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Linux-Hardware Digest #380, Volume #14 Wed, 21 Feb 01 16:13:05 EST Contents: DLT1 under Redhat 6.2 (Bob Jones) Re: upgrading RPM!! ("Rex Dieter") hard drive overheat (John Hunter) Re: Cheap PCI sound card supported by Linux and OS/2? (paul marwick) Re: Replicate/Clone RH6.2 Linux (Zen Sorcerer) Re: linux 2.4.1 and pppd ("Richard M. Denney") Re: ASUS vs ABit motherboards ("Michael") RAID - Is ICP Vortex the best? (Kiira Triea) [OT] Was (Re: ASUS vs ABit motherboards) (Lee Webb) Re: Ker-Clunk on Western Digital Drive - Normal for Linux? (Steven Conway) Re: Ker-Clunk on Western Digital Drive - Normal for Linux? (Steven Conway) Azza Motherboards - Reputation & Reliability? (Seve) apm with linux 2.4.0; Suspends with switch, not with timer ("Richard M. Denney") Trouble connecting SCSI AIT drive (Matt Clay) Re: linux 2.4.1 and pppd ("Larry Sonderling") redhat 7 scsi issues (SkuMM) From: Bob Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: DLT1 under Redhat 6.2 Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2001 11:03:42 -0600 Ok, due to a misshipment I have available to me an internal DLT1 drive from Dell. I want to put this in our Dell Poweredge 2400 streaming media server (Real 7) running RedHat 6.2. According to the Redhat site DLT1 drives only work under RedHat 7, but due to some issues with 7 we'd rather not upgrade. Also, Real doesn't recommend going to the 2.4 kernel yet since it hasn't been tested. So, finally to waht I'm after. Has anyone here gotten a DLT1 drive to work under RedHat 6.2 and if so how did you go about doing it? Thanks in advance for the help. -- Bob Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] "The one true Bob." -- From: "Rex Dieter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: upgrading RPM!! Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2001 11:28:42 -0600 "Peter B. Steiger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > On Wed, 21 Feb 2001 08:03:37 GMT, Hatem sez: > >I have an old version of RPM version 3, and need to upgrade it to 4..!! > >the funny thing is that the new version(4) can not be extracted because it > >needs a newer version of RPM, FYI, The newest versions of both RPM v3 and RPM v4 are forward AND backward compatible. In short, the recommended (and easiest) path is to upgrade to the latest RPM v3. -- Rex Dieter Computer System Administrator Mathematics and Statistics University of Nebraska Lincoln -- Crossposted-To: comp.unix.solaris Subject: hard drive overheat From: John Hunter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 21 Feb 2001 12:32:26 -0600 I have a Quantum external SCSI hard drive that has failed on a Sparc-Solaris 5.7 system. I came in and the fan had burned out so I suspect the drive overheated. It's been a couple of weeks since I last backed it up (I know, I know...) and there is some data I would like to recover. The system that it was on booted from this drive, and I am hoping that there are some partitions that are still good which I can mount it from another system. We have some linux boxes up and another Sparc-Solaris 5.7 up which I can use to try and recover some of the data. I don't really know how to go about it, though. Can anyone offer some advice? Is there any hope? If I mount it on a linux box, what fs type should I use in /etc/fstab? Should I try and dump the data with dd, or fsck the drive? Please advise. Thanks, John Hunter -- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (paul marwick) Crossposted-To: comp.os.os2.multimedia Subject: Re: Cheap PCI sound card supported by Linux and OS/2? Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2001 08:42:51 + In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Shane Baker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Subject line says it all. > > Any suggestions? I have two cheap PCI based cards here. One is an ESS Solo 1, the other is based on the Crystal 4614. Both are supported by OS/2 and Linux. Of the two, I think the results from the ESS based card are somewhat better, but the ESS drivers don't support WinOS2, whereas the Crystal ones do. For the ESS, you'll need the Alsa drivers under Linux. paul. -- paul marwick - Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, UK remove the numbers for e-mail -- From: Zen Sorcerer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking Subject: Re: Replicate/Clone RH6.2 Linux Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2001 19:30:05 - You can do a kickstart from CD-ROM or a local network(harddrive). Installing from a local network is actually the most common method of installation. http://www.redhat.com/support/manuals/RHL-6.2-Manual/ref-guide/ Just scroll all the way down to section: III. Appendixes/F. Kickstart Installations It's very easy...
