Linux-Hardware Digest #438, Volume #14 Mon, 5 Mar 01 06:13:09 EST
Contents:
Re: Linux partitioning question (Eric P. McCoy)
Re: Linux Modem ("Newbie from Win98")
Modem and Xfree86 (Tallman Nkgau)
Re: What the heck is this processor? (Eric P. McCoy)
Re: Linux Modem ("Newbie from Win98")
Re: Linux Modem - database of some known Winmodems that work under Linux ("Newbie
from Win98")
Re: Diamond speedstar A90 driver (Christian Garms)
Re: What the heck is this processor? (Eric P. McCoy)
Re: linux clustering (Dean Thompson)
Compilation of a new kernel with compiled modules ("Jan Kov��")
Re: Tandberg slr 100 and linux (Dirk Traenapp)
modems (ali farhad)
Re: modems ("T A R T")
Re: UDMA: can't turn it on with hdparm anymore. (Alberto BARSELLA)
Re: Linux partitioning question (Alberto BARSELLA)
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Linux partitioning question
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eric P. McCoy)
Date: 05 Mar 2001 02:01:09 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Daniel J. Peng) writes:
> >Never had a sudden power failure that caused one of your filesystems to
> >get completely scribbled? (NOTE: The first time I typed this sentence,
> Odd, I've only seen that happen with Linux, and I've been using Linux for
> a third the time I've been using DOS. Is there some characteristic of
> ext2 that makes it more easily corruptible?
There are a lot of factors. The cache is more flexible in Linux than
SmartDrive ever was, and there's almost always at least one file open
for writing on any Linux (or other multitasking OS) box.
This is a big-time case of apples and oranges. OS/2 and HPFS might be
a better one, but unfortunately I know nothing about HPFS.
--
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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From: "Newbie from Win98" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Linux Modem
Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2001 07:18:49 -0000
Matt,
Please go to www.bluepoint.net. They sell to the trade only, but I am a
trader there so I can buy it for you. They sell unix/linux stuff and have
a great "Tech Head" who comments on all of their products. Tech head will
say if it is hardware modem and what it is compatible with. I got an ISA
hardware modem which I beleive should be compatible but I'm not sure.
Perhaps someone here can comment on it.
It's an OEM ISA K56Flex Modem. The chipset I think is Rockwell, not sure
though.
You can see my modem here - photo and technical spec.
http://www.bluepoint.net/techinfo/oem029090.php3
Tekhead says... This is a pure old-fashioned hardware modem, this means that
no matter how hard you flog your system, or what speed processor you use, it
won't effect your connection speed.
Some details of the modem:
Int/Ext ISA
Chipset Connexant
Data Compatibility V90, V.34, V.FAST [V.FC], V.32bis, V.32
V.22bis V.22, V.23, V.21, V.22
Bell 212A Bell 103 V.Fast
Fax Compatibility Group 3, V.17, V.29, V.27, V.21
Error Correction Protocols -
Data Compression Protocols V.42bis and MNP5
Data Speeds 300 - 56,000 bps
"Matt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> On Sun, 04 Mar 2001 11:46:08 +0000, Robert Horton
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >Hi,
> >> Is this modem compatible with Linux?
> >>
> >> 3COM/USRobotics 56K PCI VFD V90 Retail
> >
> >I'm pretty sure it's a winmodem (i.e. no it won't)
> >> Is it any Good? Can anyone recommend a better alternative?
> >
> >The USRobotics V90 _external_ one is fine, as should pretty
> >much all external modems.
>
> Now i'm really confused.... Can someone please recommend a modem to me
> and tell me where I can buy it in the UK (preferably online).
>
> Cheers,
>
>
> Matt.
