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From: Digestifier <Linux-Misc-Request@senator-bedfellow.mit.edu>
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To: Linux-Misc@senator-bedfellow.mit.edu
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Reply-To: Linux-Misc@senator-bedfellow.mit.edu
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Date: Thu, 22 Sep 94 16:13:20 EDT
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Subject: Linux-Misc Digest #801
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Linux-Misc Digest #801, Volume #2 Thu, 22 Sep 94 16:13:20 EDT
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Contents:
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Help! I'm installin', but I can't boot up! (Donald R Lloyd)
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Re: Time Screws up w/ Linux (Karsten Johansson)
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Re: More Memory = Slow Linux?? (Larry Pyeatt)
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Re: OS/2 fan wants to try Linux.. What do I need ?? (gvacano@eagle.wesleyan.edu)
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Re: Help: Enhanced IDE supported ?? (Mark Lord)
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Re: posting HOWTOs to c.o.l.announce (Dag Asheim)
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Re: 286 telnet P5 with Linux? (Erik Mouw)
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Re: How to use a host as a router - READ THIS (Matthias Urlichs)
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Re: Don't use Linux or it's to academic! (Leslie Mikesell)
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SEARCH: Clock setting Programm for 24X (Peter Berger)
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Re: Installing a new kernel on the Slackware Boot disk! (Stephen Vance)
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Re: Help! I'm installin', but I can't boot up! (Peter Dardarananda)
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Re: Premiere PCI/II BIOS (Patrick vd Steeg)
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Re: Word Processor for Linux? (Dan Newcombe)
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[Q] FTape patch? (Dennis Duffner)
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Reveal Sound FX Card (Neil L Cook)
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Pentium-optimized compiler is slower then 486 gcc-2.5.8 on P5 !!! (Valery Petrov)
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P5-90 MHz beats SGI R4000-100MHz. (Valery Petrov)
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486-66 Motherboard recommendations? (Tom. Adams 529-7860)
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----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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From: don@strauss.udel.edu (Donald R Lloyd)
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help
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Subject: Help! I'm installin', but I can't boot up!
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Date: 22 Sep 1994 09:08:49 -0400
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I'm trying to get Linux running on my machine (a VLB/ISA/PCI 486/66, 730meg
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IDE HD for DOS, 330 meg SCSI-2 HD for Linux, NEC CD-ROM drive) using the
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slackware release from the august Linux Toolkit CD. Since my nice PCI
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Adaptec 2940 controller isn't supported under Linux, I've yanked it out
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and am currently using the 1520 on my SB16 card.
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I boot linux from the boot & root disks I created (have to enter
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"ramdisk 152x=aha152x,11,7,1" at the boot: prompt to get it to recognize
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the controller) and got through setting up the partitions, installing the
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software, etc. with no problems. However, I have yet to be able to actually
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use Linux once it's installed on the drive.
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I've tried booting into Linux several ways:
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The boot disk Setup created - spews out all kinds of error messages that
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scroll by too fast to read. Kernel panic, crash.
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LILO from HD - L1010101010101010101010101010101010101010101.... into infinity
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LILO from floppy - as above
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I've been rebooting from the install disks, re-installing the OS (apparently
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the only way to change the LILO setup from the install disks is to
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re-install it) and trying to get it to work. I know I need some
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variation of the aha152x line from above, and have tried a number of appends,
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but have never been able to boot yet.
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Can anyone shed some light on what I need to do, or possibly send me an
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example lilo.conf file to show me what it might be supposed to look like?
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Or is this not so much a problem with lilo.conf but with LILO itself?
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--
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Don Lloyd don@chopin.udel.edu "Mmmmmm.... floor pie."
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Stuck using a PC, but still an Amiga guy at heart...
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------------------------------
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From: ksaj@csis.pcscav.com (Karsten Johansson)
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Subject: Re: Time Screws up w/ Linux
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Date: Tue, 20 Sep 1994 16:44:54 GMT
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Vaughn Adams (adamsvm@dunx1.ocs.drexel.edu) wrote:
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: I have had this problem for a while and never bothered to resolve it.
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: Now that I need cron, I need to get it fixd. Everytime I boot Linux, my i
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: clock screws up. THe time is always off, but the date is ok. This doesn't
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: happen with any other OS that I have run on the computer. I am runnin
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: Slackware 1.2 with a couple of dirrerent kernels. it seems to be kernel
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: independant.
