Linux-Hardware Digest #806, Volume #10 Tue, 20 Jul 99 21:13:25 EDT
Contents:
RH 6.0 does not recognize SCSI tape drive (Brian Hughes)
Re: Diamond SupraExpress 56i v.90 (Roy Grimm)
Re: How to change the time? ("Jared Church")
Re: UDMA-4, U/66 performance (David Ripton)
Re: SB16 VibraX (Rob Stockley)
Re: muti-monitor support (Bryan)
Re: Where should I buy PC *parts* onine? (David Ripton)
Getting HP cd-writer 7500 to work (Ian Bowman)
Re: Viper770 Ultra & Xwindows (John Patrick Krut)
Re: bttv tuner card problems (Henrik Carlqvist)
Re: turn a computer into a network hub? (John Doe)
Re: MSI 5169 and K6-2/450 (Matthew Hiller)
Linux Modems and Prices? ("Ryan Michaels")
Mounting PC Card Hard Drive ("Rick Villela")
Re: hook a normal printer directly up to a network? ("Terry Cox")
Re: tape backup device under Linux ("Robert C. Paulsen, Jr.")
Re: SB16 VibraX (Michael McConnell)
Re: modem driver for linux (Speck of Dust)
Re: Modems and ISAPNPTools (M. Buchenrieder)
Re: LINUX: Can't get ASUS P2B-DS to Recognize RAID for Redhat 6.0 (wizard)
Re: [Q] 440BX/GX/LX and others (wizard)
Re: hook a normal printer directly up to a network? ("Terry Cox")
Re: hook a normal printer directly up to a network? ("Donald E. Stidwell")
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From: Brian Hughes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RH 6.0 does not recognize SCSI tape drive
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 15:51:44 -0600
Hi Everyone,
This is driving me nuts. I'm running RedHat 6.0 (2.2.5-15). I just
installed a AdvanSys ASB3940UA SCSI adapter and an HP SureStore DAT24.
The machine can dual boot and all works under Windows NT Workstation
4.0. I'm sure that I'm just doing something stupid, but the only thing
that dmseg says about SCSI is:
scsi : 0 hosts.
scsi : detected total.
When I do something like "mt -f /dev/st0 rewind", I'm rewarded with
"/dev/st0: No such device."
I've read the information on the AdvanSys CD, been to their Web site,
same for HP, same for Red Hat all to no avail. I'm sure that I'm
missing something incredibly stupid, but I would greatly appreciate any
help.
Thanks,
Brian
--
Brian Hughes mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Idaho State University http://www.isu.edu/~hughbria
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From: Roy Grimm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Diamond SupraExpress 56i v.90
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 17:04:19 -0500
"C. C. McPherson" wrote:
>
> As far as the supra express goes, you might want to reference
> http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/19990720a.html
Thanks for the link. Looks like it should be supported.
> I currently use a supra express (most of the time) with no
> problems. I think your problem is the CHAP authentication. You
> may want to look at the HOWTO for PPP, it contains info on the
> CHAP. Also check the HOWTO for Shadow Password.
I printed out the modem howto, the PPP howto and the PPP faq. After
reading them, I think I'm missing something with the CHAP
authentication. I found that my ISP has a "unix-variant" newsgroup. I
may be able to get the specifics from someone there.
Thanks for the help.
Roy
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From: "Jared Church" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: How to change the time?
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 1999 10:03:34 +1200
Unless there has been some major changes since RH5.1 you should be able to
change the time using the date command, try 'man date'
sorry cant help with the modem problem though
JC
Trung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hello folks,
> I have RH6.0 (Linux ver 2.2.5-15) w/ KDE. Currently, I have 2 problems:
> modem & time.
>
> 1/ Is there anyone who makes Compaq Presario 336-VSC modem work? In
> Win98, my modem is connected to COM2, IRQ=3. Using the command "dmesg |
> less" I get the following info:
> .Serial driver version 4.27 with MANY_PORTS MULTIPORT SHARE_IRQ
> enabled
> .ttyS00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4 ) is a 16550A
> .pty: 256 Unix98 ptys configured
>
> 2/ How to change the time? I have the time correct in Win98 & NT but not
> in Linux
>
> Thanks so much in advance for any help.
