Linux-Hardware Digest #451, Volume #10 Wed, 9 Jun 99 18:13:37 EDT
Contents:
Re: Can't access all my memory! (Glitch)
SuSE 6.1 and SCSI tape device names ??? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Backup recommendations? (Dan LaPine)
Re: Celeron or PII? (Tuomo Louhivuori)
Re: lex.h and yacc.h ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
SOYO SY-5EMA+ Motherboard problems ? ("TVS")
cdrecord : SCSI error ENOMEM ? (Dominique LEDUCQ)
Re: 28 SCSI drives (Dave Edick)
Re: Riva TNT not working (Andreas Spengler)
SuSE 6.0 Installation problems ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Help w jaton video 97 agp card (Dan LaPine)
Re: mt ... fsf not working (John Girash)
Re: SB Live! and smp ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Epson Stylus Color 600 Config Problems (Mike Frisch)
Re: Is HPDeskjet 695C printer compatible to Linux softwares? ("Joseph")
Problems with S3-trio3d (Angel "Liso")
Re: Celeron or PII? (Dave Edick)
Re: Celeron or PII? (Chris Mauritz)
FS HP AdvanceStack HP J2601A 24 Port HUB AUSTRALIA ("Tony Platt")
NIC problem SUSE 6.1 (waco)
Re: SuSE 6.1 and SCSI tape device names ??? (Remco van den Berg)
Is HPDeskjet 695C printer compatible to Linux softwares? ("Joseph")
Re: Is HPDeskjet 695C printer compatible to Linux softwares? (jason)
Available: Linux driver for IBM ThinkPad ACP modem (Thomas Hood)
Re: choosing an OS for a retired Sun workstation (Skaya)
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Date: Wed, 09 Jun 1999 16:11:10 -0400
From: Glitch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Can't access all my memory!
what is so bad about adding a small line to your lilo config file and
why woudlnt u want to do that anyway? If it fixes the problem what IS
the problem then?
Brandon
Joe Pelkey wrote:
>
> Hi. How do I access all my memory without putting "append=mem=96M" in
> LILO's configuration file?
>
> Thanks,
> Joe
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: SuSE 6.1 and SCSI tape device names ???
Date: 9 Jun 1999 20:16:08 GMT
I recently installed SuSE6.1 and wanted to back up my
installation to a SCSI Travan 4 tape drive. I looked
in the /dev directory for stX devices and found
crw-rw---- 1 root disk 9, 0 Apr 14 22:14 st0
crw-rw---- 1 root disk 9, 96 Apr 14 22:14 st0a
crw-rw---- 1 root disk 9, 32 Apr 14 22:14 st0l
crw-rw---- 1 root disk 9, 64 Apr 14 22:14 st0m
Note, each device has a different minor number. I was wondering
if this is similar to Solaris or HP-UX and that the different
minor numbers represented different capacities? Such as:
l - low
m - medium
a - ???
and the base st0 was what ever the tape device could handle?
Anybody who knows the answer please let me know.
TIA,
J.M.
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From: Dan LaPine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Backup recommendations?
Date: Wed, 09 Jun 1999 15:22:25 -0500
Then go out and buy an inexpensive CD burner. They are available for under $200 for
an ide model, and you can't get cheaper media.
That's not to mention all the other uses they have. (DAT really bites on my car CD
player...)
Dan LaPine
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dominic Mitchell wrote:
> Well the strategy I use to backup the system is to use both a tape
> and hard drive. I run a weekly backup to the tape and I do a mirror
> of the hard drive regularly from a cron job.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Dominic.
>
> mk> In addition to this, most failures are single files accidentally deleted
> mk> by users or corrupted for any reason. Often, you will notice the corruption of
> mk> a file weeks or even months after it actually did happen. So, if you make
> mk> weekly backups, you will have to buy one new HD every week... or use a tape
> mk> drive.
>
> mk> Kili
>
> --
> ==============================================================
> Dominic Mitchell Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Department of Economics mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Queen's University
> Kingston, Ontario
> Canada, K7L 3N6 Running Linux Redhat 5.2
> ==============================================================
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From: Tuomo Louhivuori <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Celeron or PII?
