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by Stephen C. Daukas

Came across this one in a newsgroup: (The first day Microsoft produces something that doesn't suck will be the day they start making vacuum-cleaners) Steve

March 29, 2002

Re: [Wlug] Win4Lin

by Wesley Allen

Skip, That's $80 w/o a windows license. Right? Wes Skip Gaede wrote: >Folks, > >This is not a commercial endorsement. I just installed Win4Lin, the product >that lets you run Windows under Linux, and, for those occasions when you need >Windows, it's very nice. Performance is decent, and there are only a few >enhancements needed: > >1) Max memory supported for Windows is 64 MB >2) Only supports serial, parallel, and virtual NIC (no scanners, USB) >3) No DirectX yet > >They're working on adding those goodies. But I can run Photo-Paint, TurboTax, >some Windows-based Bible software packages, ... all without multibooting. > >At $80.00, that's not a bad price to pay. > >--Skip >_______________________________________________ >Wlug mailing list >Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

March 28, 2002

Re: [Wlug] Win4Lin

by Skip Gaede

On Thursday 28 March 2002 08:29 am, you wrote: > On 28 Mar 2002, at 7:31, Skip Gaede wrote: > > Folks, > > <snip> > > Granted, I haven't used wine in quite some time, nor do I use the > windows products you mentioned, but doesn't wine support them? > > Though, I remember wine being not fun to setup, so a "plug-and- > play" win emu product is cool > > James > KB1FJQ I looked into buying Photo-Paint for Linux, and as I recall, they had a munged version of wine for their product. Not only that, they had a different munged version of wine to support their latest version of Corel Office (whatever it's called). This version is being supplied to the government, and they have an agreement with Mandrake as well. The web site is http://www.netraverse.com --Skip

March 28, 2002

Re: [Wlug] Win4Lin

by desdinova＠soupforare.net

On 28 Mar 2002, at 7:31, Skip Gaede wrote: > Folks, > <snip> Granted, I haven't used wine in quite some time, nor do I use the windows products you mentioned, but doesn't wine support them? Though, I remember wine being not fun to setup, so a "plug-and- play" win emu product is cool James KB1FJQ > At $80.00, that's not a bad price to pay. > > --Skip > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

March 28, 2002

Win4Lin

by Skip Gaede

Folks, This is not a commercial endorsement. I just installed Win4Lin, the product that lets you run Windows under Linux, and, for those occasions when you need Windows, it's very nice. Performance is decent, and there are only a few enhancements needed: 1) Max memory supported for Windows is 64 MB 2) Only supports serial, parallel, and virtual NIC (no scanners, USB) 3) No DirectX yet They're working on adding those goodies. But I can run Photo-Paint, TurboTax, some Windows-based Bible software packages, ... all without multibooting. At $80.00, that's not a bad price to pay. --Skip

March 28, 2002

Re: [Wlug] SCSI error message

by Skip Gaede

On Monday 25 March 2002 11:59 am, Brian J. Conway wrote: > > Mar 25 09:28:33 pent584 kernel: SCSI subsystem driver Revision: 1.00 > > Mar 25 09:28:33 pent584 kernel: PCI: Found IRQ 10 for device 00:08.0 > > Mar 25 09:28:33 pent584 kernel: (scsi0) <Adaptec AIC-7880 Ultra SCSI host > > adapter> found at PCI 0/8/0 Mar 25 09:28:33 pent584 kernel: (scsi0) Wide > > Channel, SCSI ID=7, 16/255 SCBs Mar 25 09:28:33 pent584 kernel: (scsi0) > > Warning - detected auto-termination Mar 25 09:28:33 pent584 kernel: > > (scsi0) Please verify driver detected settings are correct. Mar 25 > > 09:28:33 pent584 kernel: (scsi0) If not, then please properly set the > > device termination Mar 25 09:28:33 pent584 kernel: (scsi0) in the Adaptec > > SCSI BIOS by hitting CTRL-A when prompted Mar 25 09:28:33 pent584 kernel: > > (scsi0) during machine bootup. > > This just means the card is set to detect if termination is in place. You > can turn it off you have terminators on all the appropriate ends, but it > doesn't really matter. > > > Mar 25 09:28:33 pent584 kernel: (scsi0) Cables present (Int-50 YES, > > Int-68 YES, Ext-68 YES) Mar 25 09:28:33 pent584 kernel: (scsi0) Illegal > > cable configuration!! Only two Mar 25 09:28:33 pent584 kernel: (scsi0) > > connectors on the SCSI controller may be in use at a time! > > Apparently, you can only use 2 of the 3 connectors on the card (external > 68-pin, internal 50-pin, and and internal 68-pin). I've never run into > that one before, myself. You must choose, but choose... wisely. > > -b > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug Note: You can attach a narrow drive to a wide cable with a 68 --> 50 pin adapter. I have a wide drive and a narrow tape device and they are both connected to my wide cable...

