Subject: Linux-Misc Digest #580
From: Digestifier <Linux-Misc-Request@senator-bedfellow.MIT.EDU>
To: Linux-Misc@senator-bedfellow.MIT.EDU
Reply-To: Linux-Misc@senator-bedfellow.MIT.EDU
Date:     Tue, 9 Aug 94 20:13:10 EDT

Linux-Misc Digest #580, Volume #2                 Tue, 9 Aug 94 20:13:10 EDT

Contents:
  pcnfs (Elie_Track)
  Re: How do you read the c.o.l.* groups? (Stefan T Schwingeler)
  Re: How do you read the c.o.l.* groups? (Charles V. Carlson)
  Re: GCC / Cache Internal Error Problem (David A. Ranch)
  Re: MCA SCSI Adapters for Linux? (Al Longyear)
  NYC Linux at Hackers Conf. SAT, Aug13 (ACC Corp.)
  term tmon 9600 (Bill McCarthy)
  Driver for Digiboard PC/8 (Sevananda Adari)
  Comp.os.linux.* listed in Linux Journal? (Robert Ashcroft)
  STB Powergraph VL-24 and Xfree86 2.1 Configuration problems (Christopher Mckay)
  Re: Free Motif GUI and API (clone) for Linux (Warner Losh)
  Problem with multiple tar-archive (Peter Mann)
  Re: Anyone assembling custom LINUX systems? (Phil Hughes)
  iBCS EMULATOR??? (Mike Jagdis)
  mounting Sony CDU33a/PAS16: Cannot read superblock (George A. Kiewicz)
  GCC / Cache Internal Error Problem (Todd Ignasiak)

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From: hypres@dorsai.org (Elie_Track)
Subject: pcnfs
Date: Tue, 9 Aug 1994 15:28:25 GMT

Does anybody know of a pcnfs program?  I have a copy from NCSA.
telnet works well, but ftp does not.  It usually takes a couple
of attempts to do file transfer.  ftp does not work with files
more than a few MB.  Please respond by posting or e-mail
to hypres@dorsai.dorsai.org.

Thanks



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From: sts@wits.ruhr.de (Stefan T Schwingeler)
Subject: Re: How do you read the c.o.l.* groups?
Date: Tue, 9 Aug 1994 15:07:02 GMT

Hallo,

Im Artikel <Cu8uJ3.3Ew@watserv2.uwaterloo.ca> schreibst Du, Zygo Blaxell <zblaxell@calum.csclub.uwaterloo.ca>:
>In article <Cu8nBL.q0@pe1chl.ampr.org>, Rob Janssen <pe1chl@rabo.nl> wrote:
>>In <1994Aug4.094110.7248@desaster.student.uni-tuebingen.de> michaelw@desaster.student.uni-tuebingen.de (Michael Will) writes:
>>>las@light-house.uucp writes:
>>>>: I use nn and the space bar.
>>>when I have a lot of time - me too. but usualy I just go through it
>>>scanning for keywords in the subject like "PCI", "NCR" or whatever
>>>I took interest in the last time I had time :)

One step further is strn: it is a complete trn, and adds the facility
to use "scores" for authors and keywords. (it`s in beta, but not
broken for me.)


ftp.uu.net:/news/trn/strn/strn-0.9.2.tar.gz

Strn version 0.9.2 notes

        This version of strn includes the trn code through version 3.4.1.

        Send comments and questions to Clifford Adams at the following
        address: caadams@access.digex.net

Changes from 0.9.1:
    o The trn code through version 3.4.1 is included, which fixes many bugs
      and includes a couple new features.
        * A few crash bugs were fixed.
        * When an NNTP connection times out, strn will now attempt to restore
          the connection.
    o Group scan and virtual newsgroup files may be shared via the
      World Wide Web using Uniform Resource Locators (URLs).
      (At this time only the HTTP subset of URLs are supported, but FTP
       support is planned.)
      See the group scan and virtual scan online documentation for details
      and a sample site.
    o Group scan files can contain labels, allowing multiple menus within
      a single file.  See the group scan documentation.
    o A new file "hier_groups" is included in the distribution, containing
      a set of menus covering most of USENET in a beginner-friendly way.
    o Scoring is much less verbose by default.  Use the online configuration
      (the scoring section) if you want more information.
    o The RUNBACK #define has been removed--the background scoring
      code is always compiled now.
    o Minor documentation changes have been made, including the JOB file.
      (I'm still looking, although I have a temporary non-computer job.)
    o The following files in the strn library directory are now
      updated automatically when install.strn or install.full is run:
        newsnews.strn  (old copy in strnnews.old)
        default_topic  (old copy in default.old)
        hier_groups    (old copy in hier.old)
      See the "Installation" help files for details.



