Re: [MLUG] Is it just me or...

[Tresalizbeth <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

re first physical hard drive:
Bill Gates put an evil spell on it???
re socialist:
Grandpa had a socialist card but was very American if that makes sense.
re 5 major distros:
I am REALLY proud of you for putting 5 distros on since Jan, I knew 
about linux back in the spring of 02 and probably didn't have a GOOD 
working distro on until sometime in 03.  Like one that would print and 
get on internet both??  
Teresa


box191 wrote:

>On Wednesday 07 April 2004 04:28 pm, Nathan Odle wrote:
>  
>
>>Getting toward the end of the semester, that might be part of it.  
>>School systems with later spring breaks are probably gone too...  Heck, 
>>even my best efforts to be a shit disturber with my Wal-Mart thread 
>>only lasted a day :-D
>>    
>>
>
>Some shit disturbers are better than others. Why is it
>that some people don't realize that open source is
>inherently based on a socialist political philosophy?
>
>However, I also have a (more) serious question.
>
>First, I'm new to Linux. Jan. 4, 2004 was the first day
>I saw it.
>
>Second, I've tried a dozen small versions of Linux, and
>I've installed five major Linux distributions -- Debian, 
>Mandrake, SuSE, RedHat and Slackware -- but none can
>read my first physical hard drive. 
>
>It was formatted FAT32 by Win98SE on 27 Dec 2003.
>
>In BIOS, it's set as the primary drive, with DMA and
>32-bit enabled.
>
>Twice I've opened the case and confirmed that the
>jumper is set for master, and that the cable from
>the drive to the IDE controller is the one stamped
>"master" on the cable. Once I replaced the cable
>with a new one from the package.
>
>Here's the info from dmesg:
>
>Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 7.00beta4-2.4
>ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx
>ICH: IDE controller at PCI slot 00:1f.1
>ICH: chipset revision 2
>ICH: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
>    ide0: BM-DMA at 0x10a0-0x10a7, BIOS settings: hda:pio, hdb:DMA
>    ide1: BM-DMA at 0x10a8-0x10af, BIOS settings: hdc:pio, hdd:DMA
>hda: WDC PhD2100L, ATA DISK drive
>hdb: Maxtor 6Y080P0, ATA DISK drive
>hdc: CR-4804TE, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
>hdd: MATSHITADVD-ROM SR-8585, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
>ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
>ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
>hda: attached ide-disk driver.
>hda: host protected area => 1
>hda: task_no_data_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
>hda: task_no_data_intr: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError }
>hda: 0 sectors (0 MB) w/256KiB Cache, CHS=0/255/63
>
>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>
>Here's the info from hdparm -i /dev/hda:
>
>/dev/hda:
>
> Model=WDC PhD2100L, FwRev=15.26B15, SerialNo=WD-WT3680020163
> Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec SpinMotCtl Fixed DTR>5Mbs FmtGapReq }
> RawCHS=4200/16/63, TrkSize=57600, SectSize=600, ECCbytes=22
> BuffType=DualPortCache, BuffSize=256kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=16
> CurCHS=4200/16/63, CurSects=4233600, LBA=yes, LBAsects=4233600
> IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:160,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120}
> PIO modes:  pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
> DMA modes:  mdma0 mdma1 *mdma2
> AdvancedPM=no WriteCache=enabled
> Drive conforms to: device does not report version:  1 2 3
>
> * signifies the current active mode
>
>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>
>Following a suggestion on another list, I tried turning
>off DMA with hdparm. Didn't help. Tried turning it off
>in BIOS. Didn't help.
>
>I was told that "not 100% native mode" means the 
>motherboard/IDE controller won't work with Linux,
>yet it's working with the second hard drive.
>
>I've been told that the hard drive is defective, yet
>a thorough check by Windows Scandisk finds no 
>errors, no bad sectors.
>
>I've been told the IDE controller is defective, yet
>Windows has no problem with it, and Linux has no
>problem using it to read/write the second drive.
>
>Win98 and WinXP on my computer read it and use
>it. Rescue disks with Win95, WinNT and Win2000
>can read it. Linux rescue disks can't read it. Knoppix,
>MandrakeMove, SuSE Live, etc., can't read it.
>
>Suggestions?
>
>I have a multi-boot set up, Win98SE on this first
>physical hard drive, WinXP, Debian Woody, Mandrake
>10 (cooker) on the second hard drive. This isn't a big
>deal, but the more I've played with it, the more my
>curiosity has grown.
>
>Dick 
>
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