Linux-Misc Digest #525, Volume #19 Fri, 19 Mar 99 20:13:07 EST
Contents:
Re: Incredibly STUPID linux question - How do I format a floppy disk? (Johannes Nix)
Re: rpm error: Operation not permitted (Rick Miller)
Re: Can Linux use 36-bit Xeon addressing? (John Burton)
Re: Can Linux use 36-bit Xeon addressing? (John Burton)
Linux Software Archive + more (Never spam a hacker)
Re: setting linux up to use different IRQ for my modem? (Duane Elmer Smeckert)
Re: Large (1MB) writes ("Norm Dresner")
SB16PnP-How? (eric malloy)
Snapscan310 and adaptec 1505AE SCSI adapter ("Dirk Demuynck")
Re: Modem setup question (Raman Sundararajan)
Re: Can Linux use 36-bit Xeon addressing? (Pas Moi)
Linux on Compaq ProLian 1850R - any luck? (John Sinnott)
Re: Incredibly STUPID linux question - How do I format a floppy disk? (Juergen
Heinzl)
Re: ISDN (DaZZa)
Re: rpm error: Operation not permitted (S P Arif Sahari Wibowo)
Re: Can Linux use 36-bit Xeon addressing? (david parsons)
Re: Can Linux use 36-bit Xeon addressing? (Johan Kullstam)
Re: Linux on Compaq ProLian 1850R - any luck? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: old proprietary cd-rom recognised as scsi? (REPOST) ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: C/C++ Programming on Linux: Good Books? ("Phlip")
Re: Linux Emulator for Windows? (Ed Young)
Re: Redhat linux and Iomega Zip 250 drive (Lance Adams)
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From: Johannes Nix <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Incredibly STUPID linux question - How do I format a floppy disk?
Date: 20 Mar 1999 01:08:45 +0100
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Juergen Heinzl) writes:
> Since the other system is a Linux system too ...
> tar -cvf /dev/fd0H1440 file.tar.gz
> ... and ...
> tar -xvf /dev/fd0H1440 on the other machine will do; no formatting
> necessary here, you can just use the raw floppy.
And that's a lot faster....
On my system I would use the device file /dev/fd0u1440 or the default
device /dev/fd0. Presently, there seem to exist various standards for
device file naming.
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From: Rick Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.rpm,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: rpm error: Operation not permitted
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 19:39:44 -0500
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S P Arif Sahari Wibowo wrote:
> Hai!
>
> I tried to update a package:
>
> rpm -U util-linux-2.8-11.i386.rpm
>
> it gave an error:
> unpacking of archive failed on file /bin/login: -2147483639: Operation not
> permitted
> error: util-linux-2.8-11.i386.rpm cannot be installed
>
> Older package is:
> util-linux-2.7-18
>
> It is on a redhat Linux 5.1 (kernel 2.0.34)
>
> Any idea why?
>
> Thanks.
>
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From: John Burton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Can Linux use 36-bit Xeon addressing?
Date: 19 Mar 1999 20:15:48 GMT
Johan Kullstam wrote:
>
> John Burton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Ummm...not quite... bottom end single processor Alpha servers are about
> > the same price as top end Intel dual processor servers - single 533Mhz
> > 21164 w/ 256MB ram & 9gb disk runs about $4500, dual 500Mhz Pentium III
> > w/ 256MB ram & 9gb disk runs about $4500... Alpha servers go up in
> > performance & price from there, Intel Servers go down in performance and
> > price from there...
>
> there *are* quad intel boxen. they also generally cost more than
> $4500. still, i'd rather have a fast alpha.
>
I know that there are quad Intel boxes, just as I know there are lower
priced Alpha systems.. the ones I originally mentioned were somewhat
equivalent in a server environment (without getting into the details of
the MB architecture) in that they had the same amount of memory (256MB),
the same amount of disk space (9.1GB) and the same type of disk
subsystem (U2W SCSI)... one *primary difference is that its a *single*
Alpha vs. a *dual* Intel at approximately the same clock speed (533Mhz
for Alpha, vs 500Mhz for Intel). Some app mixes would do better on the
dual Intel setup, other mixes would do better on the single Alpha
system...
John
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From: John Burton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Can Linux use 36-bit Xeon addressing?
Date: 19 Mar 1999 20:15:56 GMT
wizard wrote:
>
> Christopher Browne wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 11 Mar 1999 22:49:49 GMT, John Burton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > >> how about an entire movie? Titanic was done using linux on alphas.
