Linux-Misc Digest #900, Volume #26 Tue, 23 Jan 01 16:13:04 EST
Contents:
Re: mounting extended partition (Markus Kossmann)
"Disk change" error ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Good Intro on rsync & personal crontab? (* Tong *)
Re: Linux not free anymore? (John Hasler)
Re: What - no WYSIWYG HTML editors?? (Sinner from the Prairy)
Re: XFree86 and WM? (mst)
in gcc void main()? (john connolly)
AQUA theme for Mozilla?? ("Lloyd Llewellyn")
Re: What - no WYSIWYG HTML editors?? ("Matt O'Toole")
Re: in gcc void main()? (Grant Edwards)
I want somthing to control and analysis logs files ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Can I backup all my data of my partition with cpio? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: cdrecord+ATAPI burner (Andrew Rounds)
Re: slocate.cron error message (Jehsom)
Trojan? (Andrew Rounds)
Re: slocate.cron error message (Tim Faircloth)
Re: mounting extended partition (Santosh C)
Re: Ethernet Newbie needs help ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
bootdisk "OS not found" ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Booting with no console
Re: hdparm (Ralph Miguel Hansen)
Re: hdparm
Re: Booting with no console ("Bill")
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From: Markus Kossmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: mounting extended partition
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 19:08:52 +0100
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Can somebody tell me if it is possible to mount
> an extended FAT32 partition in linux(RH6.1) ?
> I get the following error when I try to mount:
>
> [root@my-pc /root]# mount -t vfat /dev/hda8 /ddrive
> mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hda8,
> or too many mounted file systems
>
What does a "cat /proc/filesystems" say about the available filesystems
?
If vfat is not in the list , check if there is a module for vfat
available, load it and try again.
If you gave neither vfat in your kernel nor as module, you have to
recompile your kernel.
--
Markus Kossmann
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: "Disk change" error
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 18:59:05 GMT
Greetings;
I've been getting many, many erorrs on an RH62 box:
VFS: Disk change detected on device ide1(22,0)
VFS: Disk change detected on device fd(2,0)
end_request: I/O error, dev 02:00 (floppy), sector 0
cdrom: open failed.
Can someone suggest the nature of these errors and the solution, please?
Thanks,
- tony
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From: * Tong * <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Good Intro on rsync & personal crontab?
Date: 23 Jan 2001 15:09:14 -0400
bpc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> * Tong * <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm now trying to setup my personal crontab. The first task I want
> > to do is to rsync all my useful files to another local disk and
> > remote nfs.
> >
> > I've searched through linux-how to but didn't find any document
> > covering it. I know that if I search for 'tutorial rsync & personal
> > crontab' on internet search engines I will get tons of hits. So I
> > want to ask here first, do you know and web pages that give a pretty
> > good coverage of rsync or crontab? thanks
>
> For rsync, http://rsync.samba.org/rsync/documentation.html should have
> everything you need.
So there is not such thing that is easier than man pages or PhD
thesis? Seems pretty tough for me. :-) Is there any getting start
intro? That's what I am looking for.
Documentation
* The FAQ
* The rsync README
* A html version of the original rsync technical report
* An html version of the rsync man page
* An html version of the rsyncd.conf man page
* A copy of my PhD thesis, which includes three chapters on rsync
--
Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply)
http://members.xoom.com/suntong001/
- All free contribution & collection & music from the heavens
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From: John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux not free anymore?
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 17:58:52 GMT
Peter writes:
> Uh, is that "pearl harbor"...
No. It's the place where Larry Wall keeps his yacht.
> ...guessing wildly at the american spelling of harbour
Most of us spell it 'harbor', but garglemonster evidently doesn't believe
in following the crowd in his use of the language.
--
John Hasler
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, Wisconsin
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From: Sinner from the Prairy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: What - no WYSIWYG HTML editors??
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 14:23:39 +0000
Oleg Krivosheev wrote:
> www.coffeecup.com
> OK
How do you compare it to Quanta+ ?