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Linux-Hardware Digest #380, Volume #13Tue, 8 Aug 00 15:13:06 EDT Contents: Re: best distro for old machine (Uwe Malzahn) Re: scsi mystery (David C.) Re: Promise FastTrack66 IDE Raid Controller (Markus Kossmann) Re: Cannot install ISA Network Card (sideband) alternating between networking settings (Peter Bismuti) Re: lilo not overwriting MBR (Peter Bismuti) Re: joystick support in RH6.2 (Jim McDonald) Re: Canon BJC 2100 (Gunter Windau) Re: Can Redhat 6.2 run on Umsdos filesystems(FAT32)?Answer to my E-mail PLEASE. (MPeh) Old Cpu ("Nemo") Re: problems with a 30GB hard disk (under Suse6.4) (Andrey Vlasov) Re: Old Cpu (Dances With Crows) Re: Promise FastTrack66 IDE Raid Controller ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Re: joystick support in RH6.2 (Dances With Crows) Re: alternating between networking settings (Dances With Crows) HP Jet Direct 500 Print Server and Red Hat Linux 6.2 ("webguardian") Re: what is a "segmentation fault"? ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Uwe Malzahn) Subject: Re: best distro for old machine Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2000 17:26:22 +0200 Post for FREE via your newsreader at post.usenet.com In article <8m9aqu$p8b$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Guillaume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, > i have a 486 DX (33MHz) with 8Mo RAM 230Mo HD and two 3com 3c509b cards in. > I plane to configure it as a router (maybe firewalled), so i'm looking for a > the good linux (or BSD) distribution. > > I think the potential problem are: > 3com 3c509b driver > 203 Mo of HD > my knowledge about linux is limited to Redhat like distribution... > > Does anyone have some advice? > You should have a look at Debian. Cheers Uwe -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= *** Usenet.com - The #1 Usenet Newsgroup Service on The Planet! *** http://www.usenet.com -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= -- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David C.) Subject: Re: scsi mystery Date: 08 Aug 2000 13:16:29 -0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Esa Tikka) writes: > > I have a strange problem with my Adaptec 2940U2W and an old IBM AS400 > drive 0664N1H (1.9GB wide). No other scsi devices are attached to my > system (don't have the money yet ). The drive is plugged to the second > last connector on the cable and an active terminator is in the last > (looking from the adapter). There is no termination in the drive. Adapter > termination has been set to automatic. > Drive id is 2 and adapter id 7. Turn off automatic termination. It sometimes guesses wrong. Instead, manually set it. Since you have only one drive attached, the card should be terminating the entire bus. Check the cable length. With a single Fast/Wide device, you should be able to use a cable that is up to 6m long. But if the drive isn't fully compliant to the spec, you may have to use something shorter. Since the device is old, it may not be properly negotatng the bus speed. Try using the SCSISelect utility to force the bus to a slower speed when talking to device ID 2. I'd pick the slowest (10M/s) speed (which will really be 20M/s if the device has a wide interface.) > (scsi0) found at PCI 0/6/0 > (scsi0) Wide Channel, SCSI ID=7, 32/255 SCBs > (scsi0) Downloading sequencer code... 392 instructions downloaded > scsi0 : Adaptec AHA274x/284x/294x (EISA/VLB/PCI-Fast SCSI) 5.1.31/3.2.4 > > scsi : 1 host. > (scsi0:0:2:0) Synchronous at 20.0 Mbyte/sec, offset 15. > Vendor: IBMAS400 Model: 0664N1H Rev: 5 58 > Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 > Detected scsi disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 2, lun 0 > SCSI device sda: hdwr sector= 512 bytes. Sectors= 3933040 [1920 MB] [1.9 > GB] > sda: sda1 < sda5 sda6 sda7 sda8 > The device says it's SCSI-2 compliant, which is a good sign. My guess is that it's either cable length or termination. -- David -- From: Markus Kossmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Promise FastTrack66 IDE Raid Controller Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2000 18:38:10 +0200 MAC wrote: > > We are building an ftp server, does anyone know if this particular > controller works with RH6.2? I went to redhat.com's website for info, > however > was unsuccessful with this. NE nfo is greatly apprecciated. There is no support for that controller yet. I've seen one posting , where someone has reported , that he did get a alpha version of a driver by mailing the Promise support. If you need a supported IDE Raid now, try 3ware (www.3ware.com) The driver is in standard kernel since 2.2.15 ( in the SCSI section ;): -- Markus Kossmann
