Linux-Hardware Digest #354, Volume #9 Thu, 4 Feb 99 08:13:41 EST
Contents:
Re: AIC 7890 SCSI Controller ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: MT5634ZPX-PCI modem (Joe Zeff)
Re: can't mount msdos drive ("Jon Williamson")
Re: Ouch! Now Printer goes haywire! (W. Dean Milner)
- Enter 2150 New Contests--Just Fill One Form (Dusty)
Re: Lost: One Cute Penguin ("Peter Caffin")
AdvanSys SCSI + Plextor CDR - opinions please (Bernard Cena)
Re: Modem damnit. (-el topcat)
Re: Linux Server (Del)
Re: can't mount msdos drive (Chris Lee)
Does IDLE save Energy? (Eric Wick)
plip-link: wrong cable? wrong version? (Tilman Kranz)
Howto burn real Mac HFS CDRs on PC Linux (Randall Voth)
Gigabyte Board and partition errors ("B. Jacke")
Re: can't mount msdos drive (Brendan Murray)
Re: Notebook with 3D Rage LT Pro (Derek Mason)
Re: Intel EtherExpress Pro 10/PCI (JunkDTectr)
DDS3 and RH50 ("Johnny El")
Re: Linux for SGI Machines (Carl Woffenden)
dmm via seriell line (kai-martin)
Terasound A3D PCI ("Martin =?iso-8859-1?Q?Wahlstr=F6m?=")
Asus P2bs (Philipp Scherer)
linux 2.2 && sb32awe duplex (Daniel Luederwald)
Re: New k6-2 system advice (Bruce Stephens)
Linux on an E-Machine... ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Linux on an E-Machine... (Eric Sandeen)
Re: Driver for Diamond Stealth 2 (grandma angst)
Re: On Board AHA-7895 & IBM UltraStars - Booting? (German Jose Gomez Garcia)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: AIC 7890 SCSI Controller
Date: Thu, 04 Feb 1999 09:53:29 GMT
Very strange ! I own an Asus Mother Board, with on-board adaptec SCSI
controler (adaptec AHA2940 U-Wide 2, based on AIC 7890 chipset), and It
works. I met problems, but I solve them by following these steps : - my IDE
CDROM was set on UDMA Mode (it seems Ultra DMA is not very well supported) :
I disabled it in my BIOS - I changed the SCSI disk ID to 0 - I disabled
"Extended BIOS transalation for DOS drives > 1 GByte" - I turned off wide
negociation (transfer rate decreased from 80Mb to 40Mb, but it works well
like this)
Hope It will help !
Laurent TASTET
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <Pine.SOL.3.96.990126182937.19544A-100000@ysidro>,
"Alvaro A. Novo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to install RedHat 5.2 on my box which has a AIC 7890 SCSI
> Controller, but I am running into the following problem after I select
> installation from "Local CD-ROM":
>
> It probes the CD-ROM and asks me if I have a
> "SCSI or Other". I select SCSI and answer yes to "Do you have SCSI adapter?"
> Then, I select from a list the Adaptec AHA 2940, but
> when I press the autoprobe tab, it locks the computer.
> No alt-ctrl-del, no power switch... unplug it is the solution.
>
> Apparently this hardware is supported, so what should I do?
>
> Thanks in advance for your suggestions.
>
> Alvaro
>
> ps. Solutions attempted:
>
> 1) Latest boot images from redhat.
> 2) Disabled the "Extended BIOS transalation for DOS drives > 1 GByte"
>
> -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
> Alvaro A. Novo
> 2116 S. Orchard St., #304
> Urbana, IL 61801
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://www.students.uiuc.edu/~novo/Alvaro.htm
> 217-337-4893
> -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Joe Zeff)
Crossposted-To:
alt.binaries.warez.linux,alt.comp.linux.isp,alt.linux,alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.dial-up,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: MT5634ZPX-PCI modem
Date: Thu, 04 Feb 1999 06:21:45 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>My Windows 98 Modem Settings are:
>
>IRQ 11
>COM 5
>UART 16550AN
>
>
>Do I set my Linux settings to match my windows settings ? Example:
>setserial /dev/ttys4 IRQ 11 UART 16559
No. You probably don't *have* a com 5, and IRQ 11 is a horrible place
for a modem. (Sometimes you're stuck with it on a laptop.) Virus98
has created a "phantom com port" and claims to have the modem there.
