Linux-Hardware Digest #911, Volume #14 Sun, 17 Jun 01 10:13:08 EDT
Contents:
Re: Linux, DAT and DOS Tapes (Juergen Pfann)
Re: VIA686b bug and Linux ("Wayne Osborn")
Re: Drivers for Teledat USB 2 a/b (M. Buchenrieder)
any Iomega ZIP USB users? (Ray)
Re: Linux software RAID mirroring eq. HPT370 RAID mirroring ? ("Tof")
Re: Redhat 7.1 with Intel D815EEA motherboard ("Clarke Robertson")
Re: any Iomega ZIP USB users? (Jerry Kreps)
ISDN USB (I-Surf) Siemens ("JM")
Question: Erase partition tables from hard drive ("Fenster")
SBLive stopped working after crash! (Lars Luthman)
Re: Question: Erase partition tables from hard drive (Anders Lund)
Re: Question: Erase partition tables from hard drive (Zvi Netiv)
Re: Question: Erase partition tables from hard drive (Lars Luthman)
Re: Weird IDE Problem with Compaq Deskpro 4000 & RH 6.x (John Roy)
Re: Weird IDE Problem with Compaq Deskpro 4000 & RH 6.x (John Roy)
Re: US Robotics 56k Fax Win Int + RedHat 7.1 ... HELP !!! (Rev. Cyohtee)
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From: Juergen Pfann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Linux, DAT and DOS Tapes
Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2001 10:53:12 +0200
Peter Kohut wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> I've got a problem at hand for which I don't seem to find an easy solution:
>
> I have a machine running Redhat Linux with a SCSI interface and a SONY 4mm
> DAT hanging of it. I also have a bunch of tapes which were originally
> written using NT Backup and Restore. My question is
>
> a) is there any way that I can restore the content of the tapes using Linux?
> b) I also have a second machine running Win 2000, but unfortunately without
> SCSI. The Win 2000 machine is connected to the Linux machine using simple
> TCP/IP and SAMBA shares. Is it possible to configure the systems such that I
> can use the Windows 2000 Backup/Restore application with the DAT drive
> hanging of the Linux machine?
>
> All my search so far was pretty fruiteless. Any help is greatly appreciated!
>
Hmm - I'm sorry I can't offer you readymade solutions, just hints and
links :
a) I remember having seen a project for at least reading MS Tape Format
(MTF)
tapes. That's the format NT Backup uses. That was maybe some 1.5
years ago,
and the SW was at an alpha state then. IIRC that was somewhere below
ftp://metalab.unc.edu/system/backup; the name was something with
"MTF",
I believe. Search there, at google or sourceforge, please.
b) Using tar from UNIX(like) to UNIX(like) systems, it *is* possible to
use remote tape drives via /etc/rmt. The syntax is like (e.g. backup)
:
"tar cvf remote_machine:/dev/tape_device /" (substitute the hostname
and the appropriate device name on the remote tape "server".
Thus, this could be possible with a tar port supporting this.
Now, I do know at least 3 tar ports for the various MS Win systems.
2 of these support _local_ SCSI tapes, no remote support IIRC.
Another one was built assuming the tape drive is on a remote *NIX
system - BUT that was a stone-age old 16-bit app designed for Win
3.x,
with a very simple GUI and just supporting _8+3_ filenames :-((.
The name was some like "WinTar"; I think I saw it on some old
CICA mirror CD.
Let's hope someone resumed that work as a Win32 app...
Just my $.02
Juergen
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From: "Wayne Osborn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: VIA686b bug and Linux
Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2001 18:11:53 +0800
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Kenneth R�rvik"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael Perry) wrote in
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
>>One critical issue I should raise is to be careful using hdparm on the
>>2.4.5 kernel with the VIA drivers. I do not believe hdparm is needed to
>>set any advanced parameters on the drives being supported by this
>>driver.
>
> With the correct kernel options, DMA is set automagically. However,
> turning on IRQ unmasking should also help a bit (hdparm -u1). I believe
> this is not done at boot time (It's not on my box).
>
Forgive my ignorance, but why would unmasking interrupts make any
difference when disk transfers are performed using DMA???
