Linux-Hardware Digest #129, Volume #10 Sat, 1 May 99 02:13:27 EDT
Contents:
Jaz Drive & jaztool (Kevin)
Creative has just posted SB-Live Linux drivers! ("Rich Powell")
What driver for this ethernet card? ("Jeremy Malcolm")
Re: Promise EIDE 2300+ card work w/ Linux? (Eric Lawson)
UDMA-Modes with Kernel 2.2.5 (Daniel Schnell)
Tatung CM14SBS Monitor ("Tom Hua")
Re: passive backplanes / more than 4 PCI slots (Joseph Virzi)
FS: Buslogic PCI SCSI adaptors - $30 ("Tricon Systems Ltd.")
Re: 8.4GB LBA blues ("Scott Simpson")
Re: Creative has just posted SB-Live Linux drivers! (Alpine)
Re: /dev/hda1 has reached maximal mount count, check forced (Dr. Stephen S. Kerr)
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From: Kevin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Jaz Drive & jaztool
Date: Sat, 01 May 1999 04:06:51 +0000
I got a VAR system with a Jaz drive installed. Got the thing formatted
and working fine, but wanted to try jaztool. I'm getting the same error
every time I run it and don't understand it...
[root@kevin-linux SOURCES]# jaztool /dev/sdb4 status
jaztool: not a raw scsi device
Checked that /dev/sdb4 is correct in fstab and tried the other form from
man (jaztool -s /dev/sdb4).
Tried it both mounted and unmounted.
Thoughts?
K
--
Kevin der Kinderen
WinStar
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From: "Rich Powell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Creative has just posted SB-Live Linux drivers!
Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1999 21:02:59 -0700
They have just posted Linux drivers on their web site. I have just
downloaded them and am about to try them out. Whoa baby - sound!
http://developer.soundblaster.com/linux/
Rich
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From: "Jeremy Malcolm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: What driver for this ethernet card?
Date: Sat, 1 May 1999 12:30:16 +0800
ReadyLINK(R) ENET 16-COMBO/P (REV A1)
(c) Compex Inc USA 1993
Doesn't seem to be NE2000 compatible... Many thanks for any suggestions
(please cc by email).
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From: Eric Lawson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Promise EIDE 2300+ card work w/ Linux?
Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1999 21:36:26 -0700
Roger Ehrlich wrote
(snip)
> I have a Promise EIDE 2300+ Vesa LB controller card with onboard BIOS
> that I'd like to use with my 1.6GB hard drive.
(snip)
I got, a couple of 486DX4-100 machines with that very card in it. I did
nothing special to get the 2.0.36 kernel working correctly with
them--they worked the first time with some 5.1GB drives. Reading the
documentaion....the 2 IDE buses are not equal. The first IDE bus gets
access to the VLB and the card's BIOS for that bus can handle up to 8.4
GB drives. The 2nd IDE bus gets access only the the ISA bus and the
card's BIOS for that bus can handle only 525MB disks.
Any drive reporting a size larger than 8.4GB confused the card and caused
the machines to not boot.
BTW, Priomise, has a copy of the manual for this card at
http://www.promise.com/support/testmanuals.htm
Eric
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From: Daniel Schnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: UDMA-Modes with Kernel 2.2.5
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 14:39:49 +0200
Hi,
I dont know if it hasnt already been asked by soemone else, but I want
to use my both DMA-2 harddisks Fujitsu MPC3064 AT and IBM DTTA351010 in
their fastest mode. Nevertheless my kernel just uses PIO-3. I have a new
ASUS P5A-B motherborad with VIA-Chipset. I get the following messages
when booting the kernel:
PCI_IDE: unknown IDE controller on PCI bus 00 device 78, VID=10b9,
DID=5229
PCI_IDE: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
PCI_IDE: simplex device: DMA disabled
ide0: PCI_IDE Bus-Master DMA disabled (BIOS)
Is there a possibility to use UDMA-33 with 2.2.5 and later ??
Best regards,
Daniel.
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From: "Tom Hua" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Tatung CM14SBS Monitor
Date: Sat, 01 May 1999 04:38:15 GMT
Hi all,
Does anyone know the specs for a Tatung monitor, model CM14SBS, or where I
can find such? I was able to find a site on it, but it listed the Hor.
