Subject: Linux-Misc Digest #795
From: Digestifier <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 94 17:13:23 EDT

Linux-Misc Digest #795, Volume #2                Wed, 21 Sep 94 17:13:23 EDT

Contents:
  Premiere PCI/II BIOS (Brian Schaufenbuel)
  sunsite statistics (Erik Troan)
  TSENG W32 Server ([email-masked])
  Re: QUESTION: FAXing large bitmaps from Linux/X11? (Lad A. Jelen)
  Novell unveils plan for Corsair (Albert H. Mak)
  *** PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE POSTING *** (misc-2.07) (Ian Jackson)
  Re: SCSI trouble (Huw Leonard)
  TERM - cannot connect to socket (Chris Herringshaw)
  PCI-SCSI (Markus Reith)
  Re: Do HP SCSI DAT drives work? (Soenke Voss)
  Re: Any Sound Blaster drivers for Linux abailable? (Robert W. Hogg)
  Re: TERM;ftp & tredir (Olaf Titz)
  Re: Need Linux CD in San Jose, CA,  (Robert W. Hogg)
  Re: LILO - Getting Rid Of.... (Peter Moulder)
  Re: Word Processor for Linux? (Forkboy)
  Ghostscript, resume printing from page n (Bontridder Dirk)
  Re: Looking for BBS Pkg (Shawn A. Dempsay)
  Swedish Keymap file needed (S. R. Helgason)
  Trouble with fdisk 1.5 on big disk (Goncal Badenes)
  Re: Linux, 40,000 Cover CD's (John Hartridge)
  Linux v. OS/2 and Desqview - DOS multitasking (Lowell D Fass)

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From: [email-masked] (Brian Schaufenbuel)
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips
Subject: Premiere PCI/II BIOS
Date: 19 Sep 1994 23:54:51 GMT

I am using rev .06 of BIOS right now...  Why should I upgrade?

Please help me out (and others, I'm sure) by posting what all of the changes 
(.08 and .10 I think) do differently than .06..  I heard something about a
PCI buffer being disabled.  My system with ATI GUP PCI, Q-Logic FastSCSI PCI,
5 other cards withg WinNT 3.1 and WFW 3.11 is ROCK solid.   Never a crash...

Thanks!

-- 
_______________________________________- Brian Schaufenbuel____________________
Brian J Schaufenbuel
2340 16th Street NW           (800)378-1636 daytime
Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52405      (319)396-3969 evening

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From: ewt@.unc.edu (Erik Troan)
Subject: sunsite statistics
Date: 19 Sep 1994 17:29:31 GMT

For those of you who are interested, sunsite Linux area statistics
(including a top-10 list) are available at:

    http://sunsite.unc.edu/ewt/public/stats.html

They should be updated nightly.

Erik
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help
From: [email-masked]
Subject: TSENG W32 Server
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 1994 13:46:38 GMT

Does anyone know anything about the TSENG W32 server.  I just got the Fall 
release of linux and was told that the X11R6 had incorporated it.  I can't seem 
to find it.  Xwin just uses the default TSENG 4000 configuration.

-ERIC

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From: [email-masked] (Lad A. Jelen)
Crossposted-To: comp.dcom.fax
Subject: Re: QUESTION: FAXing large bitmaps from Linux/X11?
Date: 20 Sep 1994 10:10:59 GMT
Reply-To: [email-masked] (Lad A. Jelen)

In a previous article, [email-masked] (Evan A. Reidell) says:

>
>(And is 'fine' FAX resolution exactly 200x200 dpi?)
>
It is according to my docs.  "Normal" resolution is 200x100.
-- 
Lad Jelen, Mentor, Ohio, Home of President James A. Garfield
(No, he's not taking calls today.)
[email-masked]  

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From: [email-masked] (Albert H. Mak)
Subject: Novell unveils plan for Corsair
Date: 21 Sep 1994 16:48:42 GMT
Reply-To: [email-masked]

Page 5 Communications Week Sept 19, 1994

Title: Novell Product Plan Begin Trickling Out

"Advance Client Services, the official name for the project also known as
 Corsair and Ferret, will ship next year, Novell said. It will be 
 demonstrated for the first time at Steward Alsop's Agenda conference this
 week in Phoenix, said Richard King, executive vice president of the NetWare
 System Group."

