Ximenes Rocha Resende (ximenes@cv-2-8.campusview.indiana.edu)
Thu, 7 May 1998 12:47:15 +0000 (UTC)
On Mon, 4 May 1998, Grant R. Guenther wrote:
> > I have a similar problem with linux-2.1.97, Redhat5.0 distribution. But in my
> > case paride,epat and pd are built into the kernel. I can also mount, read and
> > write but eventually the system will freeze when I access my Sparq a couple of
> > times. Is the version of the drive shipped with 2.1.97 known to run without
> > bugs, as far as you guys can tell ?
>
> I'm not aware of exactly this problem, but it does sound similar to the known
> problems with the PARIDE drivers on SMP systems. I have finally solved that
> one (I believe) and will be submitting the patches shortly.
>
> > If any of you guys know what I should do to correct my problem I would appreci
> > ate your help.
>
> > paride: epat registered as protocol 0
> > pd: pd version 1.01, major 45, cluster 64, nice 0
> > pda: epat 1.0, Shuttle EPAT chip c6 at 0x378, mode 2 (8-bit), delay 1
> ^^^^^^
> Is this an old computer with no EPP ? If so, are you sure it locks up, or
> is it just being slow ? Are you low on memory on this machine ?
>
> > pda: SyQuest SparQ, 1960560 blocks [957M], (1945/16/63), removable media
> > Partition check:
> > pda: unknown partition table
>
> What's that about ? Was there a disk in the drive ?
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Grant R. Guenther grant@torque.net
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. My computador does have Enhanced Parallel Port support (at least that's
what the motherboard manual says...). Is there a more efficient way to
access my Sparq than this "mode 2" ? What are the boot-time options
I should pass to LILO ? Why is not the driver seeing my EPP ?!!
2. I thought that "mkfs" would altomatically set a MBR in the disk with
partitioning informations. Well, I guess I was wrong. Anyway, I've
done manually with fdisk. Now my boot message is comprehensible:
Partition check:
pda: pda1
hda: hda1 hda2 hda3 hda4
By the way, when I run "fdisk /dev/pda" I have the following warning
message:
"The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 1945.
This is larger than 1024, and may cause problems with:
1) software that runs at boot time (e.g., LILO)
2) booting and partitioning software form other OSs
(e.g., DOS FDISK, OS/2 FDISK)"
Since I don't know anything about disks geometry I have no ideia if this
is supposed to be here or not...
3. I just realized that I had "lpd" running in background and no printer
connected to the rear of my Sparq (despite the fact that I compiled 2.1.98
without printer support). Do you think that this was causing my troubles ?
I erased lpd service start-up in my "rc" files, see what happens...
4. As regarding the possibility that my system was not locking but being very
slow: Maybe you are right. I couldn't test this hypothesis yet (my patience
is very short, about 10 mins...). Maybe this delay could be connected to
the fact that I had "lpd" running and my printer disconnected ? Don't know,
just guessing... Next time the system locks (if) I will go to a video store
and rent "Solaris"...
5. ... And I don't think I'm runnning out of memory. I have 64Mb and just a few
processes running.
Once again thanks for your help,
Ximenes.
XIMENES ROCHA RESENDE
Department of Physics Swain Hall West 117
Indiana University Bloomington IN 47405
Phone: (812) 855-3152 Fax: (812) 855-5533
http://cv-2-8.campusview.indiana.edu/~ximenes
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