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Registered Linux User #212818. [2.2.16-22-Win4Lin-686] [i686]
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to the irrelevant.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (M. Buchenrieder)
Subject: Re: Drivers for Teledat USB 2 a/b
Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2001 08:32:10 GMT
"MPLabs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>Hi,
>probably someone had the same question
Right. See http://groups.google.com/advanced_group_search .
>but I'm realy annoyed because I
>didn't find any Drivers for that stupid little pice of hardware.
Because there are none.
>I've heard that there are drivers for that thing running it on the serial
>port.
No.
>I hope that anyone can help my by telling me where I can find drivers or how
>I can make this thing work...
Throw it away.
Michael
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From: Ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: any Iomega ZIP USB users?
Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2001 11:09:34 +0100
hi
i'm considering buying an external Iomega Zip 100 USB drive to use with
my laptop (toshiba sat pro 4340) which has an Intel 82371AB PIIX4 USB
controller and running linux 2.4.3.
i've looked at
http://www.linux-usb.org (this list the mass storage drv in the
kernel as experimental?)
http://www.qbik.ch/usb/devices
http://www.iomega.com/software/linuxtools.html
and they seem to indicate that the Iomega zip 100 USB does work,
although there is mixed reports about the drivers that are availbel for
this device - the kernel ubs_storage.o and the iomega provided utils
(for 2.4.0pre).
also, i have heard/read somewhere that different versions of the zip100
use different protocols, and wondered if this would be a problem when
using the kernel driver (which i would prefer to use)
if anyone could give me any hints on their current working
configurations; part numbers from the devices/kernel output would also
be useful.
thanks for any info
ray
ps - could ppl CC me on replies - thanks again...
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From: "Tof" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux software RAID mirroring eq. HPT370 RAID mirroring ?
Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2001 08:05:31 -0300
Thanks Anthony !
Others : Any more help is welcome !
Anthony DeRobertis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a �crit dans le message :
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> In article <9gbo2l$32e$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Tof" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I have a few questions about it :
> > 1) Do i need to install the HPT370 linux patch (even if it doesn't
> > supporte the mirroring fonction) or is it already included in the
> > Mandrake 8.0 kernel ?
>
> No. The fact that the drives show up at all means you already have HPT370
> support.
>
> >
> > 2) If i can't solve this problem, can i use a software RAID mirror under
> > linux between the two disks that are mirrored with HPT370 under Windows
> > 98 (i.e. "Hardware HPT370" mirroring and Linux Software mirroring are
> > compatible ?).
>
> No idea how compatable or not they are, but I wouldn't bet my data on it.
> But if you have a good backup, you can try setting it up.
>
> I run software RAID on two drives connected to my HPT370 (same
> motherboard, btw); but my box is Linux-only.
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From: "Clarke Robertson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Redhat 7.1 with Intel D815EEA motherboard
Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2001 07:34:40 -0500
Thanks for your help. I had heard that the onboard video had some problems
with Redhat 7.0, but maybe that was fixed with 7.1. That would stand to
reason, since the 815e is a popular chipset.
"Vyacheslav Fedorov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:9ghb87$9te$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I have a similar system (Win98 and RH 7.1 on 815 chipset) and it work
good.
>
> "Clarke Robertson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > I just got an Intel D815EEA motherboard with onboard graphics support
> (815e
> > chipset). I was wanting to add Redhat 7.1 to my system in a separate
> > partition from Win98. Has anyone tried Redhat 7.1 with this board?
> >
> >
>
>
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From: Jerry Kreps <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: any Iomega ZIP USB users?
Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2001 07:48:31 -0500
Ray wrote:
> hi
>
> i'm considering buying an external Iomega Zip 100 USB drive to use
> with my laptop (toshiba sat pro 4340) which has an Intel 82371AB
> PIIX4 USB controller and running linux 2.4.3.
>
> i've looked at
> http://www.linux-usb.org (this list the mass storage drv in the
> kernel as experimental?)
> http://www.qbik.ch/usb/devices
> http://www.iomega.com/software/linuxtools.html
>
> and they seem to indicate that the Iomega zip 100 USB does work,
> although there is mixed reports about the drivers that are availbel
> for this device - the kernel ubs_storage.o and the iomega provided
> utils (for 2.4.0pre).
>
> also, i have heard/read somewhere that different versions of the
> zip100 use different protocols, and wondered if this would be a
> problem when using the kernel driver (which i would prefer to use)
>
> if anyone could give me any hints on their current working
> configurations; part numbers from the devices/kernel output would
> also be useful.
