PCMCIA config
I have some time on my hands, so I am busy getting PCMCIA to work on my new Acer travelmate 512T with O2Micro OZ6832/6833 Card Bus Controller . I'm running a Slink system. I downloaded the 2.2.10 kernel source and baked a new kernel (took six minutes), installed it and it worked. Then downloaded the latest pcmcia source code (3.0.14) and followed the instructions to install. It gave me all thumbs up. Now when I invoke /etc/init.d/pcmcia start it still hangs the machine. I guess I did something wrong or didn't do something at all with the /etc/pcmcia/conf_opts file, so would somebody be so kind to post or mail me a working conf_opts file for me to compare with my own? Tnx, -- Hans
Toshiba T1910
Problem - I have 123M of HDD to work with on my Toshiba 486 laptop- I was just going to install Linux on it, but my T1910 uses a .exe file to manipulate BIOS settings, and this file runs under MS-DOS. SO . . .will Linux allow access to BIOS settings some other way, OR, can I run MS-DOS emulation software if I need to alter the BIOS, or do I need to set up a separate bootable partition with MS-DOS, OR does it not really matter? Can anyone help me with this dilemma? aa
Re: Toshiba T1910
If you can boot from a floppy, that might be the easiest thing.
Re: Toshiba T1910
alex aitkin wrote: > Problem - I have 123M of HDD to work with on my Toshiba 486 laptop- I was > just going to install Linux on it, but my T1910 uses a .exe file to > manipulate BIOS settings, and this file runs under MS-DOS. SO . . .will > Linux allow access to BIOS settings some other way, OR, can I run MS-DOS > emulation software if I need to alter the BIOS, or do I need to set up a > separate bootable partition with MS-DOS, OR does it not really matter? > > Can anyone help me with this dilemma? > And what about a DOS boot diskette? Felipe.
zip installation
can I install from an external zip drive? anyone? aa
Re: Basic advice: READ the hardware compat list!! (was Re: Some basic advice needed.)
Hoi Hans, It's easy to do pcmcia with Tomsrtbt. Just /usr/sbin/pcmcia start if I'm not wrong. You should be able to insert and remove all cards you want when it's running. Good luck! Groets, Ookhoi > Thank you for flaming at me - which shows concern - and your wise words. I > was maybe a little careless in my wording, which maybe displayed some > carelessness, but this is not me. > > To explain a little further: I'm living in Taiwan, the biggest OEM producer > of notebooks in the world. Things here work decidedly different than in the > US or Europe (where I'm originally from). Dell is unheard of, Toshiba > doesn't sell too well, Twinhead somewhat better (they have lousy service > though), but most notebooks are brand-less OEM models dumped on the local > market. If they carry a brand at all it is usually the name of the factory, > in Chinese. The stuff is good, nothing wrong with the quality and spec, and > if you want service you just go to the manufacturer directly, not the shop > you bought it from. > > This "no-name" or "local-name" stuff doesn't limit itself to notebooks. > I've bought many PC components which were brand less and worked fine. You > buy it, test is and if it works you keep it. When I started with Linux I > routinely scanned the hardware compatibility list and I still do. Problem > is that most brands on the list are not sold in Taiwan, hard to find or are > really expensive. If you look for specific chip sets you might have more > luck in finding something compatible. > > I've been researching notebooks for already half a year and settled for > Acer because they have a strong line and world wide service. Their prices > are about 10% lower than those in the States. VGA server checked, APM too, > the "Linux on Laptop" homepage lists the model I want to buy and last time > I was in the shop I already ran "Tomsrtbt" which worked fine. I am sure > about these things, the only thing not sure to me was how PCMCIA worked. We > already bought one notebook from the shop in question, for my girl (who > doesn't want Linux on it) and the owner will let me test the machine any > way I want it (except crash tests :-) I know how to quickly set up an PPP > connection to my ISP, so the modem card will be easy to check. True, the > network card will be somewhat more difficult, but if it is recognized at > boot up I am willing to take the risk and spend US$30 on it. (I saw a > modem/eth-combo-card in another shop for almost US$180, so maybe that > explains why I rather use the "try-an-see-if-it-works method). > > So rest assured: I maybe a little new with Linux (6 months now) and with > laptops (0 months), but I'm not a fool. I will take the hardware > compatibility list with me (always do when I go shopping) and if I can make > sure that what I buy is on the list, the better. If it is not, but it works > fine, then I'll still buy it. > > Again apologies. I know that my mail would generate some agitation and I > usually don't write mails to the list like them. But after another 16 hours > working day I can hardly keep my eyes open to read another HOWTO and as > said before, once I have this laptop I am much more flexible to try things > out and to RTFM, so no more mails from me than :-) Bear with me. -- Hans > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: zip installation
On Wed, 25 Aug 1999, alex aitkin wrote: > can I install from an external zip drive? anyone? Yes. I am currently using a Zip Plus 100 through the paralell port on my Toshiba 510CDT. There's a 'mock' scsi drive that you need to compile in order to use it. A HOW-TO and the driver can be found at http://njtcom.com/dansie/zip-drive.html. Good Luck, John Huckelba Programmer/Analyst Job Corps Data Center San Marcos, Texas
Re: zip installation
Yes, you can, but you'll need to start with the boot disks since LInux won't recognize the ZIP disk right off the bat. A few disks in, and the installation will let you mount your ZIPs and switch over. I believe you have to go through the module selection, then it will let you mount the ZIP. -Jay
problems with exim, sendmail, qmail....
