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Linux-Hardware Digest #139, Volume #14Sun, 7 Jan 01 00:13:08 EST Contents: Re: Setting Up a Minimal Box to do Firewalling and Routing to Internet ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Re: Best Dual Processor board and processor ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Linux on Emachines??? (Allen) Modem control as it pertains to UPS signalling (Gary Taylor) Modem advice ("Art Inion") Re: Bash Command Not found (Jarl Friis) Re: Modem advice (Jarl Friis) Mandrake 7.2 and Epson STC 480sxu USP Printer (Tye W. Botting, PhD) Re: ISA Ethernet ("Martin Eriksson") Re: Bash Command Not found (Noble Pepper) Re: How to use interrupts > 15? ("Martin Eriksson") Re: NEW kernel 2.4 and distro question (Mark & Janeane Simpkins) Re: Best Dual Processor board and processor (moonie;)) Re: Best Dual Processor board and processor ("D. Stimits") Re: I cant get my usb modem to work HELP (MERLE STERN) es1868 sound card in linux Re: es1868 sound card in linux (Tony Curtis) Re: Modem advice (FMRCYouth) Re: cdrecord won't scan bus for cdwriter (Parminder Lehal) Re: Best Dual Processor board and processor (moonie;)) Help! I lost 128MB :) ("Michael Brown") Re: modems (winmodems?) (Marcelo Rodrigues) Subject: Re: Setting Up a Minimal Box to do Firewalling and Routing to Internet From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, 07 Jan 2001 01:11:31 GMT mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [specs for a cable/DSL firewall] > 1. minimal processor and speed I'm using two Pentium Pro 200s, which is ludicrous overkill. Anything in the Pentium range is probably going to be fine. > 2. minimum ram RAM has little or nothing to do with a firewall. All firewalls have to do is pass data from one ethernet card to another. In other words, 4MB might (MIGHT) be enough. > 3. hard drive space If you have another computer to compile kernels or whatever, 50MB might do it. 1.5GB is pretty much the upper limit for any regular Linux installation (you can use more, but 98% of people won't). > 4. minimal ethernet card. Will a 10 Mbps suffice The chances that you'll have a connection going past 1.5Mbps are almost zero. 10BT is plenty, unless there's a lot of LAN traffic (which is the situation I'm running into now). > P.S. I happen to be running Redhat 6.1. Are there better versions / > distributions for this purpose? It probably doesn't matter. Select a bare minimum of install options. Debian is good for this, but it's also the only distro I've put serious effort into using. I'm a little fuzzy on the minimum requirements because I rather doubt you can find a computer this "weak." -- Eric McCoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- Crossposted-To: alt.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup Subject: Re: Best Dual Processor board and processor From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, 07 Jan 2001 01:27:26 GMT "Joshua Butcher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > What is the best dual process motherboard, and processor to buy for a = > small - medium sized web/mysql server It is for my home, I have started = > a business and I am running it from home, and have no exp yet with dual = > processor combinations? I will be running RedHat 7.0. I have the = > machine up and running now, but its an older AMD K6-3 450 with a promise = > 66 raid controller... Do you need CPU power? A WWW server isn't exactly CPU-intensive unless you run lots of server-side scripts, and proper SQL queries will keep MySQL from blocking too badly. The things that'll help you the most are memory and disk: the former for a big cache, the latter for when the cache isn't quite big enough. You might consider spending your money on a nice fast SCSI RAID setup and a 512MB stick of RAM instead of a new board and pair of CPUs. -- Eric McCoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- From: Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Linux on Emachines??? Date: Sun, 07 Jan 2001 01:30:05 - Does anyone know if those cheap linux are worth investing money in to run Linux on? Any info would be greatly appreciated. -- Posted via CNET Help.com http://www.help.com/ -- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Gary Taylor) Subject: Modem control as it pertains to UPS signalling Date: 7 Jan 2001 01:39:52 GMT Hello, What does this mean? And how do I fix it? WARNING: Port must be configured for modem control in order to work with a "Simple" Signaling UPS I'm trying to set up an APC UPS with monitoring sofware. I've tried several software packages and I think I'm stuck at the point where the software can't talk to the UPS because of my serial port configuration. The port is OK as far as I can tell because