TIA
Salut,
Sinner
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From: mst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: XFree86 and WM?
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 14:21:26 -0500
"Peter C. Giardina, Ph.D." wrote:
>
> Hello all.
>
> I just loaded KDE under Mandrake 7.2. How do I tell X to use KDE? Which
> file contains that information?
>
>
Look in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit: there's a file named xinitrc which
gets executed, which specifies what wm gets loaded. Usually it's a
symlink to specific files found in the same directory: xinitrc.kde,
xinitrx.twm, etc.
MST
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From: john connolly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: in gcc void main()?
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 19:34:53 GMT
Is it possible to declare main to return void instead of int? Using gcc
version 2.95.2 when I do:
void main()
{etc}
it appears that the compiler ignores the keyword void, it insists that
return be followed by type int.
Thanks, JWC
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From: "Lloyd Llewellyn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: AQUA theme for Mozilla??
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 19:40:50 GMT
I'm using Aqua themes for gtk+ and Sawfish wm - it looks gorgeous.
I'd love to find a matching Aqua theme for Mozilla! Anyone know where I can
find one?
Thanks
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From: "Matt O'Toole" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: What - no WYSIWYG HTML editors??
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 19:42:27 GMT
"Sinner from the Prairy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Oleg Krivosheev wrote:
>
>
> > www.coffeecup.com
>
> > OK
>
>
> How do you compare it to Quanta+ ?
I don't know anything about Coffeecup, but Quanta+ is not WYSIWYG.
Matt O.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Grant Edwards)
Subject: Re: in gcc void main()?
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 19:44:15 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, john connolly wrote:
>Is it possible to declare main to return void instead of int? Using gcc
>version 2.95.2 when I do:
>void main()
>{etc}
>it appears that the compiler ignores the keyword void, it insists that
>return be followed by type int.
I belive that ANSI/ISO C defines main as returning an int.
Linux expects main to return an int. Why do you want to
declare it as void?
--
Grant Edwards grante Yow! LIFE is a
at never-ending INFORMERCIAL!
visi.com
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: I want somthing to control and analysis logs files
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 19:35:03 GMT
Hello,
I'm wondering for a script, soft... which allows me to
supervise, parse and analysis log files of all machines in my Lan and
DMZ?
Thanks
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Can I backup all my data of my partition with cpio?
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 19:39:54 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Carfield Yim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I wonder that can I backup all data of my linux partition with cpio
with
> boot files and device file.
> Once there is any serious problem in my system, I can boot up my
machine
> with a boot disk and restore everything, can I do this?
>
> Besides, is there any cpio file viewer so that I can retore individual
> file but not the whole partition?
>
--
Hello Carfield: Yes, you can copy, backup, and view the files from
another partition on the same hard disk. You must first have created
another partition with a program such as fdisk, or diskdruid and
possibly others depending on the distribution. You can then mount the
new partition under any directory you choose using the mount command,
such as mount /dev/hdax /directory . You will not need a special
viewer for the new partition, just treat the mounted partition as a new
directory and copy or edit as you want. If there is a serious problem
with the hard drive, you will probably still have problems with
recovery. You may want to consider just keeping floppy backups of your
personal data files, and configuration files, as well as using the
original installation cd for the operating system.
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From: Andrew Rounds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: cdrecord+ATAPI burner
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 19:57:20 +0000
Thanks for the info, but no joy
cdrecord --scanbus
Cdrecord 1.9 (i586-mandrake-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2000 J�rg
Schilling
Linux sg driver version: 3.1.17
Using libscg version 'schily-0.1'
scsibus0:
0,0,0 0) 'MITSUMI ' 'CR-4804TE ' '2.2C' Removable CD-ROM
etc
The CD's work when I burn using my win98 partition, so I'm assuming that
they are ok.
Andy
Brian C. Kiefer wrote:
> Try running cdrecord -scanbus.... see if you burner pops up.... also, you
> may just have a bad set of blank cds...
