Linux-Hardware Digest #139, Volume #9 Sat, 9 Jan 99 06:13:32 EST
Contents:
Re: Lilo will not boot Win98 is over the 1024 cylinder (Stuart Baker)
Attractive cases? (Carl Woffenden)
Drivers for SMC EZ Card10/100 and RH 5.2 ("Joe")
Re: SCSI emulation in Linux (Ryan R. Henry)
Re: Serial printer cable (Daniel Taylor)
Re: Attractive cases? (Gary Momarison)
Re: Wanted: PPro-200 w 256k ("Chris Schuler")
Re: Serial printer cable (Jim Reidford)
Re: help with hardware........ ("Mosl Roland")
Toshiba 4000CDT & Red Hat Sound Config ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Tape drive recommendations (Gary Momarison)
Re: Linux on Netfinity with IBM ServRAID II SCSI-adapter (Dan Mack)
PC Card and Linux (Fabrizio Leone)
Ensoniq PCI linux ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
AcceleratedX with Revolution IV-FP? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
opti 931 Soundchip & ava 1502 AE ("Bernhard Reski")
Re: euro support in kernel 2.0 (Brian McCauley)
Re: DEC Alpha or Wintel Celeron ("Andrei A. Dergatchev")
Re: SIS 6326 8mb AGP. ("Ken McCord")
Config Tape backup ??? (Yves Guerin)
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From: Stuart Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Lilo will not boot Win98 is over the 1024 cylinder
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1999 13:22:17 -0500
TheMan3019 wrote:
>
> Hi, I've been trying to install win98 and redhat 5.2 on my 2 gig hard drive for
> 3 days. I have a: Bios that uses a LBA , 233 AMD. 32mb ram, Can any one please
> tell me what is the correct way to install both OS on one drive with LBA. I
> have tryed partitioning my harddrive to: hda1 50mb swap, hda2 454mb root /,
> hda3 fat32 win98. Then installed win98 then installed redhat. Then lilo boots
> lets me boot redhat but not win98.Says "Error 0x00". Then I go to RedHat go to
> /etc/lilo. I get a message saying"warning device 0x00303 exceeds 1024 cylinder
> limit, Added win98.
Anything after 1024 cylinder is EIDE and can't be booted. I think the
only thing to do is make your RedHat partitions smaller
stu
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From: Carl Woffenden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Attractive cases?
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1999 17:46:09 +0000
Hi.
I'm looking for an attractively styled ATX case; does anyone make them?
The YY-B0210 cube server cases* are perhaps the best so far but I'd like
to see more examples. (Something as pretty as the SGI Crimson or R4000).
Thanks,
Carl.
*YY-B0210 - http://www.yeongyang.com/yy0110.html
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From: "Joe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Drivers for SMC EZ Card10/100 and RH 5.2
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1999 12:07:09 -0500
TIA for reading this,
I just got RedHat 5.2 up and running and I am trying to add
a second ethernet card. The card that was in the machine when
I installed Linux is a 3C509 and it works perfectly. Now I want
to add a 100MB card and have an SMC1211TX (EZ Card). I cannot
seem to locate the correct driver (or at least that is what I think
the problem is). What driver should I be using for the PCI card?
I am using linuxconf to configure things and see that the
/etc/conf.modules file is getting changed (alias eth1 driver_name).
After quitting and activating the changes I try to use Usernet to
start eth1, but it 'hangs' at the yellow state. Also, I do have the
card connected to a 100MB hub. Am I stuck holding yet another
piece of Windoze only hardware?
Next question, How do I set it up? Can I use the same primary
name + domain and alias as I have set for my 3c509 card? I
do know that the IP addresses will be different (192.168.10.1 for
the 3C509 and 192.168.100.1 for the SMC1211TX). The Multiple
Linux Ethercard How-To, v2.00 leaves too much to my imagination
and could use some added examples.
As always, I am eternally greatful for any help.
Joe Z
E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] if you wish.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ryan R. Henry)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: SCSI emulation in Linux
Date: 08 Jan 1999 14:06:25 -0500
SCSI Emulation will also emulate a SCSI cd drive for your other drive...you just have
to figure out which device it is...at least it did for mine.
--
Ryan Henry
---
Wrong on most accounts. const Foo *foo; and Foo const *foo; mean the same: foo
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illegal (double const). You are confusing this with Foo * const foo; and const
Foo * const foo; respectively. -David Kastrup, comp.os.linux.development.system
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Daniel Taylor)
Subject: Re: Serial printer cable
Date: 8 Jan 99 19:22:14 GMT
Use Jim Howes' diagram.
The DB25 serial port on the back of a typical PC
is a DTE serial device, same as the printer.
Jim Reidford's diagram is appropriate to connect
a PC serial port or printer serial port to a modem,
which is a DCE (Data Comm Equipment) device, though
it is a bit odd in that it carries through the clock
signals (perhaps for a CSU/DSU). It might also be the
pinout for a DB25 parallel cable (which I do not have
at hand to verify).
