Linux-Hardware Digest #787, Volume #12 Tue, 2 May 00 14:13:06 EDT
Contents:
dialtone ("Linux User")
Re: dialtone ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: 我的 DNS 無法執行呀, 我連 nslookup 都沒法用了, 他說 non-exsistent host/domain,
("vincent")
Re: Int 13h Device Not Found, BIOS not installed (David C.)
boot up crash ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Linux for SPARC or SGI (Kouros Owzar)
Re: Newbie: Can I perform a COMPLETE LINUX installation on my SECOND HD? ("Jeff
Susanj")
Re: Linux for SPARC or SGI (A transfinite number of monkeys)
Re: powerup restart with ATX (Robie Basak)
Re: cacheability of motherboard (Robie Basak)
support for HP 712/60? (Carson Thoreen)
Re: Can someone pls help? (Henrik Carlqvist)
Re: Have new parallel port - but it's PCI!! (Henrik Carlqvist)
Re: Best Linux server components questions (Henrik Carlqvist)
Re: Really Inexpensive Array of Disks (Markus Kossmann)
Re: Linux for SPARC or SGI (Edwin Chacon)
Re: boot up crash (Dances With Crows)
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From: "Linux User" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: dialtone
Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 16:20:17 +0200
how can I disable dialtone check before dialing in kppp
thank's
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: dialtone
Date: 2 May 2000 15:16:32 GMT
Linux User <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: how can I disable dialtone check before dialing in kppp
Look at your modems manual. It's usually the hayes command X3
(or X1 or X2 or X4; it depends). Try various numbers.
Peter
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From: "vincent" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,tw.bbs.comp.linux
Subject: Re: 我的 DNS 無法執行呀, 我連 nslookup 都沒法用了, 他說 non-exsistent
host/domain,
Date: 2 May 2000 15:48:31 GMT
sk2rr wrote in message <8el439$aei$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
您好, 我想問問.......
我的 DNS 無法執行呀, 我連 nslookup 都沒法用了, 他說 non-exsistent
host/domain,
我 Reverse mapping 的檔案裡是這樣的我覺得沒有什麼問題呀...........
@ IN SOA redhat.abc.com.
hostmaster.redhat.abc.com.
2000050102 ; serial
3600 ; refresh
900 ; retry
1209600 ; expire
43200 ; default_ttl
)
1 IN PTR localhost.
@ IN NS redhat.abc.com.
我的 Forward 的檔案是這樣呀........ 請幫忙!!!
@ IN SOA redhat.hitstep.com.
hostmaster.redhat.hitst$
2000050103 ; serial
3600 ; refresh
900 ; retry
1209600 ; expire
43200 ; default_ttl
)
hit IN A 202.181.197.98
bx IN NS redhat.hitstep.com.
bx IN CNAME hitstep.com.
ts IN NS redhat.hitstep.com.
ts IN CNAME hitstep.com.
www IN NS redhat.hitstep.com.
www IN CNAME hitstep.com.
web IN NS redhat.hitstep.com.
web IN CNAME hitstep.com.
@ IN MX 5 mail.hitstep.com.
@ IN NS redhat.hitstep.com.
@ IN A 202.181.197.98
=============================================================
請到這裡去看看相信你會更了解一些
http://dnsrd.nctu.edu.tw/Named-Conf/conf.html
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David C.)
Crossposted-To: comp.periphs.scsi
Subject: Re: Int 13h Device Not Found, BIOS not installed
Date: 02 May 2000 12:15:32 -0400
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> I just installed a Adaptec SCSI adapter into my computer which is an
> HP Vectra VL8, Pentium II 450, 128MB SDRAM. Anyway, I keep getting
> this message when I boot up the computer, but it seems the scsi
> adapter is able to detect a tape drive and cdrom writer that I have on
> the internal scsi chain, this is the 50pins connector.
>
> Here is what I see
>
> AHA-2940 BIOS v1.2
> (c) 1995 Adaptec
>
> Int 13h Device Not Found
> BIOS not installed
Where's your hard drive attached? If you're booting an IDE hard drive,
then the Adaptec BIOS is not needed. The BIOS detects this and disables
itself. The message is simply for you to realize what's going on.
