Re: LS120 drive
From a Google search, the document at this URI http://www.cmbi.kun.nl/swift/johnny/sys/ls120-linux.html indicates that as early as kernels 2.0 something there was support for running an IDE LS-120 as an a: drive. The Linux hardware database entry at http://lhd.datapower.com/db/dispproduct.php3?DISP?1072 is not comprehensive, but it seems to warn of using an LS-120 with UltraDMA. This might be a limitation. In any case, you would be advised to use a recently manufactured mainboard with an up-to-date BIOS. There are additional concerns about how to mount the floppy once you get the hardware working. Maybe this can be worked out. This appears to be a general Linux issue, not necessarily a Debian issue. It might be easier to transfer the contents of the floppies from an Amiga computer to a Linux computer with ftp or something else. This might be drudgery, however. good luck, Andrew Hagen [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Fri, 4 May 2001 10:32:25 +0200 (CEST), Sebastiaan wrote: Hello, I am planning to copy several hundreds (thousands?) of old Amiga floppys to my computer and burn a cd from it. My Amiga drives are old and relatively slow and an ordinary PC floppy controller can not read Amiga floppys, so I was thinking about buying a LS120 drive for this job. How well does this drive work under Linux? I have heard that it is possible to read Amiga floppys with this drive, and that the drive is much faster. Is this true? Or does anyone have an alternative on how to read Amiga floppys on PC's? Thanks in advance, Sebastiaan -- $ man clone BUGS Main feature not yet implemented... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: LS120 drive
From: Andrew Hagen [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cmbi.kun.nl/swift/johnny/sys/ls120-linux.html indicates that as early as kernels 2.0 something there was support for running an IDE LS-120 as an a: drive. Oh my God. It was early when I wrote that. I'd like to take this opportunity to apologize to the entire Linux community. That should not have happened. Andrew Hagen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: LOGO (with the turtle)
Sorry about replying as opposed to starting a new thread. Thanks for the help. Andrew Hagen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
LOGO (with the turtle)
Does anyone know of a free Linux implementation of LOGO computer language? (The LOGO with the turtle.) Are there debs available? Thank you very much, Andrew Hagen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: SCSI challenge
Which Advansys card do you have? In any case, this page could help. http://www.connectcom.net/downloads/software/os/linux.html good luck, Andrew Hagen [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Wed, 3 Jan 2001 17:50:35 -0800, David S. Bach wrote: It's really nice to get X up with Debian. It really can be done in a single install (CAN be done, but maybe not the first try!). Anyway, I took the Windows computer that works as a backup for games and Word and installed 2.2r2 with X, and it looks and works great - no mouse problems, nice virtual screen, a nice environment. What I cannot do yet is get Debian 2.2r2 to speak with my Advansys SCSI card. Tied to it are a couple of gigabytes of storage I would be happy to turn over to Deb. Installing the SCSI module didn't help, and LILO cannot be coaxed into dual-booting Win95 on the first partition of the SCSI devices (though Windoze boots fine if I disable the IDE drive were Linux resides. What are my options to access the SCSI storage through the Advansys card? Advansys claims to actively support Linux, but offers modules only for Red Hat and Suse, which I can download - but, hey!, what do I do with them? I almost always solve my Linux problems (I have two other vanilla PCs running Linux as a gateway and a Web server) with man pages and HOWTOs. But this has me stumped. Can anyone out there direct me to the right resource? TIA, David Bach -- David S. Bach Seattle, Washington [EMAIL PROTECTED] A true person of no rank -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: reccomended raid controller
Compaq. See http://www.compaq.com/products/servers/linux/ for Compaq's misguided (and hopefully temporary) fixation on other distributions. But other documents indicate there is general Linux support for Compaq equipment, including RAID controllers. from: ftp://ftp.compaq.com/pub/products/servers/linux/Compaq-ProLiant-HowTo-JA.pdf Compaq Storage Controllers The Wide Ultra2 SCSI or Wide Ultra2 SCSI-3 Controller series are based on Symbios Logic (LSI Logic) chips, while the Wide-Ultra3 SCSI controllers are based on Adaptec technology. These are both supported under Linux. The Linux kernel includes driver support for the Compaq Smart Array Controller family. For those unfamiliar, the Smart Array brand is what Compaq calls its RAID controllers. In conclusion: Compaq. Burn money for quality. Andrew Hagen [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Wed, 29 Nov 2000 13:17:16 -0800 (PST), [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i am looking for people's experiences with hardware raid controllers in debian. recently one of the IT guys in one of the companys i work for got a server with an adaptec AAA-131U2 controller with the impression that it was supported. it is not supported as a raid controller(As of may 27 2000 according to alan cox on linux-kernel, havnet seen anything more recent) price really isn't much of an issue, just want a well supported, controller with open source (preferrably GPL) drivers. ive seen some info on AMI Megaraid controllers...DPT also used to have some stuff but they were binary only drivers from what i remmeber and adaptec bought them out anyways .. thanks! nate ::: http://www.aphroland.org/ http://www.linuxpowered.net/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1:13pm up 74 days, 22:31, 2 users, load average: 0.12, 0.18, 0.08 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Converting to SCSI. HELP!!!
