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by Homer S.
Tue Nov 18, 2003 6:00 am
Forum: Software
Topic: APM support for SMP Linux installs?
Replies: 14
Views: 21665

Hi, I knew there's a trouble with APM vs. SMP in that there's no safe way to shutdown system properly (i.e. sharply synchronizing both CPUs). I also read some explanation about that once, but don't remember where :oops:. Older Red Hat releases installed only single-CPU kernel at start, so you could ...
by Homer S.
Fri Oct 31, 2003 9:56 am
Forum: Software
Topic: RH9: How should I install HD's?
Replies: 8
Views: 10834

I found this post about a trouble like yours. It could be either a matter of setting your IDE Zip 100 drive as noauto in /etc/fstab, or activating automount, or both.
by Homer S.
Wed Oct 29, 2003 7:09 am
Forum: Software
Topic: RH9: How should I install HD's?
Replies: 8
Views: 10834

As far as I experienced, RH9 does quite well with HPT366 hard disks.
I've two of them as /dev/hde and /dev/hdg, and they both are working fine (as they were seen during install, of course).
by Homer S.
Fri Oct 03, 2003 5:09 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: BP6 on with no keyboard & mouse, may it work?
Replies: 7
Views: 8585

Thank you all for your help, I'll try ASAP.
by Homer S.
Fri Oct 03, 2003 4:44 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: BP6 on with no keyboard & mouse, may it work?
Replies: 7
Views: 8585

BP6 on with no keyboard & mouse, may it work?

Hi, I decided to switch to a new PC using Abit IC7 :wink:, but I mean to keep my older BP6-based one as it works fine. My project is to keep them both up and running and networked by Ethernet (cross cable). They'll both run Linux only (get rid of Windows at last :!:). Both PCs are in a tower case: I...
by Homer S.
Mon Sep 08, 2003 6:46 am
Forum: Software
Topic: Service Pack 3 corrupts HPT366 drivers?
Replies: 12
Views: 16257

Sorry. Using the RU BIOS revision, in regard to the issues with the HPT366 controller. I have been using SP3 since it came out with either HPT366 driver revision, 1.25.0.1 or 1.25.0.2. Using RU . Thanks for your answer. BTW, I've already upgraded both to SP3, and further on to SP4 recently, with no...
by Homer S.
Mon Aug 25, 2003 4:35 pm
Forum: Software
Topic: Redhat 9 installing
Replies: 7
Views: 8272

I installed RH 9, too, but couldn't use it enough to test it intensively as I'd like. Hope I'll be able to in the next weeks. Installation went fine; all of the devices I could try were up and running (I didn't test my USB scanner, so I don't know whether it works again). The only thing is, Gnome is...
by Homer S.
Wed Apr 23, 2003 2:45 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Logitech Optical mouse
Replies: 3
Views: 4796

Hello, I made all my checks and tests, and that's what came out. The good news is, using USB port fixes the problem; it works fine and mouse led turns off as PC does. The bad news is, I checked my BIOS configuration, and observed these settings: ACPI Function is Disabled Power Management is Disable ...
by Homer S.
Tue Apr 22, 2003 7:27 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Logitech Optical mouse
Replies: 3
Views: 4796

I'm using RU BIOS version, and as far as I can remember, I disabled all Wake up on xxx settings, but I'll have a look at it this evening when I'm back home from work. BTW, if it can help, I found an interesting thread on this issue here . It's about different optical mouse types and different mother...
by Homer S.
Tue Apr 22, 2003 2:50 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Logitech Optical mouse
Replies: 3
Views: 4796

Logitech Optical mouse

Hello guys, I bought a new Pilot Wheel Mouse Optical to replace my older Pilot one. This new mouse has an USB connector, but I used the alleged USB-to-PS2 adaptor; hadn't even to reinstall software (it's the same for both). Now I've got this problem: when I turn off my PC, the mouse led stays lit; a...
by Homer S.
Mon Oct 28, 2002 9:40 am
Forum: Software
Topic: lindows and smp
Replies: 5
Views: 4340

