cable, help Please
Hello,
I have an HP LJ 4MP and just installed SuSE Linux 7.0. I tried to get the
thing even to just peint a line by issuing commands from the root and no luck.
Can some one point me in the right direction? Tried to create an lpd in yast
and it tells me "permission denied" when I send a command to ttys2 which is
where yast sez my printer is located. Printing from applications is just
ignored.
Thanks,
Art in Memphis, TN USA
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the law.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (M. Buchenrieder)
Subject: Re: ttyS0 vs cua0???
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2001 12:54:00 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Julie Brandon) writes:
>On Tue, 20 Feb 2001 07:43:21 GMT, M. Buchenrieder ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) said:
>>Becaue your problems are not the result of using ttyS* devices
>>but the result of improper or sloppy handling of the relevant
>>options and/or programs that access the port(s). Using cua*
>>devices just for the simple reason that you're either too lazy or
>>not interested to find out what's going wrong isn't a very good
>>argument at all.
>Unfortunately though, cua* is still needed for a variety of legacy reasons.
Right. I doubt, however, that the poster's situation was just
like that :-)
>For an example, try using something like chat within a shell script
>reliably
>without using cua*![1]
Ho-hm. "chat" doesn't have anything even remotely in common with
"reliability" at all. You'd usually be better off rewriting the serial
communications part of the application in question then trusting
on a necessarily unreliable way of handling serial data exchange.
But then, that's OT here :-))
Michael
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From: Richard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Install help: Crusoe laptop with only a PCMCIA CD-ROM drive?
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2001 15:48:00 GMT
Steven M. Casagrande wrote:
> I've just bought a Fujitsu P1000 (Crusoe), with USB floppy and PCMCIA
> CD-ROM drive. The P1000 won't boot from the CD-ROM, but I can get it
> to boot the RH6.2 Linux install floppy. However, once there I can't
> figure out how to get it to recognize the PCMCIA CD-ROM drive so I can
> continue with the rest of the installation.
>
> Also, if anyone has tried Linux on one of these types of boxes, I'd
> love to hear from you (or get a pointer to a how-to). This box is
> relatively new (bought in Hong Kong), not available in USA yet except
> through grey market (maybe under the Japanese model Loox-S). It has:
>
> Transmeta Crusoe TM5400 533Mhz
> 128MB/15GB
> 1024x512TFT (Rage Mobility-M)
> Lucent Softmodem AMR
> Acer/ALi audio
> USB, PCMCIA
>
> I'm not expecting to get the modem to work, and don't care about the
> audio too much. I will set it up to dual-boot WinME and Linux
> (probably 2.2.14 because I've got the media here).
>
> Any suggestions would be appreciated.
>
> Regards,
>
> Steve Casagrande
> Hong Kong
I just installed Slackware 7.1 on a toshiba T2400CS this is a 486 with
only a floppy no cd possible. I started off with the slackware disks but
most of them don't fit on floppys so what did I do?. I used a msdos
partition and laplinked from a computer that could access the files.
then I copied the files from the msdos partition to the linux one and
told the installer to install from that.
But of course that assumes that you have laplink and a cable available.
Another possobility is install a compatible pcmcia network card and boot
with the right drivers and install over a network.
The most tedious method is to repackage all you software onto floppys
and copy them across but I don't recommend this at all.
Question does your redhat install floppy detect the pcmcia ports at all?
Of course you best bet is to make two partitions one linux one windows
Install win98 or Me and copy the cdrom contents to the windows partition
and then using boot floppys copy the files to the linux partition. and
then crush the evil windows partition with some sort of partitioning
software.
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From: "yo yo yo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Help compiling new kernel with FastTrak100 IDE controller?
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2001 10:48:45 -0500
I got a fresh installation of RH7 installed on a mirrored 20GB IDE setup
with a Promide FastTrak100 controller. That was practically a no-brainer :-)
The problem I have now is I don't know how to correctly upgrade the kernel.
I installed 2.2.17-whatever, and but when I try to boot with the new kernel,
it doesn't like the ft.o module and I get a kernel panic.