If you decide to go SCSI, get 2 SCSI cards: 1 for your SCSI hard drives, and 1 for other SCSI devices like CD-ROM drives, tape drives, etcetera. It would also be advisable to replace any IDE device you have with a SCSI, USB, or firewire device if possible. There are plenty of good SCSI host adapters (expansion cards) out there. As for devices, IMHO hard drives from IBM are the best. Plextor makes some of the best SCSI CD-ROM drives available. Another important consideration is SCSI cabling. You should not skimp on the cables or you will regret it later. There are many good brands of SCSI cables out there. I personally like Granite Digital, http://www.scsipro.com/. There are good reasons why SCSI is more expensive than IDE. It's faster and more reliable. SCSI has more of a prestige perception than IDE. Thus, better design and engineering decisions go into SCSI than into IDE. The SCSI FAQ is kind of old, but still informative. It's at http://www.scsifaq.org/. Whatever you decide to do, good luck, Andrew Hagen [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://clam.rutgers.edu/~ahagen/
Navidad is a virus
Sorry for any redundancy. See for example, http://www.sarc.com/. From that web site: = W32.Navidad Discovered on: November 3, 2000 Last Updated on: November 11, 2000 0 9:38:15 PM PST W32.Navidad is a mass mailing worm program. The worm replies using MAPI to all Inbox messages that contain a single attachment. This works with Microsoft Outlook. The worm utilizes the existing email subject line and body and attaches itself as NAVIDAD.EXE. Due to the bugs in the code, after being executed, the worm causes your system to be unusable. = Andrew Hagen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Testing modems
You'll need either a paper manual for the modem, or a downloadable one. I think you can download modem manuals from the USR or 3COM site. After reading the manual, open a comm program. Programs for these are in the communications tree of packages. Once you are able to type in AT CR and get back OK, you are communicating with the modem. Then you can alter the registers and settings of the modem as specified in the manual. Andrew Hagen [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sat, 04 Nov 2000 07:41:04 -0800, Cam Ellison wrote: I am having problems with my USR 1171; among its uses is to answer the phone and take faxes. Now PMfax isn't happy with it, and I suspect some of the registers may be screwed up. Does ayone know of a test application (maybe something like Telix, which runs on DOS) that will poke around in the modem and tell me what's going on? TIA Cam -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Re: How to scan disks for physical errors?
When you install Debian from CD (and probably from other sources), you are given the option to partition your hard disc drive. If you choose this option, and re-partition, the installer gives you the option of checking the drive for errors. Selecting this option is usually a good idea, because you never know. If software ever detects errors on a hard drive, it's time to go shopping for a new hard drive (or get it replaced on warranty). The reason? The errors don't usually stop there. They keep increasing until the drive just dies. Your hard drive's strange behavior and noise may actually be caused by software. (I assume you currently have Windows installed.) If so, it's possible that installing Debian would fix the behavior. OTOH, if it is a hardware issue, it may be time to invest in a new drive. The way prices are going, US$100 (773 FRF (?)) will get you 75 gigabytes within a few months. Okay, that's an exaggeration, but really not too much of one. Good luck, Andrew Hagen [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sun, 29 Oct 2000 12:37:06 +0100, Jean-Paul ARGUDO wrote: Hi all I hope someone can help me, and that this message will fly thru the user lists, since I had to get off the list because of technical problems (to many messages to be downloaded for my really low internet access) I'm a new debianeer. I want to go progressively to full linux on my machine, since I have windows too, because of a scanner ans a webcam not recognized yet :(( My problem is the following : my hard disk make strange worrying noizes, for example, on moving big files, it suddenly stops with a brief loud noize then continues, then stops, etc... it's not regular but I worry a lot about that since I got no much money to buy a new disk. Scandisk, defrag on windows not solves the problem, It's like the disk it's okay. My question : does any program exists under Debian Linux to scan a disk an to repair problems ? I add that this strange noises are only under windows, on linux, no noise at all... Thanks a lot --- JP ARGUDO -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Re: password protect a directory?