> > >> It put out terabytes of data. linux was used to colormatch the
> > >> digital images and put together the fames that made up the movie. I
> > >> wouldn't consider that usual usage. They needed computing power, they
> > >> got alphas
> > >
> > >They also had money! They were't *too* concerned between $4000 &
> > >$10,000...
> > >I agree..if you have the money, go for the Alpha... (the 21264 & 21364
> > >Alphas look pretty impressive...;-)
> >
> > It's not so much that they were price-insensitive; it's also that they
> > were *space*-sensitive.
> >
> > Adding a couple of extra boxes to make up for IA-32 CPUs not being as
> > fast may not be a big deal when the task is small. Fitting an extra
> > system in my apartment might be moderately annoying, but wouldn't cost
> > much.
> >
> > But when you start building a big "rendering farm," additional costs
> > start needing to be considered:
> > - The cost of the "real estate" required to house the boxes,
> > - The cost of getting those boxes dropped into place, plugged in, and
> > running.
>
> Funny thing is there are many vendors offering preassembled Alpha farms. Just
> drop the rack in place supply power and off you go. This is not the case with
> Intel systems, at least I have not seen many advertised. The market for
> performance machines is at time very sensitive to pricing considerations, since
> many"farms" are Alpha powered there must be a good reason. The only reason one
> could reasonable suggest is performance per dollar. Granted there may be
> application were an Intel system will accel but the market doesn't seem to
> support that theory.
>
I think *performace* is the key to the "farms" as opposed to
"price/performace ratio"... when you're looking at large clusters &
farms, you want each individual processing node to have good
performance... As I mentioned in a previous post, low-end Alphas are
competing agains high-end Intel...if you want individual node
performance *better* than the low-end Alpha, then forget about Intel...
particularly when your dual cpu 21264 systems have a SpecFP95 value
pushing a factor of 10 greater than the top dual cpu Intel system...
John
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Never spam a hacker)
Subject: Linux Software Archive + more
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 20:09:34 GMT
Hi
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Check out this site now.
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From: Duane Elmer Smeckert <"elmer at"@ ptw dot. com>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: setting linux up to use different IRQ for my modem?
Date: 19 Mar 1999 20:16:45 GMT
But in a nutshell, assuming that your modem is on
IRQ5 (don't try IRQ2) you can change the
IRQ using 'setserial' (Read the fantasic man page)
After you get it figured out the correct command line
and are sure you are running under minicom,
you can add the change to the rc.serial init script.
Andrew Comech wrote:
> Hi, I hope you could get the answers from
> http://www.math.sunysb.edu/~comech/tools/StonyBrookPPP.html#jumpstart
>
> Best,
> Andrew
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From: "Norm Dresner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Large (1MB) writes
Date: 19 Mar 1999 20:16:50 GMT
Michael Nolan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in article
<7cjeo2$6eo$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> Are there any drivers to do large (1MB) tape read and write? The limit
> in 2.0.xx was ~64k, but if we can't do at least 1MB, we're stuck with
> Solaris.
>
Why not modify the original or write your own; that is, after all, one of
the most important things about Open Source, n'est pas?
Norm
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From: eric malloy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: SB16PnP-How?
Date: 19 Mar 1999 20:17:36 GMT
How do I setup my Sound Blaster PnP 16.. i got this info about it out of
NT:
IRQ=5
DMA= 00
DMA= 00
I/O Range: 0220-022F
I/O Range: 0300-0301
Can someone tell me how to configure this.. when i compiled the 2.2.3
kernel i added PnP support and SB16 support
and if it helps i run slackware 3.6
Thanks
eric
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From: "Dirk Demuynck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.hardware,fido.belg.linux,linux.redhat.announce,linux.redhat.list,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Snapscan310 and adaptec 1505AE SCSI adapter
Date: 19 Mar 1999 20:18:14 GMT
Hi,
Does someone knows how to install/configure the Agfa Snapscan 310 and the
SCSI adapter ADAPTEC 1505AE on RH5.2 ??
Which drivers??
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From: Raman Sundararajan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Modem setup question
Date: 20 Mar 1999 00:31:49 GMT
I also had similar problem with external modem. I have
set my ppp account using information from
http://axion.physics.ubc.ca/ppp-linux.html
check this out.
Raman
john xu wrote:
> All:
> I need some help to make my modem work.
> I have an ISA modem(Not Winmodem) installed in my old 386PC,
> and system has 8 mb memory on it. This machine was installed Win95 and
> modem just worked fine(Not PnP mode). When I installed Redhat 5.2 on
> this machine, everything seems Ok except modem card. I can dial in to my
>
> ISP PPP server and get the connection. Then enter username and
> password. I got connection and hundreds garbage characters. However,
> just
> after a few seconds, I was disconnected and minicom screen said "No
> CARRIER". Using setserial -a /dev/ttyS3 (I am using port 4, IRQ 3), I
> got
> UART 16550A. Everything seems correct, but why I lost connection?