> Trung Do
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Ripton)
Subject: Re: UDMA-4, U/66 performance
Date: 20 Jul 1999 22:13:26 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <7ml2ca$qft$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
David Tshudy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Yes, the 7200 RPM drives are faster when attached to a Promise ATA/66
>controller.
Not noticably. The interface is not the bottleneck.
>I've read those articles that say they showed no performance increase and
>in some cases a performance degredation with the ATA/66 card.
>This is simply not true. I'm curious what drives were used.
>I recently bought a WD expert 9 gig 7200 RPM, ATA/66 and a Promise ATA/66
>card.
>Here are my Winbench results with the drive connected to the Promise card
>and with the drive connected to the primary IDE port of my Asus P2B
>motherboard (pII350, 128megs).
Which version of Windows?
> (Thousand Bytes/Sec) w ata 66 w/0 ata 66
> ---------------------------
>WinBench 99/Business Disk WinMark 99 2380 2170
>WinBench 99/High-End Disk WinMark 99 8280 6120
>WinBench 99/Disk Playback/Bus:Overall 2380 2170
>WinBench 99/Disk Playback/HE:AVS/Express 3.4 7390 4530
>WinBench 99/Disk Playback/HE:FrontPage 98 22200 21900
>WinBench 99/Disk Playback/HE:MicroStation SE 7100 6360
>WinBench 99/Disk Playback/HE:Overall 8280 6120
>WinBench 99/Disk Playback/HE:Photoshop 4.0 7520 5540
>WinBench 99/Disk Playback/HE:Premiere 4.2 6970 4830
>WinBench 99/Disk Playback/HE:Sound Forge 4.0 8480 5830
>WinBench 99/Disk Playback/HE:Visual C++ 5.0 7720 6170
Your numbers are much lower than the ones www.storagereview.com
got for the new IBM/WD 7200 rpm drives. And their test machine
has a slower CPU, older board, and less memory. Methinks you've
got a configuration problem.
>More importantly, while connected to the motherboard, the CPU usage during
>these tests was at 73%. While connected to the Promise controller it
>averaged 23%. That in my opinion, is significant.
73% is way high. Looks like you were running the drive in PIO mode
instead of DMA mode. That's bad. My guess is that you were running
in PIO mode 4, which is limited to about 16 MB/s. This drive is
actually fast enough that this will bottleneck it. For a fair test,
run the motherboard controller in UDMA/33 mode, or at least PIO mode 5.
>Granted, the results may vary in Linux but that's not the issue here,
>considering there are no Linux drivers. ;)
My IBM 22GXP (same drive family; WD gave up on designing their
own drives) scored 17.2 MB/s in hdparm -t. That's on my Abit BP6's
UDMA/33 controller. The board also has a UDMA/66 controller, but
I'm not using it.
--
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From: Rob Stockley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: SB16 VibraX
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 1999 10:40:05 +1200
Greg H wrote:
> I don't know what the Vibra 16 C is like, but the Vibra 16 X (Waveffects)
> card has two 8-bit DMA channels instead of one 8-bit and one 16-bit channels.
> In Windoze, 16-bit sound is produced by two cycles through the 8-bit DMA
> channel. This presents a problem in Linux since there's no native driver
> to do this that I know of. However, I have gotten the card to work with
> the latest versions of isapnptools and sndconfig in Red Hat 6.0. Go figure.
> I at least feel a little better that I didn't thrown my money down the drain
> when I mistakingly bought this card :-)
>
> Greg H.
I have the same card with the same outcome. Picking compatitible
hardware is sometimes like a game of Russian Roulette.
--
Rob Stockley
Christchurch, NZ
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ICQ: 37780545
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From: Bryan <Bryan@[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: muti-monitor support
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 23:04:55 GMT
Marc Mutz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: GUAY Dominic wrote:
: >
: > I've been searching dejanews/howtos and i cant find an answer.
