Linux-Hardware Digest #685, Volume #14 Wed, 25 Apr 01 08:13:04 EDT
Contents:
Re: Terratec DMX XFire (dt)
Re: Manual SCSI Drive spindown (Ellen Geertsema)
Re: Turtle Beach Santa Cruz RedHat 7.0 ("Joseph Draco")
Re: Pentium I 133 +32 MB enough ? (Sven Bovin)
Re: Radeon 64mb ddr under linux (Alex)
Re: Adaptec 2100s RAID and 2.4.x ("Oliver Olsen")
Re: Where can I buy bridgeboards? (Leonard Erickson)
Lexmark Optra E+ (Alex Fitterling)
Re: AMD and CPU idle state ("Glitch")
Re: Networking -- switches vs hubs ?? ("Glitch")
Re: Pentium I 133 +32 MB enough ? ("Oliver Olsen")
Re: Two more hardware install problems ("LittleFish")
Re: Modem trouble ("LittleFish")
Re: Flat panel (TFT/LCD) with Linux anyone? ("SilentNight")
Re: Interesting failure rebooting LINUX ("Salim Douba")
Re: SMP, RH7.1 and Intel -- Can't they all just get along? ("SilentNight")
Re: ATA100 drive with ATA33 controller (Nos v7.0000001)
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From: dt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Terratec DMX XFire
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 06:12:19 GMT
Grand Titus wrote:
>
> Do you know if this sound card woks under Linux? (Maybe I 'll buy it)
> Thanks for your answers.
A quick search on http://www.terratec.net/ttus/drivers.htm turned up
negative, as well as a search on SourceForge. With no official Linux
support from the manufacturer, or easily obtained drivers from godsends
like SourceForge, I wouldn't buy that particular soundcard to be used
under Linux. If you want a more 'sophisticated' sound card that works
straight out of the box, get a Soundblaster Live!.
I'm aware of that the above reply might set somebody off for whatever
reason, but please, I'm still a total newbie, I don't know any better :)
Furthermore, my attempts to get my own Aureal Vortex 2 -based soundcard
to work with Red Hat 7.1 have thus far proven fruitless, (the
driver/kernel module won't compile) so I guess you could say I'm kind of
biased against soundcards with limited Linux support. I guess I'll also
have to buy a SB Live! RSN.
dt.
--
Confucius say: He who play in root eventually kill tree.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ellen Geertsema)
Crossposted-To: comp.periphs.scsi
Subject: Re: Manual SCSI Drive spindown
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 06:17:51 +0000 (UTC)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 24 Apr 2001 20:31:42 -0400, Dan Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>How can I, in linux, manually make a scsi drive spindown and/or power
>off?
'scsistop' will let you do just that. If it's not included in your
distribution, you should be able to find it through, for instance,
http://freshmeat.net
Ellen
--
Ellen Geertsema "All my life I wanted to be someone;
[EMAIL PROTECTED] I guess I should have been more specific."
-- Jane Wagner
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From: "Joseph Draco" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Turtle Beach Santa Cruz RedHat 7.0
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 23:25:44 -0700
driver in kernel 2.4.3
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From: Sven Bovin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Pentium I 133 +32 MB enough ?
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 08:50:11 +0200
"Eric P. McCoy" wrote:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David E. Lamy) writes:
>
> > >I'm planning to install Linux Suse 6.0 on a P133 with 32 mb. I'd like to use
> > >the KDE desktop. Will it work or will I get just as frustrated with it as I
> > >am with win9x etc.
>
> > If you use a lighter weight window manager such as Sawfish, Blackbox, or FVWM
> > (others probably exist in addition to these), then X will run just fine. Just
> > avoid Netscape and Mozilla as well.
>
> Definitely seconded on the Mozilla recommendation. It's intolerably
> slow on a dual PPro-200/256 with 64MB RAM.