>
> http://freespace.virgin.net/matthew.planchant/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tallman Nkgau)
Subject: Modem and Xfree86
Date: 5 Mar 2001 08:23:01 +0100
I have an Actiontec 56K Internal PCI Call Waiting Modem(L56DV+P) and
running in single user mode without X running, I can communicate with
the modem. But when X starts it takes over IRQ 11 from the modem (I
think thats what it does) and the modem is no longer accessible to the
system. It turns out that IRQ 11 is assigned to the VGA Controller....I
have an Intel i810...Anyway, since its a PCI bus this should pose no
problem...but it does. How can setup the modem (or X) so that they are
both active at the same time. Thanks.
TZ
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Subject: Re: What the heck is this processor?
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eric P. McCoy)
Date: 05 Mar 2001 02:52:41 -0500
"D. Stimits" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I think the "Katmai" just refers to a variation of PIII. The Katmai
> instruction set is the SIMD set added in PIII, that PII did not have.
It refers to P3 chips with an off-die 512KB half-speed L2 cache.
(N.B.: 'P3' implies 'SSE.')
> My coppermine versions say coppermine, my PII versions say
> "Deschutes".
The difference between Deschutes (later) and Klamath (earlier) P2s
seems to be core voltage. There are 66MHz FSB Deschutes CPUs.
> If I recall correctly (which I might not), the PIIIE is a coppermine
> PIII with 100MHz bus, while a PIIIEB is a coppermine with 133MHz
> bus.
Right. 533EB = 133x4.0, 550E = 100x5.5 (both CuMines). The 'E' means
'Coppermine,' the 'B' means 'Faster Bus' (when there are two CPUs with
different bus speeds but identical core speeds).
> I don't know if there is such a thing as a non-coppermine with
> 133MHz bus, but that might be what you have.
There is. The 533B (133x4.0) and 600B (133x4.5) are both Katmai
CPUs.
God, Intel has a lot of codenames. Tillamook, Klamath, Drake,
Deschutes, Tonga, Covington, Mendocino, Dixon, Katmai, Tanner,
Coppermine, Tualatin, Cascades, Coppermine-128, Timna, Willamette,
Northwood, Foster, Gallatin, Merced, McKinley, Madison,
Deerfield... the scary part is that I actually can identify about 3/4
of those.
Wait, no; the scary part is that I typed out this damn list instead of
cutting and pasting it.
--
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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From: "Newbie from Win98" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Linux Modem
Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2001 07:45:17 -0000
Just found this:
http://www.idir.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html#Database
It's a database of all known Winmodems that work Linux!
"Newbie from Win98" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:...
> Matt,
>
> Please go to www.bluepoint.net. They sell to the trade only, but I am a
> trader there so I can buy it for you. They sell unix/linux stuff and
have
> a great "Tech Head" who comments on all of their products. Tech head will
> say if it is hardware modem and what it is compatible with. I got an ISA
> hardware modem which I beleive should be compatible but I'm not sure.
> Perhaps someone here can comment on it.
>
> It's an OEM ISA K56Flex Modem. The chipset I think is Rockwell, not sure
> though.
>
> You can see my modem here - photo and technical spec.
> http://www.bluepoint.net/techinfo/oem029090.php3
>
> Tekhead says... This is a pure old-fashioned hardware modem, this means
that
> no matter how hard you flog your system, or what speed processor you use,
it
> won't effect your connection speed.
>
> Some details of the modem:
> Int/Ext ISA
> Chipset Connexant
> Data Compatibility V90, V.34, V.FAST [V.FC], V.32bis, V.32
> V.22bis V.22, V.23, V.21, V.22
> Bell 212A Bell 103 V.Fast
> Fax Compatibility Group 3, V.17, V.29, V.27, V.21
> Error Correction Protocols -
> Data Compression Protocols V.42bis and MNP5
> Data Speeds 300 - 56,000 bps
>
>
> "Matt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > On Sun, 04 Mar 2001 11:46:08 +0000, Robert Horton
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > >Hi,
> > >> Is this modem compatible with Linux?