>From a DOS prompt, type:
echo atdt111 > com1
If the modem dials, it's on com 1. If not, try 2, 3, 4. Use that for
Linux.
---
Joe Zeff
The Guy With the Sideburns
"Much of trouble-shooting consists of going down
dead ends until one of them isn't."
http://www.lasfs.org
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From: "Jon Williamson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: can't mount msdos drive
Date: Thu, 4 Feb 1999 10:13:10 -0000
Jürgen Exner wrote in message <79aq9u$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>>I'm having problems mounting my dos drive - I get the error
>>
>>mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hda1, or too
>>many mounted file systems
>>
>>The superblock seems the most likely problem - when I used FIPS to split
>>my disk I was told that the drive didn't start of finsh at the beginning
>>/ end of the cyllinder.
>
>
>FAT does not have a superblock, so this can't be the problem.
>What command (exact spelling!!) do you use to mount it?
I use "mount -t msdos /dev/hda1 /mnt/cdrive"
This drive is FAT32 and I'm using RedHat Linux 5.2 which is meant to support
FAT32, so I can't see what's wrong.
Thanks,
Jon
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (W. Dean Milner)
Crossposted-To: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.tyan,revue.linux-kernel
Subject: Re: Ouch! Now Printer goes haywire!
Date: Thu, 04 Feb 1999 06:56:46 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
x-no-archive: yes
root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Details of box: Dual PII/333, 256MB of ECC SDRAM DIMM's, RHL
>4.2, kernel version 2.2.1 (the problem does not seem to happen with
>kerne; 2.1.129, the reason why I posted to the kernel list); AHA2940
If it works under 2.1.129 but not under 2.2.1 I'd say the problem
wasn't the hardware but something in the kernal processing.
Just my $0.02 :-)
Dean
Note: remove the (.ns) from the user id before emailing.
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From: "Peter Caffin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: Lost: One Cute Penguin
Date: 4 Feb 1999 08:03:23 GMT
In comp.os.linux.x Derek Lakin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I upgraded XFree86 from version 3.3.2 to 3.3.3 and gained the necessary X
> Server in the process. However, now when I type 'xstart' I have lost my cute
> penguin and have some rather drab looking pale blue windows, one says
> 'login' and the other two say 'xterm'.
> Anyone know how to relocate my lost penguin?
in .xinitrc:
xview -onroot -fullscreen /path/to/penguin.gif &
windowmanager
Hope that helps.
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//`'\_ | (/_|(/_| .|. |_(_|| | || | it.net.au/~pc |
/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bernard Cena)
Subject: AdvanSys SCSI + Plextor CDR - opinions please
Date: 4 Feb 1999 11:42:40 +0800
I have an oldish, but still very usable IDE based system
(P150, 96MB RAM, RedHat 5.1) and want to get a good CDR unit.
>From the stuff I've read Plextor CDRs seem to be the choice
of the generation - the 4x write, 12x read sounds like a
nice compromise. I need a SCSI card to go along with it.
Now, I've heard that AdvanSys has given their whole-hearted
support to Linux and their cards seem a bucket-load cheaper
than good ol' Adaptec. I realise I could get a BIOS-less
Adaptec fairly cheaply, but I want to migrate to SCSI anyway
so an AdvanSys 940 UW for 1/3 of the price of an Adaptec 2940 UW
sounds nice.
I'd appreciate the esteemed readers' opinions on AdvanSys
SCSI cards performance and reliability in general. I'm sure
it will have no problem handling just a single CDR unit,
what about a few devices ?