>
> Memory is dirt cheap. Get up to between 64MB and 128MB, inclusive,
> and you'll be very happy. 32MB is usable, but with the low prices of
> RAM nowadays ($54 for 128MB)...
But take care not to put more memory into it than the
cachable range, since that could actually make it slower.
Sven
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From: Alex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Radeon 64mb ddr under linux
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 03:14:12 -0400
Helmut Steinwender wrote:
>
> I have a Radeon and it works under SuSe and Mandrake, I don't know about
> redhat. No 3D acceleration, though!
<snip>
Just curious, what version of SuSE or Mandrake are you using? Also the
XFree version and driver you are using? Because one of my friend has an
ATI Radeon card... and just installed SuSE 7.1 and seems to have a
little trouble setting it up.
Sincerely.
Alex.
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From: "Oliver Olsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Adaptec 2100s RAID and 2.4.x
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 09:11:32 +0200
"Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:lcGE6.24823$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Has anyone had any luck getting these two to work together? I'm running
> Slackware 7.1, and had no problem getting it to work with 2.2.17, via the
> DPT patch. No such patch for 2.4 though, as far as I know...
Have you tried contacting Deanna Bonds at Adaptec? Extremely helpful and
normally responds quickly. We have the s3200 controller and if this share
the driver with the s2100, you're in luck. I can always send you some
drivers I received approx 10 days ago if you're interested. Haven't tried
them myself, but the drivers from late feb. worked fine with the 2.4 kernel
(however, our damned IBM-server died after a few hours with the 2.4 kernel,
no matter what...)
Best Regards,
Oliver Olsen
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From: Leonard Erickson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.periphs.scsi,comp.os.cpm,comp.sys.tandy
Subject: Re: Where can I buy bridgeboards?
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 00:37:07 -0700
Sylvan Butler wrote:
>
> On Sun, 22 Apr 2001 05:24:59 -0700, Rick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >I beg to differ on that one. If you are using an ST225 - a cheap drive with
>
> Identical physically and electronically to the early ST238's...
>
> >relatively low quality media surface - and you are cramming more data onto it
> >by eliminating the fixed flux reversal pattern of MFM recording there will be
>
> Doesn't actually eliminate the flux reversals. MFM (modified
> frequency modulation) required clock bits, RLL (run length limited)
> does not, but uses the data as a clock unless the run length was too
> long, at which point it inserts a clock pattern.
*FM* required clock bits. MFM got twice the density by *eliminating* the
clock bits and using tricks with the data stream to avoid too many 0
bits in a row. RLL just took it farther.
--
Leonard Erickson (aka shadow{G})
[EMAIL PROTECTED] <--preferred
[EMAIL PROTECTED] <--last resort
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alex Fitterling)
Subject: Lexmark Optra E+
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 01:41:07 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hello.
Has anyone good tips to get my printer work right ?
It's wired.... out of gimp I could print, and also ascii piped into
lpr worked.... but now, I begin from scratch... the /etc/printcap is
reseted whole time after reboot ?? why ?? I am using RH6.2.. I have no
clue...
Also to get my printer work, - I seem to be to stupid :)
I tried running lprng and magicfilters... has anyone any introduction
on how to proceed ?
Alex
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A. Fitterling / [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Glitch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: AMD and CPU idle state
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 02:50:35 -0400
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "lino" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> System: Abit KT7A-RAID, Athlon TB 900, 256 MB ram, Linux 2.2.17 and
> 2.4.2, Mandrake 7.2.
>
> Problem: I'm testing the lm-sensors package under Mandrake 7.2, with
> both the kernels (recompiled from scratch) and I've noticed that the
> temperatures agree with both the Bios and the Win98 Utility.
> The problem is the following: when the computer isn't working, under
> Win98 the CPU temp. goes slowly to 32C, while when I play a nice game it
> grows to 45C.
> Under Linux, whatever I do (with both the kernels and with a load of
> zero% (no running program)), the CPU temp goes to 45C and stops there!
