Re: [vox-tech] Best way to clear a BIOS password
Say, I think someone forgot to tell Bill to copy down the CMOS settings (like virus-checker OFF) before using the BIOS jumper. I hope there weren't any other important values that were not the default ones before doing the BIOS jumper thing. [claps forehead] Waaait, you can't copy down the CMOS settings when the BIOS password is active! So is there a utility that can read the CMOS settings even when there BIOS password?? Edwin At 06:11 PM 1/9/04 -0800, you wrote: On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 04:14:03PM -0800, Trevor Lango wrote: It's not smarter; using the bios jumper (at least on my system) resets everything, including the password. Yep, it worked! It also reenabled some virus-checker which didn't like LILO. Had to disable that and reboot. ;) -bill! ___ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
[vox-tech] Mp3 and AAC in ASF?
Hi I am new to this email group.My question is-- is it possible to include AAC or MP3 in ASF file.(my guess it should be since ASF is container file).IF so can u please tell me the codecID's used for these streams and also possible links to those ASF file with these Audio type. Thanks in adavance Guru Scanned by SecureSynergy VirusScreen Service. For more information log on to : http://www.securesynergyonline.com or http://www.securesynergy.com ___ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
[vox-tech] rusty newbie CD mounting woes
Having extreme difficulty with really basic task here. Would probably help if I hadn't built this computer for myself so that I could be sure that various drives are attached in the standard places. Hoping you guys can help without getting after me too much for asking stupid questions. I have tried google, but am only meeting with frustration. All I want to do is get a CD to mount. My CD drive is a Plexwriter 40/12/40A. I'm reasonably certain that I've never mounted a CD on this computer before, since there was no /mnt/cdrom or other CD oriented directory when I got started this morning. Here's what I've tried doing with the loving aid of various online HOWTOs: [EMAIL PROTECTED] thorn]$ sudo mount -t iso9660 -r /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrw mount: special device /dev/cdrom does not exist [EMAIL PROTECTED] thorn]$ sudo mount -t auto /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom Password: mount: mount point /mnt/cdrom does not exist [EMAIL PROTECTED] thorn]$ sudo mkdir /mnt/cdrom [EMAIL PROTECTED] thorn]$ sudo mount -t auto /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom mount: special device /dev/cdrom does not exist [EMAIL PROTECTED] thorn]$ ls -l /dev/cdrom ls: /dev/cdrom: No such file or directory [EMAIL PROTECTED] thorn]$ sudo mount -t auto /dev/hdb /mnt/cdrom mount: you must specify the filesystem type [EMAIL PROTECTED] thorn]$ sudo mount -t auto /dev/hda /mnt/cdrw mount: you must specify the filesystem type [EMAIL PROTECTED] thorn]$ sudo mount -t auto /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrw mount: /dev/hdc: unknown device [EMAIL PROTECTED] thorn]$ sudo mount -t auto /dev/hdd /mnt/cdrw mount: /dev/hdd: unknown device Pretty sure I'm either missing something obvious or completely forgetting the main thing I need to do. I know it would help a lot if I actually knew the name of the device I'm trying to use. Please don't be too hard on me. Thanks, Alex Tru5t m3 --Boo, from megatokyo.com ___ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
Re: [vox-tech] rusty newbie CD mounting woes
If you take a look at dmesg, there should be a few lines describing the cdrom and what device it is listed as. Also, since it is a cdrw drive you may look into using the ide-scsi module. I was warned that I should use ide-scsi for my laptop cdrw/dvd drive... Mark Alexandra Thorn wrote: Having extreme difficulty with really basic task here. Would probably help if I hadn't built this computer for myself so that I could be sure that various drives are attached in the standard places. Hoping you guys can help without getting after me too much for asking stupid questions. I have tried google, but am only meeting with frustration. All I want to do is get a CD to mount. My CD drive is a Plexwriter 40/12/40A. I'm reasonably certain that I've never mounted a CD on this computer before, since there was no /mnt/cdrom or other CD oriented directory when I got started this morning. Here's what I've tried doing with the loving aid of various online HOWTOs: [EMAIL PROTECTED] thorn]$ sudo mount -t iso9660 -r /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrw mount: special device /dev/cdrom does not exist [EMAIL PROTECTED] thorn]$ sudo mount -t auto /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom Password: mount: mount point /mnt/cdrom does not exist [EMAIL PROTECTED] thorn]$ sudo mkdir /mnt/cdrom [EMAIL PROTECTED] thorn]$ sudo mount -t auto /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom mount: special device /dev/cdrom does not exist [EMAIL PROTECTED] thorn]$ ls -l /dev/cdrom ls: /dev/cdrom: No such file or directory [EMAIL PROTECTED] thorn]$ sudo mount -t auto /dev/hdb /mnt/cdrom mount: you must specify the filesystem type [EMAIL PROTECTED] thorn]$ sudo mount -t auto /dev/hda /mnt/cdrw mount: you must specify the filesystem type [EMAIL PROTECTED] thorn]$ sudo mount -t auto /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrw mount: /dev/hdc: unknown device [EMAIL PROTECTED] thorn]$ sudo mount -t auto /dev/hdd /mnt/cdrw mount: /dev/hdd: unknown device Pretty sure I'm either missing something obvious or completely forgetting the main thing I need to do. I know it would help a lot if I actually knew the name of the device I'm trying to use. Please don't be too hard on me. Thanks, Alex Tru5t m3 --Boo, from megatokyo.com ___ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech ___ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