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Linux-Hardware Digest #380, Volume #12Wed, 1 Mar 00 10:13:07 EST Contents: PB Understanding link between hard and soft under Linux ("zzz") Sound driver for ASUS K7M onboard sound (Michael Beiss) scaner Primax config (=?latin1?Q?Daniel_Garc=EDa_Moreno?=) VIA Apollo KX133 (Stefan Brabec) Re: drivers for my TV-Tuner/Video card (Michael Beiss) Re: IDE/ATAPI CD-ROM (Steve Martin) Re: AMD and LINUX (Steve Martin) ERROR: Article not posted -- more included text than new text (Andreas Hoffmann) Re: CDRW as backup device... adviseable? (Andreas Hoffmann) Modem says BUSY when it isn't!!! ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Re: shutdown question? (Andreas Hoffmann) Re: ERROR: Article not posted -- more included text than new text (Paul Black) Re: IDE/ATAPI CD-ROM (Andrei Aderca) Re: dual xeon or single athlon? (Janne Himanka) HELP second net. adapter inst. ("Raphael REPOSO") Re: scaner Primax config (Gianluca) 3Com Winmodem (Kenn Madsen) Re: my zip 250 (nelliott) Re: Overclocked Celery hangs! (Tom Brinkman) Cyclades card does not work with VA Linux box and 2.2 Kernel (Pete Rossi) From: "zzz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: PB Understanding link between hard and soft under Linux Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2000 13:40:53 +0100 My Configuration: Suse 6.3 Sound Blaster AWE 32 PB: I have done many things to install my SB card but now it's OK. I can hear Music (.wav, .MP3, .mid (with kmid)) under KDE but I can't hear Music with kmidi (.kar) (.kar has exactly the same structure as .mid (same chunks, midi events ...)) When I try these kind of command cat zzz.wav > /dev/audio ... i hear all the music stream in half a second I'm a beginner with Linux. I see there is a lot of audio peripherals in /dev (Major devices 14, 35 ...) I don't how an application find an audio device under KDE. I didn't find any config file (for KDE or applications kmid, kmid) with an /dev/ ... line I would like to retrieve wich audio device use kmid and I would like to do the same for kmidi. Thank you Jean-Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- From: Michael Beiss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Sound driver for ASUS K7M onboard sound Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2000 14:00:33 +0100 Hello there, i own an ASUS K7M Board with an Athlon 550 CPU. There is an onboard sounddevice but i can't find any device drivers. What modules/libs etc. do I need to make it work ? Is there a compatibility with other drivers ? Thanks for any suggestions, Mike -- From: =?latin1?Q?Daniel_Garc=EDa_Moreno?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: scaner Primax config Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2000 13:29:11 +0100 Can I config a Scaner for linux? How? -- From: Stefan Brabec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: VIA Apollo KX133 Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2000 13:53:45 +0100 Hi, does anybody have experience in running Linux on a VIA Apollo KX133 mainboard (e.g. Tyan Trinity K7) ? Stefan -- Stefan Brabec, Max-Planck-Institute for Computer Science Im Stadtwald, 66123 Saarbruecken, Germany Phone +49 681 9325-428 Fax +49 681 9325-499 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- From: Michael Beiss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: drivers for my TV-Tuner/Video card Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2000 14:03:23 +0100 Hi, try at http://www.multimedia4linux.de/ its a German Linux page with links to related topics. Mike [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi! > I have a spitfire TV-Tunercard which is also my display card > The specs are as follows > Spitfire - OTI 64111, T9635, BA1134BBTO7 > Can some one tell me where and how to get a driver for this please? > Thanks in advance > Shiv > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ > Before you buy. -- From: Steve Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: IDE/ATAPI CD-ROM Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2000 13:08:24 GMT Andrei Aderca wrote: > > The unit is set up as slave on the primary IDE controller so I'm using > /dev/hdb. > I've created a soft link to /dev/cdrom which is the option I'm using > with all software Pardon me for asking a stupid question, but sometimes it's the stupid questions that get overlooked. Are you sure you have ATAPI/IDE CD-ROM support compiled into the kernel? Your message doesnt' make it clear whether or not you can read data disks from the drive. -- From: Steve Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: AMD and LINUX Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2000 13:11:05 GMT > Everywhere I see linux I can see Intel but never AMD and > I would like to know if it is possible to use linux without > problem with an AMD processor and if yes