> Is it possible due to my system memory be too small to cause the
> problem?
> This error repeated again and again and really bother me.
>
> Somebody has idea and suggestion what I need to try to solve the
> problem? Any help is very appreciated.
>
> Please reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so I won't miss you.
>
> Thanks
>
>
> ----------------------------------------------
> John
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>
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From: Pas Moi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Can Linux use 36-bit Xeon addressing?
Date: 19 Mar 1999 20:19:12 GMT
>> "CB" == Christopher Browne wrote on Wed, 10 Mar 1999 13:21:20 GMT:
CB> On Tue, 09 Mar 1999 17:51:40 GMT, Gianni Mariani
CB> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> The only ideology MS has is capitalism.
CB> Can you elaborate on how earnings accruing from ownership of
CB> capital explains Microsoft's actions?
since you ask:
0. seems like they bought some important pieces of intellectual
"property" early in their history. note that bill chose to stash his
cash in production, and not on the roulette table, real estate, or in
hedonistic dissipation. he took his money (how much from daddy?) and
turned it into capital.
1. they seem to be have extended this "ownership" of a few pieces of
intellectual "property" into even more "property rights" and a big
pile of money. for ms, then we have M-C-M' & C-M-C'.
2. their system of production is more or less equivalent to wage
labour.
yes, maybe ms is a product of bill's psychosis, but for me, if it
walks like a duck...
you could have argued that the nature of the information industry
somehow negates the fundamentals of capitalism, but you seem more
concerned about defending the image of capitalism. admitting that ms
is capitalist, will make capitalism look bad, which i guess is a
problem for you because you have an emotional comittment to
capitalism. essentially, you're halfway to giving up on capitalism
already. you might as well take the plunge, because it will be easier
than arguing that every uncle scrooge and ig farben isn't "really
capitalist."
and how did you work yourself out of the plonk zone on my score file?
ciao,
g.y.
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From: John Sinnott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Linux on Compaq ProLian 1850R - any luck?
Date: 19 Mar 1999 20:20:43 GMT
Has anyone managed to get Linux up and running on the ProLiant 1850R? I
know it is possible, since Compaq is now shipping these boxes configured
for Linux. The only problem I am having is getting the embedded 10/100
UTP NIC that comes with the box working. Is there a compatible driver
available, or do I need to just purchase another NIC for one of the PCI
slots?
Thanks
John
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Juergen Heinzl)
Subject: Re: Incredibly STUPID linux question - How do I format a floppy disk?
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 00:50:00 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Johannes Nix wrote:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Juergen Heinzl) writes:
>
>> Since the other system is a Linux system too ...
>> tar -cvf /dev/fd0H1440 file.tar.gz
>> ... and ...
>> tar -xvf /dev/fd0H1440 on the other machine will do; no formatting
>> necessary here, you can just use the raw floppy.
>
>And that's a lot faster....
>
>On my system I would use the device file /dev/fd0u1440 or the default
>device /dev/fd0. Presently, there seem to exist various standards for
>device file naming.
I just took a look ... the devices.txt of 2.2.3 says fd0u1440, so you
are more up to date than I am ... all home grown here 8)
Cheers,
Juergen
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From: DaZZa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: ISDN
Date: 19 Mar 1999 20:21:03 GMT
On Sat, 13 Mar 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Has anyone connect a linux box to a workstation using an ISDN link ? I
> want to get two machines talking to each other using PPP on an ISDN link.
> Ethernet would be the best option I know, but I can't use it. I've had a
> look at the HOWTO's and can't find anything that is of much use.
>
> My main question is how do I setup the link ? How do I get one machine
> to "dial" the other ? They will be connect directly to each other in a LAN
> config.
You use PPP. :-)
The ISDN line card should just be another device to Linux, which can be
accessed the same way as /dev/ttyS0 or /ttyS1 would be for a dial out
modem.
There's a pretty good how-to provided with most distributions - have a
look for it.
DaZZa
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From: S P Arif Sahari Wibowo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.rpm,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: rpm error: Operation not permitted
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 18:48:51 -0600
On Fri, 19 Mar 1999, S P Arif Sahari Wibowo wrote:
>rpm -U util-linux-2.8-11.i386.rpm
>it gave an error:
>unpacking of archive failed on file /bin/login: -2147483639: Operation not
>permitted
>error: util-linux-2.8-11.i386.rpm cannot be installed
Apparently login had immutable bit (on ext2) set. "chattr -i login" solved
it.
