Linux-Hardware Digest #526, Volume #14 Sun, 25 Mar 01 20:13:08 EST
Contents:
Re: Partition Strategy in a RAID-5 Setup: Newbie Question (Travis Casey)
Re: Suse vs RH/Mandrake ? (or what's so great about 7.2) (GreyCloud)
Re: Internal modem for UK use (Nader)
Re: Internal modem for UK use ("Jane")
Re: Partition Strategy in a RAID-5 Setup: Newbie Question (Travis Casey)
intermittent MB (or is it HD)? (Frank Miles)
Re: Partition Strategy in a RAID-5 Setup: Newbie Question (J Sloan)
Re: Suse vs RH/Mandrake ? (or what's so great about 7.2) (Tim Hanson)
SCSI types... Ultra, SCSI3, etc... (Dan Smith)
Re: Which kernel versions support USB Modems? (Bob Martin)
Re: ALCATEL USB Speed touch ADSL modem (Hal Burgiss)
Re: SCSI tape drive under linux: HOWTO (Dan Smith)
Re: cant find ttyS03 ("John Kelly")
Setup of a Python tape drive in a DELL 2450 ("Jean-Pierre Dub�")
Re: Switchboxes for keyboard, mice, video? (Keith R. Williams)
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From: Travis Casey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Partition Strategy in a RAID-5 Setup: Newbie Question
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.unix.admin
Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2001 22:15:39 GMT
Jimi Thompson wrote:
> If you have shucked out the money for a hardware RAID, you should probably
> make use of it. RAID 5 and RAID 1 are really the only 2 contenders for
> real
> world use. RAID 1 = mirroring and RAID 5 = data striping with a CRC-like
> check.
RAID 5 is striped with a parity bit, not a CRC check. There is a RAID
level that uses a CRC check, but there's no real point to it these days,
since all modern hard drives do a CRC in hardware.
Another useful setup is RAID 0+1 -- that is, striped and mirrored.
Also, some RAID controllers allow you to specify a disk as a "hot spare" --
if another disk fails, it will automatically rebuild the RAID array using
the hot spare. Personally, I like to use RAID 5 with a hot spare.
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From: GreyCloud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Suse vs RH/Mandrake ? (or what's so great about 7.2)
Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2001 14:16:53 -0800
Tim Hanson wrote:
>
> I am an enthusiastic SuSE user, although I make no money off SuSE. Add
> salt to taste.
>
> peter wrote:
> >
> > I've heard great things about the new Suse distro,
>
> That is correct. It is quite an advance and will be hard to compete
> against, especially for getting new users to try Linux. For me, as a
> user since 5.1, it is just an upgrade, although this time I bought a DVD
> player so the update went much faster. The books alone are worth the
> price.
>
> > but I was told by
> > someone that I should use the same distro that I use at work.
>
> There will be some differences and some similarities. Linus Torvalds
> has said he uses Red Hat at work (Transmeta) and SuSE at home. I don't
> know if that's still true or not.
>
> Generally, there will be a slight but not overpowering learning curve.
> Both are rpm-type systems. SuSE uses one big /etc/rc.config file. SuSE
> has gotten more KDE-centric over the last year, although GNOME is
> up-to-date and available on the disk. For myself, old dog that I am, I
> still use FVWM2, although I like and use a lot of the GNOME
> applications.
>
> I have a copy of Debian on one of my computers, which was a little more
> difficult.
>
> > At work
> > we use Red Hat, at home I just setup Mandrake 7.1, but everyone says
> > the new Suse distro is good and also Mandrake 7.2 is good.
>
> I think both are iterations of the 2.4 kernel.
>
> SuSE's advantage is raw bang for the buck and lately add ease of
> installation for newbies. The Professional Edition has seven packed CDs
> or one DVD (all supplied). Through YaST you can add and subtract
> packages without worrying about dependencies and conflicts. For me that
> has meant the ability to just leave the DVD in the drive permanently and
> install things when needed. For someone with a modem connection, all
> those packages locally will save a _lot_ of download time.
>
> > What are the differences of these distros and versions ?
> >
> > Is there a different file structure or something different in each
> > distro that will mess up my learning curve ?
>
> I don't know about the other distros, but with SuSE you can get a
> running system going now and worry about the learning curve later.
>
> >
> > Is the new software in mandrake 7.2 (or Suse) all that ?
