Linux-Hardware Digest #699, Volume #10 Thu, 8 Jul 99 01:13:45 EDT
Contents:
Re: 3com VEverything modem (Kaya Imre)
Re: Let's build a perfect Wintel-free PC (Kenneth Been)
Re: I have a Intel 740??? (Jeff Potter)
Re: modem mystery (Kenneth Been)
Re: Celeron, what's the catch? (L.Angel)
Re: Hoe to config my modem? ("Chris")
Re: SCSI v. IDE boot conflict (Linux-only system) (John McKown)
Re: Seeking video card recommendation (Jack Carroll)
Re: File Server Hardware (Brian McCullough)
Re: SbLive Linux drivers and RH 6.0 (David H. Calvarese)
Re: Xwindows + ATI All in Wonder Pro AGP (brody)
SCSI v. IDE boot conflict (Linux-only system) (JeremyDunn)
Re: CPU Question (The 2-Belo)
Re: Celeron, what's the catch? (Alex Lam)
Setup Promise EIDE 2300+ VLB controller (Roger Ehrlich)
Re: Internal Modem (Nir)
DPT SmartRaid III, EATA driver module issues with kernel 2.2.5 (pjs)
Re: File Server Hardware ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: aha1540 (ie aha1542) - can't load module (Scott)
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From: Kaya Imre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 3com VEverything modem
Date: Wed, 07 Jul 1999 23:14:25 -0400
JC Ervin wrote:
>
> I was wondering if there is anybody out there that may be able to help me
> out. I have a 3com Veverything external modem and I can't get the damn
> thing to work. So if anybody has any ideas, please help me.
"Doesn't work" is hardly enough for anyone to give any advice.
I have USR v.everything external and it work flawlessly.
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Date: Wed, 07 Jul 1999 22:56:11 -0400
From: Kenneth Been <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Let's build a perfect Wintel-free PC
Ludovic Hirlimann wrote:
> You're still talking 'tel' here. the K7 is definitivly in the "intel"
> world because it complies and is compatible with the 80386 architecture
> (which somehow is very close to the 4004 architecture dev in the 70s).
> Looking for a non wintel machine means not using Microsoft software nor
> using Intel x86 processors (why didn't they pushed their i860 and so
> good other processors).
> You should be looking for PowerPc based machines - Mips, Arm, Alpha
> based machine.
I agree. Go for an altogether non-PC architecture.
I was getting really interested in the Netwinder (see
http://www.rebel.com or http://www.netwinder.org), but then I realized
that it has no floating point unit, as well as some other smaller
problems, like a noisy fan.
I would be interested in hearing about other non-PC Linux boxes.
Ken
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From: Jeff Potter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: I have a Intel 740???
Date: Thu, 08 Jul 1999 02:48:58 +0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Joceli Mayer wrote:
> Laurence wrote:
>
> > How do I get drivers for my Intel 740???
>
> download from ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/XFCom/
> it should work for RedHat distributions, maybe for others too ...
> These is a good readme there,
>
> good luck
My stock answers:
Try the X Server from Precision Insight (
http://www.precisioninsight.com ).
The file you want is named XFCom-i740-glibc-1.1.0-1.i386 located here:
ftp://ftp.precisioninsight.com/pub/pi/XFCom/XFCom-i740-glibc-1.1.0-1.i386.rpm
also get:
ftp://ftp.precisioninsight.com/pub/pi/XFCom/xf86config-glibc-1.1.0.i386.tgz
Follow the instructions after decompressing the .tgz file. The .rpm
file
should install correctly. I had marginal success with the "automatic"
XF86Config created, and had to hand-edit some modelines.
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Date: Wed, 07 Jul 1999 22:41:57 -0400
From: Kenneth Been <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: modem mystery
M. Buchenrieder wrote:
> >Here is the output when I do
>
> >setserial -g /dev/ttyS?
>
> Uh.
>
> >/dev/ttyS0, UART: unknown, Port: 0x03f8, IRQ: 4
> >/dev/ttyS1, UART: 16550A, Port: 0x02f8, IRQ: 3
> >/dev/ttyS2, UART: 16550A, Port: 0x03e8, IRQ: 4
> >/dev/ttyS3, UART: unknown, Port: 0x02e8, IRQ: 3
>
> Two serial ports, ttyS1 and ttyS2 . This should work, as long as your
> onboard serial port (that one you're connecting your external modem to)
> has been configured as ttyS2. The setup is a bit weird, though:
> It seems that you did disable ttyS0 in your CMOS setup as well, or did you
> just change the port address in the CMOS for that port ?