On Fri, 27 Oct 2000 22:12:27 -0700, Mr. Strockbine wrote: is there a way to password protect a directory? [ ... ] The UNIX security model hasn't traditionally worked like this. The other replies have some good ideas on how to implement the same things along traditional UNIX lines. This raises the important point of access control lists (ACL's). On some network operating systems, like NT or NetWare, access to directories and files can be limited to a predefined set of users. UNIX/Linux accomplishes the same thing, but in a different way. For some of us, using ACL's is actually more convenient, though. ACL's already exist on some commercial UNIXes. The TrustedBSD project is trying to add ACL's to FreeBSD. More to the point, Linux ACL's are under development. They have a chance of inclusion in the 2.5 kernel. See this related announcement: http://lwn.net/2000/1026/a/acl-0.7.0.php3 On the other hand, you might be asking about assigning a unique password to one directory. This sometimes is implemented in the DOS/Windows world as a TSR or a special program that intercepts any call to open the directory, and only allowing access upon entering of the password. To say the least, that is a very weak security model. I'd advise you to use the UNIX security permissions, as other posters have suggested, the experimental Linux ACL's, encryption, or removable media. good luck, Andrew Hagen [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://clam.rutgers.edu/~ahagen/
Re: 2.2: MBR install whacks my system boot
From DOS, try fdisk /mbr Also, run a virus scan of the DOS partition, MBR, and boot records. I like NAV, personally. Andrew Hagen [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://clam.rutgers.edu/~ahagen/
Re: NDS Corporate Edition for Linux - Looking for help
I'm a former Novell sys admin. A lot of people don't realize it, but NDS is a mature technology. Microsoft's Active Directory has about 10 years of catching up to do. If Novell says only RedHat 6.1 and 6.2 are supported, don't use Debian, or Slackware, or SUSE, or whatever for this NDS thing. Just use what what they tell you. Otherwise, when you need support from Novell, they'll ignore you. You might be interested in the server editions or corporate editions of Red Hat. Novell might support one of these. Each license can cost over $1000. Check their web site for more info. BTW, good luck on your business, Andrew [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Mon, 23 Oct 2000 17:10:33 +1100, Craig Law wrote: I'm not sure whether this is the right list to make this posting and if not any direction to the correct list would be appreciated. I'm currently a Debian user and love the purity of the distribution and especially apt-get. I'm working on a project to setup Debian servers to run NDS Corporate Edition for Linux as well as Zenworks for Desktops 3 (both Novell products). I'm an experienced user of Zenworks and love what it does for controlling a users Windows environment and distributing applications throughout our organisation. I'm now looking to setup a company where we replace Netware servers with Debian servers (more stable, easier to use and no OS licensing fee) and run NDS Corp Ed for Windows workstation authentication and Zenworks for Desktops 3 (and of course Samba for File and Printer serving). Unfortunately NDS Corporate Edition for Linux and Zenworks for Desktops is only really supported on a Redhat Linux 6.1 or 6.2 platform. It works well on a Redhat platform. I've done a little bit of tinkering with the install shell script supplied by Novell on my Debian server but bomb out half way through. I can't say that I'm experienced enough with these sorts of things to be able to work my way through to a solution. Is there anyone out there that would be interested in helping me get the product to work in a Debian Linux environment. I'm sure there are others out there that would be interested in our results. Obviously this software from Novell is not free. I have a trial version and with a little bit of help from Novell we might be able to make it work on the best Linux distribution. More than happy to forward the 9MB file to anyone who wants to help. If there is anyone out there who would like to help please let me know. I would prefer to use Debian on these servers!!! Many thanks Craig Law -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Re: CD distro
On Wed, 27 Sep 2000 01:34:57 +0800, endroo wrote: can u guy there tell me where to get a economy/cheap CD distro of Debian 2.2 ? Cheap Byte?!! there are a few to choose there...and i don't know which is the installable. Linux System Labs is good. http://www.lsl.com/. Their CD's have the standard format. Andrew Hagen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: advanced power management and linux?
Not sure this is what people are looking for in this thread, but I bought a PCPC Silencer power supply rated at 275 watts a few years ago. It was not cheap, but it really has been quiet. Most of the time its barely audible. Plus, it's ultra reliable. If something goes wrong with that computer, it's not the PS. good luck, Andrew Hagen [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://clam.rutgers.edu/~ahagen/
Re: RedHat = MS-Linux???
When a company issues a new product touting Red Hat Linux support, rest assured that it is designed to sell more copies of Red Hat and may not install on any other distro cleanly. It strikes me that the Red Hat strategy may be to get Linux software released for their platform and not others. The RPM format facilitates this. Eventually they would control GNU/Linux, because if it doesn't run on Red Hat, it's broken. OTOH, Red Hat does pay the salary for a number of developers releasing software used by the entire LInux community. The compelling advantage of GNU/Linux is the freedom: to use it, customize it, and control your own computer. Red Hat control would remove that advantage. -- --- Andrew Hagen [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---
Re: more ram and larger harddrive then the bios can take
From: Jens B. Jorgensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] I recently had the displeasure of finding out all about limits with disk size. I purchased a 10.1GB IDE disk. Here's the lowdown, gleaned from [ ... deleted material ...] I was never able to get my PC (a 3 year old pentium) to access more than 8.4GB. Even that was only after flashing my ROM to the latest version. [...] I've had countless frustrating experiences in trying to mix and match different generations of IDE devices and adapters with a variety of operating systems. New IDE drives and old IDE adapters just do not go together. Flashing the BIOS does sometimes help, but eventually they stop updating the BIOS for your mboard. I'd advise against trying to mix and match different IDE generations. This is in direct contrast to SCSI. If you really need an old mboard and a new IDE disc drive to work together, you could try a recently purchased IDE expansion card. These are hard to find, but should get the job done along with drive geometry remapping software (Ontrack, EZ-drive, etc). But generally I'd avoid this option. -- Andrew Hagen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