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From: o r c @ p e l l . p o r t l a n d . o r . u s (david parsons)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Can Linux use 36-bit Xeon addressing?
Date: 19 Mar 1999 20:22:33 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Johan Kullstam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Robert Krawitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> 2 GB RAM is a satisfactory virtual address space for a single process
>> for most purposes, but 1 or 2 GB RAM is not a satisfactory upper limit
>> on RAM today.
>
>but these are not `most purposes'. the big ram user will almost
>certainly need a shitload of ram for *one* process.
Not likely, in my experience.
But do continue with your misconceptions.
____
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From: Johan Kullstam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Can Linux use 36-bit Xeon addressing?
Date: 19 Mar 1999 20:22:36 GMT
o r c @ p e l l . p o r t l a n d . o r . u s (david parsons) writes:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Johan Kullstam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >i can understand linus completely. do you remember 16 bit segment
> >hell?
>
> How long does it take to fill up a 64k code+data segment? Now
> how long does it take to fill up a 4gb code+data segment? I'm
> sure that one of the days we'll see programs that are larger
> than this, but it may not be for a couple of year yet. If we
> can live with a maximum of 4gb of space per program (that's 4
> times the current limitation, 2 times if you do kernel hacks)
> the kernel will be the only entity that needs to worry about
> segment+offset addresses.
i can accept multiple processes, none of which take up more than 2 (or
perhaps 3) GB each, yet the whole thing needs more than 4 GB to fit
into memory. the heavyweight application (yes singular, if you had
two independents, you could run them on two boxen) will need to be
written so that it uses multiple processes. some database type stuff
may already be in such a form.
> segment+offset addresses are a bit of a pain, but if you're
> programming in a higher level language they certainly aren't more of
> a pain than the 68ks separate address and data registers were.
the 68k was a wonderful processor. C compilers could easily figure
out the difference between an int and a pointer and put the right
thing in the right slot. that wasn't a pain at all. you could pretty
much guess what the C code would translate into. the m68k was a fine
cpu.
the small, medium, compact, far, huge memory model thing was much more
difficult. i remember working on both m68k and x86 back in 1990 and
the m68k just *so* much easier to deal with. x86 has register
over-specialization in combination with a dearth of registers. the
16 bit segments made it suck that much more.
i remember coding C for the x86 in 16 bit mode and it was no fun to
juggle memory models. huge pointers will break C++ for sure. look at
NULL, it's an int (or maybe a long). things go wrong if pointers are
64 bit quantities and NULL is a 32 bit thing. i am not sure if the
standard allows NULL to be 0LL. i know it disallows (void *) 0
(stupid yes, but that's how it is).
if i ever need to address more than 4 GB from a single process, it is
high time for me to get a 64 bit processor. it's as simple as that.
--
J o h a n K u l l s t a m
[[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Don't Fear the Penguin!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Linux on Compaq ProLian 1850R - any luck?
Date: 19 Mar 1999 20:22:52 GMT
Hello
During installation you cannot configure the NIC. Therefore after complete
installation follow the procedure given below.
1. Execute the command "insmod tlan" at the prompt. 2. Execute the command
"netconf" at the prompt. 3. Configure the NIC by selecting the "Basic Host
Information option" and entering the IP Address, Netmask, Net device as eth0
and Kernal as tlan. 4. Select the "Gateway and routing" option from main menu
and fill in the detail of Gateway address and without fail enable the Gateway
option. 5. Accept the changes and exit from utility. 6. If you are installing
Redhat Linux 5.0 or 5.1 add the line "insmod tlan" in
/etc/rc.d/init/d/network. 7. To confirm about the configuration execute the
command "ifconfig -a" which will display the details of your NIC configured.
Regards
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
John Sinnott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Has anyone managed to get Linux up and running on the ProLiant 1850R? I
> know it is possible, since Compaq is now shipping these boxes configured
> for Linux. The only problem I am having is getting the embedded 10/100
> UTP NIC that comes with the box working. Is there a compatible driver
> available, or do I need to just purchase another NIC for one of the PCI
> slots?
>
> Thanks
> John
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: old proprietary cd-rom recognised as scsi? (REPOST)
Date: 19 Mar 1999 20:23:10 GMT
In comp.os.linux.hardware [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi, i just compiled the 2.2.1 kernel and noticed that it seemed to recognize
> my old proprietary cd rom (which i previously had to use via dos cause i
> couldn't get linux to recognize it). but "seemed" is the key word here, this
> is what it told me upon bootup:
> Kernel detected SCSI CDROM drive /dev/, checking for a disc:
> mount: /dev/ is not a block device
What kind of cd-rom is that? some creative labs thing? an old Sony
maybe?