>
>
> Brian
>
> Andrew Rounds wrote:
>
> > I can't get cdrecord to work on my machine. Anyone have any ideas?
> > Output from a cdrecord session is pasted below. I am on MDK7.2 with
> > kernel 2.4.0 if that makes any difference (although I think I had the
> > same problem with kernel 2.2.18)
> >
> > A big thanks to anyone who can tell me what I am doing wrong. I know the
> > burner (slave on secondary drive, but hdd=ide-scsi emulation switched
> > on) works, because it works on that other operating system that I dual
> > boot with.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Andy
> >
> > /usr/bin/cdrecord dev=0,0,0 fs=2048k -v -useinfo speed=4 -dao -eject
> > -pad
> > -data "/tmp/track-01.img"
> > pregap1: -1
> > Cdrecord 1.9 (i586-mandrake-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2000 J�rg
> > Schilling
> > TOC Type: 1 = CD-ROM
> > scsidev: '0,0,0'
> > scsibus: 0 target: 0 lun: 0
> > Linux sg driver version: 3.1.17
> > Using libscg version 'schily-0.1'
> > atapi: 1
> > Device type : Removable CD-ROM
> > Version : 0
> > Response Format: 1
> > Vendor_info : 'MITSUMI '
> > Identifikation : 'CR-4804TE '
> > Revision : '2.2C'
> > Device seems to be: Philips CDD-522.
> > Using generic SCSI-3/mmc CD-R driver (mmc_cdr).
> > Driver flags : SWABAUDIO
> > Drive buf size : 1343488 = 1312 KB
> > FIFO size : 2097152 = 2048 KB
> > Track 01: data 598 MB padsize: 30 KB
> > Total size: 687 MB (68:06.50) = 306488 sectors
> > Lout start: 687 MB (68:08/38) = 306488 sectors
> > Current Secsize: 2048
> > ATIP info from disk:
> > Indicated writing power: 6
> > Is not unrestricted
> > Is not erasable
> > ATIP start of lead in: -11740 (97:25/35)
> > ATIP start of lead out: 336156 (74:44/06)
> > Disk type: Short strategy type (Phthalocyanine or similar)
> > Manuf. index: 40
> > Manufacturer: INFODISC Technology Co., Ltd.
> > Blocks total: 336156 Blocks current: 336156 Blocks remaining: 29668
> > Starting to write CD/DVD at speed 4 in write mode for single session.
> > Last chance to quit, starting real write in 1 seconds.
> > Waiting for reader process to fill input buffer ... input buffer ready.
> > /usr/bin/cdrecord: Input/output error. mode select g1: scsi sendcmd:
> > retryable error
> > CDB: 55 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 3C 00
> > status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION)
> > Sense Bytes: 70 00 05 00 00 00 00 0A 00 00 00 00 26 00 00 00
> > Sense Key: 0x5 Illegal Request, Segment 0
> > Sense Code: 0x26 Qual 0x00 (invalid field in parameter list) Fru 0x0
> > Sense flags: Blk 0 (not valid)
> > cmd finished after 0.001s timeout 200s
> > /usr/bin/cdrecord: Warning: using default CD write parameter data.
> > Mode Select Data 00 10 00 00 05 32 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
> > 00 96 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
> > 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
> > /usr/bin/cdrecord: Cannot open new session.
> > /usr/bin/cdrecord: fifo had 32 puts and 0 gets.
> > /usr/bin/cdrecord: fifo was 0 times empty and 0 times full, min fill was
> > 100%.
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jehsom)
Crossposted-To: git.unix.linux
Subject: Re: slocate.cron error message
Date: 23 Jan 2001 19:51:15 GMT
In git.unix.linux Fu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> File system panic (dev 03:01 )
> FAT error
> File system has ben set read-only
> Directory 32165: Bad FAT
> how do i correct the error??