The Adaptec BIOS is only used during the boot sequence and for those
operating systems (meaning DOS) which use the BIOS for disk access
instead of device drivers.
Once your operating system is loaded, the BIOS is not required for
anything, which is why you can use a non-bootable hard drive, tape
drive, CD-ROM, whatever, on the card even when the BIOS disables
itself.
If the message really bothers you, go disable the Adaptec BIOS. You
don't need it unless you need to boot something (a HD or CD) off of the
card.
-- David
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: boot up crash
Date: Tue, 02 May 2000 16:20:47 GMT
I have a amd k6-2/400MHz Mainboard, 128M memory. I am running RedHat
6.2. RH only sees 64M. So I add the line append="mem=128M" to
lilo.conf. The boot crashed immediately when Linux tries to detect
memory. What should I do to have linux use all the 128M?
I have a small swap partition, 16M. Is there a easy way to shrink part
of my linux partition and inceease the swap partition?
Thanks a lot in advance.
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: Kouros Owzar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux for SPARC or SGI
Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 10:20:53 -0400
Hello:
Are any of the available versions of Linux
compatible with SUN Sparc or SGI UNIX
boxes?
Sincerely,
Kouros
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From: "Jeff Susanj" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Newbie: Can I perform a COMPLETE LINUX installation on my SECOND HD?
Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 16:41:06 GMT
Or you can boot into the Win 98 and run loadlin to start up linux. I was
able to disable the GUI on Win95 so it didn't actually go to windows but
stopped at a DOS prompt where I was able to execute loadlin from a batch
file. This made it really easy to set up linux without taking a chance on
messing up Win 95.
Jeff S.
Markus Holzapfel wrote in message <8emk14$ctj$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Michael Badt ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
>: Hi,
>: I plan to install Linux (Mandrake 7.0) on my SECOND IDE HD (conected as
>: Secondary Master). Can I perform a COMPLETE installation without
"touching"
>: my first (Primary Master) HD (with Win98)? Or does at least the /boot
>: partition (of LINUX) to be on the (first) Primary Master HD?
>:
>: TIA
>:
>Yes, you can. Only the bootloader has to be on the first disk if you
>doesn't want to use a bootdisk.
>cu,
> Markus
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (A transfinite number of monkeys)
Subject: Re: Linux for SPARC or SGI
Date: Tue, 02 May 2000 16:58:46 GMT
On Tue, 2 May 2000 10:20:53 -0400, Kouros Owzar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: Are any of the available versions of Linux
: compatible with SUN Sparc or SGI UNIX
: boxes?
SGI has done a port of RedHat 5.something to their MIPS based systems. It
works, but I wouldn't call it "production grade".
The only *stable* mainstream Sparc distribution I know of is RedHat. The
Debian people have a Sparc distribution in progress, at least last I saw.
For all I know, they could be done, or even have scrapped the project,
so go look at their info for yourself. :)
FWIW, I've got RH 6.2 running very happily on a Sparc 20. It's got an
uptime of 27 days, which is since the day I installed 6.2 on it.
--
Jason Costomiris <>< | Technologist, geek, human.
jcostom {at} jasons {dot} org | http://www.jasons.org/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robie Basak)
Subject: Re: powerup restart with ATX
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 2 May 2000 17:07:53 GMT
On Tue, 02 May 2000 10:03:35 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
>Morning,
>
> The ATX power supply is a little bit different from the older
>AT boards in that it is always on...
>
> In the BIOS under Power Management you have an option for
>former state (On mine anyway it should read something similar on
>yours) Mine is set to OFF because I do not want the system to re-start
>after a power out, if you set it to ON it will re-start the system,
>test this by pulling the power plug!
My mobo (GA-686BX; i440BX based) has a jumper setting for the
same thing.
Robie.
>
> If you need more info feel free to write me.
>
>On Tue, 02 May 2000 06:06:03 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Frank) wrote:
>
>>I'll ask again -- How can I make an ATX machine powerup automatically
>>after a power outage? It can't have anything to do with the BIOS
>>because the BIOS can't be read until after power is on.
>>
>>I'm sure someone knows how to do this. Do I just hardwire the power
>>button?
