Linux-Hardware Digest #266
Linux-Hardware Digest #266, Volume #14 Sun, 28 Jan 01 23:13:11 EST
Contents:
Re: Hey! Dial Up Question! (coma)
suitable backup hardware? (Florian v. Savigny)
Re: Corel Linux Sucks :( ("Josh")
Re: suitable backup hardware? (Ralph Miguel Hansen)
Re: NIC: loadable module doesn't compile (Michael Mueller)
hpt 368 ATA controller - lost interupt when checking partition (Ralph Wesseling)
CD Writer for Linux ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: suitable backup hardware? (Duane)
Re: Clusters (William Park)
Re: Im curius...why is ISA modem cost more than PCI modem?? (Joe Pfeiffer)
Re: CD Writer for Linux (Andreas Mohr)
Re: ATAPI ZIP-100 PECULARITIES? ("Robert M. Taylor")
Re: CDWriter Access - Strange denial (Andreas Mohr)
Re: CD Writer for Linux (Young4ert)
Re: Serial Terminal ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
FA:IBM ThinkPad 365XD p133/24mb/1gb/cdrom/Linux +MORE! (schlomo)
FA:IBM ThinkPad 365XD p133/24mb/1gb/cdrom/Linux +MORE! (schlomo)
XBox - a Linux port ? (John Silva)
Re: Hey! Dial Up Question! (The Saint)
Re: CD Writer for Linux ("Rinaldi J. Montessi")
From: coma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.2600.hackerz,alt.hackers.groups,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: Hey! Dial Up Question!
Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:28:50 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On the cyberdate of 28 Jan 2001 08:56:32 -0600, The Saint
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> came down from the planet of
> alt.2600.hackerz with a universal translator and a message that
> interpreted as :
>
> >
> >Actually, he should've told you he copied it word-for-word from here:
> >http://www.windows-help.net/windows98/troub-33.shtml
> >
>
> hmm, good reading, thanks
> --
> mrrelaxed
>
> windows: crash tested by dummies
> linux: for the ride of your life
>
> (Newsgroup FAQ's)
> http://www.althacking.com
> http://www.alt2600hackerz.com
>
You're right, SHE should have mentioned that.
I thought I had copied the link with the rest of the information.
I should have re-read my post.
Thanks for the correction..
later
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coma
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http://www.deja.com/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Florian v. Savigny)
Subject: suitable backup hardware?
Date: 29 Jan 2001 00:45:39 +0100
Hello,
I need advice on what hardware is suitable for Linux to back up my
stuff sequentially (here I want to say that I do not want to burn
CD-ROMs because I would like to update the backups frequently - say
every other week or so).
I use an ordinary PC architecture, with an IDE controller. I do use an
old QIC-80 tape drive now (with a capacity of about 120 MB) which has
given me the chills each time I had decided to repartition my
computer because all my valuable data were on those tapes then... I
frequently have problems with this device, the characteristic of which
is that I never can figure out what the exact reason is: the ftape
driver, the distro (strangely, things don't work under SuSE 6.4 but
under 6.0), the tar program, the tape - a restore from one tape seems
to have damaged the filesystem, the next one works out: I think I
would like to have something I can feel more comfortable with.
The SuSE manual states that "since these devices [floppy tapes] are
critical to access with regard to timing, problems with saving or
restoring may often turn up." [hope I got the translation right]
Maybe this is the reason. Can anyone confirm that? Do you have any
advice what you think may be suitable for me: reliable, for a moderate
amount of data to backup (the size of the media may be under 1
GB). And - you guess it - affordable?
Is it more reliable to use a streamer which is directly connected to
the IDE controller? Or buy an SCSI adapter and an SCSI streamer?
Florian von Savigny
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[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Josh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Corel Linux Sucks :(
Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:50:16 GMT
Caveat Emptor
"Let the buyer beware"
J.
"Tina Carter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:Cs4c6.2023$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I won't lie to you it's corel linxu sucks... Beside having idiot
modem,
> and onboard sound card :(
> IT JUST SUCks :(.
>
> I am going to buy external modem make my lif easy and if that doesn't
work,
> I can always bother everyone here.
>
>
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From: Ralph Miguel Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: suitable backup hardware?
Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2001 23:09:34 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Florian v. Savigny wrote:
>
>
&
Linux-Hardware Digest #266
Linux-Hardware Digest #266, Volume #13 Wed, 19 Jul 00 15:13:09 EDT
Contents:
Re: Newbie needs help with Linux/Hard drive (Bernard Murray, PhD)
Re: Video Capture Card for Linux? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Video Capture Card for Linux? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: UPS suggestions? ("Tom Brinkman")
Re: Tape Drives - how do you backup? + HELP (James Knowles)
Re: Tape Drives - how do you backup? + HELP (James Knowles)
Re: Newbie needs help with Linux/Hard drive (George/USA)
Re: Newbie needs help with Linux/Hard drive (George/USA)
rack mount cases forsale ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: SupraExpress 56i PRO (PCI) (jwk)
Help me: Hard Disk is unstable and I/O error. (Hans)
Re: ATI Rage 128 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: sound and Mandrake 7.1 (Josef Maltan)
Re: sound and Mandrake 7.1 (Josef Maltan)
Re: sound and Mandrake 7.1 (Josef Maltan)
Strange bootup problem with Mandrak 7.1 (maybe UDMA related) (Chetan Ahuja)
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bernard Murray, PhD)
Subject: Re: Newbie needs help with Linux/Hard drive
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 21:15:28 -0700
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Chem-R-Us
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> George/USA wrote:
> >
> > Hi folks,
> >
> >I have an old PB 300CD that I put a Western Digital 3GB hardrive in.
> > How can I recover the missing 1GB of space? Im installing Debian 2.1
> > as the only operating system on the machine. I have removed the EZ-bios
> > boot manager so that it will actually boot, but while reinstalling
> > Debian
> > I see that it is still not reporting the correct amount of space on the
> > hard drive.
> > Anybody have any pointers or suggestions??
> Are you sure that you're not letting the
>
> 1G = 1000x1000x1000 [etc.]
That wouldn't account for a 33% deficit. It sounds more like the
drive was originally partitioned to suit the DOS <2 Gb limit
(and/or there is a BIOS limitation - I'm not familiar with the
PB 300CD).
What does fdisk tell you? If you have a 2 Gb partition and
1 Gb unused space (or another old DOS partition) you can delete
that and make another ext2 partition.
Bernard
--
Bernard P. Murray, PhD
bpmurray at cgl . ucsf . edu
Department of Cellular & Molecular Pharmacology, UCSF
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Video Capture Card for Linux?
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 16:05:23 GMT
Please tell me where to find those drivers.
Thanks
pedro
In article ,
"cdaniel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I found drivers for the ATI All In Wonder video boards.
> The board I'm using is the All In Wonder Pro PCI 8Mb. Rage 64
chipset. The
> software is XATITV or ATITV .
>
> The drivers for the Mach 64 video install with the distribution and
then you
> have to do a search for the software. The TV tuner portion is
supported as
> well as full screen and background video display. There is also a good
> compliment of command utilities.
>
> I haven't fully tested the capture functions or tried the software
with more
> current AGP or 16Mb boards. But this one seems to work well so far.
>
> I'm sure that there are other capture type boards of better and worse
> quality that work as well, and I'm interested in hearing more about
those
> and the software that runs them.
>
> "Brian Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:963860775.307675@sj-nntpcache-3...
> > Hi,
> > Has anyone found a Video Capture Card (e.g. Intel Smart Video
Recorder
> III)
> > that has Linux drivers?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Brian
> >
> >
>
>
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Video Capture Card for Linux?
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 16:12:16 GMT
I have a All In Wonder 128 16MB and I am happy with that using with Win
98. I did not try to use it with Linux because there is no drivers /
software in my Mandrake 7.02.
I found some information provided by ATI:
http://www.ati.com/na/pages/resource_centre/dev_rel/linux.html
It seems that linux software / drivers are being devellopped:
GATOS (General ATI TV and Overlay Software): ATI-TV for GNU/Linux,
FreeBSD, NetBSD, etc
http://www.core.binghamton.edu/%7Einsomnia/gatos/
Bye
pedro
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> José Luis Domingo López <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Hi Brian Davis:
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > > Has anyone found a Video Capture Card (e.g. Intel Smart Video
Recorder III)
> > > that has Linux drivers?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
Linux-Hardware Digest #266
Linux-Hardware Digest #266, Volume #11 Thu, 16 Sep 99 07:13:24 EDT
Contents:
Re: Can a Linux Expert Answer This?? (Lee Reynolds)
Re: can only run x with 640x480 and 16 colors (Lee Reynolds)
Re: PCI Modem (Lee Reynolds)
Re: htp366 headaches ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
The best Linux News (and other OS'es) can be found at The UltimateOS!
