Linux-Hardware Digest #201, Volume #11 Tue, 7 Sep 99 15:13:45 EDT
Contents:
Re: Dual Pentium II shows as Dual Celeron... ("Robert (Bob) McGwier")
Adaptec 1535 + Slackware 4.0 (Ben Bauer)
HELP EAST TIMOR (TIMOR LORO SAE) ("João Silva")
Please help experts!!! : My HDs are gone after changing the Slave to Master!!! (BIOS
doesnt detect them anymore) (blunzerl)
Xylogics serial board (Bruno Quesnel)
Re: Linux kernel compile problem ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: UDMA problem? (Sales Information)
Disscusion Board for Phat Linux. (Heyday)
[SOUNDCARD] Creative Labs - Soud Blaster AWE32 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Iomega Zip Drive problems ("fooDude")
Re: Linux & Stollman ISDN adapter (Clifford Kite)
Re: ATAPI CD burning? ("Alexander Mundy")
Re: FS: 5 DEC VRT19-HA 19" Triniton monitors ; $135 US ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Suse 6.2 Hard Disk Installation Error, 'Can't Find Image !'? ("fooDude")
PCL-844 multiport card ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: EZ-BIOS and LILO (Cameron L. Spitzer)
Canon BJC 4400 (siz)
Re: Linux kernel compile problem (roger summars)
Re: Modem difficulties - feedback wanted (Mike Frisch)
Re: ATAPI CD burning? (Mike Frisch)
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From: "Robert (Bob) McGwier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Dual Pentium II shows as Dual Celeron...
Date: Tue, 07 Sep 1999 11:39:33 GMT
Ahh well that is easy. It is <<NOT>> part of the Pentium II processor,
it is part of the Pentium II PACKAGE you bought. Inside that little
box are several things, the pentium as well as L2 cache and other
things all on a circuit board. Now I understand the confusion.
Bob
Stuart Hall wrote:
> This post is not necessarily in response to Bob McGwier, but to anyone
> who responded:
>
> To clarify, what I did on that second night was to enable external
> cache, and disable internal cache, which caused my system to run
> slower, although the cpu was then identified by the kernel correctly.
>
> I have since enabled *both* internal and external cache (that is,
> re-enabled internal cache) and the system is working perfectly, and
> detecting the CPUs perfectly.
>
> The initial question, which seems to have been resolved now through
> experimentation, was why the L2 cache was described as external cache,
> even though it is part of the Pentium II processor -- that is, to a
> newbie, I am plugging a big unit into a slot on the mainboard, not
> really plugging anything in separately. Anyway, I understand now the
> difference.
>
> Sorry if the wording on my initial post caused a lot of confusion.
> Thanks to everyone for all the information.
>
> Stuart
>
> "Robert (Bob) McGwier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> so kindly spent valuable
> time on Fri, 03 Sep 1999 12:21:12 GMT writing:
>
> >And furthermore, what the chip provides is the HARDWARE TO MANAGE
> >the external cache, and not the memory itself.
> >
> >Artur Swietanowski wrote:
> >
> >> Greg Leblanc wrote:
> >> > (...) L1 is internal cache. It's ON THE PROCESSOR CORE.
> >> > L2 cache is (...) NOT on the processor core, and therefore is
> >> > NOT internal cache. (...) the external cache is now a part of
> >> > the processor.
> >>
> >> This is some kind of Intel newspeak that I was not aware of (till
> >> now). If you read the above, you'll see that L2 which is a part of
> >> the processor, is called external. To me that's an oxymoron.
> >>
> >> Thanks for claryfying my confusion,
> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> >> Artur Swietanowski mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> Institut für Statistik, Operations Research und Computerverfahren,
> >> Universität Wien, Universitätsstr. 5, A-1010 Wien, Austria
> >> tel. +43 (1) 427 738 620 fax +43 (1) 427 738 629
> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> --
> Stuart Hall
> Connecticut, USA
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ben Bauer)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Adaptec 1535 + Slackware 4.0
Date: 7 Sep 1999 14:09:45 GMT
I am having some trouble getting an Adaptec 1535
recognised by Linux 2.2.6 (Slack4.0). I am using
the scsi.s kernel and I tried append="aha1542=0x130,11,4,5"
in the lilo settings, but no luck. According to several
newsgroup postings, the 1535 is "a 1542CP without BIOS".