Mit freundlichem Gru3
Stefan

-- 
Stefan T Schwingeler            <sts@wits.ruhr.de>              44149 Dortmund
GCS d++@ p c++ l++ u+ e++ m+ s n+ h(---) f+ g++(-) w+ t+ r y+
Every living thing wants to survive.
                -- Spock, "The Ultimate Computer", stardate 4731.3

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From: carlsc@medtronic.COM (Charles V. Carlson)
Subject: Re: How do you read the c.o.l.* groups?
Date: 9 Aug 1994 14:05:40 GMT

Torsten "Teg" Grust (Teggy@heim2.tu-clausthal.de) wrote:
: Hello *,  

:       just wondering how all of you manage to handle the enormous traffic
: produced by the newsgroups belonging to comp.os.linux.*? Of course, I like
: to read all of them, better yet, all articles... but it's just not practical
: for obvious reasons. Do you grep for keywords, leave out a group (or more),
: just read (and post) when you need assistance, read for relaxation in the
: evening, or what?

I don't bother with any article with brainded subject lines such as:
"info wanted!"
"Help, whats wrong?"
"Now what?"
"It just core dumps!"

I DO read subject lines that are of the form:
"Info wanted on ...."
"Help needed with ...."
"zipzap 1.0 core dumps"

If a person can't take the time to put in a decent subject, they
probably haven't taken the time to solve the problem on their own!

Charles



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From: dranch@ecst.csuchico.edu (David A. Ranch)
Subject: Re: GCC / Cache Internal Error Problem
Date: 9 Aug 1994 21:23:35 GMT

In article <328ec4$8pq@eccdb1.pms.ford.com>,
Todd Ignasiak <tji@tictac.fs.ford.com> wrote:

>Is this problem seen only with a certain motherboard/chipset combination?
>I think my current motherboard is an Opti chipset board, with an AMI Bios.

Todd,

There isn't any reason to replace the motherboard yet.  I've had a few instances
where I had a bad cache chip.  If you can, swap out your existing cache chips
with some known good ones.  Again, try to see if GCC fails.  

If it doesn't, then you know its one of those chips.  Then, going by pairs, 
replace the cache chips with your querstionable ones.  Eventually, something 
will fail.  Then swap out one chip and find the culprit!

If it does still fail.. you may indeeed have a bad board.


-- 
 /------------------------------------------------------------------------\
 |  David A. Ranch [CMPE Major]                 dranch@ecst.csuchico.edu  |
 |                                             sysop@trinity.chico.ca.us  |
 |                                                                        |

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Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware,de.comp.os.linux
From: longyear@netcom.com (Al Longyear)
Subject: Re: MCA SCSI Adapters for Linux?
Date: Tue, 9 Aug 1994 20:37:34 GMT

wmiller@vyonous.kennesaw.edu (Wade T. Miller) writes:

>Klaus Kudielka (kkudielk@cacofonix.nt.tuwien.ac.at) wrote:

>: I'm trying to set up a IBM PS/2 Model 95 for Linux. The most important part
>: I need is a Microchannel SCSI Adapter which is fully compatible with any
>: ISA/EISA Adapter supported by Linux.

>: The Linux SCSI-HOWTO says:

>: >Drivers in the distribution kernel :
>: >
>: >Adaptec 152x, Adaptec 154x (including clones from Bustek and DTC 329x 

>: I have already found two adapters which MIGHT be compatible, but I am not
>: sure:

>: 1) Adaptec AHA-1640. Is it 100% compatible to the AHA-1540? Does anybody
>:    use it with Linux? 

>: Klaus

>It is doubtful that either MCA controller will work with linux now or
>ever.  MCA is a proprietary bus architecture and IBM is not giving out
>the specs without a non-disclosure agreement.  Hence the source for the 
>driver cannot be released without violating that agreement.  Invest in a 
>more compatible motherboard.

Everyone is entitled to make mistakes in their life. I hope that this
was your last one.

There is a large difference between the specifications for the bus and
the specifications for the adapter cards which go into the bus. Unless
you are designing hardware, the specifications for the bus have little
to do with life.