: >
: > Under Linux, how, if it is possible, does one runs 2 monitors (with
: > different displays). Where, for exemple, i could display my X-app on a
: > screen and use the other for wathever else.
: >
: You can do: Use xinit --display :0 / xinit --display :1 (or such, see
: man page) to get tow independent X displays.
: You can't do (yet): combine those to form a single desktop.
of course you can. just not with xfree86. metro-x and Xig both support multiple
screens.
I use 2 matrox cards at home and at work with dual displays. its great ;-)
--
Bryan, http://www.Grateful.Net - Linux/Web-based Network Management
->->-> to email me, you must hunt the WUMPUS and kill it.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Ripton)
Subject: Re: Where should I buy PC *parts* onine?
Date: 20 Jul 1999 22:30:29 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <7mvhl0$jm8$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
benjamin j snyder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>In article <7muco0$iui$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>Neville <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>>where to buy. I've checked shopper.com and pricewatch for the lowest
>>priced places, but I'd prefer to buy everything (mobo, cpu, memory, HD,
>>case, etc.) from one place at a reasonable price.
>
>Perhaps my definition of quality and reasonable prices arent the same as yours,
>perhaps not. However, I've found that the motherboard I want is not offered
>by the same place that has the video card I want, and vice versa. If you have
>all of the components narrowed down to a few then buying at one place is
>possible, but if you have it narrowed down to specific cards, mobo etc, you may
>have problems.
I've usually managed to get it down to two dealers for a whole
computer's worth of parts. The savings in shipping charges can
outweigh $5 here and $10 there on individual components. Finding
a single dealer with everything in stock and competitive prices
all around is tough -- often smaller specialists have the best
prices for CPU and memory, but they either don't carry or have
lousy prices on peripherals.
I use pricewatch to find a dealer with the lowest price on the
most expensive item, and see if it's in stock and if the
dealer is competitive on other stuff. If not, I continue down
the list. Before I buy from a place I don't know, I check
resellerratings.com and the site's policies. Anyplace that
quotes a low price then backs it up with a $25 handling charge
goes on my blacklist, as does any place that claims to have
something in stock but can't ship it out within a day or two.
(Obviously something like an assembled computer would be an
exception here.)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ian Bowman)
Subject: Getting HP cd-writer 7500 to work
Date: 20 Jul 1999 23:02:25 GMT
I'm trying to get an HP 7500 (IDE/ATAPI) to write cd's under Linux. Right
now I'm using kernel 2.0.34. The kernel currently does not have scsi
hostadapter emulation, SCSI support, SCSI CD-ROM support, or SCSI generic
support. It does have ide/atapi cdrom support however, and I can mount
the CD-writer and use it as a normal cdrom.
My exact question is: what do I have to do to get my cd-writer to write
cd's under Linux? Here is what I think I have to do. Is this correct?
* Rebuild the kernel (I will be rebuilding to the latest 2.2.x,
after I upgrade to Redhat 6.0).
* Disable ide/atapi cd-rom support.
* Compile as a module SCSI hostadapter emulation.
* Compile into the kernel: SCSI support, SCSI CD-ROM support,
SCSI generic support.
* After this has been done, use cdrecord to write images using my
HP 7500.
Will this work? If so, is this the best way to do what I need to do (or
at least a reasonably good way)?
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From: John Patrick Krut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Viper770 Ultra & Xwindows
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 00:19:29 -0400
That was the source I went to to find the rpm - well, actually
it referred me to:
ftp://rpmfind.net/linux/redhat/redhat-5.2/updates/i386/
...the thing is, this is the first time I have ever tried using
RPM and I am not sure how to go about it - it is _one_ of
the correct files (I think), but need advice from a wiser head
than I.
Cameron Gregg wrote:
> Ummm,
>
> I think some where on nvidia.com/ they have just released an x server and
> open gl drivers for TNT and TNT2 cards for linux (and os2/Be etc).
>
> Cam
> John Patrick Krut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > Ok, here's the problem:
> > New graphics card is unknown to RH5.2.