The card has a 4 switch dip on it to toggle pnp/not
and set the address. I have tried (with PnP disabled)
130 and 330 but to no avail.
If I have it right, I edit /etc/lilo.conf, then run /sbin/lilo
then reboot and the new lilo.conf should be in effect.
What am I missing?
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From: "João Silva" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.setup,es.binarios.economia.bolsa,es.charla.cooperacion,es.charla.economia.bolsa
Subject: HELP EAST TIMOR (TIMOR LORO SAE)
Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1999 14:27:28 +0100
Please make some thing to finish the genocide in East Timor.
This genocide was brazenly organized by the Indonesian army with the purpose
to force UNAMET withdrawal from Timor.
A peace force must be sent to East Timor.
Send this petition:
==========================
PETITION
Widespread death and destruction are happening in East Timor.
Unless world leaders exert maximum pressure on the Indonesian Government
the results of last Monday's referendum will be followed by a growing
massacre and destruction of thousands of citizens who braved everything to
vote, expressing overwhelmingly their wish to become independent.
Regrettably, the Indonesian Government is not fullfiling the New York
agreements and has allowed the violence to spread.
An international force is essential to prevent the total slaughter of
the people by the anti-independence militias.
Therefore,
I call upon you to URGENTLY exert all of the available means at your
disposal to make the killings stop and prevent the deportation and massacre
of the people of East Timor.
=================================================
Please send to:
E-mail:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Fax:
001-212-415-4443 - United States on UN
001-212-628-0252 - Russian Federation on UN
001-212-634-7626 - People's Republic of China on UN
001-212-421-6889 - Republic of France on UN
001-212-745-9316 - United Kingdom on UN
Regards
João Silva
Portugal
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (blunzerl)
Crossposted-To:
comp.periphs,comp.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.setup
Subject: Please help experts!!! : My HDs are gone after changing the Slave to
Master!!! (BIOS doesnt detect them anymore)
Date: 7 Sep 1999 08:09:02 -0500
guys i really need some help!
Had a small HD as master and a (bigger,newer) one as Slave. BIOS
detected both without a glitch! After I had removed the master and
jumpered the former slave as master - the BIOS couldnt detect it!
Neither could i go back to the old setup - the BIOS now doesnt detect
any HD!!!!!!!!
int 13h returns code 80h ("drive failed to respond") - no matter how i
jumper master/slave , only a master etc. NO the cables are connected
correctly ;=)
Do I have to reset the CMOS ram ? how could I accomplish this task
easily without making the situation even worse? Why the hell isnt the
BIOS detecting the change????????? I would like the BIOS to start from
scratch - I dont care about data loss (backups) - i want my harddisks
back!!!!!!!! at least the bigger one .......
Please help me out! reply here or to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
thanx a lot,
Phil
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From: Bruno Quesnel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Xylogics serial board
Date: Tue, 07 Sep 1999 11:11:27 -0400
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi.
I'm part of a Ham radio club and we received a gift.... A xylogics
annex micro els. This piece of hardware permits to plug 16 serial ports
and making them available to the network...
The only problem, is that we don't have any documentation about this
peice of hardware and no software.
Has any one worked with this model or something similar and would
provide some explication on how to access each ports....
Thanks in advance......
Bruno Quesnel
Electrical Engineering, Montreal
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,fa.linux.kernel
Subject: Re: Linux kernel compile problem
Date: Tue, 07 Sep 1999 15:26:28 GMT
In article <7r1kos$f0h$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I am trying to compile Kernel 2.2 from the RedHat 6.0 distribution.