Re: [vox-tech] rusty newbie CD mounting woes
Particularly, dmesg | grep hd will mainly print out lines that deal with your IDE devices. ide-scsi is required for cd writing, but the normal ide module should work for reading. However, maybe ide-scsi is already running on your system? Look for /dev/cdrw or /dev/scd0 (my cd writer is /dev/scd0), or maybe look in the config file /dev/fstab to see if your distro is a couple steps ahead of you and already has a directory and mount options set up for your device. -Bryan On Sun, Jan 11, 2004 at 10:38:06AM -0800, MB wrote: If you take a look at dmesg, there should be a few lines describing the cdrom and what device it is listed as. Also, since it is a cdrw drive you may look into using the ide-scsi module. I was warned that I should use ide-scsi for my laptop cdrw/dvd drive... Mark Alexandra Thorn wrote: Having extreme difficulty with really basic task here. Would probably help if I hadn't built this computer for myself so that I could be sure that various drives are attached in the standard places. Hoping you guys can help without getting after me too much for asking stupid questions. I have tried google, but am only meeting with frustration. All I want to do is get a CD to mount. My CD drive is a Plexwriter 40/12/40A. I'm reasonably certain that I've never mounted a CD on this computer before, since there was no /mnt/cdrom or other CD oriented directory when I got started this morning. Here's what I've tried doing with the loving aid of various online HOWTOs: [EMAIL PROTECTED] thorn]$ sudo mount -t iso9660 -r /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrw mount: special device /dev/cdrom does not exist [EMAIL PROTECTED] thorn]$ sudo mount -t auto /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom Password: mount: mount point /mnt/cdrom does not exist [EMAIL PROTECTED] thorn]$ sudo mkdir /mnt/cdrom [EMAIL PROTECTED] thorn]$ sudo mount -t auto /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom mount: special device /dev/cdrom does not exist [EMAIL PROTECTED] thorn]$ ls -l /dev/cdrom ls: /dev/cdrom: No such file or directory [EMAIL PROTECTED] thorn]$ sudo mount -t auto /dev/hdb /mnt/cdrom mount: you must specify the filesystem type [EMAIL PROTECTED] thorn]$ sudo mount -t auto /dev/hda /mnt/cdrw mount: you must specify the filesystem type [EMAIL PROTECTED] thorn]$ sudo mount -t auto /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrw mount: /dev/hdc: unknown device [EMAIL PROTECTED] thorn]$ sudo mount -t auto /dev/hdd /mnt/cdrw mount: /dev/hdd: unknown device Pretty sure I'm either missing something obvious or completely forgetting the main thing I need to do. I know it would help a lot if I actually knew the name of the device I'm trying to use. Please don't be too hard on me. Thanks, Alex Tru5t m3 --Boo, from megatokyo.com ___ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech ___ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech ___ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
Re: [vox-tech] Best way to clear a BIOS password
lol... claping forehead and all... It used to be necessary to write down the BIOS settings because of IDE geometry settings couldn't be auto-detected. Nowadays it's not a big deal. Some minor settings can be adjusted as necessary. And yes, there are tools to save a copy of the BIOS settings (The BIOS CMOS is memory mapped, and you just need to save it to a file. This is completely independent of the BIOS or mobo manufacturer.) Unfortunately the BIOS settings include the password itself, so you wouldn't want to restore the saved settings directly. But there are tools to remove just the password from the BIOS. I mentioned that in my original post. -Mark On Sun, 11 Jan 2004, Edwin P. Groot wrote: Say, I think someone forgot to tell Bill to copy down the CMOS settings (like virus-checker OFF) before using the BIOS jumper. I hope there weren't any other important values that were not the default ones before doing the BIOS jumper thing. [claps forehead] Waaait, you can't copy down the CMOS settings when the BIOS password is active! So is there a utility that can read the CMOS settings even when there BIOS password?? Edwin At 06:11 PM 1/9/04 -0800, you wrote: On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 04:14:03PM -0800, Trevor Lango wrote: It's not smarter; using the bios jumper (at least on my system) resets everything, including the password. Yep, it worked! It also reenabled some virus-checker which didn't like LILO. Had to disable that and reboot. ;) -bill! ___ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech -- Mark K. Kim AIM: markus kimius Homepage: http://www.cbreak.org/ Xanga: http://www.xanga.com/vindaci Friendster: http://www.friendster.com/user.jsp?id=13046 PGP key fingerprint: 7324 BACA 53AD E504 A76E 5167 6822 94F0 F298 5DCE PGP key available on the homepage ___ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