> I've tried to insert the apm support with the idle calls abilied in the
> kernel, but the CPU temp is always that of a system working at 100%.
> With kernel 2.4.2 the process "kapm-idled" (pid=3) uses 60% CPU.
>
That process runs while your system is idle. Someone just explained this
to another poster within the last couple days. If you run 'top' in an
xterm, let the system go idle, and then start doing something you will
see that the kapm-idled process doesn't use 60% of the CPU anymore. Its
piority is lowered.
> Is this a know bug? Is this a bug at all? Any solution to put the CPU
> in a real idle state?
it is in an idled state
Doesn't the name of kapm-idled give you a clue?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Lino
>
> P.S.: sample output of sensors:
>
> via686a-isa-6000
> Adapter: ISA adapter
> Algorithm: ISA algorithm
> CPU core: +1.76 V (min = +1.48 V, max = +1.99 V) I/O: +3.38 V
> (min = +3.03 V, max = +3.36 V) ALARM +5V: +4.84 V (min =
> +4.60 V, max = +5.07 V) +12V: +11.86 V (min = +11.03 V, max =
> +12.16 V) CPU Fan: 5113 RPM (min = 3000 RPM, div = 2) P/S Fan: 2678
> RPM (min = 3000 RPM, div = 2) ALARM SYS Temp: +28.9�C (limit
> = +40�C, hysteresis = +45�C) CPU Temp: +44.9�C (limit = +55�C,
> hysteresis = +60�C) SBr Temp: +24.6�C (limit = +60�C, hysteresis =
> +65�C)
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From: "Glitch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Networking -- switches vs hubs ??
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 03:59:11 -0400
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Michael Meissner"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eric P. McCoy) writes:
>
>
> Another place where you need switches is when you have more hubs than
> you can connect together and stay within specs. For example, the spec
> for 100Mbs networks is 2 hubs hooked together with a maximum distance
> between any 2 computers being limited to some value (100 feet?). At
one
The standard length for a segment of 10/100BaseT is 100 meters, so around
310 feet or so, including patch cable length.
> point, I needed to have 3 hubs in my house due to having computers
> spread out, and so I got a 5 port switch to connect the 3 hubs together
> (each hub plugs into the switch).
>
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From: "Oliver Olsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Pentium I 133 +32 MB enough ?
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 12:56:35 +0200
"Sven Bovin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> "Eric P. McCoy" wrote:
> >
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David E. Lamy) writes:
> >
> > > >I'm planning to install Linux Suse 6.0 on a P133 with 32 mb. I'd like
to use
> > > >the KDE desktop. Will it work or will I get just as frustrated with
it as I
> > > >am with win9x etc.
> >
> > > If you use a lighter weight window manager such as Sawfish, Blackbox,
or FVWM
> > > (others probably exist in addition to these), then X will run just
fine. Just
> > > avoid Netscape and Mozilla as well.
> >
> > Definitely seconded on the Mozilla recommendation. It's intolerably
> > slow on a dual PPro-200/256 with 64MB RAM.
> >
> > Memory is dirt cheap. Get up to between 64MB and 128MB, inclusive,
> > and you'll be very happy. 32MB is usable, but with the low prices of
> > RAM nowadays ($54 for 128MB)...
>
> But take care not to put more memory into it than the
> cachable range, since that could actually make it slower.
Guess I'd opt for 128mb or more if compiling is an issue, no matter if this
exceeds the cacheable range. As far as I know, the performance will decrease
in the 5-7% range after the cacheable range, and with a P133 this equals
less than 10mhz... I'm using a similar machine for minor issues, and I can't
really say that this is any issue. However, 128mb makes it almost useable
for stuff like compiling. The fact that it uses several hours to compile
MySQL is another issue...
If the computer is using good 'old EDO RAM, I guess the price is slightly
higher than $54 for 128mb. In Norway you'll have to pay like $350-400 for
this amount.