Date: Wed, 09 Jun 1999 07:56:35 GMT
JS wrote:
> Level II Cache on Celeron = 128k
> Level II Cache on PII =512K
<snip>
> So go for the cache :)
You have to remember that on celery the cache is running faster (with the cpu)
whilst on the P2 it's running on the bus speed. So the real difference isn't
really large.
And then, you can overclock the celery _much_ more...
-Tuomo (maybe biased while I have celery...)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: lex.h and yacc.h
Date: Wed, 9 Jun 1999 17:58:39 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Nathalie ROUX <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>Hello, my name is Nathalie and I am a beginner with LINUX.
>I was anable to find an equivalent of th UNIX lex.h and yacc.h .
>Does anybody knows something about it?
Before you start hunting, please read the manpages of flex and
bison. If you think you'll need those internal header files after
that, read the info-pages as well or mail me.
flex & bison are a bit different from AT&T lex & yacc, which is
A Good Thing (tm), IMHO.
HTH,
Uli
--
Dipl. Inf. Ulrich Teichert|e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Stormweg 24 |listening to: Spanish Bombs (The Clash), Windy (The
24539 Neumuenster, Germany|Decibels), Candygirl (The Kwyet Kings)
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From: "TVS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: SOYO SY-5EMA+ Motherboard problems ?
Date: Wed, 9 Jun 1999 10:37:42 +0200
I have recently installed RedHat 6.0 on a system with a AMD K6-2 350MHz &
Soyo Motherboard with ETEQ (???) chipset.
When I give the shutdown command I get an error and the system crashes.
I have no problems running on my old PC (200MMX with intel motherboard).
Is there any support for the functions of this motherboard ?
Thanks
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From: Dominique LEDUCQ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: cdrecord : SCSI error ENOMEM ?
Date: Wed, 09 Jun 1999 10:37:04 +0200
Hello, I've got problems burning CDR's with cdrecord.
my config :
-cdrecord 1.6.1
-writer : TEAC CD-R55S 1.0N
-SCSI host : TEKRAM 390 (fast SCSI 2)
-kernel : 2.0.35, with sg support...
-distribution : RedHat 5.1
the SCSI adapter is ok with other devices, with reading CD's with the
CD-writer...
The problem : when issuing the cdrecord command, after recognizing the
drive, sending some commands, I get :
Executing 'write_teac_g1' command on Bus 0 Target 3, Lun 0 timeout 40s
CDB: 2A 00 FF FF FF 6F 00 00 1F 80
Blocks total: 359849 Blocks current: 359849 Blocks remaining: 21870
cdrecord: Memory could not be allocated.. Cannot send SCSI cmd via ioctl
'free' indicates that there are more than 20 Mb RAM available, + >90Mb
in swap...
Did someone got the same problem ? or have any idea ?
I can send the complete output of cdrecord with -v and -V verbose flags,
if necessary.
thanks a lot
Dominique.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dave Edick)
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: 28 SCSI drives
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 09 Jun 1999 09:07:19 GMT
I think people might have confused disk drives with devices. There is a 16
SCSI disk drive limit due to the requirement of specifying both drive number
and partition number in a single byte. But the kernel limit on overall SCSI
devices and SCSI CDROMS is 256. There is a document in the source tree that
explains this, and the source itself of course. Your real CDROM expansion
limit will be determined by how many SCSI controllers you can install in the
system, although the new fibre channel support may allow getting around that.
On Wed, 09 Jun 1999 04:38:30 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>My server is up and running! It has 28 CD-ROM drives recognized and
>available. It only created seven entried of SCD in /dev/ but it was
>easy to create the rest. I think that whoever was saying that the
>kernel only supported 16 devices was a wee bit confused. I've got a
>website with some info on the server set-up and it's progress at
>http://www.cu-portland.edu/is2/tower/
>Check it out!