In short:
2-3,3-2,7-7 (DB25-DB25)
2-2,3-3,7-5 (DB25-DB9)
2-3,3-2,5-5 (DB9-DB9)
Enjoy.
Jim Reidford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Jim Howes wrote:
>>
>> Keith Brilhart wrote:
>> >
>> > I have my zip drive on /dev/lp0 and no second parallel port, and would
>> > like to use my printer. There seem to be two options...install a card
>> > to add another parallel port, or to use my printer as a serial printer
>
><<SNIP>>
>>
>> Assuming a DB25 at the printer end, you need a cable with at minimum,
>> the
>> following connections:
>>
>> Printer End System End
>> DB25 pinout DB9
>> 2 (TxD) --------------- 3 (RxD) 2 (RxD)
>> 3 (RxD) --------------- 2 (TxD) 3 (TxD)
>> 7 (GND) --------------- 7 (GND) 5 (GND)
>>
>
><SNIP>
>Sorry to butt in but what you need for 25 to 25 is
>
>Sreeen 1-------------1
>TX 2-------------2
>RX 3-------------3
>RTS 4-------------4
>CTS 5-------------5
>DSR 6-------------6
>Sig Gnd 7-------------7
>CD 8-------------8
> 15-------------15
> 17-------------17
>DTR 18-------------18
>
>Can't remember the DB9 pinouts but the main thing is not to cross RX &
>TX.
>
>
>
>
>--
>Jim Reidford
>
>--
>
>"Due to financial constraints,
>the light at the end of the tunnel
>has been turned off until further notice !!"
--
Daniel Taylor Digi International [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Gary Momarison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Attractive cases?
Date: 08 Jan 1999 23:28:14 -0800
Carl Woffenden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi.
>
> I'm looking for an attractively styled ATX case; does anyone make them?
> The YY-B0210 cube server cases* are perhaps the best so far but I'd like
> to see more examples. (Something as pretty as the SGI Crimson or R4000).
Take a look in Gary's Encyclopedia at
http://www.aa.net/~swear/pedia/cases.html
Don't miss the link to a Slashdot discussion of the subject.
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From: "Chris Schuler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Wanted: PPro-200 w 256k
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1999 02:17:37 -0600
be warned; typically when using a dual processor system it is advised that
the chips are within one stepping of each other. The stepping is located on
the bottom of the chip i belive. There are software means of finding this
out as well. (alas i only know how in Windows 95/98/NT, but im not about to
explain that here :) )
//Chris
Gordon Haverland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>Hi:
> I have a PC with sockets for 2 PPro-200 256k CPUs.
>Only one socket is occupied, I would like to fill the
>other socket. Gives me a chance to play with SMP.
>Thanks.
>
>Gordon Haverland
>haverlan @ agric.gov.ab.ca
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From: Jim Reidford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Serial printer cable
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1999 14:04:42 +0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Jim Howes wrote:
>
> Keith Brilhart wrote:
> >
> > I have my zip drive on /dev/lp0 and no second parallel port, and would
> > like to use my printer. There seem to be two options...install a card
> > to add another parallel port, or to use my printer as a serial printer
<<SNIP>>
>
> Assuming a DB25 at the printer end, you need a cable with at minimum,
> the
> following connections:
>
> Printer End System End
> DB25 pinout DB9
> 2 (TxD) --------------- 3 (RxD) 2 (RxD)
> 3 (RxD) --------------- 2 (TxD) 3 (TxD)
> 7 (GND) --------------- 7 (GND) 5 (GND)
>
<SNIP>
Sorry to butt in but what you need for 25 to 25 is
Sreeen 1-------------1
TX 2-------------2
RX 3-------------3
RTS 4-------------4
CTS 5-------------5
DSR 6-------------6
Sig Gnd 7-------------7
CD 8-------------8
15-------------15
17-------------17
DTR 18-------------18
Can't remember the DB9 pinouts but the main thing is not to cross RX &
TX.
--
Jim Reidford
--
"Due to financial constraints,
the light at the end of the tunnel
has been turned off until further notice !!"
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From: "Mosl Roland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,cern.linux
Subject: Re: help with hardware........
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1999 19:32:04 +0100
Andre Antunes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:773jel$lqm$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>Hi everyone,
>I'm new with Linux, and started by instaling Red Hat 5.3.
Red Hat 5.3 ? Typing error or new release?
Mosl Roland
http://pege.org/ clear targets for a confused civilization
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Toshiba 4000CDT & Red Hat Sound Config
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1999 19:01:09 GMT
Hello ! I have recently purchased a Toshiba 4000CDT which comes with a Yamaha
OPL3-SAx. I checked the BIOS and noted down all the settings for the card.
When I run 'sndconfig' it cannot find the card. I didn't mind since I had
all the settings anyway. Selecting 'OPL3-SAx' from the drop-down list and
entering the settings manually, I am greeted with the error 'Problems with
opening /dev/audio'. Flipping the settings around at random yielded no
results. (That did not really surprise me) Has anyone had any experience in
setting up this sound card, preferrably in Red Hat Linux 5.2 ? Please respond
by emailing to the address above. Thanks in advance !!