IBM has always offered the specifications for the MCA bus to anyone
who wanted to build an adapter card. These specifications included the
timing, connector layouts, signal definitions, and various other
things needed to design an interface card which would plug into the
MCA bus. (I know this to be the case as we have the specifications and
have built MCA cards.)

What IBM tried to do originally was prevent you from building the
mother-board with the MCA bus. You could design all the cards that you
wanted -- provided they went into the IBM mother-board. It took Tandy to
break the deadlock.

Adaptec has always offered the programming specifications for their
adapters. It may cost some money for the book, but it comes with no
strings attached. There are no NDAs to sign. You may have to pay for
the printing, shipping, and handling. Once you have the specification,
it is fairly straight-forward to modify an existing Adaptec 1542
driver to support the MCA version of the card. (I didn't say easy. I
said straight-forward. It is a matter of skill, not creativity.)

At the present time, I am not aware that Linux supports the MCA based
computers. There are inherent differences between them and the ISA bus
machines.

* Interrupts are properly designed to be _level_ sensitive and not
  the kludgey _edge_ sensitive that they are in the ISA card. Interrupts
  can actually be shared on the MCA bus without the TTL problems of the
  ISA bus.

* The PIC timer interrupt needs a reset strobe to clear the request.

* The serial drivers need some changes for their processing.

* The mouse is usually the PS/2 type.

* There is a different IDE disk controller. There is a preliminary
  driver for it now.

* Finally, the device parameters are set in the POS registers and not
  in the dip switches. The POS registers need to be read and the device
  configured correctly. It also means that the MCA port does not need to
  do dumb things like "look for ROM signatures" or go probing around for
  addresses.

These are my opinions -- from someone helped write and then ported our
multiuser, multitasking operating system to the PS/2 models 70 and 80
(both MCA class machines.)
-- 
Al Longyear           longyear@netcom.com

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From: info@acc-corp.com (ACC Corp.)
Subject: NYC Linux at Hackers Conf. SAT, Aug13
Date: Tue, 9 Aug 1994 16:55:40 GMT



Here is the agenda of the H.O.P.E. conference in New York City this weekend.

The New York City Linux Users Group is co-sponsoring the Linux session on
Saturday afternoon.  Registration is $25 for all sessions during the
weekend, you can register at the door.

Come meet other Linux'rs and discuss answers to your unusual Linux
application with people who have likely had some experience.  Linux books,
and CD's will be available at discounts for those without good net access.

(NB you do not have to describe yourself as a "hacker" to get into this
conference or to learn a lot from it.  There will be lots of regular folk
involved as well :-)