> Greg
>
>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> DanH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> >
>> > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>> > Michael Meissner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> > > gus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> > >
>> > <SNIP>
>> > > Ummm, the point of the original posting was that Linux kernel will
>not
>> > support
>> > > more than 16 separate scsi devices. If the kernel doesn't support
>a
>> > higher
>> > > number, creating the extra device entries with mknow just won't
>work.
>> > The
>> > > original poster might want to look into the devfs patch, which
>might
>> > provide
>> > > relief.
>> >
>> > Can somebody confirm or deny this? Does the kernel really only
>support
>> > 16 SCSI devices? I can see where this could be that somebody didn't
>> > understand, since you can have a MAX of 16 devices per Wide SCSI
>> > channel, but why wouldn't it support more devices if there were
>multiple
>> > SCSI channels?
>>
>> I'm interested in this too. I have four SCSI devices on two channels.
>> My motherboard (Adeptec 78xx) supports 30 devices on the motherboard.
>>
>> Not that I'm planning on adding (22) 18Gig drives tomorrow, mind
>you...
>> <g>
>>
>> Dan
>> --
>> UNIX - Not just for vestal virgins anymore
>> Linux - Choice of a GNU generation
>>
>
>
>Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
>Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andreas Spengler)
Subject: Re: Riva TNT not working
Date: 9 Jun 1999 11:07:08 +0100
Hi there,
this is a problem with a missing symbol in glibc in conjunction
with egcs. I don't know if libc5 would be the right thing for
you. You might want to look at SuSE's homepage for this....
Greetings,
Andreas Spengler
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
: I have downloaded the drivers for libc5(not dyn) for a Slackware system 4.0
: and after following the directions end with the following error when trying
: to access the TNT card for 3d apps such as the Mesa demos:
: ./gears: can't resolve symbol '__register_frame_info'
: This error is consistently present for any of the demos. Also the demos
: do work when they are mapped to use libMesaGL...
: Any suggestions on how to fix this problem? Do I need to compile and in-
: stall glx-0.99? JJB
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: SuSE 6.0 Installation problems
Date: Wed, 09 Jun 1999 08:05:37 GMT
My problem is this. I'm trying to install SuSE 6.0 on a 486 computer.
The problem is that the cd rom is plugged on the sound card. When I try
to install it said that the cd rom isn't mounted. Help me please how to
avoid (skip) this problem. I have 2 months more to install this package.
Thanks.
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
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From: Dan LaPine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help w jaton video 97 agp card
Date: Wed, 09 Jun 1999 15:31:56 -0500
I'm running that particular card at home right now on RH 6.0. You'll need to use
the XFree86_SVGA driver. Here's a necessary question for you- how did you get to
the point where using this card is an issue? What I mean is- did you have a linux
system running, and then decide to add a new graphics card, or did you want to
make try Linux on a new system that had this graphics card, or something else?
I can give you very specific advise and instructions on how to install the card,
but I'll need more information about which distribution of Linux you're using, as
well as answers to the above question.
It's not really hard to get this working, and it might even go quite simply,
depending on your situation.
Dan LaPine
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Andrew Comech wrote:
> On Sun, 6 Jun 1999 13:08:29 -0400, E.Y. Coley III <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >I am very new to Linux/unix and am in need of very specific, dummy proof
> >instructions for setting up XFree86 to work with a Jaton Video97 AGP card
> >together with a Trident 3D Image 9850 chipset. I am unfamiliar with
> >navigating through the files, and finding/editing the appropriate modelines,
> >etc. so I'm talking about help even with how to get into/find the files I
> >need to edit.
>
> Man, you are asking for impossible: the support for Jaton videocards
> is seriously screwed up....
>
> locate FILENAME
> shows you where the file is (first, run `updatedb' as a root, to update
> locate's database).
>
> emacs allows to edit the file.. (or else have fun learning vi).
>
> ls -l FILENAME
> shows all what's known about the file (and, if it is a symbolic link,
> where it points to);
> ls -lu FILENAME
> shows when the particular file was `u'sed (by you or by the system).
>
> ls -lut * ; ls -lutr * shows files ordered according to the access time
> (accending/decending order).
>
> I guess this gives you enough degrees of freedom for configuring X.