> What does "cat /proc/interrupts" tell you ?
I only disabled one port in the setup utility (that's the one that you
enter when booting by pressing F2). That was COM2, which I assume is
the same as /dev/ttyS1. (I think the setup utility called it "COM B".)
The (not very useful) documentation that I got from Gateway said I
should do that if I installed an internal modem, and since I changed the
port on my old modem, I figured that was the same as installing one.
Plus, at first I didn't disable that port, and I was getting address
conflict messages when I booted, and after disabling that port those
messages went away.
Oh, Gateway also said that if a modem came with the computer, which my
old one did, then they have already disabled that port (which would have
been COM1, or /dev/ttyS0). So maybe that is why it looks disabled now;
I didn't change anything on that one. (But I didn't notice that it was
marked "disabled" in the setup utility, either, which confused me.)
Is it because the port type is listed as "unknown" that you could tell
that it was disabled? Why is /dev/ttyS1 not listed as "unknown", if it
has been disabled? Because it has a modem on it? What does "disabled"
really mean? I would think that a port should be "enabled" if a device
is going to use it.
Here is the output from "cat /proc/interrupts":
0: 171789 timer
1: 3839 keyboard
2: 0 cascade
3: 27157 + serial
8: 1 + rtc
12: 27145 PS/2 Mouse
13: 1 math error
14: 56514 + ide0
15: 0 + ide1
Here is the output from "cat /proc/ioports":
0000-001f : dma1
0020-003f : pic1
0040-005f : timer
0060-006f : keyboard
0070-007f : rtc
0080-009f : dma page reg
00a0-00bf : pic2
00c0-00df : dma2
00f0-00ff : npu
0170-0177 : ide1
01f0-01f7 : ide0
02f8-02ff : serial(auto)
0376-0376 : ide1
03c0-03df : vga+
03e8-03ef : serial(auto)
03f0-03f5 : floppy
03f6-03f6 : ide0
03f7-03f7 : floppy DIR
Does this tell you anything?
I appreciate all this help you're giving.
Ken
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From: a?n?g?e?l?@lovergirl-DOT.com (L.Angel)
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips,comp.sys.intel
Subject: Re: Celeron, what's the catch?
Date: Thu, 08 Jul 1999 02:25:03 GMT
Reply-To: ?a?n?g?e?[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sure. I can't wait for the flood of "my TNT2 locks-up with my new K7
>machine" messages..... 8)
Probably with an error "Processor too fast for graphics card." :P
The little lost angel & her featherhead's 2 cents of dreaminess. :)
Email : Figure out what to remove, I'm getting tired of spam
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From: "Chris" <chris @ email.wilsonmfg.com>
Subject: Re: Hoe to config my modem?
Date: Wed, 7 Jul 1999 20:56:39 -0500
What kind of modem? Jumpered? PnP? WinModem? BTW the WinModem will not work
under Linux.
Configure it for what?
--
Chris
The only "intuitive" interface is the nipple. After that, it's all learned.
shenbo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I have a 56K internal modem, can any one teach me how to config my
> modem, or send some references to me.
>
> Thanks advance,
> Shen Bo
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John McKown)
Subject: Re: SCSI v. IDE boot conflict (Linux-only system)
Date: 8 Jul 1999 02:46:09 GMT
On 07 Jul 1999 20:41:13 GMT, JeremyDunn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Summary: Linux-only system boots ok from SCSI drive. Added IDE drive to the
>system. Now, can't boot from SCSI. Linux on SCSI still runs fine if I boot
>from floppy. IDE drive partitioned, formatted, and works normally under Linux.
[snip]
>Any ideas?
>- Jeremy
Well, an idea. Why not partition the IDE hd. Then boot from your floppy.
Update /etc/lilo.conf with
boot = /dev/hda
root=/dev/sda1
If I read things correctly, this will put LILO on the MBR of the IDE HD.
But /dev/sda1 will still be your root file system. I'm fairly sure this
should work. I hope it is helpful.