> All goes well during the "make boot" until the end, or at least I
think
> it's near the end where the kernel is compressed. The process stops
at
> this point:
>
> make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-2.2.4/arch/i386/boot'
> gcc -D__kernel__ -I/usr/src/linux-2.2.5/include -E -traditional
> -DSVGA_MODE=NORMAL_VGA bootsect.S -o bootsect.s
> as86 -0 -a -o bootsect.o bootsect.s
> make[1]: as86: Command not found
> make[1]: ***bootsect.o bootsect.s
> make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-2.2.5/arch/i386/boot'
> make: *** [boot] Error
>
> Could this be caused by a problem in my configuration? I'm thinking
> the as86 line should read should read "gcc aas86...".
> I've tried "make zImage" and "make bzImage" as well.
> Any advice on why this may be happening would be appreciated. Thanks
in
> advance.
>
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A big thanks. Installing the bin86 did the trick.
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From: Sales Information <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: UDMA problem?
Date: Tue, 07 Sep 1999 13:47:54 GMT
Try this command:
hdparm -d1 -X66 /dev/hda
You should get somewhere around 10MB/sec to 13MB/sec.
Stephan.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hello Hardware Hackers,
>
> I recently added an IDE drive -- my first -- to my Linux box, and its
> giving me fits getting it to do what its supposed to do. The drive is a
> Maxtor 91360U4 (13.6gig U/66), but it runs very s.l.o.w.l.y.....
>
> /dev/hda:
> Timing buffer-cache reads: 128 MB in 1.61 seconds =79.50 MB/sec
> Timing buffered disk reads: 64 MB in 21.26 seconds = 3.01 MB/sec
>
> On boot, the OS (Linux 2.2.10, Debian unstable) reports:
> PIIX4: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 39
> PIIX4: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
> ide0: BM-DMA at 0xf000-0xf007, BIOS settings: hda:pio, hdb:pio
> ide1: BM-DMA at 0xf008-0xf00f, BIOS settings: hdc:pio, hdd:pio
> hda: Maxtor 91360U4, ATA DISK drive
> ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
> hda: Maxtor 91360U4, 12982MB w/2048kB Cache, CHS=26377/16/63, (U)DMA
>
> Note that the bios has been set up to "auto enable" UDMA (choice is auto
> or disable), and has been set to auto for PIO as well (choice auto or
> level 0-4).
>
> BIOS does not know about this drive: I boot from SCSI (four very fast
> drives on two raid arrays spread over two channels, 30MB/s according to
> hdparm thank you very much!) (You might ask why go IDE now; well, fact
> is, I don't want to, but the vmware people say that running vmware with
> this dedicated ide drive will give me improved performance over running
> with the vmware virtual disk on a file on an ext2 raid fs.)
>
> My MB is a GigaByte GA-6BXDS which hasn't given me any trouble.
>
> hdparm /dev/hda reports:
> /dev/hda:
> multcount = 0 (off)
> I/O support = 0 (default 16-bit)
> unmaskirq = 0 (off)
> using_dma = 1 (on)
> keepsettings = 0 (off)
> nowerr = 0 (off)
> readonly = 0 (off)
> readahead = 8 (on)
> geometry = 26377/16/63, sectors = 26588016, start = 0
>
> Applying "hdparm -d1 -X66" results in the kernel reporting on access:
> hda: drive_cmd: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
> hda: drive_cmd: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError }
> hda: timeout waiting for DMA
> hda: irq timeout: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest }
> hda: DMA disabled
> ide0: reset: success
>
> hdparm -I reports:
> /dev/hda:
>
> Model=aMtxro9 31064U , FwRev=AM45R00R,
> SerialNo=4C30MHCJ
> Config={ Fixed }
> RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=57
> BuffType=3(DualPortCache), BuffSize=2048kB, MaxMultSect=16,
> MultSect=off
> DblWordIO=no, maxPIO=2(fast), DMA=yes, maxDMA=0(slow)
> CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=16514064, LBA=yes
> LBA CHS=1023/256/63 Remapping, LBA=yes, LBAsects=26588016
> tDMA={min:120,rec:120}, DMA modes: mword0 mword1 mword2
> IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:120,w/IORDY:120}, PIO modes: mode3 mode4
> UDMA modes: mode0 mode1 *mode2
>
> hdparm -i:
> /dev/hda:
>
> Model=Maxtor 91360U4, FwRev=MA540RR0, SerialNo=C403HMJC