> >
> > Which is faster, I've got a few older machine I would like to install
> > Linux on (P166/32 megs, etc) ?
>
> I don't think it matters that much. All three of these use mostly the
> same stuff. I think Star Office is a lost cause. :-)
>
> >
> > Thanks
>
> --
> Show respect for age. Drink good Scotch for a change.
>
>
Good scotch,... yes.
I used to have Star Office 5.1 installed, but didn't like it.
Sun has since taken over Star Office and it is now 5.2. I don't have it
but I hear its a big improvement. And Sun offers it either as a free
download or buy the CD. Suns' people are now in progress of
implementing a better interface for it as i've been told. But I can't
give any usability reports on it. Maybe someone else who has 5.2 can
relate?
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From: Nader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Internal modem for UK use
Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2001 14:30:54 -0800
The hardware based controller USR with the 3CP5610A work great in Linux and
Windows!
Barry Latter wrote:
> Hi folks,
> Can anyone reccomend a 56K v90 modem which works for both Linux and
> Windows in the UK. I've tried the US Robotics site...they have a US one,
> but the UK site only lists Windows compatable modems (including the
> external one supposedly!). Can anyone tell me why there is a difference
> in the USA and Europe modems? or could I use a USA one like the US
> Robotics Performance Pro 56K (model 3CP5610A) which sounds ideal...
>
> Cheers,
> Baz
>
> --
> -------------------------------------------------------
> Mr. B. Latter BSc, MSc
> Department of Meteorology
> Reading University
> Whiteknights
> Reading
> RG6 6BB
>
> Tel : Mon-Wed : +44 (0)118 9875 123 xt 7618
> Thur/Fri : +44 (0)1235 446911
> email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Web : http://www.met.rdg.ac.uk/~barry/index.html
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Reply-To: "Jane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "Jane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Internal modem for UK use
Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2001 14:47:51 -0800
Just gotta make sure ya have the 2.4 kernel
"Nader" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> The hardware based controller USR with the 3CP5610A work great in Linux
and
> Windows!
>
> Barry Latter wrote:
>
> > Hi folks,
> > Can anyone reccomend a 56K v90 modem which works for both Linux and
> > Windows in the UK. I've tried the US Robotics site...they have a US one,
> > but the UK site only lists Windows compatable modems (including the
> > external one supposedly!). Can anyone tell me why there is a difference
> > in the USA and Europe modems? or could I use a USA one like the US
> > Robotics Performance Pro 56K (model 3CP5610A) which sounds ideal...
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Baz
> >
> > --
> > -------------------------------------------------------
> > Mr. B. Latter BSc, MSc
> > Department of Meteorology
> > Reading University
> > Whiteknights
> > Reading
> > RG6 6BB
> >
> > Tel : Mon-Wed : +44 (0)118 9875 123 xt 7618
> > Thur/Fri : +44 (0)1235 446911
> > email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Web : http://www.met.rdg.ac.uk/~barry/index.html
>
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From: Travis Casey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Partition Strategy in a RAID-5 Setup: Newbie Question
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.unix.admin
Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2001 22:55:38 GMT
NM wrote:
> Ok so you are saying rather than having two separate containers (or
> arrays) I should have only one.
>
> Right now, I've
> array #0: 4 GB (bootable arrray where I want to install OS)
> array #1: 60 GB (data)
Are you sure this is what you have? You say below that you have 3 32 GB
drives -- there's no way to use RAID to make a 4 GB array from that. I'd
bet that what you have is a single RAID 5 set, which has a 4 GB partition
and a 60 GB partition. In that case, you've already got the setup he
describes, just with the RAID drive split into partitions.
> You are suggesting:
> array #0: 64 GB
>
> Dell documentations says array #0 is bootable. So if one of the drive in
> the array fails, the system will still boot. I've tested this and it
> works. In this case, isn't it worthwile to have a smaller separate
> dedicated boot array?
It depends a lot on what you're doing. If, for example, you were just
going to use the system as a file server, with the 60 GB array shared, then
there's no real point in having a separate RAID for the boot drive -- you
can easily reinstall from a CD if the boot drive fails.
> Another related question:
> Right now I've 3 -32 GB hard drives, if I add another drive later on and
> want to make my data partition larger, do I have to recreate arrrays, and
> backup and resintall everything? That's a pain. Is this why Veritas is
> making money?