Thanks in advance!
Bernard Cena
(please CC responses also to [EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: -el topcat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Modem damnit.
Date: Thu, 4 Feb 1999 01:11:41 -0600
On Wed, 03 Feb 1999, Dennis Barbier wrote:
>Okay... Im not an idiot in computers but new to Linux. What the hell. I had
>a very frustrating night last night.
>
>I installed a USR 56k internal modem. This is NOT a winmodem.
>
>First, setup under com1, when viewing the dmesg, it picked it up saying
>something like ttyS0 (adress) (irq4) is a 16550.
>
>So Ive got it set to com1, irq4.
>
>I ln /dev/ttyS0 /dev/modem.
>I run Minicom -s for setup. I make a config file. I change the Init string
>to
>a simple ATZ.
>Minicom freezes up.
>
>So I rm /dev/modem, and I try this
>echo "ATDT5555555/n" >/dev/ttyS0 (nothing happens)
>try the same with ttyS0 through to ttyS3, and also cua0-cua3. Nothing
>happens.
>
>I tried the modem on Com1, Com2, and Com3. nothing. I know the modem works.
>
>When viewing the dmesg thing, it says somethin glike "..is a 16550 with no
>serial options set". What does that mean? I tried running linuxconf to find
>a place to set options for serial devices??
>
>IM running 2.0.36
>
>Should I jumper the modem for Plug n play? =)
>Can someone PLEASE help????
>
>Dennis
..just a suggestion, but I have a Hayes Accura that will hang
tighter than......with an initilization string of "ATZ", once
I changed to "AT&F" the lights came on, and I celebrated.
Good luck!
-el topcat
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From: Del <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux Server
Date: Thu, 04 Feb 1999 07:55:49 +0000
it's also funny that we have 3 new compaq servers, and none work with linux...
jeff blau wrote:
> Funny how Compaq just released a press statement indicating a partnership
> with Redhat...
>
> jeff
>
> Del wrote:
>
> > I am looking to build a linux server, spec:
> >
> > duel PII 450mhz
> > RAID5
> > 256mb RAM
> > etc, etc...
> >
> > can anyone recommend a PC manufacture who could supply such a machine
> > which is guaranteed to be completely compatible with Linux ???..Compaq
> > is definitely not !!
> > Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Could you direct any reply to my e-mail as I don;t get much time to view
> > news..
> >
> > Del.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chris Lee)
Subject: Re: can't mount msdos drive
Date: 4 Feb 1999 11:01:28 GMT
In article <79brev$1jc$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
>
>
>Jürgen Exner wrote in message <79aq9u$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>>>I'm having problems mounting my dos drive - I get the error
>>>
>>>mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hda1, or too
>>>many mounted file systems
>>>
>>>The superblock seems the most likely problem - when I used FIPS to split
>>>my disk I was told that the drive didn't start of finsh at the beginning
>>>/ end of the cyllinder.
>>
>>
>>FAT does not have a superblock, so this can't be the problem.
>>What command (exact spelling!!) do you use to mount it?
>
>
>I use "mount -t msdos /dev/hda1 /mnt/cdrive"
>This drive is FAT32 and I'm using RedHat Linux 5.2 which is meant to
support
>FAT32, so I can't see what's wrong.
Try using "mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/cdrive" and see what happens...
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eric Wick)
Subject: Does IDLE save Energy?
Date: 4 Feb 1999 07:07:49 GMT
Hello,
what about the Idle-Process? Take it effect to the CPU-Halt Option to save
Energy? Or is it impossible to compile the special function under APM into the
kernel to use this feature?
Bye
Eric Wick
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From: Tilman Kranz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: plip-link: wrong cable? wrong version?
Date: Wed, 03 Feb 1999 22:50:09 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Greetings,
guessed it, am trying a laplink. plip fails and my plipconfig's either
missing or undocumented (rh5.2, dbian2) :-(. I have three main ambitions
right now:
- adding a patch I've heard about to repair plip on my toshiba 2100
(could it be necessary?)