> Config={ Fixed }
> RawCHS=26377/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=57
> BuffType=3(DualPortCache), BuffSize=2048kB, MaxMultSect=16,
> MultSect=off
> DblWordIO=no, maxPIO=2(fast), DMA=yes, maxDMA=0(slow)
> CurCHS=26377/16/63, CurSects=26588016, LBA=yes
> LBA CHS=824/512/63 Remapping, LBA=yes, LBAsects=26588016
> tDMA={min:120,rec:120}, DMA modes: mword0 mword1 *mword2
> IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:120,w/IORDY:120}, PIO modes: mode3 mode4
> UDMA modes: mode0 mode1 mode2
>
> # cat /proc/ide/hda/settings
> name value min max mode
> ---- ----- --- --- ----
> bios_cyl 26377 0 65535
> rw
> bios_head 16 0 255
> rw
> bios_sect 63 0 63
> rw
> breada_readahead 4 0 127
> rw
> bswap 0 0 1
> r
> file_readahead 72 0 2097151
> rw
> io_32bit 0 0 3
> rw
> keepsettings 0 0 1
> rw
> max_kb_per_request 122 1 127
> rw
> multcount 0 0 8
> rw
> nice1 1 0 1
> rw
> nowerr 0 0 1
> rw
> pio_mode write-only 0 255
> w
> slow 0 0 1
> rw
> unmaskirq 0 0 1
> rw
> using_dma 0 0 1
> rw
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated -- I'm pretty much at my witt's
> end with this one. Is this a config problem? A bug? A problem with
> the drive cabling? I have not a clue!
>
> Thanks in advance.....
> -frank
>
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From: Heyday <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake,linux.redhat.misc,alt.linux
Subject: Disscusion Board for Phat Linux.
Date: Tue, 07 Sep 1999 16:32:16 GMT
I have created a disscusion board for Phat Linux at:
http://stop.at/phatlinux
I hope that this will be a good place for those interested in talking
about Phat Linux.
Thanks,
Joel Peterson
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [SOUNDCARD] Creative Labs - Soud Blaster AWE32
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 07 Sep 1999 18:08:10 GMT
Greetings!
I will be installing Linux Mandrake soon, and am doinfg a bit of a
compatiability search for my current hardware.
My soundcard is what appears in the subject line, and I guess I'm
wondering if this will work under Linux.
Has anybody had trouble getting an SB-AWE32 soundcard to work?
TIA.
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From: "fooDude" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Iomega Zip Drive problems
Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1999 12:32:42 -0500
Hi, the problem that you are having can be solved by mounting the drive, but
with an internal zip drive, there is another step. Justr to make it easy,
I'll go through the whole thing. This procedure assumes your zip drive to be
connected as secondary slave (or hdd):
- for an msdos formatted zip disk:
mount -t msdos /dev/hdd4 /whateverdirectory
- for a linux formatted zip disk:
mount /dev/hdd4 /whateverdirectory
See, when your box detects the IDE zip drive, it automatically detects the
active partition as hdd4, it has something to do with the way the drive
interacts with the IDE controller.
This procedure will definitely work for an Iomega zip drive, but I have
never tried it with one of the wannabe drives, so if you have one of those,
use a disk you don't care about the first time you try it! Also, if you are
using a zip drive connected to a UDMA controller (one of the new fast access
PCI hard drive controllers) I doubt if this will work without goosing the
UDMA card at boot. BUT, that is another subject altogether. Good luck!
Matt
Proxima <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:lw%A3.1444$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi ..
> I have a 100 MB IDE internal zip drive. It gets detected as hdd when Linux
> is loading but I don't know how to access it .
> Any help appreciated
> Thanks
>
>
>
>
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From: kite@NoSpam.%inetport.com (Clifford Kite)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Linux & Stollman ISDN adapter
Date: 7 Sep 1999 12:27:10 -0500
Zlatko Rek ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> Clifford Kite wrote:
> >
> > I'd try fiddling with the asyncmap option, asyncmap 0 and asyncmap a0000
> > would be candidates. A surprising number of similarly obscure problems
> > are cured this way.