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: Any response would be appreciated.
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This is exactly the case on my system. It seems that only the hours on my
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system screw up, but the minutes/seconds/ and entire date are fine. In
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almost all cases, it is behind by 4 hours to what time the CMOS is
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reporting.
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Thanks for the reminder, too. I had the electrician put in a new outlet for
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my computer, so I had to reboot.
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--
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There are those who are born UNIX | Karsten Johansson
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Those who are made UNIX | 416/691-9838
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And those who become UNIX |
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For the kingdom of heaven's sake | Matthew 19:12
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------------------------------
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From: pyeatt@cervesa.cs.colostate.edu (Larry Pyeatt)
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Subject: Re: More Memory = Slow Linux??
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Date: 22 Sep 1994 03:39:34 GMT
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In article <35pd26$2ft@fs7.ece.cmu.edu>, garcia@ece.cmu.edu (Brad Matthew Garcia) writes:
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|>
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|>
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|> I keep seeing posts made by people who have added memory
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|> to their computers and subsequently experienced a drop in
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|> performance under Linux.
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|>
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|> I want to know if anyone knows *why* this happens. Please post
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|> any replies to this newsgroup, since I believe others would also
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|> be interested in hearing the answers. If you cannot post for
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|> whatever reason, e-mail me (I will forward to the newsgroup if
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|> you like).
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OK. here is the scoop:
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Most PC motherboards have really cheesy cache setups. The cache works
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fine as long as you don't put too much RAM in. When you get too much
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RAM, the cache does not work on the upper part, so on a 16 Meg system,
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you may only have caching on the lower 8 Meg. If your cache RAM is 15ns
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and your DRAM is 70ns, and your cache hit rate is 90% for the lower 8 Meg
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and 0% for the upper 8 Meg, then your AVERAGE time for memory access is:
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lower 8 Meg: .10 * 70 + .9 * 15 = 20.5 ns
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upper 8 Meg: 1.0 * 70 + 0.0* 15 = 70 ns
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overall: 45.25 ns
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So, by adding the upper 8 Meg, you have more than doubled the AVERAGE time
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to access memory. The cache makes a big difference.
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The fix: upgrade your cache to 256K. Don't forget to upgrade the
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cache tag RAM as well, or you will still get no benefit from the
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additional cache. Some motherboards are so cheesy that it is
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impossible to cache the whole address space, even with the maximum
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cache RAM.
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------------------------------
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Subject: Re: OS/2 fan wants to try Linux.. What do I need ??
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From: gvacano@eagle.wesleyan.edu
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Date: 22 Sep 94 09:42:18 EDT
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In article <jeffpkCwC7CC.A53@netcom.com>, jeffpk@netcom.com (Jeff Kesselman) writes:
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> In article <Cw8Iw8.FxK@du.edu> yohgaki@mercury.cair.du.edu (Yasuo Ohgaki) writes:
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>>J.J. Paijmans (paai@kub.nl) wrote:
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>>: In article <1994Sep13.181131.13799@pvi.com> todd@pvi.com (todd) writes:
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>>: >I recently added Linux to my OS/2 machine and am quite
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>>: >happy, so I feel somewhat qualified to answer this post:
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>>: >
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>>: >Jim Chisholm (Jim@JChisholm.Phys.Dal.Ca) wrote:
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>>: >: Hi folks..
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>>: >: I'm a long time advocate of OS/2 and I am curious about Linux..
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>>: >
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>>: >: 1)will it run on a386DX40 8M ?
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>>: >
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>>: >Yes, but slowly.
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Baloney! :-) I have MS-DOG, OS/2 and Linux on my 386DX33 (w/ 8MB and 15MB swap)
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and I would say Linux runs faster than DOG or OS/2. It certainly compares
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favorably with the RS6000 system, running AIX, at work. It's not slow (unless
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you're comparing 386 speed with 486 or Pentium speed. But what the hell do you
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expect? That it will run eqqually fast no matter which chip you're using?).
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>>You need more ram. 8MB is not enough for X.
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More baloney. 8MB (with a decent sized swap) is just fine (unless, of course,
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you're running LOTS of things simultaneously, and you have no patience).