I have Dell Inspiron 7000, with a ethernet card as well as a modem
card. I'm attempting to set up a mail transfer agent so that while at
work (ethernet) it works fine, and while at home (modem) it only sends
mail while connected, otherwise it queue's them (or just normal mail
transfer agent activity while in dialup mode). Now, I've been told
this is a simple feat, especially for exim which was designed with
laptops in mind (this is what I was told). I haven't been able to
figure out heads or tails on how to get this to work... any
suggestions?
What I've gotten so far is, exim to work sort of. Fetchmail brings in
the mail to /var/spool/mail${USER}
and then exim wakes up and says, "Oooo, look, mail!" and sends it
out...the problem is that it mails it saying it can't find the address
that the mail requested, which is bogus cause the mail requested the
address located on the server that I just used fetchmail to receive.
Any thoughts would be appreciated, I'm stumpted for the time being.
-James Moss
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PCMCIA config
I have some time on my hands, so I am busy getting PCMCIA to work on my new Acer travelmate 512T with O2Micro OZ6832/6833 Card Bus Controller . I'm running a Slink system. I downloaded the 2.2.10 kernel source and baked a new kernel (took six minutes), installed it and it worked. Then downloaded the latest pcmcia source code (3.0.14) and followed the instructions to install. It gave me all thumbs up. Now when I invoke /etc/init.d/pcmcia start it still hangs the machine. I guess I did something wrong or didn't do something at all with the /etc/pcmcia/conf_opts file, so would somebody be so kind to post or mail me a working conf_opts file for me to compare with my own? Tnx, -- Hans
Toshiba T1910
Problem - I have 123M of HDD to work with on my Toshiba 486 laptop- I was just going to install Linux on it, but my T1910 uses a .exe file to manipulate BIOS settings, and this file runs under MS-DOS. SO . . .will Linux allow access to BIOS settings some other way, OR, can I run MS-DOS emulation software if I need to alter the BIOS, or do I need to set up a separate bootable partition with MS-DOS, OR does it not really matter? Can anyone help me with this dilemma? aa
Re: Toshiba T1910
If you can boot from a floppy, that might be the easiest thing.
Re: Toshiba T1910
alex aitkin wrote: > Problem - I have 123M of HDD to work with on my Toshiba 486 laptop- I was > just going to install Linux on it, but my T1910 uses a .exe file to > manipulate BIOS settings, and this file runs under MS-DOS. SO . . .will > Linux allow access to BIOS settings some other way, OR, can I run MS-DOS > emulation software if I need to alter the BIOS, or do I need to set up a > separate bootable partition with MS-DOS, OR does it not really matter? > > Can anyone help me with this dilemma? > And what about a DOS boot diskette? Felipe.
zip installation
can I install from an external zip drive? anyone? aa
Re: Basic advice: READ the hardware compat list!! (was Re: Some basic advice needed.)