> > >>
> > >> 3COM/USRobotics 56K PCI VFD V90 Retail
> > >
> > >I'm pretty sure it's a winmodem (i.e. no it won't)
> > >> Is it any Good? Can anyone recommend a better alternative?
> > >
> > >The USRobotics V90 _external_ one is fine, as should pretty
> > >much all external modems.
> >
> > Now i'm really confused.... Can someone please recommend a modem to me
> > and tell me where I can buy it in the UK (preferably online).
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> >
> > Matt.
> >
> > http://freespace.virgin.net/matthew.planchant/
>
>
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From: "Newbie from Win98" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Linux Modem - database of some known Winmodems that work under Linux
Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2001 07:47:15 -0000
Just found this:
http://www.idir.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html#Database
It's a database of all known Winmodems that work Linux!
"Newbie from Win98" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:97veja$j94$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Matt,
>
> Please go to www.bluepoint.net. They sell to the trade only, but I am a
> trader there so I can buy it for you. They sell unix/linux stuff and
have
> a great "Tech Head" who comments on all of their products. Tech head will
> say if it is hardware modem and what it is compatible with. I got an ISA
> hardware modem which I beleive should be compatible but I'm not sure.
> Perhaps someone here can comment on it.
>
> It's an OEM ISA K56Flex Modem. The chipset I think is Rockwell, not sure
> though.
>
> You can see my modem here - photo and technical spec.
> http://www.bluepoint.net/techinfo/oem029090.php3
>
> Tekhead says... This is a pure old-fashioned hardware modem, this means
that
> no matter how hard you flog your system, or what speed processor you use,
it
> won't effect your connection speed.
>
> Some details of the modem:
> Int/Ext ISA
> Chipset Connexant
> Data Compatibility V90, V.34, V.FAST [V.FC], V.32bis, V.32
> V.22bis V.22, V.23, V.21, V.22
> Bell 212A Bell 103 V.Fast
> Fax Compatibility Group 3, V.17, V.29, V.27, V.21
> Error Correction Protocols -
> Data Compression Protocols V.42bis and MNP5
> Data Speeds 300 - 56,000 bps
>
>
> "Matt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > On Sun, 04 Mar 2001 11:46:08 +0000, Robert Horton
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > >Hi,
> > >> Is this modem compatible with Linux?
> > >>
> > >> 3COM/USRobotics 56K PCI VFD V90 Retail
> > >
> > >I'm pretty sure it's a winmodem (i.e. no it won't)
> > >> Is it any Good? Can anyone recommend a better alternative?
> > >
> > >The USRobotics V90 _external_ one is fine, as should pretty
> > >much all external modems.
> >
> > Now i'm really confused.... Can someone please recommend a modem to me
> > and tell me where I can buy it in the UK (preferably online).
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> >
> > Matt.
> >
> > http://freespace.virgin.net/matthew.planchant/
>
>
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From: Christian Garms <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Diamond speedstar A90 driver
Date: 04 Mar 2001 09:35:41 +0100
"Bas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Hi Bas,
> I have a diamond speedstar A90 videocard and can't get the thing to work
> with LINUX. Does anybody have an idea how I can get the thing to work?
as far as I know the Diamond A90 is an Savage3-Board, so any XFree3.3.6 or
later should work fine (w/SVGA-Xserver). I've got the S540 with a Savage4+
and everything works well with the above mentioned server.
--
regards,
Christian mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: Re: What the heck is this processor?
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eric P. McCoy)
Date: 05 Mar 2001 03:10:19 -0500
Ian Pilcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> cpu family : 6
> model : 7
> model name : Pentium III (Katmai)
> stepping : 2
> cpu MHz : 533.159
> cache size : 512 KB
According to Intel's Spec. Update, if I'm reading it right (which I may
not be), a stepping of 2 means a 450 or 500MHz CPU on a 100MHz FSB.
The best way to find out is to look at the top of the CPU. It should
have a line which looks like "450/512/100/2.0V". That gives the CPU
speed, cache size, bus speed, and voltage. The only one that matters
is the bus speed (the rest will be set up automatically, unless your
motherboard lets you do stupid, dangerous things).