- finding the newest version of plip and upgrade
- testing, if my cable's of use at all. how to do it?
greetings, Tilman.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Randall Voth)
Crossposted-To: linux.appletalk,comp.os.linux.powerpc
Subject: Howto burn real Mac HFS CDRs on PC Linux
Date: Thu, 04 Feb 1999 03:10:41 -0800
I have been making Mac HFS CD-Rs on my Dell Pentium II with Linux and
cdrecord. All you do is use Disk Copy 6.1.3 (available for free from
Apple) to create an uncompressed, read only image of what you want on your
Macintosh.
Copy the image to your Linux box via netatalk.
Copy the image to the CD-R using cdrecord 1.6 as follows:
>cdrecord -v speed=2 dev=1,0 -eject -multi macimage.img
Obviously your speed, dev and the name "macimage.img" will be specific to
your setup, but if you have cdrecord working with your burner, the command
will make sense.
I have an HP 7200i Plus ATAPI CDR and Linux kernel 2.1.131 that I am
running with generic scsi emulation.
It is so much better than Mac Hybrid ISO volumes because the custom icons
and other Finder info is all recorded.
-Randall
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From: "B. Jacke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Gigabyte Board and partition errors
Date: Thu, 04 Feb 1999 11:45:34 +0100
Hi,
I've got problems with my GA586VX Mainboard and 66MHz Bus frequency
under Linux (no matter if 2.0, 2.2 / with or without DMA). It does
always do filesystem errors (free inode count) and after a while, the
filesystem is messed up so far, that there's no help. BTW - This Problem
seems to be Processor-independent, as it happens with a Pentium 100 as
well as with a Cyrix M2-PR200. With a external CPU-Clocking of 60MHz
everything works well. It's the same with IDE / SCSI ! Under Windoze 9x
there seem to be no errors.
Does anyone have an Idea, what might be wrong?
TIA,
Björn
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Date: Wed, 03 Feb 1999 21:49:37 -0500
From: Brendan Murray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: can't mount msdos drive
When you say "msdos" do you mean FAT or FAT32? The former should have type
msdos, the latter should use type vfat.
I got exactly the same message, but realized my error and changed it to vfat,
and it's all working fine now.
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From: Derek Mason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: Notebook with 3D Rage LT Pro
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 09:33:34 +0000
Dave,
You're not alone in this. I recently got a Fortune 850 Notebook (at work) with
a similar display.
The Linux here is SuSe v5.3 which is issued with XFree86 3.3.2
As far as I can tell the 3D Rage LT wasn't supported in even 3.3.3.1 however, a
brief look on wednesday at the SuSe SDB seemed to indicate that the SuSe
modified versions XCom would. I recently got 3.3.3.1-8 libc5 version c/w xf86
and a new xf86setup.
It still didn't work to' :(((
I'm working on it with a great deal of help from others in the Linux community.
DM
Dave Borgelt wrote:
> I have a notebook with 1024 x 768 display (Winbook XL2) and the 3D Rage LT
> Pro AGP. I have installed the XFree86 3.3.3.1 from Redhat's site and am
> running Redhat 5.2.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (JunkDTectr)
Subject: Re: Intel EtherExpress Pro 10/PCI
Date: Thu, 04 Feb 1999 07:25:24 GMT
Check out :
> http://www.redhat.com/support/docs/rhl/intel/rh52-hardware-intel-12.html#ss12.5
it's the hardware compatibility list, doesn't look like
EEPro10PCI is supported.
In article <798dl7$2mh$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
says...
> I have the Linux-Mandrake/Red Hat version 5.2 and it cannot detect my
> PnP Intel EtherExpress Pro 10 (PCI) Is there something I don't know (I am a
> newbie so that's probably the case :) What is the best solution to get
> Linux to detect/use my ethernet card?