Yes, you do.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Frank Miles)
Subject: intermittent MB (or is it HD)?
Date: 25 Mar 2001 23:03:41 GMT
I have a system (Debian 2.2) which fails about 10 minutes past bootup
about once a month or so (varies). Initially everything is OK, with
miscellaneous (ana)cron jobs working; then /dev/hdb appears to fail.
At that point not even the computer's reset switch will resuscitate
the drive; a power cycle is necessary to bring it back to life. This
system has an Asus P2B motherboard (Celeron 400); hdb is a Maxtor
DiamondMax 20GB IDE drive. When it fails, the following messages
can be seen (don't know if its always the same):
hdb: timeout waiting for DMA
hdb: irq timeout: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest }
hdb: status timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy }
hda: DMA disabled
hdb: DMA disabled
hdb: drive not ready for command
ide0: reset timed-out, status=0xd0 { Busy }
hdb: lost interrupt
hdb: set_geometry_intr: status=0xff { Busy }
end_request: I/O error, dev=03:4b (hdb), sector 264034
hdb: status timeout: status=0xff { Busy }
...
with largely repeating content following this, with different
sector numbers.
It would seem that the HD is having some kind of mysterious failure.
Any chance this could be a motherboard or software problem?
Thanks in advance to any cogent comments!
-frank
--
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From: J Sloan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.unix.admin
Subject: Re: Partition Strategy in a RAID-5 Setup: Newbie Question
Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2001 23:15:20 GMT
Gerardo Gregory wrote:
> Well I can add on the Dell side....we started getting rid of all server
> systems at the company I work. We have now 2 Dell 4400, 2 dell 4300, 1 Dell
> 2400, 1 Dell NAS, 1 Dell PowerVault back-up system, and 1 Dell 6400. (and I
> might be missing one or two)....as far as RAID is concerned we have a spare
> drive for each box, in failure we just swap it, reboot, and we are on our
> merry way after the drive initializes and so forth....
Just curious, what is the purpose of the reboot?
We are talking about Linux, not nt, right?
jjs
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Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2001 15:45:10 -0800
From: Tim Hanson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Suse vs RH/Mandrake ? (or what's so great about 7.2)
GreyCloud wrote:
>
> Tim Hanson wrote:
> >
> > I am an enthusiastic SuSE user, although I make no money off SuSE. Add
> > salt to taste.
> >
> > peter wrote:
> > >
> > > I've heard great things about the new Suse distro,
> >
> > That is correct. It is quite an advance and will be hard to compete
> > against, especially for getting new users to try Linux. For me, as a
> > user since 5.1, it is just an upgrade, although this time I bought a DVD
> > player so the update went much faster. The books alone are worth the
> > price.
> >
> > > but I was told by
> > > someone that I should use the same distro that I use at work.
> >
> > There will be some differences and some similarities. Linus Torvalds
> > has said he uses Red Hat at work (Transmeta) and SuSE at home. I don't
> > know if that's still true or not.
> >
> > Generally, there will be a slight but not overpowering learning curve.
> > Both are rpm-type systems. SuSE uses one big /etc/rc.config file. SuSE
> > has gotten more KDE-centric over the last year, although GNOME is
> > up-to-date and available on the disk. For myself, old dog that I am, I
> > still use FVWM2, although I like and use a lot of the GNOME
> > applications.
> >
> > I have a copy of Debian on one of my computers, which was a little more
> > difficult.
> >
> > > At work
> > > we use Red Hat, at home I just setup Mandrake 7.1, but everyone says
> > > the new Suse distro is good and also Mandrake 7.2 is good.
> >
> > I think both are iterations of the 2.4 kernel.
> >
> > SuSE's advantage is raw bang for the buck and lately add ease of
> > installation for newbies. The Professional Edition has seven packed CDs
> > or one DVD (all supplied). Through YaST you can add and subtract
> > packages without worrying about dependencies and conflicts. For me that
> > has meant the ability to just leave the DVD in the drive permanently and
> > install things when needed. For someone with a modem connection, all
> > those packages locally will save a _lot_ of download time.
> >
> > > What are the differences of these distros and versions ?
> > >
> > > Is there a different file structure or something different in each
> > > distro that will mess up my learning curve ?
> >
> > I don't know about the other distros, but with SuSE you can get a
> > running system going now and worry about the learning curve later.
> >
> > >
> > > Is the new software in mandrake 7.2 (or Suse) all that ?