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> Not meaning to perpetuate a war, but the poster didn't ASK what he needed
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> to run X, he asked what he needfed to run Linux. I have a BEAUTIFUL
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> Linux system running on a 386/33 with 5 meg of memory, I just don't use X.
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The suggestion that you need some kind of monster computer to run Linux is
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absurd.
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> GUIs are pigs.
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Sure, but XWindows is still a small enough pig that you can feed and care for
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it with only 8MB (and a decent sized swap file). :-)
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Guido
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----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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/ Guido N. Vacano--Graduate Student, | Adelheid R. Vacano (A.R.V.) \
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/ Department of Molecular Biology, | "Be the feeling . . ." --Le Hootay \
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/ Wesleyan University, Connecticut | X-File phile ;-) \
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------------------------------
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From: mlord@bnr.ca (Mark Lord)
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help
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Subject: Re: Help: Enhanced IDE supported ??
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Date: 22 Sep 1994 13:44:59 GMT
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In article <35roca$i1a@gmdzi.gmd.de> pannen@gmdzi.gmd.de writes:
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<Hello,
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<
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<as I want to buy a new PC, I need to know if the new Enhanced IDE
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<features are supported by Linux.
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Features, no.
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Drives, yes.
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Your EIDE drive will work just fine with linux as-is.
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To use the fancier features, assuming you have an IDE interface card
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that supports them, you may need additional software support.
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But the drive will work fine as is.
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--
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mlord@bnr.ca Mark Lord BNR Ottawa,Canada 613-763-7482
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------------------------------
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From: Dag Asheim <dash@ifi.uio.no>
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Subject: Re: posting HOWTOs to c.o.l.announce
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Date: 22 Sep 1994 13:56:18 +0200
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Reply-To: dash
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>We're proposing moving them to comp.os.linux.answers. (that's why
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>I said it's good for those of us who keep groups matching "*.answers"
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>longer than other groups)
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It is a good idea to keep groups matching "*.announce" longer as well.
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Dag
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------------------------------
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From: jakmouw@et.tudelft.nl (Erik Mouw)
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Subject: Re: 286 telnet P5 with Linux?
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Date: 22 Sep 94 13:15:46 +0200
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In article <1994Sep21.191611.22638@uxmail.ust.hk>, im_lwhab@uxmail.ust.hk (Lee Wai Han) writes:
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> Is it worth to set up a 286 system to telnet to a P5(with Linux installed)
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> to do somethings?
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>
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> What things can a 286 do with such connections?
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>
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> Do I have any better connection for choose?
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> [ Say, null modem / terminal(?) ]
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>
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> If connecting a 286 didn't worth anything, how about a 386?
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>
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> Thank you in advance?
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Depends on what you want to do. A 286 with NCSA telnet is something like
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a Linux machine in text mode with virtual consoles. At home I have a 386
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running Linux, a 286 running NCSA telnet and a VT100 connected to the
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386. I prefer the 286 with NCSA telnet as "second workplace" because of
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the virtual consoles. The VT100 is only for emergency purposes, such as
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killing processes (as root).
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Erik
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==================================================
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Erik Mouw, Department of Electrical Engineering,
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Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
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email : JAKMouw@ET.TUDelft.NL
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D O N ' T P A N I C !
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==================================================
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Why did the Roman Empire collapse?
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What is the Latin for office automation?
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------------------------------
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From: urlichs@smurf.noris.de (Matthias Urlichs)
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development,comp.os.linux.admin
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Subject: Re: How to use a host as a router - READ THIS
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Date: 22 Sep 1994 09:17:30 +0200
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In comp.os.linux.development, article <ianm.780078992@miles>,
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ianm@qualcomm.com (Ian McCloghrie) writes:
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> jra@zeus.IntNet.net (Jay Ashworth) writes:
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> >Now, since we know that IP addresses must be unique, it follows that it is
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> >not correct practice to assign the same address to two different
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> >interfaces on the same machine.
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>
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IP addresses must be unique, true -- but unique per host, or per host
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interface? The RFCs don't say. I say ;-) that I can't think of any problems
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with using the same IP address for multiple interfaces, and in fact it's a
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good idea to do so (it avoids wasting network addresses).
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> Keep in mind that BSD is just the most prevalent TCP/IP
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> implementation, and not the definition of the protocols.
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>
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Fortunately not, or else we'd still be using BSD 4.2ish networking with
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all-zero broadcast addresses.