>Hackers On Planet Earth  H.O.P.E.
>Saturday, August 13th, 12 noon
>to Sunday, August 14th, 11:59 pm
>Hotel Pennsylvania, New York City, 18th Floor
>401 7th AVE,  across the street from Penn Station on 33rd.
>(People helping to set up the ethernet can come by Friday night.)
>
>For full registration info, call (516) 751-2600 or
>email/finger info@hope.net
>-----------------------------------------------------------------
>NETWORK MUSIC PROVIDED IN PART BY SUB-POP
>
>OPENING ADDRESS WELCOMING HACKERS TO NEW YORK WILL BE GIVEN BY
>EX-CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY EMPLOYEE ROBERT STEELE.
>
>LINUX,  SATURDAY THE 13TH 2PM TO 4PM
>
>Linux is the Freely Distributable Unix clone available by ftp
>from many sites on the Internet.  It is a remarkably complete and
>stable OS for intel-based PC's that is a direct result of the
>existence of the Internet, which allowed for the cooperative
>development team of volunteers to communicate in real time during
>their development of their respective parts of the project. Linux
>continues to enjoy rapid development and is already a viable and
>popular alternative to commercial Unix OS's.  It is being
>installed in basements and at commercial, academic, and
>governmental organizations around the world. Michael Johnston,
>developer of the new Slackware Professional Linux package (in
>partnership with Patrick Volkerding, author of the Slackware
>distribution of Linux on the net), will speak on the differences
>between the different Linux distributions available "for free" by
>ftp on the Internet, and in particular the changes in Slackware
>(the most popular Linux distribution on the net) between versions
>1.2 and the new 2.0.
>----------
>
>OTHER TOPICS INCLUDE:
>----------
>
>FUN WITH PAGERS
>Hosted by Thomas Icom
>----------
>CELLULAR
>
>OK, how is it done, really? We've all heard about cellular phone
>cloning but how many of us have had the guts to actually do it
>ourselves?  You will also see first
>hand the risks of using a cellular phone.
>Hosted by Bernie S. and Count Zero
>----------
>THE N.Y.C. METROCARD
>
>New York City has just introduced a brand new farecard system for
>mass transit, one unlike any other in the United States. We have
>been gathering data on this system for some time now. We expect to have
>representatives of the Metropolitan Transit Authority on hand to answer
>questions and keep a nervous eye on us.
>----------
>CHAOS COMPUTER CLUB
>
>For many years now, Germany's Chaos Computer Club has been making
>headlines all over the world for all kinds of mischief.  For the
>first time ever, the CCC will be in this country to answer
>questions and share information of all sorts.
>----------
>HACK-TIC
>
>Although it's almost entirely in Dutch, Hack-Tic and the many
>people involved in its production have been the inspiration for
>hackers all over the planet.  We will hear their story and find out about all
>of the technological projects they're involved in.
>----------
>SOCIAL ENGINEERING
>
>By far one of the most effective ways of getting information is
>the art of social engineering. You are welcome to participate in
>our social engineering contest - we give you an operator and you
>go as far as you can.
>----------
>UPDATE ON ITALIAN HACKER CRACKDOWN
>
>Recently, one of the largest computer raids in history took place
>in Italy, focusing its attention on Fidonet. The investigation
>and the overall oppressive atmosphere are continuing. An update
>from an eyewitness.
>----------
>HOW DO HACKERS HANDLE MALICIOUS USERS?
>
>With so many new people being drawn to the net every day, the
>criminal element is bound to become more visible. This means
>users who destroy files, wipe entire systems, harrass users, and
>cause intentional pandemonium.  You'll hear stories, experiences,
>suggestions, arguments, etc. from experts and non-experts alike.
>----------
>BOXING
>
>Contrary to popular belief, boxing is not dead. 
>Cellular and cordless tricks.
>Hosted by Billsf and Kevin Crow.
>----------
>AUTHORS
>
>Steven Levy (Hackers), Winn Schwartau (Terminal Compromise),
>Paul Tough (Harpers, Esquire), Paul Bergsman (Control The World
>With Your Computer), Julian Dibbel (Village Voice, Spin).
>----------
>WEARABLE COMPUTERS AND CHORDIC INPUT
>
>Doug Platt of Select Tech will be walking around the HOPE
>conference wearing and demonstrating a computer of his own design
>that will be connected live to the Internet via wireless
>technology. Doug will be reporting live on the HOPE conference
>via the Internet as he walks around.
>----------
>HISTORY OF 2600
>
>How did it all start? How did it almost never happen at all? Are
>our phones tapped? What's the craziest letter we ever got? Who
>are the people behind the names? How many lawsuits have we been
>threatened with? What do the covers mean? Where is it all
>leading? Get the picture?
>----------
>FULL DISCLOSURE - LIVE SHORTWAVE BROADCAST FROM HOPE
>
>Learn all about Full Disclosure, a magazine many consider to be
>as dangerous as 2600! Free copies will be available.  On Sunday
>at 8 pm a live call-in from HOPE to "Full Disclosure Live" will
>take place on international shortwave on WWCR at 5810 KHz
>shortwave.
>----------
>LEG
ACC Bookstores
"Home of the PC UNIX - Linux Catalog"
1 (800) 546-7274
info@acc-corp.com

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From: bmccarth@gulfaero.com (Bill McCarthy)
Subject: term tmon 9600
Date: 9 Aug 1994 12:51:06 -0400

Keywords: term 9600 baud tmon

Hiya:

Just got my new USR Sportster 14.4. Can't get it up pst 9600 on my dialin
connection, though. the remote box won't take more'n 96. Anyway... I sholdn't
kick, but.... my tmon cps averages out to about 965. Is this slow for the
speed I'm at? I think I've got the term flags set so the connection is
smooth - I have -s 9600 -w 10 -c 150. 

Default compression is on. Any thoughts, suggestions, advice? Don't get me wrongi like running at 9600 as opposed to 2400, and tMosaic is much better. Just
wondering about the performance. TIA




Bill McCarthy
bmccarth@gulfaero.com

"Isn't it pretty to think so."
TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT\__Jake Barnes___________________________
LinuX + i486dx2/66 
usual disclaimer 

 
   

 

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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.help
From: seva@ulysses.att.com (Sevananda Adari)
Subject: Driver for Digiboard PC/8
Date: Tue, 9 Aug 1994 19:48:17 GMT


Are there any drivers available for Digiboard PC/8? If there are,
please point me to the ftp site/location from where I can get
them. I checked with the company and they don't have any for Linux
yet.