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Linux-Hardware Digest #380, Volume #10Tue, 1 Jun 99 08:13:56 EDT Contents: Re: Dual cpu problem (Swietanowski Artur) PRI Card ("Luke") Re: IDE RAID - Promise Fasttrak ? (Paul Gregg) PRI Card ("Luke") AIWA TD-S8000, Travan 8GB SCSI (Roy Adams) Re: However my ATI RAGE 128 AGP 8MB doesn´t work (Ares) PCI-slots: plug and play ?? ("Jef") Problems with TV card (Udo Wolter) LOOK WHAT SOMEBODY PUT ON THEIR WEBSITE! 1920 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Re: cdwriter (Brett Neely) Parallel Printer Problem (Kurt Heine) Re: Dual cpu problem (scott) HP 820 series printer (Jarno Saarto) Dell EMS 1634 SCSI Storage Vault 20 Slots! ("vess") Possible? Lexmark 1000 Color Jetprinter (Tino Krist) Re: Slow drive ("Peter Christy") Re: Problems with TV card (Tino Krist) HP Vectra with unrecognized mouseport (Torsten) From: Swietanowski Artur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Dual cpu problem Date: Tue, 01 Jun 1999 10:42:17 +0200 scott wrote: > > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Swietanowski Artur ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >(...) RH 6 by default installs an SMP kernel, and from there on you > >go parallel! > > So if I installl RH 6.0 on a single CPU system and then I add a > second CPU RH willt ake advantage of the second CPU without any > changes? I't not about RH or not RH, it's about kernel option for SMP. As long as your kernel is compiled with SMP support, adding a second (third or fourth) CPU requires no changes to anything. So if you upgrade a kernel, make sure you compile it with SMP support. HTH, = Artur Swietanowskimailto:[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 = -- From: "Luke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: PRI Card Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1999 10:37:47 +0200 I'm looking for a Pri card working under Linux which automatically recognizes ISDN, V.90 and analogic connections. Thanks in advance to everyone will help me Regards Luke -- From: Paul Gregg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Crossposted-To: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: IDE RAID - Promise Fasttrak ? Date: 1 Jun 1999 08:39:00 GMT To summarise what I think I've learned from this thread: Build the box with 2 x Promise Ultra-33 cards and perform software RAID (vinum in FreeBSD) or (md in Linux). Sounds good to me :-) Just going to find a case now that will hold 8 ATA drives plus CD plus floopy ;) Thanks all. Paul. -- Email pgregg at tibus.net | CLUB24 | Email pgregg at nyx.net| Technical Director| INTERNET | System Administrator | The Internet Business Ltd |Free Access| Nyx Public Access Internet | http://www.tibus.net | www.club24.co.uk | http://www.nyx.net | -- From: "Luke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: PRI Card Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 19:05:07 +0200 I'm looking for a Pri card working under Linux which automatically recognizes ISDN, V.90 and analogic connections. Thanks in advance to everyone will help me Regards Luke -- From: Roy Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: AIWA TD-S8000, Travan 8GB SCSI Date: Tue, 01 Jun 1999 18:07:30 +0900 Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello all, I have an opportunity to purchase the above for a very reasonable price. Since it is SCSI there ;-> be no problems with it working with Linux. Has anyone heard anything to the contrary? If so please let me know ASAP, since I'm bidding on it at onsale.com. Thanks in advance for your assistance. Roy Adams __ || | "Gee, I really wish I had something | | witty to put here." - me | |__| -- From: Ares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Crossposted-To: es.comp.os.linux Subject: Re: However my ATI RAGE 128 AGP 8MB doesn´t work Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 22:43:49 +0200 Lamento no tener la respuseta a la duda planteada, pero de todas formas No os parais a leer el nombre de este grupo de noticias ? ES.comp.os.linux y Vuelvo a remarcar ES esto es Español no Inglés, en mi caso no tengo problema para leerlo en inglés pero creo que apra eso ya hay otros muchos grupos y es una falta de respeto hacia los usuarios de este grupo el hacerlo en otro idioma distinto al Castellano Sin otro partic