John
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From: Jack Carroll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Seeking video card recommendation
Date: Wed, 07 Jul 1999 22:51:00 -0400
Dominic Hargreaves wrote:
>
> On Fri, 02 Jul 1999 07:23:41 -0700, Kenneth Kellum
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >In a few weeks I'll be buying a new computer on which I want a dual boot
> >Windoz/Linux. The machine I plan to purchase normally comes with an ATI
> >Rage Fury 32. That video card is apparently not supported by XFree, so
> >I need to chose another video card.
> >
> >Any recommendations? This computer is also my kid's game machine.
> >
> You can use the Rage Fury, it is based on the Mach64 chipset, as in
> the Xpert 98 which I use fine. It would probably be worth getting a
> TNT2 for games since the OpenGL support on the Mach64 is crummy.
> Dominic Hargreaves
> Remove NO and SPAM from address to reply
> http://fly.to/dominic
I use a Gemini P-1 4MB from Software Integrators. Its main virtue is
that it's a fixed-frequency video board, so it's capable of driving old
workstation monitors and giving you a text-mode screen during boot.
Basically, it's programmable to drive anything. It works great with my
H-P A1097C high-resolution monitor. You do pay extra for the
versatility, but you get it back by being able to use these fine old
monitors that show up cheap in the used and salvage markets.
This particular board is now out of production, but there are later
models that cost less and do more. View www.si87.com for info.
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From: Brian McCullough <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: File Server Hardware
Date: Wed, 07 Jul 1999 14:15:37 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> ... <snip> ... two applications, a contact manager and an accounting
> package ... <snip> ... and plan to run an e-mail server and a web
> server for the internet.
Don't do it. Not a good idea to have a mission critical machine on the
internet. You are just asking for trouble. Worst case is that someone
hacks you web server/e-mail/contact manager/accounting machine and
wipes the drives.
Oh, were you going to add a tape back up to this system?
> At a later point I may move the web and/or e-mail server over to
> another machine
A low end Celeron or Pentium will handle apache web server and sendmail.
Users checking there mail will most likely be the greatest load on this
machine. You might even looking to setting up this machine as a
firewall/proxy server as well.
Been there, done that, actually have 6 or 7 polo shirts from there.
> Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
I am.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David H. Calvarese)
Subject: Re: SbLive Linux drivers and RH 6.0
Date: 7 Jul 1999 20:12:03 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I got it to work pretty easily, as far up as version 2.2.9.
First, copy the sblive.o-2.2.5 file to sblive.o-<your version> i.e
sblive.o-2.2.5-15 then modify the install script to look for that file.
then run in the install script. Afterwards, edit your rc.local file and
at the very end add insmod -f sblive. Reboot and it should be working.
Dave
On Wed, 7 Jul 1999 10:36:10 -0600, Russell E. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I'm having a problem getting the Linux drivers for the SoundBlaster Live!
>working under RedHat 6.0. I get everything set up correctly (put sblive.o
>into /lib/modules/misc, and edited /etc/conf.modules to point to the drivers
>correctly) but when I'm booting the system, at the line for loading the
>sound drivers it tells me the module is for kernel 2.2.5 and I have 2.2.5-15
>and wont load. What can I do?
>
>--
>Russell E. Smith
>http://www.homerj.com
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From: brody <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Xwindows + ATI All in Wonder Pro AGP
Date: Thu, 08 Jul 1999 03:30:57 GMT
Bob & Mary Aldridge wrote:
> KiWiB0RG wrote:
> >
> > Hi I'm having problems getting my ATI card to work with Xfree86 Mach64
> > server
> > When i start xwindows it just gives me a black screen,
> > can anyone tell me a way to get it to work?
> >
> > here is the video card:
> > ATI All in Wonder Pro AGP 8MB
> >
> > Thanks
> > /newbie in need
>
> If you are using the current XFree86(3.3.2..I think), use the ATI Expert
> Rage Pro card. I am also using the All-In-Wonder card. The card will
> allow you to use 64K colors also.
>
> Good Luck...........
>
I use the Mach64 set and it works fine. I use 24bpp colour @ 1280x1024.
It won't let me use 1600x1200@24bpp because it thinks it's an invalid mode
for mach64 chipsets. But I had a problem setting up XServer also. It kept
trying to set my refresh rate outside my monitors specified range. less
than 50Hz. The cause of this problem was that I had my TV hooked up to the
video out on my card. Ths solution was to disconnect the TV (you can leave
the ps/2 like connector in the video card, just unhook the video cable to
the TV) and shutdown everything (computer AND monitor). restart in linux,
rerun setup and all should be good. Note: You only have to do this if you
hook up the video to the tv again. I have booted to windows and back to
linux many times since then, and had no problems.
ttyl
DW
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (JeremyDunn)
Subject: SCSI v. IDE boot conflict (Linux-only system)
Date: 07 Jul 1999 20:41:13 GMT
Summary: Linux-only system boots ok from SCSI drive. Added IDE drive to the
system. Now, can't boot from SCSI. Linux on SCSI still runs fine if I boot
from floppy. IDE drive partitioned, formatted, and works normally under Linux.