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Linux-Hardware Digest #139, Volume #13 Wed, 28 Jun 00 09:13:40 EDT Contents: 486 for Linux and X? ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) ATA 66 and eide compatibility ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) kernel 2.2.16-3 and aacraid ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) troubles with fdformat ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Ensoniq AudioPCI queuing sounds ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) troubles with fdformat ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Thoughts on this configuration? ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) utils for Epson Stylus Color 900? ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) PENTIJUM MII 300 ( F O N T O ) ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) troubles with fdformat ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Slim cases for rack-mounted solution ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Slim cases for rack-mounted solution ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Module Parameters for pctel.o HSP Modem Driver ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) SB Live! in Linux Problems!! ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Thoughts on this configuration? ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Video card lag ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Thoughts on this configuration? ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) How to manually mark hd sectors as bad? ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Slim cases for rack-mounted solution ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) ATA 66 and eide compatibility ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) ATA 66 and eide compatibility ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Modem help please!!! ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) booting problem ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Turtle Beach Montego II and Redhat 6.2 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: 486 for Linux and X? Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 09:46:10 GMT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ancipital) On 23 Jun 2000 18:27:45 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ken Knecht) wrote: >Could some kind soul please tell me if Linux (TurboLinux >Workstation) and X will run well enough for practical use on a >486DX-100? Only one user. Probably no graphics editing, etc. to >speak of. Sure :) I used a 68060/50 for ages, and it was nice.. Make sure you have as much ram as possible, and avoid desktops like gnome/kde. Choose one of the lighter/faster windowmanagers, like Afterstep, WM, FLWM, IceWM, or even sawfish (it should be slower than it is, I think :). Turn off all lame solid drag, and maybe find a graphics card with reasonable 2d acceleration under xfree 3.xx Kill all services etc that you don't need, too... Just remember to stuff it with RAM, as much as you can scrape together (test the memory thoroughly if you're gathering it from defunct boxen, of course). Oh, and consider compiling the kernel on another box, when you need to recompile it :-) Ancipital- Inedible Buddhas reality control #1 http://www.buddhas.org is currently tqt- back soon. To unmung email addr, get rid of "nospam-" and maybe even "-thanks" "I'm not crying victim, but I am stating that a lot of spammers are genuine scumbags." -Sanford Wallace -- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: ATA 66 and eide compatibility Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 09:46:10 GMT From: "Martin Klingensmith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Is the hard drive 7200 RPM? if not check out http://www.nnytech.net/frmt.php?page=tech.php for a comparison on UDMA/33 versus UDMA/66 using a 5400 RPM drive. I have a Quantum fireball and it's been going fine 24/7 for about 6 months now. Most major-name drives will be fine for home situations. I would recommend: Western Digital Seagate Fujitsu Quantum IBM <- manufactured by several entities, AFAIK However do NOT buy a Maxtor, they may get good reviews, but it's too bad no one stress tests them because I myself have had several fail, along with friends of mine who draw the same conclusion, they may be $5 cheaper, but ask yourself how much your data is worth before you buy a Maxtor. "Timothy Moll" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > I am think of getting a new hard disk, a quantum fireball lm 20.5Gb, > which uses an ultra ata 66 interface. Would this be compatible with my > computer which only supports eide? And do you think the hdd is a good > choice? > > Thanks, > > -- > Timothy Moll > t . moll @ usa . net > > > -- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: kernel 2.2.16-3 and aacraid Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 09:46:10 GMT From: boozedog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The RedHat 2.2.16-3 kernel update available from the "Security Advisories" section of their Updates and Errata pages says the new kernel has "Added Adaptec RAID (aacraid) driver". Check out this URL: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-037-02.html Does ANYBODY know ANYTHING about this aacraid driver?!! TIA, boozedog Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy. -- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: troubles with fdformat Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 09:46:10 GMT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows) On Tue, 27 Jun 2000 12:53:51 -0600, Shippy! <<[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Linux-Hardware Digest #139, Volume #11 Mon, 30 Aug 99 17:13:35 EDT Contents: Linux as a Win95 Internet server? Re: Anyone got a Umax Astra 1220S working? (Mad Matt) Re: Finding LAN Bottleneck (Tim Moore) Re: 128 bits? I don't think so... (Paul Chandler) Re: Can't detect Adaptec AVA 1505 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) RH 6.0 + Aiwa TD-8000 (scsi tape) = problems ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Re: Linux Hardware Page? (MBr) Re: Creative Audiopci (es 1371 ) and midi (o.t) Re: Help with HP 812C printer... (Mevacor) Re: I need some help with overall stuff (Warren Bell) Re: Internal Iomega Zip Drive Problems (MBr) Re: Iiyama Vision Master Pro 510 A201HT ("Marout Yasuo Borms") Re: 100BaseTX NIC recommendations? (Jim McIllece) Re: Unusable space on 13.6GB hard-disk (MBr) Re: USB intellimouse in Linux ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Using PCI expansion units? ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Didier Wiroth) Re: Int.Modem can't dial out to PPP connection (JonB) Need your opinions for buying a new "Graphic Adapter" (Didier Wiroth) Re: help with col2.2 and q3test on nvidia's drivers (less) From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking Subject: Linux as a Win95 Internet server? Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 18:31:03 GMT Hi, Is it possible to share an internet connexion between a Linux machine (which has the Internet acces) and a Win95 machine? Using the Linux machine as a Firewall? What if my Linux machine is connected to a printer and I want to use that printer with Microsoft Word 97 Via the network from the Win95 machine. Is it possible? Please note that the network is already set up and it works fine under Win95. Thanks... == Posted via CNET Linux Help == http://www.searchlinux.com -- From: Mad Matt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Anyone got a Umax Astra 1220S working? Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 18:12:08 GMT On Sun, 29 Aug 1999, Scott Simpson wrote: | <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message | news:7qbiai$1if$[EMAIL PROTECTED]... | > In article <7q9d2q$g90$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, | > "Scott Simpson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | > > I have this one working on Redhat 5.2 (2.0.36 kernel) but I'm not using | the | > > crappy SCSI card that came with the scanner. | > Don't scare me, the SCSI card is much of the reason I'm buying this model, | > but I could still return it. What's so crappy about the included SCSI | card? | | I don't remember what is so crappy about it, but the SANE page (somewhere. I | don't remember where) said that the card was junk and I don't know if it is | supported under Linux. I already had an Adaptec 1520B so I used it instead. | The scanner works great, but the paucity of software caused me to move it | back to my Windows box (the 1220S comes with lots of Windows software). Righto, update: I *did* manage to get thecard working, on a 2.2.9 kernel enable NCR5380 support and append dtc3181e=0x2c0,0 to the kernel parameters. It'll find the card, but that's about it! SANE barfed at the card so I've begged an Adaptec AIC7850 PCI board which works much better, SANE works, but only as root, I'm notsure how to set up other users without doing the unsafe setuid thing, and is gimp supposed to work with the card as well? THanks for the help Matt -- Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 01:43:30 -0700 From: Tim Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Finding LAN Bottleneck > For station to station data transfer over a 100BaseTX LAN what is the > maximum sustainable (station memory to station memory) transfer rate using > the FTP protocol? ~9.5MB/s point-to-point or switched, otherwise slower based on overall wire traffic load. > How can this rate be demonstrated? ftp> get xyzzy /dev/null > Can sustained full saturation of the LAN be