("[EMAIL PROTECTED]")
SV: Delphi for Linux ("Robert Claeson")
SV: LINUX and SCSI Adaptec AIC 7890 ("Robert Claeson")
Red Hat Linux 6.0 on IBM Netfinity 5500 M20 ("Robert Claeson")
CD-Rom troubles ("Amy Volk")
Re: serial port not usable - "modem busy" ("Neil C. Dean")
tekram 590F and scsi ZIP (Philippe Fremy)
Diamond Stealth II G460 video card ("Amy Volk")
Dell PowerEdge PERC2/SC SMP? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Installation of RetHat 6.2 onto UDMA-66 HD on BP6 mb (slightly different question)
("Thurley")
All expert, i want detail steps in upgrading kernel. (Lai Shu King)
Re: Crystal Sound Card Drivers ("Keynone J. Taylor")
Re: Installation of RetHat **5.2** onto UDMA-66 HD on BP6 mb (slightly different
question) ("Thurley")
Re: Install Linux (Lai Shu King)
Re: How To Format Old Linux Partitions?? (Lai Shu King)
Re: AMD K6-2 (Carl Fink)
Re: Toshiba SD-W1101 DVD-RAM (Yasuyuki Saito)
Three Hardware driver questions ("Keynone J. Taylor")
Re: How do I add & configure new hardware? (Ziggy Stardust)
From: Lee Reynolds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Can a Linux Expert Answer This??
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 1999 17:54:03 -0700
Luckydaze1 wrote:
> When I use the CD player in Suse 6.2 to play a music Cd, it uses my CDRW which
> is dev/hdc. I want the player to default to my CD Rom drive which is hdd.
> How do I do this? Please remember I'm a newbie to this. Thank you.
Well under both slackware and redhat there is a softlink called /dev/cdrom which
points to a real device such as /dev/hdc (ide) or dev/scd0 (scsi). what you need
to do is go to /dev and type ls -l cdrom and see where it is pointing. If you
know where your other cdrom drive is as far as which /dev/ file represents it
then you can delete the existing link and create a new one pointing to your new
device by typing
ln -s /dev/ /dev/modem
The of course represents the actual device name of your second cdrom. If you
don't know which device is your cdrom then there is an easy way to figure it out.
If it is IDE then which device it is will depend on whether it is on the primary
or secondary channel, and whether it is the master/standalone device or the
slave. IDE normally has the capacity for four devices. The primary master is
IDE0, the primary slave, IDE1. The secondary master is IDE2 and the secondary
slave is IDE3.
IDE0=/dev/hda (this one is most likely your hard drive, so it cant be the cdrom)
IDE1=/dev/hdb
IDE2=/dev/hdc
IDE3=/dev/hdd
You might already have noticed that the existing softlink points to one of these.
It is simply a matter of changing it to point to the other device like I described
above.
If you've got a SCSI system then things are a little different. On my system
which has an adaptec 3940 on board, the cdom is /dev/scd0, but that doesn't mean
it will automatically be that on yours. I don't have enough experience with SCSI
under linux to know exactly how it decides that my cdrom is scd0 and not say
scd5. My best advice in this case is to make sure you have the SCSI card working
under linux then try each scd entry in turn, starting with scd0.
Lee
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From: Lee Reynolds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: can only run x with 640x480 and 16 colors
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 1999 17:56:35 -0700
Thomas Brinkman wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
>
> On 9/14/99, 8:36:04 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding
> can only run x with 640x480 and 16 colors:
> > I have a voodoo3 3500 and a monitor that can handle 1600x1200 and
> > 31-95khz horizontal and 50-160hz vertical. when i go through linux
> setup
> > (redhat) it doesnt have my video card or my monitor listed so i went
> to
> > custom, chose SVGA as the service i think (my other options were like
> > VGA and such) then i chose a horizontal range of 50-150 (i also tried
> > other smaller ranges) and 1600x1200 @ 76hz for my monitor (again i
> also
> > tried other monitor settings). Then when i chose screen size and
> colors
> > only 640x480 and 16 colors would work. Do you know anything i could
> do
> > to get a screensize that i can actually work with? all my windows are
> > way to huge to ma
Linux-Hardware Digest #266
Linux-Hardware Digest #266, Volume #10 Tue, 18 May 99 19:13:50 EDT
Contents:
Re: SoundBlaster Live! and RH 6.0 (Jim Chisholm)
Laptop recommendations? ("igor vilensky")
HP 8100i IDE CDRW problems. (Alex Waltrip)
Re: Redhat 6.0 and Roland SCC-1 (David Ripton)
Re: Help with mpact chipset (taniwha)
Re: removing cooling fans--how dangerous? (Jim Noeth)
Re: Q: What can I do when SVGALIB did not support my video card(chipset)???