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From: [email-masked] (Ian Jackson)
Subject: *** PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE POSTING *** (misc-2.07)
Date: 20 Sep 1994 04:03:26 -0600

Please do not post questions to comp.os.linux.misc - read on for details of
which groups you should read and post to.

Please do not crosspost anything between different groups of the comp.os.linux
hierarchy.  See Matt Welsh's introduction to the hierarchy, posted weekly.

If you have a question about Linux you should get and read the Linux Frequently
Asked Questions with Answers list from sunsite.unc.edu, in /pub/Linux/docs, or
from another Linux FTP site.  It is also posted periodically to c.o.l.announce.

In particular, read the question `You still haven't answered my question!'
The FAQ will refer you to the Linux HOWTOs (more detailed descriptions of
particular topics) found in the HOWTO directory in the same place.

Then you should consider posting to comp.os.linux.help - not
comp.os.linux.misc.

Note that X Windows related questions should go to comp.windows.x.i386unix, and
that non-Linux-specific Unix questions should go to comp.unix.questions.
Please read the FAQs for these groups before posting - look on rtfm.mit.edu in
/pub/usenet/news.answers/Intel-Unix-X-faq and .../unix-faq.

Only if you have a posting that is not more appropriate for one of the other
Linux groups - ie it is not a question, not about the future development of
Linux, not an announcement or bug report and not about system administration -
should you post to comp.os.linux.misc.

Comments on this posting are welcomed - please email me !
--
Ian Jackson  <[email-masked]>  (urgent email: [email-masked])
2 Lexington Close, Cambridge, CB4 3LS, England;  phone: +44 223 64238

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From: [email-masked] (Huw Leonard)
Subject: Re: SCSI trouble
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 1994 18:01:42 GMT

In article <[email-masked]> [email-masked] (Steven N. Hirsch) writes:
>Ranjan Muttiah ([email-masked]) wrote:

>: Does anyone know why the computer system gets
>: stuck in  

>:       scsi0: adaptec 1542
>:       scsi: 1 hosts

I had problems with this when the DMA on my 1542C was set to zero (which my 
version of Linux didn't support). Try changing the DMA line to another value.

============================================================
Huw Leonard - Speaking only for himself

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From: [email-masked] (Chris Herringshaw)
Subject: TERM - cannot connect to socket
Date: 21 Sep 1994 01:47:36 GMT

I am running (err trying to run...)  TERM between 2 machines running
SunOS 4.1.2.  The problem I am having is that when I try to run any
of the term clients, I get the error:

:Cannot connect to term socket

Does anyone know what I am doing wrong?  I ran test on both ends
with no problem, and linecheck ran smooth (only escaping 17 and 19).
I can't for the life of me find anything in the DOCS about dealing 
with this type of problem.  Help!  =)

-- 
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Medical Center Information Technology (MCIT)   [email-masked]
University of Michigan Medical Center, B1911 CFOB
1414 Catherine Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0704       (313) 747-2778
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Date: 21 Sep 1994 15:10:00 +0200
From: [email-masked] (Markus Reith)
Subject: PCI-SCSI
Reply-To: [email-masked]

Hello,

I want to use Linux on my Intel-P60-PCI PC. Therefore I want to buy
a 1GB HD and a CD-ROM-drive. Because of several reasons I want to use
SCSI but the PCI-board I use has NOT the NCR-chip on board.

Can anybody recommend a PCI-SCSI controller which can be used with
Linux or should I buy a controller for the AT-bus (e.g. Adapatec 1542cf) ?

Is a PCI-SCSI-controller much faster than an AT-bus-controller ?
When will the PCI-Adaptec be supported by Linux ?

Please send me Your reply by E-Mail.

