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Setting up Software RAID: superblock vs. physical size problem 2 26 (3/2/2008 4:28:53 AM) comp.os.linux.hardware I'm running Debian/Etch (2.6.18-6-k7 kernel) as a server, with all the updates. I recently installed a second hard drive (both are Western Digital 80G/IDE) of identical size to the original but with a differe... Gary

shutting down/removing a software RAID array? 4 14 (2/26/2008 2:07:41 AM) comp.os.linux.hardware I've been looking for a solution but everyone seems to want to tell you how to set up a RAID array in Linux. I want to do the opposite. I was trying to install a RAID array on a running Debian Etch system and... Gary

DVD-RAM writing 1 27 (6/28/2007 4:40:38 AM) comp.os.linux.hardware I'm running Debian/Etch (2.6.18 kernel) on a server. I'm backing up nightly to a dvd-ram disk. However, I am currently doing it using dvd+rw-format and growisofs. I should be able to write to it directly fr... Gary

DVD-RAM sector 0 and 2 errors 0 41 (6/26/2007 1:59:53 PM) comp.os.linux.hardware I used to backup to CD-RW but then I replaced the CD Writer with a DVD Writer and switched to using DVD-RAM for backup. At first I just changed to backup script to use dvd+rw-format and growisofs instead of c... Gary

2.6.18 kernel, AMD 690S and ACPI 2 31 (6/2/2007 8:58:37 PM) comp.os.linux.hardware I've got an ASUS M2A-VM HDMI mainboard with an AMD64X2 3800+ processor that I've installed Debian/Etch on. Everything works fine, almost, except for the ACPI function. If I set acpi=on or acpi=force, I get a ... Gary

ATI SB600 SATA controller 0 18 (6/1/2007 2:07:22 PM) comp.os.linux.hardware I'm running Debian/Etch which uses a 2.6.18 kernel on an ASUS M2A-VM HDMI mainboard. Works great except that booting generates a lot of SATA2 messages - probably from the hardware identifier. It eventually fi... Gary

sed pattern matching across a line break 4 55 (2/20/2007 4:52:41 AM) comp.os.linux.misc I'm not having much luck with this. I need to replace a line in a large number of files. Problem is, the line is identical to a line that needs to be kept as is. I can identify the one that needs to be change... Gary

Debian/Etch - AMD64 & Canon Powershot S110 9 22 (10/29/2006 10:41:28 PM) comp.os.linux.hardware I'm running Etch on an AMD64 system and can no longer connect to my Canon S110. The system detects when I plug in the camera and launches DigiKam (0.8.2), which shows the camera in the Camera menu, but compl... Gary

AMD 64 memory problems 12 22 (7/3/2006 6:12:13 PM) comp.os.linux.hardware I need some advice. I've just acquired an ASUS K8V-X SE mainboard and an Athlon 64 2800+ (socket 754) processor. Most things are working great. Unfortunately, I am having a memory issue. I have two 512M PC320... Gary

VPN to Linux server behind NAT router from XP Home? 15 11 (9/25/2005 6:45:16 PM) comp.os.linux.networking I would have thought this was a fairly normal situation but I haven't found very much useful information on the topic. My searches on the topic all seem to presume you are dealing with a major organization at... Gary

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assembler / how to know the type of processor 2 62 (2/20/2007 3:12:02 PM) comp.os.linux.misc hi all, i am working with a big network with very old machines (486, pentium II, pentium III, ...), running with different OS (ms-dos, win9x, winXP, linux). i need to know which processor is runing and the spe... rh00667 (72)

which RAID configuration is better? 7 19 (6/1/2007 1:52:34 PM) comp.os.linux.hardware ide0: disk (master), dvd-writer (slave) ide1: disk (master) or ide0: disk (master), disk (slave) ide1: dvd-writer (master) i'm running the former, and it seems awfully slow. if the latter would be a bet... reid3032 (1)

2.6.18 kernel, AMD 690S and ACPI 2 31 (6/2/2007 8:58:37 PM) comp.os.linux.hardware I've got an ASUS M2A-VM HDMI mainboard with an AMD64X2 3800+ processor that I've installed Debian/Etch on. Everything works fine, almost, except for the ACPI function. If I set acpi=on or acpi=force, I get a ... garydale (69)

Do you know that Norton antivirus is itself a virus..? 4 20 (6/12/2007 11:51:51 AM) comp.os.linux.hardware Hi Dear, Do you know that Norton antivirus is itself a virus..?? it hangs PC more than it cleans.. Try the new Spyware Doctor's Starter Edition NOW....!!!! http://www.tigerzclub.com/spyware.htm ... ajkaur2007 (4)

P5N-E SLI crapped out 7 25 (6/27/2007 2:23:58 AM) comp.os.linux.hardware After 7 days, my ASUS P5N-E SLI crapped out. I came home tonight and found the computer non-responsive. Pressing the reset button had no effect. Pressing the front panel power switch had no effect. Only un... nospam21 (11322)

Samsung 215TW at max resolution with nvidia drivers 2 28 (8/26/2007 1:58:06 AM) comp.os.linux.hardware I an currently running Mandriva 2006 with a FX5200 nvidia card and the new 100.14.11 driver. I have a Samsung LCD 215TW monitor which I cannot run at the native resolution (1680x1050). A bit of googling se... phobos3876 (13)

Free Linux drivers 5 35 (2/19/2008 11:01:29 AM) comp.os.linux.hardware Hi all, where could I find a list of hardware that is supported right from the kernel? I mean hardware that has Free drivers in the kernel tree. Always having to google out whether a piece of hardware is Linux ... homie.bongo (4)

shutting down/removing a software RAID array? 4 14 (2/26/2008 2:07:41 AM) comp.os.linux.hardware I've been looking for a solution but everyone seems to want to tell you how to set up a RAID array in Linux. I want to do the opposite. I was trying to install a RAID array on a running Debian Etch system and... garydale (69)

Setting up Software RAID: superblock vs. physical size problem 2 26 (3/2/2008 4:28:53 AM) comp.os.linux.hardware I'm running Debian/Etch (2.6.18-6-k7 kernel) as a server, with all the updates. I recently installed a second hard drive (both are Western Digital 80G/IDE) of identical size to the original but with a differe... garydale (69)

Install on new M.B. 18 16 (2/26/2008 4:20:33 AM) comp.os.linux.hardware I Installed a motherboard (M2N32-SLI DELUXE ) on my computer. I have tried installing suse 10.2 and 10.3. The result is the kernel loads...then nothing. I think the problem is the SATA hard disk. The... somewhare (2)