> > I have read that the card needs an XF86_SVGA server.
> > I downloaded and installed the rpm using
> > rpm -ivh XFree86-SVGA-3_3_3_1-1_1_i386.rpm
> >
> > The problem is that I cant see it in the list of
> > cards in Xconfigurator - can Anyone please offer
> > a suggestion?
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From: Henrik Carlqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: bttv tuner card problems
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 02:24:57 +0200
"Ryan C. Stallings" wrote:
> 2. Is there anyway to make it full screen. I can expand the window,
> but only to a point. Black starts surround it after words.
Pressing "f" will make xawtv full screen. However, the image will not be
bigger than the video standard allows, for PAL this means 768x576. You
might want to decrease your screen resolution with ctrl-alt-+ before
making xawtv full screen.
regards Henrik
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Doe)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,
Subject: Re: turn a computer into a network hub?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 20 Jul 1999 19:36:14 -0500
On Tue, 20 Jul 1999 15:45:32 +1000, dkwok <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>These days hubs are so cheap I won't be bother.
>
>Gaiko Kyofusho wrote:
>
>> Hi, I was told that computers (with enough network cards) can be made to
>> act like network hubs in linux but I have not been able to find any
>> information on how to do this <assuming it really is possible>. If
>> anyone could point me to some information about this I would really
>> appreciate it!
>>
>> -Gaiko
>>
>> Gaikokujin Kyofusho
>>
>> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
>> Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
>
i bought a new 4 port hub for about $30 on an auction site.
there is a large chain store that sells a 5 port hub
for about $35.
i would tell the name of the chain store
but there are paranoids out here who are suspicious of anyone
dropping of a name such as comp USSR.
paranoids think that anyone who does that is doing a commericial although
it is true that i get about $100 comission for each person from this
newsgroup visiting my sponsor. also just to be completely ethical i
should say that i have a very sophisticated way to figure out the
effectiveness of my commercial. basically it involves a spy satellite
watching every computer user on earth.
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From: Matthew Hiller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: MSI 5169 and K6-2/450
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 23:52:21 GMT
Yup. The chip and heatsink seem to like the thin layer of thermal
heatsink now between them, and the chip now seems to be working quite
well at 450 MHz. Muchas gracias.
Matt
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From: "Ryan Michaels" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux Modems and Prices?
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 18:27:50 -0400
I'm going to buy a modem (hopefully one that works this time) for use with
my Linux system. I just need a few suggestions as to WHICH modem to buy
(brand and model number please) and it's price. I basically need one that
isn't too much of a headache (for a newbie like me) to set up.
Thanks in advance
-Ryan
--
RyanM019 at Yahoo D0T com
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From: "Rick Villela" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Mounting PC Card Hard Drive
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 17:22:19 -0600
I have an IBM 105 MB PC Card drive that I use to transfer files back and
forth between laptops. The PC Card HOWTO says that Linux should recognize it
OK. As far as I can tell it does. But how do I mount it? What is the /dev/?
entry that I should use?
Thanks,
rv
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From: "Terry Cox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: hook a normal printer directly up to a network?
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 17:06:18 -0700
You need to get that printer on the network. The easiest thing to do would
be to physically plug it into Linux or Windows machine. Or you can get an
external jet direct card and put it on the network. Put an IP stack on the
printer, and then you can directly print to the printer. Save yourself the
headache and the money; just plug it into your Linux machine.
Gaiko Kyofusho wrote in message <7n2kie$6pd$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>I was wondering if there was a way that I could hook a normal (hp desk
>jet model ???) directly to my home network (consisting of 1 winnt box
>and 2 linux boxes) without having to hook it directly to one of the
>computers? (I admit that it would be for purposes of convenience
><arranging the network ing the house> not necessity, for those that
>might ask "why")
>
> -Gaiko
>
>Gaikokujin Kyofusho
>
>
>Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
>Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
>
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From: "Robert C. Paulsen, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: tape backup device under Linux
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 18:49:31 -0500
Matthew Hixson wrote:
>
> Can anyone recommend a tape backup device for use under Linux? This is
> to go into a machine with an ASUS P2B-DS motherboard (supports SCSI).