                                        many thanks,

                                         Markus Reith
                                          [email-masked]

## CrossPoint v3.0 ##

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From: [email-masked] (Soenke Voss)
Subject: Re: Do HP SCSI DAT drives work?
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 1994 17:06:12 GMT

In article <[email-masked]>, [email-masked] (Richard Giles) writes:
> Anybody know if HP SCSI DAT drives work on Linux. We have an Adaptec SCSI
> card which is already working with a 1 Gig. hard disc.
> 
> Also, can you have multiple backups on the 1 tape.
> 
> Richard
> 
> ------------------------------------------
> Richard Giles (Data Systems Dept.)
> Fisons Instruments Surface Systems
> Tel. (+044) 342 327211  Fax. (+044) 342 315074
> EMail: [email-masked]
>        or [email-masked] (backup only)
> Compuserve: 100065,132
> 

Yes, they do. I'm running an HP 35470 and a 1.2 GB harddisk on an Adaptec
1542B without any problems.

You can tar mutiple backups on one tape using the non-rewind device file
/dev/nst0 and mt -f /dev/nst0 fsf <number f archive on tape> for winding the tape to the appropriate place.

Regards,
   Soenke

===========================================================================
Soenke Voss                                            Faculty of Economics
UNIX system administrator                    Department of Computer Science
                                                    University of Bielefeld
                                                          P.O. Box 10 01 31
                                                            33501 Bielefeld
[email-masked]                                      Germany
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From: [email-masked] (Robert W. Hogg)
Subject: Re: Any Sound Blaster drivers for Linux abailable?
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 1994 01:09:58 GMT

Hannu Savolainen ([email-masked]) wrote:
: [email-masked] (Matt Bruce) writes:

: >Hi,

: >Being relatively new to the wonderful world of Linux, I was wondering if
: >drivers have been written for the Sound Blaster cards. In particular, I
: >have a SB AWE32 with 2 Mb RAM, that would be a shame to leave to MSDOS
: >alone.

: You poor AWE32 owners!

: It's not possible to write a driver which supports full features of the
: AWE32. Creative Technology has not released information about the Emu
: chip and I bet they will never do that. The same is true with the ASP
: also.

: The AWE32 works as a SB16 with Linux. However it's much cheaper to buy
: a plain SB16 than an AWE32 or SB16ASP.

You don't need to get info on the ASP from creative - it's an off-the 
shelf DSP from Thompson.  I forget the exact one - but I'm sure I can dig 
that info up.....

As to the E-mu, you're right - they will NEVER release that info.  But 
who cares - get a SB16 and get the Roland SoundCanvas WaveBlaster-style 
daughterboard.  Works excellent.

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From: [email-masked] (Olaf Titz)
Subject: Re: TERM;ftp & tredir
Date: 21 Sep 1994 13:30:36 GMT

David Delaune <[email-masked]> wrote:
> I'm trying to setup TERM to redirect (tredir) ftp services to a paticular
> host/port combo.  I can get port 21 redirected fine, but I cannot get the 
> data connection port 20 redirected so that when the remote hosts attempts
> to open it, that my machine can respond to it properly.  Anybody done this

This is not possible with the way the FTP protocol works (the server
does not listen on port 20, instead it connects from port 20 to a
different port picked by the client). To get FTP over term, you have
to compile an ftp client (e.g. ncftp) or an ftp server
(e.g. wuarchive-ftpd) with the termnet library.

Olaf
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From: [email-masked] (Robert W. Hogg)
Subject: Re: Need Linux CD in San Jose, CA, 
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 1994 01:16:55 GMT

Johnathan Corgan ([email-masked]) wrote:
: I'm looking for the "Linux Developer's Resource" CD title, preferably 
: from a source in San Jose, Ca., USA, or close by.  A place I could pick it 
: up in person is preferable over mail-order.

: Thanks!

there's literally a dozen places.  Universal CD-ROM on S. Bascom in 
Cambell, NCA in Sunnyvale, Central Computer on Kiely in Santa Clara.  
That's all I can think of right now.  Universial CD-ROM is probably the 
best one to go to - the guy that runs it (Charles Liu) started a Linux 
users group and has a lot of Linux-related materials.

Bob

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From: [email-masked] (Peter Moulder)
Subject: Re: LILO - Getting Rid Of....
Date: 19 Sep 1994 17:25:16 GMT

Tried fdisk /mbr from dos?