>
> thanks for any info
> ray
>
> ps - could ppl CC me on replies - thanks again...
>
My own experience with USB is that it doesn't work very well yet. It
hogs CPU resources. I have one box with a ZIP100 and another with a
Zip100. Both are parallel port devices. If I were to purchase
another Zip drive I would make in a SCSI device. In fact, I would
make all my peripherals and HDs SCSI.
JMO...
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From: "JM" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ISDN USB (I-Surf) Siemens
Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2001 14:50:40 +0200
Reply-To: "JM" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Hallo
kann mir jemand helfen ! Wie kann ich mein I-Surf USB mit linux betreiben ?
Gru� Jan
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From: "Fenster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Subject: Question: Erase partition tables from hard drive
Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2001 09:16:35 -0400
Deleting partition tables and master boot record from hard drive.
Maybe I am phrasing this incorrectly but I want to get rid of all partition
tables and boot records on a 10 GIG Western Digital hard drive. I created a
mess when I installed Linux and Windows98 on this drive and would like to
get it back to the way it was when I first bought it......or close to it!
I have used Partition Magic 5.0 and it doesn't help much.
Is there a Linux program that takes care of such problems?
Any help is appreciated. Posted here or sent to my e-mail.
Thanks
Fenster
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From: Lars Luthman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: SBLive stopped working after crash!
Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2001 15:20:29 +0200
Hello!
I have a problem.
My computer crashed some time ago, and when I started it again the BIOS
said "CMOS checksum error - changed to default". I suppose this means
that it reset all BIOS options to the default values. I booted Linux,
and I couldn't play any sound! I'm using Mandrake 8.0, so I opened
DrakConf and looked at the hardware settings. I now had _two_ soundcards
registered, my SBLive and another called VIA something.
I assumed that the VIA soundcard was the built-in soundcard on my
motherboard, which had been turned back on when the BIOS settings went
back to default. So I rebooted and disabled the built-in soundcard in
the BIOS. When I booted Linux again, it said that some hardware had been
removed and asked if I wanted to remove the configurations for that
hardware. I answered "Yes".
When I open DrakConf or run 'detect' now, there is only one soundcard -
the SBLive. But I still can't play sound. I am running Gnome and have a
small sound configuration applet in the panel that is supposed to bring
up the mixer for the soundcard, but when I try to use it it says
"Couldn't open mixer, make sure that you have sound support compiled
into the kernel" or something similar. I still have the devices "mixer",
"audio", "sequencer" and "dsp" in my /dev directory.
I thought that I could fix this problem simply by removing the
configurations for SBLive and reboot Linux, to re-detect the soundcard
and add new (working) settings, but I haven't found a way to remove
hardware configurations. Does anyone know how to do that, or know any
better way to solve this problem?
--ll
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From: Anders Lund <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Question: Erase partition tables from hard drive
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2001 15:29:02 +0200
Fenster wrote:
> Deleting partition tables and master boot record from hard drive.
>
> Maybe I am phrasing this incorrectly but I want to get rid of all
> partition tables and boot records on a 10 GIG Western Digital hard drive.
> I created a mess when I installed Linux and Windows98 on this drive and
> would like to get it back to the way it was when I first bought it......or
> close to it!
>
> I have used Partition Magic 5.0 and it doesn't help much.
> Is there a Linux program that takes care of such problems?
>
> Any help is appreciated. Posted here or sent to my e-mail.
>
> Thanks
> Fenster
fdisk
-anders
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From: Zvi Netiv <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Subject: Re: Question: Erase partition tables from hard drive
Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2001 16:31:09 +0300
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
"Fenster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Deleting partition tables and master boot record from hard drive.
> Maybe I am phrasing this incorrectly but I want to get rid of all partition
> tables and boot records on a 10 GIG Western Digital hard drive. I created a
> mess when I installed Linux and Windows98 on this drive and would like to
> get it back to the way it was when I first bought it......or close to it!
> I have used Partition Magic 5.0 and it doesn't help much.
> Is there a Linux program that takes care of such problems?
> Any help is appreciated. Posted here or sent to my e-mail.