Re: [vox-tech] rusty newbie CD mounting woes
I agree that the problem might be that this drive is writing device. For writing, ide-scsi must be specified for it (although I hear the new cdrecord gets around this). You may do this a couple ways; you should check your distribution for its recommended method. I like to implement this in grub with hdc=ide-scsi (assuming your cdrom is hdc: 2nd ide cable, first device). If ide-scsi is not enabled, the device interface will be something like /dev/hdc, and you can use it to read cds. Once you enable ide-scsi, the device will become something like /dev/scd0, depending on your distribution. In either case, there may be a symbolic link to /dev/cdrom or such. If there isn't a symbolic link, you can make one. Jonathan Bryan Richter wrote: Particularly, dmesg | grep hd will mainly print out lines that deal with your IDE devices. ide-scsi is required for cd writing, but the normal ide module should work for reading. However, maybe ide-scsi is already running on your system? Look for /dev/cdrw or /dev/scd0 (my cd writer is /dev/scd0), or maybe look in the config file /dev/fstab to see if your distro is a couple steps ahead of you and already has a directory and mount options set up for your device. -Bryan On Sun, Jan 11, 2004 at 10:38:06AM -0800, MB wrote: If you take a look at dmesg, there should be a few lines describing the cdrom and what device it is listed as. Also, since it is a cdrw drive you may look into using the ide-scsi module. I was warned that I should use ide-scsi for my laptop cdrw/dvd drive... Mark Alexandra Thorn wrote: Having extreme difficulty with really basic task here. Would probably help if I hadn't built this computer for myself so that I could be sure that various drives are attached in the standard places. Hoping you guys can help without getting after me too much for asking stupid questions. I have tried google, but am only meeting with frustration. All I want to do is get a CD to mount. My CD drive is a Plexwriter 40/12/40A. I'm reasonably certain that I've never mounted a CD on this computer before, since there was no /mnt/cdrom or other CD oriented directory when I got started this morning. Here's what I've tried doing with the loving aid of various online HOWTOs: [EMAIL PROTECTED] thorn]$ sudo mount -t iso9660 -r /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrw mount: special device /dev/cdrom does not exist [EMAIL PROTECTED] thorn]$ sudo mount -t auto /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom Password: mount: mount point /mnt/cdrom does not exist [EMAIL PROTECTED] thorn]$ sudo mkdir /mnt/cdrom [EMAIL PROTECTED] thorn]$ sudo mount -t auto /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom mount: special device /dev/cdrom does not exist [EMAIL PROTECTED] thorn]$ ls -l /dev/cdrom ls: /dev/cdrom: No such file or directory [EMAIL PROTECTED] thorn]$ sudo mount -t auto /dev/hdb /mnt/cdrom mount: you must specify the filesystem type [EMAIL PROTECTED] thorn]$ sudo mount -t auto /dev/hda /mnt/cdrw mount: you must specify the filesystem type [EMAIL PROTECTED] thorn]$ sudo mount -t auto /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrw mount: /dev/hdc: unknown device [EMAIL PROTECTED] thorn]$ sudo mount -t auto /dev/hdd /mnt/cdrw mount: /dev/hdd: unknown device Pretty sure I'm either missing something obvious or completely forgetting the main thing I need to do. I know it would help a lot if I actually knew the name of the device I'm trying to use. Please don't be too hard on me. Thanks, Alex Tru5t m3 --Boo, from megatokyo.com ___ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech ___ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech ___ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech ___ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
Re: [vox-tech] rusty newbie CD mounting woes
On Sun, Jan 11, 2004 at 15:50:50PM -0800, Jonathan Stickel wrote: I agree that the problem might be that this drive is writing device. For writing, ide-scsi must be specified for it (although I hear the new cdrecord gets around this). You may do this a couple ways; you should check your distribution for its recommended method. I like to implement this in grub with hdc=ide-scsi (assuming your cdrom is hdc: 2nd ide cable, first device). Just a note on ide-scsi, cdrecord and 2.6.x kernels. I just upgraded to 2.6.1 yesterday. To use cdrecord you need to prepend ATAPI to your -dev= argument. For instance 'cdrecord -scanbus' that you would use with ide-scsi changes to 'cdrecord -scanbus -dev=ATAPI' and 'cdrecord -dev=0,0,0 file.iso' becomes 'cdrecord -dev=ATAPI:0,0,0 file.iso' That's of course assuming your ATAPI device numbers stay the same. I'd assume they would (mine did anyways) as long as you don't have any actual SCSI devices on your box to throw the original numbers off. You can of course still use the ide-scsi interface to burn cd's, it's just that it's unnecessary now. (with 2.6.x version kernels) ___ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
Re: [vox-tech] rusty newbie CD mounting woes
Thanks for all of your help, guys. Turned out that the problem was a bad connection, after all. Tsk. Cheers, Alex Tru5t m3 --Boo, from megatokyo.com ___ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