If there are no drivers available, then info on drivers that come
close to Digiboard PC/8, but need some tweaking is appreciated. 


                                Thanks

                                Seva

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From: rna@leland.Stanford.EDU (Robert Ashcroft)
Subject: Comp.os.linux.* listed in Linux Journal?
Date: 9 Aug 1994 21:59:58 GMT

Does Linux Journal list the linux newsgroups anywhere in the issue?

(mine are loaned to a friend at the moment, or I would scour them
myself).

It seems to me that a nice "Linux Resources" page (or half page, or
quarter page) might be a good idea for the LJ, say near the masthead,
or under the index.  That way anyone new to Linux could see that
the newsgroups exist, and such things as sunsite, etc, which would
give them an immediate pointer to more information.

RNA




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From: cmckay@larry.wyvern.com (Christopher Mckay)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help
Subject: STB Powergraph VL-24 and Xfree86 2.1 Configuration problems
Date: 9 Aug 94 16:49:08 GMT

I am having trouble getting X setup to run on my system. I am only able
to get the generic svga x server to run in 640x480, and the monochrome
server to run in the same mode. I was wondering if someone who has gotten
Xfree 86 2.1 and their STB Powergraph VL-24 to run in a higher mode such as
1024x768 or 800x600 coule send me their xconfig file as well as which 
server they used. This is really frustrating and I would greatly appreciate
it if anyone could help. Thanks a lot.
                                        Chris
                                        cmckay@infi.net


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From: imp@boulder.parcplace.com (Warner Losh)
Subject: Re: Free Motif GUI and API (clone) for Linux
Date: Tue, 9 Aug 1994 16:39:22 GMT

>: : What has happened to OI? Isn't it freely available any more?

Yes.  It is still freely available.  However, the folks that maintain
the compilers and what not have broken the compiler and at the same
time broken binary compatibility.  When the 2.6.x releases settle
down, I hope to put together a newer version of OI.  I've appended the
note on how to make OI work with the current state of the Linux world.

In article <32618m$142@news1.svc.portal.com> jkf@shell.portal.com (Jon
Fo) writes: 
>I think OI would certainly be 
>the way to go _if it is freely available_.  OI allows you to develop user 
>interface code that can be both Open Look and OSF/Motif compliant, at least 
>in look-and-feel.  I believe you can select between the two at runtime.  

OI on Linux is freely available in binary form.

OI does allow you to switch between the two at runtime.  You can even
switch on the fly, if you desire.

Warner

To: linux-activists@joker.cs.hut.fi
Subject: Re: X-Mn-Key: OI 
X-Mn-Key: OI

: I have just received my new Slackware CD-ROM Release III. At first I found it
: lacking of the complete OI stuff. There was still a note that the OI
: stuff was moved to a pup/old/linux directory due to
: incompatibilities with the libc.so.4.4.4.

The problem is that 1) names of structures for FILE changed, so that
we needed to patch libOI to account for this (HJ Lu basically creaetd
these patches) and 2) g++ 2.5.8 is a) badly broken and b) not binary
compatible with previous releases.

The upshot of all of this is that you need to do the following:

        1) Install libc 4.5.x (with that CD, this should be default)
        2) Install OI
        3) Install OI patches[*]
        4) Install g++ 2.4.5[**]
        5) Install gcc and g++ 2.5.8

and you should be able to compile your programs "g++ -V 2.4.5" and
life will be good.  It is important that 3 come after 2 and 5 come
after 4.  1 is required for gcc 2.5.8 to run at all.

[*] available in
tsx-11.mit.edu:pub/linux/packages/OI/OI-4.0-gcc-2.5.patches.tar.gz

[**] available in tsx-11.mit.edu:pub/linux/packages/OI/gxx245.tgz

Warner
-- 
Warner Losh             imp@boulder.parcplace.COM       ParcPlace Boulder
"... but I can't promote you to "Prima Donna" unless you demonstrate a few
 more serious personality disorders"

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From: mann@hrz-ws1.hrz.uni-kassel.de (Peter Mann)
Subject: Problem with multiple tar-archive
Date: 9 Aug 1994 16:15:16 GMT

Hi,

does someone know how can I read a multiple diskette tar-archive, 
which is written on AIX. I use linux-tar with -M option. The
first diskette does work correctly, but behind I put the second
diskette its apears a error message from tar. 