> I've tried these two options, but the problem is not solved. The PC motherboard
> is Intel Livermore (LM440LX) with integrated serial ports. Should I try with
> external IO card?
I don't see why the integrated serial ports would cause a problem. Here
are some other things to try related to flow control. Using xonxoff
rather than crtscts flow control. Reducing the pppd speed option to the
speed of the ISDN line (57600?).
You also might try requesting a smaller MRU with the pppd option "mru 576"
or perhaps even "mru 552".
This is mostly guessing of course, I don't have any definitive answers
for stalling problems.
> As I remember, a year ago, I tried to connect PC and notebook with direct PPP
> connection and the problem was the same, but I was thinking that I made a bad
> cable.
--
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nothing, but vitriolicly criticize those that do. They cannot reason
so they belittle, demean, and ridicule. They relish the replies that
this generates. Please do not feed the attidudes. */
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From: "Alexander Mundy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ATAPI CD burning?
Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1999 14:20:44 -0400
Jay.
Well...I did get it working sorta...it recognized the drive, but then I
could not mount either the burner or my regular CDRom drive....
Any suggestions???
Jay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> From what I've seen and my experience (and according to the How-TO), you
must
> get the ide-scsi emulation working. Its not that hard to get working.
Only
> took me about 6 tries at recompiling the kernel :) hehe
>
>
>
> Alexander Mundy wrote:
>
> > Hello all,
> > Is anyone familiar with any software for burning to ATAPI CDRoms that
will
> > not require loading the scsi emulator? I have tried that and run into
> > problems. I was trying to get Xroast working, but have given up.
> >
> > Any help appreciated.
> > -AM
>
> --
> "There are more adventures on a chessboard than on
>
> all the seas of the world" -- Pierre Mac ORLAN, via Jose Spaleniec, Paris
>
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.vms,comp.sys.dec,misc.forsale.computers.monitors
Subject: Re: FS: 5 DEC VRT19-HA 19" Triniton monitors ; $135 US
Date: Tue, 07 Sep 1999 17:28:59 GMT
Software Integrators (http://www.si87.com) makes graphics card which can
drive these DEC monitors from a PC. All resolutions are displayable,
from DOS text to 1280x1024 resolution.
Joe
In article <O1Vz3.749$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Kent Rankin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The monitors are located in Pulaski, VA, 24301.
>
> They are DEC model VRT19-HA monitors with Triniton tubes. Quite
nice
> monitors, mind you, as I use several of them on a daily basis. Sony
OEM
> part number GDM-1961, in case that's useful.
>
> Do send any questions that you might have.
>
> Thanks,
> Kent Rankin
>
>
--
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Software Integrators Inc. | 800-547-2349 (sales)
51 Evergreen Drive, Ste A | 406-586-8866 (tech)
Bozeman, MT 59715 | 406-586-9145 (fax)
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From: "fooDude" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.emulators.ms-windows.wine,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.x,comp.windows.x,linux.redhat.ppp
Subject: Re: Suse 6.2 Hard Disk Installation Error, 'Can't Find Image !'?
Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1999 12:44:56 -0500
If you are installing from the HD, then the directory structure of the
folder you are installing from is more than likely corrupted or incorrect.
If you are installing it from CD, then you need to specifiy the /dev/hd*
that corresponds to your CD drive. More than likely, hda is not it. Usually
its a slave on the primary (hdb), a master on the secondary (hdc), or a
slaqve on the seconday (hdd). Good Luck!
Matt
Allix <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:4TWA3.10709$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Using rawrite I created a boot disk using the eide1 image and booted into
> the installation. Eventually I got to
> the part of the installation that asks me to locate where the files are.
It
> first asks for the hard disk which i put as /dev/hda1 and then the
location
> of suse , which i put as /suse (and have tried many variations and also
> other folders in /suse), but i always get the error :
>
> "can't find image !", Anyone know what this means ?
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: PCL-844 multiport card
Date: Tue, 07 Sep 1999 14:44:17 GMT
Hello..
I have a PCL-844 serial multiport card (8 port).