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Exhaustive testing of a suspect hard drive (Christopher Mahmood)
ISDN monitor (Dirk Groot)
Help with mpact chipset (Sean)
Re: Linux on Dell servers (Dontae Beavers)
S3 86c362 AGP Videocard supported by X? ("gijs.huisman")
Help with networking Redhat 5.2 (Chris Madson)
help with my modem pleas ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Init string for Sportster 56K External (AK)
Re: Linux and VIA MVP3 or ALI V (Rod Roark)
From: Jim Chisholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SoundBlaster Live! and RH 6.0
Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 16:29:07 +
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Terence wrote:
> Tom Davies wrote:
>
> > Terry wrote:
> > >
> > > Is it possible to get this working? If so, what would I use for a driver?
> > >
> > > Signed -- A Newbie
> >
> > Yes, there is a driver at http://developer.soundblaster.com/linux/
> >
> > BUT -- it doesn't work for me, or many other people. Presumably the next
> > version will...
> >
> > Tom
>
> Ya, got it, downloaded it, says i got the wrong kernal, mine has the right
> version, just a -15 at the end (RedHat 6.0) oh well... so I take it I can't
> even have it act like a soundblaster 16? or an 8 for that matter, anything but
> that BEEP!!
Hey Guys..
Follow the Manual Install instructions and force it with "insmod -f sblive"
..works for me
Jim
--
===
Jim Chisholm
Dalhousie University, Dept. Physics Halifax N.S. Canada
http://electron.phys.dal.ca
Halifax Regional Fire and Emergency Service
Lieutenant #2 Bay Road Station 59
http://www.fire-ems.net/firedept/view/HalifaxNSCA
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Terence wrote:
Tom Davies wrote:
> Terry wrote:
> >
> > Is it possible to get this working? If so, what would I use
for a driver?
> >
> > Signed -- A Newbie
>
> Yes, there is a driver at http://developer.soundblaster.com/linux/">http://developer.soundblaster.com/linux/
>
> BUT -- it doesn't work for me, or many other people. Presumably the
next
> version will...
>
> Tom
Ya, got it, downloaded it, says i got the wrong kernal, mine has the
right
version, just a -15 at the end (RedHat 6.0) oh well... so I take
it I can't
even have it act like a soundblaster 16? or an 8 for that matter,
anything but
that BEEP!!
Hey Guys..
Follow the Manual Install instructions and force it with "insmod -f
sblive"
..works for me
Jim
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===
Jim
Chisholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Dalhousie University, Dept. Physics Halifax N.S.
Canada
http://electron.phys.dal.ca">http://electron.phys.dal.ca
Halifax Regional Fire and Emergency Service
Lieutenant #2 Bay Road Station 59
http://www.fire-ems.net/firedept/view/HalifaxNSCA">http://www.fire-ems.net/firedept/view/HalifaxNSCA
===
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From: "igor vilensky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Laptop recommendations?
Date: 18 May 1999 13:12:34 PDT
i'm a recreational macuser,that is to say double-click, no command line type
of guy, who wants to grow up and learn linux
i would like to get an inexpensive/moderately priced laptop pc (i have not
been able to install linuxppc on my performa 6400, so it's time to buy new
computer, i guess) and run linux on it, perhaps dual linux/windows,
i read that certain components should be avoided because their manufacturers
keep their interface configuration proprietory(whatever that is),
also, that one should avoid a winmodem(which is what?)
please, advise me how to proceed
thanks,
igor
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From: Alex Waltrip <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: HP 8100i IDE CDRW problems.
Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 10:27:40 -0600
I am having a heck of a time trying to get CD writing going on my RedHat 5.2 running a
2.0.36-3
kernel. Fro
Linux-Hardware Digest #266
Linux-Hardware Digest #266, Volume #9Mon, 25 Jan 99 14:13:32 EST
Contents:
Re: IRQ 5 Freeze on Sound Card (Victor H. Auerbach)
linux & aha1522A & Yamaha 4416 ("Andrew S. Prior")
Cirrus 5446 / NEC 5FG Problems ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Help: can't generate snd-audiopci module in compiling ALSA driver (Yongbin Wei)
Re: TV tuner cards (Jorge Delgado Mendoza)
Re: Which CPU to upgrade to? (Matthew Callaway)
data acquisition (Gilles Carte)
Re: Linux keyboard? (For emacs use) (Shaun Lipscombe)
Re: X on AT&T/NCR Globalyst 520 (Tom Herman)
Re: =?iso-8859-1?Q?hj=E4lp=21=21?= (Jonas Norling)
sound dropouts while scrolling text etc. ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Linux with HP hardware. (Bill Anderson)
PnP Modem not working with isapnp ("Karl J. Ots")
Re: HELP! Need Monitor (NEC D171) specs. HFreq and VFreq. (Gary)
Wanted: Driver for D-Link DFE660-TX - not recognized in SuSE 6.0 (Bernhard Werner)
Re: ftape - difficulties with floppy controller (Rob Komar)
Re: Linux keyboard? (For emacs use) (Erik Naggum)
Re: Does m/b cache size make *that* much difference? (Frank Sweetser)
Re: RedHat 5.2 installation boot locks up (David Kirkpatrick)
Acard AEC 6710S AND Matsushita CD-RW (toto)
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Victor H. Auerbach)
Subject: Re: IRQ 5 Freeze on Sound Card
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 14:33:13 GMT
On Sat, 23 Jan 1999 20:43:02 -0500, "Carlos M. Fern¤nandez"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>The problem is not a "locked" IRQ, but the absence of a device that uses
>said IRQ. In your case, I believe you have a Plug'n'Pray card, so I
>suppose you had rebooted from Windows into Linux, and the soundcard kept
>its settings the way Windows told it. Then, after shutdown and restart,
>the settings were cleared, so your card was practically absent from the
>system, for all that the sounddriver cares.
>
>Your solution would probably be to use isapnptools as a quick turnaround.
>Its extremely easy to use, so I doubt you will have any problems with it.
>PnP4kernel might work too, but that takes a bit more effort.
>
>Hope that helps.
>
>Victor H. Auerbach wrote:
>
>> I am using Red Hat Linux 5.1 updated to v. 2.0.36 on a Dell 450. The
>> hard drive has Windows 98 below and Linux in the upper reaches. Using
>> 'make xconfig' I was able to use the Sound Blaster default to bring up
>> my sound card (Crystal 3D 64 V Intergrated Sound).
>>
>> Upon booting (as read in /var/log/dmesg) there were two lines which
>> read:
>>
>> Sound initialization started
>> at 0x220 irq 5 dma 1,5
>>
>> and I had full sound, CDROM etc., for a few days. Then, inexplicably,
>> the second line, upon a reboot, changed to:
>>
>> s.b. Interupt test on IRQ5 failed - device disabled.
>>
>> Sound still works in Windows and Windows tells me that only the sound
>> card uses IRQ 5. I have removed all system sounds in Linux and cleaned
>> up the files. Nothing helps. Recompiling the kernel without sound and
>> then with sound again does nothing.
>>
>> Does anyone know of a way to unlock a locked interupt test, or any
>> other workaround for this problem?
>>
>> Thanks,
>
>
>
>--
>Carlos M. Fernández, NP3IP.
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.tripod.com/~drag_on/
>"Mira que te mando que te esfuerces y seas valiente; no temas ni desmayes,
>porque Jehová tu Dios estará contigo en dondequiera que vayas," Josué 1:9
>
>
>
Thanks,
I used isapnp to identify my PnP boards. It found the Crystal sound
board and listed its parameters. However, when I tried to use the
configure function, it came back with the message "board not found."
How now brown cow?
Victor H. Auerbach
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Crossposted-To: comp.periphs.scsi
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ("Andrew S. Prior")
Subject: linux & aha1522A & Yamaha 4416
Date: 24 Jan 99 17:38:03 GMT
Hi,
I just purchased an Adaptec 1522A SCSI controller and a Yamaha 4416CDR.
Despite all my efforts to make these work with linux, I can't. The controller
is recognized at bootup, but the CD isn't. I've tried various settings on
the card with no luck. I figured it was a cabling/termination problem until
W95 saw the drive right away (I never told it about the CD but it accessed
it right away) and could read from it with no problems. To me this
suggests that the hardware is working fine. I've read through the linux
Hardware-Howto, the old SCSI-Howto, poked through drivers/scsi/aha152x.c,
Adaptec's web site, and even tried deja-news to find information on this
problem and have come up empty.
The one idea I *do* have, t