What I had: SuSE 6.0 system, IN-2000 SCSI controller, Seagate 2.0G SCSI
hard-drive, K62-400 processor. /dev/sda partitioned 1,2,3. Boots (LILO) from
/dev/sda3 just fine, every time.
What I did: added Maxtor 13G IDE drive as Master on Secondary IDE channel
(Primary is turned off- what the heck). CD-ROM moved from Master to Slave on
Secondary (I only have 1 IDE cable!) and jumpers reconfigured.
Now what happens: BIOS auto-detects Maxtor ok, CD-ROM ok. IN-2000 Bios starts
ok. Then *somebody* (IN-2000 BIOS??) says "-1 other hard disk found" Then I
get a motherboard BIOS error, "Not found any [active partition] on HDD" (there
is no bootable partition on the Maxtor drive). Then boot proceeds from
floppy, or stops, depending on BIOS settings.
I can boot from floppy ok, then launch my existing system from /dev/sda3. I
also partitioned, formatted, and can read the Maxtor drive ok from Linux (as
/dev/hdc1,2,3,4). I just can't get the system to boot from the SCSI drive as
it used to do.
I've tried setting the BIOS to boot as : SCSI, C, A. Also tried D, A, SCSI
(get rid of the IDE in boot sequence), etc. Doesn't help. If I unplug the IDE
cable, boots just fine off the SCSI drive as it always did. Of course, I could
switch the drives around and boot from IDE. But I *want* the SCSI as the
primary boot device.
Any ideas?
- Jeremy
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (The 2-Belo)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,redhat.general
Subject: Re: CPU Question
Date: Thu, 08 Jul 1999 03:54:36 GMT
Joceli Mayer wrote:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>> I am in the market for a new computer and my first priority is to get Linux
>> running on it, but I need to know some things about a CPU. I have recently
>> been looking at an Intel Celeron processor, and I was wondering if Linux
>> is compatible with this processor, and some of the pitfalls, if any, I may
>> come across if I go with the Celeron.
>>
>> ------------------ Posted via SearchLinux ------------------
>> http://www.searchlinux.com
>
>It works. Also check http://www.amd.com for an AMD K6-3 or K6-2, cheaper and
>faster than celeron. Also there is the new K7 chip, they rule all intel chips
>in a performance-price tradeoff, so far ...
A Celeron is essentially a Pentium without the on-board cache memory. The
structure of the chip itself is no different.
--
- 2
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From: Alex Lam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips,comp.sys.intel
Subject: Re: Celeron, what's the catch?
Date: Wed, 07 Jul 1999 13:14:53 -0700
Chris Robato Yao wrote:
>
> In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mike
>Frisch) writes:
> >On 5 Jul 1999 02:17:21 GMT, Chris Robato Yao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>Wrong again.
> >>
> >>There is no board with duals that has ATA66. Dual CPU mobos are Intel
> >
> >Wrong again. ABit BP6 supports dual Socket 370 Celerons and UDMA/66
> >support using the Intel BX chipset.
>
> How? The BX does not officially support UDMA 66 unless you do tweaks
> that is not supported by Intel. I really doubt if it's true UDMA 66 at
> all since according to Intel, BX has no UDMA 66 capability. The only
> way I can see that is possible is by matching the i810's southbridge
> with the BX northbridge, and that is not sanctioned or allowed by Intel.
>
Sorry to butt in. But here's some info on the ABit BP6
http://www.mssi.com/bp6.htm
Yes, it does support UDMA66.
Alex Lam.
> >
> >>Dream on.
> >
> >Before making arrogant statements like this, check your facts.
>
> Like Intel does not support and will disable Celerons for
> multiprocessing?
>
> Rgds,
>
> Chris
>
> >
> >Mike.
> >
> >--
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> > Newmarket, Ontario, CANADA
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>
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From: Roger Ehrlich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Setup Promise EIDE 2300+ VLB controller
Date: Wed, 07 Jul 1999 16:56:50 -0400
Hi
I've worked with Linux before, but am new to its installation.