demonstrated in station to > station communications? Detail the method used to show this. Are you trying to get someone to do your lab assignment or what? Sure. Fire off 4-5 ftp gets on each client == saturated LAN. > The test LAN is a standard Fast Ethernet (100BaseTX) running though a > small (5 port) 100BaseTX Hub with maximum station to station distances of > ... > Using this method the highest station to station rate I can hit is > 3.5Megabytes/sec or only 28% of theoretic. The method is clearly flawed Are you running simultaneous tests? Your hub is shared bandwidth. > capable of delivering the required 12megabytes/sec, it is not clear > whether either device can produce can produce a sustained transfer rate > this high) In a more extreme example using the same initiating machine You should determined disk throughput for la
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Linux-Hardware Digest #139, Volume #10Sun, 2 May 99 03:14:10 EDT Contents: adaptek aha1742 $49 aha1542 $39 aha2742 $69 scsi controllers isa and eisa - hundreds in stock (a1 DEC wyse HP ibm) From: a1 DEC wyse HP ibm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Crossposted-To: comp.periphs.scsi,comp.periphs,comp.forsale,comp.sys.workstations Subject: adaptek aha1742 $49 aha1542 $39 aha2742 $69 scsi controllers isa and eisa - hundreds in stock Date: Sun, 02 May 1999 05:55:19 -0400 Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ==64297EEFC8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; name="a.txt" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline; filename="a.txt" Computer SUPERSTORE at 50 Stinson, Ville St. Laurent A1 VENTE ORDINATEUR W E B E A T A L L M O N T R E A L P R I C E S ! 20,000 SQ FT of stock item up to 80% off 514-744-9665 fax 514-488-8829 COMMERCIAL COMPUTER EQUIMENT SPECIALISTS --- DEC WYSE IBM HP terminals - dat - lasers +laser parts - line printers- networking eg. -HP laser $59 NEC 4 meg postscript laser $139 20 INCH SVGA $290 -300 MMX $89 pentium board $19 OKI MICROLINE $49 -WYSE ibm DEC qume HP terminals from $75 (over 5000 in stock) - color tektronix $390 ($4000 REG) QMS color $390 8mm dat $89 - compaq pagemarq 20, 20 ppm , postscript 800x400 dpi, 3 trays winner 1994 desktop publishing laser $550 WE ARE QUEBEC'S LARGEST COMPUTER SURPLUS COMPANY WE PROCESS 350 PALLETTES (SKIDS) OF COMPUTER EQUIPMENT PER MONTH COMMERCIAL EQUIPMENTUP TO 80% off ---OVER 5000 TERMINALS in STOCK epson lq570 $90 reg $299 epson lq1170 $95 reg. $399 fujitsu dl3400 $79 fujitsu dl5600 $149 fujitsu dl4400 $129 APC UPS $70 STAR reciept printer $79 DEC HP GENICOM IBM FUJITSU EXABYTE PRINTRONICS LEXMARK WYSE COMTERM TELEX OKI REPAIRS -> laser, monitor, printer and system repairs. HP Fusers $59 WE PAY CASH FOR COMPUTER EQUIPMENT DEAD OR ALIVE. We buy computer scrap. LASERS ---> OVER 1000 LASERS IN STOCK - LOTS OF SPARE PARTS - TRAYS HP datasouth DEC oki LEXMARK ibm GENICOM qms APPLE DIRECTIONS === Go to decarie circle and head east on the 40. Take the stinson exit (first exit east of the decarie circle on the 40). We are at the intersection of stinson and the 40(met.)S |decarie | metropolitain (40 east) | E <---( )decarie circle->W |(A1) | | 50 stinson| | | | N COMPLETE INTERNET SET INCLUDING HUB 4 NETWORK CARDS CABLING. $99 MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY 10-610-6 10-6 10-9 10-910-5 12-5 We also have a small store at 5177 decarie exit queen mary. Second store at 5177 Decarie (40 meters north of queen mary east side decarie) We have a booth at le mercado on taschereau in brossard across from champlain mall. www.aei.ca/~kamali2 NEW ARRIVALS: ms-283 bar code gun (200 units) fits termial or pc. cisco 2000 cisco 3000 3 inch ccd scanner + decoder 270 units (time keeping system inc)_ sun sparc 5 128 meg 2 gig 20 inch trinitron sun ultra enterprise 2 2 4.5 gig 256 meg 20 inch trinitron $5k u.s. annex cm1009e47 at&t comsphere 3000 bay ae1001010 p/n 113359 bay db1501e16 (MARLIN) ISDN ROUTER bay model 800 memotec da3214 memotec netaccess 900 motorola mp router 6520 synoptics 3395a synoptics 3308ba synoptics 3313sa teleglobe dm1000 teleglobe dm2200 teleglobe MP 9000 uds ddsmr64 uds ddsmrs xylogics clam na/d xylogics 4002-pn1 (REMOTE ANNEX 4000) hp9000 800 f10 a2367a 64 meg 1 gig ncr 3000 20x pentium 60 96 meg 1.2gig ncr 3000 s40 2x pentium 166 4 x 4 gig 256 meg ncr 3000 s40 2x pentium 166 3 x 4 gig 512 meg ncr 3455 2x pentium 166 1x 1gig 2x 2gig exabyte exb8200 tape ncr 3430 client access license for microsoft sql server version 6.0 6 units windows nt workstation license version 3.51 9 units 20 user 2 units windows nt workstation license version 3.51 9 units lotus notes release 4.6 multiplatform 1 user 8 units lotus notes release 4.6 multiplatform 10 use