Also on there should be an S-Spec, which will look like "SL3CC." You
can go to Intel's Developer site, get the Specification Update, and
look in the table (which starts on page 18) for your processor.
And if you're curious about where and when your CPU was built, well,
that's on there too. And there's that cool hologram.
> So does this tell anyone what the heck this thing is? (I didn't think
> that there was such a thing as a 533 MHz Katmai.)
There is.
--
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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From: Dean Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: linux clustering
Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2001 19:23:13 +1100
Hi!,
> Has anyone tried it ? well I guess that lots of people have, I tried doing
> it using piranha but I was having lots of problems so I abandoned the
> project for now but I know that at some time I'll have to come back on
> it...
>
> now what I really want are references ... like can you give me any urls and
> howtos or docs you have used to make your linux cluster work.
You might like to take a look at: http://www.virtualserver.org. They use the
LVS system which is a slightly different to the piranha system. It just
depends on what you are trying to do. LVS/Piranha are more for load sharing
than clustering. If you want to look at clustering (the coupling together of
processor power to make a super computer) then you might want to take a look
at beowulf package which is available for Linux.
See ya
Dean Thompson
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From: "Jan Kov��" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Compilation of a new kernel with compiled modules
Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2001 09:44:26 +0100
Hello.
I am using Raid adapter, that is supported only in Redhat 6.2 and 7.0. The
drivers are supplied compiled for this OS. There are these files there:
modinfo, modules.cgz, modules.dep, pcitable, rhdd-6.1, readme.txt
I wanted to compile the kernel 2.4.2. There is not source code for this raid
adapter in the new kernel. So I have send an e-mail to Promise hotline to
get the source code for the adapeter. The answer was:
"We do not offer the driver source code as it is proprietary to promise
technology."
So is there any possibility to compile the new kernel and have the raid
adapter working?
I am talking about Promise Fasttrack100. It is an ATA100 Raid adapter.
Thanks for help.
Jan Kovar
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From: Dirk Traenapp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Tandberg slr 100 and linux
Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2001 10:47:30 +0100
Przemek Bak wrote:
> Does anybody know if Tandberg slr 100 streamer works with linux ?
It should do. We use SLR50 without problems.
cu
Dirk Traenapp
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (ali farhad)
Subject: modems
Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2001 08:48:21 GMT
hi all,
where can i find all modems list who redhat 6.2 support ?????
please send me list or a url :)
thx
alfa (alI faRHAD)
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From: "T A R T" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: modems
Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2001 23:11:50 +1300
ali farhad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> hi all,
> where can i find all modems list who redhat 6.2 support ?????
> please send me list or a url :)
Have a look at:
http://www.idir.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html
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From: Alberto BARSELLA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: UDMA: can't turn it on with hdparm anymore.
Date: 05 Mar 2001 11:11:58 +0100
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows) writes:
> The 2.4.x series does not support DMA with VIA chipsets unless you do a
> little hacking--some people have reported problems with data corruption,
> so VIA DMA is not an option for Joe User until Hedrick and the other IDE
> chipset gurus can find/fix the bugs.
I guess this answers my question of not being able to push my disks
beyong udma mode 2, even if they should support until udma4....
(MSI K7Pro2A motherboard).
What's the required tweaking to do? I'm not scared of patching and
doing some damage to have some fun :)
Bye,
Alberto
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From: Alberto BARSELLA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Linux partitioning question
Date: 05 Mar 2001 11:02:57 +0100
"Cjv" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> "Tim Moore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>
> > # go to single user mode
> > init 1
[good sequence snipped]
If you use a separate / partition, make sure that it contains a
/var/tmp directory (which will disappear when /var is mounted). This
way if you find yourself forced to boot with only / mounted, the
programs which need to use /tmp will work instead of complaining about
a non-existent directory.
Bye,
Alberto
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