>
> Regarding configuring that videocard:
>
> First, try running xf86config; tell it as much as you can, and say you
> want to use SVGA xserver, and say "do not probe clocks".
> Who knows, maybe everything would work right away; with Jaton's cards
> I doubt it, though...
>
> If you are getting the black screen for some/most/all modes, try
>
> http://www.math.sunysb.edu/~comech/tools/3DImage975.html
>
> which explains how to deal with Trident's 3DImage975 chipset; your
> 3DImage985 is supposed to have very similar "features"...
>
> Keep in touch,
>
> a.
>
> --
> Looking for a Linux-compatible V.90 modem? See
> http://www.math.sunysb.edu/~comech/tools/CheapBox.html#modems
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From: John Girash <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: mt ... fsf not working
Date: 9 Jun 1999 20:48:53 GMT
What version of mt are you using? My old Slackware came with two versions,
a non-gnu one that was the default, and a gnu one ("mt-gnu") that actually
supported the fsf argument. I don't remember if the default one choked giving
an error on "mt fsf" or if it just exited quietly without doing anything.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: SB Live! and smp
Date: 9 Jun 1999 11:13:47 +0100
Chris K <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi, Linux newbie here..
> when I ./install_sblive I get a "kernel must be compiled without smp"
> error.... I kinda like using both cpu's. Does anyone know of a
> workaround?
There's none. Creative kindly gave us a binary-only driver, compiled
with uniprocessor support: until they provide the source, you're
stuck with the supported kernel versions :-(
Alain Borel
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mike Frisch)
Subject: Re: Epson Stylus Color 600 Config Problems
Date: 9 Jun 1999 20:28:55 GMT
On Wed, 9 Jun 1999 18:48:58 +0100, Peter Christy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hmmm! I'm using SuSE 6.0, and the apsfilter setup has an entry called
>stcolor (Stylus Colour). All I did was select that and assign it to lp0, and
>my Stylus 600 prints from Star Office just fine.
Does it print colour correctly? I've noticed with the version of
Ghostscript that comes with RH 6.0 does not seem to have correct colours
with the Stylus Color 600.
>I'm not sure if apsfilter is a SuSE thing or generic Linux, but it seems to
>be the bit if software that converts post-script files into something a
>normal printer can handle.
Actually, it's Ghostscript that does the conversion from PostScript files
into something the printer handles. The filter takes the data and
converts it (or calls a convertor program) into something Ghostscript can
handle.
Mike.
--
======================================================================
Mike Frisch Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Northstar Technologies WWW: http://saturn.tlug.org/~mfrisch
Newmarket, Ontario, CANADA
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From: "Joseph" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Is HPDeskjet 695C printer compatible to Linux softwares?
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 00:17:50 +0400
Hi Daniele,
I was considering to buy the Epson Stylus Color 440 but I found that it is
compatible for Windows only that is on the pamphlet it says so .So as some
friends have been telling me that one gets better quality pictures (true
color) & less problems than with Epson printers so I changed my mind &
decided I would buy HP instead.
Do you know someone who has the Epson Stylus Color 440 printer & who is
using it with Linux OS? I have a Redhat5.2 but haven`t used it yet. Thanks
again for your info on HP.
Regards Joseph.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Angel "Liso")
Subject: Problems with S3-trio3d
Date: 9 Jun 1999 09:09:15 GMT
I`ve a problem installing X in Redhat 6.0 on a AMD 350 with AGP and graphics
card (S3 trio3d 4MB), I tried with XBF-i740 Xserver but, of course, it didnt
work. Can anybody tell me which server should I use?? and where I can found
it.
I was read all the HOWTO but i didnt found anything.
thanks.
Tengo un pedrazo de problema con la instalacion de las X en el RH6 , el
problema es que no consigo instalar un servidor d X ke me acepte la targeta
grafica (una S3 trio3d con 4mb). Incluso he probado con el servidor para el
i740 de intel, pero ni de coņa tiro, solo le falto escupirme; asi que si
alguien sabe donde conseguir el server o informacion, avisarme. Por cierto si
que me leido todos los joutu y demas, y na de na.