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From: [email-masked] (Forkboy)
Subject: Re: Word Processor for Linux?
Date: 19 Sep 1994 19:01:42 -0400

In article <[email-masked]>, Colin Kelly <[email-masked]> wrote:
>
>    I got the auis63L0-wp.tgz package, unzipped and untarred it, and it worked
>right away. The wp package is essentially just the editor with a few pieces
>included for word processing applications.
>
>=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
>* Colin R. Kelly                 *           Linux.                         *
>* [email-masked]              *                                          *
>* [email-masked]  *   It's not just for breakfast anymore.   *
>=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

I got the 63L1 package yesterday, and also had no problems. Great Word
Processor, and only 4.5Mb (WP is about 10, I believe).

=======================================================================
|  Kris Zoerhoff  |  EE major  |  Michigan Technological University   |
=======================================================================
| Co-sysop Encounters BBS (906)482-6248 |  http://www.grfn.org/~dust  |
=======================================================================

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From: bontridd@btmpds (Bontridder Dirk)
Subject: Ghostscript, resume printing from page n
Date: 21 Sep 1994 10:11:29 GMT

Hello,

A few days ago, I was printing with ghostscript a manual (postscript format) of 200 pages. After 60 pages my printer was resetted. How can I resume my printing without printing the first 60 pages of my document?

Thanks.

-DB- 

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From: [email-masked] (Shawn A. Dempsay)
Subject: Re: Looking for BBS Pkg
Date: 21 Sep 1994 09:23:51 -0500

In <[email-masked]> [email-masked] (Tom Rossbottom) writes:

>Does anyone know of a good bbs package for Linux?
>Something as good(or bad) as those DOS versions with
>ANSI Screens for callers/Chat/Mail/etc.....

I use the yabbs system on my machine.  It has bases for mail and a strong
chat area.  It doesn't do any uploading/downloading (that is what ftp is
for) and no ansi graphics, but I run it VIA term at night and can easily
handle 15-20 people logged into the system at the same time.  A new version
is coming out in the next few weeks but the current version is at:
yabbs.phred.org:/pub/yabbs/yabbsnet.tar.gz

   -- Shawn

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From: [email-masked] (S. R. Helgason)
Subject: Swedish Keymap file needed
Date: 18 Sep 94 20:53:32 GMT

I need an swedish keymap file,
I am using the finnish now and since I have got a clue about the
keybindings. It would be very Helpful if someone sent me his 
keymap.(se|sw|or what ever) file

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| E-mail: [email-masked]                             |
| Snailmail: Mariebergsgatan 31 B, 541 45 Skovde, Sweden  |
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help
From: [email-masked] (Goncal Badenes)
Subject: Trouble with fdisk 1.5 on big disk
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 1994 12:42:00 GMT

I am having trouble with fdisk (v1.5) when I try to create partitions on
my Micropolis 1924 (2.1GB). I am currently running Linux 1.1.51.

If I create the partitions under Linux then OS/2 complains with a 'disk
2 has a corrupted partition table', and fails to recognize the
partitions that I created. This means that if at that point I create a
new OS/2 partition, all my Linux partitions on that disk are gone. :-(

If I first create the partitions for OS/2 and then I go to Linux, fdisk
complains about partitions overlapping !!!

I only have problems with the 2.1GB drive which is at scsi id 1 (also
tried id 2 with the same results: I wanted to make sure that the disk
wasn't seen by the bios at bootup). At id 0 I have a Conner 540MB, which
worked without problems. Could the problem be related to the fact that
the disk has more than 1024 cylinders?

Another remark: if I create a primary partition with Linux's fdisk at
the beginning of the disk, it gives the warning that the logical and
physical start of the partition do no match. The problem does not occur
if I create the partition with OS/2.

A similar type of problem (physical vs. logical mismatch) appears when
creating big extended partitions, but as far as I can see, only if I
cross the 1024 cylinder boundary (see below).

I am including a (slightly edited) transcript of one of my sessions in
the hope that will help for troubleshooting.

Thank you in advance for any help you might give me. Am I doing
something really stupid?