Sounds like you need to run scandisk on that dos drive.
Moshe
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From: Andrew Rounds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Trojan?
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 20:02:31 +0000
Running nmap on my RH6.2, kernel2.2.18 gave me the following snippet
highlighted in red. I assume that this is VERY bad news......... Any advice
on locating the offending program/daemon that is running netbus, so that I
can stamp on it?
12345/tcp open NetBus
12346/tcp open NetBus
Thanks
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From: Tim Faircloth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: git.unix.linux
Subject: Re: slocate.cron error message
Date: 23 Jan 2001 20:06:54 GMT
In git.unix.linux Fu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Directory 32165: Bad FAT
> how do i correct the error??
uh... go on a diet?
/tim
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From: Santosh C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: mounting extended partition
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 20:02:15 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Markus Kossmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> What does a "cat /proc/filesystems" say about the available
filesystems
> ?
[csk@csk-pc /proc]$ cat filesystems
ext2
nodev proc
iso9660
nodev devpts
vfat
>
> If vfat is not in the list , check if there is a module for vfat
> available, load it and try again.
> If you gave neither vfat in your kernel nor as module, you have to
> recompile your kernel.
This is not the problem since I could mount C drive. The problem
is only with D drive.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: Ethernet Newbie needs help
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 20:17:51 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> hi
>
> i'm trying to connect 2 computers directly to each other using
ethernet
> cards.
> both cards have been installed and their drivers successfully loaded,
> and
> they are connected to each other using a 10Mbps crossover cable. When
i
> try
> to ping one of the computers from the other, data is sent by the
network
> card,
> but i receive a "Destination Host Unreachable" error ie. the other
> computer
> does not receive the data.
>
> the network cards are a 3Com Etherlink III (3c509) and an Intel
> EtherExpress (82557).
>
> I'm running Linux 2.2.16 (Slackware 7.1)
>
> I do the following:
> 1. at boot time, the driver for each card is loaded.
> 2. on machine 1:
> ifconfig eth0 197.3.2.1 up
> route add -host 197.3.2.1
> on machine 2:
> ifconfig eth0 197.3.2.2 up
> route add -host 197.3.2.2
> 3. from one of the machines eg. machine 1:
> ping -v 197.3.2.2
> this this produces the following result:
> 112 bytes from 197.3.2.1: Destination Host Unreachable
> Vr HL TOS Len ID Flg off TTL Pro cks Src Dst Data
> 4 5 00 5400 0e00 0 0000 40 01 91ec 197.3.2.1 197.3.2.2
>
> what am i missing???
> below, i've included all the information i could gather. any/all help
> will
> be appreciated.
>
> thanks
> ali
>
> /***************machine 1 (EtherExpress):******************/
> io range (from /proc/ioports): c8000000-c800001f : Intel Speedo3
> Ethernet
> irq: 9
>
> driver reports the following when loaded:
>
> eepro100.c:v1.09j-t 9/29/99 Donald Becker
> http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/eepro100.html
> eepro100.c: $Revision: 1.20.2.10 $ 2000/05/31 Modified by Andrey V.
> Savochkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and others
> eth0: Intel PCI EtherExpress Pro100 82557, 00:A0:C9:C5:B8:69, IRQ 9.
> Board assembly 668081-004, Physical connectors present: RJ45
> Primary interface chip i82555 PHY #1.
> General self-test: passed.
> Serial sub-system self-test: passed.
> Internal registers self-test: passed.
> ROM checksum self-test: passed (0x3c15c8f1).
> Receiver lock-up workaround activated.
>
> ifconfig reports the following after a ping:
>
> eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:A0:C9:C5:B8:69
> inet addr:197.3.2.1 Bcast:197.3.2.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
> Interrupt:9
>
> and the output from route is:
> Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref
Use
> Iface
> 197.3.2.1 * 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0
0
> eth0
> 197.3.2.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0
0
> eth0
> loopback * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0
0
> lo
>
> /******************machine 2 (EtherLink III)*******************/
> io range: 0300-030f : 3c509
> irq: 5
>
> when loaded, driver reports:
>
> eth0: 3c509 at 0x300 tag1, 10baseT port, address 00 20 af 35 54 6f,
IRQ
> 5.