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--
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The value of marriage is not that adults produce children, but that children
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produce adults.
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-- Peter De Vries
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--
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Matthias Urlichs \ XLink-POP N<>rnberg | EMail: urlichs@smurf.noris.de
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Schleiermacherstra<EFBFBD>e 12 \ Unix+Linux+Mac | Phone: ...please use email.
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90491 N<>rnberg (Germany) \ Consulting+Networking+Programming+etc'ing 42
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PGP: 1B 89 E2 1C 43 EA 80 44 15 D2 29 CF C6 C7 E0 DE
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Click <A HREF="http://smurf.noris.de/~urlichs/finger">here</A>.
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------------------------------
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From: les@MCS.COM (Leslie Mikesell)
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Subject: Re: Don't use Linux or it's to academic!
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Date: 22 Sep 1994 12:42:51 -0500
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In article <7PIWkunLQ994071yn@oslonett.no>,
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Svein Erik Brostigen <serik@oslonett.no> wrote:
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>3. There is currently no easy way to interconnect to LAN Server or Netware
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> natively, i.e. from Linux.
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Run the free 'samba' server under Linux and let your lanman and WFWG clients
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connect directly.
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>11. Support for ISDN is not generally available.
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Doesn't this belong in a network router instead of a PC card anyway?
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Les Mikesell
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les@mcs.com
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------------------------------
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Date: Tue, 20 Sep 1994 19:01:00 +0200
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From: pit@p2.lxs.baboon.ch (Peter Berger)
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Subject: SEARCH: Clock setting Programm for 24X
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k.dittmann@wizzard.ping.de wrote:
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> I'am searching for an Program named: CLOCK !
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> This tool is designed, to change the clock settings of an
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> Speedstar 24X Graphicsadapter.
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> [...]
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> Where can i get this ???
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Sorry, forgot the name. Grep for "diamond" and/or "speedst" on the ls-lR's of
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sunsite.unc.edu/tsx-11.mit.edu (or better: a mirror).
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> ## CrossPoint v3.0 ##
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Oh, well, unfortunately many users of this soft think that stands for
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crosspost...
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bye,
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Peter
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------------------------------
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From: srvance@unix.secs.oakland.edu (Stephen Vance)
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Subject: Re: Installing a new kernel on the Slackware Boot disk!
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Date: 21 Sep 1994 10:47:47 GMT
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In article onno@dutiag.twi.tudelft.nl (Onno Roep) writes:
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>ckelly@empros.com (Colin Kelly) writes:
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>
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>>In article domen.uninett.no (Olav Kvittem) writes:
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>>|> From: robert@plasma.apana.org.au (Robert Kroes)
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>>|> ...
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>>|> I would like to know how I can create a Slackware boot disk (the one used
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>>|> to install Linux from scratch) and install a kernel of my choice...
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>>|>
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>
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>Well I read about this problem earlier and I posted in short how I did it.
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>So again the story but more extensive.
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>It's a few weeks ago so maybe the story is not complete and reposts are needed.
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>
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>1: take a existing bootfloppy is easy because there is space left
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> for another kernel. You can mount it with mount /dev/fd0 /fd0
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> You can even remove the old kernel on the floppy if there is a
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> space problem.
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>
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> From scratch it is more complicated and at last the same problem
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> must be solved. At least you have to do something like:
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> mkfs /dev/fd0 and you have an emty floppy then mount it etc.
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> But almost everything on a slackware bootdisk is needed.
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> (You must create the devices in /dev create /bin /etc and more )
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>
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>2: make a kernel on your harddisk system
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> copy the kernel to the root of the floppy (/fd0)
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> now the kernel is on a bootflop , the only problem is how to boot
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> from the new kernel
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>
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>3: edit /fd0/etc/lilo.conf and add the kernel just added
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>
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>4: run lilo -r /fd0 lilo with change root to /fd0
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> will change the bootrec on the floppy and add the kernel.
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> This command is essential to solve the problem!!!
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>
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>5: reboot with the changed bootfloppy. You should be able to
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> choose your kernel at the lilo prompt.
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>
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>
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>
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>I hope I didn't forget anything, success!
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Only one thing: having this new kernel prompt for the root disk involves
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a patch to linux/drivers/block/ramdisk.c.