First, Lindows started claiming it would be the first real Windows/Linux hybrid; now we know they've quite abandoned Windows compatibility (they just couldn't make it work). Even in best cases, Lindows Win-compatibility is not better than "Linux+Wine" one. Second, Lindows 3.0 is being charged $ 129:...
by Homer S.
Mon Oct 28, 2002 8:52 am
Forum: Software
Topic: lindows and smp
Replies: 5
Views: 4340

As for other Linux distributions, I use Red Hat , and it works fine in SMP mode (you just need to re-compile your kernel, but most recent RH versions set up SMP kernel already at installation time :wink:). SMP mode is quite performing on BP6, even more than in Windows (at least that's what I experie...
by Homer S.
Mon Oct 28, 2002 8:18 am
Forum: Software
Topic: lindows and smp
Replies: 5
Views: 4340

Please have a look at this.
It seems Lindows doesn't support SMP at the moment (nor is it clear if it'll be in the future...).

Bye.
by Homer S.
Thu Sep 26, 2002 4:18 am
Forum: Software
Topic: Flashing The BIOS - Instructions???
Replies: 1
Views: 2321

Hi, BIOS upgrading is very well explained in ABIT BP6 User Manual (Appendix A); if you don't have one, you can download it here . I followed those instructions and everything went OK (you can only fear a power interruption while doing it :!:). If you use an up-to-date awdflash version, you're likely...
by Homer S.
Mon Sep 02, 2002 9:36 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What is the fastest chip that can be put in a BP6 (1 cpu)
Replies: 12
Views: 12081

As for your OS, bear in mind Windows 98SE does not support SMP. You'd better upgrade to Windows NT or 2000 (even Windows XP would do, but I don't really suggest you to use it :wink:).
by Homer S.
Wed Aug 21, 2002 4:11 am
Forum: Software
Topic: WIN2000 Pro or XP Pro, which is best?
Replies: 7
Views: 9186

I know BeOS is fine: I had a look at BeOS 5 PE sometimes ago.
I'm keeping an eye on OpenBEOS in order to see how it grows... I'm likely to recover an 8.4 GB Quantum hard disk for free, so that would be an interesting way to use it :wink:.
by Homer S.
Wed Aug 21, 2002 4:04 am
Forum: Software
Topic: List of standard performance tests under W2k
Replies: 1
Views: 2089

As for the former question, if you want to check whether Win2K "sees" both Celerons, you have just to open your Task Manager: you should find two separate CPU graphs in its Performance tab. As for the latter one, I'm not very practical of benchmarking, but I know there are lots of them (Sisoft Sandr...
by Homer S.
Tue Aug 20, 2002 2:00 am
Forum: Software
Topic: Service Pack 3 corrupts HPT366 drivers?
Replies: 12
Views: 16257

Please hyperspace, just a question: when you told us about using RU BIOS, did you mean you upgraded successfully to SP3 without having any trouble with HPT366 drivers (and you're using RU, of course), or was it just a suggestion for a try? As I'm about to upgrade to SP3 myself (:arrow: I'm RU-based ...
by Homer S.
Mon Aug 19, 2002 3:17 am
Forum: Software
Topic: WIN2000 Pro or XP Pro, which is best?
Replies: 7
Views: 9186

I quite agree with HAL: WinXP has so many " better not use it! " features and bugs that ... you'd better not use it :!: For best results, use Win 2K Pro and/or Linux (the latter should be winner's choice for SMP, too, even if I admit you could get into a bit of a trouble in having all your stuff wor...
by Homer S.
Wed Aug 14, 2002 3:06 am
Forum: Software
Topic: Evil MS- Windows 2000 SP3 phoning home?
Replies: 25
Views: 153528

Just for summarizing, since I don't speak any German, is this sequence correct? disconnect from Internet (if you are connected) install SP3 and reboot disable Windows File Protection, if it's enabled (I suppose this is done by setting in the Registry "SFCDisable" = "ffffff9d" : found this here ) and...