Does anyone know how to use it under Linux (Red Hat 5.2 Kernel 2.0.36)?
Where to find a driver ?
Thanks to everyone !
jean-arthur
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Cameron L. Spitzer)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: EZ-BIOS and LILO
Date: 7 Sep 1999 14:59:57 GMT
In article <7r2msl$3at$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Villy Kruse wrote:
>
>Cameron L. Spitzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>>One of the cases in the LILO mini-HOWTO described an install
>>without EZ-BIOS/OnTrack, on a drive with more than 1024 cylinders.
>>The key was to put the Microsoft product on the first 1023 cylinders,
>>and use the rest for Linux. The Lilo-related files are in
>>C:\LINUX\LILO in the Microsoft partition. /sbin/lilo complains about
>>the cylinder count, but it works anyway.
>
>
>
>Make that 1020 for Microsoft and 3 cylinders for the linux /boot partition.
>Then you won't have any lilo problems, provided, of course, that the kernel
>file is in the /boot file system instead of in the root file system.
The three cylinders for Lilo is a convenience, but not a neccessity.
If you're installing Microsoft on cylinders 1-1023,
the directory C:\LINUX\LILO is a workable place for bzImage, message, map,
chain.b, and boot.b. The lilo installer and the LILO boot loader can
find things on an msdos or vfat partition.
If you mount C: as vfat, give the files 8+3 character uppercase names.
Cameron
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From: siz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Canon BJC 4400
Date: Tue, 07 Sep 1999 13:44:40 -0400
Any advice on getting my Canon BJC 4400 to work with Linux (RH5.2)? I'm
just getting garbage when trying to print postscript files.
I'm using the printtool with the Canon BJC 4000 series filter. Shouldn't
this work?
PLEASE help.
siz
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From: roger summars <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,fa.linux.kernel,comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Linux kernel compile problem
Date: Tue, 07 Sep 1999 13:13:10 -0500
I for one really admire this post and this poster. Rather than wasting
bandwidth telling the poor guy not to cross-post, or just ignoring it
altogether, this poster had the knowledge and didn't mind sharing.
Kaz Kylheku wrote:
>
> On Tue, 07 Sep 1999 00:03:44 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> >Could this be caused by a problem in my configuration? I'm thinking
> >the as86 line should read should read "gcc aas86...".
>
> No, the problem is that you are missing /usr/bin/as86, the assembler for 16 bit
> 8086 code. This is needed for compiling important startup code in the kernel
> that runs before everything kicks into 32 bit protected mode.
>
> In other words, you are missing at least one part of the toolchain that is
> needed to build the kernel.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mike Frisch)
Subject: Re: Modem difficulties - feedback wanted
Date: 7 Sep 1999 14:52:24 GMT
On Tue, 07 Sep 1999 13:05:41 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>When I run Linux, the isapnp stuff finds it fine, and assigns it to irq
>4, on ttyS0. setserial -g /dev/ttyS* shows it there with UART 16550 (I
>think...I'd need to check again to be sure)
This doesn't look good... don't you have on-board serial ports at
COM1:/IRQ4 and COM2:/IRQ3? It looks like isapnp has misconfigured or
misdetected the PnP information.
With that said, if the modem supports jumpers, why not use them?
Mike.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mike Frisch)
Subject: Re: ATAPI CD burning?
Date: 7 Sep 1999 18:53:33 GMT
On Tue, 7 Sep 1999 14:20:44 -0400, Alexander Mundy
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Well...I did get it working sorta...it recognized the drive, but then I
>could not mount either the burner or my regular CDRom drive....
Did you add the "hdx=ide-scsi" (where 'x' is the letter for your CD-R
drive. ie. 'a' is primary master, 'b' primary slave, 'c' secondary
master, 'd' secondary slave, etc) append to your /etc/lilo.conf? Once the
system has booted, did you run 'modprobe ide-scsi'? If so, does 'dmesg'
report any devices detected?
>From this point on, you should be able to use cdrecord and cdparanoia. I
have a Sony CRX100E (IDE) which works fine with these programs under
2.2.11 (2.2.5 was broken and I didn't try any other kernels in between).
Mike.
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