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Steve
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------------------------------
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From: thepadol@VNET.IBM.COM (Peter Dardarananda)
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Date: Thu, 22 Sep 94 16:02:28 DST
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help
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Subject: Re: Help! I'm installin', but I can't boot up!
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In <35rvl1$f4l@strauss.udel.edu> Donald R Lloyd writes:
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>I'm trying to get Linux running on my machine (a VLB/ISA/PCI 486/66, 730meg
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>IDE HD for DOS, 330 meg SCSI-2 HD for Linux, NEC CD-ROM drive) using the
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>slackware release from the august Linux Toolkit CD. Since my nice PCI
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>Adaptec 2940 controller isn't supported under Linux, I've yanked it out
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>and am currently using the 1520 on my SB16 card.
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>
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>I boot linux from the boot & root disks I created (have to enter
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>"ramdisk 152x=aha152x,11,7,1" at the boot: prompt to get it to recognize
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>the controller) and got through setting up the partitions, installing the
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>software, etc. with no problems. However, I have yet to be able to actually
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>use Linux once it's installed on the drive.
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>
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>I've tried booting into Linux several ways:
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>
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>The boot disk Setup created - spews out all kinds of error messages that
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> scroll by too fast to read. Kernel panic, crash.
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>
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>LILO from HD - L1010101010101010101010101010101010101010101.... into infinity
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>
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>LILO from floppy - as above
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>
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>I've been rebooting from the install disks, re-installing the OS (apparently
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>the only way to change the LILO setup from the install disks is to
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>re-install it) and trying to get it to work. I know I need some
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>variation of the aha152x line from above, and have tried a number of appends,
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>but have never been able to boot yet.
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>
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>Can anyone shed some light on what I need to do, or possibly send me an
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>example lilo.conf file to show me what it might be supposed to look like?
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>Or is this not so much a problem with lilo.conf but with LILO itself?
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>
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>--
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>Don Lloyd don@chopin.udel.edu "Mmmmmm.... floor pie."
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>
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>Stuck using a PC, but still an Amiga guy at heart...
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>
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While the SB16 SCSI has the 1520 chipset, it doesn't have the
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bios in rom which should mean that it would be impossible to boot
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any hard disk that is attached to it. I may be wrong, but I'm
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pretty sure I remembered correctly from a prior posting elsewhere
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since I had a similar question when I purchased my SB16SCSI.
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Peter D.
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------------------------------
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Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips
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From: steeg@prl.philips.nl (Patrick vd Steeg)
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Subject: Re: Premiere PCI/II BIOS
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Date: Thu, 22 Sep 1994 06:36:41 GMT
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My computer refused to work with my Conner tape streamer (QIC80)
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until I upgraded to Bios rev. 10. After the upgrade everything worked
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perfectly!! For me this was the most important reason to upgrade, I
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didn't notice any speed difference (I didn't run any benchmarks).
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Hope this helps,
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Patrick van de Steeg
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e-mail: steeg@prl.philips.nl
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--
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||
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Philips Research Laboratories
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Building , Prof. Holstlaan 4, 5656 AA Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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|
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------------------------------
|
||
|
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From: newcombe@aa.csc.peachnet.edu (Dan Newcombe)
|
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Subject: Re: Word Processor for Linux?
|
||
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 1994 13:59:00 UNDEFINED
|
||
|
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In article <1994Sep20.035234.23804@rosevax.rosemount.com> grante@reddwarf.rosemount.com (Grant Edwards) writes:
|
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|
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>I want somethat is either WYSI(exactly)WYG or something like LaTeX.
|
||
|
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Oh no....here come the religious wars again.
|
||
|
||
--
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Dan Newcombe newcombe@aa.csc.peachnet.edu
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-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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"And the man in the mirror has sad eyes." -Marillion
|
||
|
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------------------------------
|
||
|
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From: duffy@dduff@dduff.ppci.com (Dennis Duffner)
|
||
Subject: [Q] FTape patch?
|
||
Reply-To: duffy@dduff.pr.mcs.net
|
||
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 1994 15:22:51 GMT
|
||
|
||
Within the last several days, I've seen posts regarding ftape-1.13b-patched
|
||
and that the patch to fdc-io.c was not correctly. If anyone has the patch,
|
||
would they be willing to post it here? I've asked in c.o.l.help topic about
|
||
this and decided that I needed to cover the bases.