> The machine is currently running kernel 2.2.6, but I can upgrade it if
> necessary.
> Any adivce is welcomed.
> -M@
I think there are two basic choices: Travan (NS-20 is the latest
and best), or DDS.
Travan drives are cheaper than DDS, but DDS tape is cheaper than
Travan. So your trade-off is between the price of the drive vs.
the price of the tapes. If your backups need to include lots of
long-term archiving you will need lots of tapes so your best bet
is probably DDS. If you have short-term needs (e.g. for disaster
recovery) then you can get away with fewer tapes used in a rotation
scheme and Travan will be cheaper.
I think most home users are probably more concerned with disaster
recovery and have relatively little data that needs long-term
storage (other than on a well backed up hard drive) so will probably
do better with Travan unless cost is not a factor. Even with Travan,
you can still do longer term archiving -- A single NS20 tape holds
*lots* of data.
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If my return address contains "ZAP." please remove it. Sorry for the
inconvenience but the unsolicited email is getting out of control.
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From: Michael McConnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: SB16 VibraX
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 1999 00:48:18 +0100
> In comp.os.linux.hardware Chris Gushue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> I have a SB Vibra16C, and I used to get DMA errors with it, using 2.2.x
>> and the version of OSS that was out around the same time as 2.2.0 came
>> out. Recently I gave the card another try, using 2.2.10 and OSS 3.9.2o
>> Everything works now, so I'm not sure if it was a combination of the
>> kernel and oss I was using, or because my card just decided to work again!
>> I didn't change anything else, so check your kernel and oss versions, that
>> might make some difference...
I've got the same card, and at the same time I discovered ALSA. At the time I
was running 2.0.36 (may have been 2.0.34) and ALSA did the trick for me. I
also used Speak Freely, which requires full duplex sound, so OSS (as found in
the kernel then) wasn't up to it. ALSA, on the other hand suported it without
any problems.
I'm running ALSA 0.3.0pre3, for some reason 0.3.2 refuses to compile on my
system...
-- Michael "Soruk" McConnell [Red Hat 6.0 Available!]
Eridani Star System -- The Most Up-to-Date Red Hat Linux CDROMs Available
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.amush.cx/linux/ Fax: +44-8701-600807
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From: Speck of Dust <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: modem driver for linux
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 16:40:21 -0700
o I am looking for any driver to a mdp3858v-e a pci modem to any linux or free
o unix.
The quick answer is "there are none"
The longer answer is "people are working on one"
The answer to your next question is "look at www.linmodems.org"
And finally, "no, there's nothing that really works yet."
Oh, and "hard to say how long it will be."
-- Sal
smile.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (M. Buchenrieder)
Subject: Re: Modems and ISAPNPTools
Date: Mon, 19 Jul 1999 11:57:33 GMT
"Ryan Michaels" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>I got a modem from my friend (CommWave PnP) and Linux still isn't
>recognizing anything. Is it even possible to set up a PnP modem in Linux???
>1.) The modem works under windows on COM3 (3E8) IRQ 4. Why does Linux think
>it's under COM4 (/dev/ttyS3 port 2E8) and IRQ 3??
>2.) I've done these steps with isapnptools:
> pnpdump > isapnp.conf
> find and uncomment 0x03e8 and IRQ 4; save
^^^^^^
[...]
You can't use IRQ 4 for this modem, since that's the IRQ of the
primary serial port (COM1 aka /dev/ttyS0) . Give it an otherwise
unused IRQ. Furthermore, me thinks that the CommWave is a winmodem,
anyways (IIRC).
Michael
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From: wizard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.periphs.scsi
Subject: Re: LINUX: Can't get ASUS P2B-DS to Recognize RAID for Redhat 6.0
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 20:42:14 -0400
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
"Robert A. Hayden" wrote:
> I am in the process of setting up a new Redhat 6.0 server and I am having
> some problems getting it to properly boot from the hardware RAID array I
> have.