Regards,
Oliver Olsen
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From: "LittleFish" <littlefish_au[SPAM ME AT YOUR OWN RISK]@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Two more hardware install problems
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 18:34:25 +1000
I had a internal PureTek 3911 modem and it works in linux. You Need to from
the gnome menu USe the RUN option and then type modemtool and answer which
port it is on then go to KDE menu's and use KPPP to set up your connection.
Have a look at the options with regards to operating other programs Before
during and after KPPP connects. I use this to fire up my firewall.
Littlefish
"Eric Hallett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:vSEC6.359$g7.3332@news...
> Thanks Hal for help with the video.
>
> I'm also having problems with my printer and modem.
>
> The printer is an old HP DeskJet 400. I've used printtool and gone
through
> all of the steps, but when I try to print the ASCII test page the
cartridge
> light on the printer blinks and nothing happens. I've seen this happen
with
> the driver provided in Windows also. Just a crappy driver. The original
> has to be downloaded from HP.
>
> I'm also having problems connecting with my generic PureTek K56Flex
external
> modem. According to linuxmodems.org this modem is compatible. I've gone
> through everything with the RPS dialup configuration tool, checked the
> physical connection by using _echo ATZ++ >/dev/modem_ (lights were
> blinking), but still no connection with the RH PPP dialer.
>
> Any solutions? I'd be glad to post additional info if needed.
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
>
>
>
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From: "LittleFish" <littlefish_au[SPAM ME AT YOUR OWN RISK]@yahoo.com>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Modem trouble
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 18:38:12 +1000
I spoke too soon it has just keelled over!!! Bought a Dynalink ISA hardware
modem for A$137 it works in linux too but was harder setup but i havn't
worked out all the bugs yet.
Littlefish
"LittleFish" <littlefish_au[SPAM ME AT YOUR OWN RISK]@yahoo.com> wrote in
message news:TD2F6.10120$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I have a Puretek PT 3911 that is a ISA 56k V90 fax/voice modem works great
> with linux and windows. It getting long in the tooth now though.
> littlefish
> "Roy Bamford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
message
> news:472D6.29174$I5.120002@stones...
> > Krstanovic,
> >
> > You shouldn't have a ISA modem on COM2 unless your PC has only one COM
> port,
> > which is very unusual.
> >
> > If you have two COM ports on the motherboard, you must disable the
> > motherboard COM2: as it will clash with the ISA card. It may or may not
> work
> > then.
> > What other serial devices do you have?
> >
> > Most ISA modems were modems and COM ports on the same card, so you must
> get
> > Linux to see your ISA COM port before it will see the modem. However, I
> have
> > never come across a 56k ISA card. Are you sure its not a PCI card?
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Roy Bamford
> > --
> > There are two classes of computer users,
> > those who do backups and
> > those who have never had a hard drive fail.
> > Anon.
> >
> > "Krstanovic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > news:9beqeg$8er$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > > I have Rockvell 56k ISA modem.It works on IRQ#3 and COM2 port under
Win
> Me
> > > and DOS,but will not work under Red Hat 7
> > > Help me to configure it.Without the modem Linux is not so useful,in my
> > > opinion :)
> > > Thanx!
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
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From: "SilentNight" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Flat panel (TFT/LCD) with Linux anyone?
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 20:36:16 +0900
I use a Sharp 15-inch LCD, but in setting up X, I put it as Generic SVGA,
1024x768 reso.
The video card is an old Matrox PCI MilleniumG400 or G200, 16mb, but setting
up as Riva TNT.
It works well, with good and sharp image.
But as you know, DVI is not good, resolution is lower.
For me, it is OK with my work.
SN
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"Greg Hughes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hello
>
> I've got an SGI 1600sw flatpanel hooked up to a G400 using the MultiLink
> adapter.