Download the RESQ utilities from http://resq.co.il/resq.php, and extract the lot
to a boot floppy, preferably with Win 98 system files.
Boot of the floppy, then run RESQDISK /KILL.
The drive is now in virgin state. FDISK, format, and load your applications.
Regards, Zvi
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From: Lars Luthman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Subject: Re: Question: Erase partition tables from hard drive
Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2001 15:25:14 +0200
Fenster wrote:
> Maybe I am phrasing this incorrectly but I want to get rid of all partition
> tables and boot records on a 10 GIG Western Digital hard drive. I created a
> mess when I installed Linux and Windows98 on this drive and would like to
> get it back to the way it was when I first bought it......or close to it!
How did it look when you bought it? If you want to install Linux on it,
you could simply boot from the install floppy and run the installation
program (if you have one). I know that Mandrake's installer includes a
tool that allows you to repartition the hard drive. I think you can use
it to create FAT partitions too, if you want to install Windows
afterwards.
--ll
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From: John Roy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Weird IDE Problem with Compaq Deskpro 4000 & RH 6.x
Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2001 13:53:11 GMT
Anthony DeRobertis wrote:
> Have you tried swapping out the RAM yet? Might be defective.
^^^
Actually this is something that is looking likely - I eventually got
linux installed - but by installing RH 7.1 via HTTP via the internet,
I think it worked as it was slower with less IDE activity - less chance
of whatever race condition or hang was happening. I realised my
previous problems were RH update2 program going into
uninterruptable IO wait (ps shows D).
I got setup partition installed and windows 98 and now linux
(I don't need windows, just wanted to test another OS) - but
I do see kupdated crashing and going into a zombie state on
linux sometimes (last time I saw this replacing RAM fixed
the problem) - but I don't have any of this wide RAM simms
to replace this time. Also Windows ran fine yesterday now show
'protection error' - so really points to RAM problem.
HOWEVER compaq diagnostics shows no problem on the RAM -
hangs on CDROM however - I don't know I'm all out of ideas -
best guess is the RAM.
Thanks for all who helped,
John
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From: John Roy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Weird IDE Problem with Compaq Deskpro 4000 & RH 6.x
Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2001 13:53:33 GMT
Anthony DeRobertis wrote:
> Have you tried swapping out the RAM yet? Might be defective.
^^^
Actually this is something that is looking likely - I eventually got
linux installed - but by installing RH 7.1 via HTTP via the internet,
I think it worked as it was slower with less IDE activity - less chance
of whatever race condition or hang was happening. I realised my
previous problems were RH update2 program going into
uninterruptable IO wait (ps shows D).
I got setup partition installed and windows 98 and now linux
(I don't need windows, just wanted to test another OS) - but
I do see kupdated crashing and going into a zombie state on
linux sometimes (last time I saw this replacing RAM fixed
the problem) - but I don't have any of this wide RAM simms
to replace this time. Also Windows ran fine yesterday now show
'protection error' - so really points to RAM problem.
HOWEVER compaq diagnostics shows no problem on the RAM -
hangs on CDROM however - I don't know I'm all out of ideas -
best guess is the RAM.
Thanks for all who helped,
John
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From: Rev. Cyohtee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: US Robotics 56k Fax Win Int + RedHat 7.1 ... HELP !!!
Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2001 09:02:53 -0500
Out of the ether [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rahul) rose up and issued forth:
>Thanks Clive for your reply.
>
>Hummm ...
>
>So there is "no" way that I can make use of my current modem to talk
>with RedHat 7.1 ? I need to purchase a new modem for this ? In that
>case, can anyone please advise for selecting "good" modem for homepc?
>
>My homepc configuration :
>1. OS1 : Windows 2000
>2. OS2 : RedHat 7.1
>3. Machine : Dell Workstation 400.
>
>Thanks in advance,
>Rahul.
>
Well, while it is not a cheap modem, my personal recomendation is an
external USR/3Com Courrier V.everything modem. They are workhorses,
work with every OS I have tried (and I have tried a lot) and work
virtually forever. The ISPs I have worked at swore by them for their
dialup pools, and if a business like an ISP that depends on modems
working for keeping customers will only use a $250 modem, then that
works for me as well. Have been using mine for a couple of years now
with no problems, and way better connection speeds than I was getting
with the cheapo internal modems I was using before that kept dyining
on me.
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