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Linux-Hardware Digest #139, Volume #9 Sat, 9 Jan 99 06:13:32 EST Contents: Re: Lilo will not boot Win98 is over the 1024 cylinder (Stuart Baker) Attractive cases? (Carl Woffenden) Drivers for SMC EZ Card10/100 and RH 5.2 ("Joe") Re: SCSI emulation in Linux (Ryan R. Henry) Re: Serial printer cable (Daniel Taylor) Re: Attractive cases? (Gary Momarison) Re: Wanted: PPro-200 w 256k ("Chris Schuler") Re: Serial printer cable (Jim Reidford) Re: help with hardware ("Mosl Roland") Toshiba 4000CDT & Red Hat Sound Config ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Re: Tape drive recommendations (Gary Momarison) Re: Linux on Netfinity with IBM ServRAID II SCSI-adapter (Dan Mack) PC Card and Linux (Fabrizio Leone) Ensoniq PCI linux ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) AcceleratedX with Revolution IV-FP? ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) opti 931 Soundchip & ava 1502 AE ("Bernhard Reski") Re: euro support in kernel 2.0 (Brian McCauley) Re: DEC Alpha or Wintel Celeron ("Andrei A. Dergatchev") Re: SIS 6326 8mb AGP. ("Ken McCord") Config Tape backup ??? (Yves Guerin) From: Stuart Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Lilo will not boot Win98 is over the 1024 cylinder Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1999 13:22:17 -0500 TheMan3019 wrote: > > Hi, I've been trying to install win98 and redhat 5.2 on my 2 gig hard drive for > 3 days. I have a: Bios that uses a LBA , 233 AMD. 32mb ram, Can any one please > tell me what is the correct way to install both OS on one drive with LBA. I > have tryed partitioning my harddrive to: hda1 50mb swap, hda2 454mb root /, > hda3 fat32 win98. Then installed win98 then installed redhat. Then lilo boots > lets me boot redhat but not win98.Says "Error 0x00". Then I go to RedHat go to > /etc/lilo. I get a message saying"warning device 0x00303 exceeds 1024 cylinder > limit, Added win98. Anything after 1024 cylinder is EIDE and can't be booted. I think the only thing to do is make your RedHat partitions smaller stu -- "Where the environment is stupid or prejudiced or cruel, it is a sign of merit to be out of harmony with it." --Bertrand Russel http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Metro/8352 -- From: Carl Woffenden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Attractive cases? Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1999 17:46:09 + Hi. I'm looking for an attractively styled ATX case; does anyone make them? The YY-B0210 cube server cases* are perhaps the best so far but I'd like to see more examples. (Something as pretty as the SGI Crimson or R4000). Thanks, Carl. *YY-B0210 - http://www.yeongyang.com/yy0110.html -- From: "Joe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Drivers for SMC EZ Card10/100 and RH 5.2 Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1999 12:07:09 -0500 TIA for reading this, I just got RedHat 5.2 up and running and I am trying to add a second ethernet card. The card that was in the machine when I installed Linux is a 3C509 and it works perfectly. Now I want to add a 100MB card and have an SMC1211TX (EZ Card). I cannot seem to locate the correct driver (or at least that is what I think the problem is). What driver should I be using for the PCI card? I am using linuxconf to configure things and see that the /etc/conf.modules file is getting changed (alias eth1 driver_name). After quitting and activating the changes I try to use Usernet to start eth1, but it 'hangs' at the yellow state. Also, I do have the card connected to a 100MB hub. Am I stuck holding yet another piece of Windoze only hardware? Next question, How do I set it up? Can I use the same primary name + domain and alias as I have set for my 3c509 card? I do know that the IP addresses will be different (192.168.10.1 for the 3C509 and 192.168.100.1 for the SMC1211TX). The Multiple Linux Ethercard How-To, v2.00 leaves too much to my imagination and could use some added examples. As always, I am eternally greatful for any help. Joe Z E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] if you wish. -- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ryan R. Henry) Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup Subject: Re: SCSI emulation in Linux Date: 08 Jan 1999 14:06:25 -0500 SCSI Emulation will also emulate a SCSI cd drive for your other drive...you just have to figure out which device it is...at least it did for mine. -- Ryan Henry --- Wrong on most accounts. const Foo *foo; and Foo const *foo; mean the same: foo being a pointer to const Foo. const Foo const *foo; would mean the same but is illegal (double const). You are confusing this with Foo * const foo; and const Foo * const foo; respectively. -David Kastrup, comp.os.linux.development.system -- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Daniel Taylor) Subject: Re: Seria