>
> I have it working under a GNU/Linux install with kernel 2.4.3 and XFree86
> 4.0.3 w/ Matrox HAL/Driver 1.2.0 (from their web site). The set up is
> running in analog mode.
>
> This set up works pretty well. The display quality is impeccable -- just
> as good as w/ the DVI adapter once you tweak the phase adjustments for the
> analog signal. My only beef w/ this set up is that XFree86 4.0.3's DRI
> modules for the G400 crash a lot, locking up the whole machine when I'm
> playing Quake 3 (after about 20-60 minutes). And that has nothing to do
> with the flatpanel (except that I need XFree86 4.x -- see below).
>
> The one thing about the set up is that you have to use XFree86 4.x to get
> the 1600x1024 resolution to work properly (3.3.x doesn't do the right
> things with the modeline). I also need the 1.2.0 HAL for the Linux
> drivers to get a proper signal output (otherwise there is a black bar at
> the left of the screen).
>
> However, the MultiLink box correctly detects and supports the VESA
> standard resolutions including 1280x1024 and below, as I suspect most
> flatpanels would do, so tweaking the modelines and whatnot to get weird
> timings will probably not apply if you get a flatpanel supporting these
> standard modes.
>
> I would recommend against getting the DVI add-on for the G400. I have it,
> and it sucks. The analog output of the G400 by itself is so good that the
> DVI adapter only provides marginal quality gains. However, the DVI
> adapter also brings a whole new set of problems.
>
> The G400 routinely loses sync with the MultiLink adapter through the DVI
> output, causing the flatpanel to turn off and then on again after a couple
> of seconds. This happens every 5 minutes or so at the lower resolutions,
> so it's frequent enough to be extremely annoying, to the point that the
> DVI adapter is unusable at 640x480 or at the console. The blanking occurs
> in all resolutions, all colour depths and happens in all operating systems
> and at the BIOS POST screen. There are also quirky problems getting X to
> work properly with the DVI adapter (I had to 'roll my own' version of the
> Matrox-supplied X drivers to get it to work properly), and when you exit X
> it doesn't properly reset the console video mode (no signal sent to the
> flatpanel) so I have to reboot the machine.
>
> In short, the card works very well in analog mode with a flatpanel, but do
> not purchase the DVI add-on for the G400 until Matrox gets their act
> together and fixes all the problems with it (which I doubt they will).
>
> - Greg
>
> On Tue, 24 Apr 2001, it was written:
>
> >
> > Hi, Does anyone have any success with using a flat panel monitor with
> > Linux? If so, I would appreciate if you could post the details.
> >
> > Iam currently running Linux Mandrake 7.2, but would be moving to 8.0
> > soon. I have a Matrox Millennium G400 (Dual head) AGP card. Iam
> > thinking of buying a flat panel monitor, but want to make sure I can
> > use it under Linux.
> >
> > Thanks, nram
> >
> > ==================================
> > Poster's IP address: 38.161.118.161
> > Posted via http://nodevice.com
> > Linux Programmer's Site
> >
>
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Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.redhat
Subject: Re: Interesting failure rebooting LINUX
From: "Salim Douba" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 11:40:08 GMT
On 24-Apr-2001, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Helmut Haefner) wrote:
> On Sun, 22 Apr 2001 17:16:58 GMT, "Salim Douba" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
> >Hi,
> >
> >This is how the partition table looks like:
> >
> >Command (m for help): p
> >
> >Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 524 cylinders
> >Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes
> >
> > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> >/dev/hda1 * 1 181 1453851 83 Linux
> >/dev/hda2 182 199 144585 82 Linux swap
> >/dev/hda3 200 523 2602530 7 HPFS/NTFS
> >
> >Please note that the disk was intended for dual boot wint Windows NT.
> >However, even when I tried LINUX only i had the same results.