Regards,

        Goncal

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
lluna:~# fdisk -v
fdisk v1.5
lluna:~# fdisk /dev/sdb
The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 2001.
This is larger than 1024, and may cause problems with some software.

Command (m for help): p

Disk /dev/sdb: 64 heads, 32 sectors, 2001 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 2048 * 512 bytes

   Device Boot  Begin   Start     End  Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdb1         501     501    2001 1537024    5  Extended
Partition 1 has different physical/logical endings:
     phys=(1023, 63, 32) logical=(2000, 63, 32)
/dev/sdb2   *       1       1      25   25584   83  Linux native
/dev/sdb5         501     501     501    1023+  82  Linux swap
/dev/sdb6        1202    1202    1602  410624   83  Linux native
/dev/sdb7        1603    1603    2001  408576   83  Linux native

Command (m for help): d
Partition number (1-7): 1

Command (m for help): n
Command action
   e   extended
   p   primary partition (1-4)
e
Partition number (1-4): 4
First cylinder (26-2001): 501
Last cylinder or +size or +sizeM or +sizeK (501-2001): 2001

Command (m for help): p

Disk /dev/sdb: 64 heads, 32 sectors, 2001 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 2048 * 512 bytes

   Device Boot  Begin   Start     End  Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdb2   *       1       1      25   25584   83  Linux native
/dev/sdb4         501     501    2001 1537024    5  Extended
Partition 4 has different physical/logical endings:
     phys=(976, 63, 32) logical=(2000, 63, 32)

Command (m for help): v
4046878 unallocated sectors

Command (m for help): d
Partition number (1-5): 4

Command (m for help): n
Command action
   e   extended
   p   primary partition (1-4)
e
Partition number (1-4): 4
First cylinder (26-2001): 201
Last cylinder or +size or +sizeM or +sizeK (201-2001): 1023

Command (m for help): v
4046878 unallocated sectors

Command (m for help): p

Disk /dev/sdb: 64 heads, 32 sectors, 2001 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 2048 * 512 bytes

   Device Boot  Begin   Start     End  Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdb2   *       1       1      25   25584   83  Linux native
/dev/sdb4         201     201    1023  842752    5  Extended

Command (m for help): d
Partition number (1-5): 4

Command (m for help): n
Command action
   e   extended
   p   primary partition (1-4)
e
Partition number (1-4): 4
First cylinder (26-2001): 201
Last cylinder or +size or +sizeM or +sizeK (201-2001): 1100

Command (m for help): p

Disk /dev/sdb: 64 heads, 32 sectors, 2001 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 2048 * 512 bytes

   Device Boot  Begin   Start     End  Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdb2   *       1       1      25   25584   83  Linux native
/dev/sdb4         201     201    1100  921600    5  Extended
Partition 4 has different physical/logical endings:
     phys=(75, 63, 32) logical=(1099, 63, 32)

Command (m for help): d
Partition number (1-5): 4

Command (m for help): q
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

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IMEC                                    Fax: +32 16 281214
Advanced Semiconductor Processing
Micropatterning Group
Kapeldreef 75                           e-mail: [email-masked]
B-3001 Leuven (Belgium)                         [email-masked]

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From: [email-masked] (John Hartridge)
Subject: Re: Linux, 40,000 Cover CD's
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 1994 10:23:19 GMT

In article <[email-masked]> [email-masked] (A.P. Crossan) writes:
>A.P. Crossan ([email-masked]) wrote:
>> Anders Hedborg ([email-masked]) wrote:
>
>
>> > When is it supposed to be on the shelves? And what issue should I
>> > ask for?
>
>I've just had a reply -- the answer is October. 
>

It's on the shelves now.

John

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From: [email-masked] (Lowell D Fass)
Subject: Linux v. OS/2 and Desqview - DOS multitasking
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 1994 21:58:44 GMT

Does anyone know how Linux compares with OS/2 and Desqview in terms of DOS multitasking (speed and crash protection - I'm aware of which DOS programs don't run under Linux yet).  I currently use OS/2, which is great, but something of a     sludge, and I'm looking to get into the freeware world.

Any comments would be appreciated.  Thanks.

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