>>
>>Regards,
>>Frank
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robie Basak)
Subject: Re: cacheability of motherboard
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 2 May 2000 17:10:12 GMT
On 01 May 2000 18:23:39 -0400, David C. said:
>D G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>
>> I want to add more memory to keep linux from swapping.
>>
>> I have an i810 based motherboard capable of holding 2dimms for 512MB of
>> memory. According to intel, the celeron can cache much more than 512MB
>> of memory. Is there any reason the i810 chipset on the motherboard
>> might limit the cacheability to less than 512MB?
>
>Many processors (including the P2 and Celeron) have their cache circuits
>built-in to the CPU package. The amount of memory they can cache is
>independant of the motherboard.
>
>Some processors (like the K6-2) don't have built-in L2 cache. Systems
>based on those processors have their limits set by the cache controller
>chips on the motherboard.
>
>As for the 810 chipset, it might be able to cache more than 512M.
>Intel's web site probably has spec sheets that would tell you the chip's
>actual capabilities. But the motherboard manufacturer might have chosen
>to impose a lower limit. It might make the board design easier, or
>reduce heat dissipation, or something else.
>
>Finally, the limit might not really exist. If your borad has only two
>DIMM sockets, and the largest DIMMs manufactured are 256M each - then
>your limit is 512M. When 512M DIMMs come into existance, it might be
>possible to use a pair of them on that motherboard, but the manufacturer
>isn't going to make any such claims because they can't test such a
>configuration until after the DIMMs become available.
512 MB? If the board can cache that much, it must have 512MB of RAM,
surely. So what's the point of the memory, then?
Robie.
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From: Carson Thoreen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: support for HP 712/60?
Date: Tue, 02 May 2000 09:43:41 -0700
Hi -- I've got an HP 712/60 and, though it's not listed in any vendor
supported hardware lists, I was wondering if anyone's gotten linux
running on it and, if so, what was involved.
tia,
carson
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From: Henrik Carlqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,comp.os.linux.portable
Subject: Re: Can someone pls help?
Date: Mon, 01 May 2000 19:50:18 +0200
Andrey Vlasov wrote:
> did you try to use
>
> init 6 for reboot
>
> note: of course it should be done as root.
In Slackware, this could also be done by pressing ctrl-alt-del. Then you
don't have to be root. This is thanks to the following line in
/etc/inittab:
# What to do at the "Three Finger Salute".
ca::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t5 -rf now
regards Henrik
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From: Henrik Carlqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: Re: Have new parallel port - but it's PCI!!
Date: Mon, 01 May 2000 20:08:04 +0200
Chris Rankin wrote:
> Does anyone know of a good disassembler for Linux so that I can pull
> this thing apart, if necessary?
You probably already have objdump in your distribution. It can be used
to disassemble a program like this:
objdump -d /bin/ls
gnu as is the default assembler in most distributions, but there is also
another one which uses a different syntax which some people prefer:
nasm. You will find it at:
http://www.cryogen.com/Nasm/
ftp://ftp.us.kernel.org/pub/software/devel/nasm/source/
There is also a nice graphical disassembler called ldasm. You will find
it at:
http://rover.wiesbaden.netsurf.de/~ravemax/ldasm.htm
I'm no assembler expert in Linux. So far I have been able to disassemble
files and recognise what they do. However, I haven't been able to
reassemble a file once it has been disassembled.
regards Henrik
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From: Henrik Carlqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Best Linux server components questions
Date: Mon, 01 May 2000 20:23:26 +0200
Len wrote:
> We may be interested in custom building a couple linux servers.
> I'm in need of some help from people that are familiar with linux
> server hardware.
What kind of server are you building? Will it be a web-server, an
NFS-server or a powerful server for a lot of calculations?
> What components work well for you?
Linux works with most hardware. For intel anything from 386 and up will
do, but Linux also works on other platforms like alpha and sparc.
> As in motherboard, CPU, hard drive (ultradma or SCSI?), SCSI card,
> video card, NICs, and tape backup drive?
You might get some trouble to make UDMA 66 to work. What kind of
performance do you need for video? If you need 3d acceleration you
should go for a card from 3dfx, but what kind of server are you
building? If you are building a workstation and need fast 2d performance
in X you could try some card from matrox. Linux supports most network
cards. Many people recomend cards built on the tulip chipset. However if
you want a card with a well known brand you could go for intel or 3com.