>
>
>
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From: "Johnny El" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: DDS3 and RH50
Date: Thu, 4 Feb 1999 13:04:20 +0200
anyone knows if dds3 scsi tape is supported by RH50?
TIA,
Johnny El
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From: Carl Woffenden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux for SGI Machines
Date: Thu, 04 Feb 1999 12:02:58 +0000
>
> I was just wondering if there is a port of Linux to the R10000
> processors. I was recently offered a used SGI Machine for a rather temping
> price, but I want to stay with Linux. Is there even a reason to port Linux
> (i.e. is IRIX comparable or better)? Any help you can provide would be
> greatly appreciated Thanks.
Hello.
There is a copy of Linux for SGI, although I forget the URL. SGI hosted the
site themselves.
The GNU compiler is available for IRIX, so in therory you should be able to
port software with little problem.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (kai-martin)
Subject: dmm via seriell line
Date: 4 Feb 1999 11:09:06 GMT
I am having a hard time to persuade linux to talk my digital
multimeter (dmm) via the seriell line. The dmm was delivered
with a msdos based program included which worked all right.
So the hardware seems to be working.
I can talk to other devices with minicom or seyon, but I
just seem to be unable to chose the proper settings for
the dmm. The manual tells me to use two stop-bits, seven bit
data at 600 baud and software handshake. This seems to be
impossible with minicom (no two stop-bits) or seyon
(no explicit software handshake). I tried various settings
unsuccessfully.
Is there any alternative terminal programm?
Can the properties of the port be set manually from the shell?
Any hints welcome,
---<(kama)>---
PS: The dmm type Me 32 was delivered by Conrad, a german
electronics discounter)
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From: "Martin =?iso-8859-1?Q?Wahlstr=F6m?=" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Terasound A3D PCI
Date: Thu, 04 Feb 1999 08:03:14 +0100
Anyone got the Terasound A3D PCI sound card to work in Linux?
How?
Martin/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Philipp Scherer)
Subject: Asus P2bs
Date: 4 Feb 1999 12:12:14 GMT
I am trying to install suse 6.0 linux on my brandnew pii-400
i have an asus p2bs with an ibm u2w lvd disk , a plextor cdrom
and a yamaha cdwr 4416. Under W98 everything is o.k. but when
i load the linux scsi driver i get only timeouts from the
disk. is there a general problem? any advice would be
appreciated.
philipp scherer, theoretical physics, tu muenchen, germany
iZZ
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From: Daniel Luederwald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: linux 2.2 && sb32awe duplex
Date: Thu, 04 Feb 1999 13:19:40 +0100
hi everybody!
i am currently using linux 2.2.1 with a sb awe 32 pnp card. in the
sources of the free/oss driver is written that it supports duplex with a
sb 16. the installed driver also says something like "sb 16 4.13
(duplex)"
now i want to know how i can use it. everytime i play sounds and try to
record them i get a "driver or resource busy" message. (i try to use
/dev/dsp for both playing/recording). /dev/dsp1 is not supported.
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From: Bruce Stephens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: New k6-2 system advice
Date: 03 Feb 1999 20:08:31 +0000
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jason Costomiris) writes:
> : Logitech Mouseman (3 button)
>
> A mouse is a mouse is a mouse is a mouse. Use what feels good in
> your hand. Since you're buying an ATX system, get a PS/2 style
> mouse (frees up a serial port).
Yes, the PS/2 is a sensible idea. Logitech make mice which feel quite
nice, IMHO. Having one with a wheel is worthwhile---you quickly
become accustomed to it, and miss it when you have to use a system
without one. So, I'd recommend the PilotMan+ or whatever it's called,
assuming it feels comfortable to you.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Linux on an E-Machine...
Date: 3 Feb 1999 22:26:13 GMT
W'sup to all,
I was wondering if anyone here has played w/ Linux on one of those e-machines?
http://www.e4me.com
I checked out the etower 266 and compared it to the Hardware How-To's for both
Linux and XFree86 all looks ok (except maybe the modem, trying to find out
more info), but I wanted to know if anyone here has actually installed Linux
on one of these things and how it works for you.