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Linux-Hardware Digest #380, Volume #9 Sun, 7 Feb 99 23:13:28 EST Contents: Re: Kernel 2.2 and 3Com 3c900 NICs ("Derek Ruths") 2.2.1 - apparently won't copy to boot sector (grandma angst) Re: Redhat 5.2 over NT ("David A. Frantz") Re: 10/100 Ethernet SWITCH (to be used for Fast Ethernet LAN, and 10-BaseT cable modem) ("Microsoft") From: "Derek Ruths" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Kernel 2.2 and 3Com 3c900 NICs Date: Sat, 6 Feb 1999 21:17:28 -0600 >> when the kernel gets to connecting to the network via >> DHCP, it can't do it -- "failed" is the response. if I restart and boot >> 2.0.36-7, it works fine. I get this same problem. >I got dhcpcd working with newer kernels by downloading the newest >dhcpcd from sunsite.unc.edu and the need for updated dhcpcd for >newer kernels is well-documented. I tried this and downloaded the latest I could find - version .7 - Is this the version I want? In addition, the make refuses to compile - I get tons of compiling errors where there are duplicate variables defined between my /usr/include files and their twins in the /usr/src/linux directory (which is where the 2.2 kernel code resides). Have I forgotten something? Is there some simple thing I'm missing (I hope). If you have any insights, I would *greatly* appreciate it. Thanks, Derek Ruths -- From: grandma angst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: 2.2.1 - apparently won't copy to boot sector Date: Sun, 07 Feb 1999 22:46:53 -0500 after recompiling the kernel, i ran "make zlilo". it ended saying, "can't put boot sector on logical partition 0x345". i am using red hat 5.1 with kernel 2.0.35, and am desperate to get this new kernel running. -- From: "David A. Frantz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.redhat,alt.os.linux Subject: Re: Redhat 5.2 over NT Date: Sat, 6 Feb 1999 12:55:18 -0500 eric; At this point I would suggest that you get one of the RedHat distributions available at your local book store.The first time arounf Linux is easyest to install from CD.In any event the manual will point out a few things such as the need for at least two partitions to dedicate to Linux. The value of Linux is partially listed below. 1.Open Source 2.Very reliable kernel 3.A huge amount of free software 4.Great learning environement - keeps the mind sharp. 5.Very effiecient programs 6.Works well on Laptop computers, esp. ones with limited resources 7.The ability to taylor the system in any way you might like. ex.Recompile everything for a I686 for example. Choose any of several windowing programs or for that matter differrent X-Servers. Dave eric malloy wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... >okay thanks everyone... but now. if i convert one of my drives to FAT.. and >then have linux on there.. could i boot from it that way? > >eric > >Jeremy Nickolet wrote: > >> eric malloy wrote: >> >> > Hi, >> > >> > right now i am running windows nt4.0 workstation.. i just downloaded >> > redhat 5.2 .. this sounds stupid. but i know nothing about linux.. how >> > do i get this installed? please help. i want to get rid of NT i hate it! >> > i hate windows! i also need to know where to get drivers for a 3c905b-TX >> > network card.. >> > >> > Thanks in advance, >> > Eric malloy >> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> There is an HTML Red Hat Linux manual, you probably downloaded it. It >> should get you started If you don't have it, you should be able to find >> from their web site. >> http://www.redhat.com/ >> The 3Com 905b driver is included in the kernel, I'm using it. For other >> Linux info try: >> http://members.home.com/nickoljt/ >> >> Jeremy > -- From: "Microsoft" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: 10/100 Ethernet SWITCH (to be used for Fast Ethernet LAN, and 10-BaseT cable modem) Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.dcom.lans.ethernet,linux.redhat.misc,linux.samba Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1999 04:05:58 GMT The reason I would like to use 100-BaseT Ethernet at home is so that I can use SMB-mounted drives as source for CD-R. 10-BaseT is too unreliable for any serious CD-R recording, especially at 4x and 8x speeds. 100-BaseT is the only practical solution for this, also when I am doing disk intensive tasks directly ober the network, such as using vcdgear to convert a .dat to a .mpg (500 MB+ file) over a netw