I'm wanting to install RedHat Linux v4.1 on a i486DX2-66 system. The
motherboard BIOS
does not support EIDE only IDE (1 channel).
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.
I could not find info on this card in the Linux Hardware Compatibility
HOWTO file.
Anyone experienced in using this card?
Will RedHat Linux work with this card in using its EIDE BIOS to
supercede the IDE BIOS on
the motherboard? Do I need a particular driver?
How about installing Linux using this card with its EIDE BIOS active
right from the start?
Thanks for all/any help.
Roger.
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From: Nir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Internal Modem
Date: Wed, 07 Jul 1999 23:38:13 +0300
Hi
try to write:
"ln -s /dev/cau2 /dev/modem"
hope it will work
Asim Shankar wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I have an internal ISA Plug-N-Play USRobotics 33.6Kbps FAX modem.
> I just installed Caldera OpenLinux 2.2
>
> How do I get the modem working in Linux??
>
> I retrieved some info from the Windows' Device Manager, namely the IO
> addresses and IRQ for the modem, if that helps. It's also assigned COM3 in
> Windows.
>
> IO - 03E8-03EF
> IRQ - 5
>
> Please tell me how to get this modem functional for Kppp etc.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -- Asim Shankar
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (pjs)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,linux.dev.raid
Subject: DPT SmartRaid III, EATA driver module issues with kernel 2.2.5
Date: Thu, 08 Jul 1999 00:12:42 GMT
Hi,
I've just recently obtained a DPT SmartRaid III controller (model
PM3224W), and am having some problems with getting Linux 2.2.5 to see
the array. Using the DOS based Storage Manager, I've set up a RAID-0
array comprised of three 9.1 UW SCSI disks (two are Compaq DCHS09Y
drives with SCA-80 to SCSI-3 68 pin converters, one is a Seagate
ST39173W 68 pin).
When loading the EATA driver as a module, the adapter is detected, but
instead of seeing one large logical drive, it is seeing the three
separate physical drives of the array. Following is the output:
====================================================
EATA (Extended Attachment) driver version: 2.59b
developed in co-operation with DPT
(c) 1993-96 Michael Neuffer, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Registered HBAs:
HBA no. Boardtype Revis EATA Bus BaseIO IRQ DMA Ch ID Pr QS S/GIS
scsi0 : PM3224W v07H.1 2.0c PCI 0xf470 9 BMST 1 7 N 64 252Y
scsi0 : EATA (Extended Attachment) HBA driver
scsi : 1 host.
Vendor: COMPAQ Model: DCHS09Y Rev: 5151
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Detected scsi disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
Vendor: COMPAQ Model: DCHS09Y Rev: 5151
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Detected scsi disk sdb at scsi0, channel 0, id 1, lun 0
Vendor: SEAGATE Model: ST39173W Rev: 6244
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Detected scsi disk sdc at scsi0, channel 0, id 2, lun 0
scsi0: queue depth for target 0 on channel 0 set to 20
scsi0: queue depth for target 1 on channel 0 set to 20
scsi0: queue depth for target 2 on channel 0 set to 20
SCSI device sda: hdwr sector= 512 bytes. Sectors= 17772988 [8678 MB]
[8.7 GB]
sda: unknown partition table
SCSI device sdb: hdwr sector= 512 bytes. Sectors= 17772988 [8678 MB]
[8.7 GB]
sdb: unknown partition table
SCSI device sdc: hdwr sector= 512 bytes. Sectors= 17782728 [8682 MB]
[8.7 GB]
sdc: unknown partition table
====================================================
In the DOS based Storage Manager utility, i've set the Operating
System type to "Other", which uses INT13. DOS itself can see the
logical ~27GB drive array, whereas Linux w/ the EATA module loaded
only sees the physical 3 x 9.1 GB drives.
Am I missing parameters to the EATA driver, or am I missing anything
else obvious ?
Any pointers would be greatly appreciated.
thanks,
pete
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: File Server Hardware
Date: Thu, 08 Jul 1999 03:37:06 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Roy Grimm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> > I'm putting together a network for 10 users. I'm not sure what
> > hardware requirements I will need for the linux server that will
serve
> > this network.
>
> If it's just 10 people, you probably won't need too much. That is,
> unless your users will be extremely demanding.