> 3c509.c:1.16 (2.2) 2/3/98 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> ifconfig results after a ping:
>
> eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:20:AF:35:54:6F
> inet addr: 197.3.2.2 Bcast: 197.3.2.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:9 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:9
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
> Interrupt:5 Base address:0x300
>
> the output of route is:
> Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
> 197.3.2.2 * 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 eth0
> 197.3.2.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
> loopback * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo
>
> in the ifconfig results, why does the ifconfig for the etherlink
report
> a Base address ie. "Base Address:0x300" on the last line, while the
> ifconfig for the Etherexpress doesnt do that???
>
>
It looks to me like you may be using the wrong ip address for what
you are trying to do. IP address 197 is a dedicated ip you probably
want to be using 192.168 which is open to all users. If you have been
assigned ip 197 from a local provider and are trying to get those
computers up on the www then you probably need to contact the provider
to find out why that address is not activated.
--
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: bootdisk "OS not found"
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 20:15:41 GMT
Trying to install Redhat 6.2 - downloaded generic.img
from ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/redhat-
6.2/alpha/images/ and copied to a floppy,
previously checked with scandisk, using
rawrite12.exe. The floppy does not boot saying
only "Operating System not found".
I am a Redhat newbie (converting from Slackware)
and I assume that I am taking the correct steps.
Any help much appreciated.
P.S. Does anyone still take the trouble to
download the source these days or should I just
shell out the cash for the CD?
Jon.
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.slackware
Subject: Re: Booting with no console
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 15:32:14 -0500
If the kernel does not see a keyboard , it will report it ("noisy cable")
and continue with bootup.
Remember: This is a multi tasking *multiuser* operating system
It doesn't matter how the users ( plural intensional ) get to it: the
keyboard & monitor attached to it, or through a telnet session or a serial
port or what ever else you may have.
I have two computers in my basement, a samba file server and a gateway.
They don't have keyboards.
They don't have monitors.
They don't have video cards.
They do however have NICs.
In the bios of both machines, I have set them to "Halt on No errors". It's
usually under the first option in the bios.
Note the folllwing with X :
the X "Server" is the part that accesses the video card, and draws images
in it's video memory. it's the video driver.
The applications connect to an XServer , and request screen space to put
their data on.
At home I can connect to my samba server (using another linux computer ) and
run an xwindows program. All the program'sprocessing will be done on the
samba server, but the result ( the image to be shown ) will be processed and
rendered on my computer, where I am actually sitting. Just like telnet, only
with graphics.
If I were to start an "X Server" on my samba serve computer, it would not
work ( "No video card"!!).
PS : what are the error messages that you get ?
hth
Harry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> On Tue, 23 Jan 2001 07:27:02 +0100, "Peter T. Breuer"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >In comp.os.linux.misc Harry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> Anyway - I can set the hardware up not to stall in the absence of a
> >> keyboard and mouse, but what file edits must I make to stop the
> >> operating system from complaining that they're not there on boot?
> >
> >None. The operating system doesn't care.
> >
> >(unless you run X, when you may have to dummy for the mouse, but
> >then running X on a server and without a monitor is doubly pointless)
> >
> >Peter
>
>
> Thanks Peter.
>
> Seems odd to say the OS doesn't care though, when it's throwing out
> what can only be described as error messages....
>
> Harry
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From: Ralph Miguel Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: hdparm
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 21:38:53 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Eric Ho wrote:
> Could someone teach me how to optimize my hard disk performance
> using hdparm ?