Gracias
http://welcome.to/fallasparty
=================================LISO=====================================
Necrosoft/DYM
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dave Edick)
Subject: Re: Celeron or PII?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 09 Jun 1999 09:36:19 GMT
Closer, but not quite.
The Celeron L2 cache does run at CPU speed, but the P2 L2 cache runs at 1/2
CPU speed, not bus speed. That difference pretty well neutralizes any
advantage of the P2's larger cache.
A significant item not mentioned so far is bus speed. Non-overclocked
Celerons all run the bus at 66MHz. Most P2s and all P3s run the bus at
100Mhz. But most overclocked Celerons run at 100Mhz bus speed as well.
Between the two, I'd go with the Celeron. Especially if I were interested
in overclocking. P2s have pretty poor price/performance and P3s are a
total joke IMHO.
My biases? I went with AMD, since I'm no big fan of Intel. A K6-3 (256k
CPU speed L2 cache, 100MHz bus, and L3 cache on the motherboard) is a better
choice than either Intel in my book.
On Wed, 09 Jun 1999 07:56:35 GMT, Tuomo Louhivuori wrote:
>
>
>JS wrote:
>
>> Level II Cache on Celeron = 128k
>> Level II Cache on PII =512K
>
><snip>
>
>> So go for the cache :)
>
>You have to remember that on celery the cache is running faster (with the cpu)
>whilst on the P2 it's running on the bus speed. So the real difference isn't
>really large.
>
>And then, you can overclock the celery _much_ more...
>
>-Tuomo (maybe biased while I have celery...)
>
>
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From: Chris Mauritz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Celeron or PII?
Date: Wed, 9 Jun 1999 10:19:25 GMT
Heather Propes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
> I am trying to figure out if I should buy a Pentium II or a Celeron. I
> have heard that a Celeron 400 is only 10% slower than a PII 400. Does
> anybody have an opinion?
It really depends on what you're doing. For programs that don't need
more than 128k of level2 cache, the celeron is actually faster since
the cache is running at full core speed rather than 1/2 speed (as
all PII's do). Personally, I'd use a celeron and spend the $150 you'd
save on an additional 128mb of SDRAM.
C
--
Christopher Mauritz
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Tony Platt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: FS HP AdvanceStack HP J2601A 24 Port HUB AUSTRALIA
Date: Wed, 9 Jun 1999 20:22:09 +1000
The following items are located in Australia
HP AdvanceStack HP J2601A 24 Port HUB
24 x RJ45 ports
1 x AUI
1 x BNC
1 x RS232 Managment port
1 Management slot
2 x 19 inch Rack Mount Brackets
Price AUD $550
Also Managment module for the above unit, it will also manage / control the
full stack of HP hubs & devices (i960 risc chip)
Price AUD $180
Tony Platt
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From: waco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: NIC problem SUSE 6.1
Date: Wed, 09 Jun 1999 06:30:27 -0400
Hello
I installed SuSE 6.1 and compiled a kernel 2.2.5 with Via-Rhine
support. I seems that the kernel is not seeing the NIC card. The card
is a D-Link DFE-530TX. D-Link says I must use the Via-Rhine chipset,
which I did. I think that its just a matter of detection. Since I
jumped from 2.0.36 to 2.2.5, there are many more options in the config
of this Kernel over the older one.
Any help?
Amd k-6-2 with VIA MVP3 based MB....(NIC shared IRQ with USB in windows)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Remco van den Berg)
Subject: Re: SuSE 6.1 and SCSI tape device names ???
Date: Wed, 09 Jun 1999 21:51:47 GMT
On 9 Jun 1999 20:16:08 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>I recently installed SuSE6.1 and wanted to back up my
>installation to a SCSI Travan 4 tape drive. I looked
>in the /dev directory for stX devices and found
>crw-rw---- 1 root disk 9, 0 Apr 14 22:14 st0
>crw-rw---- 1 root disk 9, 96 Apr 14 22:14 st0a
>crw-rw---- 1 root disk 9, 32 Apr 14 22:14 st0l
>crw-rw---- 1 root disk 9, 64 Apr 14 22:14 st0m
>
>Note, each device has a different minor number. I was wondering
>if this is similar to Solaris or HP-UX and that the different
>minor numbers represented different capacities? Such as:
>l - low
>m - medium
>a - ???