Freq and Ver. Freq as:
H Freq/ V Freq: 31.5/35.2/35.5 Khz/45 Hz
Does anyone know how to interpret that? Which is which? Any help would
greatly be appreciated. Thanks.
th
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From: Joseph Virzi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: Re: passive backplanes / more than 4 PCI slots
Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1999 17:48:46 -0700
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
I am doing the very same thing. We have a 20 PCI backplane loaded with 15 of
our own PCI devices. We're migrating from Windows NT to Linux. On NT, you
have to search for your device across all PCI busses. When working on a
desktop system, you typically only have one PCI bus, namely 0. With more
devices, you start increasing the number of PCI busses. I search PCI bus 0
to 31, and slots 0 to 31 on each, although it's overkill.
I'm not aware of any other implications for PCI traffic, although common
sense would dictate that nested PCI busses would have to have a slower read
process.
-Joe
> Hi all:
>
> I am trying to specify an industrial computer chassis (rackmount) to run
> under Linux and was wondering if anyone has run Linux under these. We
> will be sticking with our known peripherials. They are trying to sell me
> one with 7 PCI slots. I thought 4 was the max for some reason. Do they
> use some sort of repeater/bridge to get 7 (4 main bus - 1 repeater = 3
> + 4 second bus). Has anybody used such a configuration (Linux or
> otherwise) what are the implications for PCI bus traffic. We have some
> custom data interface cards that we've built and they need pretty
> high-throughput.
>
> Any information would be great.
>
> Please also include reply to my email as our mail server seems to drop
> all important posts but loves kibology.
>
> Peace,
> Eric
> --
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From: "Tricon Systems Ltd." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.periphs.scsi,misc.forsale.computers.pc-specific.cards.misc,misc.forsale.computers.storage
Subject: FS: Buslogic PCI SCSI adaptors - $30
Date: Sat, 1 May 1999 00:53:45 -0400
For sale: Buslogic Flashpoint LT (BT-930) Ultra SCSI PCI host adaptor.
Well priced at only $30 each. Shipping additional, but shouldn't run more
than $5.
These are Ultra Narrow, with a 50 pin internal header and a high density
external connector.
This is an excellent choice for Linux, Windows, NT and Netware. Plug and
play in Windows 98. In
Netware card uses Adaptec ASPI driver, great for tape drives and CD-ROMS
without software hassles. Full details and drivers are at
http://www.mylex.com/products/flashpoint/
These are brand new OEM cards, bulk packed, no cables included. You can
download drivers and docs from the above link. In return for the low price
Mylex does not give a direct enduser warranty on these cards, but not to
worry, you get a 1 year warranty from us.
To order send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or
call 212 269-7044, then press 1
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From: "Scott Simpson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 8.4GB LBA blues
Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1999 17:53:25 -0700
> I'm running an AMD K6-2 400Mhz cpu on a Tyan Trinity
>Motherboard with 128MB PC100 SDRAM... I was using dual 4.3GB drives,
>without any problem. I recently decided to go to 8.4GB drives to solve
>my space issues, and install the DOS-based drive with no problems...
>However, when it came time to install the one that I would be using an
>ext2 filesystem on, linux's fdisk fussed about the drive being larger
>than 1024 cylinders, and refused to see the drive's LBA geometry, only
>it's actual geometry. Does anyone have any idea why this happened?
1. Flash to BIOS to the latest version. www.tyan.com should have the latest
version.
2. Add the line
append="hda=<cyl>,<hd>,<sect>"
to your /etc/lilo.conf file with the correct numbers and rerun lilo(8).
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From: Alpine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Creative has just posted SB-Live Linux drivers!
Date: Sat, 01 May 1999 01:00:41 -0400
THANK YOU
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dr. Stephen S. Kerr)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: Re: /dev/hda1 has reached maximal mount count, check forced
Date: 1 May 1999 01:10:46 GMT
David Peavey ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: /dev/hda1 has reached maximal mount count, check forced
: I get this message sometimes when I boot up. Can someone tell me what this
: means (besides the obvious)? How do fix it? We are doing some system
: integration work here and this message occurs occasionally.
: Thanks
: Dave
There's nothing to "fix". This message is normal, and it's a good
thing.
The e2fsck utility looks for and repairs inconsistencies in the ext2
file system that could arise from events such as a premature system
shutdown (sometimes we call it a "crash" ;-) or from disk sectors
that are going bad. You can run it manually on an unmounted(!) file
system when you suspect that it may have suffered some corruption.
But it's a good idea to run it every now and then even if you don't
think you need to do so. The system does this for you by counting
the number of times the file system has been mounted since it was last
e2fsck'ed, and running e2fsck on the file system if that number of
mounts reaches a set "maximum". I think 20 is the default. Each
boot counts as a "mount", so if you reboot alot, you'll see the
message more frequently than others might.
I hope this helps. Perhaps an ext2 expert can give additional details.
--SK.
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