Oliver
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From: Gary Momarison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Tape drive recommendations
Date: 08 Jan 1999 23:41:59 -0800
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Cochran) writes:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Yan Seiner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >I am about to make the swap from NT server to Linux now that samba 2.0
> >is almost out.
> >
> >I am going to take this opportunity to replace our somewhat unreliable
> >tape drive (a seagate TR-4) with something that has larger capacity and
> >significantly more reliability. The seagate drive has been replaced
> >twice in two years; the TR-4 tapes run about a 30% failures per year.
That's good luck. I replaced mine twice before I got one that even worked.
You can find some backup info and SW via Gary's Encyclopedia at
http://www.aa.net/~swear/pedia/backup.html
It also shows how I use a simple cpio command, but you probably don't
want to compress. Ensure that your tar handles long file names, or
just use cpio or afio or something else. Bru has a good reputation
(at least before they shipped buggy crippleware with Red Hat 5.0).
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From: Dan Mack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Linux on Netfinity with IBM ServRAID II SCSI-adapter
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1999 14:20:47 -0600
Miguel De Buf wrote:
>
> Hi folks,
>
> I'm stuck with a Netfinity 5500, and I would like to install RH5.2 on
> it. But there is no SCSI-driver recognizing the IBM ServRAID II adapter
> ?
>
> Anyone experience with this, any help is very appreciated,
We are in the same boat. This is what we did:
1. moved jumper J11 to disable the RAID controller. There is no
driver for the ServRAID II adapter that I could find.
2. installed our own SCSI card and hooked it up to the drive bays.
Seems to work for us... IF you get the RAID working with Linux, PLEASE
LET ME KNOW!!!
Dan
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From: Fabrizio Leone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: PC Card and Linux
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1999 22:02:05 +0100
Hi,
there is someone that can halp me? I have a Olicom 33.6 Ethernet/Modem
on my notebook, bat I don't know how to configure it. There is same
driver
compatible with my PC Card?
Thanks in advance.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Ensoniq PCI linux
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1999 09:35:07 GMT
HElp :-) ! First, excuse me for my english ( I'm french ) I beguin linux (
I have the slackware 3.5 ) and I can't Configure my ensoniq soundscape pci
card. When I try to use X11amp ( for example, it's a MP client ), he says "
unable to open the audio device" and " unable to reset the audio device "
Please help me
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: AcceleratedX with Revolution IV-FP?
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1999 20:29:59 GMT
Hi,
Has anyone been able to use the Number Nine
Revolution IV-FP board (the one with the digital
flat panel output) with the new Revolution IV
AcceleratedX server? When I tried, the server
detected the board, but then terminated with the
message: "no screens found".
Thanks for any info,
Ariel Cohen
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From: "Bernhard Reski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: opti 931 Soundchip & ava 1502 AE
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1999 11:40:42 +0100
Hi,
does an Opti 931 Soundchip work with Debian Gnu Linux-Kernel 2.0.34?
It dosn't work with SB Pro or Mad 16.
the same problem is with ava 1502 ae. I need it for scanning.
Thanks for help.
Bernhard
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From: Brian McCauley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.m68k,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.powerpc,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: euro support in kernel 2.0
Date: 09 Jan 1999 10:41:47 +0000
"Colin Ling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Does anyone know if there is a patch for the Euro support in kernel 2.0 and
> will it be supported in 2.2?
Why do you think there'd be a need for a kernel patch? Sounds like a
keymap patch and a console font patch to me.
Why do you think this is a networking issue?
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From: "Andrei A. Dergatchev" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: DEC Alpha or Wintel Celeron
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1999 22:20:31 +0100
Hi!
[deletia]
> DEC Alpha 200
> 4/233 with the equipment listed below.
This is a pretty old beast, I think.
> True 32-bit non-PC CPU. This baby is fast. It runs with BSD UNIX or
There are 64-bit Alphas around for a while. If you prefer cheaper, then stick
with Intel. I would suggest getting Alpha (but NOT this) only if you have definite
reason. Otherwise you'll find out that a lot of Linux appl are in fact x86-appl *only*.
Myself I'm purchasing 533MHz Alpha but I have special reasons for that.
Andrei
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From: "Ken McCord" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SIS 6326 8mb AGP.
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1999 15:11:13 -0500
If you want to stick with 3.3.2, do a DejaNews search for my posting from
last month on installing XFree86 3.3.2 with SiS chipsets...
Ken McCord
louis wrote in message <775jl3$4jl$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Hi
>
>How can I upgrade my XFree86 from 3.3.2 to 3.3.3 and from where as well
what
>batches I need to dounloud?
>I have redhat 5.2 but cant probe my video card.
>I have SIS 6326 8mb AGP.
>Thanks
>
>louis
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
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From: Yves Guerin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Config Tape backup ???
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1999 15:23:14 -0500
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Hello,
I get an old tape backup: conner ctt800 on floppy plug with two
floppy drives: A - B. I would like to know how to install my tape backup
Thanks
Yves
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