What need do you have for backup? Will a single DLT tape work or do you
need a robot?
> We are looking to build a linux server that is easy to maintain and
> therefore, we would like a windows type of operating system. Which
> software do you recommend we install?
Maybe you should try MacOS :-) If you are building a web-server you
could buy a preconfigured machine from cobalt or netwinder. There is
also software from NetMax which is said to easily install on RedHat.
> I'm also wondering about Athlon or should we just get a PIII.
There has been problems with older CPUs from AMD. So far I haven't heard
of any problems with Athlon. Of course ther has also been problems with
CPUs from Intel, but the Linux kernel is able to find workarounds for
those which doesn't involve stuff like having to remove memory to make
it work. Athlon is probably better price/performance today. What would
you need the performance for?
regards Henrik
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From: Markus Kossmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Really Inexpensive Array of Disks
Date: Tue, 02 May 2000 19:01:23 +0200
Richard Gaywood wrote:
>
> > I just heard that there is a RAID controller (SCSI) which
> > works with IDE disks. Does anyone know if this one is supported
> > by Linux and where I can get it (web url would be nice).
>
> Uhh, do you mean an IDE RAID controller? Various companies make these,
> Promise amongst them. Go have a look at www.pricewatch.com to find a
> supplier.
>
> If you're feeling adventurous you can turn an ordinary Promise UDMA66
> controller into a full-featured RAID one, saving yourself ~$70.
> Full info at http://www.hardocp.com/articles/raid/mr_boomys_raid.html
>
> Dunno much about Linux support, though.
There is no linux driver for that card yet.
However there are the IDE_RAID Controllers from 3ware ( www.3ware.com )
which are supported by a linux driver.
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From: Edwin Chacon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux for SPARC or SGI
Date: Tue, 02 May 2000 18:02:38 GMT
there is a Redhat version for sparc
Kouros Owzar wrote:
> Hello:
>
> Are any of the available versions of Linux
> compatible with SUN Sparc or SGI UNIX
> boxes?
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Kouros
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: boot up crash
Date: 02 May 2000 14:07:03 EDT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 02 May 2000 16:20:47 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<<8emv8a$ans$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>I have a amd k6-2/400MHz Mainboard, 128M memory. I am running RedHat
>6.2. RH only sees 64M. So I add the line append="mem=128M" to
>lilo.conf. The boot crashed immediately when Linux tries to detect
>memory. What should I do to have linux use all the 128M?
The first thing you should do is find the "memtest86" utility and use that
to make sure you don't have bad RAM. memtest86 is a standalone memory
tester that comes on a bootable floppy--downloadable from somehwere, easy
to find. Also, make sure you the memory options in the BIOS set to "not
using OS/2" since OS/2 does odd things to detect memory over 64M and the
BIOS workaround for that tends to make Linux unhappy. If this 128M is in
2 or more DIMMs, try swapping them around and/or moving them to different
slots. What's the make and model of the motherboard, anyway? Super7
mobos can vary widely in quality; some are absolute crap and should be
beaten with sledgehammers.
>I have a small swap partition, 16M. Is there a easy way to shrink part
>of my linux partition and inceease the swap partition?
Not particularly necessary.
# dd if=/dev/zero of=/swapfile bs=1024 count=32768
# sync
# mkswap /swapfile
# swapon /swapfile
will do something that should be relatively obvious. 32768 is 32M, of
course--adjust to taste. This will be slower than a dedicated swap
partition, but it will work. To have this swapfile added to the swap area
automatically on subsequent boots, just add this line to /etc/fstab:
/swapfile none swap defaults 0 0
Resizing the Linux partition may be somewhat difficult. GNU parted is
supposed to be able to do this, but you can't resize a partition that's
mounted, and since you said you only have one Linux partition, your only
option would be to put parted on a Linux boot disk. This can be done, but
it might be tricky for a novice....
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There is no Darkness in Eternity \##| creative ways of being stupid,
But only Light too dim for us to see \#| as I have to run nothing but a
(Unless, of course, you're working with NT)\| burp in the butt. --MegaHAL
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