>
> >I plan to run samba for serving files for two
> > applications, a contact manager (Goldmine) and an accounting package
> > (currently Great Plains Accounting, looking at UA Corporate
Accounting).
>
> I would imagine that a stock PII/PIII with a healthy ammount of RAM
(at
> least 128M if not 256) and a good fast hard drive would be sufficient.
What is the performance differential between PII/PIII and comparable
speed celeron? Most of the info i've heard found on this has been
related to games. Haven't seen anything related to servers of any type.
The reason i ask because with the low cost of dual celerons, it makes
it tempting to go single celeron and upgrade to dual if the extra power
is desired.
> If you're concerned about hard drive speed, get an Ultra2 Wide SCSI
> drive.
Obviously this is the ideal solution, but the new Ultra DMA/66 drives
are enticing. Especially with the Abit BP6, where an Ultra DMA/66 drive
can be used now as UDMA/33 (i think 2.2.x supports this, right?), and
later upped to UDMA/66 when the kernel supports it (supposedly 2.3.x).
Also, it seemse like the way that the Abit impements UDMA/66, it takes
some load off the processor with the special controller on the board.
At least, this is what I have heard. does anyone know if this is true?
> Beyond that, make sure you get a good quality PCI network
> adapter. That adapter is your connection to the rest of the
computers.
> It's worth spending the extra money on.
I've heard good things about the Intel Etherexpress 10/100 PCI. Is this
a good way to go, or should I look at something else. I'm kind of
confused by the 3com cards.... 3c905A is a charm, some problems with
3c905B, I think. I'm not really sure. Any comments would be
appreciated.
> > Also, I will ...<[snip]>... Any other general
> > suggestions for hardware in building a server would be appreciated,
> > particularly lower cost solutions that increase reliability and ease
of
> > getting back up if something goes wrong.
>
> For your purposes, you probably don't need a lot of machine. If it's
> going to be a standalone server that isn't going to have too much done
> at the console, get a "lower powered" video card and inexpensive 15"
> monitor. That alone will save you hundreds of dollars. With
X-Windows,
> you can remotely run the administration on a workstation with better
> graphics.
that's what i was planning on. i have some old monitors around, so
i will grab one to use on a daily basis (when i hopefully won't need to
be using it), and use a good one when i am setting it up (my eyes are
important!).
> If you're ambitious, you may wish to try mirroring the hard drive.
That
> way, if one of the two fails, you can keep going without it.
Any suggestions on how to go about that? For IDE drives I saw Arco's
DupliDisk, which is supposedly RAID 1 for IDE drives. It doesn't seem
to be true RAID 1 however, since it only supports reading from one drive
, only reading from the other drive if it fails. Therefore reads aren't
sped up at all. Also, they aren't making any comments on UDMA/66
support yet, tech support said that a statement would be made when they
had a chance to test it further.
What other hardware solutions are there for implementing RAID 1 on SCSI
and or IDE drives? Alternatively, is it possible to do this with
software in linux?
> Alternatively, back up all your data to a tape or zip/jazz drive and
> keep the installation disks so you can rebuild your system if the
single
> hard drive does fail.
For a tape drive, anybody have suggestions for IDE and SCSI drives? I'm
particularly interested in the IDEs, since i've seen plenty of SCSI
drives around.
> As a general rule, you'll be best served if you get good quality name
> brand parts. You'll pay a little more but have fewer problems on
> average in the long run that way. There are some real bargains out
> there but if this is a "mission critical" system, don't take chances.
Sounds like a good plan! I don't want to buy bargain basement stuff,
but I'd like to not spend extra money on stuff that i won't utilize.
(well, actually i'd be willing to pay for mirrored hard drives and a
tape drive even though i hope to never need to use them, but that is a
case of being safe :) )
> FWIW,
> Roy Grimm
Thanks again,
Stephen Muench
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Scott)
Subject: Re: aha1540 (ie aha1542) - can't load module
Date: Thu, 08 Jul 1999 04:15:46 GMT
The standard linux kernel doesn't appear to like the AHA-1542
on anything but 0x330 or 0x334. If you take a look at the module
code, there are 2 addresses it specifies.
I changed the code to include the 0x134 address it was set up
on, recompiled and it installed fine. I haven't done extensive
testing on it, but sr0 exists and can be read from.
If you can't change the code, change the jumpers on the card
to use the two defined addresses.
- Scott
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