> > >
> > > Which is faster, I've got a few older machine I would like to install
> > > Linux on (P166/32 megs, etc) ?
> >
> > I don't think it matters that much. All three of these use mostly the
> > same stuff. I think Star Office is a lost cause. :-)
> >
> > >
> > > Thanks
> >
> > --
> > Show respect for age. Drink good Scotch for a change.
> >
> >
> Good scotch,... yes.
>
> I used to have Star Office 5.1 installed, but didn't like it.
> Sun has since taken over Star Office and it is now 5.2. I don't have it
> but I hear its a big improvement. And Sun offers it either as a free
> download or buy the CD. Suns' people are now in progress of
> implementing a better interface for it as i've been told. But I can't
> give any usability reports on it. Maybe someone else who has 5.2 can
> relate?
I use 5.2 on Linux and it isn't too bad, but I have 512mb of SDRAM which
guarantees I don't have to go to swap. With 32mb you'd do a lot of
waiting around. SuSE includes it in their distro.
Open Office is separating the apps, dropping some of the modules where
others (like GNOME) are doing the same thing better, etc.
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From: Dan Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: SCSI types... Ultra, SCSI3, etc...
Date: 25 Mar 2001 19:02:23 -0500
Can someone either explain or point me to a good site that explains
all the differences?
I have an IBM DCHS that is SE Fast Wide 20, but I get 40mb/s out of
it. It calls itself SCSI3, but I find very little information about
SCSI3. It seems to go SCSI SCSI2 Ultra Ultra2, etc.
Can someone help?
Thanks!
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From: Bob Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Which kernel versions support USB Modems?
Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2001 18:13:55 -0600
Ephraim Gadsby wrote:
>
> I have Redhat 7.0 (kernel 2.2.16-22) and am trying to get a USB
> Creative Modem-Blaster to work.
>
> Do I need to go to a newer kernel version to do this?
>
> I am not seeing any evidence that ACM support is present from the
> boot-log?
Yes, 2.2.18 . 2.4.x check www.linux-usb.org
--
Bob Martin
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hal Burgiss)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: ALCATEL USB Speed touch ADSL modem
Reply-To: Hal Burgiss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 00:29:20 GMT
On Sun, 25 Mar 2001 21:29:34 +0200, Nikolai Serguienko
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hello everybody,
>
>Does anyone has any luck with setting up ALCATEL USB Speed touch ADSL modem
>under Linux RH 7.0 (Guiness)? The driver is now released at
>www.alcateldsl.com, but I have problems with compiling driver module.
>Actually, I can't compile SARlib, which is required by driver. There are
>strange parsing errors in /usr/src/include/linux/atmdev.h
>
>Does anyone successed in running this hardware under Linux!?
Look here: http://www.linuxdude.co.uk/docs/Alcatel-Speedtouch-USB-mini-HOWTO.html
He has a link to a French translation BTW.
Also, I am sitting here working on an appendix for the DSL-HOWTO for
this very subject, based on Chris's work above, and probably will be
available at LDP later this week.
Pre-release version is here (check Appendix):
http://feenix.dyndns.org/ldp/adsl/
This might expound on Chris's HOWTO a bit. I don't have this
modem, so can't give you specific personal results...
Some notes on this: Everyone I have talked to seems to agree that PPPoA
driver is the way to go. Maybe a little more work, but seems more stable
and faster, and less system load.
Chris's HOWTO references his ISPs VPI/VCI pair as 0.38 in the PPP
configuration section. Warning: This can be very ISP specific. My
provider (BellSouth) uses 8.35 for instance. If this is wrong you will
sync, but not get an IP and will be flailing at the wind. You need to
stick your ISPs required values in there.
This does not seem to be real stable at this point. Much of the
underlying software is still 'experimental'.
--
Hal B
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From: Dan Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SCSI tape drive under linux: HOWTO
Date: 25 Mar 2001 19:04:06 -0500
Yes, appstate is appalachian state university.. Do you know it?
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Reply-To: "John Kelly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "John Kelly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: cant find ttyS03
Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2001 19:45:23 -0500
Hi,
Thanks for your input. You are correct, I shouldn't use upper case
when it not and I am reading a lot also..