>
> Best Regards,
> Eric Ho
>
Looks ugly, but works quite simple: type (as root) hdparm -i /dev/yourdrive,
then you will get some Info's about your drive looking like this:
/dev/hda:
Model=ST34310A, FwRev=3.07, SerialNo=7AX0QDT5
Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec Fixed DTR>10Mbs RotSpdTol>.5% }
RawCHS=8354/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=0
BuffType=0(?), BuffSize=512kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=16
DblWordIO=no, OldPIO=2, DMA=yes, OldDMA=2
CurCHS=8354/16/63, CurSects=8420832, LBA=yes, LBAsects=8420832
tDMA={min:120,rec:120}, DMA modes: mword0 mword1 mword2
IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:240,w/IORDY:120}, PIO modes: mode3 mode4
UDMA modes: mode0 mode1 *mode2
Drive Supports : ATA-1 ATA-2 ATA-3 ATA-4
For next, read carefully man hdparm.
The command for the drive shown above looks like that lovely worm:
hdparm -d1aS242m16X66u1c3k1A1 /dev/hda
For example the d1 option means dma on, S242 means go sleep after a while
and so on.
With my two Seagate-drives, hdparm works good this way although I may have
forgotten something because I don't like toasted file-systems.
Hope it helps
Ralph Miguel Hansen
Auf der Donau 29
45139 Essen
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: hdparm
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 15:36:12 -0500
`man hdparm` would be the best way.
You can enable dma transfers on your cd/dvd device, since these are
read-only. before you enable dma transfers on hdd's make a backup to a
remote, safe, place of all your important information, including any
customization that you hae done.
Eric Ho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:94khma$e0a$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Could someone teach me how to optimize my hard disk performance
> using hdparm ?
>
> Best Regards,
> Eric Ho
>
>
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From: "Bill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.slackware
Subject: Re: Booting with no console
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 20:46:44 GMT
Hey Joseph,
ok I'm a little dense today, feels like a monday again even though I'm on my
third bottle of dew :-)
so what your saying is you don't have X installed on the samba server?
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:OWlb6.122699$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
> If the kernel does not see a keyboard , it will report it ("noisy cable")
> and continue with bootup.
> Remember: This is a multi tasking *multiuser* operating system
> It doesn't matter how the users ( plural intensional ) get to it: the
> keyboard & monitor attached to it, or through a telnet session or a serial
> port or what ever else you may have.
>
> I have two computers in my basement, a samba file server and a gateway.
>
> They don't have keyboards.
> They don't have monitors.
> They don't have video cards.
> They do however have NICs.
>
> In the bios of both machines, I have set them to "Halt on No errors".
It's
> usually under the first option in the bios.
>
>
> Note the folllwing with X :
>
>
> the X "Server" is the part that accesses the video card, and draws images
> in it's video memory. it's the video driver.
> The applications connect to an XServer , and request screen space to put
> their data on.
>
> At home I can connect to my samba server (using another linux computer )
and
> run an xwindows program. All the program'sprocessing will be done on the
> samba server, but the result ( the image to be shown ) will be processed
and
> rendered on my computer, where I am actually sitting. Just like telnet,
only
> with graphics.
>
> If I were to start an "X Server" on my samba serve computer, it would not
> work ( "No video card"!!).
>
>
> PS : what are the error messages that you get ?
>
>
>
> hth
>
>
>
> Harry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > On Tue, 23 Jan 2001 07:27:02 +0100, "Peter T. Breuer"
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > >In comp.os.linux.misc Harry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >> Anyway - I can set the hardware up not to stall in the absence of a
> > >> keyboard and mouse, but what file edits must I make to stop the
> > >> operating system from complaining that they're not there on boot?
> > >
> > >None. The operating system doesn't care.
> > >
> > >(unless you run X, when you may have to dummy for the mouse, but
> > >then running X on a server and without a monitor is doubly pointless)
> > >
> > >Peter
> >
> >
> > Thanks Peter.
> >
> > Seems odd to say the OS doesn't care though, when it's throwing out
> > what can only be described as error messages....
> >
> > Harry
>
>
>
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