Hoi Hans, It's easy to do pcmcia with Tomsrtbt. Just /usr/sbin/pcmcia start if I'm not wrong. You should be able to insert and remove all cards you want when it's running. Good luck! Groets, Ookhoi > Thank you for flaming at me - which shows concern - and your wise words. I > was maybe a little careless in my wording, which maybe displayed some > carelessness, but this is not me. > > To explain a little further: I'm living in Taiwan, the biggest OEM producer > of notebooks in the world. Things here work decidedly different than in the > US or Europe (where I'm originally from). Dell is unheard of, Toshiba > doesn't sell too well, Twinhead somewhat better (they have lousy service > though), but most notebooks are brand-less OEM models dumped on the local > market. If they carry a brand at all it is usually the name of the factory, > in Chinese. The stuff is good, nothing wrong with the quality and spec, and > if you want service you just go to the manufacturer directly, not the shop > you bought it from. > > This "no-name" or "local-name" stuff doesn't limit itself to notebooks. > I've bought many PC components which were brand less and worked fine. You > buy it, test is and if it works you keep it. When I started with Linux I > routinely scanned the hardware compatibility list and I still do. Problem > is that most brands on the list are not sold in Taiwan, hard to find or are > really expensive. If you look for specific chip sets you might have more > luck in finding something compatible. > > I've been researching notebooks for already half a year and settled for > Acer because they have a strong line and world wide service. Their prices > are about 10% lower than those in the States. VGA server checked, APM too, > the "Linux on Laptop" homepage lists the model I want to buy and last time > I was in the shop I already ran "Tomsrtbt" which worked fine. I am sure > about these things, the only thing not sure to me was how PCMCIA worked. We > already bought one notebook from the shop in question, for my girl (who > doesn't want Linux on it) and the owner will let me test the machine any > way I want it (except crash tests :-) I know how to quickly set up an PPP > connection to my ISP, so the modem card will be easy to check. True, the > network card will be somewhat more difficult, but if it is recognized at > boot up I am willing to take the risk and spend US$30 on it. (I saw a > modem/eth-combo-card in another shop for almost US$180, so maybe that > explains why I rather use the "try-an-see-if-it-works method). > > So rest assured: I maybe a little new with Linux (6 months now) and with > laptops (0 months), but I'm not a fool. I will take the hardware > compatibility list with me (always do when I go shopping) and if I can make > sure that what I buy is on the list, the better. If it is not, but it works > fine, then I'll still buy it. > > Again apologies. I know that my mail would generate some agitation and I > usually don't write mails to the list like them. But after another 16 hours > working day I can hardly keep my eyes open to read another HOWTO and as > said before, once I have this laptop I am much more flexible to try things > out and to RTFM, so no more mails from me than :-) Bear with me. -- Hans > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: zip installation
On Wed, 25 Aug 1999, alex aitkin wrote: > can I install from an external zip drive? anyone? Yes. I am currently using a Zip Plus 100 through the paralell port on my Toshiba 510CDT. There's a 'mock' scsi drive that you need to compile in order to use it. A HOW-TO and the driver can be found at http://njtcom.com/dansie/zip-drive.html. Good Luck, John Huckelba Programmer/Analyst Job Corps Data Center San Marcos, Texas
Re: zip installation
Yes, you can, but you'll need to start with the boot disks since LInux won't recognize the ZIP disk right off the bat. A few disks in, and the installation will let you mount your ZIPs and switch over. I believe you have to go through the module selection, then it will let you mount the ZIP. -Jay
problems with exim, sendmail, qmail....
I have Dell Inspiron 7000, with a ethernet card as well as a modem
card. I'm attempting to set up a mail transfer agent so that while at
work (ethernet) it works fine, and while at home (modem) it only sends
mail while connected, otherwise it queue's them (or just normal mail
transfer agent activity while in dialup mode). Now, I've been told
this is a simple feat, especially for exim which was designed with
laptops in mind (this is what I was told). I haven't been able to
figure out heads or tails on how to get this to work... any
suggestions?
What I've gotten so far is, exim to work sort of. Fetchmail brings in
the mail to /var/spool/mail${USER}
and then exim wakes up and says, "Oooo, look, mail!" and sends it
out...the problem is that it mails it saying it can't find the address
that the mail requested, which is bogus cause the mail requested the
address located on the server that I just used fetchmail to receive.
Any thoughts would be appreciated, I'm stumpted for the time being.
-James Moss
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