>and the base st0 was what ever the tape device could handle?
>
>Anybody who knows the answer please let me know.
>
>TIA,
>J.M.
For the explanation of the bits 5, 6, and 7 see the file:
/usr/src/linux/drivers/scsi/README.st
There's standing that root may "program" some default modes into the
tape driver. The user can use those four modes by selecting a certain
minor device number.
But what a, l, and m actually mean, I really don't know.
I only know that bit 7 (/dev/nst0) means "no-rewind".
-Remco
--
============================================================================
Remco van den Berg Admin DSE http://www.dse.nl/
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Certified Systems Engineer :-)
============================================================================
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From: "Joseph" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.Linux
Subject: Is HPDeskjet 695C printer compatible to Linux softwares?
Date: Wed, 9 Jun 1999 12:25:26 +0400
Hi,
Does anyone knows if the printer HPDeskjet 695C useable with Linux OS? I
went to www.hp.com and found that it has drivers for Windows3.1 x inbox ,
Win95,
Win98 & Win NT 4.0 only.The printer can be used with iMac with an optional
cable kit.But I can`t find out if it will works with Linux. I am thinking of
buying this printer. Thanks in advance to those who can help.
Joseph.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Is HPDeskjet 695C printer compatible to Linux softwares?
Crossposted-To: alt.os.Linux
Date: Wed, 9 Jun 1999 05:57:23 -0500
Well, FWIW, I've got a 697C (almost the same thing),
that I've got up and running fine under OpenLinux 2.2.
Even got color going inadvertently. Couple of things
printed out in color, though I hadn't tried to print color.
I just set it up as an HP 560C, and everything works fine.
I'm sure I'm losing a bell or whistle or two by using the
older model's config, but everything seems to work great.
Good luck!
Jase
On Wed, 09 Jun 1999, Joseph wrote:
>Hi,
> Does anyone knows if the printer HPDeskjet 695C useable with Linux OS? I
>went to www.hp.com and found that it has drivers for Windows3.1 x inbox ,
>Win95,
>Win98 & Win NT 4.0 only.The printer can be used with iMac with an optional
>cable kit.But I can`t find out if it will works with Linux. I am thinking of
>buying this printer. Thanks in advance to those who can help.
>Joseph.
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Thomas Hood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.laptops,comp.os.linux.portable,comp.os.linux.development
Subject: Available: Linux driver for IBM ThinkPad ACP modem
Date: Tue, 08 Jun 1999 14:55:50 -0400
"Available: Linux driver for IBM ThinkPad ACP modem"
That's what we'll be saying if we can convince someone to write
a driver for the modem. I have been in contact with a person
(whose privacy I will protect) who may be in a position to do so,
and who thinks that it is doable.
However, they would need to be assigned to the task by their
employer. They have asked me to solicit e-mail from people
who might be interested in having such a driver. This e-mail
could be presented as proof that there is a demand for the
driver.
For the moment, please just send me email saying that you
are interested in getting such a driver. Later I will write back
to you asking you to send a longer e-mail to such-and-such
an address, explaining why it would be useful to you.
Let's hope this works,
--
Thomas Hood
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Skaya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.unix.bsd.openbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.sys.sun.hardware,comp.unix.solaris,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: choosing an OS for a retired Sun workstation
Date: Wed, 09 Jun 1999 15:02:21 +0200
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I have a much older sun 3/60, no hard disk.
but it has a network card, so I hooked it up to my local network, and it
boots NetBSD via a Linux server (an old 486).
that's not very fast (not the network, but the machine itself - a 20mhz
68020 as far as I know), but the big 19" screen is nice :-)
I installed it "raw", the harder being to understand that I had to setup
rpc.bootparamd and a put a few files on my tftp server.
of course, I recommend the hard disk if you can, qnd linux is sure more
userfriendly thant netbsd when you don't know unix very well.
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