~ELH~
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From: Eric Sandeen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux on an E-Machine...
Date: Wed, 03 Feb 1999 16:56:41 -0600
If the hardware is listed in the HOWTO, you should be good to go. Watch out for
WinModems.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> W'sup to all,
>
> I was wondering if anyone here has played w/ Linux on one of those e-machines?
>
> http://www.e4me.com
>
> I checked out the etower 266 and compared it to the Hardware How-To's for both
> Linux and XFree86 all looks ok (except maybe the modem, trying to find out
> more info), but I wanted to know if anyone here has actually installed Linux
> on one of these things and how it works for you.
>
> ~ELH~
--
===============================================
Linux - the choice of a GNU generation!
===============================================
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From: grandma angst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Driver for Diamond Stealth 2
Date: Wed, 03 Feb 1999 17:55:17 -0500
Derek Ruths wrote:
>
> Does anyone know if there is a Linux driver for the Diamond Stealth II video
> card?
>
> Thanks,
> Derek Ruths
i've got a diamond stealth 2... upon installation of redhat linux
2.0.32, and again with 2.0.35, my card was automatically detected and
configured with no problems.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (German Jose Gomez Garcia)
Subject: Re: On Board AHA-7895 & IBM UltraStars - Booting?
Date: 4 Feb 1999 08:11:29 GMT
Look at the LILO documentation, you need to specify the
geometry of the disk but if you have a IBM UltraSTAR 9.1Gb you
could try:
# IBM 9Gb
disk = /dev/sda
bios=0x80
sectors=63
heads=255
cylinders=1023
# End LILO global section
adding this lines at the beggining of your lilo.conf should work,
remember to change the device to match your configuration and the 0x80
to the correct number of the disk:
0x80 -> DOS c:
0x81 -> DOS d:
etc.
- german
PS: if you need more info, ask by email, I usually don't read usenet news,
five high-traffic mailing list is more than enough :-)
<>-------------------------------------+-----------------------------------<>
One O.S. to rule them all, | German Gomez Garcia
One O.S. to find them. | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
One O.S. to bring them all |
and in the darkness bind them. | "Wur Qanar Wur Stilor Wur Kas"
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M Sweger ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> G. Fisher ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> : Craig McFarlane wrote:
> : >
> : > TWIMC,
> : > I've got a Giga-Byte GA-6BXDS motherboard which has the Adaptec 7895
> : > Dual-Channel Ultra Wide SCSI on board. I've attached an IBM UltraStar
> : > 4.5GB (ID0) & and IBM UltraStar 9.1GB (ID1) to the B channel.
> : >
> : > I can install Red Hat 5.2 no problems (and it works great when I boot off
> : > a boot floppy), but lilo absolutely refuses to start up no matter what
> : > configuration of partitions I use.
> I have the same problem with a 2940U2W and AIC7895 chipset on a Dell optiplex
> that has a 9.1 Western Digital drive. However, the linux I''m using is
> DosLinux. The controller is scsiid=7 and the HD is scsiid=0. NT4.0 boots
> ok, Linux 2.1.132, 2.0.36 doesn't boot all the way. Linux sees the controller
> but doesn't see the disk drive and therefore hangs at this point. When I
> get the Linux floopy disk boot disks, it boots ok and sees the hard disk
> and everything else after that (the zip and network card). I can log in
> and mount the SCSI Hard disk manually and list the different files on the
> various partitions. I can also see the zip, cdrom too whether any of the
> files are in fat,vfat etc. But when i boot directly off the hard drive
> using loadlin, linux hangs after recognizing the controller, the auto
> termination and scsiids and just before it's supposed to determine the
> Hard drive etc.
> Prsently I'm stuck. I have no problems with DOSlinux v2.0.36 or v2.1.132
> booting on a PC that has IDE hard drives with 1 Gig.
> --
> Mike,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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