March 25, 2002

Re: [Wlug] SCSI error message

by Theo Van Dinter

On Mon, Mar 25, 2002 at 11:55:51AM -0500, Theo Van Dinter wrote: > My recollection agrees with this error message, which is basically that > you're not supposed to be using all 3 of the SCSI connectors on the card. To clarify, I used to have a AHA-2940W and found this to be true. I poked at Adaptec's website for you (sorry about the hideously long URL here): http://ask.adaptec.com/cgi-bin/adaptec_tic.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_si… Q: I'm thinking of attaching multiple SCSI devices on my SCSI controller. Can I use all connector available on my SCSI controller? Can I use all Internal and External connectors of my SCSI controller simultaneously? This information applies to the following product(s): - AVA-2906, AHA-2930, AHA-2930C, AHA-2930CU, AHA-2940, AHA-2940U, AHA- 2940W, AHA-2944W, AHA-2944UW, AHA-2940UW, AHA-3940 series, AHA-3940U, AHA-3940W, AHA-3940UW,2940U2W, AHA-2930U2, 3950U2, Adaptec SCSI Card- 19160, Adaptec SCSI Card-29160N, Adaptec SCSI Card-29160, Adaptec SCSI Card- 39160 A: It is possible to use all internal and external connectors simultaneously on all currently produced Adaptec's SCSI cards/controllers. Just make sure you have the proper SCSI cables, terminations on your SCSI Bus and devices. Caution: This is with the exception of the AHA-2940W and AHA-2940UW controllers. The only 2940UW series controller to support the use of all three connectors at the same time, was the AHA-2940UW Pro. For informational purposes only, the AHA-2940W and AHA-2940UW legacy SCSI cards/ controllers came with three SCSI connectors (two internal and one external). However You can only use any two connectors simultaneously with these controllers. You can either use one connector internally while using the external connector; or use both internal connectors simultaneously but you must not have any device or cable attached externally. -- Randomly Generated Tagline: A collision is a near-miss.

March 25, 2002

Re: [Wlug] SCSI error message

by Brian J. Conway

> Mar 25 09:28:33 pent584 kernel: SCSI subsystem driver Revision: 1.00 > Mar 25 09:28:33 pent584 kernel: PCI: Found IRQ 10 for device 00:08.0 > Mar 25 09:28:33 pent584 kernel: (scsi0) <Adaptec AIC-7880 Ultra SCSI host adapter> found at PCI 0/8/0 > Mar 25 09:28:33 pent584 kernel: (scsi0) Wide Channel, SCSI ID=7, 16/255 SCBs > Mar 25 09:28:33 pent584 kernel: (scsi0) Warning - detected auto-termination > Mar 25 09:28:33 pent584 kernel: (scsi0) Please verify driver detected settings are correct. > Mar 25 09:28:33 pent584 kernel: (scsi0) If not, then please properly set the device termination > Mar 25 09:28:33 pent584 kernel: (scsi0) in the Adaptec SCSI BIOS by hitting CTRL-A when prompted > Mar 25 09:28:33 pent584 kernel: (scsi0) during machine bootup. This just means the card is set to detect if termination is in place. You can turn it off you have terminators on all the appropriate ends, but it doesn't really matter. > Mar 25 09:28:33 pent584 kernel: (scsi0) Cables present (Int-50 YES, Int-68 YES, Ext-68 YES) > Mar 25 09:28:33 pent584 kernel: (scsi0) Illegal cable configuration!! Only two > Mar 25 09:28:33 pent584 kernel: (scsi0) connectors on the SCSI controller may be in use at a time! Apparently, you can only use 2 of the 3 connectors on the card (external 68-pin, internal 50-pin, and and internal 68-pin). I've never run into that one before, myself. You must choose, but choose... wisely. -b

March 25, 2002

Re: [Wlug] SCSI error message

by Theo Van Dinter

On Mon, Mar 25, 2002 at 11:48:57AM -0500, Bill Mills-Curran wrote: > Mar 25 09:28:33 pent584 kernel: (scsi0) Cables present (Int-50 YES, Int-68 YES, Ext-68 YES) > Mar 25 09:28:33 pent584 kernel: (scsi0) Illegal cable configuration!! Only two > Mar 25 09:28:33 pent584 kernel: (scsi0) connectors on the SCSI controller may be in use at a time! > > > Other than these messages, the disk seems to be working fine. I've > tried different termination settings on the disk, but nothing has > helped. There is a terminator on the scsi cable, and I did not change > it. > > Any ideas? My recollection agrees with this error message, which is basically that you're not supposed to be using all 3 of the SCSI connectors on the card. Are you actually using all three (internal narrow and wide, and the external wide,) or is that an error? If it's an error, then you probably want to check for an auto-termination setting in the SCSI BIOS. -- Randomly Generated Tagline: "How to Boil Water, in 500 easy steps" by Chuck Forsberg.

March 25, 2002

SCSI error message

by Bill Mills-Curran

I added a 2nd disk to my linux box, and I'm getting these messages at boot. (I'm not 100% sure they are new messages, because it's been a long time since I've booted.) Mar 25 09:28:33 pent584 kernel: SCSI subsystem driver Revision: 1.00 Mar 25 09:28:33 pent584 kernel: PCI: Found IRQ 10 for device 00:08.0 Mar 25 09:28:33 pent584 kernel: (scsi0) <Adaptec AIC-7880 Ultra SCSI host adapter> found at PCI 0/8/0 Mar 25 09:28:33 pent584 kernel: (scsi0) Wide Channel, SCSI ID=7, 16/255 SCBs Mar 25 09:28:33 pent584 kernel: (scsi0) Warning - detected auto-termination Mar 25 09:28:33 pent584 kernel: (scsi0) Please verify driver detected settings are correct. Mar 25 09:28:33 pent584 kernel: (scsi0) If not, then please properly set the device termination Mar 25 09:28:33 pent584 kernel: (scsi0) in the Adaptec SCSI BIOS by hitting CTRL-A when prompted Mar 25 09:28:33 pent584 kernel: (scsi0) during machine bootup. Mar 25 09:28:33 pent584 kernel: (scsi0) Cables present (Int-50 YES, Int-68 YES, Ext-68 YES) Mar 25 09:28:33 pent584 kernel: (scsi0) Illegal cable configuration!! Only two Mar 25 09:28:33 pent584 kernel: (scsi0) connectors on the SCSI controller may be in use at a time! Other than these messages, the disk seems to be working fine. I've tried different termination settings on the disk, but nothing has helped. There is a terminator on the scsi cable, and I did not change it. Any ideas? Thanks, Bill

March 25, 2002