> >
> >Salim
>
> did you boot in Win NT before this failure happened. I know that there
> is an recomendation of using the Win NT bootloader to make a
> Linux/WinNT System. I think it could be because Win NT tries to
> "repair" the MBR which won't be good for LILO.
>
> Greetings Helmut
I booted LINUX first.Never had a chance to boot NT. The problem is the same
even if I only install LINUX.
Thanks
Salim
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From: "SilentNight" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SMP, RH7.1 and Intel -- Can't they all just get along?
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 20:38:07 +0900
In RH 7.0, there is an option as smp at boot.
In RH 7.1, I do not see it any more. Re-installaing smp from cd, but it
says already installed.
Not clear if RH runs as smp automatically or not, in my case.
SN
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"Jeff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:9c4jmp$f8c$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
>
> If this is not the correct newsgroup, please forgive:
>
> I'm trying to setup a RH 7.1 box with two pentium III 1 Gig processors and
> 1.5 Gig Ram. I've installed two partitions, one that works and one that
> doesn't. The one that works is running RH 7.1 however using the BOOT
> kernel, while the partition that doesn't work is attempting to a compiled
> kernel with:
> i. SMP flag set;
> ii. RTC (Real Time Clock) flag set;
> iii. MTRR (Memory Type Range Register) flag set; and
> iv. No Advance Power Management flag set
>
> As per the HOWTO.
>
> And yet I get the following boot sequences messages prior to the "crash"
>
> CPU1: Intel Pentium III (Coppermine) stepping 06
> CPU1 has booted.
> Total of 2 processors activated (4010.80 BogoMIPS).
> Before bogocount - setting activated=1.
> Boot done.
> ENABLING IO_APIC IRQs
> ...changing IO-APIC physical APIC ID to 2 ... ok.
> Synchronizing Arb IDs
> ..TIMER: vector=49 pin1=2 pin2=0
>
> ... And then nothing.
>
> Any insight into how I can get this partition working would be greatfully
> accepted.
>
> It might be best to reply to my email as well as posting here, so that I
> see your response.
>
> Cheers
>
>
> --
> Jeff Gardiner System Administrator
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> The John. P. Robarts Research Institute
>
> Second Law of Blissful Ignorance --
> -- Inside every small problem is a large problem struggling to get out.
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From: Nos v7.0000001 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.systems
Subject: Re: ATA100 drive with ATA33 controller
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 12:05:45 GMT
On 11 Apr 2001 08:01:11 GMT, Ed Ohsone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I am thinking of buying a new hard drive to attach to my old PC
>running linux.
>
>Nowadays almost all new IDE hard drives are ATA100. But my PC supports
>only ATA33. In this case can I add ATA100 drive to my PC
>without problems? Are ATA100 drives backward compatible?
Yes.
>I do not mind not using full bandwidth of the new drive
>as long as it works as fast as ATA33 with stability.
It will.
>Do I have to buy an adapter going between the existing cable and
>the new drive, since I hear ATA100 has 80 pin socket
>while my PC has 40 pin cable?
Connector for DMA 66/100 is still 40 pin. There are 80 wires though,
40 being ground wires for more reliable data transfer. If you wanted
you could even use a DMA 66/100 cable on a DMA 33 drive.
>Second question.
>Which channel should I use for the new drive to get the best performance
>in the below situation?
>
>Current usage of IDE controller:
> channel 1 ------- 10 GB hard drive
> channel 2 ------- CD-ROM dirve
>
>It seems connecting the new drive to channel 2 as master and
>moving the CD drive to slave status is the way to go. Right?
No. Put new drive as master on channel 1 and 10gb as slave. Put cdrom
drives on their own channel. You should avoid sharing cdrom drives
with hard drives.
>Finally, I am about to choose Fujitsu 40GB 5400rpm with fluid bearing.
>Do you have any comment on that or any other recommendations?
Spend a few bucks more and get 7200rpm. Maxtor's Diamondmax 7200rpm
DMA 66/100 usually go for a good price.
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