Peter
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help
From: fyl@eskimo.com (Phil Hughes)
Subject: Re: Anyone assembling custom LINUX systems?
Date: Tue, 9 Aug 1994 15:01:18 GMT

The following companies advertise complete Linux systems in Linux Journal:
  Fintronic -- linux-sales@fintronic.com, 415-325-4474
  PromoX Systems -- promox@cup.portal.com, 408-733-2966
  SW Technology -- swt@netcom.com, 214-907-0871

I don't have any first-hand experience with ny of these vendors.  Linux
Journal welcomes letters to the editor and feedback about these companies
(as well as any other companies that supply Linux-related products is
welcome).  You can e-mail letters to ljeditor@sunsite.unc.edu or mail to
Linux Journal, P.O. Box 85867, Seattle, WA 98145-1867.  Or even FAX them
to (206) 527-2806.

--
Phil Hughes, Publisher, Linux Journal (206) 527-3385
usually phil@fylz.com, sometimes fyl@eskimo.com

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From: jaggy@purplet.demon.co.uk (Mike Jagdis)
Subject: iBCS EMULATOR???
Date: Mon, 8 Aug 1994 22:23:00 +0000

* In message <1994Aug8.060713.20886@news.etc.bc.ca>, Norm Walker said:

NW> Why is the iBCS package refered to as an emulator... it adds
NW> binary compatability not emulating per se.

Binary compatibility tends to imply handling for a particular format of 
binary. As well as that we have to emulate the behaviour of system calls and 
subsystems which do not correspond to the POSIX-ish flavours used by Linux. 
As well as that we try to identify what type of system the binary was 
compiled on so we can correctly emulate vendor specific extensions/kludges 
to the base standards. Binary compatibility gets the program in to memory - 
from there on we emulate the OS it expects to be running under.

                                Mike  
 

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From: gkiewicz@PROBLEM_WITH_INEWS_GATEWAY_FILE (George A. Kiewicz)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help
Subject: mounting Sony CDU33a/PAS16: Cannot read superblock
Date: 9 Aug 1994 17:14:58 GMT
Reply-To: gkiewicz@eccdb1.pms.ford.com

I have a MediaVision FusionLX package with a ProAudioSpectrum sound
card and a Sony cdu33a cdrom on a plain old 486SX33 with 16MB ram, no
networking or scsi cards.

Using distributed kernels 1.0 -> 1.1.41, I can't mount the cdrom at all.
I've taken the advice to other poor souls in my boat in these groups, but I
keep getting 'Cannot read superblock' messages after trying to mount.
The images from the June 1994 InfoMagic/Slackware2.0 v1.0.9 CDs could not mount
either.

The /var/adm/messages file has an entry something like
'Sony CDU33a error 0x01 (scd_open, spinup)'

The odd thing, I had a TransAmeritech CD months ago with an image I was able
to use. When I rebuild the kernel then, I did have the problem, but *somewhere*
I read about a patch to the cdu31a.c driver and it fixed that version. However,
since I loaded newer kernels over the old one, I lost the patch ;-(

Has anybody with a similar configuration gotten their Sony to mount? Lotsa
people in these groups would like to know how. The CDROM-HOWTO and the install
docs mentioned the Sony, but it didn't apply to my situation. Please post!

Thanks.

---
George Kiewicz
gkiewicz@eccdb1.pms.ford.com
"My Opinions Are My Own"

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From: tji@tictac.fs.ford.com (Todd Ignasiak)
Subject: GCC / Cache Internal Error Problem
Date: 9 Aug 1994 17:28:36 GMT


I'm looking for some more information on the problem some users were
experiencing related to a cache problem on some motherboards.  When 
re-compiling the kernel, I get gcc internal errors which others have said
are caused by the cache.  I disabled my external cache, and the problems
ceased.  I don't want to waste the 256K of cache, so I'd like to get a new
motherboard..  but I'd like to avoid having the same problem with the new
motherboard.

Is this problem seen only with a certain motherboard/chipset combination?
I think my current motherboard is an Opti chipset board, with an AMI Bios.

I can trade it in for a CIS motherboard with an Award Bios, would this one
have a better chance of working correctly?

Any information I can get on this problem would be helpfull.

-tji
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Todd Ignasiak                                                Ford Motor Company
tji@tictac.fs.ford.com                              Telecommunications Services

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