I'm guessing that since I'm booting off of the Promise controller, that I
need to somehow compile the new kernel with the driver? When I originally
installed RH7, I used a driver disk per Promise's web site insructions...
would the RH7 install re-compile a kerner to add support for the device? I
doubt it, but it seems like that's what I have to do to ugrade the kernel...
Please e-mail with suggestions :-)
-Ken
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From: Eric Ho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Slackware 7.1 install problem
Date: 20 Feb 2001 15:51:46 GMT
Thanks Richard, I will take a look at that document.
Best Regards,
Eric Ho
Richard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Eric Ho wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am trying to install Slackware 7.1 on my PC on the third hard
>> disk, but I couldn't get LILO to work correctly.
>> Configuration :
>> Primary Master : 1.7G (Win98, FAT 32)
>> Primary Slave : 3.2G (Win98, FAT 32)
>> Secondary Master : CD ROM
>> Secondary Slave : 13G (Linux)
>>
>> The 13G hard disk is dedicated for Linux, only 2 partitions are
>> created : / and swap (150M or so).
>>
>> I think the LILO version is new enough to handle >1024 cylinder,
>> it is version 21.6-1, but I am not sure about my motherboard.
>> It is a very old ASUS T2P4
>> It is a very old ASUS T2P4 (bios 0207 beta 2) running a K6-2 450
>> with 128Meg RAM.
>>
>> Anyway, every time I re-run LILO, it gives the following error :
>> Warning: BIOS drive 0x83 may not be accessible
>> Warning: BIOS drive 0x83 may not be accessible
>> Warning: BIOS drive 0x83 may not be accessible
>> Warning: BIOS drive 0x83 may not be accessible
>> Warning: BIOS drive 0x83 may not be accessible
>> Added linux *
>> Added dos
>>
>> Can someone tell me if there is anything I can do ? Will it solve the
>> problem if I make the 13G hard disk Primary Master ?
>>
>> Best Regards,
>> Eric Ho
> Yes making the disk primary will solve the problem but it is not the
> best solution.
> If you look in /usr/doc/Linux-mini-HOWTOs/LILO. You will see in section
> four that it talks about a lilo command line called bios. Try and follow
> the instructions. What it does is remap your drives in the bios so that
> drive 3 becomes drive 1. It doesn't matter about a motherboard that
> young either.
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From: Richard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: sbpcd configuration problem
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2001 16:11:46 GMT
Hatem wrote:
> Hi,
> How can I make Linux recognize my CD-ROM..
> I have a SoundBlaster 16 card with a 2x CD hooked to it.
> when I mount, I got the error messages that
> sbpcd scans the cd for LaserMate at address 0x340
> and then trys to scan SoundBlaster on 0x230..
> and it fails and my CD is ejected.
>
> I know the address should be 0x220, but tried this procedure and didnt work.
> tried:
> adding the following line in the lilo.conf file.
>
> append = "sbpcd=0x220,SoundBlaster"
>
> in the /etc/lilo.conf
> and still did not work,...
> any ideas?
>
> thanks.
You have to alter the kernal. If you read the help file on
Matushista/Panasonic/Creative etc in make menu config at the bottom of
the file it says
"The driver is able to do extended probing for interface addresses and
drive types; this can help to find facts in cases you are not sure, but
can consume some time during the boot process if none of the supported
devices get found. Once your drive got found, you should enter the
reported parameters into drivers/cdrom/sbpcd.h and set "DISTRIBUTION 0"
there."
Obviously it the kernel is looking at all the wrong ports and if you
read the sbpcd.c file you'll see that it never looks for 0x220
so open up that sbpcd.h file and goto the line that says
#define CDROM_PORT 0x230
and change it to
#define CDROM_PORT 0x220
you only need to do this for the first interface board
then continue down the file and find the line that says
#define DISTRIBUTION 1
and change that 1 to a 0 (zero)
#define DISTRIBUTION 0
this will make the kernel accept your CDROM_PORT setting and stop it
from autoprobobing
once you have done this recompile the kernel and reboot
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