Re: Fonts->Rectangles,Install with separate controller.
On Fri, 2001-12-14 at 17:51, Adam Bogacki wrote:
> Any backup tips ? I wrote an M.A.(Hons) thesis on a CP/M based
> MicroBee, copying everything to a separate floppy kept in a safe place.
> I have, to date, not had the same need in Linux but it is an issue
> I will have to get on top of ... I have a number of blank CD's I
> have not started using. What is the appropriate CD burning deb ?
Start using Google, Google Groups and linxudoc.org
In this case you'll want to read the CD Writing HOWTO:
http://linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/CD-Writing-HOWTO.html
> ... & what are the relative merits of using tape ?
I don't know.
> I'm now using XF86Config but would happily upgrade to v.4 if it could be
> done painlessly.
You would research to see if XFree86 4.1.0 supports your video card.
> > > I'm currently running a dual boot system with Win98 on hda (20G)
> > > and Woody (10G) on hdb. I have also installed a removable 40G HD
> > > on which I plan to install Potato 2.2r4 and use it as a home server.
> > > My idea was to get it up as 'hdc' and then do a 'dist-upgrade' on hdb,
> > > having something as a backup in case things go wrong.
> > >
> > > I have been through the Debian install process a few times
> > > but on this occasion I find that it does not seem to be recognising
> > > 'hdc'. A few screens into the process. when it asks me about
> > > partitions, it assumes that I am on 'hdb'. I might be wrong, but
> > > when I installed it on hdb, it seemed to automagically recognise
> > > it.
> > >
> > hdc might be using a different controller unsupported by the install
> > disk? (unlikely)
>
> That might be a valid point. 'hdc' is on a separate controller:
> at the time it was put in I had ideas of 'RAID'ing hdb and hdc
> - I had read that it is a limitation of the IDE/ATAPI protocol
> that simultaneous read/writes cannot be done to two different drives by
> the same controller.
>
> The controller is the Ultra 100TX2 by Promise Technology, Inc.,
> http://www.promise.com
>
> Is there a problem with Deb install support ? (surely unlikely)
Surely unlikely?!? I don't even think ATA-100 controllers even existed
at the time the Debian install disks were created.
I doubt the ReiserFS UDMA-66 install disks would even support it either.
That will be the reason why the installer cannot see the controller.
> > You computer many not be able to boot from the second hard disk
> > controller? (likely)
>
> The Ultra100 TX2 manual has a 'Troubleshooting' section re.
> "any difficulties with the hard drive being recognised by the card"
> but it all seems to be within the Win/DOS tradition.
>
> It refers to the 'Ultra100 TX2 BIOS' but I have seen no sign of it.
> How do I access it ?
Try Google or Google Groups.
No luck there? try posting (for example) to the newsgroups
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage or comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
You are expecting a lot of specific hardware knowledge from a general
Debian User mailing list. If you're lucky you might hit the right
person.
> The only one which makes sense to me is
>
> "PROBLEM: Miscellaneous problems such as the Ultra100 TX2 BIOS not
> appearing during boot, the ULTRA100 TX2 driver not loading, or slow data
> transfer rates.
>
> SOLUTION: Move the Ultra100 TX2 to a different PCI slot."
>
> Hmmm ... that implies taking the box back to the computer shop and
> (i.a.) asking why the supposedly 256MB RAM is only being recognised
> as 128MB by the system. I don't like hassling the techies if I can't
> fix it myself, but ...
This just implies trying the Ultra100 TX2 card in a different PCI slot!
No big deal. But if you're not technically inclined do take the box back
to the computer shop.
> > You might want to try out one of these sets of boot disks (e.g. if you
> > want to install a ReisferFS file system on your boot partition):
> >
> > http://www.digitaltux.com/
>
> I've thought about that. There is someone on www.debian.org offering
> a bootleg ReiserFS but I want hdc to be a very stable server.
> I understand that Mandrake and RH now have it and I'm waiting for
> it to be debianised. Would installing it on the boot partition
> compromise anything ?
You say "I understand that Mandrake and RH now have it". But I just
pointed you to Debian ReiserFS install disks--so Debian has it too. In
fact installing a boot ReiserFS partition has been easy on Debian before
it ever became easy on Redhat.
But your concerns and questions indicate that you would be best to stick
to whatever is standard before experimenting further.
Good luck!
Regards,
Adam
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