Hardware Titbits VII
Summary:
- Configuring The Domex DMX3194UP SCSI Adapter
- Guillemot Prophet II (Kyro II) In Mandrake Linux 8.1
- Configuring And Using A 'Disk On Key' Portable Drive
'Hardware Titbits' collects instructions on how to set up hardware devices which haven't been detected or configured by Mandrake Linux.
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Configuring The Domex DMX3194UP SCSI Adapter
(Contributed by Mandrake Linux user Charles Thomas)
You can use the Initio INI-9100/9100W module if your DMX3194UP card is not configured properly by your system.
I had many problems with my DMX not being recognized by linux until release 8.0. Release 8.0 found my card but the dtc module refused to load, even manualy under ~HardDrake. Then I saw somewhere in a newsgroup posting that the Initio 9100 module was compatible with certain Domex cards.
I ran ~HardDrake, selected my SCSI card and ran the configuration tool. I selected the Initio INI-9100/9100W module and my Zip drive was found in about 4 seconds. I turned on my Artec scanner, did a ~HardDrake refresh and there it was, too.
Now I don't have to reboot to you know what to use my scanner ;->
Guillemot Prophet II (Kyro II) In Mandrake Linux 8.1
(Contributed by Mandrake Linux user Frank Lehnen)
" While Mandrake Linux 8.0 still set up this card with a Kyro II chip as a default VESA device (lacking the correct Linux drivers), version 8.1 does recognize it as a Kyro chip but Harddrake {more likely that's XFdrake. tom} sets color depth to 32 bit which causes a nice system hang during first (and subsequent) boot. Just set color depth to 16 bit and hope and pray for real Kyro drivers."
Notice that Mandrake Linux 8.1 (and 8.2) does not support cards with the Kyro chipset and uses the framebuffer device instead.
Configuring And Using A 'Disk On Key' Portable Drive
(Contributed by Mandrake Linux User Robert C. Pilkington)
Preparation
- Back up the original DOK software (v. 2.50 and later). * Remove any files on the DOK. * Open your favorite terminal and become the super-user. *
mkdir /mnt/dok
cd /var/log
cat syslog
ls /proc/scsi/usb-storage-0/
0:1
cat /proc/scsi/usb-storage-0/1
Setting up device
{You might want to check if 'diskdrake' (Mandrake Control Center - Hardware - Mount Points) already recognizes the device at this point. If so, you might prefer using it to 'fdisk'. If not, give 'cfdisk' a try, it's a bit easier to handle than 'fdisk'. tom}
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fdisk /dev/sda
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p
d
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1, 2, 3
p
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n
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4
1
1005
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t
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4
L
b
b
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w
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mkfs.msdos /dev/sda4
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mount /dev/sda4 /mnt/dok
Testing setup
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df
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cp ~/mp3/random.mp3 /mnt/dok
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cd /mnt/dok
ls -la
mv random.mp3 newrandom.mp3
cp newrandom.mp3 ~/mp3
ls -la ~/mp3/newrandom.mp3
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umount /mnt/dok
- You should now try testing your DOK on a M$ box, to see if you're able to now use your DOK cross-platform. M- Systems warns that, "...partitions are not exchangeable to Windows.", but I have been mostly successful using transfers between Win2k, ~WinXP, and Linux (2.4.8-26mdk) boxes. I have experienced a problem+when doing moves from the DOK to a linux directory, but the copy seems to work fine. Removing (rm) files seems to be the preferred method for the DOK to erase its files.
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Revision / Modified: Feb. 11, 2002
Author: Tom Berger
Legal: This page is covered by the GNU Free Documentation License. Standard disclaimers of warranty apply. Copyright LSTB and Mandrakesoft.
Version 1.7 last modified by Banuchie on 24/01/2007 at 22:26
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