|
||
|
||
The main problem with it now is ftape hangs the process and you can't kill
|
||
the thing until the kernel panics and throws the box into a tizzy.
|
||
|
||
I've got the 1.13b-patched files, as well as the new modutils. I'm running
|
||
1.1.45 on a 486dx system.
|
||
|
||
Thanks.
|
||
|
||
--
|
||
/-------------------------------------------------\
|
||
| Dennis Duffner "No matter where |
|
||
| duffy@dduff.pr.mcs.net you go, there |
|
||
| dduff@golden.ripco.com you are." |
|
||
| #include disclaimer.h Buckaroo Bonzai |
|
||
\-------------------------------------------------/
|
||
|
||
------------------------------
|
||
|
||
From: nlc@cs.nott.ac.uk (Neil L Cook)
|
||
Subject: Reveal Sound FX Card
|
||
Date: Thu, 22 Sep 94 15:16:09 GMT
|
||
|
||
I have a Reveal SoundFX card, model SC400. It supports Soundblaster
|
||
ProII, and MSS. I have it working just fine with Soundblaster Pro
|
||
support built into the kernel. However, the card supports 16 bit
|
||
sound.
|
||
My question is:
|
||
1) Will the Microsoft Sound System support in the newest kernel
|
||
support 16 bt sound using the MSS chip on my card?
|
||
2) Can I use this to play doom with 16bit sound? :-)
|
||
|
||
Neil.
|
||
|
||
|
||
------------------------------
|
||
|
||
Subject: Pentium-optimized compiler is slower then 486 gcc-2.5.8 on P5 !!!
|
||
From: lera@zeus.chem.wvu.edu (Valery Petrov)
|
||
Date: Thu, 22 Sep 1994 14:53:05 GMT
|
||
|
||
Hello Linuxers,
|
||
I thought it would be interesting to know:
|
||
|
||
I've just got a DELL XPS-90 and I installed and tested pentium-optimized gcc-i2.4.0p and the patched version found on sunsite.unc.edu (gcc-i2.5.8p). I've done some benchmarking for
|
||
integer and floating point calculations (plain C) and results for "pentium-optimized: -O4 -mpenium" code turned out to be even slower (5% on integer, 20% on floating point calculations) then the standart distribution gcc-2.5.8 code !!! So, don't mess with that Intel optimized compiler.
|
||
|
||
Valery Petrov.
|
||
Nonlinear Dynamics Research Group.
|
||
Department of Chemistry.
|
||
West Virginia University.
|
||
|
||
|
||
------------------------------
|
||
|
||
Subject: P5-90 MHz beats SGI R4000-100MHz.
|
||
From: lera@zeus.chem.wvu.edu (Valery Petrov)
|
||
Date: Thu, 22 Sep 1994 15:10:10 GMT
|
||
|
||
Some benchmarks comparison:
|
||
|
||
DELL XPS-90 SGI with R4000 cpu (100MHz):
|
||
Integer: 19.2 sec. 23.3 sec.
|
||
Floating point: 200 sec. 199 sec.
|
||
|
||
I used gcc-2.5.8 with Linux-1.1.51 on DELL's Pentium and C 3.18 with Irix 5.2 on Silicon Graphics machine. Programs were written in plain C using double precision for floating point. Considering
|
||
the price difference (similarly equipped SGI is ~3 times more expensive) I wonder who whould like to buy those Indigos nowdays.
|
||
|
||
Valery Petrov.
|
||
Nonlinear Dynamics Research Group.
|
||
Department of Chemistry.
|
||
West Virginia University.
|
||
|
||
|
||
------------------------------
|
||
|
||
From: tadams@wedge (Tom. Adams 529-7860)
|
||
Subject: 486-66 Motherboard recommendations?
|
||
Date: 22 Sep 1994 14:04:10 GMT
|
||
Reply-To: tadams@sbctri.sbc.com
|
||
|
||
I have a 386-40 I'm currently running Linux on. I'm just about to
|
||
move up to a 486-66. I have all ISA cards, and 30 pin simms and
|
||
intend to reuse them. Anybody have recommendations? Any idea how
|
||
much difference in perceived speed I should expect to see?
|
||
|
||
|
||
--
|
||
Tom Adams
|
||
SBC Technology Resources Inc.
|
||
|
||
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|
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