I looked and there was a ttyS3 as ttyS3 root uucp 3, ## date /dev/ttyS3
(sorry dont remeber what ## was)
The dialer (RedHat) didnt work (couldn't find a modem)so I ran
setserial /dev/ttyS3 irq 3 uart 16550A
it now shows up as ttyS3 root uucp 4, 67 date /dev/ttyS3
when I use RedHat dialer to use ttyS3 I get the following error:
Application rp3 (process 1895) has crashed due to a fatal error segmentation
fault.
any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks,
John
Eric P. McCoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> "John Kelly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > KPPP finds it a CAU3. From what I read cau0 are being depreciated, so
I'm
> > tgrying not to use it.
>
> ITYM "/dev/cua3", but I'm not sure.
>
> /dev/cua[0-9] refer to the same devices as /dev/ttyS[0-9]. In the
> future, only /dev/ttyS[0-9] will be used.
>
> My system doesn't actually have the /dev/cua[0-9] devices, so I can't
> verify the identity (they should probably refer to the same device
> numbers), but I've always been able to use them interchangeably.
>
> > I looked into /proc for the following files but find the files with 0
bytes,
>
> That's normal. /proc is a pseudo-filesystem which does not exist on
> the disk. The kernel doesn't bother to update the file size.
>
> > so I dont know how to find out IRQ being used
> > r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 Mar 19 20:40 ioports
> > r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 Mar 19 20:41 tty/driver/serial
>
> cat /proc/ioports
> cat /proc/tty/driver/serial
>
> > DMESG reports at TTS03 a device that has the com port and IRQ settings
that
> > I set on the card.
>
> Don't capitalize Unix/Linux filenames. To see why, try running your
> favorite command by typing its name in caps.
>
> > Serial driver version 4.27 with MANY_PORTS MULTIPORT SHARE_IRQ enabled
> > ttyS00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
> > ttyS03 at 0x02e8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A
>
> > but minicom and setserial cant find it. Can anyone tell me what I am
doing
> > wrong?
>
> Does /dev/ttyS3 exist? It should look like this:
>
> crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 67 Nov 30 10:23 /dev/ttyS3
>
> If it isn't there, do:
>
> mknod /dev/ttyS3 c 4 67
>
> > minicom: WARNING: configuration file not found, using defaults
> > minicom: cannot open /dev/modem: No such file or directory
>
> /dev/modem should be a symlink to your modem's device (/dev/ttyS3).
>
> > root@linux02 /root]# setserial ttyS3 irq 3 uart 16550A
> > ttyS3: No such file or directory
>
> You mean:
>
> setserial /dev/ttyS3 irq 3 uart 16550A
>
> I strongly suggest you read a book on Unix and Linux fundamentals.
> You obviously have some idea what's going on, but there are a lot of
> really basic (but non-trivial) problems in what you're saying here.
>
> --
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From: "Jean-Pierre Dub�" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Setup of a Python tape drive in a DELL 2450
Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2001 19:57:57 -0500
Hi,
I'm trying to get the Archive python tape drive working on my poweredge
2450. I'm using Suse 7.0 distribution. I didn't have any problem installing
Suse on the system except for the tape drive. I tried accessing the tape
using /dev/nst0 and /dev/st0 and /devnst1, /dev/st1 and I get a device not
dfound message. Any hints?
Thanks
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*
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* Jean-Pierre Dub�
* D�veloppement de logiciels
* Software development
*
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Keith R. Williams)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips
Subject: Re: Switchboxes for keyboard, mice, video?
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 01:04:38 GMT
On Sun, 25 Mar 2001 19:55:24, "B.Y." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dear People:
>
> I have several machines and a shortage of space for keyboard,
> mice and so on. I would also like to use the same monitor for more
> than one machine. Can I use the same set for both machines through a
> switch-box that I see sold in computer stores, one that has mice/KB/
> video forking switches? My concern is that while I understand video
> connectors to be relatively benign as far as being unplugged "hot" is
> concerned, I have heard that hot-unplugging PS/2 peripherals can and
> have been known to cause catastrophic failures. Note that this is a
> mechanical switch, not an electronic one ...
Yes, though the problems aren't exactly as you state. Hot
plugging anythign is risky. PS/2 devices and their
controllers get confused.
Anyway, if you wnat to see what the pro's use:
http://www.blackbox.com/ BlackBox makes good stuff, but
you're not going to like the price. Cheaper stuff is, well
cheap. The stuff sold in "computer stores" is just junk.
----
Keith
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