> now in NT the driver for this drive is a scsi driver so i guess it makes
> sense for linux to see it as a scsi device but as you can see it detects a
> cdrom at /dev/ not /dev/cdrom (or /dev/anything for htat matter)
NT sees everything as a SCSI device, even IDE hard disks...
Could you be more precise about the cd-rom model? Linux supports several old
proprietary drives, maybe yours is one of them.
--
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From: "Phlip" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++,alt.linux
Subject: Re: C/C++ Programming on Linux: Good Books?
Date: 19 Mar 1999 16:57:51 PST
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>I have used Visual C++ for C/C++ programming on Windows platform;
now, I am
>planning to switch to Linux and want to do programming using the
free GNU
>compilers that come with Linux.
>
>I am looking for a good book that describes the use of GNU C/C++
compilers
>(have they both been merged and now called gcc?), various
command-line
>switches, GNU Debugger (gdb), etc. Anybody want to recommend a good
and
>not-so-verbose book? Thanks.
WROX's Programming Linux has "Hello World" programs for all the
languages and libraries commonly used (networking, tcl/tk, sh,
etc.). It even covers Makefiles! Download the source from their Web
site before you buy.
The Orielly Animal books has one called The GNU Development Tools,
or something like that. These books need no introduction.
-- Phlip at politizen dot com (address munged)
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From: Ed Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux Emulator for Windows?
Date: 20 Mar 1999 00:52:46 GMT
Steve D. Perkins wrote:
>
> This might sound like a really dumb question (and might earn a few
> flame replies!)... but does anyone know of any good (freeware or
> commercial) Linux emulators for MSWindows? I'm stuck having to use NT
> at work... and sure would love the ability to run some of my favorite
> Linux/X apps through it....
I had the same problem. I rigged my computer to dual boot. I find I am using
NT less and less. The only real problem I have had since is that we had a power
failure and my computer auto rebooted to NT. That has been fixed...
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From: Lance Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.setup,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Redhat linux and Iomega Zip 250 drive
Date: 19 Mar 1999 20:23:59 GMT
Hi Subbarao,
It looks like the driver you ran is ok but you need to make a partition on the
zip disk and then format it. This will then give you an sda1 and you then
should be able to mount it. I was doing the same thing you were doing untill I
read about having to partition and format the disk first. Type /sbin/fdisk
/dev/sda to partition the disk and then mkfs -t ext2 /dev/sda1 to format it
using the native linux file system.
Hope this helps. Also if you could tell me where you got the driver from I
would appreciate it. I lost track of where I got the imm driver from.
Regards,
Lance
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> hi!
>
> I am trying to get an Iomega Zip 250 parallel port drive working on a
> Redhat 5.2 linux system (on intel pentium). I do not have any other SCSI
> adapters/devices.
>
> I followed the instructions in the Zip-Drive Howto. I got the imm
> driver, compiled the kernel with support for SCSI, SCSI disk and
> modular lp support.
>
> When I try to insmod imm, it only outputs (from /var/log/messages)
> -------------------------
> Mar 14 01:27:57 loon kernel: imm: Version 0.18
> Mar 14 01:27:57 loon kernel: imm: Probing port 03bc
> Mar 14 01:27:57 loon kernel: imm: Probing port 0378
> Mar 14 01:27:57 loon kernel: imm: SPP port present
> Mar 14 01:27:57 loon kernel: imm: PS/2 bidirectional port present
> Mar 14 01:27:57 loon kernel: imm: EPP 1.7
> Mar 14 01:27:57 loon kernel: imm: Probing port 0278
> Mar 14 01:27:57 loon kernel: scsi0 : Iomega ZIP Plus drive
> Mar 14 01:27:57 loon kernel: scsi : 1 host.
> -------------------------
>
> It detected the drive but it's not available as any device. I tried to
> mount /dev/sda* (each of them, separately). But i get error message that
> it does not correspond to a block device and the reason may be that the
> driver is not loaded.
>
> According to the Howto, insmod imm should also output to which device
> file (sda?) the drive is mapped. But in my case, it does not tell me
> the device name.
>
> My kernel version is 2.0.36.
> I tried running insmod imm from /etc/rc.d/rc.local, rc.sysinit (to load
> at boot time) and manually also after booting but none of them worked.
>
> I have seen postings on this group saying they got Zip 250 working perfectly
> in linux. I will greatly appreciate any help in this regard.
>
> -subbarao
>
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