>
> SYSTEM SPECS:
>
> Motherboard: ASUS P2B-DS Dual PII mobo w/ on-board
> Adaptec 7890 Ultra2 Controller Built in
> Processors: 2 PII-400s
> Memory: 256MB
> DRIVE: 18GB RAID5 Array connected to a CMD external
> RAID controller (UltraWide)
>
> The installation recognized the RAID disk just fine as ID:0:0 and is able
> to install all the software. However, when I boot the RAID disck, I end
> up getting the following in LILO:
>
> "L 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20"
>
> I do have a 100mb /boot partion as /dev/sda1.
>
> I get the same results if I boot with a floppy.
>
> I am assuming that the issue is related to limitations in LILO's ability
> to address large hard drives and the way the 7890 controller addresses
> these large drives. However, Adaptec's support information stinks and I
> haven't an clue where to go next.
>
> FYI: The motherboard is running the latest BIOS.
>
> I would rather not add a stand-alone disk to boot off of, as IMHO that
> defeats the purpose of the RAID.
>
> Any thoughts on what to do next?
>
> --
> =-=-=-=-=-=
> Robert Hayden [EMAIL PROTECTED] UIN: 16570192
Robert
I'm not sure this will be of much help as I do not have a SCSI harddisk on
my P2B. The following may or may not help.
1. make sure the bios is set up correctly.
2. sounds like a hardware raid controller, you may want to make sure that is
also set up correctly. Since this is SCSI make sure the Cables and
termination are correct.
3. find the source to LILO and see if you can find out what might cause the
repeating "20"s
4. it does not apeear that LILO is even finding the boot partition so you
might want to double check that LILO and the RAIDs partition info match.
It probally would be helpful if you could post your LILO.conf file, someone
may be able to help with that.
Dave
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From: wizard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [Q] 440BX/GX/LX and others
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 20:46:46 -0400
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
"Robert J. Sprawls" wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I read on www.linux.org that SuperMicro supports Linux well. I
> went to their site and was reading about the MBs and saw that they
> have varying chipsets. Is there a real difference between the BX, GX,
> LX and any other chipsets? I'm doing some research for a future
> machine purchase.
Robert;
In a nut shell yes there are differences.
1. Unless your aim is dirt cheap low performance ignore the LX
series.
2. BX based boards should be a minimal choice.
3. The GX was originally targeted at the high end of the market such
as servers. You did not state what the machine will be used for but
an outstanding quality of the BX chip set is the support of large memory
systems.
Dave
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From: "Terry Cox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: hook a normal printer directly up to a network?
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 17:04:25 -0700
Gaiko Kyofusho wrote in message <7n2kie$6pd$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>I was wondering if there was a way that I could hook a normal (hp desk
>jet model ???) directly to my home network (consisting of 1 winnt box
>and 2 linux boxes) without having to hook it directly to one of the
>computers? (I admit that it would be for purposes of convenience
><arranging the network ing the house> not necessity, for those that
>might ask "why")
>
> -Gaiko
>
>Gaikokujin Kyofusho
>
>
>Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
>Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
>
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From: "Donald E. Stidwell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: hook a normal printer directly up to a network?
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 1999 00:51:33 GMT
Gaiko Kyofusho wrote:
> I was wondering if there was a way that I could hook a normal (hp desk
> jet model ???) directly to my home network (consisting of 1 winnt box
> and 2 linux boxes) without having to hook it directly to one of the
> computers? (I admit that it would be for purposes of convenience
> <arranging the network ing the house> not necessity, for those that
> might ask "why")
>
> -Gaiko
>
> Gaikokujin Kyofusho
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
You can use a JetDirect box, which I highly recommend. I have also used
the Intel printer ports, but they, in my experience, are much too flaky.
Make sure your printer is *not* a Windows-only printer. I have NEVER
gotten one of those things to work except directly connected to a
computer. They don't work with Print Server boxes, they don't work with
parallel-to-USB converters, they are shaky when using on any passthru
device, etc.
Don
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